ST. LOUIS – Technical Productions, Inc. noted that LD/production designer Seth Jackson has joined the firm as a full time member of its executive creative team. Jackson will work on behalf of TPI as Production Designer. Pictured here, from left, is the new TPI Executive Team: Gene Brian (Director Engineering/Operations), Seth Jackson (Production Designer), Elizabeth O’Keefe (Director Creative Services) and Michael O’Keefe (CEO).
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LONDON – For a recent U.K. tour stop for Kevin Hart’s ‘What Now’ world comedy tour, LD Ken Delvo specified 24 Rogue R2 Washes and eight Rogue R1 Washes. SXS Event provided the gear.
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AMSTERDAM – tvONE will be featuring its MultiView Dual DVI transmitter Morph-it card at ISE in Amsterdam (stand 1-M60). It will allow users to distribute digital video more than 300 meters, accordin to the company.
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LOS ANGELES – When a magnet high school for the performing arts in the San Francisco Bay area needed to upgrade its theater it called on DSC Design of Novato, CA to design an upgraded lighting system. DSC Design specified an all-LED lighting design and a new dot2 XL-F lighting console from MA Lighting. A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of MA Lighting products in North America.
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BERLIN, Germany – The recent acoustic tour of German rock band Karat featured an old school rock ‘n’ roll floor package. LD Michael Kiefert used the latest addition to the Philips Strand Lighting line of consoles, the 500ML, for control.
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NEW YORK — The North American Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference (NATEAC) announced the panel lineup for its upcoming conference. The event is set for the Roosevelt Hotel in New York on July 17 and 18, 2016. Session topics range from LED Power Requirements to Gender Issues In Public Assembly Place Bathrooms, Immersive Environments and the 21st Century Audience and Greening Initiatives in Theatres.
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NASHVILLE – With only weeks away until the music industry gathers for the 58th Annual Grammy Awards, Nashville’s Grammy chapter gathered for an evening of celebration with nominees such as Little Big Town, Ashley Monroe, Point of Grace and Mr. Talkbox. Bandit Lites provided a lighting package for the event with Chris Lisle Lighting Design and Erik Parker as programmer.
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AMSTERDAM – tvOne will feature the 1T-MV-8474 4K Multiviewer (pictured here) and 1T-CL-322-EU Control Panel at ISE in Amsterdam (stand 1-M60). The show runs from Feb. 9-12 at the Amsterdam RAI.
Read More »WISCONSIN DELLS, WI – Christmas Mountain Village is teaming up with Blizzard Lighting for “Cyber Tubing,” where the excitement of sliding through 5,000 feet of tubing lanes with dips and valley gets amped up with music and visual effects. A media event on Saturday, Feb. 13 from 6 p.m. to midnight is being paired with a charity fundraiser that’s open to the public.
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NASHVILLE – PixelFLEX named Grif Palmer vice president of sales. Palmer will oversee the day-to-day operations of the PixelFLEX sales team while implementing the sales strategies to support the continued growth of the PixelFLEX LED video technology line of products. Prior to PixelFlex, Palmer worked for High End Systems, Barco, and Martin Professional and founded CORE Systems.
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LONDON – A new TV ad for the Android and iOS-compatible Huawei Watch features projection mapped visuals within a theatre space powered by Avolites Ai S4 servers. UK-based Rhodri Shaw, now director of Transition Video Ltd, created the 3D visuals and projection mapping for Boomerang Television.
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BRONXVILLE, NY – More than 90 years of continual use from graduations, plays, recitals, and assemblies had left the Bronxville Union Free School District auditorium in need of a change. Now, after an extensive renovation by a team that included Theatre Projects, KG&D Architects, and Acoustic Distinctions, the aging 1920s room has been reborn as an intimate, striking, and versatile theatre, capable of meeting every one of the district’s needs.
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