LAS VEGAS – The XS Nightclub at the Wynn Casino and Resort faces off against competition from the newly-opened Cosmopolitan and other City Center resort attractions with lighting created by the LD for Wynn Resorts, Tom Kowalczuk, lighting programmer and lead lighting technician Brian Gysegem and lighting console operator Josh Packard.
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NEW YORK – See Factor Industry, Inc. provided a lighting design and equipment package for Red Hot + New Orleans on Dec. 3-4, one of the attractions at the 2010 Next Wave Festival at Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM).
Read More »HILLSBORO, OR – Cooper Controls announced that Electronics Diversified Inc. (EDI), which made many Cooper-distributed products including the MX High Density Dimming Rack, has closed its facility here.
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Guard Dog Low Profile Cable Protectors are now available with optional Velcro strips for use on carpet and/or anti-slip rubber pads for use on smooth surfaces. With 1, 2, 3, or 5 channels, these interlocking protectors are 1.25" high with a .75" channel height. They feature either standard ramps or low-angle ADA Compliant ramps.
Read More »In a live show, when playing back on-the-fly (busking, winging it, or punting), I find using the grand master and DBO button very helpful. I… Read More »The Grand Master: Use the Power Wisely
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – The floating Bradesco Seguros Christmas Tree, a 15-year holiday tradition, returned to the balmy environs of the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon. The tree had already set a record for Largest Floating Christmas Tree according to Guinness World Records, and the 2010 tree measured 85 meters in height.
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MONTE CARLO – The Grimaldi Forum recently hosted the inaugural Monaco International Clubbing Show (MICS). Clay Paky played a key role, and Pio Nahum, commercial and marketing director, offered his perspective of changes within the club market, including a trend toward live music and stage lighting in club environments.
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MONTREAL – SF Marketing (SFM) announced two new additions to its Marketing & Communications (Marcom) Department: Claudia L'Ecuyer, who has assumed the newly-created position of events manager, and Lisa Griffiths, the new brand manager for SFM's Consumer, MI, and Lighting Divisions.
Read More »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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