According to Kobi Danke, building-project manager, the new footage will give ETC more manufacturing and warehousing space: "We continue to introduce new products requiring greater assembly space. We also recently brought surface-mount technology in house to manufacture our own PCB/circuit board technology, which required spatial adjustments. And we anticipate further increases in production to meet rising order
DPL is one of the first UK production companies to purchase the new 125mm version of the popular LED webbing system and has used it on a number of events since adding the panels to its rental stock. The company provides its production and lighting design services to a broad client base which includes the architectural lighting, concert, fashion, multi-media and corporate events sectors.
Owner Darren Parker comments, "I was amazed that I could still see the Color Web in daylight after walking about 175m away from it, so knew it would be ideal for the all-day lineup on the stage."
Featuring 64 colour mixing LED cells with a pitch of 125mm for double the resolution per
Prolight&Sound Shanghai has grown considerably since its debut in 2003, attracting key light and sound professionals from every sector of the entertainment and display industry each year. In 2006, over 12,000 visitors from 80 countries came to the fair.
For 2007 the event will be twice as big as before. Amongst the confirmed exhibitors for the fair are Active Audio, Allen & Heath, AT Laser, Neo-Neon, PHD, PAS, Sennheiser, Shure, SoundKing, Terbly Lighting, Triple Onda, and Wharfedale.
Exhibitors from Australia, China, France, Hong Kong, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain and the UK are all confirmed, plus large national pavilions from Germany and Taiwan.
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Stage One's technical director Jim Tinsley comments, "We had just three weeks to install 35 axes of aeriel automation, but are very proud of the fact that Q-Motion has advanced to a point whereby we could deliver the show requirements within such a tight timescale and with few problems."
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Under the terms of the agreement, the sole shareholder of ALS would receive cash consideration of approximately $1.1 million, 260,000 shares of Nexxus Lighting's Common Stock, and based upon certain future earn-out formulations, up to an aggregate of approximately 425,000 additional shares of Nexxus Lighting's Common Stock.
Paul Streitz, the president and sole shareholder of ALS, is expected to remain as president of the new, wholly-owned Nexxus Lighting subsidiary.
"We believe that Advanced Lighting Systems has significant opportunities for growth," stated
Sponsored by GAC, this year's music included pre-show live music from The Dirt Drifters, Dead Country, Chris Janson and Jeffrey Steele. Keni Thomas performed the National Anthem before a two-hour live show that featured Rodney Atkins, Van Zant and Taylor Swift, joined by the Nashville Symphony Orchestra.
Lighting designer Mark Carver chose to use ETC Source Fours, Gladiator 3k Followspots, Martin MAC 500s, 600s and 2000 washes, and Vari*Lite 3000 spots to light the show. Equipment was controlled by two Wholehog IIs and wings.
Carver said the surrounding s
"With the MA system we got the flexibility we need. We have large range of productions here from bands which we 'busk' to opera where we use a more theatrical programming style. We are using LEDs and video a lot more. With the grandMA video and the MA mediaPC we are able to control these with the lighting desk," explains deputy technical manager Ingo Rheinhardt his choice of the grandMA system. Besides others the lighting rig consists of 16 Martin Mac 700, 24 Martin TW1 and 18 ADB Warps.
The Barbican Arts Centre, which recently celebrated its 25th birthday, is Europe's largest multi-arts and conference venue, presenting a year-round programme of ar
For the gig in Bremerhafen, Herbert Heinze of Blue Sound Veranstaltungstechnik designed a sound system based on Alcons pro-ribbon line-arrays. The system consisted of LR16s (main left/right), LR16Bs (bass left/right) and LR14s, powered and controlled by ALC. Overall system control was taken care of by a Dolby Lake processor.
Toto's engineer Jon Ostrin observed: "The Alcons pro-ribbon line-array is a great system: I love it."
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The company has taken stock of Alpha Spot HPE 575s, Alpha Wash 575s and Alpha Wash 1200s adding to an already large and varied stock of moving and LED lights.
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The modular flexibility of the Stealth panels allowed the construction of a 'huck-o-meter' as a 30ft high cylinder with a 7ft 6" diameter at the top of the 27ft quarter pipe ramp.
The annual X Games is the premier action sports event in the world, featuring athletes from across the globe competing for medals and prize money in the following sports: BMX Freestyle, Moto X, Skateboard, Surfing, and Rally Car Racing. X Games 13 was telecast live on ESPN and ABC.
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Royal Dublin Society chief executive, Michael Duffy says: "We have to provide the best available for our customers and evaluated several seating systems. Arena's clearview product provides the best sightlines, a comfortable seat and the ability to be reconfigured to suit the many different types of event we stage here at RDS."
Arena's managing director Joe O'Neill says: "We recognised the ever more exacting requirements of event organisers, architects and specifiers and took a 'clean sheet' approach to create a s
The R-Type provides the main FOH mixing facilities in the AIDAdiva's Theatrium, incorporating more than 3000sq.m of central entertainment area and stages over three decks, linked by an impressive open stairway. Comprising a giant glass and steel dome, the Theatrium plays host to up to five different shows a night across a wide range of production styles.
Hendrik Maassen comments: "We needed a highly flexible and capable solution that would deliver a top quali
The production, which features the catalogue of music by Take That, premiered in Cardiff last month and will move on to venues in Manchester, Stoke, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
Richard Brooker comments: "The Never Forget musical is a production which promises Take That and musical fans a night that they will never forget, therefore the partnership with the technical specialist has to be perfectly aligned with the audiences' incredibly high expectations."
