ARMONK, NY – Production Resource Group, L.L.C. (PRG) has purchased Washington, DC-based Innovative Event Production (IEP). The acquisition reinforces PRG's position as a provider of client services, equipment and technology solutions in the entertainment, meetings and events industry.
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ATLANTA – Upstage Video put together one of the largest portable Daktronics LED video displays ever built to meet a simple but challenging spec by corporate jet manufacturer Bombardier – to make the outdoor display big enough for a full-sized image of the company's new Global 7000 and Global 8000 series jets.
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BRISBANE, Australia – Originally released in 2004, the Jands Vista's "think visually, work visually" approach is getting an update with a new release – the Vista 2 Byron. The company has previewed the new release at recent trade shows, and the volunteer lighting crew at Brisbane City Church was also able to get a front-pew seat to the new features as beta testers.
Read More »COLORADO SPRINGS, CO – The Wybron Mobile Showroom is headed Texas Dec. 6-10 with stops planned for Dallas, Austin and San Antonio.
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LOS ANGELES – ShowFX served as a scenic vendor for the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, providing band looks for Drake (shown here), Florence + the Machine, Justin Bieber, Deadmau5 and Eminem. All performed on sets, mechanical staging or structures engineered and supplied by ShowFX.
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KUWAIT CITY – Electrosonic designed, supplied, installed and programmed extensive LED lighting, digital signage, video projection, special effects, audio and show control for the circular 360 Mall's Family Entertainment Center complex.
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AZUSA, CA – Enders & Associates equipped Azusa Pacific University with a MediorNet fiber backbone solution from Riedel Communications to provide signal transport and routing of HD video signals on campus.
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LONDON – Philips Vari-Lite has an expanded technical training program underway to benefit attendees from the U.K., Spain, German, Austria and other locations in Europe.
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MEXICO CITY – The historic El Zócalo (Plaza of the Constitution) was illuminated with a 75-minute-long multimedia spectacular in November, part of a continuing series of celebrations for the centenary of the start of the Mexican Revolution and the bicentennial of the country's independence.
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POMPANO BEACH, FL – Griffin Automation supplied and installed Anolis LEDs and Robe's new CityScape Xtreme exterior LED fixtures for the New York Strip Steakhouse & Cabaret. The venue, founded by Dennis DeGori, is a fusion of fine dining and adult cabaret.
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DOHA, U.A.E. – Al Laith Event Services built a 2,000-capacity open air theatre for the 2010 Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) on the esplanade at Katara in Doha. The temporary structure featured 14 steel arches measuring up to 85 meters in width and 26 meters in height. It was designed by Jeremy Thom, the production designer for the DTFF event, and weighed in at about 100 metric tons.
Read More »LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles County Superior Court jury found that Chaos Visual Productions (Chaos), its founder John Wiseman and its general manager Valdis Dauksts did not misappropriate any alleged trade secrets of XL Touring Video (XLTV), nor did they breach any fiduciary duty they owed to XLTV, in connection with Wiseman's resignation and formation of Chaos in November of 2008. The jury has yet to rule on Wiseman, Dauksts and Chaos in their counter claim against XLTV.
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