LAS VEGAS – The design team for Roger Waters' The Wall Live tour meticulously replicated the touring set used by Pink Floyd in 1980. But the 30+-year-old set design gets a significant visual update from an arsenal of 21st century projection and lighting gear.
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VIENNA – The final show for the third season of Austria's version of the Next Topmodel TV show, produced at the Millenium Event Center in Vienna, made use of coolux Pandoras Box technology and Panasonic projectors. Four fashion model finalists were judged during the show, with a variety of accompanying visual content projected onto the studio set pieces. Six Pandoras Box Server PRO and one Pandoras Box Player PRO used for edge-blending, with a Compulite Vector used for lighting control.
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ANAHEIM, CA – For Intel's recent International Sales & Marketing Conference (ISMC) at the Anaheim Convention Center, Pedersen Media Group tapped WorldStage companies Video Applications Inc. (VAI) and Scharff Weisberg for AV support. Close to 4,000 Intel sales and marketing staff from around the world attended the annual four-day event.
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LONDON – Philips Entertainment Lighting promoted Amber Tomlin to the position of key account manager for the U.K. For the past five years Tomlin has been the company's demonstration and training manager for Philips Strand Lighting's range of Palette consoles.
Read More »BOSTON – Boston Light & Sound, which supports numerous film festivals including The Doha Tribeca Film Festival, The Turner Classic Movies Film Festival and The Traverse City Film Festival, had "been looking for a device that could be encoded for screen washes, sponsor tags and trailers" for years, according to company president Chapin Cutler, who also serves as technical director of the Sundance Film Festival.
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No, it's not a flightcase for an iPhone; e-CASE is 5 Star Cases' new (and free) iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad app.
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ZAVENTEM, Belgium – ADB Lighting Technologies has appointed Electrosonic SA as their new distributor for South Africa. ADB's sales manager for Africa, Dirk van Nieuwenhuysen, visited South Africa in early January this year for discussions with Electrosonic, and signed a contract following a tour of clients and facilities.
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NEW YORK – The ninth annual TV Land Awards 2011, taped at Jacob Javits Center April 10 for 90-minute telecast on the TV Land network April 17, relied upon Pete's Big TVs for projections linked to the careers of the event's honorees.
Read More »ORLANDO, FL – Alcorn McBride's Digital Video Machine DVM 8400/HD continues to meet the demanding schedule of numerous high profile Film Festivals, where Boston Light & Sound is responsible for all feature and non-feature content in scores of venues for hundreds of screenings. The Boston-based specialty projection company has employed the machines at numerous film festivals including The Doha Tribeca Film Festival, The Turner Classic Movies Film Festival and The Traverse City Film Festival.
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WAGO Corporation's 750-882 "ETHERNET 2.0" Media Redundancy Controller provides two redundant networks via independent ETHERNET interfaces. This enables communication with a redundant network – ideal for applications requiring high network and system availability or two independent networks.
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LAS VEGAS, NV – Qube Cinema is demonstrating Qube Keysmith, its new digital key management and reporting application, at NAB 2011. Built on technologies proven in years of use by parent company Real Image, Qube Keysmith allows filmmakers, production companies and post houses to encrypt Digital Cinema content with Key Delivery Messages (KDMs) for exhibitors. As a result, a new generation of companies and facilities can now offer full Digital Cinema distribution services for anything from film festivals to full theatrical releases.
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UK – GDS announces that Nick Read has joined the company as Head of its newly created special projects division – ‘GDS Specials'. Nick has over 22 years experience in the entertainments industry and brings with him wide range of skills, working recently as the head of hire and events for Northern Light and previously running his own successful hire company. With an electrical engineering background he also boasts experience as a project manager, overseeing the €1m technical-build of Wexford opera house. He has worked around the UK and Europe as a freelance engineer and lighting designer, toured with and brought numerous shows into the West End and worked as a production electrician for major theatre companies, on many of the largest show in London.
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