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Jennifer Lopez Uses Upstage Video LED Floor for Today Show’s Concert Stage

The 5mm LED floor was manufactured by Yes-Tech

Jennifer Lopez Uses Upstage Video LED Floor for Today Show’s Concert Stage

NEW YORK – It was a special morning on July 11, 2016 for the people gathered around Rockefeller Center to see Jennifer Lopez and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s collaborative performance of “Love Make the World Go Round” on the Today Show Summer Concert Series. Families of over 50 victims and survivors from the mass shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando were invited to the show for a tribute displaying love and support for lives lost in the tragedy last month.

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Chauvet Professional VIP F4 Video Panel in Open position

Chauvet Professional VIP F4 Video Panel

The new 4.8 mm pixel pitch VIP F4 Video Panel from Chauvet Professional has cable-free magnetic LED modules and a removable control/PSU box so that the video panels are fully serviceable from the front or rear.  The panels can be removed easily from the front using an MT-03 tool, making it practical to install the F4 flat on a wall in permanent installations. At the same time, the ruggedly designed panels also come with road cases for touring applications.

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Elation SixBar 1000 IP

Elation 6-Color SixBar 1000 LED Batten Available in IP65 Version

Elation Professional’s SixBar 1000 LED batten is now available in a fully weatherproof IP65 version that gives the versatile color-changing luminaire application in all types of outdoor events and weather including dust-blown environments. The SixBar 1000 IP features a revolutionary 6-color LED multi-chip that provides a creative color boost to the lighting designer toolbox.

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Staged entertainment accompanied the marathon soccer match.

120-Hour Soccer Match Beats Guinness World Record; Related Staged Event Lit with Clay Paky Fixtures

SANTIAGO, Chile – On May 22, 2,357 soccer players (most of them amateurs) played a match that lasted 120 hours, a feat topping the official Guinness record of 105 continuous hours that had been set last year in Scotland. (The new record, at presstime, had not yet been confirmed by Guinness officials). The teams were reportedly divided into “blue” and “white” teams, with white beating blue by a score of 505 to 504. A staged performance, lit with Clay Paky gear, took place at he Bicentenario de la Florida stadium in Santiago as well. Real Audio Sistemas supported the production needs for that show.

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Clay Paky Scenius

4Wall Entertainment Adds Clay Paky Scenius Profiles to its Lighting Inventory Nationwide

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LOS ANGELES – 4Wall Entertainment, which provides entertainment lighting rentals and sales from five locations across the US, has acquired a large complement of Clay Paky Scenius Profiles from A.C.T Lighting, Inc. Scenius Profile is the latest top-of-the-line beam shaper from Clay Paky.  An extraordinary tool for theaters, TV studios or large event sets, Scenius Profile fashions uniform light beams without limits and frames scenic elements precisely with fixed or animated light. 

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Clay Paky Fixture

Clay Paky takes the field at the UEFA Champions Festival 2016

ITALY – The Champions League final in Milan was not just a sporting event for soccer fans. During the UEFA Champions Festival 2016, from 26 to 29 May, there was a whole host of entertainment, including meetings, exhibitions, shows and events. There was everything you can imagine before the final kick-off at San Siro.  The Opening Ceremony took place on the evening of 26 May with a gala event in which some great past champions also took part. During the Champions Festival evening shows, Clay Paky took the field with its lights: 28 Alpha Beam 300s and 15 Alpha Spot HPE 700s.

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Taiwan-based Heng Mao Invests in Prolyte B100RV Truss

Taiwan-based Heng Mao Invests in Prolyte B100RV Truss

TAIWAN – Looking for a recognized brand to reflect the company’s high quality reputation, Heng Mao selected Prolyte to supply B100RV truss for its expanding rigging department. Heng Mao is one of the main players for rental of truss constructions and hardware integration in the event and touring industry in Taiwan. With a wish to grow and further expand their business, they were looking to invest in truss with a high loading capacity for their rigging department.

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ETC Eos Motorized Fader Wings

ETC Eos Motorized Fader Wings

ETC’s new Eos Motorized Fader Wings are designed to function as modular add-ons to Eos consoles or systems, letting users build a control desk suitable for any live show. ETC says its Eos Motorized Fader Wings will be released later this summer, in conjunction with the company’s Eos v2.4 software update, which is geared toward the needs of programmers working in broadcast, music and live-event markets and other complex gigs.

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WaterProof Case

Canyonwest Cases New Waterproof Case Protects Valuable Equipment

FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA –The new 3i-2922-16 case just released by Canyonwest Cases will protect sensitive or valuable equipment during extreme conditions. This case meets military specifications that will protect contents in both military and industrial environments. Military specifications include: MIL-C-4150J (water submersible), MIL-STD-648C (automatic pressure relief valve) and MIL-STD-810F (resistant to corrosion and damage caused by sudden impact). Cases are also ATA (Air Transport Association) compliant.

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