LOS ANGELES – LD Benoit Richard from Millennium Lighting Design, Inc. who was tasked with creating all the theatrical and effects lighting for NBC’s 2015 “Sunday Night Football” opening with Carrie Underwood, included 34 Robe BMFL Spots to light the shoot. Richard, who has been lighting the intro for several years, also used Robe Pointes and CycFX 8 fixtures for last year’s intro. VER supplied the gear.
LAS VEGAS — The Parnelli Awards ceremony is this Saturday evening, Oct. 24, at the Rio Hotel & Casino. To avoid scrambling around in confusion like the NFL Colts in yesterday’s botched fake punt, be sure to order your tickets in advance. The online ticket window will be slamming shut on Wednesday with the crushing force of a group of unblocked Patriots linebackers.
Read More »NEW YORK – On Sept. 25, ANSI’s Board of Standards Review approved the reaffirmation of the 2010 edition of ANSI E1.30-4, EPI 26, Device Description Language (DDL) Extensions for DMX512 and E1.31 Devices, and the revised version of ANSI E1.37-2, Entertainment Technology – Additional Message Sets for ANSI E1.20 (RDM) – Part 2, IPv4 & DNS Configuration Messages.
EVO, a new hybrid fixture from D.T.S., is designed to work as both a Beam and Spot fixture. In “Beam” mode, EVO promises 61,200 Lux at 25 meters, and more than 15,300 at 50 meters. In “Spot” mode, EVO offers brightness (45,000+ Lux at 25 meters) and an extra-wide linear zoom (3.5° – 39°).
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RICHARDSON, TX – Dove Award-winning artist Lauren Daigle performed recently at The Heights Baptist Church outside Dallas, TX. Technical director Bobby Dennis flew a half-dozen Rogue RH1 Hybrid moving lights from Chauvet Professional to complement Daigle’s performance.
RC4 Wireless will feature its RC4Magic DMXpix at LDI booth 2211 during the exhibition in Las Vegas Oct. 23-25, 2015. The show marks the North American debut for the product, which was one of eight products honored this year with a PLASA Award for Innovation.
SHoW Baby 6 from City Theatrical makes use of the company’s Max Technology to let users broadcast in the area of Wi-Fi channel 14, which is not used in the U.S. and is not heavily used in other countries. SHoW Baby 6 is among several new products and technologies that the company will be featuring at LDI 2015.
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NEW YORK – The Electric Zoo Festival has been drawing more than 100,000 EDM fans to Randall’s Island Park each Labor Day Weekend. This year, the festival’s Main Stage featured a phoenix-themed design. The fixtures included plenty of visual firepower from Elation Professional, including Lumina Strips, Cuepix Blinder WW2s and the debut of the new Elation ACL 360 Bar. Burst Sound & Lighting Systems of Detroit supplied the gear.
ROME – For Italian singer/songwriter/poet Francesco De Gregori, LD Andrea Coppini has been relying upon Clay Paky fixtures. The Italy-based Osram subsidiary provided a Q&A that provides some insights on Coppini’s decision-making when it comes to lighting this artist.
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The miniSTAR from Parasol Systems, the smallest system in the Parasol family, measures 47 inches in diameter and can fit in the back of an SUV. It will be featured at the LDI show in Las Vegas, in a booth Parasol is sharing with Lightwave International.
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SAN FRANCISCO – For the annual Intel Developer Forum (IDF 2015), WorldStage worked with John Halloran Associates (JHA), providing extensive AV support for the IDF’s keynote and Mega Sessions in the West Hall of the Moscone Center.
BEIJING – Projector manufacturer Digital Projection China will present a special event featuring AV Stumpfl technologies at the Crowne Plaza Beijing Sun Palace on Oct. 21. Featured products will include AV Stumpfl’s FHD Player, Wings Engine Stage media servers (pictured here) and Avio control software.
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