RIO DE JANEIRO – LD Peter Gasper updated the lighting system used for Rio's famous Christ the Redeemer monument using LED technology, including 300 Traxon Shield AC XB LED projectors and an e:cue system for control. Osram, parent company to both Traxon and e:cue, agreed to provide the lighting system for a two-year period.
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TUSTIN, CA – For the third year in a row, Video Applications Inc. (VAI) has supported Trevor LIVE, an annual event sponsored by The Trevor Project, the leading national organization focused on crisis intervention and suicide prevention efforts among LGBTQ youth. Held at the Hollywood Palladium, the ready-for-primetime show honored Kathy Griffin and featured guest performances by Sarah Silverman, Wayne Brady, Neil Patrick Harris and Queen Latifah. The special guest producing director was Adam Shankman.
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SERIATE, ITALY – Clay Paky was official lighting equipment supplier to MMS srl for the inauguration of “Ferrari World”, also known as the “Ferrari Experience”, the first Ferrari theme park in the world, built on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi.
Read More »MIDLAND, TX – Hundreds of students came from Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Missouri and New Mexico to participate in the Region 6 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. Design, Technology and Stage Management students had an opportunity to showcase their work and receive outside assessment by KCACTF respondents.
Read More »WUPPERTAL, Germany – Riedel Communications announced that all of its intercom-over-IP products are fully compatible to the recently released EBU Tech 3347 standard.
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LOS ANGELES – For visuals that ranged from vintage scenery and film clips to futuristic time travel, the video production crew for the 83rd Annual Academy Awards (the Oscars) used 34 Hippotizer HDs and a total of 53 discrete active outputs. Hippotizer's UberPan multiple display software component controlled video feeds for over 70 projectors.
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Lehigh Lighting will be introducing their latest lighting control console at USITT in Charlotte, NC, the Rendition II. The Rendition II console includes both hardware and software upgrades to the original Rendition console series. Hardware features include 1.6 GHz processor, 2 GB compact flash hard drive, dual monitor and touch screen support, four USB ports, and fader wing support.
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Time Square Lighting has launched two new theatrical-style LED fixtures to the market, the BD202 and the BD203. Both fixtures produce the equivalent output of a cenventional 75-watt halogen MR16 fixture while using just 21 watts of power a piece.
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CARDIFF, U.K. – For the Welsh National Opera production of Die Fledermaus, LD Howard Harrison is using eight Chroma-Q Color Force 72 LED battens as part of the broader lighting rig provided by White Light. The U.K. tour of the production followed an initial run at the Wales Millennium Centre.
Read More »TUSTIN, CA – Video Applications, Inc. (VAI), a WorldStage company, has secured GSA's Advertising and Integrated Marketing Solutions (AIMS 541) contract for A-to-Z Project Management; Intra-Agency Coordination; Pre/Post-Event Site Survey(s); and Audio, Video, Lighting, Scenic and Production Services.
Read More »NEW YORK – Stagetec USA, a subsidiary of Salzbrenner Stagetec MediaGroup, started 2011 with the opening of an office in New York City. Located in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, the new office has been equipped with an Aurus and a Crescendo console and several Nexus systems.
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CINCINNATI – The School for Creative & Performing Arts (SCPA) installed four Robert Juliat Topaze followspots in Corbett Hall, its 750-seat auditorium. SCPA offers a comprehensive arts education with a college-prep curriculum for students K-12 in the Cincinnati Public School District. Its graduates have performed on PBS with the Cincinnati Pops, and the school served as the setting for a MTV reality series.
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