One of this year's 'Oscars of Invention' goes to the Osram Itos Phaser 3,000, honouring the development of the first LED/laser-based white light module.
Osram has been announced as one of the winners of this year's 'R&D 100 Awards' for the development of the first LED/laser-based white light module.
Posted on: 26/09/2014Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Jonathan Rouse is a very busy man. This year his programming skills have already been much in demand, working on shows as diverse as the 'X' Factor Live Tour, Sarah Brightman, Boyzone, Ed Sheeran, the Robbie Swings Both Ways Tour and most recently the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Posted on: 18/09/2014Categories: News from TPi Magazine
When Telemundo's third annual Premios Tu Mundo awards show took to the stage at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Professional Wireless Systems (PWS) was on-hand to support the star-studded spectacular, providing RF equipment and on-site expertise for the red carpet, morning show and live broadcast of the pop culture awards program.
Posted on: 18/09/2014Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Blackburn, UK based lighting and visuals specialist HSL renewed its long standing working relationship with Massive Attack supplying a floor package to the European leg of the band's 2014 summer tour which kicked off in Sofia and Istanbul and played a series of headline shows and festivals.
Posted on: 18/09/2014Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Ready to hit the new season with force, eclipse Staging Services has made a significant investment in 36 Vari-Light VL3500 Wash FX luminaires; renowned for being the most versatile wash luminaire on the market.
eclipse are the only supplier in the region to stock the lights and are positive that they will become a sought after item by event organisers and promoters alike.
Posted on: 18/09/2014Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Rockshows live on impressive effects. For this reason, pyro effects have often been used until now. But for everybody who wants to achieve the wow-effect of pyrotechnic at a small price and with easy use, there is an alternative: The NSF-350 from Eurolite.
Posted on: 18/09/2014Categories: News from TPi Magazine
Veteran pan-Latin America promoter Jose Muniz has unveiled his vision for his relaunched Mercury Concerts – the company name he used in the 1990s, since splitting from XYZ Live earlier this year.
US-based Muniz had joined long-time friend Phil Rodriguez at Evenpro Group/XYZ Live in 2012 (see Audience issue 153),
Posted on: 18/09/2014Categories: News from Audience Magazine
Peter Grosslight, global head of music and a board member at William Morris Endeavor Entertainment (WME) has died from cancer, aged 68.
Trained as a lawyer, Grosslight founded Regency Artists in 1974, which later became Triad Artists in 1984 after merging with two other agencies. He joined the William Morris Agency when Triad was acquired in 1992
Posted on: 18/09/2014Categories: News from Audience Magazine
Former multi-festival owner Vince Power has been banned from staging live music events in the UK following a licence dispute with royalty collection body PRS for Music.
The not-for-profit organisation told London's High Court that Power, who still owns a stake in Spain's Benicassim (cap. 40,000) festival, had been operating without a PRS licence when holding the 50,000-capacity Hop Farm Music Festival in Kent from 2009 to 2012.
Posted on: 18/09/2014Categories: News from Audience Magazine
SFX Entertainment reported second quarter financial results for the three months ending 30 June with revenue at $82 million compared with $27.4 million in 2013 for the same period last year.
However, net loss was $43.7m up from $24.9m in the preceding year's quarter, while long term debt almost tripled to $220.5m from $74.7m the preceding year.
Posted on: 18/09/2014Categories: News from Audience Magazine