Lightconverse Offers Workshops in Shanghai and Guangzhou, China
CHINA – Lightconverse held a series of workshops featuring the company’s lighting visualization software products in Shanghai and Guangzhou earlier this year.
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LD Jason Ayala Uses Chauvet Fixtures to Light Many Hopes Gala
NEW YORK – A collection of 16 Chauvet PVP S5 LED panels lit up the DJ booth and dance floor at the second annual Many Hopes Gala. The panels were part of a lightshow created by LD Jason Ayala who praised their flexibility and brightness. “There were no moving fixtures in this party, just uplights and the panels,” he said. “We relied on the panels to bring the party-like atmosphere to the dance floor and they didn’t let us down.”
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LED Screens Bring Crowds Closer To The Action of ‘Le Tour de France’
BRADFORD, Yorkshire, U.K. – As the Tour de France got underway, large LED screens powered by LEDView image-scaling technology from Calibre UK were positioned along the course. The screens were supplied by Lightmedia and Big TV – both of which specified Calibre’s LEDView530 as their large-display image scaler of choice for the Grand Depart.
Announcing the 2014 Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards
NEW YORK – The PLASA Foundation’s 2014 Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards, which this year include designs from Chris Barreca, Marci Bilskie, Alexander Dodge, Andrew Hefter, Todd Rosenthal, and Donyale Werle, are available to order until Sept. 22 (to ensure that they arrive by late November). Three card ordering options are offered: personalized cards with a company logo and custom message, card packs of 10 with a standard greeting, and electronic versions for delivery by email. All proceeds benefit the Behind the Scenes charity.
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Serious Stages on Tour With Elton John
LONDON – Serious Stages, which first worked with Elton John in 2012, has once again been entrusted to provide the staging for concerts in two newly built sports stadia, Leigh Sports Village Stadium, Manchester (the setup for the June 21 concert is pictured here) and Colchester United’s Weston Homes Community Stadium (June 29). Tour promoter Marshall Arts has supported Sir Elton in finding new venues away from the usual touring circuit to take his music to the fans.
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tvONE Scalers Add User-Definable Resolutions
tvONE has new firmware and software upgrades for the company’s C2-2000 series. Featured at InfoComm 2014, the C2-2000 series includes the C2-2855 Universal Scaler, the C2-2755 Video Scaler and the C2-2655 Scan Converter.
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LTM LoadGuard Mini Chain Hoist
LTM recently featured their LoadGuard Mini products at the ABTT Theatre show at the Old Truman Brewery here June 11-12. LTM says the LoadGuard Mini is the only chain hoist of its size on the market with limit switches. Although it weighs only 12kgs, it has a lifting capacity of 250kg on one fall of chain.
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Glastonbury’s Arcadia Returns with Custom Staging, Visuals
PILTON, U.K. — Arcadia took their magic mix of metal, mechanical engineering and madness to the 2014 Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts (a.k.a. Glasto) with the return of the giant spider – around 12 meters tall and 40 meters wide – and an even bigger and better show than previous years.
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Chauvet Professional ÉPIX 2.0 Square Tile
Chauvet Professional has expanded its range of ÉPIX 2.0 pixel-mapping LED display components with the introduction of the ÉPIX Tile 2.0. Designed to work seamlessly with the other members of the ÉPIX 2.0 series, the new ÉPIX Tile 2.0 is a square-shaped 11.8 x 11.8 inch (300 x 300 mm) panel that contains 160 Tri-Color (red, green, blue) SMD LEDs.
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PRG Provides Lighting, Rigging and Crew Solution for Arcade Fire at Earls Court
LONDON — PRG UK worked with Arcade Fire’s design team and touring and production management to supply the lighting, rigging and crew package for the indie rockers’ headline European Tour, including their shows at Earls Court in June.
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Jakarta’s Colosseum Club Relies on Madrix LED Control Solution
JAKARTA, Indonesia – With a footprint exceeding 10,000 square feet (1,000 square meters) and a 50+-foot ceiling (16 meters), the Colosseum Club lives up to its name in terms of sheer size. To add new energy inside, club operators 1001 have relocated their operation within the space, and LEDsControl provided an elaborate lighting design that relies on a Madrix LED control solution.
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Coolux Pandoras Box Version 5.7 Software
coolux, the creators of the Pandoras Box product family, released the new Pandoras Box Version 5.7 software at the beginning of July. The new version introduces “Venue Sites,” which promise to let users visualize complete stage, installation and show setups in real-time, using 3D models.
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