Blitz provided a full range of services for the show from its extensive Cadac mixer stock. Cadac D16s and M16s, provide monitor mixes to an Aviom system for band foldback. A 38-way Sennheiser radio microphone system is utilised, while Bli
"I'm a grandMA guy through and through," says lighting designer/director Christopher Stuba. "The band wasn't really into IMAG but had been wanting to do video. So we bought a Catalyst system a couple of years ago. We're running the soft LED drape with it and using the grandMA through the Catalyst. The grandMA is wonderful and easy to manipulate. Troy Eckerman is our grandMA programmer; we've been working together on and off for 15 years - he's the best there is."
Currently, the grandMA controls an array of moving and conventional light fixtures, includi
Harman Pro UK, organisers of the 'Hot Tickets' campaign, will be giving away tickets each day of the show at their stand at the show (D22), to celebrate the recent completion of its installation work at the rebuilt Dome. Among the top acts appearing at the O2 this autumn are The White Stripes and Prince.
Harman played a major role in the design of the PA/VA system in the stadium (and supplied most of the equipment for it), as well as assisting with the design and equipment supply for the sound systems throughout the rest of the reconstructed Dome.
JBL speakers are in evidence in all the public walkways, the 11-screen multip
With up to one million spectators gathered along the banks of the Charles River, visual relays by large screens were needed for the spectators to enjoy the full impact of the event - and Lighthouse HD ready LED screens were deployed.
Since 2003 the celebrations have been televised across the US on the CBS network, the television coverage now dictating the overall appearance of the event. Thus the large format screens placed on both side of the orchestra stage have needed to be high resolution in order to look good on domestic television screens. CBS then decided to broadcast the event in high definition format in 2007, hence a higher resolution
Stageco was specifically asked to improve the event's sightlines for both the audience and television cameras. The company came up with a novel solution. They sited the front of house mixing positions in low profile structures to the left and right of the auditorium, with lighting desk stage right and sound desk stage left.
The stage itself was a Stageco Boogdak roof system, which created a 18.6m x 14m performance area as well as height ab
Athena has two theatres. The first holds 275 seated; and if all the seats are removed this increases to a 700-person limit. The second is black-box style seating 150 patrons.
Lighting equipment for both theatres includes over 150 Selecon luminaires including Rama 175 High Performance PCs with Fast Focus Technology yokes, Arena 2kW PCs, white Acclaim Axial 18º -34º Zoomspots, Pacific 12º-28º and 23º-50º Zoomspots with 80V 1200W power systems, Pacific Followspots with 80V 1200W power systems, Acclaim Fresne
Rehearsals for the current world tour began March 17 at Sound Image's worldwide headquarters in San Diego, California. Front-of-house sound engineer Michelle Sabolchik-Pettinat challenged Sound Image to provide a touring system that was adaptable to both medium and large-scale venues, and that would deliver consistent sound in the wide variety of indoor and outdoor buildings where the show would play.
Tour industry veteran Gary Sanguinet is the project's system engineer, and long-time Sound Image employee John Schimke is on board as monitor engineer. Sound Image
The theatre in Dalston, North East London, aims to become carbon neutral following an ambitious seven-year plan known as Arcola Energy. It has installed energy efficient stage lighting, biomass heating, solar panels, fuel cells and state of the art energy saving technologies throughout the building.
The Arcola Energy launch event took place during monsoon type rain and included a performance from Golden Globe winning actress Cathy Tyson, who coincidentally read from The Flood. During the performance Tyson was lit by a range of low-energy LED lights, solely powered by a 5kW PEM fuel cell.
For the launch performance, Stage Electrics s
The event safety specialists were an integral part of the tour planning, working with Genesis's production manager, Wob Roberts, to draw up risk assessments and safety policies. They ensured that tour personnel adhered to the required standards and informed all international promoters of the safety information required by local authorities.
Two TESS safety officers, Jake Piper and Mike Herbert, were attached to the tour. "Although they acted as safety 'police' to a certain extent, they spent most of their time with the crew advising and helping them to work in a safe manner," said TESS director Simon James.
Perhaps the most dramatic off-stage moment of the tour was when lightnin
CSP's MD Kenny Heng says: "We've been closely watching the growing convergence between conventional and digital lighting, and the time is absolutely right for us to invest in this new technology and bring it to Singapore."
CSP works extensively throughout Singapore, Malaysia and other south east Asian countries, traversing several market sectors including live events, TV productions, theatre shows and corporate and industrial presentations.
CSP's Robe hire stock is the largest of any rental company in Singapore, and now includes 56 ColorSpot 1200E ATs and 16 ColorWash 1200E ATs , plus the new DigitalSpot 5000 DTs.
Recent CSP projects using Robe ha
Arena Structures has an impressive track record at UK golfing tournaments and this year alone will have supplied over 500,000sq.m of structures to the major UK golf events, from Wentworth to Loch Lomond to Celtic Manor.
Bespoke structures range from luxurious double decker hospitality suites used by corporate sponsors such as BMW and HSBC and VIP lounges,to more functional spaces such as press centres. Ron Smith, Arena Structure's projects director said: "We are delighted to be able to continue our relationship with The R&A and look forward to offering the highest standard of service at The Ope
Provided by Lighthouse's rental partner AV Promotions, a vast 45 panels wide by 10 panels high (28.8m x 4.8m) Lighthouse 6mm indoor screen was the centrepiece of a massive celebration of the 10th anniversary of the establishment of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
The event took place at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre and featured performances by many well-known Hong Kong artists, such as singers/actors Jacky Cheung and Andy Lau alongside Chinese performers including the pianist Lang Lang. The climax of the event saw Hu Jin Tao, the State President of China invited to the stage to sing with all the performers.
Also provided by AV Promotions, 288 panels of Lighthouse 6mm indoor screen were used at t
