JÄMI, Finland – For this year’s three-day Finnish Cross-Country Ski Championship in Jämi, the organisers were looking for a special starting gate for the sprint day, to provide a rivetting visual appearance for the TV transmission.
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PR Lighting’s new XR 1000 Framing, which begins shipping next month, promises optics that will allow for brighter output than a conventional 1200W discharge lamp from a 1000W metal halide lamp source.
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TAUNTON, MA – Jonathan Lipsy, manager of broadcast and lighting at Integrated Solutions Group, included Ovation LED ellipsoidal and Fresnel fixtures from Chauvet Professional in his design for Taunton Community Access and Media (TCAM), a public access television station.
LaserNet sums up the secret to the new white light color balance of the ScannerPro line of special effect projector in four words: Red, Green and Blue, Blue. The company notes that, in this case, two blues are better than one, especially if they are different wavelengths.
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LONDON – To mark the end of 2014’s F1 season Sky Sports created a unique film called The Ballad of the Dueling Drivers that told the story of the intense battle between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. To enhance this special project, lighting director Richard Bowles chose also Clay Paky Mythos and Alpha Beam 700 fixtures to deliver sharp beams of light and other lighting effects throughout. Richard Martin Lighting provided the gear.
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BRISTOL, U.K. – Enlightened Lighting, a Bristol, U.K.-based lighting company, recently added Showline SL eSTRIP 10 fixtures to its inventory. The strip-type fixtures are part of the Philips Showline eSeries product range.
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RICHMOND, VA – Christie helped the Science Museum of Virginia create a state-of-the-art planetarium that is taking patrons across the planet and deep into the universe. Audiences are seeing it all in high resolution at 120 Hz thanks to Christie D4K2560 high frame rate projectors, which were installed by Evans & Sutherland (E&S), a pioneer in computer graphics and digital dome theater systems.
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NEW ORLEANS, LA – Ray Ziegler of RZI Lighting used video panels from Chauvet Professional aboard the festive floats that were designed for the Krewe of Endymion Parade, which helped kick off New Orleans’ Mardi Gras festivities on Saturday, Feb. 14. The float’s elaborate decorations depicting Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels and other fabled journeys. Along with video panels from Chauvet Professional, the floats used Geyser RGB Foggers from Chauvet DJ.
Read More »CINCINNATI, OH — The Long Reach Long Riders and the PLASA Foundation will host their annual raffle to benefit Behind the Scenes at the USITT Conference taking place in Cincinnati March 19-21. This year’s raffle will also bring attention to the 12th Long Reach Long Riders motorcycle ride. The Riders have raised more than $450,000 for charity in their 11 years of two-wheeled touring.
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LONDON – Bring Me The Horizon performed a big one off show in Dec. 2014 at Wembley Arena, wrapping up their 18-month world tour in support of their Sempiternal album cycle. The band’s LD, Ben Inskip, needed multi-purpose lights in the rig and chose 70 Robe moving lights for the show, which also served as a 10-year celebration for the band. The Robe fixtures included 39 LEDBeam 100s, 14 Pointes, 11 MMX Spots and six LEDWash 600s.
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LAS VEGAS – Tech Launchpad, which established an on-site studio at the CES show in Las Vegas this year, produced more than 140 segments featuring brand new brands in consumer technology. To produce the segments, Tech Launchpad used the Roland VR-50HD – an all-in-one audio and video live production switcher with USB 3.0 output for web streaming or recording.
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Christie and Euromet are jointly offering a new ceiling mount and rigging solutions for Christie 1DLP projectors, including ceiling mount hardware for Christie H Series and a rigging frame that works with both Christie H Series and Christie Q Series.
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