LONDON – Digital and live production specialists Really Creative Media invested over £300,000 (+$383,550) in Panasonic’s latest laser projectors for its busy summer of touring and fashion events.
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MOSCOW – LiveSignal.Ru, the broadcaster of the Warface Championships in Moscow, has selected Slomo.tv’s Blackjack AT/3G servers to provide all replays during its programs.
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LOS ANGELES — Roland Professional A/V named Houston-based Brad Bassett Pro A/V District Sales Manager for the south-central U.S. (TX, OK, AR, LA) and Sales Force & Associates (Hollywood, FL) as its rep firm for the southeast U.S. region (NC, SC, GA, TN, MS, AL, FL, Puerto Rico).
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ORLANDO – Furman featured its new BlueBOLT CV-2 at the Furman-Gefen Booth #4955 at InfoComm 2017. The new interface upgrades IP control to enable energy management features in installations not connected to the cloud.
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PHOENIX – John Garberson, owner of Creative BackStage, worked with his LD and programmer James Simpson in a bid to impress the audience for a show by Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Niles Rodgers without using smoke or haze. They used 32 Rogue washes and four Strike 4 fixtures from Chauvet Professional plus some Chauvet DJ fixtures for effects.
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ATLANTA, GA – Digital Projection International (DPI) named Kristin Ford as the Regional Market Development Manager for the Pacific Northwest. She has close to two decades of experience in the display industry.
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ORLANDO – LianTronics’ special exhibits at InfoComm 2017 included the company’s VL1.2 fine-pitch LED video wall (pictured here), their RA1 fine-pitch rental LED display, their RA3T outdoor LED display and a simulation of a broadcasting studio.
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HARBIN, China – Christie and its China-based partner, Wincomn Technology, have teamed up to provide visitors to the Harbin Wanda Cultural Tourism City, located in the capital of Heilongjiang Province in northeast China, with memorable visual experiences. More than 100 Christie projectors are being used for two major attractions, including the Flyover Heilongjiang flight simulation ride pictured here.
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MANCHESTER, U.K. — WIcreations supplied staging, elevators and extensive automation elements for Take That’s 2017 “Wonderland Live” tour, which kicked off at the Genting Arena in Birmingham, U.K. and wraps up June 18 in Manchester’s Etihad Stadium.
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NASHVILLE — Piranhas, a sports bar and music hall, lured crowds during the 2017 CMA Music Festival to its 10,000-square-foot location on Second Avenue in Nashville with a mini-festival of its own — 38 bands performing over a three-day span. They were lit with a Jeff Hinton-designed light show that included six Intimidator Beam LED 350 and six Intimidator Spot 255 IRC fixtures from Chauvet DJ.
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PHOENIX – Video West recently acquired 60 Robe Spiider automated LED lighting fixtures to add to their rapidly growing inventory. Video West, who also carries Robe Pointes, were impressed with the Spiiders flexibility, exclusive flower effect, and virtual color wheel all within an 11,000 lumen compact design. Fitting 4 to a case, the DMX controllable RGBW LED unit has an impressive and efficient 5:1 zoom ranging from a tight 4 beam to a widespread 50 wash projection ideal for corporate, entertainment, and live event applications.
The new Christie DHD1075-GS and Christie DWU1075-GS 10,000 ISO lumen laser phosphor projectors combine many of the features from the Christie HS Series, including more powerful grid-based warping and blending with Christie BoldColor Technology, all in a compact form-factor. With both projectors, Christie continues to ensure that sophisticated, high brightness projection is accessible to the more budget-conscious user at a low cost of ownership.
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