NASHVILLE — Mobile production specialist TNDV recently brought two major, unrelated live worship events together from opposite coasts, unifying the weather-challenged productions to enhance both the in-venue and broadcast audience experience.The events, AzusaNow and UnitedCry, were held at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and on the National Mall in Washington DC, respectively, in stormy spring conditions.
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SASKATOON, Saskatchewan —Telemiracle, the annual telethon in Saskatchewan, Canada that benefits the Kinsmen Foundation, celebrated its 40th anniversary with a 21-hour, commercial-free live broadcast on the province’s CTV affiliates. This year lighting designer Linus MacDonald stepped up the show’s look with six Clay Paky Scenius moving head spotlights.
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MIAMI— Grammy Award-winning recording artist Phil Collins hosted the second annual Little Dreams Foundation Benefit Gala in South Florida and performed at the charity event backed by a line of Elation ACL 360 Bar color-changing battens with 360-degree rotation.
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LUSAIL, Qatar — Lusail Sports Arena in Lusail, Qatar, is using the Riedel MediorNet real-time media network and RockNet real-time audio network to simplify management of numerous signals throughout the venue. Built to host matches of the 2015 World Men’s Handball Championship, the 15,300-capacity indoor sports arena leverages the Riedel fiber networks to reduce the overall volume of cabling required and to make a variety of signals available as needed to support live events.
Read More »LONDON – Maestra London expands its team again with the addition of four new people who are joining the busy Dubai and London based Maestra Group operation. Edwin Higgins joins Maestra London as technical manager, Lewis Edwards is the new warehouse manager, Juliet Irvine-Fortescue comes on-board as Operations & Logistics Coordinator and Hannah Piercy is the company’s second production designer.
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RENTON, WA – LMG, a national provider of video, audio, lighting and LED support, has opened an office and warehouse in the Seattle, WA area. The company’s other locations operate out of Las Vegas, Nashville, Dallas, Detroit, and the headquarters in Orlando. LMG has hired industry veteran Mark Allen, pictured here, as the Seattle location’s general manager.
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Flex Rental Solutions released version 4.16.3 of the company’s flagship web-based rental management software during the first week of May. This is the fourth major (and fifth total) software release by the company since the start of 2016. This newest release includes several new features, performance improvements, and bug fixes.
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SKB just introduced their new 3RS Series 30″ Deep Shock Rack Transport Cases. And Canyonwest Cases is making them available to the military and commercial companies needing indestructible cases to transport sensitive electronic equipment.
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MOONACHIE, NY – 4Wall New York will once again open its doors to the public May 19 at 3 p.m. for the annual 4Wall Vendor Showcase and BBQ event. Attendance is free to the public, as is the food, which has become almost as anticipated as the lighting products.
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CHICAGO – The 81st NFL Draft returned to the Second City’s Grant Park to create Draft Town, a 900,000 square foot mini metropolis. C3 Presents commissioned Bandit Lites to provide lighting, crew and logistics for more than a dozen areas of Draft Town, including the NFL Autograph Stage, NFL Photo Op Stage, The Ferris Wheel, The NFL Lombardi Trophy, The NFL Museum, The NFL Draft Tavern, site lighting, two SL-100 stages, The Draft Town Entrance, The Buckingham Fountain and the outside of the Selection Square structure.
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Ampere, a Cape Town-based rental and technical production company, invested in Robe Pointe moving lights, adding eight fixtures to their rental inventory. The crew is pictured here with the new Robe fixtures.
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LAS VEGAS AAdyn Technology, LLC (AAdynTech) added two industry veterans to its sales team, naming Joey Amman Western Regional Sales Manager and Joe Boda Eastern Regional Sales Manager. AAdynTech supplies LED lighting fixtures to the film, television, and mobile production industries.
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