AUSTIN, TX – High End Systems is hosting an open house in Orlando, FL Jan. 26-27 to demonstrate new products including intellaspot, Technospot, trackspot Bolt, DL.3 and Road Hog Full Boar consoles. There will also be time for customers to get some hands-on experience.
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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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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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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.
Read More »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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LONDON – After a successful trial run with an internship program, Green Hippo started 2012 with an ongoing program to offer opportunities to those with interest and talent in the industry. Shown here are recent interns Suzy Casserley and Arthur Horrigan.
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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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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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