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FIX8Group Supports Video Needs for Various U.K. Events

Fix8Group supported the visual needs for The MTV European Music Awards, which took place at The SSE Hydro in Glasgow.

FIX8Group Supports Video Needs for Various U.K. Events

LONDON — Technical manager Nick Charalampidis detailed three high-profile events that Fix8Group has supported recently: the The MTV European Music Awards (Nov. 9 in Glasgow, Scotland), the Victoria Secret Fashion Show (Dec. 2, London) and the inaugural BBC Music Awards (Dec. 11, London). The company supported the visual needs at each event with Hippotizer media formatting, outputting and programming; Hippotizer HDs for a “video catwalk” and Hippotizer HDs for a 3D mapped LED cube centerpiece of the stage.

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Eclipse Staging Services and Delta Sound both unveiled new equipment as Lady Gaga made her Middle East debut in Dubai. The main stage lighting featured many fixtures, including 67 Clay Paky Sharpys, 11 Clay Paky Alpha Wash 1500s and 24 Clay Paky Sharpy Wash fixtures.

Eclipse Staging Services Supplies Clay Paky for Lady Gaga in Dubai

DUBAI, UAE – Eclipse Staging Services and Delta Sound both unveiled new equipment as Lady Gaga made her Middle East debut in Dubai. Promoted locally by AMI Live and ATW Live in association with Live Nation Global Touring, artRAVE: The ARTPOP Ball took place at Meydan Racecourse. Eclipse provided the lighting, video and primary and secondary power distribution, while audio was supplied by Delta Sound. The main stage lighting featured many fixtures, including 67 Clay Paky Sharpys, 11 Clay Paky Alpha Wash 1500s and 24 Clay Paky Sharpy Washs.

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APEC Banquet In Beijing Features PR Lighting

APEC Banquet In Beijing Features PR Lighting

BEIJING – PR Lighting was given an opportunity to showcase its products in the lighting design for the APEC Welcome Banquet, which was held at the Water Cube in Beijing.  The Welcome Pathway consisted of 21 floor beams, a wave lighting belt and a large illuminated pillar. For the live performance in front of the Bird’s Nest, 500 pieces of PR Lighting’s ARC LED 3216 were used to create the colour changing effects on the outside of the wall. Finally, 260 spot and framing moving heads, 140 beam lights, 160 LED effects, as well as some stage follow spots and a full laser were programmed to project highly creative effects onto the centre of the Water Cube stage.

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U.K. TV's Ant and Dec Hit the Road with Live Shows Featuring Clay Paky Fixtures. Photo by Thomas Doehring

U.K. TV’s Ant and Dec Hit the Road with Live Shows Featuring Clay Paky Fixtures

LONDON – British entertainers Ant and Dec hit the road with a live touring version of their TV show Saturday Night Takeaway. LD Adam Bassett of Woodroffe Bassett Design specified more than a hundred Clay Paky fixtures. They included 57 Clay Paky Alpha Wash 1500s, 32 Alpha Profile 1500s, four Alpha Spot QWO 800s, 20 Sharpys and 12 Sharpy Wash 330s, all supplied by Neg Earth. Bassett also collaborated with lighting director and programmer Roland Greil of Einstein and Sons for the run of the tour.

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Joe Satriani Tour Lit with HES Shapeshifters Specified by LD Alastair Watson

AUSTIN, TX – LD Alastair Watson chose High End Systems’ new Shapeshifter automated luminaire for Joe Satriani’s latest tour. The LD first became acquainted with the C1 and W1 via its inital promo clip, saying “I saw the video, you know the one. And then I flew to Austin because I wanted to have a look at it, face to face. I knew immediately that this was a light that was going to add an extra dimension to my show. I will be spec’ing these for some time to come. I would have a space on my plot to use these in any market.”

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Jeff Peterson, VMA Project Manager for ATK

VER Adopts Optocore as Fiber Network Platform for MTV VMAs, Other Gigs

LOS ANGELES – VER (Video Equipment Rentals), one of the top A/V rental companies in North America, with locations in North America and Europe, recently purchased an extensive Optocore fibre optic audio system in its ongoing commitment to provide their customers with leading edge technological solutions. The first use of the system was for the recent MTV Video Music Awards, staged in Los Angeles at the Forum in conjunction with ATK Audiotek, the incumbent audio production company supplying PA and broadcast feeds to the recording mobiles. Jeff Peterson, VMA Project Manager for ATK, is pictured here.

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Adobe MAX 2014, a conference for users of Adobe software products, included general sessions at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles.

Adobe MAX 2014 Supported by PIX Productions, WorldStage

LOS ANGELES – Adobe MAX 2014, a conference for users of Adobe software products, included general sessions at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live. PIX Productions and Worldstage supported the most recent event by combining state-of-the-art pixel mapping technologies with one of the world’s oldest staging techniques: periaktoi, which are triangular-shaped devices used for displaying, and rapidly changing, theater scenes. Periaktoi techniques date back to the times of ancient Greece.

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HES HedgeHog4 Family Expands

High End Systems recently announced an expansion of their product offerings in their HedgeHog 4 family of products. There will now be one chassis allowing for four levels of features: HedgeHog 4, HedgeHog 4N, HedgeHog 4S and HedgeHog 4X. The idea is to offer users the ability to to buy the platform that is right for their current application, knowing that they will be able to unlock additional features if their needs expand without investing in new hardware.

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Long Reach Long Riders take in the scenery at Yellowstone National Park

Long Reach Long Riders Announce Route for 12th Annual Charity Motorcycle Ride

NASHVILLE, TN – This year’s ride has been dubbed “Cruzin’ the Ozarks, The Dozenth’ Year.” Riders will gather in Nashville, Tennessee, ride down the bucolic Natchez Trace toward the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas and Missouri and then circle back and pass through the Land Between the Lakes on their return to Nashville. The route will feature day rides venturing deep into the Ozarks, departing from picturesque Petit Jean State Park. Experienced riders know these roads as some of the best riding in the country, including the ‘Pig Trail Parkway’, ‘Ozark Dragon’, and the ‘Arkansas Grand Canyon’.

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LD Jason Bullock Uses Ayrton Fixtures to Light Wiz Khalifa Tour

LD Jason Bullock Uses Ayrton Fixtures to Light Wiz Khalifa Tour

IRVINE, CA – LD Jason Bullock of Infinity Point Design has been using Ayrton lighting fixtures to Wiz Khalifa’s Under the Influence of Music Tour this year. Under the Influence of Music is an annual event which brings up-and-coming hip-hop artists to venues across America. Bullock was among the first to use Ayrton’s MagicPanel 602 last year and has returned to it this year, incorporating 48 of the units in his design. To these he has added Ayrton’s newly released Radical Series, employing 36 MagicBlade-R linear fixtures and 12 MagicRing-R9 fixtures.

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