ERLANGER, KY — tvOne announced plans to shut its current headquarters office in Erlanger, KY (a Cincinnati suburb) on Friday, March 31 and open its new headquarters across the Ohio River in Cincinnati on Monday April 3. The new, larger facility is at 621 Wilmer Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45226. The company retains the same website, email addresses and toll free phone number, 800.721.4044.
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Milos has released its fourth and final video as part of its three-month spotlight on stage roof products. In this final video of a four… Read More »Milos Releases Fourth Video in Stage Roof Series
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HONG KONG – Since its opening, the Hong Kong Science Museum has captivated the public’s curiosity through interactive and enlightening exhibitions. The Museum recently opened a series of new exhibits designed to encourage a greater understanding of the world all around us. Wanting to implement an energy-efficient LED lighting system to accentuate the exhibits, the Museum called upon longtime partner Pacific Lighting Ltd who provided them with complete system of Altman Lighting Pegasus, Spectra Cyc 50 and ME4 luminaires.
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DALLAS – Versatility is a key ingredient in any lighting rig that Creative Production & Design builds for a multi-artist show. This was especially evident recently when the Austin, Texas-based company created a lighting and video show for CRUSH Dallas 2017, part of a four-city Insomniac production. Their immersive, high octane rig engaged the packed house at the South Side Ballroom, while also supporting the diverse musical styles of artists on stage, thanks in part to a massive collection of PVP X6IP LED video panels from Chauvet Professional.
Gerriets featured its new Ultrabrite Projection Fabric at USITT 2017 in St. Louis. The seamless 140’ wide by 13’ high projection surface could be seen by attendees at the entrance to the expo hall. Wladimiro A. Woyno R., a Yale University Graduate Student, designed the projections with vibrant textures reminiscent of circuit boards and animations evoking Broadway hits. These were carefully mapped across seven projectors over the 140’ wide fabric.
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NIAGARA FALLS, NY — Philips Lighting control systems are managing the new color illumination of the landmark 167-foot-high Niagara Falls, on the border of the U.S. and Canada. The new LED system, activated Dec. 1, 2016, replaces Xenon spotlights in use since 1974 and, prior to that, carbon arc sources in use since the falls were first permanently illuminated in 1925.
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LAS VEGAS — Hitachi Kokusai Electric America Ltd. (Hitachi Kokusai) will highlight advances in High Dynamic Range (HDR) video acquisition at the upcoming 2017 NAB Show, taking place April 24-27 in Las Vegas. HDR-enabled Hitachi cameras will be featured in the Hitachi Kokusai booth, number C4309. (Pictured here is Hitachi’s Z-HD5500 HDTV camera.) Conference presentations will also provide attendees with an insightful look at emerging HDR technologies and applications.
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MOLENDINAR, Queensland, Australia —In the three months since taking over Australian distribution of GLP’s portfolio, TLC Global has worked to expand the usage of the company’s products “down under.” This included a series of Entech Roadshows, which ran through Australia’s major cities during the month of February. Pictured here, from left, are TLC Global sales manager Dave Taylor and Soren Storm, GLP sales director, APAC.
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BALTIMORE — Image Engineering noted that it has acquired the full SXL and support gear inventory of the Syncrolite rental division. The acquisition of Syncrolite’s SXL 7000-watt xenon large format fixtures adds to the Image Engineering’s offerings, and along with the gear, Image Engineering promises to continue providing a high level of service and support to its customers.
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AMSTERDAM — For the 14th edition of Integrated Systems Europe (ISE 2017), LED display company Macroblock focused on Hawkeye 200, which uses the 48-channel MBI5353 driver IC improved layout and other system enhancements to boost image quality, reduce overall power consumption, adjust brightness without losing grayscale and keep proper white balance as brightness levels change.
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WESTLAKE, CA — For First Baptist Church of Westlake, Creative Sound and Lighting Solutions, LLC, of Cape Coral, FL opted for two LC-WXN200 projectors from Eiki International to overcome challenges within the sanctuary that included the need to project directly onto the church’s walls rather than projection screens.
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LOS ANGELES — For this year’s Grammy Awards, held Feb. 12 at Staples Center, Full Flood Inc. provided a lighting design that incorporated X4 atoms and X4 Bar 20 fixtures from GLP. PRG provided the fixtures, which were used for performances by Bruno Mars and Beyoncé (pictured here), among others. Full Flood also specified 20 impression X1 fixtures for A Tribe Called Quest.
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