NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA – Jeff Ravitz and Intensity Advisors provided the lighting design for their fourth installment in the American Express series, "Unstaged," featuring Duran Duran. The band performed songs from their new album, All You Need is Now, for a live webcast March 23 from the Mayan Theater in downtown Los Angeles. The show was directed by David Lynch of Blue Velvet, Dune, Mulholland Drive and Twin Peaks fame.
Read More »ATLANTA, GA – Digital Projection International (DPI) will be the display products sponsor for InfoComm's 12 Regional Roundtables to be held in 2011. Free to InfoComm members, the Roundtables provide manufacturers' training sessions as well as peer discussions on issues impacting the industry.
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NATIONAL HARBOR, MD and ORLANDO, FL – Freelance Technical Services used the Vista Spyder X20-1608 to manage video processing for Capa Productions, producing the DaVita national meeting in National Harbor, Md., and Elite Business Productions, producing the Siemens Healthcare Leadership & Sales Conference in Orlando.
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DAYTON, OH – Staco Energy Products Company named Michael Lewis central regional manager. Lewis, a graduate of the University of Illinois – Springfield with a BA in Accountancy, has more than 20 years of experience in the power quality industry, working as a regional sales manager for Electrical South and as a strategic account manager for MGE UPS Systems.
Read More »ROOSENDAAL, The Netherlands – JVR's newly-formed division, CT Holland, will be supported by Creative Technology's operations in London and Germany and will be led by Jeroen Jongenelen heading a team that includes Jeroen Boere, Willem Battes and Marion Cormeaux.
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LONDON – Renegade's Nick Gray designed lighting for the main British Fashion Council (BFC) Tent and peripheral areas in and around Somerset House for London Fashion Week, along with off-site shows for the Matthew Williamson, Temperley, Julien Macdonald and Hardy Amies collections. His focus once again was to put the fashions on display in their best light – for both the human eye and the cameras.
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NEW YORK – A program to provide free or reduced cost rigging inspections for secondary schools has been initiated by USITT, the United States Institute for Theatre Technology. The program will kick off April 1 when applications will be available online. It was announced by USITT President Joe Aldridge at the organization's 51st Annual Conference & Stage Expo in Charlotte, NC.
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GLP's Impression Spot One is designed to provide an even beam for color mixing and achieve a focusable area for gobo projections. It uses an RGB LED engine with 8- or 16-bit control over each color, allowing for delicate color changes or instantaneous color bumps.
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LOS ANGELES – For the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, programmer Willy McLachlan used a grandMA2 system to control Jeffrey Engel's lighting design. The awards show was simulcast live on TNT and TBS on Jan. 30 from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center.
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PARIS – For a catwalk show featuring lingerie by Chantelle-Passionata at the Salon International de la Lingerie exhibition in Paris, LD Alex Junca specified Robe ROBIN LEDWash 600 moving lights. The three-day event was held at the Paris Expo, Port de Versailles, and Impact Evènement provided the gear.
Read More »LONDON – Renegade once again provided the lighting and visual design for the 2011 Orange BAFTA (British Academy of Film & TV Arts) Awards gala dinner and after-show party at London's Grosvenor House Hotel. The event, which followed the Awards Ceremony at the Royal Opera House, used multiple spaces in the venue, including the Great Room, the Ballroom, reception and peripheral areas.
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SOUTHLAKE, TX – Systems integrator Beck Associates provided a MediorNet fiber network backbone and an Artist digital matrix intercom from Riedel Communications for Gateway Church, creating a fiber-based, real-time network for 3G/HD-SDI video, audio, data and communications for the church's three separate campuses.
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