ERLANGER, KY – tvONE named Andy Fliss director of sales and marketing in the Americas. Fliss joined Magenta Research in January 2012. Magenta Research and tvONE merged in July 2013. Prior to his most recent promotion, Fliss served as tvONE’s director of marketing.
Read More »LONDON – Working with the Society of London Theatre, XL Video supported the Olivier Awards 2015 with MasterCard with the supply of video screens, media servers and control systems in two London locations, and once again sponsored the award for Best Set Design. This is the fifth consecutive year XL Video has been involved in the video production for the awards.
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FRANKFURT, Germany – Paderborn, Germany-based Lightpower, a lighting rental company founded in 1978, also supports the not-for-profit Lightpower Collection, which centers on the work of American rock photographer Neal Preston. At PL+S 2015, Lightpower backed a special exhibition of Preston’s photos and Lightpower owner Ralph-Jörg Wezorke presented a $50,000 donation for the Behind the Scenes charity. The funds were raised from three Lightpower Collection events within the past year and will be divided between BTS in North America and the U.K. Pictured here, from left, are Preston, BTS’ Lori Rubinstein and Wezorke.
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LONDON – Harrods department store and Russian art jeweler Faberge celebrated Easter with a 21st century twist on Faberge’s iconic Easter eggs: a larger-than-life interactive projection-mapped egg on display in the store’s holiday windows. Projection Artworks used d3 Technologies’ 4x4pro media server to map the egg with video imagery.
Read More »BOGOTÁ, Colombia – To tie in with the premiere of Transformers: Age of Extinction in Colombia, the rental-staging company Big Video used eight Christie 3DLP projectors for a projection-mapped display that lit up a 65-by-20-meter portion of the façade of the Calima shopping mall in Bogotá..
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Martin Professional featured its new RUSH FiberSource 1 at Prolight + Sound 2015 in Frankfurt, Germany. The product is designed to illuminate fiber optic cables.
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FRANKFURT, Germany – Avolites featured its new Arena console, which promises “more live control than ever before,” at Prolight + Sound 2016, stand D40, Level 0, Hall 11.
Read More »High End Sysems launched its new SolaWash Pro 1500 fixture at Prolight + Sound 2015.
Read More »Martin’s RUSH Club Smoke Dual fog and haze hybrid machine is part of a new line of atmospheric effects from RUSH by Martin. It was featured at Martin’s stand A93 in Hall 9 at Prolight + Sound 2015 in Frankfurt, Germany
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FRANKFURT, Germany — Martin Professional named Jorge Espinoza winner of the Harman subsidiary’s 2015 Annual Young Lighting Designer Contest. Martin flew Espinoza to Germany where he was formally presented the honor during the mid-April Prolight + Sound expo. Martin also awarded prizes for second and third place to Roman Vakulyuk from Russia and Ludovic Milien from France.
Read More »WAYNE, NJ – As part of the company’s overall expansion of video touring production services, Production Resource Group LLC (PRG) recently purchased 58 additional Fujinon lenses for use on its newly acquired Grass Valley LDX80 Première cameras.
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FRANKFURT, Germany — For the PRG LEA Awards, held April 14 just before Prolight + Sound, Ray Technologies (RTI) provided a 22+ show laser light system. The elaborate laser setup included units placed all around the large stage, the balcony and in conjunction with strong video projection systems for special mapping effects.
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