LONDON — Production Resource Group (PRG) supplied 18 PRG Bad Boy luminaires for the U.S. and European leg of Britney Spears’ Circus tour, as specified by designer Nick Whitehouse, who worked with design partner Bryan Leitch and their firm, Visual Light Ltd.
Read More »CHICAGO — The Chicago Model City, which features a replica of Chicago’s downtown, is smaller than the real thing, and its “day” is a lot shorter — 15 minutes vs. 24 hours. The free exhibit, on display at the Chicago Architecture Foundation daily through Nov. 20, 2009, required Lightswitch Architectural to study the summer sun.
Read More »ORLANDO — Martin Professional is featuring new products at InfoComm booth #1267/1367 including its new generation LC Plus Series LED video panels and its P3-100 System Processor; its modular EvenLED, and FlexDOT, a lightweight string of LED pixels.
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MOSCOW — There was no shortage of spotlight-worthy performers at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, and no fewer than 17 Robert Juliat followspots used to keep them in the limelight.
Read More »ORLANDO — Tomcat is featuring its Sky, Edge and (core) products at InfoComm this year, and is partnering with InterAmerica Stage at booth #1665 to promote SkyDeck, a modular wire grid system designed to provide safe access to theatrical lighting, audio cables, loudspeakers, stage rigging, and effects.
Read More »There are certain elements of a show file that you should never copy. If you are the programmer for the opening act of a concert,… Read More »Copy That
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NORTH CREEK, NY — Compulite’s console, Vector, has a new software release, 3.17, designed to accelerate programming and operation. Features include the ability to organize editing and playback screens in multiple workspaces, organized on tabs, and the ability to customize views and panes.
Read More »NEW YORK —George Mueller, a co-founder of Color Kinetics, has launched EcoSense Lighting, Inc. and will serve as its founder and chairman. The new company displayed its first series of EcoSense white light products during Lightfair International.
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NEW YORK — LPR head lighting designer Ethan Kaplan is using 18 Wybron CXI IT color-mixing scrollers to provide vibrant hues for the Le Poisson Rouge, an eclectic club once known as the Village Gate.
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MOSCOW —Eurovision 2009 set records for the annual song contest in terms of LEDs, pyrotechnics and lighting, and Procon Event Engineering GmbH added to the visual interest with six Pufferfish PufferSpheres, making their first Eurovision appearance above a crowd of 16,000 at Olympiyski Stadium.
Read More »ORLANDO — Digital Projection is set to unveil 14 new projectors with advances including WUXGA Native resolution (some equipped for Active 3D), increased Lumens, additional Active 3D models, improved efficiency, LED illumination, broader input connectivity and lower entry prices.
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CARDIFF BAY, U.K. — Lighting designer Tim Routledge of Blue Lens has won a BAFTA Wales Award (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) for Best Lighting Director. The Award was presented at the BAFTA Wales Awards 2009 held at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay.
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