GLENDALE, AZ – GLP’s X4 Bar 20 LED batten made an auspicious debut – at the Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show Feb. 1, 2015. For the duration of the 12 minute segment, at which Katy Perry headlined, LD Bob Barnhart (of Full Flood) used 12 of the new X4 Bar 20 fixtures along with 16 GLP impression X4 XL fixtures.
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DALLAS – During the inaugural College Football Playoff in North Texas, Solomon Group was tasked with producing championship weekend’s premier concert series. AT&T Playoff Playlist Live was staged at American Airlines Center in Dallas and featured back-to-back nights of entertainment headlined by Lenny Kravitz Jan. 10 and Sting Jan. 11, just prior to the big game itself on Jan. 12 in AT&T Stadium, home to the Dallas Cowboys. The Ohio State Buckeyes beat the Oregon Ducks 42-20.
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MONTREAL, Canada – Solotech provided the new scoreboard for Olympic Park stadium here. The new scoreboard features a 16mm pixel pitch LED display measuring 33.4 by 9.4 meters (WxH) – 3,380 square feet in all. The new screen, one of the largest in Canada, replaces two smaller screens installed in 1992. Along with the scoreboard, Solotech supplied and installed an electrical distribution system, a fiber video distribution system, image processors and a sports scoring system.
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SYDNEY, Australia – Technical Direction Company (TDC) did its part to bring together the similar-sounding (but wildly differing) nations of Austria and Australia with Visions of Vienna – a large-format projection of imagery from Vienna on the “sails” of the iconic Sydney Opera House. The multi-media artistic project was a collaboration between the Vienna Tourist Board and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
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NEW YORK – Following a successful run on Broadway, a touring version of Rodgers+Hammerstein’s Cinderella is hitting the road. LD Kenneth Posner and associate lighting designer John Viesta made some changes to the New York design for the road, switching the side ladder moving lights from Martin MAC 2000s to Vari*Lite VL3500s and replacing the overhead VL2500 Wash lights with LED par cans. They got an assist with that transition from FocusTrack.
Read More »AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands – For Dutch rock act BLØF’s recent show at Amsterdam’s 17,000 capacity Ziggo Dome, LD Patrick Kramer used more than 200 Robe moving lights. Included in the rig: 26 of Robe’s new BMFL Spots.
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NEW YORK – WorldStage continues to expand its equipment inventory with the purchase of several new d3 Technologies media servers. The company now has d3 4×4 PRO servers and d3 4×2 PRO servers to supplement their existing d3 4U v2.5 units. Along with these recent acquisitions, WorldStage has been gearing up to support clients’ 4K needs with a Barco E2 presentation system.
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LOS ANGELES – Elation is offering a course in entertainment electrics led by Richard Cadena. Part of the company’s Elation Educational Experience (E3) program, the course will cover basic and advanced topics relating to entertainment stage lighting and video electrics, power distribution and control systems. It will be held March 24 at the Elation’s Los Angeles-area headquarters.
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GLENDALE, CA – For an after-party accompanying a recent NBC Comcast conference on the future of television titled “What’s Next,” James Schipper of Kinetic Lighting wanted something special to draw attention to the stage. Schipper got the look he was seeking with a massive diagonally slanted overhang array of high-output Nexus 4×4 LED panels from Chauvet Professional.
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CARACAS, Venezuela – Operating in the Latin American market, the Venezuelan based PROmontaje needed a solution to host large outdoor events and concerts. PROmontaje owns a large event site, just outside Caracas, which they plan to use for a range of outdoor concerts and sports events. PROmontaje is the main provider of technical resources for events in Venezuela, and dedicated to supplying the best possible technical resources for the production of sporting events, shows and corporate events.
Read More »LONDON – Continuing their long-term working relationship, XL Video supplied video solutions including LED screens and camera system for the final show of Basement Jaxx’s recent UK tour, supporting the band’s latest album, Junto. Working with Tour and Production Manager, Tommy Winstone, XL Video Project Manager, Connie Glover specified the package for the massive show at London’s O2 Arena.
Read More »LONDON – d3 Technologies have appointed their first ever reseller to look after sales and support for d3 in their region. Stockholm-based company Intersonic AB will be looking after new d3 customers in Sweden and Finland, with d3 Technologies’ head office in London continuing to support existing customers.
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