NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA — LD Jeff Ravitz and Intensity Advisors associate Kristie Roldan have been busy recently on a variety of television projects including an opera telecast, a talk show series starring Cee Lo Green, two music videos for Nick Jr. kiddie idols The Fresh Beat Band, a stand-up comedy special and live studio coverage of the E3 convention in Los Angeles for Spike TV.
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CHICAGO — Pushing boundaries just like the German metal band Rammstein, Reed Rigging partnered with Ampco Flashlight Rental to support the Rammstein North American Tour with an XLNT CyberHoist Motion Control System. The system included 49 XLNT CyberHoists timed to shift various scenic elements throughout the production.
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LONDON — After his sell-out success at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, it was just a matter of time before Britain’s most notorious pub landlord, Al Murray, was given his own TV game show. Now the British stand-up (or rather his beer-swilling alter-ego) is hosting his own pub quiz on UK comedy channel Dave.
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MORRISTOWN, NJ – 4Wall New York recently donated entertainment lighting for use at “Skate for Love,” a figure skating and entertainment exhibition benefiting the Susan G. Komen cancer foundation. The event was the idea of competitive figure skaters Corinna Lin and Madison Olivieri.
Read More »NORWALK, CT – Trans-Lux Corporation, a supplier of LED technology for digital signage and lighting applications including TL Vision LED large screen systems, TL InfoVision LED digital displays, Fair-Play data walls and scoreboard systems and TL Energy LED lighting solutions, announced plans for a major financial restructuring and recapitalization of the company.
Read More »LOS ANGELES — The dispute between California based GLP (German Light Products) US Inc. and Global Truss America, LLC, which had brought a suit against GLP US earlier this year claiming trademark infringement, has heated up again after GLP US issued a press release claiming to have been appointed as “the sole and exclusive distributor of Global Truss products for the United States of America and Canadian markets.”
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LAS VEGAS — A key group of forward-thinking companies have already confirmed their spots as sponsors of the 11th Annual Parnelli Awards, which will be held Saturday, Oct. 29 at the Peabody Orlando. This year’s Parnelli Awards ceremony will honor Ed Wannebo, winner of the Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award; Jim Fackert, the Parnelli Visionary Award winner; Kenton Forsythe, the Parnelli Audio Innovator; plus two dozen yet-to-be-determined winners of awards in the converging worlds of lighting, video and sound. It will take place at 8 pm, following a cocktail reception at 7 pm.
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LAS VEGAS — The Electric Daisy Carnival’s dusk-to-dawn electronic music and arts extravaganza moved from Los Angeles to Las Vegas this summer, adding a third night to the schedule. The total attendee count was near 250,000, far exceeding the 130,000 who attended the two-day event in Los Angeles last year.
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Mega-Lite’s ARC Narrow and ARC Medium architectural fixtures can be used to transform the look of any space outdoors or indoors. They each use 48 1-watt LEDs in all, and users can customize the unit with 3 LED types to choose from: RGB, WWA, and white. They are controlled by DMX 512 and each has three channel options: red, green and blue. The display is digital for ease of operation. The fixtures are IP 65 rated and safe for outdoor use. The ARC Narrow’s 15° lens creates an extremely narrow and long throw, ideal for illuminating pillars and columns. The ARC Medium comes with a 30° lens.
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Chroma-Q’s new Color Block Plus Replacement Engine for the Color Block DB4 LED fixture, designed to be fitted by authorized Chroma-Q service agents, can serve as a cost-effective alternative to replacing the whole Color Block DB4 fixture.
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CLARKSTON, MI — High Resolution Systems LLC’s Universal Device Controller (UDC) is a software-based control platform for devices using IP (TCP/UDP) or serial (232/422/485) protocols, and the company is getting positive feedback from customers citing benefits including simplicity and cost-effective control solutions.
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