LOS ANGELES – Deciding it was time for football to pay music back for entertaining crowds at the Super Bowl every year, The Grammy Half Time Show Pepsi commercial featured football greats such as Terry Bradshaw, Mike Ditka, Deion Sanders and Shannon Sharpe. Visions Lighting was the provider of all lighting, video and staging for the 2:36 minute ad.
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YORK, PA — Lighting integrator Production Express, Inc. used 20 Martin Exterior 100 fixtures to light trees throughout the property of a local Pennsylvania homeowner. The homeowner is using the fixtures to light 80-foot-high trees on the property. The lights are programmed to run by themselves, but the homeowner can also manipulate the colors and brightness from a mobile device.
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MIAMI – For Univision News’ recently-opened 150,000-square-foot Newsport TV production facility here, Los Angeles-based ROCA Video installed Vista Systems Spyder image processors. ROCA Video selected Spyder for its ability to run multiple outputs.
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LINCOLN, IL – Lincoln College’s Lincoln Heritage Museum underwent a comprehensive upgrade with AV support from Alcorn McBride. Eidson Studios handled the AV design and installation, working with Taylor Studios, the exhibit design, fabrication and lighting firm for the entire project.
BILLERICA, MA – massAV, a live event AV staging and production company based here, recently purchased a new FiberPlex Technologies optical snake. With FiberPlex’s WDM-8 active wave division multiplexer, massAV can multiplex eight discrete signals at 3 Gb/s each for transporting video, audio, lighting and control feeds onto one fiber pair.
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LOS ANGELES – The Event Safety Alliance (ESA) has announced the creation of its Individual Gold Donor Membership program. Participating donors receive one free digital or printed copy of the Event Safety Guide and get included in the ESA’s online professional database. They also gain access to tools and content on the ESA website, get discounts on ESA programs and events and get one “I Support the ESA” T-shirt.
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BERLIN, Germany – Robe moving lights were once again specified by LD Manuel da Costa for the most recent series of the TV singing contest, The Voice of Germany (VOG). The series was recorded at Studio Berlin and produced jointly by a Dutch German collaboration between Taipa and Schwartzkopff TV. It was broadcast on Pro7 and Sat 1 channels. A total of 188 Robes were supplied by Magic Lighting & Sound from Cologne.
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SECAUCUS, NJ – ARRI CSC, the largest full service equipment rental group in the U.S., added Rich Joneleit to its camera rental office here. As Camera Rental Agent he will report to Camera Rental Manager Lynn “Gus” Gustafson and will be responsible for establishing an maintaining strong client relationships.
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UXBRIDGE, MA – Blackstone Productions named Todd Murphy as its new vice president of production. Murphy’s experience spans over two decades and includes positions ranging from technical and creative director to production manager and lighting/special effects designer for companies, both nationally and internationally.
Read More »NEW YORK – Two standards related to theatrical rigging safety have been revised and approved by ANSI as American National Standards. ANSI E1.21 for temporary outdoor structures and ANSI E1.4 for manual counterweight rigging systems and are now published and available for free download.
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LONDON – Stephen Ward the Musical, which began previews at the Aldwych Theatre here in early December, pairs the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber with the real-life 1960s political scandal in England known as the Profumo affair. LD Peter Mumford included a large number of Source Four LED luminaires in the rig.
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BREMEN, Germany and PARIS, France – The latest Holiday on Ice spectacular, Platinum, is touring Germany and France this winter with a lighting and video design provided by Luc Peumans of Belgium-based Painting With Light. The use of digital scenery supports the show’s recreation of complex scenic and locational settings without the need for bulky sets.
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