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.
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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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FRANKFURT – Coemar's latest product took center stage in their booth at Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt Germany, the Reflection Ledko. The Reflection technology (patent pending), is based on a multi-LED light source producing uniform beam with no pixels, dots, or multicoloured shadows. This has made the LED light generated by Reflection identical to that of a traditional lamp, eliminating defects (dots and multi-shadow light) and achieving great advantages: energy saving, durability and zero maintenance. Reflection Ledko also has a smaller dimension and allows to act on the modulation of light without using dimmers and scrollers.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA – With the December, 2010 dedication of Brigham Young University-Idaho’s new 15,000- seat auditorium, BYU-Idaho Center, the campus is now home to one of the largest production theatrical facilities in North America built for the primary purpose of supporting weekly student devotional services. Brigham Young University-Idaho is part of the Church of Jesus Christ of latter Day Saints’ education system. Auerbach Glasow French worked under the direction of FFKR Architects to design, document and commission the architectural lighting and related controls for the lobby and auditorium audience chamber within the building. The school also turned to Stage Technologies for rigging solutions.
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Martin Professional's ultra-compact MAC 101 LED moving head wash is now available in three white light versions. The new variants incorporate cold and/or warm LEDs instead of RGB for a better white light quality and greater output. Ideal for highlighting skin tones, textiles, or set pieces, the MAC 101 white light variants are already finding use in touring applications, TV Studios and corportate events.
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ATLANTA – Tomcat participated in the 62nd Southeastern Theatre Conference (SETC), the third year the truss company has been involved. During the event, Tomcat showcased its products, co-sponsored a design/tech mixer and donated two dance towers as giveaways.
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MIDDLETON, WI – Electronic Theatre Controls, (ETC) has introduced three new fixtures to their lineup of entertainment lighting products. The Selador Desire LED luminaires, Source Four Fresnel, and outdoor Source Four XT.
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