The fixtures reside at TV Azteca's main broadcast complex in Ajusco in the south of Mexico City which has seven 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 sevendays 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 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.
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 lightsource.
The fixtures were delivered by Vari Internacional, Robe's Mexican distributor.
(Jim Evans)
