LOS ANGELES – For a private concert here for 800 at Sony Studios here that marked the mid-May release of Coldplay’s sixth studio album, Ghost Stories, XL Video, Ben Miles, Phil Haynes and Phil Johnston created a unique visual environment with 46 Panasonic 20K projectors and a control system that included five Avolites Media Ai S8 systems.
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MIDDLETON, WI – The touring production of Noel Coward’s Brief Encounter uses a variety of ETC products for its lighting control. For the Australian tour, electrician Ben Nichols used an ETC Eos Titanium console, complete with ETC Gateways and an ETC Remote Focus Unit to facilitate the focusing process. The lighting rig features over sixty flown fixtures, including ETC Source Four Revolution moving lights with custom strings and gobos, as well as Source Four profiles and PARs.
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico – Mexican TV’s version of The Voice, called La Voz Mexico, is lit with a rig that includes 28 Chauvet Professional Nexus 4×4 luminaires. The fixtures each make use of 16 27-watt RGB COB LEDs capable of both a pixel mapping display and a robust light output.
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ANDOVER, U.K. — John Wilson, longtime chairman and president of the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC), held annually each September at Amsterdam’s RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre, died April 28 at age 82. A memorial service is set for June 25 at All Saints Church in Upper Clatford, U.K., near here.
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NORTHRIDGE, CA — Harman named of Erik Tarkiainen vice president of Global Marketing. Tarkiainen, based at Harman’s offices here, will lead global marketing strategy and execution across the company’s Professional Division. He reports to Ralph Santana, Harman’s chief marketing officer, and Blake Augsburger, president, Harman Professional Division.
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JOHANNESBURG – South African TV studio Red Pepper recently underwent an upgrade project that focused on the addition of LED fixtures for its studio facilities in Linden, Melville and Braamfontein. DWR Distribution provided 14 Philips Selecon Studio Panels, six Philips Selecon PLcyc1 luminaires and eight Philips Selecon SPX Zoomspot luminaires for the upgrade, which benefited from input from set designer Michael Gill and LDs Joshua Cutts and Francois van der Merwe.
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VALLADOLID, Spain – LD Juanjo Beloqui used 30 Robe ROBIN Pointe and LEDBeam 100 fixtures to light the Cadena Dial Awards. The awards show was staged by Spanish Radio Station Cadena Dial and produced by Planet Events at the Auditorio Miguel Delibes here. The event was broadcast live on privately owned Spanish TV channel Divinity.
OSTENDE, Belgium – XL Video announced that it has acquired Projects BVBA, which will operate as a fully owned company based at XL Video’s headquarters location here. Pictured here, from left, are team members Frederic Opsomer, Marc Fichefet, Sam Schulpen, Hendrik Claerhout, Mario Hosten and Olivier Clybouw.
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BUENOS AIRES – According to its director, Valeria Ambrosio, Priscilla Queen of the Desert is “one of the most technically complex works in the theatrical history of Argentina.” In addition to a live orchestra and a wardrobe of over 300 costumes, the show also features and impressive lighting rig. LD Ariel del Mastro’s design uses 36 x XR3000 SPOT CMY and 16 x XR1200 WASH hung to 5 horizontal trusses, and set at the two sides of the stage.
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Professional comedians often use an ellipsoidal, a few house lights and not much else for their performances. Not so with Gabriel Iglesias whose current “Unity Through Laughter” tour has him traveling across the U.S. with an Elation lighting rig of spots, washes, strips, strobes, PARs and more, including the new Elation Satura Spot LED Pro moving head.
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Chauvet Professional’s new C6 LED display system was designed for nightclubs, theaters, churches and other permanent installations that would like to add the impact of a big video wall – without big costs or installation headaches. This lightweight, modular indoor video wall system features Tri-Color RGB black face SMD LEDs, a 6.25mm pixel pitch, and 1,500-nit illuminance for sharp contrast, bright colors and high-res graphics.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – When inclement weather crashed their 30th anniversary pool party, the staff of Expressworks turned to plan B: the impromptu creation of an 1980s-style dance club. Chauvet products helped transform the interior of the W Hotel here with LED video images and vibrant eye candy courtesy of 108 PVP S5 panels and 16 Nexus 4 x 4 tiles, among other Chauvet fixtures.
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