Helsinki Music Centre Equipped with Gear from Philips Entertainment Lighting
HELSINKI, Finland — The €180 million Helsinki Music Centre has been equipped with an array of lighting fixtures supplied and installed by Philips Entertainment’s Finnish distributor, Hedcom. Key goals included the assurance that all lighting fixtures operated silently and efficiently with minimum heat output.
Read More »Par Fore Productions Finds Studio RevEAL Fixtures Green Screen Friendly
SULLY, Iowa — TV and film production companies are often faced with a challenge when using Green Screen technology: to clearly demarcate the subject in the foreground from the green screen backdrop. For Neal Williams at Par Fore Productions, Prism Projection’s Studio RevEAL fixture served as a solution.
Read More »Prolyte H40R Truss
Prolyte Group’s H40R Truss, to be shown at PLASA 2011 (Stand 1G40) is designed to meet customer requests for smaller truss with higher loading capacities. The new H40R also borrows advances designed into Prolyte’s H30V, H40V and S36R truss products, applying them to rectangular standard H40 truss.
Read More »Stone Temple Pilots’ Stone Pony Show Gets Assist from Pulse Stage Lighting
ASBURY PARK, NJ — Pulse Stage Lighting, a provider of lighting, audio, video and staging, provided a forward-thinking rigging solution to help solve a key lighting issue with Stone Temple Pilots’ July 26 show at the Stone Pony’s outdoor summer stage.
Read More »Italian TV’s “Chain Reaction” Game Show Lit with Robe Gear
Scott Vontobel, GDS Director of USA Operations, Steps Down
BRISTOL, U.K. — GDS (Global Design Solutions) announced that, by mutual consent, Scott Vontobel is to step down as director of USA Operations. Vontobel, who has been helping GDS set up its U.S. office and sales network since Feb. 2009, said he felt he was unable to give all that is required to the position and decided to move on.
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