WARSAW, Poland – Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2020, broadcast live from TVP headquarters in Warsaw, Poland on Nov. 29, featured pre-taped (and Covid-safe) performances in a studio enhanced with extended reality (XR) technologies. Prolights EclPanel TWC fixtures were used for back and front-lighting.
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SANTA MONICA, CA – The 2020 E! People’s Choice Awards (PCAs) was once again staged at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, CA. Tom Sutherland of DX7 Design, working for production company Den of Thieves, lit the event for the third consecutive year. His rig, supplied by Felix Lighting, included 154 Robe MegaPointe moving lights.
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NASHVILLE, TN – Bandit Lites announced that Steve Hoover, a 40-year company veteran, died suddenly on Dec. 15. He is survived by his former wife, two daughters and a wide circle of friends including co-workers at Bandit Lites and the touring crew for Jimmy Buffett and other artists.
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GLP’s Streamer is designed to support the current growth in the need for Covid-safe streaming and videoconferencing alternatives to in-person gatherings and events. This is a small, versatile LED light source can be used to provide professional, studio type lighting for hosts, interviewees and collaborators. It can also be fully remote controlled by a lighting designer, if required.
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NEW ALRESFORD, U.K. – The Steam Illumination Christmas Train has been lighting up the Hampshire countryside this holiday season with a visual assist from Purple Lighting’s Simon Horn and his ChamSys control setup. Horn used his MagicQ MQ500M console and MagicVis software to program the 78-universe Steam Illuminations lightshow aboard the 120-meter-long train.
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LONDON – Faced with 2020’s big shift from live stages to remote performance, production and events, disguise has been pushing the boundaries of the visual status quo with an investment in Extended Reality (xR) solutions. The company’s technologies have powered more than 200 xR projects and more than 100 xR stages built in 30+ countries around the world.
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NASHVILLE – A Holly Dolly Christmas, which first aired Dec. 6 on CBS and is available for on demand streaming on CBS All Access, got a production assist with lighting, camera and video from PRG. The setup at NOZ Studios in Nashville, a new facility run by Dolly Parton’s longtime manager, Danny Nozell, included more than 70 lights and a curved LED wall.
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CANTON, MA – Rentex, Inc. provided three Barco UDX-4K40 Flex projectors for the largest ever projection of a video game. This amazing display, produced by… Read More »Rentex, Inc. Provides Projectors To Paintscaping to Support Guinness World Record Title “Largest Projected Video Game Display”
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NASHVILLE – The Live Events Lift Up Festival (LEVL Up Fest) is set to stream live from the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on Dec. 16… Read More »LEVL Up Fest Streams Live from Nashville on Dec. 16
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LIMBRICHT, The Netherlands – Although much of their plans for 2020 had changed, singers Niek Drikx and Jo Huijnen, better known as the duo Spik & Span, were able to perform two Covid-safe outdoor shows this summer at Landgoed Kasteel Limbricht. ADJ fixtures lit both the stage and the castle, which served as a dramatic backdrop for the shows.
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WILTSHIRE, U.K. – The Longleat mansion, built from 1568 to 1580, got an extra dose of holiday magic this year with “Land of Light,” a two-kilometer long walk-through exhibit created by Zeal Live that features Chauvet Professional and Illuminarc fixtures.
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Wireless Solution, known for its W-DMX product range, announced its new generation of BlackBoxes with the introduction of G6. “With the new G6 models, we are taking wireless DMX to a whole new level by introducing official support for both WiFi and Bluetooth as well as support for LumenRadio’s CRMX technology,” said Michael Karlsson, product development manager at LumenRadio and Wireless Solution. “With the W-DMX and CRMX technology now under the same ownership we have a unique possibility to create a truly global standard for wireless DMX,” he added.
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