SUN VALLEY, CA – GLP (German Light Products) US Inc. has been named a full service distributor for Global Truss for the USA. Global Truss makes trussing, support systems and clamp accessories, including a full range ladder, triangular and box truss systems in various sizes and finishes.
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The Axis LED Spot automated lighting fixture features an energy-efficient Phlatlight 60 watt LED as a light source. It has two gobo wheels – seven rotating and nine fixed – and nine are colored glass gobos. The rotating prism can generate a 3D effect. The fixture's lamp can be dimmed and yields a strobe effect. It weighs 36 lbs and it measures 16.75 by 16 by 20.5 inches.
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CASTEL GOFFREDO, Italy – The X-Factor is taking a bigger place on the international TV stage, having reached a total of 23 different countries from its U.K. origins. Coemar fixtures were specified for the X-Factor broadcasts in Italy – where the show first aired in 2008 – and the recent introduction of the show in Ukraine, which appears to be another ratings success.
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SERIATE, Italy – Along with the risk of elimination – and the loss of all the accrued quiz show money to the eliminator – contestants on L'eredità (The Inheritance) on Italian TV (RAI 1) get cast in different colors every time they make a mistake. Director of photography Vittorino Piccolo, meanwhile, is mostly concerned that there won't be any errors in the color specified – or, worse, a fixture failure that would bring the whole TV show to a halt.
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SINGAPORE – Impact Engineering, which supports productions in Singapore, Hong Kong and China, has purchased 116 Robe moving lights, including 50 ColorSpot 700E ATs and 66 ROBIN 300 Beams, in a deal handled by Louis Teo of Robe SEA.
Read More »BELLEVILLE, MI – FLI Rigging, originally established to serve the entertainment lighting, film, AV and installation markets in a three-state area – Michigan, Ohio and Indiana – has announced plans to offer its temporary and permanent rigging services nationwide.
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LONDON – Back in mid-2010, Danish lighting designer Christian Bonde prepared to scale up the design for the Bullet For My Valentine's shows, which had appeared at a variety of club-type venues in the U.S., in preparation for European arenas.
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KARRINYUP, Western Australia – The Lady Wardle Performing Arts Centre, a 509 seat auditorium at the St. Mary's Anglican Girls School, graduated to a new quality of light with recent gear from ETC Selador and Vari-Lite.
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DENVER – Soul Fuel Music provided 32 COLORado 1 Tour wash lights for the Be Beautiful, Be Yourself Jet Set Fashion Show 2010, a benefit for Global Down Syndrome Foundation.
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ANAHEIM, CA – Along with the challenge of opening up five satellite campuses at the same time right before Christmas, Saddleback Church suddenly had a staggering need for custom cases. The organization is renting schools for Sunday services and religious education, so these churches had to roll in and out 52 Sundays a year.
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SINGAPORE – Robert Juliat provided the big guns for two big occasions when its largest followspots – Lancelot 4000W HTI and Cyrano 2500W HMI followspots. – were specified for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Singapore 2010 Youth Olympic Games.
Read More »Wireless DMX transmission has been around for several years, and it keeps getting better by taking advantage of improvements in wireless technology. In the last… Read More »Advances are Making Wireless DMX More Reliable
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