DALLAS – The ESTA Control Protocols Plugfest, an event where manufacturers and developers can test their products for interoperability with other manufacturers’ products, is scheduled to take place January 20-23, 2017, at the Dallas/Fort Worth Marriott Solana in Westlake, Texas. The event is free to attend and everyone is welcome!
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BEAVERTON, OR — Biamp Systems named Craig Upton and Daniel Reed applications engineers and appointed Jemma Zlydneva as technical support specialist. The company also added online training webinars that include sessions in Arabic as well as the additional time zones for India and the Middle East.
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NEW YORK — ESTA noted that two new standards were approved by ANSI and published in early August. They involve the design, installation and use of orchestra pit lifts and overhead mounting of luminaires and lighting accessories. ESTA also posted new standards for public review involving manually operated hoist rigging systems and, separately, recommended guidelines for entertainment rigging system inspections.
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BIRMINGHAM, UK — This year, the biggest BPM | PRO event is set to take place Sept. 11-13 at the NEC Genting Arena in Birmingham, U.K., a 16,000-capacity venue. Chauvet will feature new gear at the event, including the company’s Maverick MK2 Wash and MK2 Spot, STRIKE 1, Rogue R1 FX-B, and Ovation E-910FC.
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BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — For Kyrgyzstan’s second annual “Song of the Year” music awards, a variety of RUSH fixtures from Martin were deployed byKyrgyzstan’s Martin Professional dealer, Sound KG Rental Company. Russian LD Alexey Zhivanov used six MH 3 Beams and six MH 4 Beams, along with three Atomic 3000 DMX strobes to provide lighting effects. The light show was operated by Martin controllers, including the M2GO and M-Touch.
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INGOLSTADT, Germany — Maxin10sity, a projection mapping design firm based in Budapest, Hungary, recently completed two major projects for Audi to mark the launch of their newest models. Commissioned by technical planning and show direction specialist Niyu, Maxin10sity used projection mapping techniques for Audi’s Late Light Show – an event for Audi employees and the community surrounding the company’s Ingolstadt, Germany headquarters. The show ran every evening over six days from May 25-30.
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NORTH CREEK, NY – Creative Stage Lighting announced that they now have SGM Q7 fixtures available in their rental inventory. The low-profile and compact RGBW flood, blinder and strobe light has been extremely valuable on concerts as well as lighting architecture. With its IP65 rating, a high output of 28,000 lumens and its small physical footprint, the Q-7 is an ideal fixture for outdoor use to light up buildings, facades, architectural structures and attractions.
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BERLIN, Germany – Elation Professional’s ACL 360 Matrix moving head panel showed its versatility on the 10th edition of the re:publica Conference in Berlin. Called Europe’s most popular conference on internet and society (think TED), the event took place May 2-4 at Station-Berlin in the heart of the German capital. The ACL 360 Matrix fixtures were used for a variety of purposes including background lighting for the stage, backlighting for camera and special effect lettering.
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LONDON – The Knight of Illumination Awards (KOI) Theatre judging panel has announced its shortlist for this year’s ceremony, which will take place at London’s Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith on Sept. 18. Now in its ninth year, the KOI Awards honor international lighting and digital content designers working in the UK for projects involving TV, theatre and concert touring and events. Pictured here is a scene from Sunset Boulevard, which features lighting from Mark Henderson, one of the designers shortlisted for a KOI award this year.
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HAMBURG, Germany – The final leg of German artist Herbert Grönemeyer’s “Dauernd Jetzt” (Steady Now) tour included 12 shows in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. These were lit with Robe fixtures, including 20 Pointes and 47 BMFLs Spots supplied by Satis & Fy. German LD Gunther Hecker worked with Marc Lorenz, lighting director and technology integration specialist, on the evolving looks for the tour.
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SINGAPORE – More than 55,000 attended Singapore’s 51st birthday celebrations at Singapore’s National Stadium on Aug. 9, 2016. The elaborate projection mapping performances were planned and executed by Christie’s rental staging partner Hexogon Solution Pte Ltd. Hexogon used 66 Christie Boxer 4K30 3DLP projectors for what is being called the biggest real-time tracking 3D projection mapping show ever staged.
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HELOTES, TX – Production company ON Event Services (OES) of Atlanta recently utilized 16 ImageCue servers in Washington D.C. for a long-time client. The event was staged as “Mission Control” with a 15’ x 45’ (4.5m x 13.7m) main video screen using four blended HD projectors, six smaller screens with 7K projectors, and fourteen presenter booths each with a 70” flat panel display. Each booth had its own unique Presenter logo video loop, and was switched to play the opening and closing overall event videos.
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