LAS VEGAS — The 2014 ballot that forms the basis of the Hometown Hero Lighting Company of the Year competition has been finalized. It’s posted online, and the voting process, which extends through Aug. 31, has begun. Follow the jump to find the link to the 2014 ballot for lighting companies vying for Hometown Hero honors.
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SINGAPORE — Christie technology provided spectacular visuals which impressed the crowds that turned up at the Marina Bay Floating Platform to celebrate Singapore’s 49th birthday in a splash of splendid colors on August 9, 2014. The stunning spectacle was made possible by Christie’s rental staging partner Hexogon Solution Pte Ltd, which deployed a total of 40 Christie projectors comprising six Roadster HD18K and 34 Roadster HD20K-J 3-chip DLP projectors displaying a slew of multimedia content, including 3D effects, onto an enormous canvas measuring 80 meters by 40 meters for the highly-anticipated Show segment that featured 5,000 performers. This is the largest number of Christie projectors deployed at Singapore’s National Day Parade (NDP) to date, and the largest digital floor projection canvas ever used for the nation’s annual birthday extravaganza.
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ATLANTA, GA – Kinesys is opening a new operation – Kinesys USA Inc., based in the Atlanta area. Pictured here are, from left, Dave Weatherhead, Kinesys CEO; and industry veteran David Martin, who will be heading up the U.S. operation. The company cites significant growth in its U.S. business over the last two years and notes that the move will help it enhance sales efforts along with technical support and after-sales service for customers.
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CHICAGO – To the college students and young urbanites who flock to it every weekend, Thalia Hall is one of the buzziest spots in Chicago, a place to kick back, down a local beer with friends, dine on some tasty food and enjoy national acts like Panda Bear and Goat as they perform on a stage illuminated by fixtures from Chauvet Professional. That’s also pretty much how things stood when this four story Romanesque structure opened in 1893 to serve the city’s burgeoning Czech population as a concert hall and social hub –except musical styles were different back then and there were no LED fixtures! However, in between then and now was a dark period when Thalia Hall, which was modeled after the Old Opera House in Prague, stood idle for decades before being given new life by a couple of visionary Chicago entrepreneurs.
For more details, visit www.chauvetprofessional.com
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Robe Lighting announced Lighting & Sound Distribution as its exclusive distributor in Singapore as of August 1st 2014.
Read More »BEIRUT, Lebanon – An all Robe moving light rig was specified for the 2014 Beiteddine Art Festival in Lebanon. The festival lighting rig utilised 16 x Pointes, 16 x MMX Spots, 16 x MMX WashBeams, 16 x LEDWash 1200s and 16 x LEDWash 300s, all from Robe’s ROBIN series.
Read More »The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) issues today a position statement recognizing that the long-established use of the Color Rendering Index (CRI) is… Read More »IES Issues Position Statement about Color Rendering Index
Read More »The Entertainment Technician Certification Program (ETCP) will launch a new version of the practice exams for the Rigger – Arena and Rigger – Theatre Certifications this summer. Both new practice exams will be accessible beginning July 31, 2014.
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