HIGH WYCOMBE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UK – Lighting rental company Siyan supplied equipment and crew to the first UK leg of indie rockers The Courteeners tour. LD Dan Hill was challenged with designing a show that would expand from the tour’s smaller venues to the larger festival season stages.
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LAS VEGAS – When production for Smokey Robinson presents Human Nature: The Motown Show relocated from the Imperial Palace to the nearby Venetian Hotel, LD Steve Cohen received a call for help in redesigning the lighting. With budgetary constraints and physical limitations of a small venue, he selected six impression Wash One, 12 impression Spot One and 16 impression X4 from GLP to pump up the new production.
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MIDDLETON, WI – ETC introduces the Source Four LED Studio HD, a white light LED spotlight designed for professional broadcast, film and video production. The new Source Four LED Studio HD uses the color technology of ETC’s Selador x7 Color System for a more spectrally-complete white light that can be finely tuned for truer color rendition on camera.
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LONDON – d3 Technologies announce that San Carlos, CA-based rental and staging company Tekamaki have signed up to become the latest d3 Studio. Tekamaki used d3 systems on the September 2012 DreamForce event for Salesforce.com, which saw the entire San Francisco City Hall visually mapped up for a one-off performance by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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MESA, AZ – Entertainment design firm Davis Entertainment of Mesa, AZ, has appointed Cameron Tryon to “breathe new life into its operations.” Tryon will oversee the future of operations, sales and rentals, and will help organize the company’s design projects.
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LONDON – English indie rock band Bloc Party are currently in the midst of their biggest, most ambitious tour to date. LD and set designer Rob Sinclaire is using Clay Paky products through Clay Paky suppliers, Ambersphere, a relationship which goes back through the years.
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FRANCE – Ayrton announces that all new Ayrton products equipped with a wireless DMX/RDM receiver module will feature CRMX technology by LumenRadio. The first projector to benefit from the new CRMX wireless features will be launched at Prolight & Sound Frankfurt.
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THATCHER, AZ – The Lee Theater, part of the Gherald L. Hoopes Jr. Activities Center, recently upgraded its lighting system with more ETC LED lighting and controls. Rick Woods, EAC’s activities center manager and technician, says ETC has come to its rescue since the 1990s with new products providing power savings, lower temperatures, flexible features and affordability.
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AARHUS, Denmark – Martin Professional’s new VC-Strip family of narrow LED video strips are designed to integrate into stage and set designs, and interiors such as bars, ceilings and walls. Fully compatible with Martin’s VC-Grid LED video module, they can be used together for more creative LED video designs. The flexible video strips feature a pixel pitch of 25 mm and are available in lengths up to 400 mm. They can even be cut to required length on-site.
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KNOXVILLE, TN – Tomcat USA has moved into its new manufacturing facility and U.S. headquarters in Knoxville, TN. The new 50,000-plus square-foot facility at 5427 North National Drive will house manufacturing operations as well as design, sales and administrative staff. Tennessee’s Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty along with Knox County officials lauded the move, which represents an investment of $2 million and the creation of 50 jobs.
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BRUSSELS – The Killers’ Battle Born world tour has taken ArKaos MediaMaster 3 with its new VideoMapper extension along for the ride. Christie Lites provided the ArKaos product for show designer Steven Douglas. The tour started last September and runs through September of this year.
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