PASADENA, CA – The American premiere of The X Factor took place Sept. 21 on Fox, and included auditions taped from live events staged across the U.S. The show featured a lighting design by Tom Kenny using a rig that included 40 Martin Professional MAC 2000 Wash XB moving heads and Martin LC Series LCD Panels. PRG supplied the gear.
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LONDON – Laser production company ER Productions has been using LumenRadio’s wireless DMX system to trigger smoke machine cues at U.K. festivals including Big Chill (for Chris Cunningham Live), the V Festival (the 4Music Stage), and festivals in Reading (Main Stage) and Leeds (for Muse), among other events.
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LAS VEGAS — PLSN publisher Terry Lowe announced that users of Apple iOS or Android mobile devices can now download and start receiving PLSN on the go. “Now, no matter where you are, you can always be carrying around the latest issue,” Lowe said. “And you can get a copy the minute it comes off the press – no waiting until you get off the road.”
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With Trackspot Bolt, the classic High End Systems Trackspot moving mirror fixture gets updated with a new LED lighting engine outputting over 3,000 lumens of white light. Other new features include rotating gobos, remote focus, anamorphic gobos and a wedged color wheel. The company also announced a trade-in program for the original Trackspots toward the purchase of the new version of the fixture, through the end of 2011.
Read More »WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety (OSHA) and Health Administration has made some changes regarding their documents on overhead lifting, some of which pertains to permanently-installed theatrical rigging systems.
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Acclaim Lighting’s AL-Control 1 Pro LED controller, new to the U.S., combines the ability to control a variety of color changing effects and programmable scenes with a built-in clock for date and real-time scene triggering. The U.S. version is the same as the European model introduced earlier, except it has a different panel size for single gang US junction box mounting.
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CHICAGO — David Paul Finley, of New York City and Margaretville, NY died Sept. 22. He was 53. He had a long career as lighting designer with Martha Graham Dance Company (1986-1992), Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre, Stars on Ice and for 15 years with Disson Skating. He received a Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lighting Direction (2001-2002) for his work on the Brian Boitano Skating Spectacular. His last lighting design production, Fashion on Ice, airs Nov. 13, 2011 on NBC.
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