MUNICH – Robe lighting announces a new wholly-owned subsidiary – Robe Deutschland GmbH – which will be based in Munich and have a regional sales force covering the entire country. The new company hits the ground running in this key European market with an exceptionally strong, experienced and well connected ‘dream-team’ on-board.
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NATIONAL HARBOR, MD- MGM National Harbor opened its doors to the public December 8, 2016. Frost Productions was tasked with creating the lighting design for a signature amenity of the MGM National Harbor, a 15,000-square foot Conservatory that greets guests upon arrival. 4Wall DC collaborated with Frost Productions, providing and installing all the fixtures utilized for the project.
NASHVILLE – When American rock band Kansas originally announced plans for a 40th anniversary tour of their five times platinum album Leftoverture, the band initially thought it would be a brief ten or twelve show run. One year later, the legendary rock group has had to add another leg to the tour to meet fans’ demands, with dates now stretching into winter of 2017 and featuring a lighting package from Bandit Lites.
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CZECH REPUBLIC – Czech lighting manufacturer Robe has acquired the rights and IP (intellectual property) from well-known U.S. lighting designer / programmer Seth Robinson of Sightline Design Group for RoboSpot, a remote controlled follow spot system. Seth originally developed the RoboSpot concept a few years ago working with automated luminaires. Initially he used scanners due to the fast response time of the mirror and as the technology of moving heads improved, he then turned his attention to utilizing them with his system.
CHELMSFORD, MASS. – Broadcast Pix™ today announced an agreement with NewBlue, an innovative titling and video effects company based in San Diego, to include its high-end CG engine in Broadcast Pix integrated production switchers. Titler Live powered by NewBlueFX produces resolution independent 3D text and graphics, as well as motion graphics animations. Broadcast Pix will demonstrate its new graphics capabilities at the 2017 NAB Show (Booth SL9721), which runs April 24-27 in Las Vegas, Nev.
CYPRESS, CA, – FOR-A announces plans to introduce the USF-10IP 10 GbE IP Converter at the upcoming NAB Show. The company will debut the IP Gateway USF-10IP series, along with over a dozen other brand new solutions, in its NAB booth, #C5117. The USF-10IP is a dual 10 GbE video over IP module series that offers high-quality mutual conversion of any major standard IP video format, including ASPEN, NMI, SMPTE2022-5/6, TR-03/04 and most of the latest IP formats.
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SECAUCUS, NJ – For millions of Americans, The Today Show is an entertaining and informative way to start the day. For the executive team at WorldStage, the iconic morning TV program was also a way to start a growing investment in the Maverick MK2 Spot fixtures from CHAUVET Professional.
NETHERLANDS – To mark the launch of their highly anticipated new album ‘Humanz’, Gorillaz performed a secret one-off show at Printworks, London, and Mojo Barriers showed it’s not all about big tours and festivals by supplying its world-class stage barriers to this prestigious event, 24th March 2017. The world’s most successful virtual band celebrated the release of their new studio album with a very special performance which saw Gorillaz play ‘Humanz’ live for the first time in a ‘’triumphant comeback gig’’ (NME) supported by Telekom Electronic Beats.
NETHERLANDS – With the appointment of AED Distribution NL as Prolyte distributor, AED Distribution BE as ProLyft Service Point and the appointment of Controllux BE… Read More »Prolyte Group Expands Distribution in Belgium and the Netherlands
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KIEV, Ukraine — The 2017 Eurovision Song Contest, to be staged May 9-13 in Kiev, Ukraine, will feature more than 800 lighting fixtures from Elation. Lighting designer Jerry Appelt is working with head of production Ola Melzig on the project.
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OAKLAND, CA — A big crowd of friends of the late production and tour manager Benny Collins, who died Jan. 27 at age 68, gathered for a memorial service, “A Celebration of a Life Well Lived,” a.k.a. “Benny’s Last Load-Out” on April 1, 2017 at Oakland’s historic Fox Theater.
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FLORENCE, Italy – The organizers of Showlight, a quadrennial event set to take place May 20-23 in Florence’s Palazzo Dei Congressi, noted that the event’s speaker program has been finalized. Speakers include top LDs Al Gurdon, Durham Marenghi, Rob Halliday, Aldo Visentin, Luc Peumans, Mikki Kunttu and Jeff Ravitz, among others. The event will also feature Neal Preston’s rock ‘n’ roll photography.
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