NASHVILLE — At the 49th Annual Country Music Awards, broadcast live on ABC from the Bridgestone Arena last month, mobile production specialist TNDV took on an expanded role as it returned to produce live streaming media and video packages.
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MADRID – Clay Paky and by its Spanish distributor Stonex hosted a seminar at the Matadero de Madrid featuring the concepts of lighting designers Al Gurdon and Peter Canning, who have lit shows including the Eurovision song contest, the halftime entertainment shows of the NFL’s Superbowl and the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
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NEW YORK – Canal Sound and Light’s Jason Ayala and Jeffry Kwan used Chauvet Professional fixtures to transform a low-ceiling space on Manhattan’s far West Side. Formerly housing a bagel factory, it had been repurposed to serve as exhibition space. For the Global Spin Awards Expo, which required a staged awards show, Ayala used Chauvet’s PVP S5 LED video panels and Rogue moving fixtures.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Acoustic & Lighting System (A&L) held an open-house event on Nov. 17 to introduce Clay Paky’s The Projectors series: the Scenius, Mythos, Supersharpy and Stormy.
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NEWTON, KS – Hoopty Lights’ Erich Meitzner got a chance to return to his alma mater for a Newton High School musical production using color mixing LED fixtures from Chauvet Professional. Meitzner showed the high school students how to make the best use of gear including COLORado Batten 72 Tour RGBW wash lights and COLORdash Par-Quad 7 par-style fixtures.
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EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands – Philips Entertainment organized a new partner conference at the end of November. Mroe than 70 international distributors, dealers and rental operators flew into Amsterdam for the two-day networking and engagement event.
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TULSA, OK – Asbury United Methodist Church in Tulsa has chosen an ArKaos PRO Stadium Server running ArKaos MediaMaster 4.0 software to handle the environmental projection mapping at their church. Lighting director Tim Ottley uses it to present some stunning visual backdrops across their 300ft wide/30-60ft tall walls to enhance both modern and traditional services.
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LONDON – Lloyds Bank has commissioned AOL, Kinetic and Projection Artworks to create an interactive projection spectacular as a live experience extension to its seasonal TV and online campaign, Love You to the Stars and Back. The projections on a 12-meter-high Christmas tree-like pyramid includes personalized messages with content including submissions from the general public.
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WUPPERTAL, Germany— Riedel Communications named Ryhaan Williams vice president of sales, eastern U.S. In this role, Williams will be tasked with strengthening existing relationships and creating new strategic alliances for the eastern region in addition to expanding sports markets nationally.
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LONDON – In 2015, along with its support for ongoing West End and UK touring theatre productions, White Light is staying busy with its support for more than 40 seasonal pantomime productions all across the U.K. Pictured here, a moment from Cinderella at Fairfield Halls.
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LOS ANGELES – Elation Professional announced its sponsorship of the AV Alliance (avalliance.com). Nico Ubenauf, member of the AV Alliance Board of Directors and CEO of German production company satis&fy, welcomed Elation’s support.
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LONDON – Working with visuals designer Andy Hurst, HSL supplied lighting gear for Faithless’ tour. The setup included 300 Martin VDO Sceptron 10 LED battens, which were rigged on custom structures to form a giant ‘88’ digital clock face.
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