NEW YORK – Production Resource Group (PRG) congratulated all the nominees for the 67th Annual Emmy Awards for their achievements in the television production industry, noting that PRG provided lighting solutions, key personnel, and products, including the PRG V676 Lighting Control Console, for seven of this year’s nominated television productions.
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BAKU, Azerbaijan – The Closing Ceremony for the first European Games at the Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan on June 28 made use of W-DMX by Wireless Solution Sweden AB.
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LONDON — White Light recently supported an exhibition of photos of British actress Audrey Hepburn at the National Portrait Gallery in Central London.
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LOS ANGELES, CA — Sommer Cable America, the new U.S. division of Germany’s Sommer Cable, has named Pacific Radio Electronics as distributor of its extensive product line. Pictured here at Pacific Radio are, from left, Dan Guiterrez, General Manager; Martin Ucik, President/CEO of Sommer Cable America and Joe Phillips, President of Pacific Radio. Photo by David Goggin.
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MILWAUKEE, WI – When considering a possible feature space for its new building in the Opus College of Engineering, Marquette University turned to Christie to build a Cave Automatic Virtual Environment (CAVE). Dubbed the MARquette Visualization Lab (MARVL), it is a multi-disciplinary campus resource that promotes active learning within an immersive 3D environment.
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NASHVILLE – LD Chris Lisle used Nexus 4×4 LED panels made by Chauvet Professional and supplied by Bandit Lites for Billy Currington, who has been opening for Tim McGraw’s tour this summer.
LAS VEGAS – Panasonic will present with Shochiku, renowned global Kabuki producer, with support from MGM Resorts International, an elaborate, high-tech outdoor performance unlike anything Las Vegas or the U.S. has ever seen. The show will feature a Kabuki-style theatrical event with larger-than-life animation and water choreography in the Kabuki masterpiece Koi-Tsukami, or Fight with a Carp, as a large fish and turbulent sea are projected onto the Bellagio Hotel Fountains in a battle scene.
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NEW YORK – The newly-renamed Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration has opened new galleries in the former Kitchen and Laundry Building of the immigrant processing and detention station, which operated from 1892 to 1954 in New York Harbor. Dedicated to the story of immigration in the years following Ellis Island’s closure, the galleries mark phase two of the Peopling of America Center®.
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MUNICH, Germany – KISS recently brought their elaborate live show to Europe this summer, kicking off its 40th Anniversary European Tour May 30 in Munich’s Olympic Park and wrapping up June 22 in Madrid. LD Sean Hackett’s lighting design included 30 Elation Professional Platinum Beam 5R moving heads supplied by Christie Lites. Production design was by Robert Long and Sooner Routhier.
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GWANGJU, South Korea — As university athletes from around the world took part in the 2015 Gwangju Summer Universiade in South Korea, host broadcaster Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) turned to Riedel Communications for equipment to produce the international feed for the event, one of the world’s largest multi-sport competitions. Pictured here is the distribution control room.
SINGAPORE – For SG50, Singapore’s 50th Anniversary, Dick Lee directed the National Day Parade (NDP) in the Padang, right in the heart of the city, with a design by Javier Tanrations that included 350 Robe BMFL Blades supplied by Showtec Communications Pte Ltd.
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CHICAGO, IL – Chicago Spotlight, Inc. and Grand Stage Lighting Co. Inc. have agreed to merge their operations. The combined company, known as Grand Stage Company, will be divided into three divisions. Grand Stage will continue as the corporate identity and be responsible for all sales, systems integration, and marketing efforts.
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