d3 Technologies is pleased to announce that LMG has become its latest rental partner in the US. d3 Technologies maintains a global network of rental partners who help fulfil customers’ d3 hardware requirements in their local areas. LMG joins a dozen other rental partners based in the US. LMG is headquartered in Orlando and has offices in Las Vegas, Dallas, Nashville and Detroit. For more than 30 years LMG has provided video, audio, lighting and LED support for some of the world’s largest corporate meetings, trade shows, specialty events, tours and concerts. The company is known for its expansive inventory…
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MDG’s stylish new stand was a popular gathering place for those interested in the best of atmosphere generation. The stand was busy on all days with visitors interested in products across the board, and receiving demonstrations of the Atmosphere range, the Me Family, the IceFog Series of low-fog generators and the award-winning, theOne. Customers also benefited from fabulous videos that showed on screen how to unleash the full potential of some of the larger generators that the environs of a trade show were not able to accommodate. One of these was the new Me8 fog generator which was launched at…
Arkaos PRO has reported one of its busiest shows to date with a constant stream of visitors coming to discover the latest developments in ArKaos PRO software. The stand demonstrated the video mapping capabilities of the ArKaos PRO MediaMaster 4.2 software with an intricate array of 3-dimensional shapes outlined to perfection as projection surfaces. Visitors were able to try MediaMaster out for themselves to understand just how easy it is to achieve complex results with ArKaos’ software and to put any questions to the ArKaos sales team first hand. The versatility of MediaMaster as a total solution-in-one software continued to…
Manaus PA company, SPA, recently invested in Allen & Heath’s dLive digital mixing system, adding the flagship S7000 Control Surface and DM64 MixRack to its hire stock. “I was interested in investing in a new console to update our hire stock and went to a demo of the dLive,” said SPA owner, Pedro Chaves. “I love the versatility of the dLive system, the expansion and networking capabilities, and the brilliant tools, such as the compressors and reverbs. The system works faultlessly in Brazil’s climate too, which can be very hot and humid.” SPA’s new system was used for the first…
UK – A.C. Video, a sales division of A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) are hosting an Open Day on Tuesday, 26 April at the Grand Theatre, Blackpool, to demonstrate the latest innovations from their portfolio of cutting-edge brands. With only a week to go, there are still some free places left for the informal event, which will showcase the division’s UK-exclusive brands at the forefront of video production in the entertainment and AV integration sectors. These include Green Hippo media servers, ProLights high performance video displays, Just Add Power receivers and Luminex Ethernet switches. Other featured brands include Draper, Christie Digital, Philips…
For two weekends in April, The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival takes over the Empire Polo Club grounds with music, food and art displays. As in years past, AG Production Services provided the Mega Structures Mini enclosure, rigging, staging, video and lighting for the Sahara tent. The design of this year Sahara Tent was lead by Koen De Puysseleir and Andrew Gumper. Together, the team worked to transform the Mega Structure enclosure into an intimate, yet visually appealing setting with 3D shapes that bring the audience close to the performers. “The goal of our design was to make the…
Rising American country music star Canaan Smith has been touring with Robe Pointes and LEDWash 600s, specified by lighting designer Sooner Routhier, whose objective was to create a fresh and vibrant look for each show on the first US leg of the artist’s ‘Stompin’ Grounds’ tour, also his first full headlining venture. Visiting a variety of different sized venues, Sooner’s starting point for the design was a series of corrugated, metal, graffiti art pieces in set carts which are positioned onstage. These were inspired by artwork that Canaan had created on his smartphone, bringing a real personal touch to the…
When John Turner, Front of House engineer for Celtic rock band Runrig, was asked what console he would like to use on the band’s recent sold out UK and European tour, his answer was instantaneous – A DiGiCo SD7. Tour sound requirements were supplied by Denmark’s Nordic Rentals, the company having worked with Runrig for a number of years. “Nordic stocks DiGiCo and Martin Kolbro was using an SD10 at monitors,” said Turner. “I knew they had an SD7 in their inventory, I hadn’t used one before and I thought, why not? But then I had a look at the…
Lang, one of Europe’s leading AV technology rental companies, has committed to purchase 50 Panasonic PT-RZ31K projectors, the 28,000 lumens laser phosphor projector launched at ISE 2016. The 3-Chip DLPTM SOLID SHINE series, which has been designed specifically for large venue applications, is the brightest projector Panasonic has ever launched, and offers continuous maintenance-free operation, low total cost of ownership, a small cabinet and stunning picture quality. Lang supports many of Europe’s leading projection mapping events, including the Bucharest iMapp Festival and Moscow’s Circle of Light, where it will look to integrate the PT-RZ31K in future shows. Tobias Lang, CEO…
