Ultratec Special Effects Launches New Pyro Website
LONDON, Ontario, Canada and PORT HURON, MI — Ultratec Special Effects announced a new website for the pyro side of the company’s business.
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Ultratec Special Effects Launches New Pyro Website
TD Promo Lighting Czech Rock Bands with Robe Fixtures
PRAGUE — TD Promo has been supplying Robe moving lights for three Czech rock bands bands this year. All have been performing throughout the Czech Republic, with a few gigs in Slovakia as well. They include Mandrage from Pilzen (LD Tomáš Karban); Divokej Bill from Úvaly near Prague (LD Matej Mantlik) and thrash metal outfit SKWOR (LD Martin Samecky), pictured here.
Read More »The Long Reach Long Riders’ 2014 Trek Involving 40 Participants
BALTIMORE, MD — The Long Reach Long Riders announced that more than 40 people are participating in their 2014 charity motorcycle ride, which began here on July 12 and will return July 18, 2014 after wending their way through the hilly countryside in mid-Atlantic states including Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.
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Elton John Performs at Stoke Park Country Club with White Light Support
LONDON — Sir Elton John partnered with UK charity SportsAid to deliver a unique solo concert at Stoke Park Country Club in Buckinghamshire, near London on June 28. Lighting specialist White Light supplied lighting for the event, which raised more than £300,000 to help young athletes in their pursuit of Paralympic or Olympic success.
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More than 200 of The Purple Group’s 900 Moving Lights are Robe Fixtures
SCHIJNDEL, The Netherlands — The Purple Group, founded by Harry Zinken in 1989, has been relying on the Robe brand in recent years for a growing share of its rental inventory. After Robe’s ROBIN series was launched in 2010, The Purple Group’s Robe purchases expanded further. The company can now offer clients more than 900 moving light fixtures, and more than 200 of those are Robe units. Zinken credited Robe and also its distributor, Controllux, for their service and support. Pictured here are Controllux’s Jeroen van Aalst (left) and Bram de Clerck (right) with The Purple Group’s Harry Zinken (center).
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TV Stations in Lebanon Equipped with Philips Strand Lighting, Selecon Gear
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Lebanon’s first public television network Télé Liban and pan-Arabist satellite television channel Al Mayadeen have upgraded their studio lighting rigs with gear from Philips Selecon and Philips Strand Lighting.
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Glastonbury Visuals for Massive Attack and Kasabian Rely on d3 Technologies
PILTON, UK — Kasabian and Massive Attack both played the third and final day of Glastonbury, headlining the Pyramid and Other stages. Show visuals for both acts got an assist from crew members using d3 Technologies gear, supplied, respectively, by Chaos Visual Productions and London-based Artisan.
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Lipscomb University’s “Shrek: The Musical” Rig Includes Philips Vari-Lite VL770 Spots
NASHVILLE, TN — At Lipscomb University here, a recent production of Shrek: The Musical featured a lighting rig that included VL770 Spot luminaires from Philips Vari-Lite. Assistant professor David Hardy, who provided the lighting design, credited the fixture for its punch and color.
Read More »4Wall LA Vendor Showcase Set for July 17
LOS ANGELES — 4Wall Entertainment will be opening the doors to its Los Angeles facility on July 17 for a Vendor Showcase event featuring information and demos involving more than 15 of 4Wall’s manufacturer partners, including adyntech, AC Lighting, ACT Lighting, Altman, Chauvet Pro, Elation, ETC, GLP, Lex Products, Martin, Morpheus Lights, Omez Lighting, Rosco, Spotlight, TMB, Vari-Lite, and UsedLighting.com.
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XL Video Provides Projection Gear for Glastonbury’s Shangri La Area
PILTON, U.K. — XL Video supplied creative video projection and control to the Shangri La area at the 2014 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts here June 25-29, including the Heaven area, which required eight Barco R22 projectors, and the “Pyschotron,” an artwork featuring projections on an 8-meter circular screen mounted in the roof of a geodesic dome.
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NanoLumens Names Gary Feather Executive VP of Operations
ATLANTA — NanoLumens named Gary Feather executive vice president of operations. Feather comes to NanoLumens with senior level management experience at other companies, including Sharp Electronics, where he served as senior vice president of LED Lighting. In addition, Feather is the holder of three U.S. patents, in Networked Video Devices (Number 7,594,245), Method for Processing Saturated Intervals in Video Sequences (Number 6,671,420), and Presence Based Technology (Number 8,356,317).
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Main Stage Laser Effects at EDC Las Vegas 2014 Provided by Lasertainment
LAS VEGAS – To meet the need for laser effects at kineticField, the main stage at Insomniac Events’ Electric Daisy Carnival 2014 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway last month, Lasertainment provided more than 30 high power laser systems.
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