BUCHAREST, Romania — A fire sparked by pyro effects during a performance by heavy metal band Goodbye to Gravity ignited foam decor and raced across the ceiling within the crowded Colectiv nightclub at about 10:30 p.m. Oct. 30, filling the venue with smoke and fumes. About 400 people were in the club at the time of the fire. Sixty were killed, including all but one of the band members, according to news reports.
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MARGATE, Kent, U.K. – tvOne, a leading provider of video conversion and AV signal distribution technology, recently named Denise Nemchev CEO. Nemchev will lead the company’s executive team, which includes David Van Horn, CFO; David Reynaga, CTO; and Andy Fliss, VP of Sales and Marketing.
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Flex Rental Solutions released Flex 4.12.0 to customers on October 20, 2015. The release included several new features, performance improvements, and bug fixes. Updates made to the header block were well-received by customers. The new feature of virtual packages now getting an auto check mark when their child elements are checked was so well received that it resulted in a round of applause at the company’s recent Flex User Conference in Las Vegas.
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Philips Strand Lighting’s 500ML lighting control console is designed to make it easier for LDs and technicians to control LED fixtures and moving lights. The 500ML is now available through the Philips Strand Lighting Dealer and Factory Representative network throughout North and South America.
Read More »ASHLAND, OR – The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) and the United States Institute for Theatre Technology, Inc. (USITT) are partnering with the goal of increasing diversity in the behind-the-scenes areas of theatre. USITT committed $5,000 to the partnership to benefit OSF’s FAIR program to mentor emerging arts leaders of color.
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HULL, U.K. – dbn Lighting from Manchester recently designed and supplied lighting equipment to two innovative site-specific shows in Hull created by outdoor arts and performance specialists Walk The Plank, in their role as artistic directors of Hull Freedom festival – a diverse mix of arts, music and cultural events staged over three days in and around the city of Hull, UK.
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GOTHENBURG, Sweden – Hyrljudet, a sound company that has branched into lighting since it was founded in 2005 by Kristoffer Jansson, added 24 of Robe’s Pointes to its inventory earlier this year. A dozen were deployed at the 1,500-capacity Port du Soleil in central Gothenburg. Ten more went in to Backstage, another summer venue with a capacity for 800 electro-dance revelers.
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NEW DELHI, India – For the opening ceremony at the 3rd India-Africa Forum Summit, held Oct. 26-29 at the Indira Gandhi Stadium Complex in New Delhi, Modern Stage Service used 30 Christie Roadster HD20K-J 3DLP projectors. An additional six projectors were on hand for backup.
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LAS VEGAS – High End Systems drew crowds to its LDI booth with gear ranging from the new SolaWash Pro 2000, SolaSpot Pro 2000 and Uno to featured products including the SolaSpot Pro 1500, ShapeShifter and Hog 4 Hoglet and Miniwing. Also featured: the new GUI interface for Axon. The company also staged the finale for its Hog Factor competition and awarded a new Hog 4 console and $20,000 scholarship to the winning school, Carnegie Mellon University (pictured here).
RoscoLED Tape from Stamford, CT-based Rosco Laboratories was developed specifically for set designers and filmmakers. RoscoLED Tape promises a multitude of solutions for adding accent lighting into set pieces for broadcast studios and television and feature films. The company’s VairColor RoscoLED Tape is pictured here.
MONTREAL – The technical services integration specialists of Solotech were tasked with implementing the technical upgrade of Cirque Éloize headquarters creative studios in the old Gare Dalhousie facilities. In less than a year, despite breakneck deadlines, the firm installed a one-of-a-kind interconnect system to free the Cirque Éloize from obsolescence.
Read More »NANNING, China — One worker was killed and 13 injured in a concert staging accident at Guangxi Sports Center in Nanning, a city near China’s southern border with Vietnam. The accident, during setup for an Oct. 30 concert featuring Taiwan-based popular singer Jolin Tsai, happened at about 5 p.m. local time on Oct. 29.
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