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ETC Selador Desire Lights Alps Train Station

ETC Selador LED fixtures light Alpine Sensation

ETC Selador Desire Lights Alps Train Station

SWISS ALPS – The train journey to the Jungfraujoch station in the Swiss Alps is one of the world’s most spectacular.  And now, with the installation of ETC Selador Desire LED lighting fixtures, a large section of Alpine Sensation tunnel has been turned into even more compelling tourist experience. Among the challenges of the installation were the low air pressure at high sea level, and the Alpine weather – and the ETC fixtures accommodated both.

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TMB ProPlex Network Helps Make Olympic Magic

LONDON – The 2012 London Olympic Game Opening and Closing Ceremonies used eight kilometers (4 miles) of fiber optic cable to control and synchronize LED, lasers, lighting, projection, audio, motion control and pyro. A significant element of the network was a system of ProPlex GBS Gigabit Switches and Fiber Cable from TMB.

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Reed Rigging Supports Starz TV Series ‘Boss’

CHICAGO – Chicago-based Reed Rigging provided production rigging support and hardware for the Season 2 series shooting and promotional campaign of  “Boss” starring Kelsey Grammer.  The show, which features the city of Chicago as a fictional backdrop, premiered Aug. 17 on the Starz channel.

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Global Gathering

Global Gathering for HSL

STRATFORD, UK – HSL supplied lighting equipment, LED screens, trussing and rigging for the 2012 Global Gathering event, staged at Long Marston Airfield near Stratford. The event attracted up to 50,000 dance music fans over two days. Even the sun participated in the fun over the two days – one of the few UK festivals this summer not to be plagued by erratic weather.

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4Wall DC's new location

4Wall DC Relocates to New Facility

COLUMBIA, MD- 4Wall Entertainment’s DC location has moved from its Halethorpe, MD, location to Columbia, MD.  The relocation was necessary because of 4Wall’s growth.  Since opening in January of 2010, 4Wall DC has consistently added inventory to accommodate  its growing customer base.

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Jennifer Lopez

LD Sean Burke Specs VARI-LITES for Jennifer Lopez Tour

DALLAS – Jennifer Lopez is embarking on her first headlining world tour. LD/ programmer Sean Burke is using VARI-LITE VL3500 Wash FX and VL3000 Spot luminaires from Upstaging to shine a light on the artist and her stage full of dancers, as well as cut through the bright ambient light created from the LED video screens.

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Saturday's opening night celebration

GoVision Enhances Entertainment at ASAE Meeting

DALLAS – Argyle, TX-based GoVision provided video screens to enhance the entertainment during the 2012 ASAE Annual Meeting & Expo in Dallas. An Opening Night Celebration at Cowboys Stadium featured extra screens on each side of the stage for Big & Rich’s show, while another night’s event featured screens enhancing country artist Jack Ingram’s performance.

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Lenny Kravitz

Martin M1 for Lenny Kravitz at TW Classic Fest

WERCHTER, Belgium – Lighting director and lighting op Jesse Blevins directed this summer’s Lenny Kravitz light show at the TW Classic Festival in Belgium from a Martin M1 lighting console with high res custom video content played back on a Martin Maxedia Broadcast. Live video of Kravitz was integrated in the light show and broadcast on a triangle-shaped video screen. Capture of the live video stream was done via the Martin MCC card for the Maxedia Broadcast, which meant that frame delay was minimal and latency was low between the performers on stage and the live video on screen.

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High End Systems, Studio Gear Host Open House

MILWAUKEE – High End Systems, along with regional dealer Studio Gear LLC, will show HES’ newest products with hands-on opportunities Aug. 21, 10:30 a.m.-5:30 pm in Milwaukee. Location is downtown at the Italian Conference Center, 631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee, WI 53202.

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