TORONTO – The world’s biggest song contests – not just Eurovision but also Melodifestivalen (“Melody Festival”), the momentous annual music competition organized by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television and Sveriges Radio – both rely on Cast Software’s previsualization suite wysiwyg for their production designs.
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LONDON – PRG (Production Resource Group) delivered the lighting and rigging for Tim Routledge’s lighting design for Muse at Horse Guards Parade in June. The free concert, staged to celebrate the London premiere of the apocalyptic action film ‘World War Z’, saw LD Routledge create a design that reflected the film’s themes in epic style.
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AARHUS, Denmark — Harman Martin’s new line of affordable lighting effects, Rush, will star in a series of YouTube videos titled, Films in the Fast… Read More »Harman’s Martin Rush Series Hits YouTube
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VALASSKE MEZIRICI, Czech Republic – Robe lighting’s CEO Josef Valchar and staff at the company’s headquarters here have mobilized to help contribute to humanitarian aid relief in the wake of the worst floods to hit the country in a decade. The floods, which affected vast swaths of the Czech Republic and other central European countries including Germany and Austria, claimed several lives and caused chaos as tens of thousands were evacuated from their homes.
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TRING, UK – Rental specialist Universal Event Productions (UEP) has invested in 12 of Robe’s new Pointe moving lights together with another 10 square meters of Glux-12 LED screen. The Pointes will debut on the two-day 2013 Chilfest music festival staged July 5-6 in Tring. The production design will also feature 60 square meters of Glux, which UEP first had designed and built last year.
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LONDON – London-based rental company Entec Sound & Light supplied lighting, rigging and crew for Paloma Faith’s recent high profile one-off show at London’s O2 Arena, preceded by warm ups at Liverpool Empire and Bournemouth BIC. Entec again worked with LD Tony Austin and the production team led by Tour Manager Neil Brighouse. Entec’s Noreen O’Riordan and Adam Stevenson project managed the one-off.
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VIENNA – LD Helmut Krammer specified 150 Robe moving lights to illuminate the 2013 Summer Night Concert, performed for its tenth year by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in the baroque setting of Vienna’s Schönbrunn Palace.
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AARHUS, Denmark — Traveling through France for a two-month tour, singer, songwriter, musician and producer Benjamin Biolay entertains thousands of fans every night, lit up with the help of nearly 2,000 Harman Martin VC-Dot LEDs as a backdrop.
Read More »MILAN, Italy — A 34-year-old worker was killed after a load-out accident that happened about 2:40 am June 19, hours after a June 18 KISS… Read More »Worker Killed in Accident After KISS Concert in Italy
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Philips Vari-Lite’s LED VLX Wash luminaires helped celebrate the launch of Samsung’s new smartphone in Johannesburg. Event production manager Victor Vermaak and LD Renaldo Van Den Berg from AV Unlimited (AVU) specified 12 of Vari-Lite’s 14,000 lumen output VLX luminaires for the show at the city’s Sandton Convention Center.
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LONDON – Contemporary circus troupe, No Fit State, recently welcomed the latest performing member to its troupe: The Avolites Tiger Touch. The design, originally conceived by LD Adam Cobley, is taken care of on tour by lighting director and programmer Leif Le Page, who says that fast, on the fly access to the lighting is crucial for this latest production of “Bianco.”
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