LONDON — Green Hippo made four additions to its UK-based team. Jacqueline Attard is the UK HQ’s new Financial Controller, while Phil Blue joins as Sales Manager, expanding the technical sales team. Rob Moss enlists as Junior Production Engineer, and Anastasia Nikolaou is the latest member of the London-based marketing team, securing the role of PR and Marketing Executive.
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LAS VEGAS — Penn & Teller’s outrageous blend of magic and comedy has remained one of the hottest tickets in Las Vegas for over 20 years, and when the production team decided to upgrade the show’s set and scenery, it was also time to invest in new stage lighting technology. Lighting Designer Jeff Croiter specified eight High End Systems SolaSpot Pro 1500s, purchased through 4Wall, for the Penn & Teller Theater in the Rio Hotel.
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LAS VEGAS — Avolites recently helped set and control the scene at the 20th Annual D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Awards ceremony held at Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. Presented by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, the event celebrated the best in interactive entertainment in the video gaming industry for 2016.
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CLEVELAND, OH — Hughie’s Event Production Services hired Daves Brooks, who had been running his own scenic shop in Cleveland, as a full-time scenic and creative consultant. Brooks joined Hughie’s on April 3. Hughie’s also acquired Brooks’ business assets, including his business, equipment and client list, as part of the arrangement.
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NASHVILLE — With fans still clamoring to see the living legend live, the Beach Boys’ composer Brian Wilson extended his 50th anniversary tour of the band’s Pet Sounds album. Bandit Lites provides the lighting package for the tour.
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LONDON – Green Hippo named three new distributors for Italy (Milan-based Spotlight), South Africa (DWR Distribution) and New Zealand (Lexair).
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CHANDLER, AZ — For bands performing at the 2017 Ostrich Festival, staged March 10-12 in the Phoenix area, Creative BackStage provided Chauvet Professional fixtures. Featured performers included Gin Blossoms, Spin Doctors, Los Lobos, Eddie Money and Starship with Mickey Thomas.
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Acclaim Lighting’s Aqua Drum high-output, submersible LED fixture has been developed for outdoor façade wash, fountains, ponds, and landscape applications. Its marine grade stainless steel housing, sealed glass top, and in-grade mounting option enable the IP68-rated fixture to operate under up to 20 feet of water.
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BOGATA, Colombia — The Maloka interactive center in Bogotá installed five Christie Mirage 304K stereoscopic projectors to equip its 3D immersive dome for screening educational content associated with science and technology. With 20 million pixels and 8K resolution, Maloka is now one of only seven domes of its kind in the world with this advanced capacity for audiovisual presentations.
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The Vinten Vantage, a compact and lightweight robotic camera head, is the latest addition to VitecEV’s all-new Creative Studio, a fully integrated video capture and streaming solution designed for use in an enterprise setting.
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YORKTOWN, VA — AV providers Whitlock chose an Alcorn McBride A/V Binloop HD multi-channel video and audio player to run the nine-minute presentation in the Siege Theater at the new American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. Five channels of the system feed five edge-blended laser projectors dedicated to the 71-foot curved screen. Cortina Productions designed and produced the content. A second Alcorn McBride A/V Binloop HD feeds a number of other rooms in the museum, including the Introductory Theater and its “Liberty Fever” presentation.
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FRANKFURT, Germany – Philips noted that the 2017 Prolight + Sound expo was the company’s most successful to date, where it launched new stage and studio lighting products and showcased recent releases.
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