Pulsar ChromaPowerPix200s Used on Blue Peter TV Program
LONDON – ChromaPowerPix200, a recent addition to Pulsar's ChromaRange Tri Colour fixture list, has found a spot on the BBC's youth-oriented Blue Peter TV show in the U.K.
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XL Video Panels Frame Arctic Monkey Visuals
LONDON – XL Video UK is supporting the Humbug tour for U.K. indie rockers The Arctic Monkeys, but not in the usual sense. Instead of center-stage I-Mag and moving beam effects, there are no moving lights, and the video plays more of a supporting role, framing the pulsing-but-static light show.
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Anolis Chosen for Eco-Minded College
DUNKERQUE, France – Anolis ArcSource Outdoor 36 RGB lighting fixtures have been installed in a "winter garden" feature in the atrium at the recently-refurbished and re-opened College Lucie Aubrac in one of the country's first HQE colleges.
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Formula 1 Grand Prix Concerts Lit by Clay Paky Gear
ABU DHABI, U.A.E. – "Yasalam", the Arabic word for "fantastic, amazing and astonishing" was the name for a Formula 1 Grand Prix last year, which included four nights of post-race concerts featuring Beyoncé, Aerosmith, Jamiroquai, and Kings of Leon. The shows were lit by more than 100 Clay Paky fixtures.
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Prodigy Tours U.K. with GLP Impressions
LONDON – After seeing them in use at last summer's Isle of Wight Festival, LD Andy Hurst was impressed enough with the brightness, response speed and versatility of GLP's Impressions to add the moving LED light fixtures into the U.K. touring rig for Prodigy, the techno band fronted by Keith Flint.
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Olympic Sailing Center Theatre Equipped with Robert Juliat Followspots
QINGDAO, China – The center that was designed for Olympic sailing events at the southern tip of China's Shandong Peninsula for the 2008 summer games has gotten a second wind as the national Training Centre for Aquatic Sports. It's also home to the annual 10-day Qingdao Sea Culture Festival and the Qingdao Olympic Sailing Center Grand Theater, which has been equipped with four Robert Juliat Aramis 2500W HMI followspots.
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Point Source Productions Helps Mark Australia Day in U.K.
LONDON – Eclipse Presentations commissioned Point Source to provide a lighting system for a recent event at the Australian High Commission in London marking Australia Day, Jan. 23.
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Japanese Pop Singer Aiko Tours with MAC 301 Wash
TOKYO – For Japanese pop singer Aiko's Love Like Rock vol.4 tour last summer, LDs Masa-aki Kamishima and Masahide Maeda used a rig that included 12 MAC 301 Washes and 36 MAC 500s.
Read More »DPI Takes Role in InfoComm AV Technology Today Conference
ATLANTA, GA – Digital Projection Inc. (DPI) will assume a key sponsorship role at InfoComm's AV Technology Today conference. Set for March 18, 2010 in Washington, D.C., the conference will give AV dealers a variety of new product information and hands-on demonstrations conducted by AV equipment manufacturers.
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Wolfmother LD Chooses LSC Clarity Console
MELBOURNE, Australia – Dave Haus, LD for Wolfmother's New Moon Rising tour, chose LSC's Clarity console. Haus, whose company, Prodigy Lighting Design, is based in the U.S., came across a Clarity desk while programming a live TV broadcast in Colorado.
Read More »In Memoriam: Chris Martin, 60
Chris Martin, a principal at Forman and Associates for the past 12 years, died Jan. 17. He was 60. Martin had a 36-year career in entertainment and architectural lighting sales. He moved to the U.S. from his native England in 1973, started with Olesen Lighting in Hollywood and worked for Colortran Inc. before joining Forman and Associates.
Read More »Olivier Award Nominees Include Adams, Clark, Henderson
LONDON – Lighting designers Kevin Adams, Jon Clark and Mark Henderson were among the nominees announced recently by the Society of London Theatre for the 2010 Olivier Awards, which honor top shows that have opened on London's West End the previous year.
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