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Universal Pixels Invests in ROE Visual’s Vanish ST Outdoor LED Panels

ROE Visual announces Universal Pixels’ recent investment in the Vanish ST outdoor LED product line. Universal Pixels, an award-winning supplier of video equipment renowned for its services with a global reach, has acquired 500 square meters of Vanish ST panels to expand its rental stock of LED products. Universal Pictures will be the first company in Europe to add these outdoor panels to its LED rental inventory.Read More »Universal Pixels Invests in ROE Visual’s Vanish ST Outdoor LED Panels

Ayrton ‘Winds’ Rock Luxembourg’s Rockhal Club

© Tom Wagner – Rockhal

Every Ayrton aficionado knows its lighting fixtures are named after winds and high-performance cars. Rockhal Club in Luxembourg is amongst the latest to have taken stock of Ayrton Mistral S and Levante S fixtures which were supplied to the venue through Ayrton’s Belgian distributor, FACE.Read More »Ayrton ‘Winds’ Rock Luxembourg’s Rockhal Club

Building a Strong Foundation: Obsidian Train the Trainer Initiative Bearing Fruit

Young Czech Martin Pokorný one of many who are spreading the ONYX message

Last November, Obsidian Control Systems initiated Train the Trainer workshops aimed at training its European partners on the specifics of the intuitive ONYX lighting control platform. The sessions, specifically designed to springboard an Obsidian awareness campaign and grow the ONYX community, are bearing fruit as trainers across Europe amplify the platform’s reach by training other partners and end-users.Read More »Building a Strong Foundation: Obsidian Train the Trainer Initiative Bearing Fruit

Robe Selected for Brigada Tech TV Series

Brigada Tech is a new Spanish TV series presented by Luján Argüelles, directed by Eva Castillejo, and lit by Manuel Ricoy, broadcast on prime time LA1 the first TVE (Spanish Television) channel of RTVE (Radio y Televisión Española, S.A.). The format sees ‘digital mentors’ and popular SoMe influencers assisting people with limited access to the information superhighway in tackling assorted digital challenges that can benefit their day-to-day living. Read More »Robe Selected for Brigada Tech TV Series

TMB and Main Light Team UP to Help One of our Own

The U-Park Festival in Kyiv, Ukraine July 2016 at the OlimpiyskiyNational Sports Complex (NSC) as tensions with Russia erupted. The festival featured many artists, including Muse, Hurts, Poets of the Fall, My Vitriol, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

As Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine continues, Zinteco Productions, a cornerstone in Ukraine’s entertainment production community for over 25 years, needs our help. The ongoing conflict has brought the Ukrainian entertainment industry, like all normal life, to a standstill, and Zinteco’s operations have been severely impacted. TMB has collaborated with Main Light LLC to make some of Zinteco’s Solaris Flare Q+ fixtures available to cross-rent in the U.S. market. 100% of the rental revenue generated will pass on to Zinteco, whose principals, good friends of TMB for many years, still live in Kyiv and whose time is now 100% devoted to supporting Ukrainian refugees and defense efforts.Read More »TMB and Main Light Team UP to Help One of our Own

Rainbow Lighting Invests in Astera

A beacon of positive energy and enthusiasm for life and lighting, appropriately named Cape Town based Rainbow Lighting was started by freelance Gaffer Desmond Gqitekaya in 2020. At the time, he was working mostly on major movies and feature films being shot in South Africa and was lucky enough to also start picking up commercials and music video work through his contacts, for which there was always a demand for thinking quickly and ‘out-of-the-box’ when it came to lighting. This soon led him to Astera.Read More »Rainbow Lighting Invests in Astera

