The Nashville Predators and Tampa Bay Lightning drew 70,000 hockey fans to the first NHL game held outdoors in Tennessee. Along with the Feb. 26 game at Nissan Stadium, the event included performances by musical acts including Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley. Bandit Lites provided Ayrton, Chauvet, Claypaky, Elation, GLP and Robe lighting fixtures for LD Mark Carver.
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Theatre Communications Group (TCG) is pleased to announce the application launch of THRIVE! Uplifting Theatres of Color. With $1,635,000 in support from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, TCG is working in partnership with an Advisory Circle of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC*) to provide unrestricted funds for Black theatres, Indigenous theatres, and Theatres of Color (BITOC*) based in the U.S. (including Tribal Nations and U.S. Territories). THRIVE! will provide two grant opportunities, RESPOND and RECOGNIZE, as well as host REBUILD: A Learning Cohort, which will strengthen participating theatres’ effectiveness in areas such as financial planning, crisis management, scenario planning, and program evaluation.Read More »TCG Announces Application Launch for THRIVE! Uplifting Theatres of Color
Texas Scenic Company announces that it has agreed to acquire the assets of H&H Specialties. “We’re extremely excited to bring on H&H under the Texas Scenic family of brands,” says Texas Scenic COO Steve Surratt.Read More »Texas Scenic Company Announces Acquisition of H&H Specialties
ETC presented Behind the Scenes with a check during USITT for $40,316.27 representing the 2020-21 proceeds from sales of the company’s iRFR and aRFR (Radio Focus Remote) applications. Since the launch of the iRFR in 2009, ETC’s mobile app sales have now generated over $440,000 in donations.Read More »ETC’s iRFR and aRFR Apps – Continuing to Care for the Industry
TAIT, the global group of creative engineers, fabricators, producers, and technologists for live entertainment environments, announced today, March 8, 2022, it has agreed to acquire Thinkwell Group, a global strategy, experience design, and production agency specializing in the master planning, design, and production of world-class guest experiences for theme parks, museums and brands. Thinkwell will join the TAIT Group, comprised of a roster of innovators, to set a new standard for the live and location-based entertainment industry, positioning TAIT as the most comprehensive end-to-end developer of entertainment and experiences.Read More »TAIT to Acquire the Thinkwell Group
Canada’s hit series Revolution, the biggest dance competition ever broadcast by Quebec television and airing on TVA, used Claypaky Xtylos to showcase the dynamic moves of the dancers facing off against each other for a $100,000 cash prize. Claypaky Xtylos is a compact moving beam light with unique optical and chromatic characteristics featuring a tailor-made RGB laser source.Read More »Claypaky’s Xtylos Shines a Unique Light on Quebec TV’s Revolution Dance Show
NAMM has announced show dates for 2023 and 2024. After the 2022 show returns to the Anaheim Convention Center for three days this year (June 3-5), plans call for the 2023 event to be a three-day event also (April 13-15, 2023), followed by the return to the traditional January time-frame and four-day show (Jan. 25-28, 2024).
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The Gem and Jam Festival took place Feb. 4-6 at the Pima County Fairgrounds in in Tucson, AZ. LIT Lighting provided more than 150 Chauvet Professional fixtures including Maverick MK2 Spot, STRIKE 1 and Rogue R2 Wash and R3 Beam fixtures. Working with guest LDs and others, Cody Lisle designed the sets and did the programming for the main stage.
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disguise announced its acquisition of broadcast data and content visualization solutions platform, Polygon Labs. This marks another milestone in its move towards cloud-based production that will enhance the disguise workflow to better address user needs in the fast-growing media production and broadcast markets.
Further information from disguise:Read More »disguise Acquires Polygon Labs to Enable Cloud-Based Workflows
The 20th Annual Parnelli Awards, set to take place at the Anaheim Hilton on June 3 during NAMM, will include the Indispensable Technology (“IT”) Awards honoring product innovation in four categories—Lighting, Video, Staging and Audio. The “IT” Awards ballot includes six products in each category, and voting has begun.
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The Shubert Organization, Inc., announced that the 110-year-old Cort Theatre (138 West 48th Street) will become the James Earl Jones Theatre, in recognition of Jones’s lifetime of immense contributions to Broadway and the entire artistic community.Read More »The Shubert Organization Announces the Naming of the James Earl Jones Theatre
Creative Technology supplied Elation broadcast lights to Lighting Design Group for use on sportscast booths and stages in and outside of SoFi Stadium during Super Bowl LVI in Los Angeles in February. Dennis Size, Executive Vice President of Design for Lighting Design Group, was responsible for the overall lighting design and turned to Elation Fuze Profile CW™ and KL Panel™ luminaires for key, fill, and wash lighting.Read More »CT and LDG Choose Elation Broadcast Lighting for Super Bowl Sportscast Booths