NEW CASTLE, DE – The family entertainment tour, “Yo Gabba Gabba! Live – It’s Time to Dance,” is taking kids’ shows up a notch production-wise. Pete’s Big TVs is providing various LED video panels making up the set of the show, produced by S2BN Entertainment – the same entity producing the Broadway musical, “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.”
Read More »NEW YORK, NY – The ESTA Foundation’s Behind the Scenes program continues to directly benefit entertainment technology professionals who are seriously ill or injured. ESTA issued a holiday season reminder to think of our colleagues in the industry – and this program in particular – when considering charitable giving.
Read More »ARTESIA, CA and WESTPORT, CT — The lighting industry lost two of its own in late November: Andy Figueroa Jr., 30, died after a Nov. 27 car accident in his hometown; Marvin Gelman, 84, founder of Lighting Services Inc. (LSI), an architectural lighting products manufacturer, died Nov. 29 of complications from cancer. Figueroa, known as “Andy Fig Jr.,” was the son of lighting programmer/director Andrew Figueroa, Sr. and had emerged as a prominent lighting tech/lighting director himself. Gelman, who retired from LSI in 2000, is credited for many advances in track, accent and display lighting.
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MANHEIM, PA – Mojo Barriers’ US office has enjoyed a successful summer helping to keep crowds and artists safe at festivals and concerts across the nation. One of the biggest events was Lollapalooza Aug. 5-7 in Chicago, where they designed and installed a new stage barrier configuration for crowds of up to 90,000 people each day.
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TEMPE, AZ – Arizona’s Sound Wave festival is appropriately named for its location: inside a wave pool at the Big Surf Waterpark in Tempe. Creative Backstage handled the video and stage design, choosing EVLED 1024SMD panels from Elation to create a 3D-like effect.
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MADRID, Spain – A Spanish bullfighting arena served as the location for Coldplay’s one-off performance Oct. 26 to promote their new album, Mylo Xyloto. Stageco provided five trucks of equipment for the show, which was challenged when bad weather turned the sandy floor into mud. Anton Corbijn filmed the gig and streamed it live on YouTube.
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Chroma-Q’s Color Charge Plus, a higher-output version, offers 50 percent more output (900 lumens) than the original Color Charge (600 lumens). Its nickel-metal hydride (NiMH) power cell delivers up to 30 hours from a single charge. The unit features wireless DMX control. Up 170 fixtures can be connected on a single network. The wireless range is 100-200 meters.
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FORT LEE, NJ – FOR-A Corporation of America named Austin, TX-based ProVideo Solutions as its sales representative for customers and dealers throughout Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. FOR-A also works with Dan Weaver & Associates in the Midwest (OH, IN, KY, IL, MI, MN, WI, IA, MO, KS, NE, ND, SD).
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