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Vista Systems URS Supports Fiat-Chrysler Investor Day Meeting

DETROIT – As part of the renovation of its amphitheater, Fiat-Chrysler used a Vista Systems URS-1608 Universal Routing Switcher to support video feeds. Sources were a variety of graphics computers, two laptops running Playback Pro, and a switched HDSDI program feed. Chuck Laszyca, Chief Technical Officer at TVS Communications Solutions explains that, “since all the feeds were to discrete displays it was the perfect application for the URS.  Four outputs with transitions fed the Crestron DM system that provided four unique signals going out to all these rooms.  The remaining four outputs were used as a combination of “Source” and “Confidence” monitoring.”

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LD Felipe Ramos Uses Robe Pointes for “Mars Cabaret” in Madrid

LD Felipe Ramos Uses Robe Pointes for “Mars Cabaret” in Madrid

MADRID, Spain — For A Marte Cabaret (A Mars Cabaret), a cabaret-styled production with a space age twist, LD Felipe Ramos’ lighting rig is centered on 12 Robe Pointe fixtures at its core, provided by ASL Light Solutions. Working with set designer Sánchez Cuerda, whose design includes a large female robot, Ramos also designed the show’s video elements which include both LED screens and projection.

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Entec Tours With Ian Anderson

Entec is supplying lighting and sound for Ian Anderson’s current UK concert tour. Anderson, best known as lead singer, flautist and acoustic guitarist for rock band Jethro Tull is enjoying performing material from his latest album, Homo Erraticus. The show is divided into two halves. The first is a performance of Homo Erraticus in its entirety, and the second is a selection of greatest hits from the Jethro Tull era so two completely different approaches are needed to lighting the show.

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Clay Paky B-EYEs Elevate Easter Worship Experience for North Carolina’s Elevation Church

MATTHEWS, N.C. – Elevation Church added Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20 LED-based moving lights to the extensive roster of AV equipment it used for a series of Easter worship experiences this year. The Easter worship experience featured seven different elements: four worship songs, an opener, a closer and sermon, each of which were programmed to have a different look.  LD Andy Bentley and a team of Elevation volunteers mounted the B-EYEs on the upstage truss; in addition, nine Clay Paky Alpha Spot HPE 1500s were positioned on the deck upstage.

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Cristiano Giavedoni and Amedeo Guizzi launch BLUMANO Ltd.

Cristiano Giavedoni and Amedeo Guizzi have launched BLUMANO Ltd., providing consulting about lifting and load-bearing equipment for stages and other areas of entertainment industry production. Services offered include system integration of structures and machinery, structural calculations; site installation consultancy and project management; and safety assessments and engineering approvals.

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d3 4x4pro Video Server

LONDON – Built with bigger, more complex and content-heavy shows in mind, d3 Technologies says its new server, the d3 4x4pro, can replace four standard media servers. Next to DXV, d3 now also supports HAP and the high-fidelity HAP-Q content. It can play 32 layers of HD (DXV/HAP) with canvas sizes up to 16K pixels across, or up to eight layers of lossless QuickTime animation, and with its twin 10Gbit/sec ethernet connections, it can transfer huge files in minutes rather than hours.

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New Christie Brio Team Turns Meeting Spaces Into Collaboration Zones

LAS VEGAS – With the introduction of Christie Brio Team at InfoComm 2014, Christie continues to expand its Brio family of presentation and collaboration solutions. Designed for smaller meeting spaces in corporate, academic and government facilities, Christie Brio Team allows users to wirelessly connect up to five computers, smart phones and tablets to share information securely on a larger display while streaming audio through a meeting room’s sound system.

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Kinesys Announces Automation Sales in Taipei, Seoul

LONDON — Kinesys, based here, announced two major sales and technical partnerships in Asia. Taipei, Taiwan-based Aurora bought an Elevation 1+ system for use with their CM Varistar hoists and beam trolleys. They also have Kinesys Rigger Remote handsets for local control of the Elevations and a Kinesys Array PD-ES for power distribution. Colour of Light, based in Seoul, South Korea, purchased 24 channels of Elevation 1+ drives with Kinesys Libra load cell integration and monitoring using the LibraCELL and LibraPRO products.

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Tiësto Gig in Copenhagen Lit with SGM Gear. Photo by Christian Byriel

Tiësto Gig in Copenhagen Lit with SGM Gear

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Tiësto recently headlined the EDM Copenhagen electronic festival presented by Arive on the terrace of the Stay Apartment Hotel here May 31. Production manager/show designer Christian Byriel worked with LD Christian Vigsø on the project, and they included SGM’s G-Spot to light the headliner.

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Madison Square Garden Glows Rangers Blue for Stanley Cup Finals

NEW YORK — The 2014 Stanley Cup Finals went bi-coastal June 4-13 with hockey games played at both the New York Rangers’ Madison Square Garden (MSG) and the Los Angeles Kings’ Staples Center. The Rangers and MSG management turned to Barbizon Lighting, 4Wall New York, Tinc Productions and B&G Electric to set MSG’s exterior aglow in Rangers team colors. The design from LDs Al Crawford and Zak Al-Alami stoked Rangers pride, but the Kings still claimed the cup.

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