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4Wall Dances with Light in McCartney’s Ocean Kingdom

Ocean's Kingdom

4Wall Dances with Light in McCartney’s Ocean Kingdom

NEW YORK – Paul McCartney recently teamed with Peter Martins and the New York City Ballet to create Ocean’s Kingdom, the first ballet scored by the former Beatle. The ballet’s LD Mark Stanley called on 4Wall New York to provide the lighting, including Vari*Lite VL1000 and VL3500 fixtures, the Martin MAC III Profile and Look Solutions Unique 2 Hazer. To provide a “jail cell” effect with columned beams of light, Stanley chose the Clay Paky Sharpy.

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Justin Fitzpatrick

Green Hippo Names Fitzgerald for Asia Region

LONDON – Green Hippo has appointed Justin Fitzpatrick as the new Technical Sales Manager for Asia. Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Fitzgerald comes with broad experience including positions as Sales Director for a UK based Nurse Call system and Creative Director for advertising agency in Kuala Lumpur, plus 10 years as a Producer and Creative director for clients around Asia including Montblanc and Louis Vuitton.

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Mojo Barriers L-R Frank Klaveness and Christian Graham, Vaktvesenet AS

Mojo Barriers Expands into Norway with New Distributor

DE MEERN, Netherlands – Mojo Barriers has extended their global distribution network further by appointing Norwegian security firm Vaktvesenet AS as their official distributor of its stage barriers. This means that Norwegian clients now have access to the full range of Mojo products including aluminum stage barriers, gates, exits, corners and bar barriers.

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Morgan Crane

Morgan Crane Joins Blackstone Productions

UXBRIDGE, MA – Morgan Crane has joined event production company Blackstone Productions as Director of Sales and Marketing. Crane’s 20 years of sales and marketing experience most recently included senior positions for Projection Presentation Technology at the Boston Convention & Exposition Center.

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ISE 2012

ISE 2012 Sets New Attendance Records

AMSTERDAM — Integrated Systems Europe set a new record for number of exhibitors — 825, up 15 percent from the year before, with close to 200 new exhibitors, and overall attendance — 40,869, up 17 percent from the year before, for the AV and electronic systems integration trade event that occupied 11 halls of the Amsterdam RAI from Jan. 31-Feb 2. Other new records include total floor space (about 323,000 square feet) and registrants for the pre-show conference and educational sessions (more than 2,000 for the first time.)

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German TV’s ‘Wetten, Dass…?’ Counts on High End Systems

AUSTIN, TX – For 20 years, Production Designer Manfred Voss has been with the popular German TV game show, “Wetten, dass..?” (translating as “Wanna bet that…?”)  which counts on ordinary people performing outlandish tasks for its entertainment value. Voss chooses the Road Hog Full Boar to control up to 16 SHOWPIX pixilation luminaires and
12 SHOWGUN 2.5 automated luminaires for its broadcasts on ZDF TV throughout Europe.

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Roundhouse

Visual Elements Invests in Chroma-Q Color Block DB4

ASHFORD, UK – UK rental company Visual Elements has upgraded 100 Chroma-Q Color Block DB4 LED Fixtures in its inventory to the new Color Block Plus Replacement Engine. The new engine offers more than two and a half times the light output  – 750 lumens – of the original Color Block DB4 (290 lumens) with the internal switch set to full power. The newest installation of the Color Block Plus DB4 LED fixtures is at the Roundhouse.

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Kasabian

XL Video on Kasabian’s Velociraptor Tour

LONDON – XL Video supplied the UK leg of Kasabian’s recent “Velociraptor!’ world tour with a camera and PPU system, media server control, projection and scenic Barco MiStrip LED elements. Video director Paul “Eggy” Eggerton and engineer Wolfgang “Wolfie” Schram worked on the IMAG looks, while set was a collaboration between LD Nick Gray and the band’s creative dirctor Aitor Throp.

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Mark Haney

Mark Haney Joins Elation as Senior Market Manager

LOS ANGELES –  Elation Professional hired Mark Haney as senior market manager of Broadcast Video and Lighting. This new position focuses on the overall sales of Elation’s LED video product, support and client relations. Haney, who has more than 20 years of experience in the broadcast/touring video market, was formerly a sales director for Screenworks/NEP.

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PRG Acquires Paskal Lighting

ARMONK, NY – Production Resource Group, L.L.C. (PRG) has acquired Paskal Lighting, a U.S.-based lighting, grip and expendables company that has served the motion picture and television industries since 1988. While serving as a PRG subsidiary, Paskal Lighting will operate under its own name, with Evan Green continuing in his role as president.

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