BERLIN, Germany – The “ECHO Awards” is a German music award event that took place in Berlin on 26th March 2015. The winners of this event are not chosen by a jury, but by the number of record sales and chart positions. The ECHO is said to be the most important music award in Europe.
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KERKRADE, The Netherlands — High End Systems’ Master Distributor in Europe, AED Distribution, named Elation Europe, based here, exclusive distributor in Europe for HES’ Hedgehog 4E model lighting console. The distribution agreement builds on Elation’s current agreement with High End Systems that lets Elation distribute the HES HedgeHog 4 in North and South America, India and Southeast Asia.
Read More »LONDON — Artistic Licence named Soundlight an official distributor of its products in Germany. Visitors to Prolight & Sound at the Messe Frankfurt from April 15-18 will be able to see a selection of the broad range of Artistic Licence products at the Soundlight stand, D31 in Hall 9.0.
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For the seventh year running, Hippotizer by Green Hippo was the media server of choice at the Academy Awards, broadcast from Hollywood’s Dolby Theatre on Feb. 22. But if the brand hasn’t changed, the crew found a new visual solution with Hippotizer’s new V4 hardware and software system.
Read More »Automated lighting programmers are constantly using new equipment and setup configurations. It is very important for programmers to understand how networking has become an integral part of many systems. While a full understanding of computer networking concepts, equipment, and topographies is not required, there are some basic networking principles that you need to be familiar with. The number of lighting devices connected together with wired or wireless networking equipment is growing on a daily basis, but the general purposes can be broken down into three unique situations. However, before exploring these categories, you must understand some basics of networking.
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Patrick Dierson is gravitating more to production design these days, he told PLSN. Most recently, he was production designer for DirecTV’s Super Bowl Fan Festival Jan. 28-30 in the Phoenix area. “I continue to handle discipline specific duties in lighting and visuals on certain projects as well, but production design seems to be what most productions are turning to me for,” he said.
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After a decade or so of touring, I’m eternally surprised at the sheer variety of problems that I get confronted with on the road. It seems there’s no shortage of new and creative ways that things can be mishandled, plugged in incorrectly, and perhaps even not plugged in at all. As denizens of the great and wonderful frontier known as The Road, it’s important that we develop a skillset of improvisation and problem solving while never breaking a sweat, or at least stoically pretending we haven’t, even in the face of moist and obvious evidence.
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CHESTERTOWN, MD – Back in 1782, George Washington consented to have the small “College at Chester” renamed in his honor. More recently, the students and alumni at Washington College (the 10th oldest in the US) have been showing their appreciation for this gesture by throwing a giant annual party in honor of the first president. This year’s George Washington Party may have been the most colorful ever, thanks in no small measure to a dynamic and colorful lighting display created with a collection of Legend, Q-Wash and COLORado fixtures from CHAUVET Professional.
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NEW YORK, NY – Cory FitzGerald rocked NBC’s Studio 8H with a state of the art rig for Uptown Funk featuring Bruno Mars.
NASHVILLE, TN – Following Widespread Panic’s larger-than-life New Year’s Eve performance, the rock band has returned to the road for a 25 date spring tour. On the road with them is long time lighting designer Paul Hoffman, who again trusted Bandit Lites to provide the gear for his exceedingly mind-blowing psychedelic looks.
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Roland’s Professional AV division announces a brand new 2 M/E video switcher, set to debut at the NAB show 2015 in Las Vegas April 13-16. Roland’s popular video switchers such as the V-800HD, VR-50HD, and V-1600HD are known for accepting multiple formats and outputting in one format ideal for live production and corporate presentations.
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