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Avolites Names Fairlight BV Distributor in the Netherlands

Pictured here, center, is Fairlight's Michel Arntz, flanked by Avolites' Steve Warren (L) and Koy Neminathan (R).

Avolites Names Fairlight BV Distributor in the Netherlands

UK/THE NETHERLANDS — Avolites Ltd. and Avolites Media Ltd. have named Fairlight as their sole distributor for the Netherlands. Koy Neminathan, Sales Director for Avolites Ltd., and Steve Warren, Managing Director of Avolites Media, both spoke favorably of the new arrangement. Pictured here, center, is Fairlight’s Michel Arntz, flanked by Avolites’ Steve Warren (L) and Koy Neminathan (R).

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Christie’s 4K projection technology is also installed at TIFF Bell Lightbox.TIFF Bell Lightbox photo by Charles Leonio/Wire Image courtesy Christie

Toronto International Film Festival Partners with Christie Digital

TORONTO — Christie, which served as projection partner for the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival last September, noted that nearly all films are now screened digitally, with an increasing percentage seen in ultra-high res 4K format. Christie has been a festival partner for 14 years now. Information on the company’s 2014 sponsorship will be available starting in July. Pictured here is TIFF Bell Lightbox, which features Christie’s 4K projection technology.

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The Beatles: The Night That Changed America used Vari-Lite lighting fixtures to help Grammy organizers mark 50 years since the band first performed on The Ed Sullivan Show.

Grammy Salute to the Beatles Used Vari-Lite Fixtures

LOS ANGELES — Filmed one day after this year’s Grammy Awards, and broadcast on CBS on Feb. 9 and Feb. 12, The Beatles: The Night That Changed America used Vari-Lite lighting fixtures to help Grammy organizers mark 50 years since the band first performed on The Ed Sullivan Show. LD Matt Firestone chose the fixtures for the production, which was filmed at the Los Angeles Convention Center and presented by the Recording Academy, AEG Ehrlich Ventures and CBS.

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ADJ Introduces Two New Inno Color Beams

By combining the latest quad-color Osram Ostar LEDs with motorized zoom, ADJ’s new Inno Color Beams offer lighting designers versatility with bright, powerful moving heads which can provide both intense shafts of light and wide-reaching wash effects. The more compact of the two new fixtures, the Inno Color Beam Z7, features seven powerful 10W quad-color (RGBW) Osram Ostar LEDs. The Inno Color Beam Z19, with nineteen quad-color Osram Ostar LEDs, rather than seven, the fixture offers even more powerful and far-reaching effects.
Saddleback Church called CCI Solutions with an Easter challenge. With as many as 35,000 converging at the campus here for holiday services, the church needed LED walls in two of the tents erected for overflow crowds

Saddleback Church Uses Absen LED Video Walls for Easter Services

LAKE FOREST, CA — Saddleback Church called CCI Solutions with an Easter challenge. With as many as 35,000 converging at the campus here for holiday services, the church needed LED walls in two of the tents erected for overflow crowds. CGI Solutions turned to Absen to obtain the required 3.9mm LED video gear with a three-week turnaround. The result: a 9.84 by 16.4 foot video wall for Tent 2 and 6.56 by 11.48 foot video wall for Tent 3.

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