STOCKHOLM, Sweden – The 61st Eurovision Song Contest has come and gone, but not without setting a whole host of firsts, one of which was the biggest international audience to date to witness the TourPro LightSky Aquabeam. Supplied by Litecom, 67 AquaBeam fixtures were used to illuminate the high-tech stage and interior of the Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, where Eurovision 2016 took place.
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INDIANAPOLIS – The “Greatest Spectacle in Racing” celebrated its 100th anniversary in dramatic fashion as rookie driver Alexander Rossi coasted to a victory after his car ran out of gas near the end of the race. Rossi may have been running on empty when he crossed the finish line, but there was plenty of fuel left in the tanks of the high octane lightshows that Collyns Stenzel created for the three concerts that took place in conjunction with the race.
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MOSCOW––As part of the Moscow Anniversary Day celebrations, the Luzhniki Arena turned up the excitement for the Vivat Russia! champions’ figure skating event with a creative and memorable lighting experience, using 80 Martin MAC 101 LED moving wash fixtures. Lighting designer Alexey Zhuravlev used Martin MAC 101 fixtures for the event. The project became a creative collaboration between Zhuravlev and Roman Vakulyuk. Together, they created a large set of lighting presets and scripts for every moment of the show, including the individual ice performances as well as the vocal and acrobatic events.
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LAS VEGAS – Dataton will display Watchout 6 and other products at InfoComm 16, booth N547. The booth will feature a projection-mapped WATCHOUT show on a landscape of sculpted mountains and LED panels. That’s fifty-five LED panels, six large venue projectors, and audio – all running under WATCHOUT 6. External control from WATCHNET.
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GOTHENBURG, Sweden – LumenRadio announced an agreement with LiteGear where LiteGear’s new LiteDimmer Wireless DMX system will incorporate LumenRadio’s CRMXTM wireless DMX technology.
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MIDDLETON, WI – ETC issued a press release addressing questions and concerns about the company’s Source 4WRD product, which is designed to serve as a white-light LED retrofit for Source Four fixtures. The press release follows.
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DAYTONA BEACH, FL — Morris provided a range of services, including lighting design, audio and lighting gear, across the Southeast over Memorial Day weekend. Events included the Bayou Country Superfest in Baton Rouge, LA; the Kenny Chesney ‘Spread the Love’ tour stop in Louisville, KY and the Country 500 at the Daytona International Speedway in Florida (pictured here).
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Blizzard Lighting’s DMXPC cables, built with thicker wire gauges, better jackets, shields and connectors, come in two styles: PowerCon compatible (male-blue) to (male-white) 14 AWG power + 3-pin XLR (M) – XLR (F) 120 ohm DMX combo cable, and PowerCon compatible (male-blue) to (male-white) 14 AWG power + 5-pin XLR (M) – XLR (F) 120 ohm DMX combo cable. Each cable is available in 3 feet, 6 feet and 10 feet.
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AUSTIN, TX — Justin Jenkins, owner of Creative Production & Design, used Elation Professional’s Antari UV Spot 670 for the State of Color/Neon Riot Tour, pictured here, which visited the Austin area earlier this year. Like the Elation/Antari UV Wash 2000, the Antari UV Spot 670 uses LEDs that emit UV light in the 365nm range. With virtually no visible light emitted from the UV Spot 670 and UV Wash 2000, only the UV reactive material glows and nothing else. That proved a good fit with the Neon Riot Tour, where UV glow-in-the-dark paint plays a big role.
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BIRMINGHAM, U.K. – Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), who blended the sounds, rhythms and riffs of contemporary rock and pop with classical arrangements to produce a unique sound that was massively popular in the 1970s and 80s, recently hit the road again for the first time in 27 years. Led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jeff Lynne, one of the original founding members, the tour rig supplied by Neg Earth included 82 Robe BMFL Spots and 10 BMFL Blades. LD Tim Routledge designed the show.
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LOS ANGELES – After a hiatus of several years, TMB has officially been reappointed exclusive US distributor of W-DMX products. TMB will represent Wireless Solution for the architectural, entertainment production, staging, and Film/TV markets. TMB is no stranger to the brand, or to the wireless industry, and brings a storehouse of knowledge to the partnership.
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Leyard CarbonLight LED display solutions, are flexible, lightweight displays designed to meet a broad range of indoor and outdoor needs..
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