TORONTO – Cast Software has released the full, market-ready version of wysiwyg R31, the new and significantly updated edition of its lighting design and previsualization suite. R31 is available for download now from the members area of the website.
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KNOXVILLE, TN – Bandit Lites is going full throttle into the second half of the year with the purchase of 200 GLP impression X4S fixtures. The latest product from GLP, the impression X4S will make its worldwide debut with Bandit Lites as almost 100 illuminate Toby Keith’s “Hammer Down” tour. LD Seth Jackson selected the GLP X4S as his work horse for this year’s design, and admits there was some initial concern, but any worries he had disappeared as soon as he walked into Bandit’s programming facility and saw the X4S in action.
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LOS ANGELES – The Inno Spot LED from ADJ is a compact moving head designed for nightclub effects. Powered by a 50-watt LED source, the fixture projects hard-edge beams and gobo/color effects on walls, ceilings and dance floors for a lightshow at any nightclub or venue.
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Read More »NEW YORK — SFX Entertainment, the company that media executive Robert Sillerman formed in June 2012, is looking to raise up to $175 million through an IPO, according to reports. SFX Entertainment filed an S-1 form with the SEC on June 25.
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MANNHEIM, Germany – Heidelberg-based set designer Valentin Ludicke of Atelier Kontrast used 112 Robe moving lights to illuminate Floor 2 of the 2013 Time Warp EDM event at the Maimarkt-Areal Arena in Mannheim, Germany.
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LONDON – Green Hippo has designed a Hippotizer overlay for the Mackie MCU controller, giving the user ease of use when working with Hippotizer media servers. The hardware provides motorized faders making navigation between layers and observing changes during Timeline playback easy.
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LIVERPOOL, UK – UK rental specialist Adlib is supplying lighting, sound, rigging equipment and crew for the current Elvis Costello and The Imposters ‘Revolver’ UK and European tour. It’s the first time that the Liverpool based company has worked with Costello. There’s no formal set list in the show. Songs are chosen – enough to fill nearly three hours of performance – largely by audience members invited onstage to spin a giant wheel bearing different song titles, with a pool of more than 100 potential numbers.
Read More »LOS ANGELES — The 3.5-hour telecast of the BET Awards, hosted by Chris Tucker and featuring Nicki Minaj, Chris Brown and Erykah Badu among others, capped the inaugural BET Experience, a three-day urban music event organized by collaborators AEG and BET that was nearly two years in the making.
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BERLIN – More than 200 Robe moving lights helped rock the house and showcase the Berlin’s emerging DJs and Techno, House, Electro and Minimal talent who made serious summer noise in four aircraft hangars at the Templehof Airport site for A&P’s 2013 ‘Berlin Summer Rave.’ A capacity audience of 20,000 enjoyed Martin Kuhn’s production lighting design. The Robe fixtures were central to the night of action in the Ostfunk, Planet Bass and House Floor arenas.
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BERLIN – ProSieben and SAT.1 has launched its new season of “The Voice of Germany,” a German talent show, recently broadcast from Studio Berlin Adlershof. The show is based on “The Voice” TV format, produced by Talpa Media and Schwartzkopff TV Productions. LD Manuel da Costa used about 300 moving lights, including 50 Clay Paky Sharpys and the new Elidy LED system made by the French manufacturer Chromlech, which Lightpower has recently begun distributing.
Read More »LAS VEGAS — Sarah Guyard-Guillot, 31, an aerial performer in Cirque du Soleil’s Ka at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino, died June 29 after a fall during a battle scene late in the show. The production stopped after the accident and the show has been put on hold until further notice. Audience members said the performer fell more than 50 feet into the production’s pit, which is hidden from the audience’s view.
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