WURZBURG, Germany – The Airport disco recently installed 14 Eurolite LSD (LED Soft Display) curtains from Eurolite after owner Rudi Schmidt determined that the product offered the right combination of flexibility, low weight, bright colors and the ability to display video as well as graphics.
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LEOGANE, Haiti – Chauvet has been working since April with the international relief and development agency Food for the Poor to raise enough funds to construct 20 homes for families displaced by the January earthquake. So far, 48 donors have assisted with about 32% of the $52,000 needed.
Read More »NEW YORK – Drape Kings named William Anderson director of marketing. He will be responsible for developing corporate-wide marketing and branding initiatives and will be involved with the company's expansion strategy.
Read More »MIDDLETON, WI – ETC's new Advanced Programmers Group (APG) has been formed to support architectural projects like hotels, hospitals, houses of worship, museums, casinos and building facades in the North American market with programming services. APG's programming professionals will work with lighting designers, consultants, and on-site staff.
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NEW YORK – Lighting programmer Matthew Piercy and LD Michael Franks helped the NFL Draft tackle the challenge of breaking into primetime TV with a series of live broadcast on ESPN, ESPN2 and the NFL Network from New York's Radio City Music Hall.
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OSLO, Norway – Lighting designer Al Gurdon specified nearly 1,900 Chroma-Q LED fixtures to provide a lighting and video effects wall that served as the visual centrepiece for the 56th Eurovision Song Contest, Europe's largest non-sport television production.
Read More »BOSTON and ORLANDO – Barbizon Lighting hired Lisa Dimino for the products and expendables sales team in Boston and Allison Mutton for the products and expendables sales team in Orlando.
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WASHINGTON DC – The Earth Day Network marked the 40th anniversary of the eco-minded day at the National Mall in support of the Climate Rally, a nine-hour event which drew up to 150,000 people.
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MIDDLETON, WI – Jody Hanson, who worked with ETC's marketing department for over 13 years as the company's promotions and advertising manager, passed away May 30, 2010. The company grieves the loss.
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JOHANNESBURG – Lighting designer Mauritz Neethling of LCD Productions used Robe moving lights at the core of his rig for the finale of Survivor South Africa Santa Carolina, which was broadcast from M-Net's Studio 6 in Johannesburg.
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SALT LAKE CITY – Tegan and Sara lighting designer Benjamin Price was given a challenge: fit the entire lighting rig for the duo's tour into a 10-by-7-foot trailer without exceeding the 5,000-pound weight limit.
Read More »NEW YORK and LONDON – The membership of ESTA and PLASA have voted to merge their two organizations. ESTA held its voting via a month-long electronic balloting process. PLASA voting took place June 2 at its annual AGM in London.
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