DALLAS – Christie Lites announced a lawsuit against Stageco over the June, 2009 lighting tower collapse at the Fort Worth Stockyards prior to a televised motocross event.
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HUDDERSFIELD, U.K. – Huddersfield's Festival of Light took place in early December in St. George's Square, and related events included the Trail of Light for local landmarks, included a dynamic lighting design for the exterior of the Media Centre building.
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SINGAPORE – Singapore City Hall lit up with more than just 45 candles during the city's most recent birthday celebrations. For the Singapore National Day Parade (NDP), Glorious Pte Ltd provided video projections of Singapore's history, using the building as a canvas. The images were processed with four Hippotizer V3 HD machines and beamed on the building via Christie Roadster HD18K projectors.
Read More »LAS VEGAS – Challenged by a federal OSHA report, Nevada's state OSHA officials reaffirmed their findings related to their investigation of the death of a 20-year-old stagehand at the MGM Grand's Hollywood Theatre on May 20, 2009.
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DOHA, Qatar – Creative Events (CCG) provided more than 1,300 mixed fixtures for the second annual Doha Tribeca Film Festival, which included 88 Clay Paky Alpha units at Four Seasons Hotel screening venue and another 104 Clay Paky Alpha units for the opening night after-party held at the Pearl Qatar. Adam Bassett Design Limited specified the gear.
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The new Wireless Uplighting System from Omnisistem is a self-contained uplight controlled via a wireless DMX transmitter which can transmit up to 400 feet. The 12-unit set is sold with a custom roadcase. (Individual LED pods are not sold separately.)
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NEW YORK – Window shoppers along Fifth Avenue saw the façade of Saks lit up with a large-scale projection light show, The Snowflake & The Bubble. Bubbles seemingly interacted with snowflakes via a custom-built six-projector system provided by Creative Technology (CT).
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The TMH-10 automated moving yoke fixture from Steinigke Showtechnic features a single 60-watt LED source, consumes 170 watts and weighs 17.6 pounds. Features include a 3-facet prism, color wheel with seven colors plus open, gobo wheel with six rotating gobos plus open and separate channels for strobe and dimmer.
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ZWOLLE, Netherlands – HA-Rental is the first rental company to purchase fixtures from the Philips Selecon professional LED luminaire range – the PL3 – for its rental stock.
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LOCARNO, Switzerland – Notre-Dame de Paris was staged at Palazzetto Fevi by the SFG Biasca gymnastic company. It was performed by 52 gymnasts and six actors with their live singing accompanied by Riccardo Cocciante's recorded music.
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MELBOURNE, Australia – Clearlight Shows P/L recently supplied the Malthouse theatrical complex with new ETC products for the venue's 520-seat Merlyn Theatre and the 198-seat Beckett Theatre.
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BRUSSELS – The Gulden Ontsporing was a highlight of the Flemish Day celebrations held in Belgium's capital recently. Lighting programmer Joris Vandamme used LSC's Clarity lighting and media controller for the show, which was broadcast live across the nation.
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