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Power and Flexibility – Why the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall installed SolaSpot Pro 1500s

Power and Flexibility – Why the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall installed SolaSpot Pro 1500s

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SYDNEY – The world-heritage listed jewel that adorns Sydney’s Harbor needs no introduction. In one of the world’s iconic venues, the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall is the largest performance space. While it regularly hosts the Sydney Symphony and Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Hall presents a huge variety of events, from comedy to corporate functions. A need for flexibility, high demand leading to tight turnarounds, and a requirement to provide the highest quality results drive Head of Lighting Andrew Richards and his team to constantly improve their workflow and the tools they use. That’s why the Hall has installed four High End Systems SolaSpot Pro 1500s.

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Events United Holds Learning Session at WFX: How to Balance Stage Lighting and Video for Live Events

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DALLAS – From Soulfest to the Awakening Conference, Tim Messina and his team at Events United have designed lighting and video for some of the largest faith-based events in the US. They will be sharing the knowledge gained from these events as well as from their work at hundreds of churches at a WFX learning session sponsored by CHAUVET Professional on Wednesday, October 11 from 3:30 to 4:15 pm. Taking place in Room C-145 at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas, the seminar “Balancing Stage Lighting, Video Walls and Projection,” will present a guide to creating powerful stage presentations at worship services, conferences, and youth rallies.

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Björn Hermann Brings Dpwk Awards, ‘Der Goldene Funke’, To Life with Help From GLP

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BERLIN  – The annual DPWK Deutscher Preis für Wirtschaftskommunikation (German Prize for Business Communication) gala award presentation took place recently in the casual surroundings of Berlin’s Columbiahalle rock venue (replacing the usual formal ‘black tie’ event). Known as Der Goldene Funke, the event was expertly lit by locally based lighting designer, Björn Hermann, working in conjunction with phase7 performing.arts, with whom he shares a studio. German lighting manufacturer GLP provided many of the creative tools, including 24 x GT1, 14 x impression X4 and 16 x impression X4 L.

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Vision Tools Expands RAW Server Rental Fleet For The Second Time in 2017

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WALLERN, AUSTRIA – Vision tools, the Hamburg based AV rental and distribution company, recently invested in additional AV Stumpfl RAW media servers for the second time in 2017. With a total of ten RAW servers, vision tools has become Germany’s leading rental provider of the award winning media servers, that were specifically developed for uncompressed playback scenarios. RAW servers have become increasingly popular over the last year, due to their powerful hardware performance. The media servers are available in different versions, depending on individual performance requirements.

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CFDA Fashion Awards Take a New Creative Direction With Video Support from WorldStage

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NEW YORK – The CFDA Fashion Awards, honoring the best and brightest in American design, drew the international fashion community to a gala ceremony in June at the Hammerstein Ballroom.  WorldStage provided video support for the event, which was produced by KCD and directed by Julie Mannion working alongside the KCD production team. The Council of Fashion Designers of America, Inc. (CFDA) is a not-for-profit trade association whose membership consists of more than 500 of America’s foremost womenswear, menswear, jewelry and accessory designers. 

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Philips Lighting Innovation Brings Vibrant Diversity To The National Theatre’s River Stage

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LONDON, UK – Philips Lighting (Euronext Amsterdam ticker: LIGHT), a global leader in lighting, today announced that, for the second consecutive year, its entertainment lighting technology has been chosen for The National Theatre’s outdoor River Stage season, building on its long-standing relationship with the venue. Located on London’s famous South Bank, the River Stage provides an eclectic mix of theatre, DJs, family fun, vibrant dance, outdoor cinema, workshops and live music acts.

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See What All The Talk Is About at Elation PLASA Stand H40

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LONDON – PLASA 2017 at Olympia in West London will give lighting professionals the opportunity to see for themselves what the latest buzz around some of Elation Professional’s newest luminaires is all about. From September 17-19, Elation will be showcasing at Stand H40 its new breed of hybrid luminaire, the full-color IP65-rated Paladin™ strobe/wash/blinder effect, along with the award-winning Proteus™ line of IP65-rated arc-source moving heads (Proteus Beam™ and Proteus Hybrid™).

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Trey Anastasio Rocks Out with Robe at Red Rocks

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MORRISON, CO – For a Trey Anastasio Band (TAB) gig at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on May 31, LD Marc Janowitz used Robe BMFL Spots to highlight the rock formations at the back of the stage. Janowitz, who has worked with the Phish alumnus since 2012, is currently on his third tour with TAB. This time, the design brief was to break everything right down to basics and take a pure-lighting approach with no video, scenic or backdrops. The touring lighting package also had to fit into a 15-foot trailer towed behind the bus and dovetail into a “top” package being supplied by the local promoters at each venue. So Janowitz looked for small, light and bright fixtures and chose 25 Robe Spikies and 13 Spiiders.

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Christie Showcases Full Range of Laser Phosphor Illumination Solutions At Integrate Australia 2017

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INTEGRATE AUSTRALIA – Christie®, a leader in creating and delivering the world’s best visual and audio experiences, has joined forces with Australian distributor Ingram Micro to showcase its full range of laser illumination solutions at Integrate Australia 2017, held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, August 29-31.

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ETC Knocks Out The Competition

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LAS VEGAS – The Mayweather vs. McGregor fight on August 26th was the latest, much-ballyhooed spectacle at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena. But while the packed house was focused on the fight in the arena, ETC was focused on the lights in the arena. ETC’s line of architectural products—Unison Paradigm, Echo and Mosaic—covers every inch of the T-Mobile Arena, everywhere from the luxury suites to the back of house hallways, from the Hyde Lounge nightclub to the concessions stands, and even the external lighting showing the arena off to the world.

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