NORCROSS, GA— LED display provider NanoLumens appoints John Kahn as Chief Financial Officer. Kahn has more than 25 years of strategic international financial experience that includes CFO roles at a variety of NASDAQ listed, private equity owned, and venture capital backed companies. Most recently, Kahn was CFO of TeamStaff, Inc. where he helped the company become a top-performing micro-cap stock and led a public offering.
Read More »OTTAWA, Canada — Although Ontario Ministry of Labor officials issued a report earlier this year finding no evidence of structural defects that led to the July 18, 2011 collapse of the overhead stage structure during a Cheap Trick performance at the Ottawa Bluesfest, newly-published details cite the crew’s inability to quickly cut ties securing the structure’s fabric walls as a key factor contributing to wind loads on the structure as the storm hit the area.
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KIEV, Ukraine – When Jennifer Lopez’s “Dance Again” world tour performed a show Nov. 13 in Kiev, Ukraine, local production company Feyeria helped out. Feyeria was responsible for most of her technical production at the Ukraine Palace of Sports.
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MANCHESTER, UK – Lighting and rigging company dbn supplied stage lighting for the city’s 2012 Festive Season lighting switch-on. dbn’s Andy Kennett designed the lighting, making sure to light the audience as well as the stage action and to create effects that involved everyone as a whole. This is also why there was a concentration of beam type effects in the design to skim over the audience and also to highlight some of the buildings.
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COPENHAGEN – LD Kasper Lange used a large Martin MAC rig that included Martin Professional’s new MAC Viper Profile for the 2012 Danish Music Awards at the Forum in Copenhagen. “We needed a small and powerful lamp that could cut through the massive audience light,” Lange said. The event was broadcast live in Denmark.
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LONDON – PR Lighting has appointed White Light as sole UK reseller for its lighting products. White Light’s technical support team have been working closely with their Chinese counterparts to ensure a seamless transition, enabling them to offer spares, service and product training, while product manager David Manister is planning an introductory road show around the UK.
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BRISTOL, UK – JLS, UK’s hot boyband, headlined the charity concert for The Mall at Cribbs Causeway’s Christmas Lights switch-on in Bristol earlier this month. Stage Electrics supplied the fully equipped tunnel stage with complete event lighting. They also supplied and installed a temporary outdoor ice rinks with more than 1000sq m (10,764 sq ft) of real ice.
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WALLINGFORD, CT – The University of California at Berkeley and Ithaca College (NY) have added Robert Juliat fixtures to their theatrical lighting inventories. UC Berkeley purchased four Robert Juliat Cyrano followspots from Musson Theatrical. “The user interface is great, all the controls are centralized, and there is pre-focused lamp control. So they’re easy for the operators to work with day in, day out,” said techician Jeremy Little. Meanwhile, Ithaca College acquired four Buxie followspots from BMI Supply for its Clark Theater. The fixtures fit on their catwalk, and they liked their optical clarity.
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DENVER – Sports Authority Field at Mile High Stadium in Denver, the home of the Broncos, gets washed in hues ranging from Broncos orange and blue to Sports Authority red. To control the large-scale lighting effects, George Lacey Sales (GLS) worked with ME Engineers on a wireless lighting control system that includes LumenRadio gear from TMB (pictured here).
Read More »NEW YORK and ST. LOUIS, MO — Kelso & Company, the corporate parent to PSAV Presentation Services, reported that its acquisition of Swank Audio Visuals, announced in October, is now complete. Although key personnel from Swank have been retained from the 75-year-old firm, including Greg Diekemper, Swank’s former president and CEO, the Swank name has been dropped in favor of PSAV.
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UDDEVALLA, Sweden – The Oslo Opera House, one of Oslo’s modern landmark buildings, is using W-DMX from Wireless Solution Sweden AB to solve a myriad of performance production challenges. The technical crew currently uses 24 W-DMX BlackBox FLEX-1 G4 Transceiver units on a regular basis for the operas, ballets, concerts and other special performances throughout its events calendar.
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PHILADELPHIA – Mojo Barriers US office broke its company record, supplying 800m (2,624 ft) of its aluminum stage barriers to Philadelphia’s Made in America Festival. High levels of traffic and conflicting events meant that Mojo had just 12 hours to complete the build for the Sept. 1-2 event. Barriers were provided across all four stages and other sensitive areas throughout the festival site, which was located in the downtown location of Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The main stage was located in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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