SCHIJNDEL, The Netherlands — The Purple Group, founded by Harry Zinken in 1989, has been relying on the Robe brand in recent years for a growing share of its rental inventory. After Robe’s ROBIN series was launched in 2010, The Purple Group’s Robe purchases expanded further. The company can now offer clients more than 900 moving light fixtures, and more than 200 of those are Robe units. Zinken credited Robe and also its distributor, Controllux, for their service and support. Pictured here are Controllux’s Jeroen van Aalst (left) and Bram de Clerck (right) with The Purple Group’s Harry Zinken (center).
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BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanon’s first public television network Télé Liban and pan-Arabist satellite television channel Al Mayadeen have upgraded their studio lighting rigs with gear from Philips Selecon and Philips Strand Lighting.
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NASHVILLE, TN — At Lipscomb University here, a recent production of Shrek: The Musical featured a lighting rig that included VL770 Spot luminaires from Philips Vari-Lite. Assistant professor David Hardy, who provided the lighting design, credited the fixture for its punch and color.
Read More »LOS ANGELES — 4Wall Entertainment will be opening the doors to its Los Angeles facility on July 17 for a Vendor Showcase event featuring information and demos involving more than 15 of 4Wall’s manufacturer partners, including adyntech, AC Lighting, ACT Lighting, Altman, Chauvet Pro, Elation, ETC, GLP, Lex Products, Martin, Morpheus Lights, Omez Lighting, Rosco, Spotlight, TMB, Vari-Lite, and UsedLighting.com.
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PILTON, U.K. — XL Video supplied creative video projection and control to the Shangri La area at the 2014 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts here June 25-29, including the Heaven area, which required eight Barco R22 projectors, and the “Pyschotron,” an artwork featuring projections on an 8-meter circular screen mounted in the roof of a geodesic dome.
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LONDON – For One Direction’s global tour which visited South America before heading to some of the largest-capacity stadiums and arenas in the U.K. and Europe, Paul Normandale provided a lighting design that includes Robert Juliat fixtures.
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AMSTERDAM — LD Rob Sinclair included Clay Paky fixtures in the tour rig for Miley Cyrus’ Bangerz world tour. The rig includes Clay Paky Sharpy and Sharpy Wash 330 colored beams.
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TURKU, Finland — Mein Schiff 3 (My Ship), a cruise ship recently built at the STX Finland shipyard here for Germany based TUI Cruises, features Robe moving lights within its entertainment venues, including the main theatre and nightclub venues. Chris Moylan of Berlin based Optikalusion designed the lighting systems.
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