LAIE, Oahu, HI —Taking its first step towards a 4K production future, Brigham Young University-Hawaii (BYU-Hawaii) has purchased four SK‑UHD4000 ultra high definition (UHD) studio and field cameras from Hitachi Kokusai Electric America Ltd. (Hitachi Kokusai) to provide superior-quality video acquisition for its diverse projects and long-term content archives.
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LOS ANGELES – Mutemath’s 2016 North American tour featured Solaris SoLED strobes, adding visual depth and intensity to the New Orleans alternative rock band’s stage. Reflecting on a successful 2016, Parnelli “Hometown Hero Lighting Company” Award nominee 44 Designs describes how the SoLED performed on the road. For the better part of a year, SoLEDs worked flawlessly on Mutemath’s headline dates, and co-billed gigs with Twenty One Pilots.
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KORTRIJK, Belgium – Barco noted that Wim Buyens, senior vice president and general manager of Barco’s Entertainment division, has been named chairman of the executive committee and board of governors of the Advanced Imaging Society. Wim Buyens joined the Society in 2014 and has been serving as vice-chairman since 2015.
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FARMINGDALE, NY — Group One Limited, the U.S. distributor for Avolites, DTS and elektraLite, announced dates and locations for its Winter Lighting Roadshow. It runs from Jan. 23 through Feb. 3 with six stops in or near St. Louis and Springfield, MO along with Dallas, New Orleans, Atlanta and Nashville.
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BARCELONA, Spain – Once again, A.leda B-Eye K20 Clay Paky and Mythos were the perfect complements to make shine the Rozalén singer performance in Barcelona. On June 15, the Palau de la Música hosted Rozalén’s concert as a part of her tour ‘Quien me ha visto…’ . The Project was responsible to organize the event, helped by the services of the rental company Arcoiris Lighting System.
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ITALY – Emma Marrone’s Adesso Tour 2016 stopped off at all the major sports halls on the Italian peninsula, along with a dynamic stage installation and an interesting lighting rig put together by lighting designer Mamo Pozzoli. The Claypaky A.leda B Eye K20s were most impressive and stole the show with stunning features. They are top performance wash lights, breathtaking beam lights, and spectacular, original visual effects generators. Their unparalleled versatility makes them an extremely interesting creative tool for all lighting designers.
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ST. LOUIS – There is no shortage of theatrics in the annual series of El Monstero concerts that sweeps through America’s mid-section every year like some tornado of light and sound. Formed by members of Stir in 1999, and currently made up of musicians from a variety of different bands, the group pays tribute to Pink Floyd with an immersive concert experience involving upwards of 75 actors that’s as mind bending visually as it is musically.
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LAS VEGAS – The 17th Annual Latin Grammy Awards show, broadcast live on Univision from T-Mobile Arena, in Las Vegas Nov. 17, celebrated winners across a broad spectrum of Latin music. It also presented an abundance of performances on a colorful, media-rich, stage set, supported by five 4x4pro media servers from d3 Technologies. Set designer Jorge Dominguez and creative director of content Bianca Moncada from Darmah Studio teamed with media server programmer/content specification coordinator Laura Frank of Luminous FX to bring the stage looks to life.
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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — The annual gala Christmas TV show ‘Hodina Detom’ (An Hour for Children) is organized by the Children of Slovakia Foundation to help raise funds and awareness for the charity, which works to empower children and young people nationwide who are living in and dealing with difficult circumstances. Top lighting designer Martin Kubanka again brought his style and expertise to ensure it was a memorable live broadcast, and specified nearly 100 Robe fixtures.
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LOS ANGELES – The Chainsmokers headlined the second EDM show ever at the Los Angeles Convention Center late last month. The duo surprised the crowd by bringing out the Backstreet Boys for a special performance. This was The Chainsmokers biggest solo show to date, lit by 4Wall Orange County. 4Wall OC was tasked with turning the electronic duo’s creative vision into a reality in a venue that does not have a lot of rigging capabilities.
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LONDON – The inaugural Backstage Professional Development Conference (BPDC) in partnership with the Association of British Theatre Technicians will take place on Saturday March 18 at The Barbican Centre, London.
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WASHINGTON, DC – Tritonal, a duo that includes Austin, TX-based producer/DJs Chad Cisneros and David Reed, has been touring in support of their 2016 album release, Painting With Dreams. Tritonal’s lighting designer, Aaron Kovelman of The Hauss Collective turned to Brett Angstadt of Round Peg Productions for a visual assist with a show last fall at Echostage in Washington, DC. Angstadt made use of Chauvet Professional’s Nexus panels to complement the stage looks at the event, which also included tungsten looks from Chauvet’s Strike 4 LED fixtures.
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