Skip to content

AIDA Cruises’ New Luxury Flagship Launch Includes Clay Paky Fixtures

AIDAprima set sail in May. Photo by Ralph Larmann

AIDA Cruises’ New Luxury Flagship Launch Includes Clay Paky Fixtures

HAMBURG, Germany – LD Björn Hermann used Clay Paky Mythos and Scenius fixtures for the large-scale light show during the christening ceremony of AIDA Cruises’ new luxury flagship AIDAprima. Built by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding in Japan, the luxury liner holds up to 3,300 passengers. The christening ceremony took place in Hamburg during the port’s 827th anniversary celebrations in May. AIDA Cruises is Germany’s largest cruise ship company, with AIDAprima the eleventh addition to the fleet. The British/American owned company was established in 1960.

Read More »

Barco LED Digital Media Canvas

Barco unveiled its ‘digital media canvas’ – a new LED screen technology that the company says is very different than traditional LED displays. Featuring a thin, lightweight, and bendable design, the R-series is designed to attach easily to virtually any surface – especially on curved surfaces. Compared to today’s LED products, the ‘digital media canvas’ promises creative freedom and greatly reduced setup time and cost for designers and crew.

Read More »
NanoLumens Outdoor Performance Series

NanoLumens Outdoor Performance Series

NanoLumens announced its Outdoor Performance Series featuring brightness of 9,000 nits+ and availability in both 8MM and 10MM pixel pitch configurations at InfoComm 2016 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Nevada. The Outdoor Performance Series is available for immediate delivery.

Read More »
AG Production Services Sets the Stages for Sunset Music Festival in Tampa

AG Production Services Sets the Stages for Sunset Music Festival in Tampa

TAMPA, FL – Sunset Music Festival took over the grounds of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers stadium for the fifth time May 28-29, 2016 and continues to break records.  Since the festival’s inception in 2011, attendance has increased with ticket sales surpassing 30,000 for 2016.  Sunset Music Festival has become the destination electronic dance music festival for central Florida, featuring more than 60 artists across three stages during the Memorial Day weekend event.  This year’s event marks the second year that AG Production Services has been relied upon to provide production support for the festival.

Read More »
Intellitix Wristbands will be used at Electric Castle 2016 in Romania

Electric Castle Event in Romania to Use Intellitix Wristbands for Entry and Payments

CLUJ-NAPOCA, Romania – Romania’s leading live electronic music festival, Electric Castle, will provide 100,000 festival-goers with high tech RFID wristbands for fast and secure entry through the event gates and camping sites. The RFID wristbands will also be used as “digital wallets” for guests to make speedy purchases for all food, drink and merchandise on-site.

Read More »
Ayrton MagicDot-XT

Ayrton MagicDot-XT

Ayrton’s MagicDot-XT was developed for live music, television and entertainment applications requiring a more powerful version of the company’s popular MagicDot-R fixture. The MagicDot-XT is equipped with Ayrton’s new 126 mm diameter collimator that distinguishes the ‘XT’ product line. Along with the MagicDot-XT’s more powerful RGBW emitter, it gives the fixture a more powerful punch, well suited for larger venues.

Read More »
Trade Show Internet Introduces New 4G Mega Internet Kit at InfoComm 2016

Trade Show Internet Introduces New 4G Mega Internet Kit at InfoComm 2016

LAS VEGAS – Trade Show Internet (TSI) has launched its proprietary 4G Mega Internet Kit, the world’s first multi-carrier 4G-to-WiFi hotspot, giving event organizers and technical producers the ability to connect 100 WiFi users in a hotel ballroom without having to purchase any corresponding services from the hotel. TSI will debut its Mega Kit in the Innovations Showcase at the InfoComm trade show June 8-10, 2016, demoing it for event industry pros looking for a more stable and affordable solution for their clients.

Read More »
Mega-Lite Lumen8 Surface

Mega-Lite Lumen8 Surface

Mega-Lite’s Lumen8 Surface is an all-in-one lighting console with a built-in quad core processor that is both powerful and intuitive. This lighting console features 2 built-in universes, 8 additional Art-Net out, and an expand port for up to 10 Lumen8 Stations in series. The Lumen8 Surface offers a professional interface with a more visual approach to lighting control.

Read More »
The act from Poland at Eurovision 2016

Eurovision Song Contest Rig Includes TourPro LightSky AquaBeam Fixtures

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – The 61st Eurovision Song Contest has come and gone, but not without setting a whole host of firsts, one of which was the biggest international audience to date to witness the TourPro LightSky Aquabeam. Supplied by Litecom, 67 AquaBeam fixtures were used to illuminate the high-tech stage and interior of the Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, where Eurovision 2016 took place.

Read More »
Stenzel used a total of 109 RGBAW LED linear washes on the Snake Pit stage: 91 COLORado Batten 144 Tour fixtures and 18 COLORado Batten 72 Tour units

Collyns Stenzel Revs Up Looks For Indy 500 Concerts With Chauvet Professional

INDIANAPOLIS – The “Greatest Spectacle in Racing” celebrated its 100th anniversary in dramatic fashion as rookie driver Alexander Rossi coasted to a victory after his car ran out of gas near the end of the race. Rossi may have been running on empty when he crossed the finish line, but there was plenty of fuel left in the tanks of the high octane lightshows that Collyns Stenzel created for the three concerts that took place in conjunction with the race.

Read More »