NEW YORK — MTV’s reality series, Real World, kicked off its 21st season this year with a move to Brooklyn and an eco-friendly facelift by production designer Ellen Waggett of Vibrant Design, LLC. The third person to design the show during its two-decade run, Waggett has a wide range of film and broadcast television credits.
Read More »BOWIE, MD — The ESTA Foundation said that its Fall Protection and Rescue session recently held at the Bowie Center for the Performing Arts here was attended by close to 40. The attendees spent two days with arena rigging specialist Rocky Paulson and MSA representative Morgan Neff.
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NASHVILLE — 44 Production Designs expanded into a larger facility in Nashville. The lighting and video design and production firm has a client list that includes Trace Adkins, the Newsboys, Mute Math, Paramore, The Fray, Hank Williams Jr., Matchbox 20, Kutless, and Lorrie Morgan. The team customizes lighting and video for each client and also manages rental, production and staffing.
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SECAUCUS, NJ — If there’s any professional lighting project where you need to have your game on, it’s lighting a TV sports show. Bruce Ferri, principal of Ferri Lighting Design & Associates, should know. FLDA recently took on the task of providing the lighting for both the new West Coast studio for ESPN’s SportsCenter in Los Angeles and the MLB Network’s new digs in this New York suburb.
Read More »LONDON — GLP Light Production opened a dedicated U.K. office and named Stuart Fenwick sales coordination manager for the new operation, based at the headquarters Richard Martin Lighting (RML), a TV lighting supply firm. Fenwick was formerly with Martin Professional, Robe and Lighting Effects Distribution.
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LONDON — Not every event includes the leaders of countries involved in 85 percent of the world’s gross national product, 80 percent of its world trade and two-thirds of its population. And when such an event does come along — such as the G20 Summit — the press naturally arrives in force, too.
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LOS ANGELES — Blaine Engle has joined Elation Professional/Acclaim Lighting as national sales manager for the specifications market, a new position. Engle’s primary focus will be on Elation/Acclaim LED architectural series products and Elation’s Impression series of LED automated moving heads.
Read More »COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — Wybron and Apollo Design announced that more than 1,300 Apollo gobos have joined the Moiré Gobo Library, and 150 Apollo gels will be integrated into Wybron’s Gel Swatch Library. The updated version of the gobo library, available now, also features 500 gobos from InLight Gobos.
Read More »NEW YORK — Nominations are now open for the second annual ESTA Rock Our World Awards, which recognize achievement by ESTA Members in new products, product applications, or projects.
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Martin’s Maxxyz Modules is a complete lighting controller system based on a series of modules that can be used in different combinations. Five modules are available to build a custom console or can be used with Maxxyz PC™, Maxxyz™ or Maxxyz Compact™. All can be used table-top, mounted in a 19-inch rack system or in the new Maxxyz™ Module Frame. The module base includes a two DMX universe port. When a module is added to a system two physical DMX connections are also added. Each module comes equipped with a built-in Maxxyz PC dongle and support for up to 32 DMX universes.
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LSC Lighting Systems Australia has announced the release of the latest addition to the Redback family of dimmer racks. The new Redback 12 dimmer provides 12 channels at 10A with 100 percent duty cycle in a 2RU package. It is RDM compliant, allowing remote configuration from any RDM compatible controller. This new functionality will be available as a free software upgrade for existing 6-channel Redback dimmers. The Redback design allows the unit to be assembled as a 2RU dimmer with rear outlets or as a 4RU dimmer with front outlets. The rack mount ears can also be reversed for wall mounting.
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The Viper S is the latest addition to Look Solutions’ line of fog machines, complementing the Viper NT and the Viper 2.6. The Viper S has all the features of the Viper NT, but with 50 percent of the size and wattage and 60 percent of the weight. DMX, analog and stand-alone controls are standard, along with a programmable digital timer. It also includes a Profile Timer, which allows you to fog for a specified amount of time and then automatically stop. If the machine runs out of fluid a sensor that will shut down the pump. MSRP is $1,040.
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