TV
Azteca, the second largest mass media company in Mexico, has invested in Robe
Pointe moving lights which were specified by Head of Lighting Miguel Osorno and
Lighting Manager Manolo Toledo.
The
fixtures reside at TV Azteca’s main broadcast complex in Ajusco in the south of
Mexico City which has 7 studios and are used there and on another 11 studios at
their other main site across the city in Tlalpan. TV Azteca broadcasts two
networks – Azteca 7 and Azteca Trece – and 10 cable channels covering a wide
mix of programmes, including news, soaps, quiz shows, music, reality, etc.
Lighting
for all the programmes utilizing the studios is designed and co-ordinated by Manolo
and Miguel – the department is working 7 days a week – and there are outside
broadcasts on top of that.
TV Azteca
owns a large quantity of lighting equipment. Manolo, who also LDs for outside
shows and concerts had been using the Pointes increasingly – they are one of the most popular moving
lights in Mexico – and thought they would be perfect for the range and
diversity of productions that they have to light at TV Azteca.
“It’s a
great all-round fixture, extremely bright and with excellent performance,” he
comments, adding that it’s extremely fast to programme, has great colours and
is well priced for all the things it can do. “It ticked all our boxes,” he says
with a big smile.
If they
need to boost their current stock of 13 Pointes for selected shows, cross rentals
are usually straightforward in the CDMX area because of the proliferation of
rental companies who have invested over the last 18 months.
“We are
extremely happy, it’s been a solid investment,” says Miguel who thinks the
prism is an excellent feature, as well as the frost which effectively transforms
it into a wash fixture and he also loves the gobo selection and the crisp,
clean quality of the light source.
The
fixtures were delivered by Vari Internacional, Robe’s Mexican distributor.
Pointes
were chosen after various options were considered. Apart from being well impressed
with the lights themselves, Miguel and Manolo wanted the warranty and outstanding
technical and after-sales support.
The
Pointes are in constant use – Lip Sync Mexico – a battle between celebrities to
prove their lip syncing talents, the musical show MYST, InBox boxing and
Mexico’s Got Talent – are just a small sample of the shows on which they have impacted.
They also
have some older Robe fixtures – ColorWash 1200E ATs – which are still going
strong and were used, amongst other lights, on the Pope’s Mass Mexico earlier
in the year. They also regularly use Robe’s LEDBeam 100s and LEDWash 1200s in
their work.
Talking
more generally about Robe as a brand, Miguel comments that there is “a great
range of good quality fixtures”.
Manolo
says, “Robe is definitely growing constantly right now. It’s an independently owned
company and I think that’s reflected in the overall quality of the products and
the technical service which is excellent”.
http://www.robe.cz
Photos : Louise Stickland
