NASHVILLE – LD Tom Kenny specified more than 100 Robe moving lights for the 2012 Country Music Television (CMT) Awards June 6 at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. This was the fourth time Kenny lit the CMT Awards, but his first time to use Robe’s MMX Spots. He credited those fixtures and Robe’s LEDWash 500s for their lumens and speed, saying they “proved themselves in every cue.”
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TORONTO – When San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge recently celebrated its 75th birthday, the lighting and pyro display came as a complete surprise to thousands of spectators. Lightswitch’s Norm Schwab and Prelite’s Tom Thompson used the WYSIWYG previsualization suite from CAST Software to perfect the design in the studio before going live. Besides the surprise factor, the design team says using pre-viz also saved on labor, equipment wear and tear, lamp life issues and more.
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HARLOW, Essex, UK – Performing arts school Makin’ Steps’ annual shows have grown into larger spectacles since 1998, each year getting more creatively and technically ambitious. This year they asked London-based Colour Sound Experiment (CSE) for help with lighting, trussing, rigging, power distribution and crew. The four days of sold-out shows covered six decades of popular music since the Queen’s coronation in 1952.
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WASHINGTON, DC – LD Bob Barnhart of Full Flood Inc. incorporated GLP impression fixtures into his designs for two big PRG-supported televised productions earlier this year – the U.S. National Memorial Day Concert on May 27, pictured here (it was cut short due to bad weather, unfortunately, but still featured performances by Trace Adkins and Daughtry) and the National Independence Day Celebration on July 4.
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NOVI SAD, Serbia – Serbian technical solutions provider Studio Berar supplied more than 130 Robe moving lights to the three biggest stages of the 20-stage EXIT Festival. Lighting designers for Studio Berar were Marko Malesevic, Goran Kravic and Radoslav Mihalek, who lit stages featuring Duran Duran, Guns N’ Roses and AVICCI, among many others.
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HOUSTON – Clay Paky Stage Zoom 1200 and Alpha Spot HPE 700 fixtures were selected for the CD and DVD recording of Christian singer Israel Houghton’s upcoming album, “Jesus at the Center.” The session took place at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston, under the lighting design and direction of Matt Moreland of Wave Productions.
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LONDON – SGM Lighting has expanded its distribution arrangements in the UK, appointing A.C. Entertainment Technologies Ltd (AC-ET) to work in parallel with existing distributor, LED Projects. The new arrangement takes effect Aug. 1, and AC-ET confirms it will showcase the latest SGM range at this year’s PLASA 2012 exhibition in September.
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NORTH CREEK, NY The new Avolites Sapphire Touch lighting console is now shipping in the U.S. through Creative Stage Lighting, North American distributor of Avolites and Avolites Media. The console has already been used for the Chattanooga’s Riverbend Festival and for the Miss Mississippi Scholarship Pageant.
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DALLAS – Christie Digital Systems is helping the Dallas Police Department fight crime. In its 24-hour Fusion Center, a 72-unit Christie MicroTiles display helps the officers gather and share intelligence information with state-level and Federal Homeland Security. The center selected Christie MicroTiles as it fit their requirements for a video wall that was high resolution, low maintenance and durable enough for round-the-clock usage.
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LONDON – France TV Sport is covering the Olympic Games with a temporary TV studio on the Thames, outfitted with ETC’s Source Four LED profile spotlight providing the majority of the light. The station has rented 48 ETC Source Four LED Lustr+ Zoom 25-50-degree luminaires to help with their energy usage. The technical directors also like the fixture’s color mixing system, which allows them to achieve the natural skin tones needed for TV broadcasting.
Read More »NEW YORK — Behind the Scenes participated at the recent PLASA Focus: Nashville event to raise both funds and awareness about the charity. The fundraising was made by possible by Mainstage Theatrical Supply, Inc.’s donation of an ETC Source Four Lustr+ LED Light Engine as a raffle prize. The raffle winner was Steve Gilbard from coolux. Behind the Scenes raised just over $1,000 in the fund-raiser – enough to help someone in the industry in financial need.
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LOS ANGELES – The new ELAR Quad Series from Elation Professional offers IP-rated RGBW wash fixtures, designed and built for rugged architainment production use. The high-power 10W CREE LEDs with extreme optics Quad-Color Technology offer bright output and advanced color mixing, while offering pixel control for extreme LED matrix effects. The series includes four models of varying shapes, sizes, brightness and beam angles, with maximum power consumption ranging from 75 to 290 watts.
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