Erica Frost Joins TMB’s Product Specialist Group
LONDON – TMB added Erica Frost to its Product Specialist Group. Frost's primary role will be working in TMB's 24-hour Tech Support Group, with additional product training responsibilities.
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Vari-Lite VLX Used for America’s Got Talent
DALLAS – America's Got Talent's got variety – from a musical duet to a gravity-defying human puppet show to almost any other imaginable act. LD Kieran Healy needs to come up with designs that can keep up with the variety and also support the live HD broadcast. Healy has been relying on automated fixtures from Philips Vari-Lite, including 24 VLX Wash luminaires provided by PRG.
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Pete’s Big TVs Supports TNA Wrestling Events
NEW CASTLE, DE – Pete's Big TVs/Performance Video supported TNA Wrestling's Slammiversary special that ran on Pay Per View recently.
Read More »I. Weiss Hires Larry Nathanson to Direct Business Development Efforts
FAIRVIEW, NJ – I. Weiss, which recently moved to Fairview, N.J. from Long Island City, N.Y., hired Larry Nathanson to lead its business development efforts. Nathanson comes to I. Weiss from Showman Fabricators, where he served as director of marketing.
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IndepenDance Pool and Beach Party Lit with Chauvet Gear
MIAMI BEACH – Visual Formula used Chauvet fixtures for top DJs including Armin Van Buuren at the sixth annual IndepenDANCE Pool and Beach Party on July 4 at the Doubletree Surfcomber Hotel Miami-South Beach.
Read More »American DJ Sues Five Companies for Trademark Infringement
LOS ANGELES – American DJ filed suit in U.S. District Court Central District of California against five companies, including Wal-Mart Stores and DBL Distributing, a division of Ingram Micro, for violating the Lanham Act, which covers federal trademark law, and the California Business and Professions Code.
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2010 Parnelli Award Nominations Now Open!
LAS VEGAS – And the 2010 winners of the Parnelli Awards for Lighting, Staging and Video are…yet to be determined, by YOU, the reader. The individuals and companies that YOU nominate and vote for will be honored Oct. 22 in Las Vegas at our annual ceremony.
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Midiator Vision Pro
Vision Pro from Midiator is a new visual live show controller that integrates various devices using industry standard protocols to control all the visual aspects of a live show. It acts as a central command station for media-servers, video-scalers, lighting consoles and other equipment.
Read More »American Idiot’s Multiple Screen Strategy
The video design for American Idiot underwent a substantial transformation from California to New York, according to projection designer Darrell Maloney. In Berkeley, there were… Read More »American Idiot’s Multiple Screen Strategy
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Robe Helps Light 2010 World Cup Closing Ceremony
JOHANNESBURG – Robe ColorSpot and ColorWash 2500E ATs and REDWash 3-192s were part of the lighting design by Tim Dunn and Hugh Turner that caught the eye of a global TV audience and the 95,000 vuvuzela blowing football fans who packed into Soccer City Stadium, Soweto, Johannesburg ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final.
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Attenborough Studio at Natural History Museum Using Medialon-Controlled A/V
LONDON – The Attenborough Studio, a 64-seat theatre with interactive audio-visual communications within the Natural History Museum's new Darwin Centre, relies upon Medialon as the main A/V devices controller.
Read More »Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition Logs 71,000 Visitors
GUANGZHOU, China – The 15th Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition, held at the China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex, Guangzhou, logged 71,801 visitors in 2010, an increase of 36 per cent from last year.
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