LONDON– Behind the scenes at NBC’s The Wiz Live, an LED back wall formed the scenic backdrop; three LED portals opened and closed and an extensive amount of automated scenery tracked in and out. d3 Technologies also played a key role in bringing Dorothy’s journey to Oz to life for a new generation of viewers.
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GLASGOW, Scotland – HSL supplied lighting for more than 30 holiday pantomime productions all across the UK. Many of the shows were produced by Qdos. In addition to lighting gear, HSL supplied rigging and a Kinesys automation system for the largest show, Peter Pan, which was staged at the 3,000 seat Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow.
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ZURICH – Two leading Croatian music acts – rock band Prljavo Kazalište and pop singer Tony Cetinski – double headlined in a special annual concert event in Zurich’s Stadthalle Dietikon. Sven Kučinić, who works regularly with Prljavo Kazalište, designed the lighting for both acts, using Robe fixtures. The event was organized by Croatia-Media Organizacija (Croatia Media Organization).
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NASHVILLE – 2016 has only barely begun and Bandit Lites has already gathered at the Annual General Meeting to celebrate the previous award-winning year, while those in attendance discussed future company goals. In January 2015 Bandit won the prestigious Pollstar Lighting Company of the Year Award, followed by the equally prestigious Parnelli Award for Lighting Company of the Year in October. Bandit honored many people this year starting with longtime Bandit Brent Barrett, who has had a remarkable tenure with Bandit since the founding of the company. Pictured here is Barrett with company founder Michael T. Strickland.
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NASHVILLE – For the Parthenon in Nashville’s Centennial Park, a full-scale copy of the original Parthenon in Athens, DWP Live helped approximate the colors that were originally used for the original structure some 2,500 years ago. The columns were bathed in the hues for a Japanese TV program. DWP Live used four Barco HDFW30 projectors, three Pandoras Box media servers and two outputs to map the building.
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DALLAS – LMG name Kaci Whisenhunt business development manager. Based in the Dallas office, her role will include building relationships with new clients to help meet company revenue goals and strengthening LMG’s exposure in local and national markets. Kaci will be working on capturing more local Dallas business and will also be responsible for finding more clients around the state of Texas in cities like Austin, Houston and San Antonio.
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PARIS – Robert Juliat named two new distributors at the start of 2016: A.C.T Canada (for Canada) and RM Multimedia (for Italy). Robert Juliat termed the agreement with A.C.T Canada as a natural extension of its relationship with A.C.T Lighting in the U.S., and also noted that the company’s use of MDG as a distributor in Canada concluded on Jan. 1, 2016. Pictured here are Ermanno Tontini and Marco Bartolini from Robert Juliat’s new Italian distributor, RM Multimedia.
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NASSAU, Bahamas – For the Albany resort’s White New Year’s Eve Party, Paul Francis Aranha and his team used Nexus 4×4 panels and Rogue fixtures from Chauvet Professional. They chose the fixtures in part for their bright output and brilliant colors.
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LOS ANGELES – Ramiro Aguilera of Show Production Technologies used Elation’s Platinum HFX hybrid moving head, Platinum Beam Extremes and Platinum Spot 35 Pro fixtures for the Resolution 2016 EDM party. The event, organized by Social Management Group and Heat Ultra Lounge, featured 3LAU, WeareTreo and ANDR3X on multiple stages.
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NASHVILLE — Earlier in 2015, mobile production specialist TNDV managed the multi-camera production for two pilot episodes of Skyville Live, the Emmy nominated music series that brings musical performers together with an intimate audience. The success of those shoots led to an invitation to provide turnkey mobile production services for a special December program, streamed live exclusively on USA TODAY’s website with sponsorship support from Gannett Company, the national newspaper’s publisher.
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