AMSTERDAM – The Projection Studio, led by Ross Ashton, provided a visual assist for Panasonic’s Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) booth with a 3D projection mapping onto a Tesla car. Hartmut Kulessa, marketing manager of Projection Products for Panasonic Europe, arranged for Ashton and The Projection Studio to support the booth visuals.
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NASHVILLE, TN – The Winter Jam Tour Spectacular hit the road for their 2015 leg with Christian music from Skillet, Jeremy Camp, Francesca Battistelli, Building 429, Family Force, Newsong, For King & Country, Blanca, About a Mile, Veridia and speaker Tony Nolan. Bandit Lites provided gear including Clay Paky B Eye K 20 wash lights, Martin Vipers, Vari-Lite VL 3500 washes, Clay Paky Sharpys, Martin Atomic 3000 Strobes, 4 lite inline moles, Color Force 72 wash lights. The visuals setup included 60 foot black A type circle truss divided into 3 sections all lined with 12 mil LED product.
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SANTA MONICA, CA – The Women’s World Cup Kickoff Celebration, featured on Fox Sports 1 and Timer Warner Cable, included performances by Flo Rida and DJ Blaze. LD James Schipper of Kinetic Lighting created a dynamic stage backdrop for the performances with 40 Nexus 4×4 panels from Chauvet Professional. The event, held at Hangar 8 at Santa Monica Airport in early Dec. 2014, also featured a 22 projector video mapping projection from Sweetwater Video and Bart Kresa Design to bring attention to FIFA soccer matches in 2015.
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SYRACUSE, NY – Eleven promising young theatre artists will receive 2015 USITT Awards for Young Designers & Technicians in the Performing Arts – the YD&T awards — at USITT 2015 in Cincinnati. The show runs from March 18-21 at Cincinnati’s Duke Energy Convention Center. The awards will be presented March 19. USITT’s 2014 YD&T winners had their work displayed in the front window of New York City’s Drama Book Shop recently. Patrick Rizzotti, winner of the 2014 USITT Scene Design Award sponsored by Rose Brand, installed the display.
Read More »LONDON – Avolites, which is launching its new V8 software, announced staff changes. Pratheepan Vigneswaran, pictured here, left, moves to Ai Sales. Simon Graham, pictured center, has left the company after two years of service, and is now working as a video and media server technician at Media Powerhouse. Annalisa Terranova, pictured right, has been named Ai support engineer and trainer.
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LONDON – XL Video supplied LED and video screens for an hour-long special celebrated Bruce Forsyth’s long career in show business called Bruce’s Hall of Fame. Produced by Hat Trick Productions, the show was recorded Nov. 1, 2014 at the London Palladium and aired on BBC1 on Dec. 27, 2014.
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LONDON – The lighting design for the final arena tour of Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds – The New Generation was created by Tim Routledge. The visual update for the latest stage adaptation of H.G. Wells’ 1898 classic sci-fi masterpiece included the use of Robe’s new BMFL Spot fixtures.
Read More »DETROIT, MI — Nationwide Video, a leading subrental supplier of audio, video, lighting and LED equipment in the U.S., announced that it is opening a new office and equipment depot in Dallas, Texas. The new location will help customers in the region gain access to Nationwide Video’s expanding inventory of cameras, lighting, audio, LED, digital displays and video gear.
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UDDEVALLA, Sweden – W-DMX by Wireless Solution was the go-to product of choice during the Teddybears recent festival tour. The Teddybears are a Swedish band formed in 1991, known for mixing pop, rock, hip-hop, electronica, reggae, punk and many other genres. Over the years their music has been featured in dozens of movies, TV shows, video games and most recently featured in Universal Orlando commercials.
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TAMPA – The Florida Aquarium turned once again to Electrosonic for an AV assist, this time for their new Carol J. and Barney Barnett Learning Center. Electrosonic provided video, audio and control equipment along with integration support.
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COLUMBUS, OH – Lyon Video recently purchased six XA99x8.4 ultra-wide field production lenses, adding to the mobile production company’s Grass Valley LDX80 Worldcam cameras on its Lyon 14 mobile unit.
Read More »GLENDALE, AZ – Ayrton LED fixtures played a role in the dynamic lighting design by Bob Barnhart of Full Flood, Inc. for the Pepsi Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show. Featuring performances by Katy Perry, Missy Elliott and Lenny Kravitz, the lighting rig included Ayrton’s compact MagicRing-R1 and NandoBeam-S6 fixtures.
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