International News

WUPPERTAL, Germany — During a one-of-a-kind “digital sticker” initiative created to bring fans worldwide closer to their favorite team, Microsoft and Real Madrid used the Riedel Communications STX-200 professional Skype interface to facilitate a real-time Q&A session between Real Madrid fans and players.

LONDON – The recent Brit Awards continued their theme of increasingly spectacular production and performances, and once again High End Systems’ Hog 4 consoles were used to control lighting and video during the event. The 35th edition of the British annual pop music awards was held at the O2 arena in London, and featured live performances from Taylor Swift, Sam Smith, Royal Blood, Ed Sheeran, Kanye West, Take That, George Ezra, Paloma Faith and Madonna. 

HIGH WYCOMBE, U.K. — As one of Prolyte’s distributors for the UK, AED Distribution UK provided a Prolyte Campus training event April 22-23, 2015. More than 20 attended. Responding to interest, another training event will take place in September.

FRANKFURT, Germany – Philips has secured yet another successful year at Frankfurt’s Prolight + Sound trade show.  The company teamed up with its European partners to launch a wide range of industry-anticipated new products from its entertainment lighting brands, including the Vari-Lite VL4000 BeamWash, Strand Lighting 500ML console and an array of innovative Showline luminaires.

MILAN, Italy — Realtime Environment Systems Ltd (RES) has completed an 18-month project, working in collaboration with media agency Innovision and content creators Immersive, to design, install and pixel map 1000s of LEDs for two of four giant metal LED sculptures created for Expo Milano 2015.

LONDON – The new Al Jazeera broadcast studio in London features a special version of Robe’s Robin LEDWash 800 PureWhite SW fixtures.

U.K. – Chroma-Q Color One 100 LED Pars made their debut at Worthing’s Connaught Theatre beaming bright, primary colours for an all-star production of Aladdin.

LONDON – Lighting designer Tom Campbell is using an Avolites Tiger Touch II for the entire run of Australian progressive rock band Karnivool’s European tour – and has recently upgraded to the new operating system Titan V9.

Lightware Matrix & Fiber Transmitters/Receivers used to for the projection mapping of “Celebremos Campeche” in the historical district of Campeche, Mexico.

Robe BMFL moving lights and other fixtures used at the 2015 Miss South Africa live telecast.

CT Group launches its new website at ProLight + Sound, emphasizing its committment to serving international markets on a local level.

MEXICO CITY – Matatena Producciones recently purchased 32 of Robe’s Pointe moving light fixtures. Pictured here with the fixtures are co-founders Gerardo Boue and Manuel Macouzet Hierro.