LONDON — To meet the production demands of ‘Strictly Come Dancing,’ the crew has been using a network of data control that connects two consoles and a media server to the lighting and video elements on the set. The setup also includes ProPlex’s IQ Two 1616 (pictured here), according to Mark Newell, the show’s lighting gaffer and chief systems tech, helping the crew to execute a lighting design by Mark Kenyon.
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OWATONNA, MN—Wenger Corporation continues to build on the tradition of the Wenger and J.R. Clancy brands in performing arts by investing in their products, services and team members. They have created the Performing Arts Specialist Group, which will be led by Mike Murphy, General Manger of Performing Arts, and will also nclude Damon Atwood and Jeff Jones. The company also hired Jim Crooks as Lighting Solutions Integrator.
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LOS ANGELES — At the fifth annual Riot LA Comedy Festival, held in downtown Los Angeles from Jan. 19-22, LDs Joshua Cuellar and Sohail Najafi of the Najafi Design Group made use of Chauvet Professional COLORado 1 Solo fixtures supplied by 4Wall LA to light the festival grounds.
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FRANKFURT, Germany – Avolites will launch two software updates and showcase its new developments in lighting and video integration at this year’s Prolight + Sound 2017 in Frankfurt. Highlights include the company’s Ai v10 media server software, developed through real-world testing, and the latest Titan update, v10.1, with a plethora of end user-centric new features. Avolites will be in Hall 3 Level 0 Stand E80 throughout the four-day event.
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BOGOTA – Czech moving light manufacturer Robe named AV Com as its new Colombian distributor. Pictured here, in Bogota Old Town, are Robe’s Latin America Sales Regional Sales Manager Guillermo Traverso (center) flanked by Juan Camilo Triana, Sales Manager for AV Com on the left, and Camilo Aranguren, CEO of AV Com on the right.
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MADRID — Riedel Communications’ MediorNet real-time network is a critical behind-the-scenes player for the fifth season of the Spanish reality show “Gran Hermano VIP” (“Big Brother VIP”).
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At next month’s NAB Show in Las Vegas, FOR-A will introduce the latest solution in its lineup of high-performance multi viewers, the 12G-SDI supported MV-4300 unit.
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NASHVILLE — Elite Multimedia is providing lighting gear including Claypaky Mythos, Elation Professional ACL 360i and Martin MAC Aura Wash fixtures to fulfill LD Sooner Routhier’s design for ACM award-winner Cole Swindell, who has joined Dierks Bentley’s 2017 “What the Hell” tour. Routhier worked with production manager James “Mo” Butts on the project.
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LOS ANGELES – The 2017 edition of the iHeartRadio Music Awards, staged March 5 at the Forum in Inglewood, CA, celebrated the most popular artists and music of the past year, with the results tallied according to listeners of iHeartMedia radio stations nationwide and the iHeartRadio digital music platform. Jon Kusner, LD for 22 Degrees, used more than 500 Claypaky fixtures, grandMA2 full-size consoles and MDG theONE foggers/hazers for the recent show.
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ZAKOPANE, Poland – Standing out against a giant fireworks display isn’t easy, but Adam Tyszka and Polish team from Aram and TVP accomplished this feat in stunning fashion recently with help from a collection of Chauvet Professional STRIKE 1 Fixtures supplies by LTT. Tasked with lighting a massive televised celebration and concert in central Zakopane – close to Kraków, the designer and his team drew upon the powerful output of the warm white LED fixtures to accent the center of a large stage that hosted musical performances set against a dazzling pyrotechnics display.
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ROCHESTER, NY—Whirlwind, a leading audio interface manufacturer for more than 40 years, recently added two new engineers to their team. Jim Berry and Mike Shapiro (pictured here, L-R) have joined the company as electrical engineer and product development engineer, respectively.
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NASHVILLE – The Nashville Municipal Auditorium was aglow March 10 and 11th with more than 8,000 high school and middle school students offering worship and fellowshipping at the Youth Evangelism Conference. Bandit Lites provided the lighting package for the event for Orchestrate Experience with Lighting Designer Trey Meares and Orchestrate Production Director Alex Fleming. Featured guests included Dave Edwards, The Skit Guys, Luke MacDonald and the YEC Worship Band.
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