BELFAST – On Feb. 28, Odyssey Arena hosted the first boxing match relayed on live TV in the U.K. since 2008. IBF super bantamweight champion Carl Frampton defended his title against American Chris Avalos. Creative Technology’s (CT) supplied I-Mag screens rigged above the ring along with four 18 square meter displays flown from truss and fed with the live footage, which was also broadcast on ITV.
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LOS ANGELES – After six seasons on network TV, Glee is ending. Console operator Glen Holland, who has been with the show since 2009 when it debuted in the auditorium of Cabrillo High School in Long Beach, CA, reminisced about the “seven years, six seasons, 121 episodes and 751 performances” that he and other Glee crew members relied on gear from ETC.
NEW YORK, NY- For toy manufacturers around the world, the annual Toyfair convention in NYC is the kick-off to the year. It’s the place where new toys are seen by the public for the first time, with buyers and distributors getting a first look at the goods that will be gracing their shelves throughout the year.
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SANTA MONICA, CA – There are many good reasons why women’s soccer has become one of the fastest growing sports in the US: it’s colorful, intense and it makes a great visual presentation. The same can be said of the Nexus LED panels from CHAUVET Professional, which have also become exceedingly popular lately. It’s only fitting then that these two stars crossed paths recently at the Women’s World Cup Kickoff Celebration on Fox Sports 1 and Timer Warner Cable.
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MADISON, WI – Full Compass Systems named Michelle Grabel-Komar vice president of sales. Grabel-Komar will oversee the company’s vertical sales channels, taking advantage of her years of knowledge both within Full Compass and in her industry experience by heading up the Sales Department along with our new Sales Management team.
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KNOXVILLE, TN – Bandit Lites’ family continues to grow with the recent hire of Brad Hylton as Warehouse Manager and the promotion of longtime Bandit employee Giff Swart to General Manager.
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BRUSSELS – When Martin Schulz was re-elected President of the European Parliament and Jean-Claude Junker for the EP commission, DB Video was tasked with illuminating the seat of the European Parliament in Brussels (Belgium), indoor for the Hemicycle, Passerelle, Agora set and Forum set as well as outdoor for the main entrance & Protocol entrance at rue Wiertz.
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ANTWERP, Belgium – In the city of Antwerp, in Belgium, lies the luxurious shopping street Meir, connecting the town hall with the central station. Bringing in the highest rents of any street in Belgium and known to be the most expensive shopping street in the Benelux, Meir embraces the monumental department store, the Inno building consisting of two units dating back to 1901 and 1903.
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UK – Award winning theatre designer Lucy Osborne and internationally acclaimed lighting designer Emma Chapman of Studio Three Sixty, will join James Grieve, joint artistic director of Paines Plough, and Gavin Green of Charcoalblue theatre consultancy at the UK Theatre’s Touring Symposium 2015 to discuss Paines Plough’s award winning, pop-up Roundabout Theatre.
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LOS ANGELES, CA – It’s been called Montreal’s Ultimate Outdoor Winter Rave. Igloofest recently returned to town for the ninth edition of the popular electronic music festival, a cool way to hear the hottest tracks on four three-day weekends from January 16 to February 8.
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LOS ANGELES – Cliff Garten’s “Los Angeles Opens Its Heart of Compassion” transforms a Koreatown parking structure into a large-format blend of color, form and transparency designed to resonate with the neighborhood’s heritage. Garten got an assist with the project from Lightswitch Architectural.
Read More »Eurotruss’ HD22 ladder beam truss promises strength, durability and ease of use. The product uses standard FD/HD truss connection types and is sized at 200mm x 50mm. The main tube is 48.4mm x 4.47mm and the bracing is 20mm x 2mm. The ladder truss weighs 4.3 kg/meter. Eurotruss notes that the 200mm that the diagonal bracing pattern ensures maximum stability. The truss is available with 1-, 2-, 3-, 4-, 5- and 6-way corner blocks (1 to 4 way horizontally). The bracing pattern is symmetrical, using 20 x 2mm diagonals and straight end braces.
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