CANNES, France — BigFish SRL Ltd. supported the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, formerly the International Advertising Festival, with a visual backdrop for the three-part event, covering Health (June 18-19), Innovation (June 21-22) and Entertainment (June 23-24). BigFish specified 18 Ovation E-910FC color rendering RGBA-Lime fixtures for the event.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark — UK-based A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd. supplied a range of ProLights LED fixtures to Lite Alternative for the European leg of Coldplay’s A Head Full of Dreams stadium tour — the Brit alt rockers’ seventh series of concerts, launched to support their seventh chart-topping studio album.
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Blizzard Lighting’s Motif Fresco is an outdoor LED wash light that comes with 14 3-watt tri-color LEDs. Similar to the company’s Motif Sketch fixture, but bigger and brighter, the Motif Fresco has an IP65 rating for outdoor use. Other features include -channel DMX with built-in color presets, auto programs, user adjustable speed and fade times, variable electronic strobe effects, and 0-100 percent electronic dimming. The MSRP is $399.99.
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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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