NASHVILLE – For Jason Aldean’s current 33-city “They Don’t Know” road show, Chris Lisle’s brawny and colorful lighting design gets a big assist from Chauvet Professional fixtures. The gear list includes 118 Rogue RH1 Hybrid moving fixtures supplied by Bandit Lites. The Rogues, along with a collection of over 150 other luminaires, are all used to accent the hexagonal-shaped theme of Lisle’s design.
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RIMINI, Italy – An example of “calm before the storm” can be found on the Rimini beach in Italy, where Litec is constructing their Libera series Alusfera II roof for upcoming concerts to be held during the Summer Beach Arena event. Running from June 24-30, the Summer Beach Arena concert series features live and DJ sets by national and international artists from sunset until late in the evening.
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ROUGE, Estonia – To illuminate the 30-meter-high Pesapuu (Nest Tree) Watchtower in Rõuge, Estonia, the company that built the structure designed by Tallinn based architect Karmo Tõra, Roadservice, specified Robe fixtures, including 12 LEDForce 18 LED PARs and six Anolis ArcSource Outdoor 4MCs. Tallinn-based E&T, Robe’s Estonian distributor, handled the order.
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MELBOURNE, Australia – Blackmagic Design noted that singer-songwriter Kate Miller-Heidke’s performance with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra was captured in 4K using its Micro Studio Camera 4Ks and Studio Camera 4Ks.
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HOUSTON, TX – 4Wall Entertainment is acquiring the assets of video equipment provider Wagner Media, Inc.
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NEW YORK – For the Streaming Media East conference, held in New York May 16-17, video production provider Mobeon used Roland V-1SDI switchers to help stream the event’s activities, in the main room plus five breakout rooms.
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BURBANK, CA — Riedel Communications has promoted Jake Halverson to operations manager within the company’s North America team. Halverson is based in Burbank, California, and reports directly to Joyce Bente, President and CEO of Riedel North America.
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DALLAS — Osprey Video named JB&A Distribution to represent Osprey’s complete product line to systems integrators and value-added resellers in the U.S. and Canada. The distribution agreement focuses primarily on the A/V, broadcast, and IP streaming markets.
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MANCHESTER, U.K. – Quantum Special Effects has made a vibrant splash on the Take That Wonderland Tour with the launch of their latest innovation – UV Rain.
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BALTIMORE, MD – Afterglow Lighting recently added grandMA2 full-size consoles, Chain Master chain hoists and Claypaky Stormy strobes to its rental inventory. A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive North American distributor for all three brands.
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Maxi-Cool cabinets, designed to help film and video crews keep servers from overheating, have been adopted by a number of production studios since they were introduced.
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CHICAGO – At a time when some bands are using exotic, abstract and hard to decipher scenic elements on stage, pop punk phenoms Real Friends are taking an entirely different approach. Touring the USA, Mexico and Australia in support of their second studio album The Home Inside My Head, the Chicago based quintet is performing in front of a downright homey set, complete with a family room couch, Afghan blankets and lamps that look like they popped out of mid-century America.
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