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Pete’s Big TVs Debuts MK7 LED Panels on Country Concert ’12

One of the five screens at Country Concert.

Pete’s Big TVs Debuts MK7 LED Panels on Country Concert ’12

FT. LORAMIE, OH – Pete’s Big TVs recently added to its rental inventory 1,200 panels of digiLED MK7 video screens, using 350 of the panels to create five screens for the Country Concert ’12. The MK7 panels provided a solution for daytime ambience. “They have all the features of the 7mm MC7 – popular because of their no Radio Frequency interference – except that the screens are not transparent, which makes them twice as bright,” says Guy Benjamin of Pete’s Big TVs.

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Enlighten One

Mega-Lite Enlighten One

SAN ANTONIO, TX – The Enlighten ONE lighting console, developed and manufactured in Texas, is being marketed as an affordable choice for stages and houses of worship. The white console, with a 23-inch touch screen monitor, comes with 4 universes with a total of 2048 channels of DMX. The unit has a 2.8 GHz Intel motherboard and processor and Solid State hard drive to ensure ensure fast boot up speed and increased reliability. The unit is ArtNet expandable. The board components include 8 sliders, 1 grand master, 1 manual crossfader, 11 jog wheels, 8 bump buttons and 32 preset or assignable access buttons.

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Canada Olympic House

MicroTiles On Display at Canada Olympic House

LONDON – Christie Digital Systems has provided two digital displays featuring Christie MicroTiles and Christie Entero LED rear projection cubes at Canada Olympic House in Trafalgar Square. In addition to being the Canadian Olympic Committee’s space for athletes, Canada Olympic House hosts business leaders and government dignitaries and showcases Canada’s leading industries and businesses.

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IES

IES to Host 2012 Annual Conference

MINNEAPOLIS – The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IES) has set its Annual Conference for  Nov. 11-13 at the Marriott City Center in Minneapolis. This year’s conference theme is “Building Synapses: Connections in Lighting,” with the focus on connectivity between the lighting industry and the surrounding world. Opportunities for continuing education credit are also available.

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Robe Flies On ‘The Millions’

JERUSALEM – Ofer Jacobi has specified Robe on the popular “Fly On The Millions” primetime TV quiz show, in which contestants answering questions incorrectly are ceremoniously dumped from the set through a trap door beneath their podium. Danor Rental supplies the lighting, which includes 20 ROBIN 300E Beams, 10 ColorWash 700E ATs, six ColorBeam 2500s and 10 ColorSpot 1200E ATs. Jacobi follows in the footlights of his father, who worked in the film industry.

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Olympic Rings

SHoW DMX Neo Controls Olympic Rings

LONDON – City Theatrical’s SHoW DMX Neo wireless DMX system was chosen to control the lighting on the Olympic rings on London’s Tower Bridge. LD Adam Bassett’s spec of more than 90 moving lights and a variety of other gear required four universes of SHoW DMX wireless DMX to control, along with panel antennas with custom antenna extension cables, with Transceivers built into equipment racks.

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Cincinnati Pops Concert Cancelled Before Stage Collapse, No One Hurt

FOREST PARK, OH — Organizers for the 23rd annual Concert on the Green, scheduled to take place here 7:30 on July 27, cancelled the event due to bad weather. A storm swept through, ripping the modest stage structure down. No one was hurt. The stage for the event, which was to host the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra led by conductor John Morris Russell, was set up outdoors on the grounds of one of the event’s sponsors, Union Central Life Insurance.

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Andrea Bocelli

Jands Vista2 for Andrea Bocelli Tour

LONDON – Italy-based lighting designer Aldo Visentin is using his own Jands Vista S1 lighting console running the next generation Vista v2 software, plus two Vista M1 Wings, to control lighting for Italy’s most beloved tenor, Andrea Bocelli. At each show, Visentin has around 105 different moving lights to incorporate in to the design.  He needed a system that  traveled easily and was cost-effective.

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BRDC Ball

AC-ET Delivers Lighting Spectacle for British Grand Prix Ball

LONDON – A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) provided an architectural lighting system for the Clubhouse of the British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC) at Silverstone racing circuit, for their annual British Grand Prix Ball event. The task was to transform the three-story Clubhouse – located by the racetrack in prime viewing position – into a dynamic space for the event. The lighting scheme was designed by AC-ET’s Andy Smith, using lighting from Chroma-Q, PixelRange, SGM and Robe.

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