The Design of SoundStorm MDLBEAST Festival supported by PRG

December’s rendition of the SoundStorm MDLBEAST festival in Riyadh continued to set standards for excellence in event design while also representing a groundbreaking cultural shift for Saudi Arabia. The entire festival spread out over a 5.5 km purpose-built site housing eight dynamic stages where more than 150 acts performed over three days for more than 450,000 visitors. The sheer scale of the event and the challenge of building in a desert epitomize the delicate interplay between creativity and logistics, necessitating a global team effort to orchestrate. At the heart of this symphony was Alex Reardon, the Creative Director and Lead Designer from Silent House, the design firm entrusted with shaping the festival’s visual identity. PRG played a pivotal role in supporting Reardon’s vision, providing rigging, video, lighting, audio, and automation for the festival’s centerpiece, the Big Beast stage.Read More »The Design of SoundStorm MDLBEAST Festival supported by PRG

Ivan Lavezzoli Creates Versatile Looks at Fuori Sanremo With CHAUVET Professional

Russell Crowe is known for his acting talents, but on Night 3 of The Sanremo Music Festival he took to the stage as a crooner and sang “Let Your Light Shine.” Another American, actor, John Travolta, also tried his hand at singing a couple of nights earlier. Such is the magical musical pull of this iconic five-day event, which began 74-years ago. Capturing the flavor of the festival up close was Radio Italia’s very popular “Fuori Sanremo,” a program that featured all of the artists from the festival with interviews and live performances recorded in a studio specially set up in this beautiful Mediterranean costal city’s Grand Hotel Londra. Lighting designer Ivan Lavezzoli created an elegantly engaging atmosphere for “Fuori Sanremo,” with a setup that featured CHAUVET Professional fixtures distributed by Zalight.

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Valentin Pariat Helps Chamonix World Cup Shine with A+ Events and CHAUVET Professional

Those who stayed for the entire three-days of the event got to savor the breathtaking scenery of this resort, located at the base of Mont Blanc, the highest summit in the Alps. They also enjoyed a breathtaking bit of skiing history, at the beautiful La Verte des Houches slope, as Switzerland’s Daniel Yule became the first FIS Alpine skier ever to win a slalom race after staring out in 30th (last) position. Another thing that generated excitement and raised spirits at this famed resort (the first Winter Olympics took place here in 1924), was the vivid and colorful lighting design throughout the space by Valentin Pariat. Incorporating CHAUVET Professional Maverick and STRIKE fixtures supplied by A+ Events into his creation, Pariat added an extra dash of color, panache and style to the world-famous event.

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Lighting The Stars Workshop with Patrick Woodroffe Organized by Claypaky and SLS

Renowned Lighting Designer Patrick Woodroffe recently held a workshop on lighting at the Teatro Ibérico in Lisbon. Patrick is one of the world’s most celebrated lighting designers. For many years, he has artistically illuminated the most famous artists and stars in the entertainment industry on concert stages, in theaters, and in television studios. In the tenth edition of the seminar Lighting The Stars, Woodroffe, who has designed the lighting for the Rolling Stones, AC/DC, the London Olympic Games and numerous other events of international significance, shared his most notable and thrilling experiences. He then proceeded with a unique live practical exercise, in which he created a lighting design for a musical piece chosen without his knowledge, revealing some of the secrets of his art and technique.Read More »Lighting The Stars Workshop with Patrick Woodroffe Organized by Claypaky and SLS

Adam Hall Group Appoints OHM Distribution as Exclusive Cameo Distributor in Mexico

(Left to Right): Alessio Foti (Global Business Development Manager, Adam Hall Group) – William Brieva (Business Development Manager, Cameo Light America, Adam Hall Group) – Bernardo Moya (Co-owner, OHM Distribution) – Hector Ortega (Co-owner, OHM Distribution) – Markus Jahnel (COO, Adam Hall Group) – Richard Deffner (Business Development Manager, Adam Hall Group)

The Adam Hall Group is further expanding its international sales network. With OHM Distribution, the event technology provider headquartered in Neu-Anspach, Hesse, has gained an experienced sales partner in Mexico. OHM Distribution is one of the leading distributors for AV installations and is now the exclusive distributor for the Adam Hall Group brand Cameo’s lighting technology solutions.Read More »Adam Hall Group Appoints OHM Distribution as Exclusive Cameo Distributor in Mexico