COLOGNE, Germany – Excalibur, the Celtic Rock Opera started touring Germany and Switzerland earlier this year, with a lighting rig that includes Infinity ACL S fixtures from Coemar.
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WINDSOR, U.K. – Summit Steel supplied a selection of its SmarTmast range to the Royal Windsor Horse Show. The SmarTmasts were deployed around the main arena to support video displays, lighting and PA gear.
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LONDON – Enter Shikari played their last date of a U.K. tour earlier this year at the Hammersmith Apollo in London. Lighting designer and programmer Steven Bewley's brief was for a "big, brash, in-your-face" rig. He turned to some of Martin Professional's newest MAC luminaires.
Read More »FREDERICKSBURG, TX – The National Museum of the Pacific War recently opened the 33,000-square-foot George H.W. Bush Gallery with 40 multimedia exhibits to provide extra impact. To protect the AV components, the exhibit technology team at Bowen Technovation and exhibit designers The Douglas|Group chose Furman's PS-PRO II power conditioner/sequencers and AC-215 power conditioners.
Read More »LOS ANGELES – American DJ, a manufacturer of lighting, audio and trussing products, has filed suit in the U.S. District Court Central District of California against NSI Audio, Inc., a California company that sells and distributes products under several brand names, including American Vocal and Vertigo.
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BIRMINGHAM, U.K. – DBN Lighting and production company Just Communicate worked together recently to support a gala dinner for a technology company at the Hilton Metropole Hotel at the Birmingham NEC.
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SHANGHAI, China – For the Danish Pavilion at the World Expo 2010, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) architects, the Centre for Advanced Visualization and Interaction (CAVI) at Aarhus University in Denmark and Martin Professional are giving the unique structure an energy-efficient glow.
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PRG, the U.S. distributor for Gekko Technology LED fixtures, debuted the Kezia range of LED spot luminaires at the NAB show in Las Vegas. The Kezia LED spot luminaires are hard-source LED spot luminaires with tunable white light that eliminates the need for color correction. They are available in two models: the Kezia 50 and the Kezia 200.
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MOORESTOWN, NJ – Starlite Productions recently moved its headquarters to a 52,800-square-foot facility here with 22-foot ceilings and 11 loading docks. The new facility is nearly double the size of its previous location in Cherry Hill, N.J., seven miles away, where Starlite had operated for 15 years.
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NEW YORK – For American Idiot featuring the music of Green Day, lighting designer Kevin Adams included Vari*Lite's new VLX Wash luminaire from Philips Vari-Lite in the rig. As with his previous designs for the Broadway production of Spring Awakening, which netted Adams the 2009 Tony Award, American Idiot arrived on Broadway after having been first staged elsewhere.
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CYPRESS, CA – Christie has appointed Mitch Rosenberg director of sales for its recently-formed U.S. Christie Visual Environments Display Systems group. In this role, Rosenberg will lead the consolidated sales and business development team for Christie MicroTiles. Rosenberg reports to Zoran Veselic, vice president of Christie's Visual Environments.
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PHOENIX – The Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) displays instruments from around the world – nearly 250 countries and territories. It also offers visitors AV and live performances that lets them see and hear the instruments being played in their cultural context. Stage Technologies Las Vegas installed the automation system used within the 299-seat Music Theater.
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