BLACKPOOL, U.K. – Robe moving lights are playing a key role in the installed artwork, "Brilliance." The £3.5 million artwork consist of six aluminum-clad arches traversing Birley Street in the downtown area and lit by fixtures arranged along surrounding streets. The light show takes place every 10 minutes.
Read More »NEW YORK – The By Design Day fundraising event for Behind the Scenes and Light Relief in the U.K. will return in 2010, with support once again from lighting designers Paule Constable, Ken Billington and Ken Posner, along with Light Relief's co-founder, Rick Fisher.
Read More »COLOGNE, Germany – coolux GmbH, opened offices recently in Shanghai and Hong Kong, which are operated by a newly-formed business unit, coolux China Limited, which aims to serve the growing market for projection and digital signage in the region.
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PENANG, Malaysia – More than two years after breaking ground in 2007, Osram Opto Semiconductors has completed the construction and process-testing phases for its 377,000 square foot LED chip production plant here. Regular production of LED chips has now commenced.
Read More »UDDEVALLA, Sweden – Wireless Solution Sweden AB has named JB-Lighting of Germany as the latest OEM partner to build W-DMX into their products. The technology will be installed at JB-Lighting headquarters in Blaustein-Wippingen, Germany and will include the JBLED moving head product line.
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BOLOGNA, Italy – Music Gate, a singing contest on Italian TV that is staged weekly at the Antoniano Theatre and broadcast on RAI Gulp, is being lit with Robe's Robin 300E Spot moving light fixtures, chosen by LD Giulio Palaferri.
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LONDON – HSL supplied lighting equipment and crew to the recent U.K. tour for the band White Lies, which relied upon a primarily white and near-white looks created by LD Chris Megginson.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark – U.K.-based video control solutions specialist SNP Productions Ltd supplied leading Danish rental company [Lite]Com A/S with their 5th Catalyst v4 PRO media server for the Bright Green Expo during the recent COP15 Climate Change Summit.
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SHENZHEN, China – A nightly show at the Water Park development in Shenzhen, China is lit with 152 Robe moving lights. The show's LD is Qi Lu and the show director is Xia Dao.
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BELFAST, Ireland – Production Services Ireland (PSI)'s annual Festive Party for the company's staff turned into an event used to showcase their products and services for the entertainment industry.
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PRAGUE, Czech Republic – Milos Structural Systems is in the final stages of completing a new 60,000 square foot building at its complex near Prague. The new facility was expected to be fully operational from the start of 2010.
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LONDON – HSL supplied lighting equipment, a Kinesys automation system and crew to the final leg of Snow Patrol's 2009 world tour, named "Snow Patrol Reworked." As the tour's name suggests, there was a departure from the group's standard five-piece rock band setup, with 12 extra musicians onstage, bringing an orchestral feel to the show.
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