LAS VEGAS – Morpheus Lights recently supplied 28 Ayrton Wildsun 500C and 20 Ayrton Rollapix luminaires for the live television broadcast of The Discovery Channel’s “Chopper Live: The Revenge” from The Joint at Las Vegas’ Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. LD Greg Brunton of Design Partners specified the fixtures.
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MEXICO CITY – Northern Italy-based Luci della Ribalta – known as LDR – has appointed Vari Internacional as its exclusive distributor for Mexico for its entire range of products for theatrical and architectural lighting needs. LDR has its own design and assembly facilities, where it develops new products and improves existing designs, complemented by a range of accessories.
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LOS ANGELES – GLP German Light Products GmbH, a manufacturer of automated lighting fixtures in the entertainment industry, appoints Guangzhou Ruisheng Lighting & Audio Equipment Co. Ltd. as their exclusive distributor for China, Taiwan and Macao.
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YPRES, Belgium – Belgium’s new Flanders Fields Museum interprets the regional stories of the First World War using modern museum techniques and multimedia for visitors of today and tomorrow. projectiondesign F22, F32 and F35 wqxga projectors and WB processors were provided by specialist museums system integrator, Ocular BVBA for use some of the exhibit areas, aimed to provide a more in-depth look at how museum visitors deal with war and peace.
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VIENNA – Ready to retire their 16-year-old lighting console, the Vienna State Opera has taken delivery of an ETC Gio lighting system, following an extensive search over a number of years. The theater invested in four Gio desks, along with two ETC Remote Processor Units (RPUs) and an ETC Ion system to cover the main stage lighting, auditorium and Kinderzelt, a tent on the roof for children.
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SUNRISE, FL – Country singer Justin Moore opened for Eric Church’s tour with Chauvet Professional Legend 412 pixel-mapping moving yokes in his rig. LD Sooner Routhier specified 44 Legend 412 fixtures from Special Event Services, placing them on carts behind the singer and both sides of the stage.
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The 2013 edition of The Event Production Directory will be published and poly-bagged with the April issues of PLSN and FRONT of HOUSE magazines. If your company hasn’t been listed in the past, now’s the time to do it! Join thousands of other production companies and get listed in the largest resource in the event production industry. Go to epdweb.com and update or create a new listing today. Only the most-recent listings and updated records will have a chance of being published in this year’s directory. Deadline for updates is Feb. 28, 2013.
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SANTA MONICA, CA – Video equipment rental company Pete’s Big TVs of New Castle, DE, supplied equipment and crew for the Cartoon Network’s Hall of Game Awards 2013 in Santa Monica, CA. Designed for fans to honor their favorite sports celebrities and sports moments of the year, the event design called for a “high energy, off-the-wall, multi-platform experience.” Pete’s Big TVs worked with Dempsey Productions, LD Tom Kenny and set designer Anton Goss to fulfill the experiential requisite, using digiLED high resolution video panels for the visual environment.
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NASHVILLE — Music City Center (MCC), set for a grand opening later this year, named LMG as its preferred AV supplier recently. LMG hired Curt Wallen as accounts manager for the site. The grand opening is set for May 19-20, 2013.
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LOS ANGELES – American DJ is hosting an Open House on March 6, 10 am-6 pm at the ADJ world headquarters in Los Angeles. The… Read More »American DJ Hosts Open House
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LAS VEGAS — The governing body of the Parnelli Awards announces that Michael MacDonald has joined its Board of Advisors. MacDonald, who has more than three decades of experience in the pro-audio/video industry, was named President of ATK Audiotek, a leading audio production and systems integration vendor, in Sept. 2012.
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