CLEVELAND – Pete’s Big TVs provided the video production package for the 27th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on April 14 in Cleveland. The show premieres May 5 on HBO. The visuals interspersed live action with content from the performers’ past. Pete’s Big TVs provided high resolution LED panels, projectors, teleprompters and crew.
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SECAUCUS, NJ – Inspired by their involvement with the creation of the 2012 Academy Award main stage drapery, Rose Brand has developed its own awards program: the Rose Brand & Fan Choice Awards. Nominations are now open in the categories of scenic/set design and event environment design in this social media-based contest.
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SERIATE, ITALY – RS Rock-Service GmbH has added to its inventory 24 Clay Paky Alpha Spotlight 800 QWOs. The Italian company’s 800W moving head was recently presented at ProLight+Sound in Frankfurt.
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LONDON – XL Video is supplying a complete video package for Il Divo’s current Wicked Game world tour, which is on its first U.K./European leg. The production design encompasses three curved over-stage screens – a concept of Il Divo’s artistic director, Brian Burke. Central to the concept is that the screens should appear to be floating in the air, with minimal or no rigging visible.
Read More »SHERMAN OAKS, CA – Altman Stage Lighting has appointed Forman & Associates as their new rep for the greater Los Angeles market as they introduce their enhanced range of LED luminaires and their Super Track product. Forman & Associates has been part of the Los Angeles entertainment market place for more than 30 years with expertise in stage, studio and architectural lighting and control systems.
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LONDON – Coldplay’s recent European tour used 25 CHAUVET DJ LED Shadow blacklight wash panels which flashed and strobed, complementing the glowing wristbands fans received before the show.
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NORTH CREEK, NY – Creative Stage Lighting celebrates its 35th year in business. George B. Studnicky III started the company in Mount Arlington, NJ as a production source and retailer of lighting and theatrical products. At its current location in North Creek, NY, the company is a leading wholesale distributor, manufacturer, rental source and lighting production house in the stage and entertainment lighting industry, with plans to expand further.
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NEW YORK — No single lighting or scenic designer is likely to dominate the 2012 Tony Awards the way Adele did with the Grammys this year, but there is a double-nominee: Natasha Katz, nominated as LD for both Once (pictured here) and Follies. Other nominees for best lighting design of a musical include Christopher Akerlind, for The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, and Hugh Vanstone, for Ghost, the Musical.
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The Unison Paradigm control system includes a variety of portable and wall-mount touchscreens for customizable displays, and ETC has added a new 18-inch touchscreen to… Read More »ETC Paradigm 18 Touchscreen Station
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LONDON – Colour Sound Experiment supplied lighting equipment and crew for Orbital’s recent UK tour, “Wonky.” LD Jonny Gaskell will use the same design during their summer festival dates. To offer flexibility from smaller to larger venues, and to stretch his lighting gear, Gaskell set up laser mirrors to bounce his strobes and moving lights around the set.
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