BRADFORD, Yorkshire, U.K. – Richard LaBerge joined Calibre, the British manufacturer of audio and video scaling and switching technology, as VP International Sales. LaBerge has more than 20 years experience in business management, leadership and product development globally. LaBerge co-founded Sensio Technologies Inc., where as VP he spearheaded the company’s success in licensing, business development and delivery of technologies to market.
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BRIDGEPORT, CT –- For Marc Anthony’s Valentine’s Day performance at Bridgeport’s Webster Bank Arena, production manager Roly Garbalosa and designer Alex Soto brightened the stage with Nexus Aw 7×7 panels from Chauvet Professional. Anthony was honored by Bridgeport Mayor Joseph Ganim for the artist’s musical achievements and humanitarian work.
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LIVERPOOL, U.K. – Adlib kicked off a busy 2016 touring season with a number of notable live artists including Irish singer/songwriter Hozier, for which they provided audio, lighting and crew to the recent UK and European tour.
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SYDNEY – TDC – Technical Direction Company, announced the completion of its first full, multi-purpose mobile outside broadcast (OB) vehicle offering full HD broadcast and production facilities.
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SANREMO, Italy – The Sanremo Festival, which featured Elton John, Ellie Goulding and Maitre Gims, among others, was lit by 150 DTS moving heads, including the company’s Evo, Raptor and Nick NRG 2101 fixtures. The Festival, broadcast live on Eurovision, was held in the historic Teatro Ariston from the 9th through the 13th of February. Marco Lucarelli served as Director of Photography for the event, and AMG International (amginternational.it) supplied the DTS gear.
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VAL D’ISERE, France – Airstar lighting solutions have been used at the Val d’Isère ski resort since 2011 for its Airstar Night Light. Every Thursday night in the city center from Dec. 31 to March 3, Val d’Isère Tourisme and an Airstar dedicated team deploy dozens of balloons that light up various animations, such as ice sculptures, concerts and musical performances.
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ADELAIDE Australia – The Adelaide Conventions Centre’s new West Building, part of an ongoing $400 million expansion of the facility in the state capital of South Australia, has had all of its rigging, trussing and flying needs designed, supplied and installed by Sydney engineering and distribution firm, HME Services.
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PRATT, KS — The First Southern Baptist Church in Pratt, Kansas, had the kind of problems that most churches wish they had: they were growing fast and had reached the point where they needed additional services each weekend to accommodate the nearly 800 people in the congregation. Its physical plant could not keep up. Enter Builders for Christ, a non-profit that gathers volunteers to construct church buildings for needy congregations at no cost. Last year, the organization constructed a new building for the First Southern Baptist Church, one that far better accommodates their growing flock.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden – Swedish lighting designer Palle Palmé provided a pre-Christmas lighting design for Stockholm’s Berns Salonger using GLP impression LED fixtures. The ‘Motown Featuring Afro-Dite’ revue is one of the Dröse & Norberg entertainment productions for whom Palmé has been working for the past four years.
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The 2016 version of connectCAD, the connectivity design add-on to Vectorworks, is now available. Used extensively by audiovisual designers worldwide, connectCAD’s tools and commands are engineered to speed up the design process from concept to implementation in various installation projects, from AV to electrical and IT.
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AMSTERDAM – The 17,000-capacity Ziggo Dome welcomed Dutch singer Marco Borsato for his Symphonica in Rosso concert series. d3 has been the media server of choice for Borsato’s lighting and video team for a number of years. For the latest Symphonica in Rosso concerts the team deployed four d3 4x4pros with close to 3TB of content.
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MANCHESTER, UK – Lighting designer Olly Suckling presented a novel solution and lighting effect using 28 of Robe’s CycFX 8 LED battens to create a giant illuminated M-A-X-I-M-O sign upstage on UK alt rockers Maximo Park’s most recent tour. This celebrated 10 years since the release of their seminal debut studio album, ‘A Certain Trigger’ in 2005, which was also nominated for the Mercury Music Prize.
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