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Forcast in Expansion with Action Monaco Acquisition

Forcast in Expansion with Action Monaco Acquisition

Forcast, a South of France-based broadcast, video and AV rental services company, has acquired Action Monaco from the Avesco Group. With the merger, Forcast becomes one of the largest AV rental/broadcast and video facilities service operation in France outside of Paris. With Action’s main office in Monaco and Forcast’s three facilities along the Cote D’Azur, all easily accessible to main intercontinental highways, the companies can combine both equipment and resources to cost-effectively service projects from Barcelona to Milan as well as farther afield in Europe.

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Ice Sculpture Festival

Philips Selecon Emits High Light, Low Heat for Ice Festival

ZWOLLE, Netherlands – The first Ice Sculpture Festival in Zwolle, Holland features more than 40 ice sculptors who created sea animals, ocean monsters and other characters in ice for the nautical themed event. Naturally, lighting needed to be low heat-emitting, and the Philips fixtures fit the bill. LD Jasper Schimmel used a number of Philips Selecton Pacific and PL3 LED Luminaires from Rolight to create a dramatic lightscape. The festival runs to Jan. 29.

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Look Solutions on the set

Tom Kittle Chooses Look Solutions Foggers for TV, Film

WILLIAMSPORT, MD – Special effects foreman Tom Kittle, of Ocala, FL, turns to Look Solutions for fog effects in film and TV projects. From Mel Gibson’s film ‘The Patriot,’ to the recent series “The Vampire Diaries,” Kittle says Vipers and TINY foggers have been a part of every show he’s been working on, as he can place them easily anywhere he needs to in the set.

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Caesars Tribute II: A Salute to the Ladies on the Ice

Clay Paky Shines on Ice Skating TV Special

BERGAMO, Italy – Clay Paky fixtures lit up the ice for a roster of figure skating champions in “Caesars Tribute II: A Salute to the Ladies of the Ice,” taped in Atlantic City, NJ. Production and lighting designer Christien Method of design one used Sharpys and Alpha Spot HPE 1500s to glam up the ice, controlled with two full-size grandMA 2 desks networked together. The show aired Jan. 1 on NBC TV.

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Christie’s ‘Solutions That Rock’ Set for Orange County

CYPRESS, CA  – Christie’s ‘Solutions That Rock’ is a free event introducing display solutions to AV professionals. Its next stop is Jan. 18-19, 10 am-7 pm  at Sound Matrix Studios in Orange County, CA. The event is also an informal opportunity for dealers, integrators, distributors and end users to learn how Christie’s solutions deliver captivating visual experiences. Following Orange County, its next stop is in San Mateo, CA during Feb. 1-2.

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WorldStage Expands Lighting Inventory with New Gear

NEW YORK – WorldStage has expanded its lighting and console inventory to offer more of the newest technology to the live staging, theatrical corporate and broadcast markets.  Recent investments include City Theatrical’s new SHoW DMX Neo and SHoW DMX SHoW Baby, Clay Paky’s Sharpy,  the Martin MAC Aura, the VARI-LITE VLX Wash luminaire, Prism Projection’s RevEAL Studio and grandMA2 control systems.

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Pictured – Ingus Lasinskis (seated) with Rokas, Vytas and Valerijs from 5 Star’s woodwork department

5 Star Cases Expands Facility

WISBECH, UK – European flightcase manufacturer 5 Star Cases kicks off the new year with a new, much larger, custom designed sanding booth area at its Wisbech headquarters. The sanding booth plays a central role in 5 Star’s case production process. With the new system, the company says they can work faster and more efficiently, which will benefit their clients.

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AC-ET Open Day

AC-ET Showcases Next Gen Technologies to UK LDs

HIGH WYCOMBE, UK – A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd. hosted a workshop event for some of the industry’s hottest lighting designers to showcase next generation LED, lighting and video control technologies from leading manufacturers. LDs Jamie Thompson, Johnny Barker, Dave Cohen, Greg Hill, Andres Atkinson, Louis Oliver and Chris Swain demonstrated products from Chroma-Q, GLP, PixelRange, VARI*LITE, Jands Vista and Green Hippo.

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David Guetta

Robe Provides ‘Nothing But The Best’ for David Guetta

BUDAPEST, Hungary – Robe lighting played an integral role in dance guru David Guetta’s worldwide touring spec, and did so again for Guetta’s “Nothing But the Best” live showcase in Budapest. LD Jonathan “Leggy” Armstrong spec’d the gear, run by UK-touring lighting director Alex “Junior” Cero. The lighting rig featured 29 Robe LEDWash 600s, 18 ColorSpot 1200E ATs and 12 ColorWash 250E ATs at its core, with a grandMA console, all supplied by Colossal.

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GLP impression Wash One

GLP impression Wash One

GLP introduces the impression Wash One, which offers a fresnel based optical system with a full feature set of beam control options. The fixture uses the same 400W RGB LED light engine as the impression Spot One, introduced last year.  A wide color spectrum, 6-60-degree zoom as well as a narrow 3-degree beam, offer flexibility for lighting professionals.

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