LONDON – Word leaked out during the recent PLASA trade show in London that the SGM R&D team had been developing radically different LED Spot, Wash and Beam fixtures. SGM’s Head of R&D Peter Johansen came clean about it, saying that the G-Wash and G-Beam will, of course, be joined by the G-Spot. The range is set for an April 2013 release at the Prolight + Sound Show in Frankfurt.
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LONDON — The fifth annual Knight of Illumination Awards (KOI), organized by Clay Paky, the Association of Lighting Designers (ALD) and the Society of Television & Lighting Design (STLD), honored the U.K. LDs who created the most distinctive looks for live events and TV.
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LONDON – London’s Royal National Theatre has three theatres under its control. It recently invested in two new 8-channel Kinesys DigiHoist controllers to upgrade its existing system at its Cottesloe Theatre venue. The sale follows on from the purchase of a 21-channel Kinesys Elevation 1+ motor system, which is used regularly across its two other venues, the Olivier and Lyttelton Theatres. The National Theatre’s Rigging Resources Supervisor, Matthew Wheeler, specified the purchase.
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FRESNOY-EN-THELLE, France – Robert Juliat named Claus Spreyer as its new sales director. Spreyer most recently spent two years at German Sky Tracers manufacturer A&O as executive VP. Prior to that, he was responsible for partner relations at Lightpower/MA Lighting in Germany.
Read More »LOS ANGELES — The 2012 Stand Up to Cancer Telethon (SU2C), which aired with minimal commercial interruption on 21 TV networks Sept. 7 including ABC, CBS, NBC, TBS, HBO and Fox, included projection support from Chaos Visual Productions. Donations raised by the telethon exceeded $81 million.
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GREENWOOD, SC – When First Presbyterian Church decided to introduce video production into their 55-year-old facility, the visual impact was a strong concern. So Hames Pro, an AV and lighting systems provider, installed three Vaddio WallVIEW 70 PTZ standard definition cameras and a Vaddio ProductionView FX console to both control and switch between the cameras. Remotely controlled, these small cameras are easily mounted to walls or other surfaces, enabling nearly invisible placement in locations impossible to be serviced by a tripod-mounted camera system.
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LONDON – LD Theo Cox’s visual scheme for Seal’s “Soul2” world tour mixes the mediums of lighting, video and automation. The tour has completed its first Australian and US legs, and is ready to hit Europe in autumn. The only set onstage is a pair of risers, and so the stage architecture is defined by seven movable pods, each fitted with a portrait-orientated video screen.
Read More »NEW YORK — NBC and the NFL Network kicked off the 93rd NFL football season in early September with televised performances by Maria Carey and No Doubt. Chaos Visual Productions provided an assist for the pregame show with a series of WinVision 8mm LED screens in various shapes and sizes around NBC’s home base in Rockefeller Center.
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MIAMI – Barco teamed up with broadcast/event producer SennovA, to create the visual centerpiece for the Ultra Music Festival in Miami. The partners delivered a 3D projection mapping display which covered 29 floors of the Intercontinental Miami Hotel exterior with bold, animated imagery. Four FLM-HD20 and eight FLM R22+ large event projectors were used to create the projection mapping installation on the 15,000 sq. ft. surface.
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TORONTO – The Knights of Illumination Awards, hosted by Clay Paky, incorporated special new effects during its Sept. 9 event at Battersea Evolution in London. The opening sequence used the CAST BlackTrax to create a spotlight effect but without the spotlight ops.
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