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The Eurovision Song Contest took place on Saturday 14 May. Ukraine won with their entry from Jamala and her song '1944'.

Eurovision 2016 Setup Includes Philips Vari-Lite Fixtures

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Philips Lighting noted that Eurovision 2016 lighting designer Fredrik Jönsson used 40 Philips Vari-Lite VL3500 Wash luminaires to light the audience  for the big Euro music competition’s finals. The Eurovision Song Contest 2016 was held at Stockholm’s Globe Arena and saw a live audience of 15,000 international fans, journalists and celebrities. Also, Eurovision announced official global viewing figures for the grand final reached 204 million.

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ETS Ethernet Cable Clamp Tester

ETS Ethernet Cable Clamp Tester

ETS Ethernet Cable Clamp Testers (CC-101/102/109) are designed to let users inject a common mode current into CAT5e, CAT6A and CAT7 cables to test gigabit Ethernet for the common mode noise. The CC-101 and CC-102 have (6) thumb-bolts allowing the release of the unit halves for cable insertion for testing purposes. The CC-109 has 4 spring latches for quick and easy test set ups. 

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Sets, Drakes, Screen Invests in AV Stumpfl, Gerriets Screens

Sets, Drapes, Screen Invests in AV Stumpfl, Gerriets Screens

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Sets, Drapes, Screen (SDS) took delivery of an additional 14 AV Stumpfl screens (a mixture of the manufacturer-patented FullWhite borderless screens and wide-format screens), this May.  The new stock will be evenly deployed between the Cape Town and Johannesburg branches to ensure a mirrored stock holding in both centers. The busy set company has also invested in the same make of borderless screens tailor-made for the Cape Town International Convention Centre, where sister Company INHOUSE Venue Technical Management is the venue’s in-house supplier. SDS has also increased their Gerriets screen stock with a range of screens.

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Visions Lighting provided Elation fixtures for Wango Tango and other early season events.

Visions Lighting Uses Elation Gear on String of Early Season Events

BREA, CA – Southern California-based Visions Lighting is one of the busiest production and lighting companies on the U.S. West Coast with an ever-growing client list that includes some of our industry’s most influential events and artists. Serving major promotion companies like Insomniac Events, AEG and Goldenvoice, Visions has consistently turned to Elation lighting gear to fulfill lighting briefs and 2016 has been no exception with Elation products lighting this year’s Coachella, StageCoach and Wango Tango festivals among other events.

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For the huge venue, throw distance was a key consideration.

Eurovision 2016 Rig Included Robe BMFLs

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Nearly 100 Robe BMFLs – 88 x BMFL Blades and 6 x BMFL Spots – proved an importat part of Fredrik Jonsson’s lighting design for the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest. The semi-finals and finals were staged in the Globe Arena in Stockholm with a capacity live audience of around 10,000 plus an estimated 180 million television viewers worldwide.

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Christie projection technologies are being featured at BroadcastAsia 2016 this week.

Christie Visual Solutions And Media Servers Deliver Eye-Catching Displays at Broadcastasia 2016

SINGAPORE – Christie is bringing its visual and image processing solutions for various applicationsto the annual BroadcastAsia 2016, taking place at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, May 31 to June 3. At booth 4G2-03, Christie’s valued partner Total Solution Marketing is showcasing DLP technology and solutions that promise outstanding performance, backed by years of proven industry experience and technical expertise. Visitors can check out how the Christie Boxer 4K30 3DLP projector and Christie H Series 1DLP projectors are deployed to present an eye-catching projection mapping showcase driven by the Christie Pandoras Box media server system.

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DA2-HDMI-4K-Plus-A

Lightware to Introduce Four New Products at InfoComm 2016

Lightware USA will showcase four new products from Hungary-based Lightware Visual Engineering at InfoComm 2016.  They include a new matrix switcher; a 4K, TPS and HDMI 1.4 input board; an HDMI distribution amplifier; and 4K TPS I/O boards. Pictured here is the DA2-HDMI-4K-Plus-A.  Lightware USA, the US sales and support office for Lightware products, will be exhibiting in Booth C4819 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

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Robert Juliat Merlin 2.5K HMI Followspot

Colour Sound Experiment Adds Robert Juliat Merlin 2.5K HMI Followspots to Inventory

LONDON – From touring productions to festivals and corporate events, Colour Sound Experiment has come a long way from the company’s early years as a supplier of early moving lights to dance parties and raves.  As one of the first companies to invest in intelligent light fixtures in the UK, Colour Sound continues to operate a firm policy of investing in the very latest products on the market to keep the warehouse stock list bang up to date. It comes as little surprise then that the company has chosen to invest in a number of Robert Juliat Merlin 2.5K HMI Followspots.

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Ayrton IntelliPix-XT

Ayrton IntelliPix-XT

Ayrton’s IntelliPix-XT, which joints the company’s XT Series of fixtures, offers nine RGBW multichip LED emitters arrayed in a 3×3 matrix and uses 126mm diameter optics to produce 2° beams. The combination of emitter and 126mm optics with a next-generation power supply unit results in over 95% efficiency, ensuring IntelliPix-XT can run continuously at full power without any loss of performance.

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Mega-Lite Tuff Baby Q-60

Mega-Lite Tuff Baby Q-60

The new Mega-Lite Tuff Baby P-60 is an LED lighting fixture that’s weathered for outdoors and can still be used indoors. This compact IP 64 rated unit packs a punch with 4 quad RGBW 15-watt LEDs. The addition of white LEDs allows for pastel hues that cannot be achieved with RGB LEDs alone. It has a 8º beam angle and also comes with a removable diffuser that creates a 30º diffused beam angle. The Tuff Baby Q-60 has 3-pin XLR DMX connectors and a weather seal screw type power connection. The fixture has a double mounting yoke for simple rigging or ground stacking. It is controlled via DMX 512, featuring 7 channels, audio trigger and master slave control options.

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Dicolor Phantom Panel from Mega Systems Inc.

Dicolor Phantom Panel from Mega Systems Inc.

Mega Systems, Inc.’s new Dicolor Phantom Panel is a new range of vivid LED displays designed for outdoor production. The product line includes 3 different pixel pitches to accommodate differing viewing distances, including 4.8mm, 5.9mm and 6.9mm. This product uses black face LEDs for a high contrast display. Each Phantom Panel has an aluminum casting on the bottom of the panel to keep the modules from making contact with the ground. This feature also helps  protect the LEDs during on-site assembly. Phantom Panels also have a double locking pin to make assembled panels secure during setup, and with one push, the button releases for easy tear down.

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The event honors and highlights the accomplishments of exceptional women of color.

Pete’s Big TVs Provides Production Support on BET’s ‘Black Girls Rock!’

NEWARK, NJ – Pete’s Big TVs (PBTV) once again supported BET’s broadcast of Black Girls Rock!, having been involved since the inaugural broadcast six years ago. An industry leading turnkey video production company serving clients worldwide, PBTV’s team, led by vice president Guy Benjamin, worked closely with production designer Anne Brahic, principal of Lucki Designs, Inc. and screens producer Laura Frank, principal of Luminous FX, to supply the ideal gear for the video-driven production design.

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