MOLENDINAR, Queensland, Australia —In the three months since taking over Australian distribution of GLP’s portfolio, TLC Global has worked to expand the usage of the company’s products “down under.” This included a series of Entech Roadshows, which ran through Australia’s major cities during the month of February. Pictured here, from left, are TLC Global sales manager Dave Taylor and Soren Storm, GLP sales director, APAC.
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BALTIMORE — Image Engineering noted that it has acquired the full SXL and support gear inventory of the Syncrolite rental division. The acquisition of Syncrolite’s SXL 7000-watt xenon large format fixtures adds to the Image Engineering’s offerings, and along with the gear, Image Engineering promises to continue providing a high level of service and support to its customers.
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AMSTERDAM — For the 14th edition of Integrated Systems Europe (ISE 2017), LED display company Macroblock focused on Hawkeye 200, which uses the 48-channel MBI5353 driver IC improved layout and other system enhancements to boost image quality, reduce overall power consumption, adjust brightness without losing grayscale and keep proper white balance as brightness levels change.
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WESTLAKE, CA — For First Baptist Church of Westlake, Creative Sound and Lighting Solutions, LLC, of Cape Coral, FL opted for two LC-WXN200 projectors from Eiki International to overcome challenges within the sanctuary that included the need to project directly onto the church’s walls rather than projection screens.
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LOS ANGELES — For this year’s Grammy Awards, held Feb. 12 at Staples Center, Full Flood Inc. provided a lighting design that incorporated X4 atoms and X4 Bar 20 fixtures from GLP. PRG provided the fixtures, which were used for performances by Bruno Mars and Beyoncé (pictured here), among others. Full Flood also specified 20 impression X1 fixtures for A Tribe Called Quest.
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SPRINGFIELD, MO — Seminole Baptist Temple has a new look, thanks to a lighting upgrade by Paragon 360 that makes use of LED fixtures from Chauvet Professional and Chauvet DJ. The new fixtures include eight COLORdash Batten-Quad 12 RGBA linear wash fixtures, eight COLORdash Batten-Quad 6 wash linear fixtures and 20 Chauvet DJ COREpar 40 USB COB LED fixtures.
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ANTWERP, Belgium – For Netsky’s impressive homecoming show at the Antwerp Sportpaleis, lighting and visuals designer Andy Hurst and production manager Mike Clegg relied on Blackburn, U.K.-based HSL for lighting and Video Illusions’ Dave Whiteoak for screens and cameras.
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CANTON, MA – High Output, Inc. named Chad Pierce director of systems integration for audio-visual environments. Pierce’s primary responsibilities will be to direct the organization’s audio-visual integration team and expand its reach to a broader range of systems clientele. He brings more than 15 years experience to the position.
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ST. LOUIS, MO – The Long Reach Long Riders (LRLR) celebrated their upcoming ride through Southern California with a raffle and live auction to benefit Behind the Scenes during the USITT Conference in St. Louis, which was held March 8-11, 207. Sales of raffle tickets, some key donations, and sales of BTS and LRLR-branded swag raised over $15,000 for the charity. The LRLR 2017 ride, dubbed the Avocado Adventure, starts on June 16 in Escondido, CA.
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LOUISVILLE, KY — QA: Video Solutions Inc. recently upgraded the AV control systems, displays, playback devices and servers in the Muhammad Ali Center, which offers three levels of exhibits and galleries dedicated to the life and legacy of the boxing legend, who died last June at age 74. Mike Little, president of QA: Video Solutions, used equipment from Alcorn McBride for the upgrade.
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MIAMI — Everlast Productions, a live event production company with offices in Miami, Atlanta and New York City, has added Elation’s Platinum 1200 Wash fixtures to its rental inventory. Washington Arias, Everlast’s CEO and president, credited the fixture for its ability to meet the need for “more punch” in arena-sized settings. Pictured here with the new fixtures are Everlast’s Micah Hudson and Leonardo Cesar.
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COVENTRY, U.K. – Christie Lites is ‘crossing the pond’ with the opening of Christie Lites Coventry in the UK. This new office, located about 20 miles southeast of Birmingham, is Christie Lites’ first expansion outside of North America.
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