RTBF, the Belgian national TV broadcaster for the French community, has upgraded its newsroom, Studio 24. Stage Tec, the Berlin-based manufacturer of pro audio equipment, supplied seven high-performance RMDQ DSP units to replace the 2005 predecessors.
If you’re looking for a way to hit those perfect angles with your truss structures, the new plated adjustable corner from LITEC has you covered.
Every few years, a Broadway musical comes along that absolutely sweeps critics and audiences off their feet. This year, that production is Mean Girls, the stage adaptation of Tina Fey’s 2004 film of the same name, which received a stunning 12 nominations for June’s 72nd Annual Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
Artists Ross Ashton and Karen Monid returned to York Minster to deliver an immersive and intricately crafted sonic and visual work “Northern Lights”. The video projection and sound installation was commissioned by the York Minster Fund as the culmination of ‘The Northern Lights Dinner’ fundraiser.
Stage Tec, the Berlin-based manufacturer of pro audio equipment, has equipped a second Hunan Television OB van. Hunan TV is a Chinese satellite TV station with headquarters in Changsha and has the highest audience ratings in the country after CCTV.
Lighting and sound rental company Tylösound AB served as the official technical supplier to the 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships and used Elation Professional’s Fuze Wash 575™ cool-white LED PAR moving head luminaires to meet the strict illumination requirements.
In December 2017, France’s most revered educational institution, The Sorbonne, prepared to ring in the new year and a new era of highly intelligible audio with the installation of an L-Acoustics Syva system in the university’s Grand Amphitheatre.
“It’s a rock ‘n’ roll show!!” … yelled Italian superstar Vasco Rossi repeatedly about a third into his epic set at the Stadio San Nicola in Bari … although I don’t think there was ever any doubt about that as 50,000 adoring fans screamed their appreciation of the showman and provocateur who is arguably Italy’s biggest and most successful singer / songwriter … and rock ‘n roll star!
French band Shaka Ponk is one of the most eclectic you’ll ever run across. Adored by a growing fan base captivated by the group’s artistry and wildly energetic mix of rock/funk, the band is touring through 2018 with a rig that includes flexible lighting pods full of Elation Rayzor 360Z™ LED fixtures, as well as Elation’s new narrow-beam DARTZ 360™ LED moving head.
Ronen Najar is a lighting designer used to working under some pressure, and for the 2018 Israeli Independence Day (Yom Ha'atzmaut) Opening Ceremony on Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, he needed those steely nerves as part of the creative team helping to commemorate a historically significant moment in Israel’s history, the 70th anniversary of the 1948 Declaration of Independence.
“Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic,” is a hilarious off-Broadway show playing at New World Stages beneath an all-LED lighting rig. The play portrays a certain famous wizard school from the perspective of the slightly nerdy and not-so-famous house called Puffs.
MILOS was busy in April and May this year holding their annual Product Academy at both Milos s.r.o. (Headquarters and factory) in Roudnice nad Labem, Czech Republic, and Milos (Guangzhou) Ltd. (factory) in Guangzhou, China.
As the eyes of the soccer world turn towards Russia for the 2018 World Cup, those fans lucky enough to watch games at one stadium in particular will enjoy state of the art audio reinforcement for such a venue.
Young Danish singer, guitarist and chart-topping rising star Jacob Dinesen played two spectacular arena shows to kick off his 2018 summer tour, one in his home region of Aabenraa and one in Copenhagen ... with Robe MegaPointes and Spiiders prominent on the rig!
Area Four Industries’ Technical Director, Dipl.-Ing. Norbert Tripp completely exposed the secrets of truss and its inner workings at the LLB Expo (Ljud Ljus Bild) in Stockholm, Sweden, which is held once every two years.
The G3 2018 world tour needed three different designs for its three distinctive guitarists. Production designer/lighting designer Alastair Watson – who is also the production manager ¬– had a tight budget and a one-truck space constraint. One rig had to do it all.
Canadian hip hop star, actor and Jordan brand ambassador Drake recently channelled his entrepreneurial skills into the hospitality industry, opening Pick 6ix —his first combined restaurant and club, located at 33 Yonge Street in his hometown of Toronto.
