HOUSTON – ZZ Top got its start about 40 years ago. So did Bandit Lites. And while the length of the typical American sideburn has shortened considerably since the shaggy early 1970s, ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill sport beards that are as long as ever.
Read More »ERLANGER, KY – TV One named Paul Burfield, a 25-year veteran in the digital video electronics industry, to the position of R&D Manager. He has worked with BBC, IBM Microelectronics, NEC and Petards EIMC.
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Using a single white LED, the Gobo80L 80W LED light source is capable of projecting up to 50 feet. The manual optics system allows for linear zoom and focus adjustment. The projection angle can be adjusted between 19º and 35º. Under normal conditions, the LED light source is projected to last 100,000 hours. The LED light source produces no UV or IR and illuminates virtually instantly (100 ns).
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ARLINGTON, TX – The fan turnout wasn't as big, of course, as the multi-day string of festivities in San Francisco, but the Texas Rangers still had a more-than-respectable run in 2010, with an American League pennant to their credit. So shortly after the World Series loss to the San Francisco Giants, the Texas Rangers hosted a fan appreciation rally.
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MEDELLIN, Colombia – Georgia Fountain Company's Vida and Interactivas fountain projects here relied on subcontractor MediaMation, Inc. (MMI)'s Virtual Fountain 3D visualization software and ShowFlow software for programming and control.
Read More »CYPRESS, CA – MVT Productions found the FOR-A HVS-300HS HD/SD portable digital video switcher they purchased early in 2010 to be twice the switcher they originally thought. At a recent corporate function held at the Anaheim Marriott, MVT produced a live HD-SDI feed for I-Mag while simultaneously sending a separate signal to a hard drive for recording.
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BATON ROUGE, LA – Healing Place Church's mission is to be "a healing place for a hurting world," but LD Wendell Basinger didn't encounter a world of hurt with his choice of lighting gear – which included ETC Selador Vivid LED fixtures and an ETC Eos console for control. They play a key role in lighting the new worship center on the ministry's 55-acre campus.
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The new LED Display Bar from Elation Professional is a portable, bright rectangular white LED light source with variable color temperature from 2800-6500K that comes with an attached removable wall or table-type clamp mounting system that allows for a variety of lighting uses.
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SURFERS PARADISE, Australia – The ULA Group specified Anolis ArcPad Xtreme fixtures to light up the three facades of a 21-story, triangular-shaped tower that served as a beacon and could be seen for miles beyond the RACV Royal Pines Resort, where event planners recently staged the Bruce Lynton BMW Charity Ball.
Read More »LOS ANGELES – Branam Enterprises, Inc. and All Access Staging and Productions, Inc. have forged a partnership in the concert touring sector, promising concert touring acts, producers, and promoters a "one stop Rock shop" for stage design/fabrication and flying/rigging systems.
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NEW YORK – LD Eric Cathcart lit LCD Soundsystem's touring shows this year with 25-foot wire ladders full of 80 GRNLite 3-54 Battens and 40 Thomas Linear 4 Lites, combining a barrage of light with energy efficiency and minimal heat onstage.
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NEW YORK – It was a season for change for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, Spring 2010, which moved to a new, larger venue at Lincoln Center, and for IMCD Lighting which migrated to a grandMA console for the fashion shows it lit at Damrosch Park.
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