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1000th Edition of Children’s TV Show in Germany Gets Green Hippo Assist

mo2 design produced the historic episode

1000th Edition of Children’s TV Show in Germany Gets Green Hippo Assist

GERMANY – The 1000th edition of Germany’s hugely popular children’s TV show 1, 2 oder 3 aired in July, and Green Hippo and mo2 design helped ensure it looked suitably impressive. Based on the original US version, which was called Runaround, those in the UK may be familiar with the UK show, which went out in the 70s and 80s under that same original US title. The success of the German show has outstripped that of any of its ‘siblings’ seeing it become a mainstay of German childhood TV watching.

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Photo by Lindsay Cave

HSL Supports Chase & Status at the 2017 Lovebox Festival

LONDON – Lighting and visuals designer Andy Hurst wanted to make a big impact for Chase & Status acclaimed Saturday night headliner set at the 2017 Lovebox festival in London’s Victoria Park, so he designed an impressive specials package which was supplied by HSL, together with crew, which was installed under the event’s production ‘top rig’. The ‘extras’ included 194 x SGM Q-7 LED flood / strobes, used highly effectively for the strobe-tastic onslaught that you expect  at a Chase & Status gig as well as super-bright floods  and audience blinders. 

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St. Paul and the Broken Bones Tours with Bandit Lites

St. Paul and the Broken Bones Tours with Bandit Lites

NASHVILLE  – St. Paul and the Broken Bones, the energetic eight piece rock band from Alabama, is bringing their high-voltage soul sound to cities across the nation with a lighting package designed by Chris Lisle and provided by Bandit Lites. Following the band’s incredible, two-night sold-out shows at the historic Ryman Auditorium, Chris Lisle returned to Bandit Lites to outfit the production with a lighting package that would provide similar punch and dynamic looks while still keeping space and efficiency in the foreground of planning, as this package had to fit in a trailer behind the tour bus.

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NanoLumens Names Joe’ Lloyd Vice President of Global Marketing

ATLANTA, — NanoLumens promoted Joe’ Lloyd from director of global marketing to vice president of global marketing. In her new position she will continue to manage the growth and development of the marketing team while taking full responsibility for the company’s global marketing strategies, including content development, advertising, tradeshows, and future marketing technologies.

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Bluebell Hothead Silhouette

Bluebell Hothead Silhouette

Bluebell Opticom Ltd., provider of fiber optic solutions for fixed and remote applications, launched the Hothead Silhouette, an end-to-end, self-contained power, control, and video tool for 4K robotic-camera productions. Hothead Silhouette replaces copper cabling with one hybrid cable and, more importantly, allows camera operators to sit far away from the robotic head — a combination of benefits not previously available in conjunction with 4K UHD production and remote powering.

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ENTTEC Releases Black Pixel Tape

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“When are you going to make black pixel tape?  When are you going to make black pixel tape?  When are you going to make black pixel tape? …” ENTTEC  couldn’t help but notice that people have been asking for this a lot. And not being the sort of company who likes to disappoint its clientele, ENTTEC recently announced the arrival of not one, but two special black pixel tapes which were made available globally earlier this month. The two versions, now available, include RGB (SKU: 8P60-5-B) and RGBW (SKU: 8PXW60-4-B).

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Photo courtesy Riot Games

Robe Summoned for League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) in Rio

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Brazilian rental company LPL supplied over 150 Robe moving lights including BMFL WashBeams to the 2017 League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) competition staged in the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro. (formally the Rio Olympic Arena) Produced by LoL developers Riot Games, professional regional champions from Asia, North America and Europe met in Brazil and battled ‘live’ to win large numbers of points counting towards the 2017 World Championship title for this hugely popular e-sport phenomena.

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Photo by Danilo Lewis

The Chainsmokers’ “Memories – Do Not Open” Tour Lit with Ayrton Fixtures

PHILADELPHIA – Alex Pall and Drew Taggart, the EDM artists who have been performing as The Chainsmokers, embarked on their first arena tour earlier this year, visiting 36 cities across North America. The multi-faceted show was designed and produced by Miguel Risueno, aka Mike808, and Corey Johnson of Production Club, Los Angeles, with a lighting design from Cory FitzGerald and production management by Clancy Silver.

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Whirlwind Cyclone Pocket Cases

Whirlwind Cyclone Pocket Cases

Whirlwind’s Cyclone Pocket Cases have case doors that can be tucked away inside the case when not in use, eliminating the task of having to store (and keep track of) unused doors. Available in 10-, 12-, 14-, and 16-space options, the inner shell is shock mounted top and bottom. Also available in custom sizes upon request.

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PR Lighting Phantom 440, distributed by Mega Systems Inc.

PR Lighting Phantom 440

PR Lighting’s Phantom 440 is a Beam, Wash and Spot Hybrid moving head fixture that makes use of a high luminance Osram Sirius HRI 440W discharge source rated for 1500 hours of use with a color temperature of 7000K, ±300K. One fixed gobo wheel with 18 fixed gobos and one rotating gobo wheel with seven rotating gobos give users a wide range of options. The fixture also features a bi-directional interchangeable animation wheel that rotates at variable speeds for a variety of impressive effects.

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