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Mandylights Illuminates Dubai’s New Year’s Eve

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – Mandylights LDs Richard Neville and Alex Grierson spent a month in Dubai as lighting designers for Dubai’s New Year’s Eve celebrations. The 25-minute show took place around the center of Dubai in front of the Burj Khalifa – the world’s tallest building. Using some 350 intelligent fixtures, the pair illuminated the Burj, lake and surrounding precinct which played host to 15 individual performer stages and a massive 210-meter (689 ft) long seamless projection screen.

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Lucas Covers

XL Video Names Lucas Covers CEO

BRUSSELS – XL Video has appointed Lucas Covers, former CEO of De Boer Structures and Philips Home Networks, as its new CEO. Covers has served as a senior executive at Philips where he held several international positions. These included the management of the digital video business, Philips Home Networks, located in Paris. In 2008 he became CEO of De Boer Structures, an international supplier of temporary and semi-permanent structures.

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Blue Planet Lighting Helps Presley Theatre Gear Up for 2013

Blue Planet Lighting Helps Presley Theatre Gear Up for 2013

BRANSON, MO — Blue Planet Lighting supplied new GLP Moving Lights, Philips LED Linear Fixtures as well as a High End Systems Console to the Presley Theatre here. The package included GLP Impression Spot One Moving Lights, Philips Showline 640 Linear LED Fixtures and a High End Systems Full Boar Lighting Control Console.

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Christie 3-chip DLP projectors will be used for a sound and light show that tells the story of Canada’s history by lighting up Parliament Hill

Projection Mapping Turns Ottawa’s Parliament Hill into Virtual Storybook

OTTAWA, Canada — A large-format projection planned to run from July 10-Sept. 7, 2013 will mark the fourth consecutive year that Christie 3-chip DLP projectors will be used for a sound and light show that tells the story of Canada’s history by lighting up Parliament Hill. The show, Mosaika – Canada Through the Eyes of Its People, has been seen by more than 250,000 visitors annually.

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Rita Ora tour supported by HSL

HSL Supports Rita Ora’s First U.K. Tour

LONDON —HSL supported LD Andy Iliffe’s design for the first production tour for U.K. artist Rita Ora. The visuals gear included a Pixled FX-11 LED screen, Robe ColorSpot 2500E ATs, GLP Impression 120 RZ Zoom LEDs, Clay Paky Sharpys, i-Pix BB4 LED wash lights, JTE PixelLine LED battens and strobes, all controlled via a Catalyst media server and grandMA2 lite console.

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Christie FHD551-W WeatherAll LCD Panel

Christie FHD551-W WeatherAll LCD Panel

Christie’s FHD551-W is the first in the company’s new WeatherAll Series of LCD outdoor flat panels. The 55-inch HD (1920 x 1080 resolution) panel is designed for use in punishing outdoor environments including outdoor sporting venues, outdoor live events, architectural applications, entertainment parks, public displays, the hospitality and resort industry, transportation services and more.

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