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Justin Timberlake Tours with grandMA-controlled Sharpys

Justin Timberlake 2013 tour

Justin Timberlake Tours with grandMA-controlled Sharpys

NEW YORK— For Justin Timberlake’s 20/20 Experience World Tour, lighting directors/programmers Nick Whitehouse and Jason Gangi are using a grandMA2 console for the sophisticated production, which makes use of Clay Paky Sharpy fixtures in the lighting rig. Both the console and the fixture are distributed by A.C.T Lighting.

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French TV LD David Seligmann-Forest used more than 100 Robe moving lights - LEDWash 300 and 600s, LEDBeam 100s and MMX Spots - for Retour de Terre Inconnue

French TV Program Segments Lit with Robe Gear

PARIS — French TV LD David Seligmann-Forest used more than 100 Robe moving lights – LEDWash 300 and 600s, LEDBeam 100s and MMX Spots – for Retour de Terre Inconnue, a program where celebrities mingle with non-celebrities and explore French cultural traditions. The Robe gear lights interview segments seen by both TV viewers and a studio audience.

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Winchester U.K.-based Chesil Theatre

Venerable U.K. Theatre Invests in Philips Selecon LED Technology

WINCHESTER, U.K. — Peter Vincent, lighting manager at the 75-seat Chesil Theatre, chose three PLprofile1s, five PLfresnel1s and five PLcyc1s for their energy efficiency, color changing abilities and ease of use. He based his decision on a shootout with the theatre’s existing tungsten rig. The theatre, in a building that dates to Medieval times, is home of the 150-year-old Winchester Dramatic Society.

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Christie MicroTiles at Raven Industries

Raven Industries Chooses Christie MicroTiles for Corporate Lobby Display

SIOUX FALLS — Raven Industries, based here, chose Christie MicroTiles as a key part of its extensive corporate lobby redesign. The seven-by-three array (WxH) is used for videos depicting the company’s history and three operating divisions. Raven Industries project coordinator Andrew Simmons chose the MicroTiles in part for their ability to display saturated colors in ambient light.

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Apollo Theatre file photo before the collapse

More than 80 Hurt, Four Seriously in Apollo Theatre Ceiling Collapse

LONDON — More than 80 people were hurt, four seriously, in a ceiling collapse at the Apollo Theatre here on Dec. 19. The 775-capacity theatre, which first opened in 1901, was nearly full when the ceiling fell a little after 8 p.m., according to reports. The staged production, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, had been underway for about 40 minutes when it was halted amid the fallen debris and dust.

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Mega-Lite VATZ Series single-source LED lighting fixtures

Mega-Lite VAZT LED Series

Mega-Lite’s VAZT single source LED lighting fixtures includes the VAZT LED P100, with a single red, blue, green, white and amber 100 watt LED, designed for color mixing; the VAZT LED VW100, with a 100W LED that displays whites in the 3,400K to 5,600K color temperature range, and the VAZT LED UV50 with a 50W UV LED.

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Florian Daniel Tospann (second from right) with his team and some of the new products

TS Veranstaltungstechnik Stocks Up on Clay Paky, MA Lighting Gear

BIRENBACH, Germany —  TS Veranstaltungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG, based here, recently expanded its existing Clay Paky inventory (14 Alpha Spot 300s) with 38 A.leda Wash K10s and eight Alpha Spot HPE 700s. The company, which had already owned a grandMA2 ultra-light, also purchased a grandMA2 light, a VPU light and a 4Port Node onPC from MA Lighting. Pictured here are Florian Daniel Tospann (second from right) with his team and some of the new products.

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