NEW CASTLE, DE – Video equipment rental company Pete’s Big TVs is providing the video equipment, cameras and d3 media servers for the new 2013 production of the “Dreamgirls” tour. Working with MB Productions, Pete’s Big TVs is providing the main set of the show, comprised of 400 digiLED MC15 (15 mm) LED video panels in three screens, which all track and fly in different configurations. Howard Werner of Lightswitch designed the media content.
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DALLAS – Philips Entertainment, representing Philips Vari-Lite, Philips Strand Lighting, Philips Selecon, and Showline, announced the realignment and consolidation of its Americas commercial group, naming Julie Smith commercial general manager of the Americas, Leonard Miller as North American sales manager, Jaime Friedstadt as Latin American sales manager and Pete Borchetta as marketing director. The company also announced the retirement of global sales director Bob Schacherl, pictured here.
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SCHLADMING, Austria – Wireless Solution Sweden AB, manufacturer of the W-DMX wireless DMX technology, worked with Ampco Flashlight Rental to use the new Wireless Solution W-DMX G4 system on the FIS Alpine Ski World Championship 2013 Opening Ceremony. The W-DMX G4 system controlled moving lights, LED fixtures and conventional lighting fixtures at the event Feb. 4 in Schladming, Austria.
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GOTEBORG, SWEDEN – Swedish technical solutions provider AV1 has invested in its first Robe MMX Spot moving lights to add to their growing lighting rental stock. AV1’s owner Kristian Kavale first saw the MMX Spots when he visited Prolight+Sound Frankfurt last year with one of his clients. The client was keen on using them on an upcoming project and so he knew already that he was guaranteed a quick ROI.
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SYRACUSE, NY—J. R. Clancy, Inc. has added two people to its sales and estimating staff, maintaining and expanding its technical services and expertise to serve its customers. New appointments are Eric Huss as technical salesman, Scott Uhrig as an estimator, Dean Arpajian as controls designer, and Alex Pranjkovic as a mechanical engineer.
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MIAMI — Three crew members were injured, two critically, when a section of video screen panels suspended some 30 feet above the Ultra Music Festival’s main stage fell during load-in at Bayfront Park here just before 8 p.m. March 14. After extensive safety checks during daylight hours March 15 by federal OSHA inspectors, the fire marshal and structural engineers, the main stage was approved for use and the festival, set for performances on March 15-17 and 22-24, proceeded as planned.
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AMSTERDAM — The Netherlands’ new multi-use indoor arena Ziggo Dome has been outfitted with more than 400 ETC Selador LED fixtures. Ziggo Dome’s facilities manager Ruud Bongers says, “We were keen to include a lighting scheme that extended from simply onstage to the whole arena, making the house lights part of the show lights. At the touch of a button, we can make the house lighting change color, brighten, or dim; and it can all be done from one of nine touch panels located around the building.”
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CALGARY, Alberta – Johnson Systems Inc. (JSI) has released the new DMX 6-Port Merger, which combines up to six DMX512 data lines into one DMX512… Read More »Johnson Systems DMX 6-Port Merger
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BLUE ASH, Ohio – Alcorn McBride equipment is helping visitors who take the Global Village tour gain an interactive understanding of poverty and the need for help around the world. The Global Village is located at Matthew 25: Ministries’ Center for Humanitarian Relief in Blue Ash, Ohio. It is a life-size, three-dimensional re-creation of disaster scenes and poverty in the U.S. and developing countries.
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LONDON – Following the opening of London rehearsal facility SW19, the SW19 team has launched a complementary production company to provide turnkey solutions to the live events industry. Heading the team is Kevin Hopgood, who has toured the globe to produce concerts for Kylie Minogue, Mark Knopfler and The War of the Worlds stage show.
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NASHVILLE – Bandit Lites is on the road for the Winter Jam Tour Spectacular, which kicked off earlier this year. The tour of Christian music draws audiences of up to 20,000 due to its simple $10 charge at the door. This affected the stage design, where a somewhat ‘in the round’ approach was called for.
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