CANNES, France — Christie is serving as the technical D-Cinema partner for the Cannes Film Festival for the third year in a row, and announced a significant increase in movies being screened in the digital format — at least 50 out of the total 53 shown, vs. 37 in 2008 and 20 in 2007.
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LONDON — When the time came to create the setting for Sarah Brightman’s Symphony tour, the soprano’s design team turned to Tomcat for custom stage components. The tour kicked off last fall with dates throughout North America and played a series of dates across Asia through April 2009.
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DETROIT — The NCAA’s Final Four Weekend got an eight-faceted form of video support this year with GoVision assisting with LED screens above the basketball court. The Keller, Texas-based company also rolled its GoBigger unit to support related events outside the arena.
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RALEIGH-DURHAM, NC — A new advertising display from Clear Channel Interspace Airport is greeting travelers passing through Raleigh-Durham International Airport with imagery provided by a pair of Electrosonic ImageStar HD video processors.
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LOUISVILLE, KY — Unlimited Visibility Lighting Design (UVLD) lit one of the highlights at the 38th annual Mid-America Trucking Show with the reveal for Navistar’s new International LoneStar Harley-Davidson Special Edition Semi.
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COLOGNE, Germany — For the finale of Deutschland sucht den Superstar (DSDS), a TV talent show featuring vocalists from Germany that has completed five seasons, six of the 30 GLP Impression XL luminaires sported a chrome finish.
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ATLANTA — On a clear night, the Sovereign Tower in north Atlanta is visible from up to 30 miles away. CD+M Lighting Design Group chose six Falcon Static Arc 3k Xenon fixtures made by Alpha One for the architectural installation.
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CLEVELAND — The honorees at the 24th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony have lit up crowds who have, in turn, showed their appreciation by lighting up everything over the decades from butane lighters to cell phones.
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WARSAW, IN — Da-Lite Screen Company promoted Matthew Teevan to the position of vice president of European corporate operations. In his new position, Teevan will be managing director of Projecta in the Netherlands and managing director of Procolor in France. In addition, Mr. Teevan will be responsible for Da-Lite’s sales in Europe.
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HOUSTON — Christie Lites supplied four grandMA consoles, four grandMA Lites and a 12-person crew for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)’s WrestleMania XXV, telecast on pay-per-view from Reliant Stadium in Houston.
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VILNIUS, Lithuania — White Light and theatre owner ATG have been phasing out the Strand 500-series lighting consoles used for ATG’s U.K. venues, replacing them with ETC’s Eos and Ion consoles. But if the plan called for the older consoles to be used for rentals and parts, at least one of the units has been put to full-time work again for a Lithuanian production of Sweeney Todd.
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