AARHUS, Denmark – Kazakhstan marked its 20th year of independence on Dec. 1 with a celebration at the Republic Palace concert hall in Almaty. The renovated venue features a new design with the latest in Martin Professional lighting technology. LD for the anniversary show was François Guillet of Lumières Utiles in France, with gear provided by the APM Group, Martin Professional’s distributor in Kazakhstan.
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Christie’s new JumpStart software offers a fast, intuitive way to put high resolution content onto multi-display or tiled digital signage, such as Christie’s MicroTiles. Combining user-friendly JumpStart software with HP hardware, Christie JumpStart enables users to position and play back a wide range of content including video, graphics, applications, Blu-ray and DVD movies, remote video sources, color swatches and text.
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LONDON – LED lighting fixture manufacturer Prism Projection has appointed UK-based White Light as its exclusive European distributor. White Light already served as Prism’s exclusive UK distributor over the past few years, so this expanded agreement came forth during discussions at LDI 2011.
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CANNES, France – Elation Professional’s Opti Tri White LED Pars were called in to shed some light on November’s G-20 Summit in Cannes, France. The gathering of world leaders, discussing financial markets and the world economy, needed clear visibility on the meeting table with high performance lighting equipment. French distributor ESL handled the installation.
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SOUTH KIRKBY, Yorkshire, UK – LS-Live developed and delivered a touring set for hip hop’s Tinie Tempah. The key elements of the design include three cages outfitted with LED battens to act as performance spaces for the drummer, keyboard player and DJ. The cages sat on scissor lifts, which raised up and down during the show.
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THE NETHERLANDS– XLNT Advanced Technologies and Lift Turn Move (LTM) have announced an agreement for LTM to become the UK and Ireland sales and distribution dealer for CyberMotion, a dedicated mobile stage automation system, and the DS8 Solid State motor controllers for standard chain hoists. The deal was announced Jan. 16 at the CUE trade show in Rotterdam.
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BLACKBURN, UK – HSL supplied Electric Fly Productions with lighting equipment for The Darkness’s UK tour. LD Nick Jevons collaborated with the band to create a look – for varied sizes of venues – described as “rock ‘n’ roll meets the faded freakshow end of the circus scale.” One of the biggest technical coups of the tour was fitting the entire rig into Nottingham Rock City and filling Hammersmith Apollo with exactly the same rig.
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Read More »INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana’s lawmakers, undoubtedly mindful of the Aug. 13, 2011 Indiana State Fair staging collapse that killed seven people, made progress in late January toward the establishment of a new state law that will govern the use of outdoor staging. Senate Bill No. 273 passed and was forwarded to the state’s House of Representatives for consideration. Although it may be modified further in the House, it will most likely require permits for any event after June 2012 where staging structures are in use.
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Gerriets International, which has developed Kabuki components over the last several years, including its G2 Release Unit and G-Frame 54 controller, recently took the wraps off its latest development, the Kabuki ECO Controller. The new control box, which runs on 120V or 230V AC power, is a lower-cost, simpler alternative to Gerriets’ full-featured G-Frame controller. While it has fewer features that the G-Frame, which can be used to trigger 30 to 60 G2 release units via DMX, the Kabuki ECO Controller still lets users trigger up to 10 G2 Release Units. Gerriet’s G2 Release Unit uses friction-free, electronically-triggered hooks (instead of solenoids or pins) to suspend and then release curtains. Each G2 can be loaded with up to 110 lbs. of weight.
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