CYPRESS, CA – MVT Productions found the FOR-A HVS-300HS HD/SD portable digital video switcher they purchased early in 2010 to be twice the switcher they originally thought. At a recent corporate function held at the Anaheim Marriott, MVT produced a live HD-SDI feed for I-Mag while simultaneously sending a separate signal to a hard drive for recording.
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BATON ROUGE, LA – Healing Place Church's mission is to be "a healing place for a hurting world," but LD Wendell Basinger didn't encounter a world of hurt with his choice of lighting gear – which included ETC Selador Vivid LED fixtures and an ETC Eos console for control. They play a key role in lighting the new worship center on the ministry's 55-acre campus.
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The new LED Display Bar from Elation Professional is a portable, bright rectangular white LED light source with variable color temperature from 2800-6500K that comes with an attached removable wall or table-type clamp mounting system that allows for a variety of lighting uses.
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SURFERS PARADISE, Australia – The ULA Group specified Anolis ArcPad Xtreme fixtures to light up the three facades of a 21-story, triangular-shaped tower that served as a beacon and could be seen for miles beyond the RACV Royal Pines Resort, where event planners recently staged the Bruce Lynton BMW Charity Ball.
Read More »LOS ANGELES – Branam Enterprises, Inc. and All Access Staging and Productions, Inc. have forged a partnership in the concert touring sector, promising concert touring acts, producers, and promoters a "one stop Rock shop" for stage design/fabrication and flying/rigging systems.
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NEW YORK – LD Eric Cathcart lit LCD Soundsystem's touring shows this year with 25-foot wire ladders full of 80 GRNLite 3-54 Battens and 40 Thomas Linear 4 Lites, combining a barrage of light with energy efficiency and minimal heat onstage.
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NEW YORK – It was a season for change for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, Spring 2010, which moved to a new, larger venue at Lincoln Center, and for IMCD Lighting which migrated to a grandMA console for the fashion shows it lit at Damrosch Park.
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NEW YORK – The BET Network has recently designated Pete's Big TVs/Performance Video of New Castle, Delaware, as their "go to" company for a host of shows. But even a "go to" company sometimes needs to know how to "go to" get help when the unthinkable happens: their equipment does not arrive.
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SHANGHAI, China – Clay Paky has joined its Chinese partner, ACE, in organizing a Open Day for over 100 lighting and sound professionals at the Shanghai World Expo.
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LONDON – For the current Doctor Who Live U.K. arena tour, The Monsters are Coming, XL Video provided crew and video gear including projection, cameras, PPU, media server and an LED TARDIS (the doctor's police-box shaped spacecraft and time machine) for the producers, BBC Worldwide.
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NEW YORK – When the 65th Session of the United Nations General Assembly kicked off a round of international events and meetings at the headquarters of the world body, Scharff Weisberg supported three key events: the South Sudan Multilateral Meeting (SSMM) produced by The White House and the back-to-back Every Woman, Every Child event (EWEC) and the African Leaders Malaria Alliance meeting (ALMA), both produced by J. Marshall Events Inc.
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SHANGHAI, China – Over 100 Robe moving lights and 500 Anolis LED fixtures were supplied by Moscow-based Light Sound Contractor (LSC) for the "Colorful Neighborhoods for a Better City" area of the Russian Federation Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo.
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