The Verto truss has been one of the most mentioned product innovations of the Prolight+Sound exhibition. From the launch on 5 April until the last day of the show, a record number of visitors have tried and tested the Verto truss, while quite a few were brave enough to take up the Verto Speed Challenge. The speedy and very silent truss sets records in assembly and disassembly times. “The feedback we received during the show has been tremendous, we have been constantly busy. We’ve raised an immediate demand for this truss, way beyond our highest expectations” said Ralph Stockley, CCO.…
The UK premiere of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was big news throughout Europe. Setting an appropriately grand tone for this A-list event at London’s Leicester Square, Impact Production Services, created the highest profile video installation in the company’s history using a collection of PVP X6IP LED panels and pixel mapped ÉPIX Strip Tour LED fixtures from Chauvet Professional. Anchoring the dramatic design by IPS client Limited Edition Event Design was a massive video wall display. Lining the red carpet, the display was made of 14 individual 2m x 2m x 5m high Layher towers positioned in zig-zag formation;…
Sennheiser will be joining GoPro’s new Developer Program, which provides third-party developers with toolkits to connect their products with GoPro cameras and develop integrated solutions. At a GoPro-hosted press event today, Sennheiser showcased new products from its audio labs that will allow GoPro users to match breath-taking footage captured at the extremes with incredibly high-quality audio. The audio specialist is presenting its forthcoming VR mic and – for the first time – an all-new action microphone. “It is truly thrilling to be among the first to join the GoPro Developer Program to create audio visual experiences that will transform our…
Robe BMFL Spot moving lights have been specified for France’s famous Arlette Gruss Circus show which started its 2016 winter tour at the Place des Quinconces in Bordeaux. Since 2009, the show has been staged in the 1,500 seater ‘Cathedral’ tent venue, an impressive structure that features eight masts and is 83 metres long by 49 metres wide with 20 metres of headroom. With those dimensions, they needed a spot fixture with some serious brightness. They also wanted a unit that was flexible and properly multi-purpose. The 11 x BMFL Spots – replacing older 1500W series moving lights from another…
Plenty of excitement surrounded the high profile re-launch of Virgin Radio on the DAB digital radio platform, with an exceptionally strong presentation team, a great music and entertainment policy and all the ingredients to repeat the ratings success it enjoyed in the nineties and noughties. Event technical production specialist Maestra London was asked by live event and TV producers TBI Media to provide creative lighting for the inaugural broadcast which took place aboard a Virgin train running from Manchester to London. It was hosted by Virgin Radio presenters Edith Bowman and Matt Richardson complete with special live sets from a…
MTVU’s Woodie Awards returned to SXSW in Austin, Texas where Clay Paky Scenius moving head spotlights made their show debut during the performance of London-based electro-pop artist Jack Garratt. Tom Kenny also returned for the third consecutive year as lighting designer of the show, which celebrates the music voted best by college students. A.C.T Lighting is the exclusive distributor of Clay Paky fixtures in North America. MTVU is an award-winning channel that broadcasts to over 750 college campuses across the US. “Woodies/10 for 16” was hosted by A$AP Rocky on the main stage in Austin’s American-Statesman parking lot. Garratt performed…
On 20 February at White Night Melbourne 2016, TDC – Technical Direction Company achieved a projection mapping first inside La Trobe Reading Room of The State Library of Victoria. On the façade of the Library building itself, TDC immersed audiences in a myriad of illuminated video projections. Melbourne is one of seven UNESCO Cities of Literature, which inspired a group of Australian Artists – Nick Azidis, Lisa Greenaway, Adem Jaffers and Bentley Dean – to create Ideation, as a spectacular audio-visual celebration of the power of libraries to teach, inspire and develop knowledge. The Library’s majestic La Trobe Reading Room…
The stately Cone Denim Entertainment Center has been at the heart of the entertainment scene in Greensboro North Carolina for over 100 years. Opened in the early 1900s as a movie theatre, the three tiered structure was reinvented as a concert/event venue earlier in this century. As such it holds delightful surprises for Greensboro residents. Recently, it also provided an unexpected eye-opening experience for lighting designer Dave Carr. Carr, the lighting designer for The Academy of Country Music Award winning Eli Young Band, was ready to depend on the house rig at the Cone Denim Entertainment Center when the group…
Las Vegas based Alpine Rigging, headed by Brent Armstrong, has made a substantial new investment in Kinesys automation equipment, with the purchase of eight variable speed chain hoists fitted with Kinesys Elevation 1+ drives, Kinesys Vector Software and eight Kinesys LibraCELL load measuring shackles, all delivered via the manufacturer’s U.S. office in Atlanta. Brent founded Alpine Rigging in 2011 and has been working out of the frenetic entertainment industry hub of Las Vegas since 2005. He’s previously worked as a freelance rigger and automation specialist in Europe, Asia and other parts of the world, as well as extensively throughout North…
