NEW YORK — The Heisman Trophy Trust, which annually presents the Heisman Memorial Trophy Award, named Sam Bradford of the University of Oklahoma as the 74th winner of the Heisman Memorial Trophy, and lighting designer Bruce Ferri lit the event, which was televised live on ESPN from the Nokia Theatre in New York’s Times Square.
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NEW YORK – The Designers Lighting Forum of New York (DLFNY), with the support of the New York section of the IES, has set March 11 as the date for its third annual program on LED technology. This year's event is expected to feature over 70 manufacturers, have expanded hours and serve as a unique informational program designed for the lighting community.
Read More »COSTA MESA, CA – Gorilla Production Group, Inc. announced its newest division, Gorilla Production & Post, a full service provider of HD video production/post including audio post, custom content, live webcasting, Powerpoint/Keynote, presentation creation, custom graphics and HD video shoots.
Read More »VIRGINIA BEACH, VA — Lightronics named Dennis Degen as the company’s National Director of Sales. Degen has over 30 years of theatrical sales, design, contracting and professional consultation experience, and will be working with Consulting Firms, Designers, Architects and Specifiers.
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CHARLOTTE, NC — First Presbyterian Church (FPC) is using Broadcast Pix’s Slate 1000HD for live television broadcasts. The system powers the church’s live broadcast of weekly services on Channel 9 WSOC-TV at 11 a.m. on Sunday mornings. FPC services have been broadcast for more than 40 years and have a weekly audience of more than 22,000 people. FPC purchased the unit and integrated it through Clark Powell, a Charlotte-based system integrator and Broadcast Pix dealer.
Read More »BURBANK, CA — Electrosonic separated its products division from Electrosonic Solutions, its systems integration division. The products division has its own engineers, managers, sales force and technical support staff, and operates from three offices: Dartford, U.K., Minneapolis, Minn. and Burbank, Calif.
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LONDON — LD Darryl Noad needed a flourish for the last episode in the sixth series of the British TV series, Celebrity Big Brother, and used a rig equipped with 22 GLP Impressions to provide a rapid color-change pan within the festival-style Orbit stage.
Read More »WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Department of Justice’s antitrust division held hearings last week on the merger agreement between Live Nation, the nation’s biggest concert promoter, and Ticketmaster Entertainment, the biggest live-event ticketing service.
Read More »NEW WINDSOR, NY — Production Resource Group, LLC, (PRG) announced that it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Gekko Technology, a company that designs, develops and manufactures LED luminaires for the image capture and entertainment sectors.
Read More »WAUKEGAN, IL — Irradiant Inc., the U.S. corporate division of Neo-Neon, announced that they have completed the process of moving their main Midwest office to a new location at 3804 Hawthorn Court, Waukegan Ill.
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MIAMI BEACH, FL — The Opium Group, known for its South Beach clubs, turned a 6,500-square foot empty space into a sought-after Louis XV-inspired, over-the-top lounge and relied on Chauvet LED lighting to illuminate the new venue.
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WASHINGTON, DC — With hopes that the only chaos present at one of the main inaugural balls for president Barack Obama would be its own company name, Chaos Visual Productions launched its business with an auspicious first gig — The Neighborhood Ball, An Inaugural Celebration. Chaos worked with RK Productions, LD Bobby Dickinson and production designer Bruce Rodgers/Tribe Inc.
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