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10.07.2011
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Eurovision Song Contest 2011
The Eurovision Song Contest held at Düsseldorf Arena marked the show’s first return to Germany since 1983. The production today is as well known for its technical achievements as for its lavish and sometimes unusual brand of musical performances. Nevertheless, Eurovision still intrigues audiences worldwide. 100% control for all lighting and video came from MA Lighting. [...]
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02.09.2010
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Shanghai World Expo 2010
Themed as “Better City – Better Life” the Shanghai World Expo 2010 in China started with a spectacular Opening Ceremony, produced by David Atkins Enterprises (DAE) from Australia, for which grandMA2 was used for lighting control. [...]
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12.06.2009
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Victoria Theatre, Singapore
Recently equipped with a high quality dimMA dimming and grandMA control system, the renown Victoria Theatre in Singapore becomes an up-to-date theatre venue. The National Arts Council decided to approach the renovation in phases and to do a replacement of the existing dimming system in the first phase. [...]
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17.02.2009
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Swarovski “Silent Movie”
Swarovski highlighted its company entrance in Wattens, Austria with a stylish installation. The agency FOUR TO ONE: scale design GmbH created a 250 metre long, near transparent veil made of steel, titled “Silent Movie”. It is illuminated at different times of the day with lighting controlled by a grandMA replay unit and one MA NSP.
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17.02.2009
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A World of Cars - "BMW Welt" in Munich
The “Auditorium” is the main centre for the latest lighting technology in the BMW Welt. The auditorium is multi-purpose and used for various performances including car presentations, company events, congresses, conferences, concerts and exhibitions. For this reason the installed lighting system had to offer high flexibility and reliability because moving lights, LEDs, media devices as well as conventionals should be controlled comfortably and easy. These specifications led to the decision to install a grandMA system solution which includes grandMA consoles for control and a huge dimMA digital dimming system. [...]
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18.09.2008
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Olympic Games Opening Ceremony, Beijing
With the slogan “One World, One Dream” all nations were invited by the People's Republic of China to the Summer Olympics 2008, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. The Opening Ceremony has been held in the Beijing National Stadium, - the "Bird's Nest” - which can seat as many as 91,000 spectators. More than 2,300 DMX controlled moving lights and 45,000 parameters transformed the stadium into a never before seen sea of lights. 3 x grandMA full-size plus 3 x grandMA full-size as backup, 2 x grandMA light as well as 46 x MA NSPs controlled the highly sophisticated lighting network during the Opening Ceremony. [...]
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18.09.2008
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Tyumen's Theatre of Drama
After installation of a grandMA system for dimmer, network and media control, Tyumen’s Theatre of Drama became one of the most well equipped among all theatrical complexes in Russia. [...]
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08.05.2008
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Schouwburg Rotterdam
The “Rotterdamse Schouwburg” is one of the leading theatres in the Netherlands. Every year its three halls are visited by over 200,000 guests. It has a long tradition of performing high profile national and international theatre shows. To meet modern technical demands and because of the fact, that the former dimming system of the Schouwburg was 20 years old, a new dimming system had to be installed – a dimMA system. [...]
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07.05.2008
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Queensland Performing Arts Centre
The Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) has recently installed a dimMA system into their Concert Hall. This is one of the largest theatrical dimMA installations worldwide. Show Technology Australia, who realised the project, opened an office in Brisbane to assure local support. [...]
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18.12.2007
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Stadion Center Vienna
With a big ceremony the Stadion Center, a huge shopping centre in Vienna, was recently opened. grandMA consoles, five grandMA media servers, eight MA NSPs and 21 MA 2Port Nodes combined with the latest networking and LED technology form the technical basis in this ultra-modern building. [...]
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01.10.2007
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German Pop Idol
”Deutschland sucht den Superstar” is a German television program, also commonly known by its initials DSDS. It is the German version of “Pop Idol”, broadcast on RTL. 22 MA mediaPCs running grandMA video software together with a sophisticated MA Lighting network were the backbone for the fourth season. The MMC studios in Cologne furnished the studio with 150 moving lights and conventionals, Barco O-Lite and I-Lite LEDs and scores of plasma screens.
