The Miss America pageant returned to its Atlantic City origins this year and lighting designer Allen Branton was charged with lighting the cavernous Boardwalk Hall and making sure 53 beautiful women looked their best whenever the TV camera turned their way. He was aided by Clay Paky Sharpy and Sharpy Wash fixtures from Atomic Lighting in Lititz, Pennsylvania.

Lighting designer Nick Richings has specified Showline's high-output SL PAR 150 ZOOM luminaires to create a 'jolly', bright wash for the current hit musical tour of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

Since its inception in the USA 70 years ago, Holiday On Ice has entertained over 230 million visitors  around the world with its mix of skilled skating, artistic choreography, passionate music and spectacular special effects. Nowadays based in Amsterdam and owned by one of Europe’s leading live entertainment companies, Stage Entertainment, sound designer Jeroen ten Brinke has specified Yamaha digital mixing consoles for its latest productions.

After selling out shows across Europe last year, Travis Pastrana's Nitro Circus Live is back on tour — beginning at the brand new 40,000 capacity Tele2 Arena in Stockholm.

Live show, event and broadcast video specialist Event Management based in Milan, Italy, expanded their investment in Kinesys automation equipment to service the latest series of the popular TV show, Io Canto.

When experienced monitor engineer Becky Pell was asked to join Sarah Brightman on her world tour, she decided to take a creative approach to designing her stage rig. Via Capital Sound Hire she sourced an inventory of Martin Audio’s sleek LE1500 wedge monitors and W8LM Mini Line Array elements for side fills — emulating the set-up she had first seen Rod Matheson deploy, when she was teching for him on Kylie Minogue’s 2008 tour. “He decided to deploy the LMs in an unusual way and it worked really well,” she said.

Croatian megastar Gibonni recently played a special concert in the Kombank Arena, Belgrade, Serbia in front of 20,000 fans who all went crazy for the occasion! The lighting utilized 22 x Robe ROBIN Pointes and 36 x LEDBeam 100s which were specified by Lighting Designer Sven Kučiniċ.

Snell announced that renowned filmmaker Dick Carruthers has earned the Best Live Coverage Award at the U.K. Music Video Awards (MVAs) 2013 for "Led Zeppelin: Celebration Day," which is based on his production of the band's 2007 reunion gig at London's O2 Arena. During the benefit concert, which was a tribute to Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun, Carruthers used a 28-meter by 10-meter backdrop featuring video mixed on the Snell Kahuna multi-format production switcher to create the visual spectacle envisioned by the legendary troupe for its stage return.

XL Video collaborated closely with Ogle Hog to supply video production equipment, expertise and crew to the spectacular 2013 MTV EMAs staged at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam.

Lighting designer Andy Hurst created a completely new lighting, set and visual design for the latest Chase & Status UK Arena tour which started off their campaign promoting their new album ‘Brand New Machine’

The first tour for Robe's new CycFX 8 fixtures is with UK post-punk rockers White Lies, as specified by Lighting Designer Matt Waterfield and supplied by London based  lighting and visuals rental specialist, Colour Sound Experiment, who purchased 32 of the units directly off the booth at the PLASA exhibition in October.

The famous Canadian lighting designer, Luc Lafortune, who designed - among other things - the lighting at the Cirque du Soleil, at the Turkmenistan’s Independence Celebration Day, at the House of the Dancing Water dancing show, at the Peter Gabriel “Growing up” tour, will be in St. Petersburg on 5 December this year for a unique conference, called "Art and Poetry in Stage Lighting".

Avid® announced that Avid’s proven and trusted live sound systems played a key role at the 2013 Austin City Limits Music Festival. The systems provided top-quality sound for some of the world’s most notable acts, including super-group Atoms for Peace, featuring members of Radiohead, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, and more.

When Selena Gomez discussed the ambience she wanted to create onstage for her ‘Stars Dance’ world tour with Artistic Director Seth Jackson, she described elegance and style, replete with a touch of classical, shimmering ‘star quality’ reminiscent of the mystique of Hollywood’s golden era.

The UP Network brands itself as America’s favorite TV channel for uplifting music and family entertainment, and produces many seasonal awards and entertainment programs annually as part of that vision.  The company recently procured the mobile production services of TNDV to support two of the network’s biggest specials for 2013.