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Imagine Dragons Super Bowl Ad Got Behind-the-Scenes Boost from Creative Conners, All Access Staging

Imagine Dragons stage set up. Scissor lifts with full computerized show control. Photo: All Access Staging & Productions.

Imagine Dragons Super Bowl Ad Got Behind-the-Scenes Boost from Creative Conners, All Access Staging

LAS VEGAS, NV – The Target ads featuring Las Vegas-based band Imagine Dragons that were seen by a record TV viewing audience during Super Bowl 2015 got a behind-the-scenes boost from Creative Conners. The company’s control products helped elevate the stage from All Access Staging & Productions that the band used for the commercial. The photo here, from All Access Staging, shows the stage in its lowered position; the image below shows the stage in its extended mode.

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2015 Hog Factor programming competition sponsored by High End Systems

HES Announces 2015 “Hog Factor” Competition

AUSTIN, TX – High End Systems launched its Hog Factor national collegiate lighting show programming competition two years ago. Eligible participants include students enrolled at recognized colleges and universities throughout the U.S. The top college lighting teams in the country will be invited to the 2015 LDI trade show in Las Vegas, where they will compete for prizes including a Hog 4 console (MSRP $44,000), a $20,000 scholarship for their school and an internship at High End Systems, with the opportunity to join the company full time following a successful trial period.

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Blackmagic Design ATEM Switcher Update 6.3

Blackmagic Design announced the immediate availability of ATEM Switcher Update 6.3, which adds new advanced power macros that let customers operate dozens of switcher features instantly and in parallel with a single button press. The new power macros are unique because they are extremely easy to build and because they’re located in the switcher, they are available on every control panel for all users.

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d3 Technologies' media serves on the field and in Prepro for Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show

Super Bowl Halftime Show Video Images Rely on d3 Technologies Media Servers

GLENDALE, AZ – To accompany performances by Katy Perry, Missy Elliott and Lenny Kravitz at the 2015 Super Bowl Halftime Show,  lighting director Jason Rudolph used eight d3 Technologies 4x4pro media servers to map the projection surface on the football field with content from 80 Barco projectors. The d3 servers also sent four feeds to control the LED stage. (A rendering of the imagery seen by a record-breaking TV viewing audience is pictured here.)

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Kasabian U.K. Tour Lit with Clay Paky Sharpys, Sharpy Wash 330 Fixtures

Kasabian U.K. Tour Lit with Clay Paky Sharpys, Sharpy Wash 330 Fixtures

LONDON – LD Nick Gray of Renegade Design included Clay Paky Sharpys and Sharpy Wash 330 fixtures in the rig for Kasbian’s U.K. arena tour. Bringing power, reliability and vibrant colour to the design Gray uses an array of , which he says these days never fail to feature in his rig. The tour recently visited major venues including Manchester Arena, Belfast Odyssey Arena and London’s O2 Brixton Academy. Neg Earth supplied the gear.

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Chauvet Professional iights NBC's Super Bowl Party

NBC Super Bowl Party Lit with Chauvet Professional Fixtures

GLENDALE, AZ – NBC aired Super Bowl XLIX to a record viewing audience, and held a big Super Bowl party of its own – just across the street from the University of Phoenix Stadium. Angel City Designs planned the event, lavishly lit by James Schipper of Kinetic Lighting. Schipper used LED fixtures from Chauvet Professional to light the NBC pre-game party tent.

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Walking The Chains (c) Farrows Creative

“Walking the Chains” Debuts in Bristol, U.K. with Fineline Support

BRISTOL, U.K. – Bristol based lighting, visuals and rigging specialist Fineline supplied lighting and rigging to support the world premiere of Walking The Chains, a  circus/theatre production staged in the Passenger Shed at Bristol Temple Meads rail station. The production marks 150 years since the completion of the Clifton Bridge, a historic suspension bridge credited to U.K. civil and mechanical engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

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