COLUMBIA, MD — Sean Flaherty, CEO of Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. (pictured here) and Viktor Varkonyi, CEO of Graphisoft SE, have been promoted to the Executive Board of Nemetschek AG. Both have extensive experience in the international software industry.
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WEST LONDON — Entec supplied lighting and sound gear and crew for two major gigs at Brixton and Bristol on the recent U.K. tour for New Zealand band, Fat Freddy’s Drop. The band – known for their improvised live performances which embrace multiple styles including dub, reggae, soul, jazz, blues and techno – returned to Entec to supply all their production needs following a previous one-off at Brixton Academy in 2011.
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SYDNEY — The International Fleet Review, which commemorated the arrival of the original Royal Australian Navy fleet in Sydney Harbour a century ago, involved close to 40 warships, 16 tall ships, more than 60 aircraft, 10 military bands, and 8,000 sailors from 17 nations around the world. An AV/comms network from Riedel helped keep the lines of digital communication running smoothly.
Read More »PITTSBURGH —NEP’s Screenworks division wrapped up an almost five-month-long project during which it provided custom video display services for the Dave Matthews Band Summer 2013 Tour. The project included a curved LED wall measuring 22 feet tall and 62 feet wide.
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VANCOUVER, BC — AVW-TELAV Audio Visual Solutions recently stocked up on Clay Paky GlowUp fixtures from A.C.T Lighting Canada Inc. AVW-TELAV placed half of its GlowUp inventory in its Vancouver office and split the other half between its offices in Toronto and Montreal.
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KIEV, Ukraine – Although the Ukrainian Music Fair (Ukrayinskyi Muzychnyi Yarmarok 2013) in Kiev is essentially a music fair, there was scope for Cortmi Ltd, one of the co-founders of this trade show and the territorial distributors for PR Lighting, to show off some of the Chinese manufacturer’s key fixtures.
Read More »MALE, Maldives — Siyaasath was a one-on-one prime time interview session televised by local broadcaster, TVM (Television Maldives). The program included the presenter, Liza Laurella, with four candidates: MDP (Maldivian Democratic Party), PPM (Progress Party of Maldives), JP (Jumhooree Party) and Dr. Waheed (an independent candidate). The TVM rig included fixtures from PR Lighting, including XLED 1037 and XR-300 Beam from local events company, Azidon Pvt, and these were designed into the stage set by Abdulla Shamin.
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For Dave Matthews Band 2013 summer tour, NEP Screenworks designed, built, installed and operated a custom video display that wrapped and curved the entire upstage of the band. The video display was 22 feet tall and 62 feet wide, had a 120 degree curve and used customized curve mounting and mechanism. Driving the video wall as a Hippotizer HD with custom content and I-mag provided by Filament Productions.
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NEC Display Solutions of America launched a new Digital Cinema Projector, the NC1100L. It uses a laser-light source that can deliver 2K DCI-compliant cinema quality imagery. The projector also offers 3D capabilities and a 2-chip DMD reflection method. Operating the projector is simple with its user-friendly controls. The light source is expected to offer 20,000 hours of light.
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