Cristiano Giavedoni and Amedeo Guizzi have launched BLUMANO Ltd., providing consulting about lifting and load-bearing equipment for stages and other areas of entertainment industry production. Services offered include system integration of structures and machinery, structural calculations; site installation consultancy and project management; and safety assessments and engineering approvals.
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LONDON – Built with bigger, more complex and content-heavy shows in mind, d3 Technologies says its new server, the d3 4x4pro, can replace four standard media servers. Next to DXV, d3 now also supports HAP and the high-fidelity HAP-Q content. It can play 32 layers of HD (DXV/HAP) with canvas sizes up to 16K pixels across, or up to eight layers of lossless QuickTime animation, and with its twin 10Gbit/sec ethernet connections, it can transfer huge files in minutes rather than hours.
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LAS VEGAS – With the introduction of Christie Brio Team at InfoComm 2014, Christie continues to expand its Brio family of presentation and collaboration solutions. Designed for smaller meeting spaces in corporate, academic and government facilities, Christie Brio Team allows users to wirelessly connect up to five computers, smart phones and tablets to share information securely on a larger display while streaming audio through a meeting room’s sound system.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Tiësto recently headlined the EDM Copenhagen electronic festival presented by Arive on the terrace of the Stay Apartment Hotel here May 31. Production manager/show designer Christian Byriel worked with LD Christian Vigsø on the project, and they included SGM’s G-Spot to light the headliner.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Clay Paky reports that TV lighting designer Kasper Lange was impressed by the power of the company’s fixtures, which were included within the big rig lighting the 2014 semi-finals and finals, staged at B&W Halls here May 6, 8 and 10.
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LONDON — LD Patrick Dierson specified new Showline SL NITRO 510C strobe luminaires as part of his design for Tinie Tempah’s Demonstration tour in the U.K. The Tinie Tempah tour has now completed its UK leg and will be visiting festivals across Europe during the summer.
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SEOUL —France-based lighting manufacturer Robert Juliat credits its long-term partner in South Korea, C&C Lightway, for helping its business thrive. Recent Korean projects making use of Robert Juliat gear include Seoul’s Wooridle Church and elsewhere in Korea, including the Yeonggwang Culture & Arts Center and the Seogwipo Culture & Arts Center. Pictured here, C&C Lightway promotes Robert Juliat gear at KOBA 2014.
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JOHANNESBURG — Encouraged by positive reviews from Travis Yeatman, LD for Ultra Music Festival, Chris Gardner, LD for South Africa’s long-running Binneland TV soap opera and other shows produced by Stark Films, decided to give the Philips Strand Lighting 250ML console a try.
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