MIRAMAR, FL – Barbizon named AV veteran Bob Leonard general manager of the company’s Florida operations, based here. Prior to Barbizon, Leonard, a 20-year industry veteran, was the managing director for Digital Video Systems (DVS), also based in Miramar, FL. Barbizon CEO Jonathan Resnick made the announcement.
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NEW CASTLE, DE – Donny and Marie Osmond are spreading their holiday spirit in song and dance around the U.S. on their 15-city Christmas tour. Pete’s Big TVs is again supplying a full video HD production system for the show, and enhanced its production values over last year’s tour. They’re providing newer LED technology, and more screens in larger sizes.
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On Thanksgiving day, Selena Gomez took the stage during the Halftime Show at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX. John P. Marovich, designed of the past eight halftime shows in Dallas, used 160 of the Chauvet Professional Nexus 4×4 LED panels to make two low res video panels measuring 15′ high by 24′ wide.
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SAN DIEGO, CA — The PEERS Network (Philanthropy, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Relationships, Social), a charity group launched by California entrepreneurs, held its 5th Annual Black Tie Gala here earlier this fall. The event, which raised $335,000 for the locally-based Challenged Athletes Foundation, was lit with 4Wall-supplied Clay Paky and Martin gear. LG Productions’ CEO, Luke Gulley, oversaw the event’s production.
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NASHVILLE — Longtime Bandit Lites crew member and lighting director Sam “Old Skool” Harden died Nov. 29. Harden had worked on Bandit Lites-supplied productions for close to 20 years, most recently supporting Toby Keith’s tours.
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KNOXVILLE, TN – Tomcat’s custom projects director, Keith Bohn, has announced that he will be leaving the company. “We wish him all the best in his future endeavors and welcome the opportunity to work with him again,” noted Scott Johnson, CEO. “Our industry is not only more educated, but a far safer place because of the work and effort Keith has contributed.”
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NASHVILLE, TN – In 1968, 12 year old Michael Strickland began “borrowing” lights to provide better lighting to touring acts making their way through Nashville. Forty-five years later, Strickland’s company has emerged as one of the largest rental and production companies in the U.S. Bandit Lites is now marking 45 years of being in business and continues to look forward toward the future.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark – The design goal of The Blue Planet, Denmark’s new national aquarium, was to make the aquarium’s visitors feel like they had entered the world of the sea surrounding it. Using Rosco’s X24 Effects Projector, lighting Designer Jesper Garde Kongshaug created a realistic and controllable water effect to accomplish that goal as he projected that effect throughout the vast concourse areas inside the aquarium.
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Apollo Design Technology’s AVID 7 (pictured here) and AVID 5, introduced at LDI 2013, were both designed, manufactured and assembled in Apollo Design’s Fort Wayne, IN factory. They are made from billet aluminum and are anodized. The AVID 7 Wash features seven Osram RGBW OStar LEDs. The AVID 5 is designed with the Osram Ultra LED medium screw base PAR 38 lamp. The lamp features a CRI of 95, color temperature of 3,000K and 12 or 30 degree beam angles.
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PHOENIX — LED3 worked with Pro Sound & Video to provide a video display system that would entertain and inform fans of the Arizona Cardinals while tailgating at the NFL franchise’s home stadium here, University Phoenix Stadium. The 8.2 by 14.8 foot, 7mm screen from Absen was chosen for its high resolution, durability and easy operation along with its ability to perform in intense sunlight.
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