NEW YORK – The ninth annual TV Land Awards 2011, taped at Jacob Javits Center April 10 for 90-minute telecast on the TV Land network April 17, relied upon Pete's Big TVs for projections linked to the careers of the event's honorees.
Read More »ORLANDO, FL – Alcorn McBride's Digital Video Machine DVM 8400/HD continues to meet the demanding schedule of numerous high profile Film Festivals, where Boston Light & Sound is responsible for all feature and non-feature content in scores of venues for hundreds of screenings. The Boston-based specialty projection company has employed the machines at numerous film festivals including The Doha Tribeca Film Festival, The Turner Classic Movies Film Festival and The Traverse City Film Festival.
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WAGO Corporation's 750-882 "ETHERNET 2.0" Media Redundancy Controller provides two redundant networks via independent ETHERNET interfaces. This enables communication with a redundant network – ideal for applications requiring high network and system availability or two independent networks.
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LAS VEGAS, NV – Qube Cinema is demonstrating Qube Keysmith, its new digital key management and reporting application, at NAB 2011. Built on technologies proven in years of use by parent company Real Image, Qube Keysmith allows filmmakers, production companies and post houses to encrypt Digital Cinema content with Key Delivery Messages (KDMs) for exhibitors. As a result, a new generation of companies and facilities can now offer full Digital Cinema distribution services for anything from film festivals to full theatrical releases.
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UK – GDS announces that Nick Read has joined the company as Head of its newly created special projects division – ‘GDS Specials'. Nick has over 22 years experience in the entertainments industry and brings with him wide range of skills, working recently as the head of hire and events for Northern Light and previously running his own successful hire company. With an electrical engineering background he also boasts experience as a project manager, overseeing the €1m technical-build of Wexford opera house. He has worked around the UK and Europe as a freelance engineer and lighting designer, toured with and brought numerous shows into the West End and worked as a production electrician for major theatre companies, on many of the largest show in London.
Read More »SINGAPORE and HONG KONG – Showtec Group PTE Ltd and JM Rental, which worked together to provide LED video support for IDEX 2011 in Abu Dhabi, have announced a partnership to pool their resources for a variety of events with large-scale LED video needs in Southeast Asia.
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AARHUS, DENMARK – On James Blunt's current "Some Kind of Trouble" world tour lighting designer Paul Normandale is using 50 Martin MAC 101 wash lights along with 12 of Martin Professional's new MAC 101 CT units, a versatile white light variant of the compact fixture.
Read More »PETALUMA, CA – Panamax/Furman named John Benz director of marketing. Benz has served Panamax/Furman for more than six years in the marketing department. He will be responsible for marketing activities for the Panamax and Furman brands, as well as the company's BlueBOLT cloud-based power and energy management platform.
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FE Belimlight recently rigged the huge Minsk Arena (home rink of ice hockey stars HC Dinamo) with moving heads from PR Lighting to enable an audience of 12,000 people to experience the full dynamic of Swedish pop music duo Roxette. The atmosphere produced by a combination of 38 powerful XL1500 Wash and 46 XL1500 Spot lights were further enhanced by audience blinders and haze machines. All lighting was under the control of a Wholehog III desk.
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UK – Philips Entertainment Lighting has promoted Amber Tomlin to the position of key account manager for the UK, effective immediately. For the past five years Tomlin has been the company's demonstration and training manager for Philips Strand Lighting's range of Palette consoles.
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Christie's L2K1000 10,000-lumen HD digital projector is designed for medium to large venues, including government facilities, houses of worship and higher education multi-purpose rooms and auditoriums. The Christie L2K1500 targets the rental staging market with 15,000 lumens and HD+ resolution. Both feature Christie 4DColor technology, which is designed to expand the color gamut and to provide higher contrast ratios and true-to-life colors and skin tones.
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LOS ANGLES, CA – The grandMA was out in force when the New World Symphony opened its new Frank Gehry-designed home in Miami Beach. The New World Center is the first American concert space built from the ground up to integrate sophisticated video, theatrical lighting and flexible stage space, and a grandMA2 full-size and a grandMA2 ultra-light play a key role in lighting control on the campus. A.C.T. Lighting is the exclusive distributor of the grandMA in North America.
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