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01.10.2007
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Central Station Berlin
With the opening of its new central station in the heart of Berlin the Deutsche Bahn AG introduced a state-of-the-art building. To celebrate this architectural milestone the huge area hosted a show “Lichtsinfonie” (light symphony) – controlled by an MA Lighting system. 930 conventionals and a majority of moving lights were reliably and securely controlled by the MA control system. [...]
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01.10.2007
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Operaen Copenhagen
The Copenhagen Opera House (in Danish usually called Operaen) is the national Opera house of Denmark, and among the most modern opera houses in the world - for good reasons. Behind its facade hides one of the finest lighting systems ever used in a theatre. Composed of MA Lighting consoles and MA NSPs it offers a sophisticated and highly flexible control solution. [...]
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01.10.2007
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The Police
When Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland, better known as "The Police", went out on tour again, one of rock ‘n roll’s most eagerly anticipated comebacks became a reality. Lighting designer Patrick Woodroffe and associated lighting designer and programmer, Danny Nolan, gave the show a unique mix of old-style and new. To manage this task they chose two grandMA full-size, four MA mediaPCs running grandMA video software and five MA NSPs.
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01.10.2007
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DR Byen
Founded as a public service organisation in 1925 (under the name of Radioordningen) DR is Denmark's oldest and largest electronic media enterprise. Its new home in the East of Copenhagen was furnished with a huge MA Lighting dimmer system controlled by grandMA consoles. The data distribution network includes nearly everything which can be networked: live video streams, audio files, office PCs etc. [...]
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30.10.2006
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Eurovision Song Contest
To design a show like the Eurovision Song Contest is an enormous challenge. Around 500 moving lights as well as Barco video- and Schnickschnack LED systems were used in Athens. To control the 44 DMX universes lighting designer Manfred “Ollie” Olma relied on the high-capacity grandMAs. To satisfy the 35 particpating countries, this outstanding event was pre-programmed using grandMA 3D systems for real-time visualization. [...]
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30.10.2006
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Commonwealth Games
With 990 moving lights the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne offered one of the biggest lighting rigs ever. The ceremony also utilised the latest in LED technology to produce many special effects, particularly in the staging and costumes. An amazing number of 68 universes were used with more than 32,000 DMX channels. The whole show was controlled by grandMAs together with 15 NSPs.
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13.02.2006
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Wynn Resort
With building costs of approx. 2.7 billion dollars and 2,716 rooms, the Wynn Resort Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas creates superlatives. Every day 20 shows take place in the building, each lasting 30 minutes. Only grandMA consoles fully meet all the sophisticated network and performance requirements such a location needs. [...]
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13.02.2006
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Time Warner Center
The Time Warner Center in New York is an exclusive workplace for 1,700 people. As an outstanding architectural feature it owns a 27 metre high glass structure which is shaped like a ship’s bow. In this, on a linear length of 222 meters, LED installations are attached - controlled by a grandMA full-size. [...]
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13.02.2006
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Expo 2005
Under the title “In the Evening at the Koi Pond” Lighting Designer AJ Weissbard created the official evening program at the Aichi World Expo 2005 in Nagoya, Japan. The show was composed of projections, sophisticated lighting and fascinating stage effects synchronized to music and punctuated with spoken language. Therefore Weissbard needs a powerful instrument to solve the most complex networking tasks - a grandMA full-size. [...]
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13.02.2006
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Vasco Rossi
With his tour “Buoni o Cattivi” (The Good or the Bad) the Italian Superstar Vasco Rossi presents his message: “Its dangerous to divide the world into good and bad.” To deliver his meaningful songs in a very special way he relied on an impressive lighting concept – and on two grandMA full-size controlling all the moving lights and LEDs. All in all, 4000 channels were necessary. [...]
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13.02.2006
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QVC, Inc. Studios
QVC Inc., the lead electronic retailer sets for himself the ultimate aim to have a completely automated series of studios, which could easily be changed from one lighting setup to another. To accomplish this goal MA Lighting and its North American distributor A.C.T Lighting worked closely with the lighting team at QVC – and with great success. [...]
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13.02.2006
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Blue Man Group
New, York, Boston, Chicago, Las Vegas and Berlin: everywhere the three bald heads of the Blue Man Group appear the audience is enthusiastic. For the Berlin show even more technology was implemented than for the Las Vegas performance. To meet the requirement which quickly exceeded 5,000 channels, a network with four NSPs, a grandMA full-size and a grandMA light was used. [...]
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