The week-long press event to launch Sony’s PlayStation 4 (PS4) console, held a trendy boutique hotel in lower Manhattan known as The Standard, High Line last fall, was a virtual feast for the eyes, meshing elements of high- and low-tech, including ad hoc and supersized video projection, an “interactive” LED walkway, hundreds of LED lighting fixtures simultaneously blasting color into the night and outdoor guerrilla gaming zones.
Read More »BILLERICA, MA – massAV, a live event AV staging and production company based here, recently purchased a new FiberPlex Technologies optical snake. With FiberPlex’s WDM-8 active wave division multiplexer, massAV can multiplex eight discrete signals at 3 Gb/s each for transporting video, audio, lighting and control feeds onto one fiber pair.
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LOS ANGELES – The Event Safety Alliance (ESA) has announced the creation of its Individual Gold Donor Membership program. Participating donors receive one free digital or printed copy of the Event Safety Guide and get included in the ESA’s online professional database. They also gain access to tools and content on the ESA website, get discounts on ESA programs and events and get one “I Support the ESA” T-shirt.
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The Marquee Nightclub & Dayclub at Las Vegas’ Cosmopolitan casino resort, which opened in late 2010, quickly vaulted to the top of Nightclub & Bar’s rankings of top U.S. nightclubs by annual revenue, tying XS at Steve Wynn’s Encore casino resort, also in Las Vegas, with annual revenues estimated to be in the $80 to $90 million range for 2012. But don’t let those Las Vegas palm trees fool you.
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BERLIN, Germany – Robe moving lights were once again specified by LD Manuel da Costa for the most recent series of the TV singing contest, The Voice of Germany (VOG). The series was recorded at Studio Berlin and produced jointly by a Dutch German collaboration between Taipa and Schwartzkopff TV. It was broadcast on Pro7 and Sat 1 channels. A total of 188 Robes were supplied by Magic Lighting & Sound from Cologne.
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SECAUCUS, NJ – ARRI CSC, the largest full service equipment rental group in the U.S., added Rich Joneleit to its camera rental office here. As Camera Rental Agent he will report to Camera Rental Manager Lynn “Gus” Gustafson and will be responsible for establishing an maintaining strong client relationships.
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UXBRIDGE, MA – Blackstone Productions named Todd Murphy as its new vice president of production. Murphy’s experience spans over two decades and includes positions ranging from technical and creative director to production manager and lighting/special effects designer for companies, both nationally and internationally.
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After 142 shows, Pink’s The Truth About Love world tour concluded Jan. 31 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The tour received rave reviews as it traveled to 16 countries and, as ranked by Billboard, became the third highest-grossing tour of 2013. In support of her sixth album of the same name, Pink once again teamed up with show director Baz Halpin of Silent House.
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True to its name, Blizzard Lighting appears to be taking the world of small and mid-sized lighting design by storm. The Waukesha, WI, company offers more than 100 lighting products (not counting accessories, bags, cables and the like). “We’ve got a really strong base of products,” says founder Will Komassa. “They start at performance and price points that a mobile DJ or local band can use and go all the way up to something that production companies could use on a tour of any size [including KISS’ rig].
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NEW YORK – Two standards related to theatrical rigging safety have been revised and approved by ANSI as American National Standards. ANSI E1.21 for temporary outdoor structures and ANSI E1.4 for manual counterweight rigging systems and are now published and available for free download.
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