BOSTON – Armin van Buuren brought his EDM show to Boston’s House of Blues Sept. 23. To support the visual component, Image Production Services provided 136 Chauvet Professional MVP Ta8 Curve SMD LED tiles, which feature an 8.33mm pixel pitch.
FRANKFURT, Germany – The 66th edition of IAA Cars, held Sept. 17-27, saw one of the biggest collections of GLP impression LED moving heads ever assembled under one roof. Taking place on over 2.4 million square feet of exhibit space at the Messe Frankfurt, leading manufacturers and their creative teams chose GLP impressions from right across the X4 range to deliver mission critical solutions.
Read More »SALT LAKE CITY – USITT announced that sound designer John Leonard, scenic designer Anna Louizos, costume designer Joy Emery and theatre safety educator Monona Rossol will be honored with USITT Distinguished Achievement Awards at the association’s 2016 Annual Conference & Stage Expo in Salt Lake City next March.
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SECAUCUS, NJ – Rose Brand noted that Brooklyn Theatre Arts High School submitted a video and won its “Rags to Riches” contest. The top prize: a new custom main stage curtain valued at up to $10,000.
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NEW YORK – For an appearance on the Rockefeller Center stage for NBC’s Today Show, Duran Duran performed with lighting by LD Peter Greenbaum, who used 48 Chauvet Professional Nexus 4×4 LED panels provided by WorldStage.
BETHLEHEM, PA – The largest free music festival in the nation, the 32nd annual Musikfest drew more than one million people to Bethlehem, PA in August for ten days of music, art and family fun. For the third consecutive year WorldStage supplied an extensive lighting rig to the Sands Steel Stage, the main stage and only ticketed venue at the festival. The lighting design was by David Zeffren.
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BC, Canada – A semi truck carrying tour equipment for Jason Aldean flipped on the Trans Canada highway early this morning (Oct. 6), following his performance in Kamloops, a city in British Columbia. Because the semi was hauling musical equipment, the crash forced Aldean to postpone his Burn It Down concert stop in Prince George. Originally scheduled for tonight, it will now take place on Wednesday, Oct. 7.
Read More »TvOne is offering a webinar detailing features of its CORIOmaster and CORIOmaster mini support, CORIOgrapher 2.0. The Webinar takes place Oct. 9 from 11 a.m. Eastern time (16.00 GMT)
Read More »LOS ANGELES – ADJ Lighting is announced two Open House events at their Los Angeles and Miami locations where dealers and end users can see new products releases from over the summer, get a chance to see new products announced at LDI 2015 and sit in on ADJ Live Learning seminars.
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BTX Technologies will feature a variety of signal processing products and other products at the LDI show, booth 452.
Read More »SCOTTSDALE, AZ – Responding to its growing influence within the global event space, Event Safety Alliance today announced the addition of two well-known industry veterans to the group’s Board of Directors. By unanimous consent of the current Board, Andy Lenthall of the Production Services Association and Tim Roberts of The Event Safety Shop were appointed to the organization’s leadership body, and will use their extensive international experience to guide the ESA’s evolution into a worldwide force for cultural change.
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SINGAPORE – Singapore’s Nanyang Polytechnic has invested in eight Avolites Quartz consoles for its Electronic Engineering course, which offers a specialist final year of AV System Design. Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) is located in Yio Chu Kang next to Yio Chu Kang MRT Station, Singapore. More than 15,000 students attend, on a campus of 30 hectares.
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