NASHVILLE – Guitarist and singer-songwriter Peter Frampton stripped down his rock sound for an acoustic recording session taped for an Audience Music Special, which aired March 4 on DirecTV and U-Verse. Bandit Lites provided the lighting for the production which featured performances of “Show Me the Way,” “Baby I Love Your Way” and “Lines on My Face.”
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SINGAPORE – Singapore-based AIMS Productions (SG) Pte Ltd. has joined the growing roster of d3 Studios, boosting the number in the APAC region to three. As a d3 Studio AIMS offers a full d3 workflow as its in-house solution for pre-production and production of experiential multimedia for live events. d3 Technologies maintains a network of partner studios worldwide dedicated to helping fulfill customers’ d3 requirements, from consultation and support to client demos and more.
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LAS VEGAS — The 31st Annual Stellar Awards, held Feb. 20 at The Arena in the Orleans Hotel, showcased the top stars, performances and achievements in Gospel Music. Veteran show supplier TNDV this year saw its role expanded by the show’s producers, Chicago-based Central City Productions, Inc. CCP put the HD mobile production leader in charge of all technical production management, among other tasks.
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PHOENIX – Innovative Show Design has designed and installed an all-LED lighting system for this technology talk show’s new contemporary studio. The show is now airing from a new facility in Phoenix outfitted with more than 100 LED lighting fixtures from Elation Professional and Acclaim Lighting. The setup includes Elation SixBar 1000 LED battens, SixPar 200 LED PAR color changers, Colour Chorus 12 LED battens, Colour 5 Profile ellipsoidal spots, DW Fresnel dynamic white light fixtures, Elar Q1 compact PAR lights, and TVL2000 and TVL3000 white light LED Fresnels along with Quad Eye LED downlights from Elation’s affiliated company, Acclaim Lighting.
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BOCHUM, Germany – tarm Showlaser GmbH became a member of the Laserworld Group in January, adding to the higher end portion of Laserworld Group’s growing portfolio of laser-related products and services.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden – For Simple Minds’ “Big Music” tour, LD Stephen Pollard expanded and scaled up the stage set and lighting rig he used in theatre venues last year, adding Robe BMFL Spot moving lights for extra visual impact as the band moved into larger venues and arenas. UK lighting and visuals rental company HSL invested in 50 new Robe BMFL Spots just before the tour went out, 24 of which were used by Steve.
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CHARLOTTE, NC – Neutrik named Bryan Sherrel finance director. Sherrel will direct Neutrik USA’s financial planning and accounting practices with lending institutions, shareholders, and the financial community. He is based at the company’s U.S. headquarters Charlotte and began work Feb. 1.
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NEW YORK – Last month, the American National Standards Institute’s Board of Standards Review approved four ESTA standards: two brand-new, safety-related documents and two control protocol documents that were reaffirmed. These and all of ESTA’s published standards are available for free download to everyone, courtesy of ProSight Specialty Insurance, at tsp.esta.org/freestandards, or they may be purchased from ANSI or IHS.
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SALT LAKE CITY – Twelve young artists from groups underrepresented in live entertainment production have been selected for USITT’s Gateway mentorship program at USITT 2016 in Salt Lake City March 16 to 19. Pictured here is one of the 12, Shelby Choo, Cornish College of the Arts (Seattle), Technical Direction.
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John McKernon and City Theatrical have announced that Lightwright 6, the newest version of software for managing entertainment lighting paperwork, will be released in April 2016. Lightwright 6 will be launched at USITT 2016 on March 17-19th in Salt Lake City. John McKernon will be on hand all three days to demonstrate the new features and to speak with present and future Lightwright users.
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KARLSBAD, Germany – GLP announced that one of its former senior employees. Dejan Hajdukovic, who had been part of the sales team from 2008-2012, is returning as Sales Managerl Hajdukovic will be based at company headquarters in Karlsbad, Germany.
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FRANKFURT, Germany – Contour Veranstaltungsservice GmbH (Event Services) expanded its inventory with a new purchase 30 Clay Paky 100 Show Batten AS units last year. The company supported the visual needs at Wirtschaftstag 2015, an annual business forum that takes place at the Frankfurter Jahrhunderthalle, a convention center in Frankfurt, providing the newly purchased AS units along with 14 Show Batten 100s for that event.
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