RICHARDSON, TX – Bobby Dennis, technical director of The Heights Baptist Church, has had success using multi-tasking Rogue RH1 Hybrid fixtures from Chauvet Professional, and not just for the musical performaces staged there. He’s also found the fixtures to be useful for worship services.
WAUKESHA, WI – Blizzard Lighting has expanded into a larger facility in Waukesha, WI in early November. Measuring more than 40,000 square feet, the new facility’s address is: Blizzard Lighting, LLC, N24 W23750 Watertown Rd., Suite B, Waukesha, WI 53188.
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The Luxmax 2HD from Luxmax U.S.A. is a new super high resolution (2.4mm pixel pitch) LED display panel that is engineered to impress. This 4K ready LED solution promises to serve as a superior alternative to traditional projection systems and LCD video walls for many applications, including those where ambient light or glare is an issue. Each lightweight panel is designed and manufactured to the highest standards, ensuring reliable functionality, precision alignment and ease-of-use.
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LONDON – For American Nile Rodgers’ U.K. performances earlier this year, LD Massimo Tomasino was pleased to discover that the Clay Paky fixtures that he specified – which originated in Italy, just like the LD himself – were readily available in the British Isles. He noted that, on the rare occasion where the Alpha Spot HPE 1200s he requested were not available, other Clay Paky fixtures, like the Alpha Spot HPE 700, usually were, and they served as a fitting substitute.
REGGIO EMILIA, Italy — Campovolo 2015 was a 3.5-hour musical celebration of Luciano Ligabue’s 25-year career. Staged at the Reggio Emilia Airport on Sept. 19, the celebration featured a lighting design by Jo Campana. The 150,000 tickets sold for the single-day event had a collective valuation of more than 7 million Euros, setting a record. Agorà Service provided the lighting equipment for the event, which included 220 Sharpys and 60 Alpha Beam 1500s from Clay Paky, the Osram-owned, Italy-based lighting manufacturer.
LAS VEGAS – When a worldwide audience tuned into the CNN Democratic Party presidential debate in Las Vegas, not only were they seeing possibly the next American president, they also saw over 320 Christie MicroTiles displaying graphics behind each presidential hopeful.
Read More »For British band Mumford & Sons’ Wilder Mind tour, lighting and production designer Ed Warren used Robe BMFLs, Martin VDO Sceptron 10s and MAC Quantum… Read More »“Halo64s” Jazz Up the PAR Can for Mumford & Sons
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LAS VEGAS – Novalight returned to LDI this year where it was distributing with DNJ Pro, their exclusive distributor for North America, to showcase their entire lineup of products and present the industry with their newest moving light, the Nova-Scope.
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LONDON– It’s Frank Sinatra’s centenary, and to mark his 100th birthday, the legendary singer played the London Palladium. “Sinatra: The Man & His Music” brought Old Blue Eyes to life more than 60 years after the celebrated entertainer played the venue. d3 and its creative software suite helped Fifty Nine Productions, Ltd. deliver the show’s complex visual media content to packed houses of fans.
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USA – Analog Way Inc., a France-based designer and manufacturer of high-end presentation switchers and image converters, announced the appointment of two new representative firms for the Midwest and Northeast U.S. Bormann Marketing will cover the Midwest territory, while Sapphire Marketing will represent Analog Way in the Northeast.
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Elation’s new Satura Profile is an energy-efficient CMY color-changing moving head in the company’s popular LED-based Satura Series. The Satura Profile promises intense output from a 440W cool-white LED engine and houses a variety of design tools including zoom and internal framing. The luminaire’s LED engine is designed to deliver a total of 20,000 lumens, with output comparable to a 1200W discharge lamp.
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