HES Announces Vegas, San Francisco Events
AUSTIN, TX – High End Systems announces open house events in Las Vegas June 14 and in San Francisco June 20. Wholehog training seminars are also set in conjunction with the events.
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Hometown Hero Nominations for 2012 Parnelli Honors Now Underway
LAS VEGAS — Each year, PLSN honors regional lighting production companies with our Hometown Heroes awards. These awards honor the best small companies in six regions across North America: the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Northwest, Southwest and Canada. PLSN readers — the people who actually work with these companies — get to decide who’s really the best.
Read More »Minor Injuries Reported at Justin Bieber Performance in Norway
OSLO — A larger-than-anticipated crowd — 5,000 to 6,000 fans, according to some reports — started packing the streets near Oslo’s Opera House May 30 where Justin Bieber was set to perform a free concert from the roof as part of the NBC special, Justin Bieber: All Around the World.
Read More »Crowd in Buffalo Grows Unruly after Weather Cancellation
BUFFALO, NY — Folding chairs were damaged and thrown on the stage, along with bottles and cans, after headliner Eric Church’s performance was cancelled June 1 at Coca-Cola Field due to weather concerns. There were no reports of serious injuries. Organizers of the WYRK Taste of Country concert had delayed Church’s appearance on the stage, then cancelled the event amid concerns that the high winds might destabilize the stage structure.
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Industry Veterans Form Zeehi, New Technology Solutions Company
BOULDER, CO — Industry veteran Danny Abelson announced the formation of Zeehi LLC, a new company dedicated to developing solutions to improve the workflow of entertainment production professionals. Zeehi’s management includes other industry veterans with experience in audio and lighting product design, production management and fixed installations. Zeehi’s first entertainment technology solution, CueCast, will debut this summer.
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IATSE Restructures Internal Divisions, Adds Division of Education and Training
NEW YORK — IATSE, the stagehands union, has created two new divisions and re-organized another. Along with its new Division of Education and Training, IATSE added a Broadcast Division. IATSE has also moved its Organizing Division into its Stagecraft Division—all of its other divisions had their own organization division, so this move eliminates some redundancies, but ensures each arm of IATSE has a team dedicated to organizing.
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Smart Lights Sports Training Projects Images for Practice
ARLINGTON, MA— Smart Light Sports is training athletes and coaches in a new light. The new patent-pending systems use Hitachi CP-X10000 3LCD projectors to display animated graphics and images onto the playing surface where the athletes can practice in an entirely new and engaging way.
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Osram Ostar Projection Cube LED
An integrated miniature projector that can display images on a much larger surface than existing displays is the next giant leap for smart phones and cameras. This is known as embedded projection and uses LEDs as the light source. The greatest challenge so far for lighting technology has been the limited efficiency of the green light emitting diodes. This is because high brightness is essential if the projected image will be seen with ambient light. LEDs that produce green light with acceptable luminance were not available. The new Osram Ostar Projection Cube has now filled this gap.
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MAC Aura Shows Versatility on Nierka
LONDON – Nierka, a multidisciplinary performance piece by visual designer Tupac Martir, used Martin Professional’s compact MAC Aura and MAC 101 LED wash lights. Describing a special scene, Martir says, “There is a moment of (using) all LED where the dancers, band and orchestra carry their own light, which illuminates their movement. The pixels in the Aura allowed this beautiful moment…that combined perfectly with the space and movement.”
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Martin ‘In the Footsteps of Giants’ on Swedish Ski Slope
STOCKHOLM – Martin Professional Exterior 400 and 1200 Image Projectors are helping bring a legendary Swedish epic tale to life on the slopes of Are Ski Area in central Sweden. “In the Footsteps of Giants” – a night-time guided ski tour – has integrated dynamic lighting as an integral part of the story telling.
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Mooradian Adds Litepanels LEDs to ‘Happily Divorced’
VAN NUYS, CA – This is Director of Photography George Mooradian’s second season on TV Land’s “Happily Divorced,” which is based on a true story from Fran Drescher and Peter Marc Jacobson’s life. Beginning this season, the DP added a non-traditional multi-camera lighting source: LEDs from Litepanels.
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Kinesys Announces Summer Training Program
LONDON – Automation specialist Kinesys announces summer dates for its on-going product training program. The next two General Technical & Vector Control training courses are set for June 13-14 and July 11-12 respectively, at Kinesys’ new dedicated training facility at the company’s HQ in Hampton, Middlesex.
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