International News

LONDON – Entec Sound & Light helped LD Simon Tutchener turn the concourse of Platform 4 in the former Eurostar Terminal at Waterloo Station into a brightly-lit, yet still neo-industrial, venue for London Fashion Week.

CARTHAGE, Tunisia – The 46th International Festival of Carthage took place over a six-week period this summer in the open-air Carthage Roman Theatre. Sybel Light and Sound supported the series of performances with lighting gear that included SGM lighting fixtures.

MEXICO CITY – Simply Professional, an event staging company led by Sebastian Corkidi, was called upon by the Mexican government to play a key role in planning the $60 million celebration marking 200 years since Mexico declared independence from Spain and 100 years since the Mexican Revolution.

SHANGHAI, China – For the China Mobile and China Telecoms Information & Communications Pavilion as well as the USA Pavilion at Expo 2010 Shanghai China, Electrosonic selected Smart Monkeys to provide Medialon show control programming. The pavilions were created and produced by BRC Imagination Arts.

AMSTERDAM – The Red Bull Air Race has been awarded with the IBC Innovation Award at this year's IBC convention. The "Content Creation Award" recognized the Red Bull Air Race's use of fiber-based distribution of all communications and HD video and audio content via Riedel's MediorNet technology.

LONDON – Fred Foster, chief executive officer and founder of ETC (Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.) has received an international industry accolade – the Gottelier Award – in acknowledgment for his contributions to the advancement of entertainment technology.

HONG KONG – Germany-based GLP has set up a new subsidiary based here called GLP German Light Products Asia Ltd. GLP has also named Michael Münz general manager of the new location, which follows the company's expansion in Europe and the U.S.

LAS VEGAS – PLSN has learned that a news story previously posted online and published in the Oct. 2010 issue regarding Prolyte, Litestructures and LS-Live was in error. To clarify, Prolyte and Litestructures have merged, and LS-Live, a former division of Litestructures, is operating as a separate company, with no connection to Prolyte.

MOGLIANO VENETO, Italy – Litec announced plans for a Trussing and Rigging seminar from Oct. 4-6 2010 at its facility here, near Venice. The company also announced plans for a CM Certified training class on the operation of CM Lodestar products. That class is set for Nov. 4-5, 2010.

EDINBURGH, Scotland – Robert Juliat's new LED profile, the Aledin, was put through its paces by a succession of technicians at the Edinburgh Fringe this year at C venues C aquila in the Roman Eagle Lodge on Johnston Terrace.

GUANGZHOU, China – The Guangzhou Opera House, which features the 1,800-capacity Grand Theatre and an adjoining 400-seat multipurpose hall, opened in May with a production of Turandot that relied on gear from ETC for lighting and control.