NEW YORK CITY – grandMA2 met Clapton at the Crossroads when the guitar legend held his triennial guitar mega-jam with his friends and musical contemporaries. Four grandMA2 light consoles were on hand for Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013, which was staged for two nights at Madison Square Garden.
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LOS ANGELES – Truss manufacturer Global Truss America has named Kenneth Kahn president of the company, which sells products in North America under the DuraTruss and Global Truss brands. Kahn has been with the company since its inception in 2000 and has played a key role in building it into a major supplier of trussing and accessories.
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LOS ANGELES – Pink’s The Truth About Love world tour is underway with Clay Paky Sharpys and Chromlech Elidy LEDs accompanying the pop star on more than 130 show dates in North America, Europe and Australia. LD Baz Halpin has placed 100 Sharpys all over the set, while 40 Elidy LEDs are used on the downstage truss as audience blinders and for dynamic effects.
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LONG BEACH, CA – Epson has introduced the PowerLite 4000 Series installation projectors for a wide range of venues. Whether for a conference room, school auditorium, house of worship, sports bar, or home theater, the PowerLite 4650, 4750W and 4855WU projectors deliver color brightness and vivid images in full HD resolution. Advanced features include Faroudja DCDi video processing, a centered lens design, up to two times optical zoom, and lens shift for flexible installation.
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MINNETONKA, MN – Vaddio, a manufacturer of robotic PTZ cameras and camera control systems, announces a major software update to the ClearVIEW HD-USB PTZ camera. In addition to the current USB streaming, version 2.0 allows for IP HD video streaming and remote PTZ camera control through the Ethernet network interface. Integrators now have the design flexibility to choose between USB or network streaming, all in one device.
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AARHUS, Denmark – The MAC Viper Wash and MAC Viper Wash DX with internal framing both feature the same compact form, speed, light quality and colors of the MAC Viper Family and use the same 1000 W HID source. The Wash DX version houses an internal framing system that enables designers to shape and control light projection onto stages, performers, scenery, scrims or any set element with great precision. The internal framing system makes it an automated substitute for a conventional daylight Fresnel fixture.
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LONDON – For 10 years Sky Sports has been sponsoring young people in schools by providing mentors from the top people in sport. This year… Read More »Clay Paky Lights Sports Awards
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ROME – Covering more than 100 square meters inside Rome’s luxurious Trilussa Palace Hotel, the new Moon Spa is a private wellness area unlike any other. Using Dataton Watchout, Andrea de Martino, CEO of Engineering Solutions, has created what he calls “a space that can be transformed according to customers’ requirements with lighting, multimedia and environmental control solutions.”
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TARTU, Estonia – Estonia’s Vanemuine Teater launches its new production of “Grease” with more than 100 Robe moving lights. The installation is part of a much wider upgrade program which has seen all eight Estonian state supported arts and culture venues receive a major lighting refit – with Robe moving lights deployed across all sites.
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LONDON – The second leg of Bon Jovi’s current tour opened in Bulgaria earlier this month, revealing an Americana-themed set, designed by PEDG’s Spike Brant. Serving as production / lighting designer / show director for the tour, Brant turned to Tait to create the 30 meter inflatable 1959 Buick Electra, which spans the length of the mainstage.
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CALGARY, Alberta, Canada – Lighting control manufacturer Johnson Systems Inc. (JSI) has released the new J-Pack Hi-Power Universal Relay Packs and J-Pack Hi-Performance Universal Dimmer Packs. J-Pack Relay Packs are a universal high power series of 3- and 6-channel DMX relay packs rated at a full 20 amps per circuit. J-Pack Dimmers are a truly universal high performance series of 6 x 1,560 Watt dimmer packs. Their high resolution professional grade distributed dimming is designed for versatility in virtually any environment.
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