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Edinburgh Fringe Festival Production Rigs Include Robe Fixtures

Edinburgh Fringe Festival Production Rigs Include Robe Fixtures. Photo by Louise Stickland

Edinburgh Fringe Festival Production Rigs Include Robe Fixtures

EDINBURGH , Scotland – Robe moving lights were used throughout the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The Pleasance, a collection of performance spaces featuring numerous productions each day, relied upon a total of 46 of Robe’s fixtures, including a mix of Pointes, 600E Spots, MMX Spots, MMX WashBeams, MMX Blades and LEDWash 600s. The 750-seat Pleasance Grand was used to stage the elaborate production ofThis is Brazil. That show’s rig included 10 LEDWash 600s, six MMX Blades and six MMX WashBeams.

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In Memoriam: Kraig 'Bundy' Boyd, 49

In Memoriam: Kraig “Bundy” Boyd, 49

PORT HUENEME, CA — Kraig “Bundy” Boyd, whose long career in video and lighting production included shows featuring Rolling Stones, Kenny Chesney, Barry Manilow, Neil Diamond and Janet Jackson, among many others, died July 10, 2015. Services were held July 18 at Lane Funeral Home in Niagara Falls, NY. Video production company Screenworks held a memorial in Boyd’s honor in Camarillo, CA on Aug. 23, 2015.

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MDG Names New Distributors for U.K., Middle East

LONDON — MDG Fog Ltd has appointed two new distributors for its range of fog and haze generators. Effective Oct. 1, MDGfog UK, a trading division of Robe UK Ltd, will take responsibility for the exclusive distribution of the full MDG product range in the UK and Ireland. This new division will be headed by Matt Wiseman, a well-known face in the UK entertainment industry who brings 20 years of experience to the role.

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The Street at Pacific Quay on Referendum Night, illuminated with SGM P-5s

Events Related to Scottish Independence Referendum Lit with SGM P-5 Fixtures

GLASGOW, Scotland — Two TV rental specialists — one operating in London and one in Glasgow — pooled their respective SGM inventories recently during the recent Scottish Independence Referendum. With most of the broadcast activity centered on Glasgow, Tony Kennedy’s Teknique Systems, having purchased 12 SGM P-5 Washlights from SGM UK, joined forces with Richard Martin Lighting (RML) to provide lighting infrastructure in two very different venues.

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ACME, one of the largest enterprises known worldwide for is specialization in the field of lighting, will now include CRMXchip as a standard feature for their existing and future professional product line.

LumenRadio and ACME Announce CRMXchip Partnership

GOTHENBURG, Sweden — LumenRadio announced that ACME joined the group of manufacturers incorporating the company’s CRMXchip in its products earlier this month. ACME, one of the largest enterprises known worldwide for is specialization in the field of lighting, will now include CRMXchip as a standard feature for their existing and future professional product line.

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D.T.S. named High Wycombe-based Qeytek as its exclusive distributor in the U.K. Silvano Latteo, president of D.T.S., pictured here, left, and Cally Bacchus, owner and director of Qeytek, pictured right, welcomed the announcement.

D.T.S. Names Qeytek U.K. Distributor

MISANO ADRIATICO, Italy – D.T.S., based here, named High Wycombe-based Qeytek as its exclusive distributor in the U.K. Silvano Latteo, president of D.T.S., pictured here, left, and Cally Bacchus, owner and director of Qeytek, pictured right, welcomed the announcement.

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