SCOTTSDALE, AZ – The Event Safety Alliance announced that Brown United has stepped up with a diamond-level sponsorship of the ESA. Diamond Sponsor designation is allocated to those organizations with annual contributions in excess of $50,000.
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The August issue of Stage Directions magazine is now online. Stories include an examination of the costumes in Something Rotten! and Wolf Hall; Tony Award-winner Natasha Katz talking about her lighting design for An American in Paris; and how sound designers migrated The Lion King to Mexico.
Read More »URGENCH, Uzbekistan — Although the exact number of fatalities of concert attendees remains unconfirmed by official Uzbek government sources, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reported that at least 15 people were killed and 17 hospitalized when the railing on a narrow bridge, overcrowded with concert attendees, collapsed on Aug. 8.
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MIAMI, Fl. – As a nondenominational house of worship with a contemporary vibe, Miami Vineyard Community Church is neighborhood focused and offers its congregation a wide range of programs. Services are engaging and employ both live music and extensive use of video and multimedia. To help keep their services vibrant in their new sanctuary, the church relies on three large video screens that receive their images from three EIP-HDT30 HD widescreen projectors drawn from the catalog of Santa Margarita, CA-based Eiki International, Inc.
Read More »LOS ANGELES – Video Equipment Rentals (VER) is adding 50 Sony HDC-4300 camera systems to its inventory. Sony’s HDC-4300 is the world’s first camera to use three 2/3-inch native 4K image sensors.
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NEW YORK – Production Resource Group (PRG) congratulated all the nominees for the 67th Annual Emmy Awards for their achievements in the television production industry, noting that PRG provided lighting solutions, key personnel, and products, including the PRG V676 Lighting Control Console, for seven of this year’s nominated television productions.
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BAKU, Azerbaijan – The Closing Ceremony for the first European Games at the Olympic Stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan on June 28 made use of W-DMX by Wireless Solution Sweden AB.
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LONDON — White Light recently supported an exhibition of photos of British actress Audrey Hepburn at the National Portrait Gallery in Central London.
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LOS ANGELES, CA — Sommer Cable America, the new U.S. division of Germany’s Sommer Cable, has named Pacific Radio Electronics as distributor of its extensive product line. Pictured here at Pacific Radio are, from left, Dan Guiterrez, General Manager; Martin Ucik, President/CEO of Sommer Cable America and Joe Phillips, President of Pacific Radio. Photo by David Goggin.
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MILWAUKEE, WI – When considering a possible feature space for its new building in the Opus College of Engineering, Marquette University turned to Christie to build a Cave Automatic Virtual Environment (CAVE). Dubbed the MARquette Visualization Lab (MARVL), it is a multi-disciplinary campus resource that promotes active learning within an immersive 3D environment.
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NASHVILLE – LD Chris Lisle used Nexus 4×4 LED panels made by Chauvet Professional and supplied by Bandit Lites for Billy Currington, who has been opening for Tim McGraw’s tour this summer.
LAS VEGAS – Panasonic will present with Shochiku, renowned global Kabuki producer, with support from MGM Resorts International, an elaborate, high-tech outdoor performance unlike anything Las Vegas or the U.S. has ever seen. The show will feature a Kabuki-style theatrical event with larger-than-life animation and water choreography in the Kabuki masterpiece Koi-Tsukami, or Fight with a Carp, as a large fish and turbulent sea are projected onto the Bellagio Hotel Fountains in a battle scene.
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