NEW YORK – USITT is calling on the backstage community to promote safe stages with the second annual Rigging Safety Day on Arbor Day, April 29. That Friday, USITT and other organizations will use the hashtag #RigSafe to boost awareness of rigging safety on social media.
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Tightrope Media Systems is using the 2016 NAB Show (April 18-21, Las Vegas Convention Center) as the launch pad for Cablecast Flex, a new generation of multi-format video servers in the popular Cablecast broadcast automation family.
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SURREY. UK – UK rental company Storm Lighting, based in Woking, Surrey, has invested in 30 Robe BMFL Blades and 30 LEDBeam 1000s for their ongoing work which includes a diverse range of premium corporate events, leading theatre tours and some music shows. Pictured here are. from left, Storm Lighting’s Dave Knapp, Robe UK’s Ian W Brown and Storm Lighting’s Pete Kramer.
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LAS VEGAS – Elation Professional announced plans to feature a variety of products at particularly well suited for broadcast at NAB, which runs April 18-21 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Elation Professional’s range of broadcast lighting includes both color and white light solutions optimized for the unique requirements of television studios, such as the Fuze Series (Fuze PAR Z120) pictured here.
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MOONACHIE, NJ – 4Wall Entertainment Lighting, a national provider of stage and theatrical lighting services, has reached an agreement to acquire the assets of media, film, and entertainment lighting provider Shadowstone Inc.
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BEIJING – Christie will be showcasing its broad array of visual solutions at InfoComm China 2016, which takes place at the China National Convention Center, April 13-15. The Christie booth (EB1-01) will be divided into six zones showcasing a variety of visual solutions.
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NASHVILLE – Following the success of Halestorm’s third studio album, Into the Wild, the Grammy-Award winning band is returning to the road this year with high-octane vocals and guitar from Lzzy Hale along with additional powerful femail vocals from guest performers Lita Ford and Dorothy. Bandit Lites is supporting LD Julie Cox’s lighting design with Clay Paky Sharpys, GLP impression X4 S fixtures, Martin Atomic 3000 Strobes, Bandit 5x5s and GRNLite LED Battens.
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AUSTIN, TX – The South by Southwest Music Festival may have been the last of the trifecta that makes up SXSW 2016, but it was just as spectacular as the Film and Interactive portions of the nine day event. Lighting designer Victor Fable entrusted Bandit Lites to provide the lighting package for the McGarrah Jessee Rooftop stage, which featured performances from Phebe Starr, Armstrong Leigh, 2 Chainz, Aubrie Sellers, Flo Rida, LANco and Cypress Hill. Keith Hoagland programmed the lighting and was the board op.
Read More »ATLANTA – Allure and its affiliate, Christie Experiential Network (CEN), named Brett Resnick as Vice President of Studio Relations. Resnick, a veteran theatrical distribution executive, will guide CEN strategies and activities as a key part of its continuing national rollout.
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CAMBRIDGE, UK — For e-Luminate, a week-long lighting festival aimed at connecting art and technology through the medium of light, lighting designer Simon Cox used Iluminarc fixtures from Chauvet to set the facade of Guildhall, a historic building, aglow. Cox used Iluminarc Colorist Pod 7Qa and Colorist Panel 8Q RGBA LED fixtures to draw attention to the building during the event.
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