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TNDV Joins Forces with Skyville Live for Special Live HD Production

Skyville Chip Chart for Camera Matching

TNDV Joins Forces with Skyville Live for Special Live HD Production

NASHVILLE — Earlier in 2015, mobile production specialist TNDV managed the multi-camera production for two pilot episodes of Skyville Live, the Emmy nominated music series that brings musical performers together with an intimate audience. The success of those shoots led to an invitation to provide turnkey mobile production services for a special December program, streamed live exclusively on USA TODAY’s website with sponsorship support from Gannett Company, the national newspaper’s publisher.

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S+H's drape serves as a key part of the show's design.

S+H Provides Custom Drape for ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ in U.K.

HERTFORDSHIRE, UK – Drapes, ‘softs’ and special effects specialist S+H Technical supplied large amounts of red velvet drapes and a substantial custom Pea-light installation for the most recent series of the BBC’s prime time show, ‘Strictly Come Dancing.’ More than 4,000 Pea-lights bulbs were ensconced in custom set panels covered in red drape that served as an integral part of the production design created by Patrick Doherty.

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Victor Gutierrez and Alberto Garcia from Vari Internacional

Pro Audio Producciones Adds 24 Robe Pointes to Inventory

MONTERREY, Mexico – Pro Audio Producciones del Norte, a busy full production solutions provider led by Victor Gutierrez, provides lighting, audio, video, rigging, staging, generators and power for a wide variety of tours, festivals and events. Recently Pro Audio has invested in 24 Pointe moving lights, their first investment in Robe products, which were supplied by Mexico City based distributor, Vari Internacional. Pictured here, from left, are Victor Gutierrez and Alberto Garcia from Vari Internacional, Robe’s distributor for Mexico.

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Ken Tilson, Lori Rubinstein, Mike Garl and Kurt Wozniak

Columbus McKinnon Supports ESTA with Five-Year Pledge of $10K Per Year

NEW YORK – Columbus McKinnon Corporation (CMCO), a leading manufacturer of electric chain hoist and rigging products, has pledged its support for ESTA’s Technical Standards Program by becoming a Visionary level “Investor in Innovation” with a five-year pledge of $10,000 per year. Pictured here, from left, are Ken Tilson, Vertical Market Specialist – Entertainment CMCO; Lori Rubinstein, ESTA Executive Director; Mike Garl, Co-Chair Technical Standards Council; and Kurt Wozniak, Vice President – Americas CMCO.

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Flex 4.13.0

Flex Rental Solutions Releases Flex 4.13.0

Flex Released 4.13.0 to customers in early January, 2016. The release included several new features, performance improvements, and bug fixes, including a much anticipated feature – assignable sound themes per user. Other new features include the ability to add a Resource Type selector on the schedule page for inventory models, a new interface when free scanning in non-serialized models, the “Scan Selected Items Out” option to the Ship Scan warehouse scanning screen and the Deprep Scan warehouse scanning screen, a “Hide if Zero” option to the Total Block settings and he ability to manually edit the price of a child tier (on a tiered pricing model) and have it calculate to the parent price, among other enhancements.

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ADJ's new logo

ADJ Unveils New Silver and Black Logo

LOS ANGELES – Pointing to the future, ADJ has unveiled a new corporate logo, with the changes reflecting the evolution of the company since its previous brand mark was created back in 2007. Losing its red and yellow coloring, the iconic original logo has been enhanced with a stylish all-silver design that upholds ADJ’s reputation as an on-trend company that crafts modern, high-quality products.

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The Rogue RH1 Hybrids helped to define space and add depth for video and photo coverage of the event.

Lighting Setup for Star Wars Premiere in London Include Rogue RH1 Hybrid Spot/Beam Fixtures

LONDON – For the recent Star Wars premiere event, which took place in Leicester Square, Colin Bodenham of Utopium used Chauvet Professional’s Rogue RH1 Hybrid spot/beam fixture to light key areas. Bodenham positioned 24 of the Rogue fixtures at ends of the red carpet, on the cinema canopies and the portable stage that was set up for the event.

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Fineline’s Rob Sangwell created a lighting scheme to illuminate a series of indoor and outdoor spaces on the site

Fineline Gets Cultural in Islington

BRISTOL, U.K. – Lighting and visuals rental specialist Fineline was commissioned by production company The Fair to add lighting ambience to the Islington Square Festival of Culture, a four day event organized by the company at the heart of redeveloping the former site of the N1 post sorting office into a new and vibrant commercial and residential hub, due to launch in 2017.

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LD Matthew Firestone made use of GLP X4 Atoms.

GLP’s X4 Atom Boosts National Christmas Tree Switch-on

WASHINGTON, DC –  Full Flood LD Matthew Firestone included GLP’s X4 Atom in the rig used for the performance stage during the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony in front of the White House Dec. 3. President Obama threw the ceremonial switch, and Reese Witherspoon hosted the show. Firestone also used GLP’s impression X4 fixtures for the event. Matt Shimamoto programmed the show on a grandMA2.

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