New Year’s Eve presents a broadcaster battleground in China as the main networks compete for the most-viewers crown. Satellite channel Hunan TV rose to the challenge, commissioning a countdown-to-2020 live show featuring big-name artists backed by party-enhancing lasers, lighting effects and video content.
The biggest New Year’s Eve party in Finland takes place in the country’s capital, Helsinki. It features an outdoor concert showcasing some of the nation’s top performers during the build-up to a firework spectacular at midnight.
Germany’s Rammstein, icons of Neue Deutsche Härte style rock, have recently launched their first-ever stadium tour, mounting 34 dates across 17 European countries, and announcing an additional round of 27 European stadium dates for 2020.
CP Communications, a leader in innovative solutions and services for complex live event productions, announced addition of MultiDyne’s 22-foot mobile van to its growing fleet of production vehicles.
Even after 40 years on the market, the legendary General Purpose (GP) truss series from JTE is still one of the world’s most popular multi-purpose systems. Superior performance for medium-sized projects is delivered via its super safe and stable plated connection system and classic bracing pattern.
With a quarter century of innovation to celebrate and a convention centre full of industry professionals in town, this year’s ISE (11-14 February) has been chosen as the perfect event to mark a significant achievement for Italian audio and technology visionary, Powersoft.
AV equipment hire company Expression Events has made a major investment in Luxibel’s powerful B PAR180RGBW fixtures for its range of projects, including festivals, corporate and architectural.
ADJ announces that the Jolt 300 multi-functional LED-powered strobe fixture is now shipping. Featuring a distinctive arrangement that comprises a central strip of cool white LEDs which is surrounded on both sides by arrays of multi-colored RGB LEDs, the Jolt 300 provides lighting designers with a wealth of creative potential.
Cameo made its debut in NicLen GmbH’s huge rental park at the end of 2018 with the ZENIT series. Germany’s leading dry hire service has stocked up several times since then.
Those who are small know how difficult it can often be to stand up to bigger ones. Not so with the ClipIn Mini Wallplate from Sommer cable. Mini HDBaseT arrives as a mini transmitter for dado ducts, media columns or desk mounting frames.
Long-time DiGiCo user, Stage Sound Services was one of the first companies to invest in the British console manufacturer’s latest Quantum 7 engine for its seven SD7s, stating that their unwavering belief in DiGiCo’s ability to continually upgrade its product made its most powerful engine to date a must-have for the Cardiff-based rental company.
A split Kara system design by Showtime Sound LLC puts the sound where it needed to be in the hotel’s massive atrium for the Cirque Dreams Unwrapped stage and light show.
Having opened an office in Basingstoke, Hampshire, in 2019, Broadcast Solutions announces a new member of the UK team. As of January 2020, JP Delport will join the company and take on the role of Sales Director (Broadcast Solutions UK).
Absen, a leading global LED display brand, has signed a partnership agreement with SQM, a specialist provider of multimedia and event services, as the company’s official distributor in Poland. SQM will have exclusive rights over the sale and distribution of the Aries AX1.5, the world’s first MiniLED rental display, in the Polish rental staging market.
Lighting designer Jacob Gowler relished the chance of using Robe’s new T1 Profiles and LEDBeam 150s for the first time on a Cambridge Theatre Company (CTC) production of the crime-and-passion fuelled musical Chicago (High School Edition), staged over six performances in the 337-seat Great Hall at The Leys School in central Cambridge, UK.
Leading global LED display manufacturer, Absen, will return to the RAI in Amsterdam this February (11-14) to present its latest range of MiniLED products for the fixed installation and rental markets, as well as introduce a large range of new and enhanced products.
‘Astera LED’ has become an industry buzzword in the last 12 months in South Africa, and no sooner had DWR been announced as the distributor in 2019, then Duncan Riley and the team started making immediate sales to people itching to get their hands on Astera’s innovative – and fast becoming renowned – range of battery powered LED products.
