BUDAPEST, Hungary – Devon, U.K. based drapes, starcloth, LED and visual effects specialist S+H Technical Support supplied its LED Video Floor product to the first Hungarian edition of popular television games show, The Cube.
LEEDS, U.K. – For the the six main tented arenas at the 2015 MiNT Festival, which moved to a new location at Wetherby Racecourse near Leeds and also moved to a new two-day schedule Sept. 19-20, Colour Sound Experiment provided rigging, trussing, lighting and LED screens. The artist lineup included Duke Dumont, The Martinez Brothers, Sigma, Sven Vath, Jamie Jones, Luciano, Ricardo Villalobos and more.
Read More »LAS VEGAS – Ayrton and U.S. distributor Morpheus Lights called the 2015 LDI show “the best ever” for Ayrton products, with six new product releases that were “extremely well-received.”
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WUPPERTAL, Germany — Riedel Communications has named Joyce Bente the new president and CEO of Riedel North America. Bente joins the company with nearly 30 years of experience in the broadcast industry, and she will lead strategy and operations with the primary goal of expanding Riedel’s presence across North American markets.
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LE CHAMP-PRÈS-FROGES, France – Airstar reports that its products were seen by more than half a million festival goers this year. Summer has historically been a busy season for Airstar whose solutions are now in high demand across major international festivals for public lighting, rescue and safety, signage and decoration.
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CANNES, France – Christie and Microsoft brought mixed-reality technologies to the beachfront in Cannes, France for the Microsoft Beach Club during the 2015 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Visitors to the Microsoft Beach Club experienced the latest in projection mapping collaborations via two customized projects using Microsoft Kinect technology and Christie projectors and software.
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MELBOURNE, Australia – Showtech notes that Resolution X, the first company to purchase the new Martin RUSH MH 6 Wash, has credited the manufacturer for combining features and value. The fixture is based on Martin’s RUSH PAR 2 RGBW Zoom, utilizing the same LED engine and zoom system. They are pictured here at a gig for the Melbourne International Arts Festival held at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl
LAS VEGAS – The entrance to Drai’s Beachclub/Nightclub atop the Cromwell hotel on the Las Vegas Strip features a distinctive lighting design by Steve Lieberman of SJ Lighting that includes the use of Colorist Pod 18QA fixtures from Iluminarc, the company devoted to architectural fixtures that is an affiliate to Chauvet Professional.
LEXINGTON, KY – It was a capacity crowd at Rupp Arena Oct. 16 as the University of Kentucky’s Wildcats took the court for their annual Big Blue Madness. The exhibition basketball game marks the first ‘official’ practice, and consists of grand spectacles, lasers, fireworks and stunning lighting provided by Bandit Lites.
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NASHVILLE – PixelFLEX is bringing its latest LED video screens to Nashville for WFX 2015, set for Nov. 18-19, 2015. Featured products in booth 507 will include the Parnelli Award-winning FLEXCurtain HD and the curve-able FLEXLite Plus along with the company’s FLEXCurtain and FLEXLite LED video solutions (pictured here).
While planning for Shania Twain’s 2015 “Rock This Country” tour, it would have been easier to simply borrow from the production design elements that worked… Read More »Shaking it Up for Shania
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