DE PANNE, Belgium – Creative lighting and visual design practice Painting with Light is delighted to be able to add its own touches of magic and excitement for thrill-seekers enjoying ‘Heidi The Ride’, the new 71 km/h wooden roller coaster due to open April 1, 2017 right at the heart of Heidiland, a new area at the Plopsaland De Panne theme park in Belgium.
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TORONTO — CBC’s newest talk show, “The Goods,” has generated a great deal of buzz since its premier last month — thanks to its stimulating segments and cutting-edge video wall set installed by Advanced. The set is comprised of multiple NEC X555UNV video walls including a 2×8 main wall display, a 1×6 display, and three single displays that are used throughout each broadcast.
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SAN FRANCISCO – The much talked about Made by Google press event in San Francisco on October 4th unveiled the Google Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones and other hardware initiatives developed by the tech giant. The event was produced by Brooklyn-based MAS Events + Design with AV support from WorldStage, who was tasked with providing an AV solution for the venue, which is typically not used as an event space.
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QUEBEC, CANADA. – The city of Rouyn-Noranda in western Québec, Canada, is proud of its beautifully-designed city hall building. Serving as the administrative building for the region’s municipal government as well as an important cultural gathering place, its distinctive architectural design also makes it an important city landmark. In order to highlight the building’s modern architecture after dark, as well as Citizenship and Cooperation Square, Rouyn-Noranda’s city government sought a dynamic exterior lighting scheme.
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NYC – Behind the Scenes announces the creation of a new granting program, the BTS Counseling Fund, which is designed to provide early access to mental health and addiction counseling for entertainment technology professionals by assisting with the associated financial burdens. Behind the Scenes was approached earlier this year by Karen Sherman with the idea of creating the fund, “I’m a choreographer whose day job is as a stage technician; I’ve worked both sides of the stage for over 20 years.”
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CAPE TOWN SA. – The main venue for the massive triannual Every Nation Conference organized by Every Nation Church – at the 5000 capacity Grand West’s Grand Arena in Cape Town, South Africa – provided an ideal opportunity for lighting designer Alan Muller of FX Unlimited to use Robe Spiiders for the first time. It was in fact the first live show in SA to use Robe’s brand new LED washbeam product launched last month!
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FARMINGDALE, NY — Following Group One Limited’s October announcement that it is now handling US distribution for Designed To Shine (DTS) Lighting, the distributor has officially named Tyler Wise as the brand’s national sales manager. The announcement comes from Jack Kelly, Group One president. Wise will dually continue to serve—as the national sales manager for elektraLite, one of Group One’s other lighting brands as well.
Read More »Along with the technical specs for a new video wall – i.e., pixel pitch times three (in feet, not mm) for optimal viewing distance –… Read More »Think About Video Wall Content
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FARMINGDALE, NY — Avolites’ US distributor, Group One Ltd., appointed RL Wilson & Associates to represent the lighting brand in the Southwestern U.S. The announcement comes from Avolites/Group One National Sales Manager Brad White, to whom the firm reports. Effective immediately, the independent manufacturers’ representative firm is now servicing Avolites’ Southern California, Southern Nevada, Arizona and Hawaii territories.Headquartered in Temecula, California, RL Wilson & Associates was founded in 1988 and is under the direction of Principal Rich Wilson.
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NASHVILLE – The Moody Blues wrapped another successful run with a lighting package provided by Bandit Lites. Lighting designer Mick Thornton utilized a rig featuring Robe Pointes, Bandit’s exclusive GRNLite Moving Washes and Pars, as well as 80 Claypaky Mirage Panels controlled with a grandMA1 console.
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AMSTERDAM — Philips Lighting named cast as its distribution partner in Germany. As official distributor, cast has integrated Philips Vari-Lite moving head luminaires into its stock. The company will also hold a wider range of Philips Selecon LED fixtures, Strand Lighting control consoles and Showline effects lights.
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