KNOXVILLE, TN – Bandit Lites hasn't completely sworn off non-LED lighting fixtures just yet, but the company began a push toward LED alternatives close to two years ago, and many of the artists it supports now have a significant percentage of their stage illumination coming from energy-efficient alternatives to conventional light sources.
Read More »AMSTERDAM and HONG KONG – Royal Philips acquired privately-owned NCW Holdings LTD (NCW). Headquartered in Hong Kong and with a manufacturing subsidiary in mainland China, NCW is a designer, manufacturer and distributor of LED, conventional entertainment lighting and lighting control solutions for global markets. No financial details on the transaction were disclosed.
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LITITZ, PA – Performance Environment Design Group (PEDG) overcame challenges with performance space, production time and venue versatility for a set design for John Legend and The Roots' "Unstaged" live-stream performance this fall, which helped promote the band's latest album, Wake Up!
Read More »WESTLAKE, TX – The Control Protocols Plug Fest will once again be held in conjunction with the Technical Standards Program meetings at the Marriott Solana in Westlake, TX. The Plug Fest is set for Friday, Jan. 21 (4pm-10pm), Saturday, Jan. 22 (9am-11pm) and Sunday, Jan. 23 (9am-10pm).
Read More »Most jam bands play two or three sets of music each night and have a couple hundred songs in their repertoire. It's tough to program… Read More »Lighting a Jam Band: Two LDs are Better than One
Read More »NEW YORK – ESTA has started work on a new project to write an American National Standard: BSR E1.42 – 201x, Entertainment Technology – Installed Stage Lift Safety Standard.
Read More »NEW YORK – Two draft standards have been posted for public review on the ESTA website through Feb. 7, 2011: BSR E1.6-2-201x, Entertainment Technology – Design, Inspection, and Maintenance of Electric Chain Hoists for the Entertainment Industry, and BSR E1.37-1-201x, Additional Message Sets for ANSI E1.20 (RDM) – Part 1, Dimmer Message Sets, which is part of the BSR E1.37 project to add additional features to RDM.
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DALLAS – LMG, Inc., which also has offices in Orlando, Tampa and Las Vegas, opened a new office in the Dallas area and announced that several team members would relocate to the new facility, including Kevin Kuhlman, executive vice president of live events, and Greg Heflin, senior account executive.
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WEST YORKSHIRE, U.K. – Milos UK designed, manufactured and installed a super grid with three moving sub-grids, a pile winding winch movement system and a full set of blackout drapes for Milton Studio One on the campus of the University of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, U.K.
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JOHANNESBURG – Philips Entertainment Lighting named DWR Distribution as exclusive distributor in South Africa for its Selecon and Strand branded products. DWR is already the exclusive distributor in the region for Vari-lite.
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LONDON – HSL is supplying lighting gear and crew for the Foals' Total Life Forever tour across the U.K. and Europe. LD Davy Sherwin's goal was to make the rig for the show look bigger than it actually is with a floor-oriented show and lots of anthemic beam looks – a scheme that has proven to work well with variable-sized venues.
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LONDON – The worlds of British and rock ‘n' roll royalty collided in mid-November, and while the Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2010 didn't generate enough goodwill to keep a mob angered by tuition price hikes from rocking the Prince of Wales' Rolls Royce a few weeks later, its purpose was to raise funds to help young people find jobs in the recession-racked U.K.
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