MELBOURNE – A cast of Vari-Lite-VLX Wash luminaires have been installed as part of a AUD$136 million ($143 million USD) revamp of Melbourne’s Hamer Hall theatre. The technical team chose the VLX Wash luminaires following a shoot-out between the Vari-Lite fixtures and other brands.The fixture’s ability to color match with conventional luminaires was a key factor in the decision.
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RIO DE JANEIRO – Tait’s Pixel Tablets helped ring in the New Year on Brazil’s Copacabana beach. To accompany live performances for the evening, there were 11,000 tablets mounted to 242 nets and installed on either side of the stage to extend it another 137 feet.
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BRISBANE, Australia – Australia’s annual 30-night Brisbane Festival last fall featured 32, 292 sq ft of lighting, visible for more than 6 miles throughout downtown Brisbane’s business district. A LumenRadio system distributed control data wirelessly to all lighting elements of the event. Sponsored by Santos GLNG City of Lights and designed by John Rayment, the festival’s lighting was provided and installed by Chameleon Touring Systems.
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WESTAMPTON, NJ – The Burlington County main library recently invested $6.2 million to expand its facility. Starlite Productions offered a cost effective solution to the rigging needs, including ETC’s Prodigy Hoist with power and control distribution built in.
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LONDON – LD Ed Warren turned to Martin Professional’s MAC Viper Profile for Mumford & Sons’ dates in the UK and Ireland recently on their extended “Babel” world tour. UK-based Neg Earth provided the gear, which also included MAC Auras.
Read More »ATLANTA – Christie, along with Draper Inc, Alcorn McBride, CyberTouch and Tannoy, is presenting the latest “Solutions That Rock” show, a free event introducing several of its new display solutions to organizations involved with professional AV rental staging, fixed installs and corporate AV environments. The event takes place Jan. 15-17 at Georgia Public Broadcasting (GBP) Media in Atlanta.
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WELLINGTON, FL –LED Source has promoted Dorel Baila to Director of Entertainment Sales. He will oversee LED Source’s entertainment division, which specializes in LED lighting solutions for nightclubs, TV/film, staging and production, houses of worship and theme parks. He will also oversee sales for the Coemar LED product line, distributed exclusively by LED Source. Baila has been with LED Source since 2007.
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Troels Volver, 58, a longtime executive with Aarhus, Denmark-based Martin Professional, died Jan. 3, 2013, after a short illness. Volver, who joined Martin in 1994 and served as CEO, spearheaded the company’s push into Singapore in 1996 and the U.S. market in 1998. Volver left Martin in 2005, working as a Denmark-based export executive for companies including SGM, an Italy-based lighting manufacturer. Volver had fully retired from SGM at the time of his death. That company, which was acquired by Martin founder Peter Johansen, is now based in Aabyhoej, Denmark.
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HARROW, Middlesex, UK – Artistic Licence Engineering’s dVnet is a new digital video-to-network converter. The latest addition to ALE’s Rack Pack range, dVnet is aimed at retail and architectural applications in which a media facade or light sculpture is to be controlled by video, and the complexity of a media server is not required.
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LJUBLJANA, Slovenia – Ljubljana-based rental company Event Lighting has invested this past year in the newest Robe Robin range. Most recently their inventory now includes the first MMX WashBeams in Slovenia. The fixtures have just been delivered via Robe’s distributor MK Light Sound, also based in Ljubljana.
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MOSCOW – Jennifer Lopez performed recently in Russia, giving LD Sean Burke the chance to try out Martin Professional’s new MAC Viper Profile from rental company Euroshow. He tested it out for the St. Petersburg show, and liked it so much, he included them in the rider for the singer’s next performance in Kiev.
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