Canada & U.S. – U.K. instrumentation specialist Mantracourt Electronics has announced the appointment of Paradigm Rigging as Technical Partner for the supply of its BroadWeigh™ wireless load monitoring equipment to the Canadian and United States entertainment sector.
Read More »GOA, India – Visualization pioneer Barco hosted its Entertainment & Corporate partner event in India on 25 and 26 June. Over seventy business partners gathered in Goa to get a bird’s eye view of the latest developments in entertainment and corporate visualization.
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DETROIT, MI – Burst, a full service, professional sound and lighting company based in Detroit, has named Steven Fitzgerald to the newly created position of vice president of sales. The announcement was made by Scott Ciungan, owner of Burst.
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LOS ANGELES — When the script calls for a SWAT searchlight in the city’s night sky, you can pay big bucks to hire a full-sized helicopter and invite the wrath of angry neighbors complaining about the noise as it flies overhead for repeated takes. Or you could find an alternate solution, like film LD Matt Ardine, who used Philips Vari-Lite’s 1200W VL4000 Spot fixture to simulate the SWAT copter’s beam for a recent three-day video shoot in Los Angeles.
Read More »One flash of lightning is brighter than 10 million 100W lightbulbs combined — and for a split second, a single flash of lightning can pulse… Read More »Lightning: Bright, but Dangerous
Read More »One of the most magical and simple effects to create on stage is a “peel,” where a series of fixtures makes changes, one after the… Read More »Staggering A “Peel” Can Entice the Eye
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LAS VEGAS — The Parnelli Awards Board of Advisors announced that one of the visionaries of the modern music festival, Kevin Lyman, will serve as host/MC for the 2015 Parnelli Awards. The award show takes place at the Rio Resort and Casino on Saturday, Oct 24. Considered the “Grammys for Live Events,” it celebrates and honors those in lighting, audio, video, staging and all related professionals involved in putting on concert tours and live events.
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