NASHVILLE – For the McDonald’s 365 Black Awards, broadcast on BET, Andrew Logan from the Walton Issacson agency worked with Korey Washington on the looks used for the set and the show. The design includes FLEXCurve 8mm LED from Nashville-based PixelFLEX, supplied by Atlanta Audio Visual.
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BIRMINGHAM, U.K. – Event technical production specialist Central Presentations Limited (CPL) has invested in 80 square meters of new ROE Black OnyX 3.4 mm LED screen plus ROE LED strip product … both of which are going directly onto a job in London and will then be available from the west Midlands, UK based company’s rental stock. CPL project manager Simon Haydon explains that this screen was chosen because as a high quality HD indoor product and in keeping with the company’s commitment to stocking premium brands.
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NIJMEGEN, The Netherlands —Sound and lighting provider Focus Amsterdam used Martin MAC Axiom Hybrid fixtures (pictured here) and Atomic strobes at Matrixx at the Park, a seven-day (July 16-22) music festival held in conjunction with the annual International Four Days Marches Nijmegen (July 19-22). The Four Day March invites crowds to gather for a leisurely multi-day walk along a scenic byway. Participants get a medal upon completion of the journey. For the 2016 event, the 100th year for this event, 42,557 participaed. To mark this milestone, the stage at Matrixx at the Park was decorated with a collage of Nijmegen’s most famous landmarks.
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BERLIN – The MIRA digital arts festival, held June 11 at the Funkhaus Berlin, focused on both electronic music and live visuals, and the creative lighting designs on display included the use of Robe fixtures. For the large scale sound and lighting sculpture, “Hyperjump,” featuring the work of Russia-based LDs Alexandr Letcius and Alexandr Sinitsa, the setup included 34 Pointes and 10 Robe Strobes.
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NASHVILLE – Industry veteran Tom Stanziano is joining 4Wall Entertainment Lighting in the newly established role of Business Development Manager. Stanziano brings nearly 25 years of experience to 4Wall. He will be based in the 4Wall Nashville office while supporting the entire southeast region.
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BOOM, Belgium – The Tomorrowland festival once again drew top DJs and crowds to Belgium this summer (from July 22-24). It also featured a series of tie-in events, called UNITE festivals, on the second night of the main event in Boom, near Antwerp. The UNITE festivals were staged in Germany, Mexico, India, Japan, Colombia, South Africa and Israel. The UNITE event in Gelsenkirchen, Germany got an AV assist from VPS Media that included gear from Blackmagic Design.
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AMSTERDAM – Philips Lighting named Colin Kavanagh head of the company’s entertainment lighting business. Kavanagh, who holds dual Irish/U.S. citizenship, will relocate to Dallas, TX to oversee the company’s entertainment lighting division.
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Parent company Laserworld Group is noting that the new tarm two represents a significant laser achievement at a competitive price, promising 2.5W power after aperture with a balance of 680mW/638nm, 750mW/520nm and 1.400mW/450nm.
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BEVERLY HILLS, CA – The Beverly Hilton’s AquaStar Pool now features a lighting update featuring Chauvet Professional and Iluminarc fixtures installed by AMP’D Entertainment. Owner Arteen Kharrat and his team provided Ovation E910-FC and Colorist Pod 7Qa RGBA fixtures along with 22 Ovation E910-FC units and 24 Colorist fixtures for the pool area.
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MIAMI – DMDs7udios has been relying upon Avolites Ai media servers to tackle projects ranging from the inside of a DJ-fueled dance party to the outside of a major new museum. The company has deployed Ai S8 and R8 media servers on a number of recent projects that underscore Ai’s power and flexibility. Pictured here are the Billboard Latin Music Awards, staged in late April, where DMDs7udios principal Scott Chmielewski oversaw media screen direction, programming, content, and media server services for a complex set design by Telemundo’s Scenery Department.
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KNOXVILLE, TN – Bandit Lites named Kathy Tanner (pictured here) senior payroll adminsitrator and promoted Shay Simpson controller. Tanner comes to Bandit from the Oak Ridge Housing Authority, where she served as office manager. As controller, Simpson will oversee the company’s accounting operations.
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CLEVELAND, OH – For the 2016 Republican National Convention, which took place July 18–21 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, LD David Grill and lighting director Paul Sonnleitner used a rig that included Clay Paky Mythos lighting fixtures and grandMA2 consoles for control. The elephant in the room, so to speak, was the video backdrop (it was HUGE). That meant the lighting truss had to be 85 feet in the air, requiring fixtures that could perform well with a 120-foot throw distance and 65 foot candles of white light on the floor. PRG provided Grill with 68 Clay Paky Mythos for effects lighting. Clay Paky and grandMA products are distributed by A.C.T Lighting.
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