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Airstar Lighting Balloons Accompany Shawn Mendes on his Illuminate World Tour

Airstar supported the Canadian artist in the UK and Europe, including this show in Glasgow, Scotland.

Airstar Lighting Balloons Accompany Shawn Mendes on his Illuminate World Tour

GLASGOW, Scotland – Canadian singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes shot to fame via a clip he posted to Vine in 2014 and has quickly garnered pop royalty status with a social media fan following of millions. At the pinnacle of his career playing sold out arenas around the world, Shawn is currently embarking on his ‘Illuminate’ world tour – and leading French manufacturer and provider of lighting balloons for the event industry, Airstar, is helping to set the unique stage for the hottest ticket of 2017 with its Pendulair LED product.

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The eight-sided immersive video installation showcased artwork, AV performances, VJs and other musical artists

d3 Helped Create 360º Immersive Environment at Glastonbury 2017

LONDON – With the theme “re-cycle, re-use, re-sist”, the Shangri La field at Glastonbury Festival 2017 drew eager crowds to its rubbish-as-refuge model.  A Gas Tower symbolizing a bygone industrial era loomed over the site and served as the epicenter of the digital revolution with support from d3 Technologies. The Gas Tower was the focus of what the festival called “360º of awe-inspiring audio visual action.”  The eight-sided immersive video installation showcased artwork, AV performances, VJs and other musical artists.

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mo2 design produced the historic episode

1000th Edition of Children’s TV Show in Germany Gets Green Hippo Assist

GERMANY – The 1000th edition of Germany’s hugely popular children’s TV show 1, 2 oder 3 aired in July, and Green Hippo and mo2 design helped ensure it looked suitably impressive. Based on the original US version, which was called Runaround, those in the UK may be familiar with the UK show, which went out in the 70s and 80s under that same original US title. The success of the German show has outstripped that of any of its ‘siblings’ seeing it become a mainstay of German childhood TV watching.

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Photo by Lindsay Cave

HSL Supports Chase & Status at the 2017 Lovebox Festival

LONDON – Lighting and visuals designer Andy Hurst wanted to make a big impact for Chase & Status acclaimed Saturday night headliner set at the 2017 Lovebox festival in London’s Victoria Park, so he designed an impressive specials package which was supplied by HSL, together with crew, which was installed under the event’s production ‘top rig’. The ‘extras’ included 194 x SGM Q-7 LED flood / strobes, used highly effectively for the strobe-tastic onslaught that you expect  at a Chase & Status gig as well as super-bright floods  and audience blinders. 

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St. Paul and the Broken Bones Tours with Bandit Lites

St. Paul and the Broken Bones Tours with Bandit Lites

NASHVILLE  – St. Paul and the Broken Bones, the energetic eight piece rock band from Alabama, is bringing their high-voltage soul sound to cities across the nation with a lighting package designed by Chris Lisle and provided by Bandit Lites. Following the band’s incredible, two-night sold-out shows at the historic Ryman Auditorium, Chris Lisle returned to Bandit Lites to outfit the production with a lighting package that would provide similar punch and dynamic looks while still keeping space and efficiency in the foreground of planning, as this package had to fit in a trailer behind the tour bus.

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NanoLumens Names Joe’ Lloyd Vice President of Global Marketing

ATLANTA, — NanoLumens promoted Joe’ Lloyd from director of global marketing to vice president of global marketing. In her new position she will continue to manage the growth and development of the marketing team while taking full responsibility for the company’s global marketing strategies, including content development, advertising, tradeshows, and future marketing technologies.

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Bluebell Hothead Silhouette

Bluebell Hothead Silhouette

Bluebell Opticom Ltd., provider of fiber optic solutions for fixed and remote applications, launched the Hothead Silhouette, an end-to-end, self-contained power, control, and video tool for 4K robotic-camera productions. Hothead Silhouette replaces copper cabling with one hybrid cable and, more importantly, allows camera operators to sit far away from the robotic head — a combination of benefits not previously available in conjunction with 4K UHD production and remote powering.

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ENTTEC Releases Black Pixel Tape

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“When are you going to make black pixel tape?  When are you going to make black pixel tape?  When are you going to make black pixel tape? …” ENTTEC  couldn’t help but notice that people have been asking for this a lot. And not being the sort of company who likes to disappoint its clientele, ENTTEC recently announced the arrival of not one, but two special black pixel tapes which were made available globally earlier this month. The two versions, now available, include RGB (SKU: 8P60-5-B) and RGBW (SKU: 8PXW60-4-B).

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Photo courtesy Riot Games

Robe Summoned for League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) in Rio

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Brazilian rental company LPL supplied over 150 Robe moving lights including BMFL WashBeams to the 2017 League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) competition staged in the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro. (formally the Rio Olympic Arena) Produced by LoL developers Riot Games, professional regional champions from Asia, North America and Europe met in Brazil and battled ‘live’ to win large numbers of points counting towards the 2017 World Championship title for this hugely popular e-sport phenomena.

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Photo by Danilo Lewis

The Chainsmokers’ “Memories – Do Not Open” Tour Lit with Ayrton Fixtures

PHILADELPHIA – Alex Pall and Drew Taggart, the EDM artists who have been performing as The Chainsmokers, embarked on their first arena tour earlier this year, visiting 36 cities across North America. The multi-faceted show was designed and produced by Miguel Risueno, aka Mike808, and Corey Johnson of Production Club, Los Angeles, with a lighting design from Cory FitzGerald and production management by Clancy Silver.

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