WISBECH, UK – European flightcase manufacturer 5 Star Cases has created its newest series of “fly away” portable video production units (PPUs). The smaller PPUs were designed for Central Presentations Ltd., which needed something smaller, more portable and quick and easy to install and rig for small to medium events. Basically, all that’s needed is power and the video equipment in the case is ready to go.
Read More »TRIESTE, Italy — Scaffolding and truss crumpled at about 2 pm prior to a Dec. 12 rock concert featuring Jovanotti at the 6,943-seat PalaTrieste. The collapse killed one stage worker and injured eight others, according to press reports. About 20 workers had nearly completed construction of the structure for Jovanotti’s Ora Tour at the time of the accident. The worker who died at the scene, Francesco Pinna, 20, was a college student. Authorities and investigators restricted access to the venue and the concert was canceled.
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MA Lighting’s MA onPC command wing serves as a hardware expansion for designers looking for 2,048 parameter mobile access to the grandMA2 control system via onPC software. The MA onPC command wing incorporates the command section of the grandMA2 consoles and makes it easier to use the free-of-charge grandMA2 onPC software.
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SINGAPORE – Singapore’s School of the Arts (SOTA) recently selected 10 Alpha Spot HPE 700 and 11 Alpha Wash 700s to illuminate three performance halls run by students studying the creative arts. The equipment was installed by regional lighting and staging specialists Desisti Asia Pte Ltd.
Read More »For Paul Simon’s recent So Beautiful or So What tour, LD Rich Locklin and lighting director Steve Fallon use a large screen filled with media… Read More »Using Video for Moving Light Beams, Visual Depth
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LONDON – Beatles tribute band The Bootleg Beatles have since 1994 relied on Entec for the touring sound and lighting. And the love continues on, as LD Mark Jones has designed a show that mimics the productions of yesterday, but of course includes fixtures of today.
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MOSCOW – Robe moving lights added highlights to the heavyweight bout at Moscow’s M1 Global MMA (mixed martial arts) Challenge. Headliners Fedor ‘The Last Emperor’ Emelianenko and Jeff ‘The Snowman’ Monson entertained a crowd of 15,000 – including Russian’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin – and was televised live. Rental company TOK in northwest Russia supplied the technical production.
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SATELLITE BEACH, FL — Atlanta Botanical Garden’s seasonal light exhibit features green holiday colors and green energy in the form of one million LED lights from Lighting Science Group. The display has transformed the garden grounds into a winter wonderland, designed in collaboration with CD+M Lighting and Design Group of Atlanta. The LED fixtures also incorporate integrated sound sensitivity, allowing the lights to sync along with the songs.
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