A football field-size LED display made a colossal impression on attendees and vendors at Amazon Web Services’ re:INVENT 2017 cloud user conference. Feeding content to the mammoth wall and additional projection surfaces required some well thought out engineering provided by WorldStage
Read More »Barco is releasing a new 4K@60 output card, powerful new Super-Destination programming mode and an enhanced system expansion capability. So users of its industry-leading Event Master screen management systems can considerably expand their possibilities.
Read More »ITALY – Launched at the LDI exhibition in Las Vegas in November 2017, the brand new Axcor 300 LED fixtures from Claypaky bring the Italian… Read More »The Axcor 300 Range Brings Claypaky High Quality To The Mid-Market
Read More »Croatian rockers Parni Valjak were the first in Croatia to benefit from Robe’s excellent new MegaPointe luminaires, as part of a batch just purchased by technical production company Promo Logistika. Twenty-two of the fixtures were part of an eye-catching lighting rig designed by Miro Hrg for a special gig by the band at the 18,000 capacity Zagreb Arena.
Read More »LD Jeffrey W. Pardee notes that “radio shows,” such as the REAL 92.3 “Real Show” at the L.A. Forum, should be optimally lit for the… Read More »Lighting Radio Shows…For the Camera
Read More »LAS VEGAS — The 17th annual Parnelli Awards gala, held Friday, Jan. 26 at the Anaheim Hilton during NAMM 2018, brought together more than 600 of the live event production industry’s top achievers to honor Bobby “Boomer” Thrasher, Jonathan Smeeton and John Stadius with the Lifetime Achievement Award, Visionary Award and Audio Innovator Award, respectively. During the event, there were several photographers on hand, and these photos are now available for download at ParnelliAwards.com.
Read More »MINNEAPOLIS — Between the time Justin Timberlake kicked off the Super Bowl LII halftime show on Feb. 4, 2018 to his final wave goodbye less than 14 minutes later, the singer and his energetic entourage performed a medley of 10 hits from Timberlake’s own 26-year career along with a tribute to local legend Prince that included an aerial shot as a vast swath of Minneapolis was washed in purple lighting. The production team supporting the show, seen by millions on NBC, included PRG (Lighting), VER (Video), Strictly FX (Pyro), All Access Staging and Production (Staging) and ATK Audiotek.
Read More »NASHVILLE – Bandit Lites kicked off its 50th year with its Annual General Meeting, a gathering of all Bandits from around the country to commemorate the previous year’s successes, laud those with significant anniversaries and outstanding service and to devise the groundwork for the upcoming year’s projects. Pictured here are Bandit Lites chairman Michael T. Strickland with Don Lockridge, who has been serving the company for more than 30 of its 50 years.
Read More »John Eckert recently joined Rose Brand as Installation Manager. He is an ETCP certified rigger- theater and CM certified hoist technician and brings with him more than 30 years of experience in the industry.
Read More »Concerning the tungsten ban that is being talked about a lot these days, ADB Stagelight has decided to include halogen lamps in its lighting units, at no extra charge, as from February 2018.
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Visionary lighting designer Tom Campbell created an ‘abstract visual world’ of lasers with a sophisticated colour palette for English rock band The Hunna’s recent world tour.
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