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Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Gets CT Visual Support

Barclays ATP World Tour Finals Gets CT Visual Support

LONDON – For the fifth year, Creative Technology (CT) supported Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Held at the O2 Arena, the men’s professional tennis competition included top-ranked singles players and doubles teams. Players compete for Emirates ATP Rankings points throughout the season in a bid to earn one of the eight coveted berths and a chance to win the $2,075,000 top prize.

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Austin City Limits Music Festival Setup Includes Clay Paky Fixtures, grandMA Consoles

AUSTIN, TX – The Austin City Limits Music Festival returned to Zilker Park for two three-day weekends in October to showcase more than 130 rock, pop and hip hop artists on eight stages, including Outkast, Beck, Eminem, Skrillex, Calvin Harris and Pearl Jam.  Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20 and Sharpy fixtures and grandMA2 consoles were on hand to provide lighting support and control for festival performers.  A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Clay Paky lighting and MA products in North America. Eight K20s, supplied by LD Systems, were dedicated to each of two secondary headline stages and positioned in an upstage array across the rear truss.

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Addison Theatre Centre, Bonnie & Clyde

Texas Venue Makes Use of ArKaos PRO MediaMaster PRO 4.0

ADDISON, TX – The Addison Theatre Centre, home of the WaterTower Theatre, has invested in ArKaos MediaMaster Pro 4.0 software which it recently utilised on the WaterTower Theatre Company’s production of Bonnie and Clyde. Founded in 1996, the multi-awarding-winning WaterTower Theatre is a not-for-profit professional theatre company that produces six main stage shows each season alongside award-winning educational and community outreach programs.

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In Memoriam: Bob Boston, 52

In Memoriam: Bob Boston, 52

NEWPORT BEACH, CA — Inventor and industry veteran Bob Boston died Dec. 1 at age 52. As founder and co-owner of Lido Systems, Boston created ‘HITS’, the software based inventory management system that had a significant impact on the way the production industry does business.

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Astro 200 LED Followspot from LDR/Canto USA

Astro 200 LED Followspot from LDR/Canto USA

Luci della Ribalta (LDR) introduced the Astro 200 LED Followspot at the LDI show last month. The 200W LED chip (with a 3200K or 5600K color temperature) promises to deliver comparable output to a 1kW TH followspot while being able to dim the light to 0.001% with one channel only. The Astro 200 LED was one of three featured products at LDI, joining the company’s Canto 2000 TH and Canto 1500 MSR models in Las Vegas. LDR was also marking its first year with U.S. distributor Canto USA.

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Christie Q Series Projectors

Christie Q Series Projectors

Christie recently expanded their Q Series projector line with three new models. The new Christie DWX851-Q, Christie DHD851-Q, and Christie DWU851-Q models deliver 7900, 7500 and 7900 ANSI lumens respectively and are usable in either single or dual-lamp mode.

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