HERISAU, Switzerland – Stagelight AG of Switzerland has been celebrating the receipt of the very first Robert Juliat Merlin followspots to roll off the production line. Merlin is Robert Juliat’s new 2500W HMI sturdy followspot designed specifically for the touring market.
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RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA – Eiki International, Inc. a world leader for over 40 years in projection technology, is pleased to announce the promotion of Steve Rubery to the position of National Sales Manager.
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SWAKOPMUND, Namibia — The 2015 Namibian Annual Music Awards program (NAMAs), staged at the Swakopmund Indoor Sports Centre, featured a design from Cape Town-based LD Jonathan Bandli. He used more than 100 Robe fixtures, including 18 BMFL Spots, 24 Pointes, 12 LEDBeam 1000s, 24 LEDWash 600s, eight LEDWash 300s, 12 LEDBeam 100s, eight 600E Spots and six ColorWash 700E ATs. Windhoek, Namibia-based dB Audio Namibia supplied gear for the event, produced by Rockstar 4000.
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LAS VEGAS — TV Pro Gear recently shot the Professional Armwrestling League (PAL) using the Ross Open Platform Carbon Fiber Flypak with five Panasonic AK-HC3800 and AJ-PX800G cameras.
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U.K. – Trailblazing controllable LED design and manufacture house Light Initiative (LI) has lit up this year’s Glastonbury Festival with bespoke creations on Years and Years, Enter Shikari and the mighty Arcadia Spectacular stage.
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NEW CASTLE, DE — Aspiring magicians are invited onstage to show their tricks and fool the magician-comedian duo Penn & Teller in a new series on the CW Network, “Penn & Teller: Fool Us.” Video equipment rental company Pete’s Big TVs played a part in the magic, providing LED video panels, projectors and crew. The 13-episode season, taped in the Penn & Teller Theatre at the Rio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, airs Monday nights at 8/7 Central Time.
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U.K. – The incredible Arcadia Spectacular stage pumped out some serious visuals at Glastonbury this year created and controlled by blinkinLAB’s Tom Wall using an Avolites Sapphire Media and Ai server.
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SCOTTSDALE, AZ – Event Safety Alliance, the non-profit safety trade organization serving the needs of the live event industry, named Dr. Donald C. Cooper executive director. Dr. Cooper will assume daily business management responsibilities from ESA founder Jim Digby, who will continue to serve as chair of the ESA Board of Directors. The Board’s decision on his appointment was unanimous.
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PILTON, UK — Created by Joe Rush’s Mutoid Waste Company, two artworks, Peace Time Flies and Pagan Crown, provided visual inspiration for the music-loving crowds drawn to the Glastonbury Festival’s Pyramid and Other stages in late June. The artworks, depicting a large metallic winged clock and a horn-bedecked pagan headdress surrounding a giant pearl, respectively, were bathed in hues from an assortment of Chauvet Professional and Iluminarc LED fixtures.
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LAS VEGAS — This is the last week for PLSN readers to vote for their favorite regional lighting companies now in the running for the 2015 Parnelli Hometown Hero Lighting Company of the Year award. This stage of the voting process will narrow the current field of 30 regional companies now on the Hometown Hero ballot down to six regional winners (five U.S. regions and all of Canada), and the Hometown Hero preliminary voting deadline is Friday July 31 at 5 p.m.
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