RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – The floating Bradesco Seguros Christmas Tree, a 15-year holiday tradition, returned to the balmy environs of the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon. The tree had already set a record for Largest Floating Christmas Tree according to Guinness World Records, and the 2010 tree measured 85 meters in height.
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MONTE CARLO – The Grimaldi Forum recently hosted the inaugural Monaco International Clubbing Show (MICS). Clay Paky played a key role, and Pio Nahum, commercial and marketing director, offered his perspective of changes within the club market, including a trend toward live music and stage lighting in club environments.
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MONTREAL – SF Marketing (SFM) announced two new additions to its Marketing & Communications (Marcom) Department: Claudia L'Ecuyer, who has assumed the newly-created position of events manager, and Lisa Griffiths, the new brand manager for SFM's Consumer, MI, and Lighting Divisions.
Read More »SUN VALLEY, CA – GLP (German Light Products) US Inc. has been named a full service distributor for Global Truss for the USA. Global Truss makes trussing, support systems and clamp accessories, including a full range ladder, triangular and box truss systems in various sizes and finishes.
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The Axis LED Spot automated lighting fixture features an energy-efficient Phlatlight 60 watt LED as a light source. It has two gobo wheels – seven rotating and nine fixed – and nine are colored glass gobos. The rotating prism can generate a 3D effect. The fixture's lamp can be dimmed and yields a strobe effect. It weighs 36 lbs and it measures 16.75 by 16 by 20.5 inches.
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CASTEL GOFFREDO, Italy – The X-Factor is taking a bigger place on the international TV stage, having reached a total of 23 different countries from its U.K. origins. Coemar fixtures were specified for the X-Factor broadcasts in Italy – where the show first aired in 2008 – and the recent introduction of the show in Ukraine, which appears to be another ratings success.
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SERIATE, Italy – Along with the risk of elimination – and the loss of all the accrued quiz show money to the eliminator – contestants on L'eredità (The Inheritance) on Italian TV (RAI 1) get cast in different colors every time they make a mistake. Director of photography Vittorino Piccolo, meanwhile, is mostly concerned that there won't be any errors in the color specified – or, worse, a fixture failure that would bring the whole TV show to a halt.
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SINGAPORE – Impact Engineering, which supports productions in Singapore, Hong Kong and China, has purchased 116 Robe moving lights, including 50 ColorSpot 700E ATs and 66 ROBIN 300 Beams, in a deal handled by Louis Teo of Robe SEA.
Read More »BELLEVILLE, MI – FLI Rigging, originally established to serve the entertainment lighting, film, AV and installation markets in a three-state area – Michigan, Ohio and Indiana – has announced plans to offer its temporary and permanent rigging services nationwide.
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LONDON – Back in mid-2010, Danish lighting designer Christian Bonde prepared to scale up the design for the Bullet For My Valentine's shows, which had appeared at a variety of club-type venues in the U.S., in preparation for European arenas.
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KARRINYUP, Western Australia – The Lady Wardle Performing Arts Centre, a 509 seat auditorium at the St. Mary's Anglican Girls School, graduated to a new quality of light with recent gear from ETC Selador and Vari-Lite.
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DENVER – Soul Fuel Music provided 32 COLORado 1 Tour wash lights for the Be Beautiful, Be Yourself Jet Set Fashion Show 2010, a benefit for Global Down Syndrome Foundation.
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