NASHVILLE — James Reader, CEO of SmarterShows, posted an announcement on Event Live Expo’s website, eventlive-expo.com, noting that the 2014 event, which had been set for Feb. 18-20 here, would need to been postponed. No future date has been announced.
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Nemetschek Vectorworks has released an updated to their Cloud Services mobile app, Vectorworks Nomad, Version 2.5. The update includes integration with popular third-party cloud storage provider, Dropbox. Additionally, Vectorworks Cloud Service can now process Vectorworks files, VWX and process then into PDF format for easy viewing on portable devices and sharing. The app is available for iOS, Android and Kindle.
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The 2013 Country Jam, one of the largest music festivals in Colorado features four days of the hottest country artiest. StagePro, longtime provider for the festival oversaw the production and brought in a variety of Vari-Light products. Such as the VL3015LT Spot, VL3500 Wash FX, VLX Wash, VL880 Spot and the VL3000 Spot.
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LONDON – The 2013 Attitude Awards, held at the Royal Courts of Justice here Oct. 15, was lit by Kent, UK based Eclipse Presentations. The event’s challenges included the need to set up between 5pm and 8am within the landmark building.
Read More »LONDON – Unity – A Concert for Stephen Lawrence, staged at the O2 Arena to mark the 20th anniversary of the teen’s death in what has been deemed to be a racially motivated hate crime, featured performances by Rita Ora, Jessie J, Emeli Sande, Beverley Knight, Tinie Tempah and Plan B, among others. Hosted by Nick Grimshaw and Reggie Yates, the event was produced by AEG Live and featured video support from XL Video.
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NORTHRIDGE, CA — Harman, which recently named Brian Friborg to lead U.S. sales, also announced that its integration of Martin Lighting in the U.S. has been completed. The company is closing the Martin office in Sunrise, FL but will maintain a sales and product support presence in the Fort Lauderdale area, led by Friborg. All staff from the closed Sunrise, FL facility have been offered positions within the Harman Professional organization.
Read More »NAPLES, Italy – Made in Sud, a comedy series broadcast live on RAI TV, features a lighting design by LD Sandro Cartenuto that includes Robe gear in the rig. Carotenuto, a 30 year veteran of the TV network, included LEDWash 1200 and LEDBeam 100 fixtures for dynamic effects. Rome based rental company DB Technology provided the gear.
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BRANSON, MO – A.C. Lighting added Darrell Barnes to its North American sales team. Barnes, a theatrical lighting veteran who has worked as an LD, programmer and technical director for shows produced in Branson, MO for more than 10 years, will serve as the company’s southwest regional sales manager, supporting sales for Chroma-Q, Jands, ArKaos, LedGo and Prolyte branded products.
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Mantracourt Electronic of the UK has launched a new 5/8″ (3.25T) load-monitoring shackle. The new shackle offers wireless communication between the load-monitoring shackle and the BroadWeigh monitoring system. The new 5/8″ shackle joins their existing 3/4″ Crosby shackle.
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MIAMI — Ryan Himmel, cinematographer for the Miami Dolphins, turned to Chauvet Professional for a lighting assist for the team’s NFL intro video shoot featuring the football team’s cheerleading squad. The company provided a variety of gear for the shoot, including Legend 230SR Beam and Q-Wash 436Z-LED moving heads, Nexus 4×4 pixel-mapping wash fixtures, COLORado Batten 144 Tour linear washes and Ovation F-165WW LED Fresnels.
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GoVision’s newest LED video display panel, the 10mm CF Tile, features a 10mm pixel pitch of SMD, (Surface Mounted Diode) that are suitable for indoor or outdoor use. The panels offer a 5000-nit brightness with a 40% transparency. The panels can be configured to work both vertically, horizontally and angled for maximum design flexibility. The panels are constructed from Carbon Fiber to offer ultra-lightweight and durability.
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Compulite launched a new series of consoles, the Vibe. The entire workspace of the Vibe is based on the built-in touchscreen. Commonly used keys such as the number pad, encoders, flash/bump buttons and screen views are still hard buttons while all control, configuration and playback happens within the 10 point touchscreen.
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