Philips Entertainment is offering two new Showline LED luminaires: the SL BEAM 300FX and the SL PUNCHLITE 220. Available through the Philips Vari-Lite and Philips Strand Lighting Dealer Network, the small and lightweight LED luminaires were designed to bolster the breadth of the Philips Entertainment line of lighting solutions, and will be on display at LDI 2015 in Booth 1516.
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LONDON – For the OnBlackheath festival in South East London, the new “Make Noise” DJ stage featured EDM stars like Erol Alkan and Grammy-winner Tom Findlay (Groove Armada), along with an array of 28 pixel-mapped Nexus 4×4 LED panels from Chauvet Professional.
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d3 Technologies’ new Video Format Conversion (VFC) technology will take center stage at LDI, October 23-25 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
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DETROIT – The Royal Oak Music Theatre in Royal Oak, MI, a suburb of Detroit, is a historic cinema turned performance venue. Hosting acts ranging from Alabama Shakes to Skrillex, the band Perry to Social Distortion, the venue recently updated its lighting system to include a range of Elation LED moving heads, PAR lights, battens and matrix panels.
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JOHANNESBURG – For the eighth season of Strictly Come Dancing in South Africa, broadcast on SABC 3 and produced by Rapid Blue at SABC’s Renaissance Centre in Auckland Park, Johannesburg, Gearhouse’s Robert Grobler primarily using a selection of Robe moving and static LED light fixtures – nearly 150 in all.
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At LDI 2015, Philips Vari-Lite will present its widely-used Series 4000 along with two new Showline LED luminaires in booth 1516. When the show floor opens Oct. 23, the Parnelli Award-nominated VL4000 BeamWash (pictured here) and the PLASA Innovation Award-winning VL4000 Spot will be on full display along with the new Showline SL BEAM 300FX and the SL PUNCHLITE 220 in a fully integrated and hands-on booth design.
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SHELTON, CT – Lex Products, which specializes in portable power systems including distribution boxes, cable assemblies, and connectors, has become a Behind the Scenes Pledge-a-Product Partner. Lex Products has pledged a percentage of the profits from sales of the CineBox, a cULus listed heavy-duty rubber lunch box feed thru, to support the charity. Available in 100 Amp and 60 Amp, the compact distribution unit provides 5-20 duplex receptacles for smaller lights and related equipment.
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LAS VEGAS – The Fantasy Sports Combine launched this year, bringing fantasy experts, pro athletes, and coaches together to the Bellagio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on July 18. Greg Cohen of Unlimited Visibility Lighting Design (UVLD) lit the event with gear supplied by 4Wall Las Vegas. NFL coach Mike Shanahan is pictured here.
PHILADELPHIA – For ANDY: A Popera, Squeek Lights made use of 12 Rogue R2 Wash fixtures from Chauvet Professional. The production, which incorporates some of the out-of-the-box creativity that Andy Warhol might have appreciated, is being staged by Opera Philadelphia and The Bearded Ladies Cabaret.
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FRANKFURT, Germany – In early October, the official celebrations to mark the 25th anniversary of the reunification of Germany took place in Frankfurt am Main. To mark the occasion, a lighting installation designed by Sven Sören Beyer and Björn Hermann illuminated 25 bridges across the Main river as part of a spectacular light show on October 3. The lighting included gear from Clay Paky, an Osram subsidiary.
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LENGWIL, Switzerland – The Laserworld Group joined the International Laser Display Association (ILDA) on Aug. 31, 2015, as whole group of companies. In agreement with the ILDA’s Board of Directors, all Laserworld companies may announce being an official ILDA member with effect of the new group membership.
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