CMT Music Awards’ “Negative Space” Lit by PRG Bad Boys
NASHVILLE — Video and lighting filled the void left by the absence of traditional scenery for this year’s CMT Music Awards, broadcast live from the Sommet Center.
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In Memoriam: Michael Vergauwen, 52
Michael Vergauwen, 52, died June 28 in a drowning accident in Lake Michigan. Vergauwen was executive vice president and COO of AVI Systems and secretary/treasurer of InfoComm International.
Read More »ESTA Launches eSET Guide to Industry Lingo
NEW YORK — The ESTA Foundation launched eSET, an Internet-based source for terminology used within the entertainment technology industry.
Read More »Solving the Problem of Video with Reverse Logic
"Getting rid of the big video backdrop – willfully throwing away the most powerful visual tool you have – is brave and dangerous, but it… Read More »Solving the Problem of Video with Reverse Logic
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Oasis Stadium Shows Add i-Pix BB Fixtures
LONDON — Oasis’ current Dig Out Your Soul world tour is using over 140 i-Pix BB4 wash lights for its stadium stops, along with 17 i-Pix BB7s — which i-Pix said is the largest number of its LED fixtures used on any touring production so far.
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AED Sales to Distribute GLP Products in Benelux Countries
WILLEBROEK, Belgium — AED Sales was named by German Light Products (GLP) as its exclusive distributor for all of GLP’s lighting products in Belgium, Netherlands and Luxemburg, effective July 1, 2009.
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Robe Gear Chosen for Historic Hometown Venue
ROZNOV POD RADHOSTEM, Czech Republic — Robe’s Czech and Slovakian distributor KVS recently specified and supplied Robe moving lights to the Janikova Stodola Theatre, part of the historical experience that’s a key draw at Wallachian Open Air Museum in Robe’s home town here.
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PRG Division Helps Automate “Circus” Tour
LONDON — PRG’s Scenic Technologies group got the chance to introduce a new overhead automation system and two flying scenic elements when The Circus Starring Britney Spears tour began its European leg at London’s O2 Arena, even though the division received the request to design and build the system only about four weeks prior to installation.
Read More »ETCP Launches Web-Based Practice Exams
NEW YORK — Starting July 15, candidates thinking of taking ETCP’s Rigger/Arena, Rigger/Theatre and Entertainment Electrician certification exams will have a new way to prepare for the tests. ETCP will be offering 50-question practice exams for each test for $35 at www.goamp.com.
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In Memoriam: Winfield W. “Buz” Ward III, 59
Winfield W. “Buz” Ward III, age 59, who had worked in the music touring industry for more than 30 years, passed away June 20, 2009.
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ETC Intros New iPhone iRFR, Plans to Donate Proceeds
MIDDLETON, WI — ETC is helping lighting technicians and programmers use their iPhones as lighting controllers. The company has released their iRFR (Radio Focus Remote for iPhone and iPod Touch), and said it would donate all the proceeds to industry-aid organizations Behind the Scenes and Light Relief.
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Harkness Screens Helps Space Tourists on a Budget
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL — Okay, maybe it only goes so far in simulating the G-forces and weightlessness. But taking a virtual journey into space via the new Shuttle Launch Experience doesn't set visitors back for anything more than what they already paid to get inside Kennedy Space Center — $38 per adult, $28 per child.
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