NEW YORK – Four new standards, now in public review through the end of this year, include two proposed reaffirmations of existing standards (relating to DMX512-A and fog equipment), one revised standard (relating to GFCIs) and one new standard (also relating to DMX512-A). The public review materials for the four standards are available at the PLASA website.
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LONDON – Lighting designer Yenz Nyholm used his Avolites Tiger Touch to help reignite the memories of Level 42 fans when the band performed at London’s Royal Albert Hall. He programmed both the lighting and the video through his Avolites’ Tiger Touch 6.1, which now features enhancements and updates that have advanced the console’s capability. He said, “The best thing for me is the cue stacking. You can display your cue list and each individual cue’s parameters on the screens, but better still you can go in and change every parameter without having to be in the cue itself. This has been a massive time saving device.”
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NORCROSS, GA— LED display provider NanoLumens appoints John Kahn as Chief Financial Officer. Kahn has more than 25 years of strategic international financial experience that includes CFO roles at a variety of NASDAQ listed, private equity owned, and venture capital backed companies. Most recently, Kahn was CFO of TeamStaff, Inc. where he helped the company become a top-performing micro-cap stock and led a public offering.
Read More »OTTAWA, Canada — Although Ontario Ministry of Labor officials issued a report earlier this year finding no evidence of structural defects that led to the July 18, 2011 collapse of the overhead stage structure during a Cheap Trick performance at the Ottawa Bluesfest, newly-published details cite the crew’s inability to quickly cut ties securing the structure’s fabric walls as a key factor contributing to wind loads on the structure as the storm hit the area.
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KIEV, Ukraine – When Jennifer Lopez’s “Dance Again” world tour performed a show Nov. 13 in Kiev, Ukraine, local production company Feyeria helped out. Feyeria was responsible for most of her technical production at the Ukraine Palace of Sports.
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MANCHESTER, UK – Lighting and rigging company dbn supplied stage lighting for the city’s 2012 Festive Season lighting switch-on. dbn’s Andy Kennett designed the lighting, making sure to light the audience as well as the stage action and to create effects that involved everyone as a whole. This is also why there was a concentration of beam type effects in the design to skim over the audience and also to highlight some of the buildings.
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COPENHAGEN – LD Kasper Lange used a large Martin MAC rig that included Martin Professional’s new MAC Viper Profile for the 2012 Danish Music Awards at the Forum in Copenhagen. “We needed a small and powerful lamp that could cut through the massive audience light,” Lange said. The event was broadcast live in Denmark.
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LONDON – PR Lighting has appointed White Light as sole UK reseller for its lighting products. White Light’s technical support team have been working closely with their Chinese counterparts to ensure a seamless transition, enabling them to offer spares, service and product training, while product manager David Manister is planning an introductory road show around the UK.
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BRISTOL, UK – JLS, UK’s hot boyband, headlined the charity concert for The Mall at Cribbs Causeway’s Christmas Lights switch-on in Bristol earlier this month. Stage Electrics supplied the fully equipped tunnel stage with complete event lighting. They also supplied and installed a temporary outdoor ice rinks with more than 1000sq m (10,764 sq ft) of real ice.
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