NEW YORK – Sapsis Rigging, Inc. (SRI) designed and installed the truss system for the multimedia exhibit, Leonardo's Last Supper: A Vision by Peter Greenaway, which was recently on view at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City.
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BRECKENRIDGE, CO – The 21st annual Budweiser International Snow Sculpture Championships were held recently at Breckenridge Resort, lit with wirelessly-controlled LED fixtures provided by Denver-based Mountain Light Company. The gear list included 21Philips Color Kinetics ColorReach fixtures, more than 100 ColorBlast12s with ShowDMX wireless control and a power distribution system that included 22 City Theatrical PDS units. The event also used truss towers from Xtreme Structures and several new enclosures to keep control equipment dry for three weeks in the mountain setting.
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CANTON, MA – Since 1986, when John Cini and Jim Hirsch started with a simple package of lights and a single truck, High Output has extended its reach, getting involved in projects ranging from film and television lighting support to other areas including theatre and performance, special event production, merchandise sales and systems installations and design.
Read More »ROGERS, AR – Russell Mears, an AV coordinator for Swank Audio Visual, recently returned from overseas active duty with the Air National Guard. He so grateful for the support that he and his family received while deployed that he nominated Swank AV for The Freedom Award, the highest recognition given by the U.S. Government to employers of Guard and Reserve service members.
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BELFAST – Production Services Ireland has noted that its latest round of three 2-day Rigging Awareness Training courses were completely sold out. They were held at PSI's Belfast HQ, where an area of the warehouse has been designated, complete with a full training truss structure set up.
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Osram Opto Semiconductors' compact Multi ChipLEDs, now being built into new 150-inch-diagonal LED video displays offered by FormoLight Technologies Inc., are the smallest RGB LEDs currently available (1.6 mm x 1.6 mm and 0.9 mm thick).
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PAYNESVILLE, MN – Intermedia Systems Group provided a complete AV system for Grace United Methodist Church that included high definition video displays, a Vaddio HD PTZ remotely controlled camera system and a digital audio system to back it all up.
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REDWOOD CITY, CA – In the last several years Shinnyo-en Buddhists have conducted the Saisho Homa fire rite ceremony in Taiwan, Paris and Berlin. This year, the prayer ceremony for world peace was brought to the U.S. for the first time and documented by Gorilla Production Group with AV technical support from Video Applications Inc. (VAI).
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ORLANDO – J. Thor Productions, Inc. and Jacobs Incentive Travel teamed up to support an annual event attended about 300 executives associated with The Melting Pot Restaurants chain.
Read More »WINTER PARK, FL – Full Sail University has expanded its media server curriculum recently and acquired an assortment of Hippotizer media servers to give its entertainment technology students hands-on experience. The new gear includes seven GrassHopper media servers, five ZooKeeper software packages and one Hippotizer HD unit.
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LONDON – It may have been the 10th consecutive year that XL Video has provided support for the Brit Awards, but the 2011 edition was anything but the same-old same-old.
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NASHVILLE, TN – Christie Lites named Steven "Creech" Anderson, a 30-year industry veteran, account executive. Based in Brentwood, TN, near Nashville, Anderson also coordinates with Christie Lites staff at the company's 11 locations across North America to support the needs of concert touring clients.
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