OSLO — A larger-than-anticipated crowd — 5,000 to 6,000 fans, according to some reports — started packing the streets near Oslo’s Opera House May 30 where Justin Bieber was set to perform a free concert from the roof as part of the NBC special, Justin Bieber: All Around the World.
Read More »BUFFALO, NY — Folding chairs were damaged and thrown on the stage, along with bottles and cans, after headliner Eric Church’s performance was cancelled June 1 at Coca-Cola Field due to weather concerns. There were no reports of serious injuries. Organizers of the WYRK Taste of Country concert had delayed Church’s appearance on the stage, then cancelled the event amid concerns that the high winds might destabilize the stage structure.
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BOULDER, CO — Industry veteran Danny Abelson announced the formation of Zeehi LLC, a new company dedicated to developing solutions to improve the workflow of entertainment production professionals. Zeehi’s management includes other industry veterans with experience in audio and lighting product design, production management and fixed installations. Zeehi’s first entertainment technology solution, CueCast, will debut this summer.
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NEW YORK — IATSE, the stagehands union, has created two new divisions and re-organized another. Along with its new Division of Education and Training, IATSE added a Broadcast Division. IATSE has also moved its Organizing Division into its Stagecraft Division—all of its other divisions had their own organization division, so this move eliminates some redundancies, but ensures each arm of IATSE has a team dedicated to organizing.
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An integrated miniature projector that can display images on a much larger surface than existing displays is the next giant leap for smart phones and cameras. This is known as embedded projection and uses LEDs as the light source. The greatest challenge so far for lighting technology has been the limited efficiency of the green light emitting diodes. This is because high brightness is essential if the projected image will be seen with ambient light. LEDs that produce green light with acceptable luminance were not available. The new Osram Ostar Projection Cube has now filled this gap.
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VAN NUYS, CA – This is Director of Photography George Mooradian’s second season on TV Land’s “Happily Divorced,” which is based on a true story from Fran Drescher and Peter Marc Jacobson’s life. Beginning this season, the DP added a non-traditional multi-camera lighting source: LEDs from Litepanels.
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LAS VEGAS — CHAUVET technology is at the core of a custom-built fixture by Morpheus Lights for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s Wrecking Ball tour. The Morpheus CP7 IP LED Blinder was designed around the tri-color RGB light engine of the COLORado 1-Tri IP. At only 616-watts, the CP7 efficiently replaces traditional nine-lights with color changers that draw close to 6,000 watts.
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