EXETER, UK – UK technology company Mantracourt Electronics has launched a new range of load monitoring equipment that targets the requirements of the entertainment industry. Mantracourt’s BroadWeigh system provides accurate, wireless, real-time load monitoring of stage equipment and has been designed to assist rigging professionals within the entertainment sector.
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NEW YORK CITY – At the Marina at Pier 57, Christie M-Series HD projectors are helping visitors “travel” through New York City by creating a multisensory experience for The Interactive New York (T.I.N.Y) exhibition, an interactive multimedia art installation by video artist Garson Yu. The exhibit is inspired by New York City as a living organism, and will let visitors interact with video and sound reminiscent of traveling in the city.
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NEW YORK CITY – For the second consecutive year, WorldStage provided video and lighting support – and a new surprise reveal – to Good Sense & Company’s production of the YouTube Brandcast, which gives marketers and agencies a peek at YouTube’s new original programming and insights into one of the world’s biggest audiences.
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Philips Vari-Lite’s LED VLX Wash luminaires helped celebrate the launch of Samsung’s new smartphone in Johannesburg. Event production manager Victor Vermaak and LD Renaldo Van Den Berg from AV Unlimited (AVU) specified 12 of Vari-Lite’s 14,000 lumen output VLX luminaires for the show at the city’s Sandton Convention Center.
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LONDON – Contemporary circus troupe, No Fit State, recently welcomed the latest performing member to its troupe: The Avolites Tiger Touch. The design, originally conceived by LD Adam Cobley, is taken care of on tour by lighting director and programmer Leif Le Page, who says that fast, on the fly access to the lighting is crucial for this latest production of “Bianco.”
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MINNEAPOLIS — Portable staging equipment company Staging Concepts launches its newest product, the Aluminum Crowd Control Barricade. The barricade has an integral step on the surveillance of each barricade section for security personal to administer additional crowd control.
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LONDON – PRG teamed up with Harvey Goldsmith promotions at Twickenham in June to supply the rigging and lighting for the Chime For Change concert headlined by Beyonce and Madonna. Dubbed a ‘feminist Live Aid,’ the production featured a ine up of big name stars and a 50,000-strong audience to campaign for improved education, health and justice for women around the world.
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OMAHA, NE – The Lifegate Church in Omaha – currently moving to a new campus – needed to remodel its existing stage and lighting. Local GLP dealers Heartland Scenic — who meet around 80 percent of the church’s lighting needs — steered the decision toward the GLP solution.
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MOSCOW – Moscow’s Teresa Durova Teatrium na Serpukhovke performance venue has invested in Philips Selecon’s PLCyc1 luminaires in a major upgrade to its lighting equipment, replacing a dozen 1250W asymmetric tungsten cyc floods. The Theatre’s head of lighting, Vladimir Evstifeyev, invested in the PLCyc1s after testing them in the venue in early 2013.
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MIDDLETON, WI — ETC has opened registration for its second CUE event for end-users. The biennial three-day educational event is set to take place at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center in Madison, WI from July 23-25. The event is open to all people interested in learning more about how to use ETC products, along with more information about ETC.
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WEST, TX – Nearly two months after a catastrophic fertilizer plant explosion killed 15 people, injured more than 200 and destroyed structures in West, TX, the Dallas Mavericks and FOX Sports Southwest staged a major event in West on June 15 to support the restoration effort. To ensure that residents had a front-row view of the action, the Mavericks asked GoVision to provide one of its mobile LED units for the festivities. The Argyle, TX-based company sent a 9 ft x 16 ft “GoBig” LED screen, comprised of Daktronics PST-16HD tiles, to ensure that all could see the festivities.
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