SAN DIEGO, CA – Clearwing Productions announced the launch of Clearwing Productions California, Inc., extending the company's reach into San Diego, Los Angeles and other California markets. Jason Schwartzel, who had been project engineer for the Clearwing Productions Arizona design/build department, is overseeing the new location.
Read More »SYDNEY and MELBOURNE – Edwin Shirley Staging Australia (ESS Australia), which changed its name to ES Group Australia Pty Ltd (ESG) in 2009, will now be known once again as ESS Australia. Current managing director Iain Barclay has become the sole shareholder and has assumed all operating responsibility for the company.
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HOLLAND, MI – Central Wesleyan Church used Rent What? Inc.'s Silver Satin Series rental drapes as a backdrop for the annual Christmas production – the same drape used for performances by Maxwell and Jennifer Hudson.
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LONDON – In 2010, Bandit Lites in the U.K. supported performances by Paramore, Diversity and Pixie Lott, all of whom favored a shift toward more energy-efficient lighting rigs.
Read More »ARLINGTON, TX – FOX Sports' announce booth at Super Bowl XLV in Dallas Feb. 6 will be lit with Litepanels LED lighting fixtures. The network utilized Litepanels lighting fixtures in its announce booths for its 2010 NFL football regular and post-season game coverage.
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LONDON – For the fourth Strictly Come Dancing – The Live Tour, LD Mark Kenyon's rig includes more than 170 moving light sources plus hundreds of generics and scenic LED sources, all run on a grandMA2 light console, with another grandMA2 light running in full tracking backup. David Bishop spec'd and programmed the console for the tour, and Mike Rothwell is the console operator traveling with the show.
Read More »ESPOO, Finland – Martin Professional Scandinavia named Studiotec as its new distributor in Finland. Founded 30 years ago, Studiotec distributes lighting and sound equipment to the entertainment industry from this Helsinki suburb.
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AUSTIN, TX – After moving to a new location here, Le Maitre Ltd North America recently changed its name to Le Maitre USA LLC, with operations director John McDowell becoming president and account manager Randy Hicks joining the Le Maitre USA team.
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ARGYLE, TX – Super Bowl week is under way in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area, with mobile video support from locally-based GoVision. The Dallas Cowboys, the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee and a host of corporations, event management firms, not-for-profits and venues have all enlisted visual support from the company's inventory of LED video screens.
Read More »AARHUS, Denmark and ANS, Belgium – Martin Professional and Deltacast announced an agreement where Martin will be using the Delta-hd and Delta-dvi video capture cards in its Maxedia PRO and Maxedia Broadcast media servers.
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PARK CITY, UT – The Bing Bar and its performance stages, sponsored by Microsoft at the Claim Jumper Hotel, returned for a second year at this year's Sundance Film Festival, and the hues chosen for the event were, naturally, Bing.com orange and blue. Justin Chatterton, owner of Clinton, UT-based The Beat of Time, provided the rig, dominated by LED fixtures from Chauvet.
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DEATH VALLEY, CA – Legendary sound pioneer and Parnelli Audio Innovator Award honoree Bruce Jackson was killed on January 29, when his Mooney M020 single engine piston prop engine plane crashed near Furnace Creek, CA, in Death Valley National Park. The Federal Aviation Association is investigating the cause of the crash and currently lists it as "unknown circumstances." Jackson was alone, flying at 11 p.m. He was 62.
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