PHOENIX – A.C. Lighting Inc. has appointed Greg Russell as Southwestern US regional sales manager, based in Phoenix. Russell has been working in the production entertainment industry for more than 25 years providing lighting, sound, rigging, design, installation and production management to a range of high profile artists, venues and television shows.
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AVEIRO, Portugal – The first Robe ROBIN MMX Spots in Portugal have been delivered to rental company, FM Formato Musical, by Robe’s Portuguese distributors, NAN. The delivery was quick – FM received the fixtures just a week after they confirmed their order.
Read More »BEAVERTON, OR — The AVnu Alliance, which certifies Audio Video Bridging (AVB) products for interoperability, has launched certification testing for AVB-enabled networking bridges at its appointed testing house, the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL). AVnu Certification is available to Alliance member companies. The AVnu Alliance also recently added its 50th member, Palo Alto-based Symphony Teleca Corporation (STC).
Read More »CAMBRIDGE, UK – Clear-Com relocated its U.K. headquarters. The new office is at 2000 Beach Drive, Cambridge, just down the road from the company’s previous U.K. headquarters. The company said the new facility will enable Clear-Com to continue its expansion in the region, while expanding resources available to its staff members.
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WINNIPEG — Epic Production Technologies, once a major North American provider of concert and theatrical lighting and staging for Billy Joel, Elton John, Bon Jovi, Van Halen, Green Day, The Lion King and Phantom of the Opera, appears to have sharply scaled back its operations. Press reports noted layoffs at company locations in Winnipeg and Burnaby Canada and in Oxnard, CA. Senior executives including Marc Raymond, Ted Fowler and Brian Konechny are also reportedly no longer working for the company.
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MONTREAL – Moment Factory is creating Tree of Light, a 10-minute light and sound show which will be presented nightly March 10-16 during the 2013 ISU World Figure Skating Championships in London, Ontario.
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LOS ANGELES — Honoring musical genres ranging from rock to hip hop, Latin, folk, pop, jazz and electronica, the 2013 Grammy Awards also featured a diverse array of visuals, with memorable looks including Taylor Swift’s carnival-themed wonderland and video twists including Carrie Underwood’s video-mapped dress and immersive LED for Frank Ocean’s performance of “Forrest Gump.”
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ORLANDO – Christie Lites has taken delivery of their first 50 MA onPC command wings from A.C.T Lighting. “We purchased the onPC command wing units to extend usage of the flexible and powerful grandMA control system to customers who need portability on location or find that it’s physically difficult to use a full grandMA2 console,” says Christie Lites CEO Huntly Christie.
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MOSCOW – The 10th anniversary 2012 Muz TV Awards, held at the Olimpisky Stadium in Moscow, provided a backdrop to demonstrate the capabilities of LightConverse 3D Show Platform software and server hardware in action. The software was used throughout the virtual design process for preliminary mapping visualization and projector placement using exact 3-D models of the actual show. This saved days, if not more, of expensive venue time.
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LONGUEIL, QUEBEC – Canadian rental specialist Ranger Son Éclairage has invested in Robe moving lights, initially buying 16 Robin MMX Spots and then following up with 24 LEDBeam 100s. LD Anthony Ranger of Ranger Son Eclairage has put the fixtures out on a number of projects he is designing, including large festivals, private events and parties.
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TORONTO – Canadian new wave /indie band, Metric, recently completed a tour in support of their fifth album, Synthetica. LD Ian MacDonald designed the lighting to be diverse to scale from 1,000-seat theaters to arenas and amphitheaters. This tour involved five different set-ups, each including GLP’s new Spot One LED moving heads.
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MOGLIANO TREVISO, Italy – Truss manufacturer Litec has appointed Carmen Savarese as Business Development Manager. She will focus on broadening and strengthening Litec’s network of worldwide clients. Savarese was previously at Trabes, where she was Export Manager – International Business Development.
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