LONDON – Rihanna headlined the Festive Lights Switch On event, held recently in the main atrium space at Westfield London Shopping Centre in Shepherd's Bush, West London. Cover It Up was there as well to provide draping so the public could continue shopping while those attending the event could enjoy the show.
Read More »NEW YORK – ESTA has started work on a new project to write an American National Standard: BSR E1.42 – 201x, Entertainment Technology – Installed Stage Lift Safety Standard, and also announced two new draft standards public review related to chain hoists and RDM.
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NASHVILLE – Rascal Flatts' Unstoppable tour managers Trey Turner and Doug Nichols haven't stopped turning to designer Bob Peterson and Bandit Lites for their lighting needs. Plans call for both to continue supporting Rascal Flatts into 2011, when the tour will be called Nothing Like This, after their latest album.
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FocusTrack, the production lighting documentation system, now offers Paperwork To Go, allowing users to keep paperwork in electronic form and carry it in an iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch.
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A feature in the design of J. R. Clancy's PowerLift automated hoist has been issued U. S. Patent 7,766,308. Within the hoist, the use of a sliding drum on a fixed shaft creates a zero fleet angle as the lift lines leave the drum. The more efficient functioning of the drum and shaft reduces both size and maintenance requirements.
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Lex Products has added DMX512 support to its Slim Dimmer line of compact 1.8kW dimmers in the form of the Slim Dimmer Plus. Designed specifically for television and film location work, as well as theatrical and event dimming, the extruded aluminum housing is designed to withstand the production and rental environment.
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Mega-Lite announced the release of version 2.5 for Disco, a lighting controller designed for use in nightclubs and bars.
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Sculptor Animation Toolkit from Stage Technologies is an add-on for Autodesk 3ds Max, a software package commonly used to animate films, movies and games.
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A new software bundle recently released by Barco enables the ScreenPRO-II with EOC to utilize input DVI sources as background or PIP sources. ScreenPRO-II can also be operated with a DVI matrix router, further increasing the number of available DVI sources.
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Gefen announced that two new ToolBox Splitters are shipping with Gefen Fast Switching Technology (FST) and 3DTV enabled. Sources using HDMI with HDCP (high-bandwidth digital content protection) will no longer introduce a delay when syncing.
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Haivision's Makito HD H.264 video encoder supports component analog and DVI inputs. It combines H.264 video compression and HD video in a small form factor and competitive price point.
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Cooper Controls released version 2.5 of its LightFactory PC-based lighting control software, featuring streaming ACN support, the ability to assign colors filters to channels for easy reference, the ability to run cue lists, chase and matrix (LED) effects in LTP (default), Build or HTP mode.
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