BELFAST, Northern Ireland – Production Services Ireland (PSI) supplied lighting and video equipment for the first Irish tour for An Appointment With Mr Yeats by The Waterboys, a concept musical performance set to the poetry of the Irish poet and dramatist WB Yeats.
Read More »SHANGHAI, China – FotoPhono AS, a Norway-based AV supplier, was responsible for the AV installation at the Norwegian Pavilion at World Expo 2010. AV consultant Ole Øyvind Heier contacted Multitekst Ltd. to design, program and implement the show control system, which included Richmond Sound Design's SoundMan-Server virtual sound system and a Medialon AV control system.
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SHANGHAI, China – For the second time in two years, China has hosted an epic global gathering. Among its other superlatives, the Shanghai World Expo, a $4 billion, six-month celebration of international culture, has been called the largest outdoor multimedia display in history and the biggest and most expensive party ever.
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SYDNEY – Austage, which has been supporting corporate events Down Under for 16 years, has started using Chroma-Q Color Force gear. Joe De Abreu, general manager, credited the units for their intensity of output.
Read More »PARIS – Wireless Solution Sweden AB named CSI as the new distributor of W-DMX for entertainment in France. The agreement was announced during the JTSE trade show. CSI-France also represents brands including Vari*Lite, High End Systems, About Show and Green Hippo and manages projects around the world.
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PALERMO, Italy – The lighting and set for Panastudio Productions' La Tana del Lupo (Den of The Wolf) won't be confused with that used for the Eurovision Song Contest anytime soon.
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WISBECH, UK – 5 Star Cases is about halfway through the supply of a large amount – currently around the one-thousand mark and expected to continue to double that number – of cases to AV rental and staging company, Central Presentations Ltd (CPL), which operates out of Birmingham and Bristol.
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BRISBANE, Australia – Originally released in 2004, the Jands Vista's "think visually, work visually" approach is getting an update with a new release – the Vista 2 Byron. The company has previewed the new release at recent trade shows, and the volunteer lighting crew at Brisbane City Church was also able to get a front-pew seat to the new features as beta testers.
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KUWAIT CITY – Electrosonic designed, supplied, installed and programmed extensive LED lighting, digital signage, video projection, special effects, audio and show control for the circular 360 Mall's Family Entertainment Center complex.
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LONDON – Philips Vari-Lite has an expanded technical training program underway to benefit attendees from the U.K., Spain, German, Austria and other locations in Europe.
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MEXICO CITY – The historic El Zócalo (Plaza of the Constitution) was illuminated with a 75-minute-long multimedia spectacular in November, part of a continuing series of celebrations for the centenary of the start of the Mexican Revolution and the bicentennial of the country's independence.
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DOHA, U.A.E. – Al Laith Event Services built a 2,000-capacity open air theatre for the 2010 Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) on the esplanade at Katara in Doha. The temporary structure featured 14 steel arches measuring up to 85 meters in width and 26 meters in height. It was designed by Jeremy Thom, the production designer for the DTFF event, and weighed in at about 100 metric tons.
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