HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Christie’s new media initiative, Christie Experiential Networks, will be introduced during ShowEast, Oct. 27-30, in Hollywood, Florida. The new venture allows the company to supply technologies and digital content to exhibitors’ lobbies through formats such as the double-sided digital standee, the experiential video wall and the hero screen.
Read More »TORONTO – Christie is sponsoring Innovation Lab at SMARTWEEK 2014, showcasing interactive visual technologies in the Department of Computer Sciences Innovation Lab at the University of Toronto. Christie technology used includes a 4′ by 6′ Christie MicroTiles array with Christie Jumpstart content management, two Christie FHD651-T 65 inch LCD flat panels and one Christie QUADHD 84 inch flat panel.
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Chauvet Professional’s new Ovation ED-190WW ellipsoidal (pictured here) and the Ovation FD-165WW Fresnel feature built-in power supply technology that allows them to run off traditional dimming and DMX fixtures interchangeably, so they can work smoothly with dimmable incandescent fixtures.
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LONDON – Blueprint has continued to invest in CORE Technology’s battery powered wireless LED lighting products including POINT20s and FLOOD30s. Blueprint recently used large numbers of its CORE stock to illuminate the main six ‘Pit Stops’ on Cancer Research UK’s 2014 London Shine Night Walk. Cancer Research UK’s Equipment & Suppliers Manager Nick Wright comments, “The CORE lights are a brilliant innovation and we use them at many Cancer Research UK events as they provide numerous decorative lighting options as well being highly functional. As the units are lightweight and battery powered, we can very cost-efficiently get light in and around city centres and parks, all adding great value and impact to our events.”
Read More »Clay Paky donated to Behind the Scenes, a new charity which supports entertainment technology professionals in times of need.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL — ARRI Inc. named Wilson Zeferino director of sales, Latin American Markets. Based at ARRI’s office here, Zeferino, who speaks Spanish, Portuguese and English, will oversee sales efforts and customer service and work to enhance the company’s business and strategy in the Caribbean, Central America and South America.
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LAS VEGAS – Total Structures announced that its next Outdoor Structure and Truss Workshop will be held at 233 South 4th Street here on Nov. 18-19, coinciding with the LDI exhibition. Sessions run from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium – ArKaos noted recently that Italian lighting manufacturer Music & Lights is incorporating ArKaos’ Kling-Net protocol into a number of their pixel-based Prolights LED fixtures. Kling-Net will be retrofitted into four existing Prolights products, including the Halupix (pictured here), Chromapix, Halurock (pictured below) and Chromarock, with plans to incorporate King-Net into all new Prolights products going forward.
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LONDON – The first official Behind the Scenes Charity (BTS) Golf Day took place Oct. 15, one week after the organization’s launch at PLASA 2014. The BTS Golf Day has evolved from earlier incarnations including the PLASA Golf Day and the Light Relief Golf Day. Eighteen teams played 27 holes of golf.
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LOS ANGELES — Grammy Award-winning singer Colbie Caillat toured the U.S. through the summer beneath a new lighting design from LD Kenneth Gribbon of Pulse Lighting that included Elation Cuepix Panel LED matrix blinders. Denver-based Steelfab LLC worked the LED fixtures into custom-fabricated scenic light cubes for the tour.
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