JOHANNESBURG – LD and set designer Joshua Cutts opted to include Clay Paky Mythos fixtures in the rig for the 2016 Miss South Africa beauty pageant. The event, staged at Carnival City in Gauteng, was broadcast live on South Africa’s M-Net and Mzansi Magic channels.
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ITALY – In order to give a better support to its sales network in this positive trend period for the company, DTS announces the appointment of Antonio Parise as Area Sales Manager. Antonio Parise has gained an extensive sales experience working for many years in the lighting industry in the same position. He already knows many international distributors and he is well respected by all industry professionals for his integrity and reliability.
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CLEVELAND, OH – LD Trevor Ahlstrand and lighting director Wesley Palmer have been lighting country music artist Brett Eldredge’s recent shows with Chauvet Professional’s new Rogue R1 FX-B fixture. Premier Global Production is supplying 24 of the new Rogue blade-style moving lights for Eldredge’s opening-act performances on Keith Urban’s RipCord tour through North America. That tour launched in early June and runs through Nov. 19.
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AV Stumpfl says its forthcoming Wings Vioso RX software will feature a video decoding algorithm which uses specialized GPU instructions instead of regular CPU processes. AV Stumpfl has been developing a new solution for video playback in the entire lineup of video servers and players.
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LONDON — For the Autism Rocks charity concert staged June 24-25 at London’s Eventim Apollo Hammersmith, Northolt, U.K.-based Entec provided lighting, sound and video. The concert was backed by Dubai-based 117 Live and AEG Live. This year’s performers, including Mark Ronson, Cee-Lo Green, Morris Day & The Time and bass guitar player Larry Graham, performed a show that served as a tribute to Prince.
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SHEKVETILI, Georgia —The 10,000-capacity Black Sea Arena opened July 10, 2016 in a village along Georgia’s Black Sea coast, midway between the seaside resorts of Ureki and Kobuleti, Lithuania-based system integrator Scenos Techninis Servisas installed the venue’s light, LED screens, sound and stage structures, which included more than 30 tons of gear from Prolyte, L-Acoustics and Robe, among others.
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BRISTOL, U.K. — Established in 2001, Forest Live is an independent concert series, promoted by the U.K.’s Forestry Commission. Hosted within seven forest locations, which include Westonbirt Arboretum, Thetford Forest, Dalby Forest and Mansfield Sherwood Pines Forest Park. Serious Stages has been awarded an extended three-year contract to supply staging and ancillary structures to Forest Live. Pictured here is the Forest Live 2016 setup at Westonbirt Arboretum in Tetbury, Gloucestershire.
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SHANGHAI – China’s biggest indie record label Modern Sky got into the EDM game with the two-stage, two day MYTH Electronic Music Festival in Shanghai. The lineup includes Diplo, Goldie, Knife Party, Dexter King among others. d3 Studio partner Live Legends, under their Chinese brand United Live Creations, provided comprehensive creative and technical services for the festival. Using d3, United Live Creations handled everything from concept to execution for the festival, which showcased 40 local and international DJs.
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GLOUCESTER, U.K. – Colour Sound Experiment supplied lighting equipment to creative visual design specialist Mirrad for three stages at the 2016 Barn on the Farm festival, staged in the Over Farm just outside Gloucester. The seventh Barn on the Farm was headlined by Oh Wonder and Jack Garrett and this year the Main Stage was ensconced in a brand new cattle shelter for the first time.
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LONDON — HSL supplied lighting and rigging equipment and crew for the U.K. leg of U.S. rock band Heart. The tour leg kicked off with a show pairing the veteran rockers, whose career spans five decades, with the 67-piece Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) at Royal Albert Hall. That show was also filmed for release as a live DVD.
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SAN FRANCISCO – The Electronic Entertainment Expo, commonly referred to as E3, took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center from June 14-16. It was the 22nd year this convention has catered to the video game industry. Approximately 50,300 people attended the event and got to be hands on with much of the new gear. Kenwood Experiences, an award-winning experiential marketing agency in San Francisco, CA, created breathtaking booths for clients Square Enix and Capcom.
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SAN ANTONIO, TX – Mega Systems, Inc. has been named the exclusive ImageCue distributor for North America. ImageCue is a compact, easy to use image server that provides control of high definition still images and videos with only twelve channels of DMX512. Each ImageCue includes a library of 255 images and videos. In addition, users can supply their own images and videos using a USB flash drive or external solid state drive to provide access to over 65,000 image and video files.
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