LAS VEGAS – The task of providing Las Vegas flash and glitter fell to Avolites as they outfitted the South Point Hotel and Casino with Sapphire Touch, original Tiger Touch and Tiger Touch II consoles. The gear’s flexibility and ease of use are major selling points for Joey Juliano, South Point’s entertainment lead LD. He credited the console for its Cue Stacking capabilities along with its plug-and-play ease of use.
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NEW YORK – The Liberty Theater has been used as a performance space for more than a century and now draws crowds as a nightspot. To provide the dance floor with a variety of intense, colorful looks and effects, LD Dougie Lazer of DNA Lighting included eight Rogue R1 Beam moving fixtures from Chauvet Professional in the rig.
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NORRKÖPING, Sweden — LD Henrik Lundin is using Clay Paky B-EYE K20s to light Swedish vocalist Veronica Maggio’s first-ever Scandinavian arena tour. In addition to the B-EYE, Lundin specified 18 Alpha 1500 Profiles and 24 x Sharpys to keep the lighting rig and large LED screen in balance. Lagom & Gott Ljud AB provided the fixtures.
LAS VEGAS – tvONE is demonstrating the new video warping features in its CORIOmaster video wall processors at InfoComm. Playing off last year’s technological eyecatcher, a new mini windmill wall features four 24″ flat panel displays showing video that maintains a stable horizon even as the displays rotate 360° in real-time. In addition, two side monitors that are mounted angled away from the flat wall showcase the warping ability.
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LONDON – d3 Technologies have released their latest software, d3 r11.2. New features include SockPuppet DMX, HTML5, Footprints plus the support of two new codecs, HAP and HAP-Q.
Read More »NORTH LONDON, U.K. – Arsenal Media Group delivered a live production of the FA Cup trophy parade with a workflow built around Blackmagic Design’s ATEM 1 M/E Production Studio 4K and Smart Videohub 4K. The live event was visable outside the Emirates Stadium on a 100-square-meter mobile LED screen, and online by 200,000 worldwide.
Read More »ARRI, the world’s largest film equipment manufacturer, has enhanced its website with special Spanish and Portuguese-language versions. Visitors can also access the sites through the ARRI homepage by simply clicking on the language tab located on the right side of the menu bar.
Read More »South Africa – The Avolites Ai Media Server EX series was used to power a choreographed 3D video-mapping experience for Nissan. “Our scenic team designed a 24m wide 3D stage set that required the Ai Media Server to power three 14K HD Christie Projectors, which covered the area,” explains Dillon Jearey. “The biggest challenge for us was that the deadline between content load-in and show production was incredibly tight. Thankfully, the Ai proved itself to be extremely versatile and reliable, handling the fast-tracked programming schedule with speed and ease.”
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AMSTERDAM – Inspired by the architecture of Paris’ Eiffel Tower, show designer Mark Rietveld sought to build a giant industrial DJ set for the Qapital dance event. Rietveld used 68 x Clay Paky Sharpys to create fierce light architecture that mirrored the show’s giant structural set. “The brief for the lighting design was to accentuate the structure and give it as many dimensions as possible,” explains Rietveld. “The Sharpys had a specific role in the design, they were there to extend the wings of the stage in the ceiling and to add some punch and power to the center of the set, shooting light down into the crowds.”
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BELGIUM – For the live finals of the Voice van Vlaanderen (The Voice of Flanders), Show Designer Ignace D’Haese’s lihting rig incorporated 30 x Pointes, 21 x LEDWash 1200s, 22 x LEDWash 800s, 12 x LEDWash 600s and 15 x LEDWash 300s from Robe. The design was based on giving the show an epic ‘live arena’ aesthetic while also being flexible and adaptable to deal with the myriad of different musical genres performed throughout the 10 weeks. While the show naturally had to look great on TV, it also had to look spectacular for the 3000 Voice fans who packed into the stadium each week to cheer on their favorites.
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CZECH REPUBLIC/SLOVAK REPUBLIC – For the final of the Czech and Slovak edition of the X-Factor, LDs Michal Schmidt and Tomáš Lecký used 56 x Robe ROBIN Pointes, 22 x ColorSpot 700E ATs and 20 x ColorSpot 1200E ATs. “The Pointe is absolutely the TOP moving light product at the moment – I could not conceive of doing a high profile music show like this without them,” Schmidt said.
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UTRECHT, The Netherlands – After seven years of using Hippotizer on some of Europe’s most high-profile productions, Tenfeet, based here, opted to upgrade from first generation Hippotizer HDs for the latest-spec i7 machines. Technical sales manager Sarah Cox credited the company’s “very competitive trade in policy.”
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