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The Associated Press via The Salt Lake Tribune
Move over, holiday lights. Large-scale light installations that blend contemporary art and technology are taking off as a trend, lighting up the night from New Orleans and Baltimore to Sydney and London.
Many of these free light festivals include interactive displays that turn spectators into participants who can change colors or patterns by moving or playing a game.
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The Hollywood Reporter
ESPN is now participating in a music industry competition known as rate-setting.
On Thursday, the sports network filed suit against Broadcast Music, Inc., an outfit which licenses the performing rights to many published songs. In a petition in New York federal court, ESPN says that "unlike typical television networks," it "acquires music rights through direct licenses, i.e., licenses obtained directly from songwriters, music publishers and music libraries that include all rights as may be required ... or through 'work made for hire' agreements with songwriters."
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Inside the Games
Legendary producer Ric Birch is no longer playing any role in the Rio 2016 Olympic or Paralympic Games after vacating his role in a row over budget cuts, he has revealed.
Birch, who played a major role in Ceremonies at the Barcelona 1992, Sydney 2000 and Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics as well as at the Turin 2006 Winter edition, is regarded as the "Master of Ceremonies" worldwide due to his role in producing so many major large events.
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Ottawa Business Journal
In its latest funding announcement, the Ottawa 2017 Bureau said Wednesday it is looking for "unique events" to be held in “unusual locations” during Canada's 150th birthday year. The bureau, a non-profit organization that is planning Ottawa’s Canada 150 celebration, is promising "a series of 17 epic stunts and gatherings" dubbed Ignite 150 that will "turbo-charge every corner" of the city in 2017.
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Inside the Games
Spectators who have bought tickets for this year's Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will not be assigned specific seats for many events after Brazilian officials decided to introduce a general admission policy.
The news was revealed to client groups in an update sent by Rio 2016.
The decision affects all the Deodoro venues and the Riocentro Pavillions.
Among the sports affected will be badminton, boxing, equestrian, hockey, rugby sevens, shooting, table tennis and weightlifting.
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Forbes
According to an economic impact report released by the event's parent company exclusively to Forbes this afternoon, the Las Vegas version of electronic music festival Electric Daisy Carnival has brought an estimated $1.3 billion to Clark County, which contains Sin City, in the five years since it first arrived.
Last year, the fifth edition of the Las Vegas staging of Electric Daisy Carnival brought in an incredible $350 million on its own. That number is a huge jump from 2011, when that same metric was less than half of what it is now.
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The Monitor
The cities of McAllen and Hidalgo are once again at odds with each other. This time it's over parade floats, and the bitter fight is getting personal.
McAllen Assistant City Attorney Isaac J. Tawil asked the court to step in and clarify a ruling by state District Court Judge Aida Salinas Flores in an 84-page document addressed recently to Hidalgo County District Clerk Laura Hinojosa.
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Business Insider Australia
The gay and lesbian Mardi Gras festival kicked off in Sydney and loud and proud sponsor, ANZ, is joining in the color.
The bank started the tradition of "GAYTMs" back in 2014, dressing up cash dispensers in boisterous, flamboyant decor, and this year, they're taking it one step further to celebrate 10 years as a sponsor, "coming out" as GAYNZ for the festival and transforming the Oxford Street branch, which sits on the route of the annual Mardi Gras parade.
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Edmonton Journal
It's obvious festivals help drive Edmonton's economy — but whether city council should be helping them stay afloat is another question.
"Welcome to the system," Coun. Mike Nickel said recently. "Unless council is going to put a special contingency aside for policing or security, I don't know how to get around it." Heritage Festival executive director Jim Gibbon told media that festival policing costs, which make up a third of its entire annual expenditures, are up $63,000 from the previous year because of increases in private policing fees.
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NBC News
With exactly six months to go until the opening ceremony of the 2016 Olympics in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro, here are 16 things you need to know about the historic event.
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CBC News Windsor
Windsor city council approved $50,000 to sponsor the 2016 Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, but it took nearly an hour of debate before it came to a vote.
The city sponsored the Detroit IndyCar Series race in 2008, and again from 2013-15. The money pays for a media booth, brochures and other advertisements for the City of Windsor.
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Khaleej Times
Dubai will once again be at the center of culinary focus as it launches the third edition of the renowned Dubai Food Festival (DFF). DFF 2016, conceptualized and organized by Dubai Festivals and Retail Establishment, an agency of the Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing, will run from Feb. 25 until March 12.
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Reuters
The metro line extension that will connect Rio de Janeiro's Olympic Park in Barra de Tijuca with the rest of the city is at risk of not being finished before the Games start in August, if a delayed development bank loan is not disbursed, two senior government sources told Reuters.
The transport link, which was a key bid promise when Rio was chosen to host South America's first Olympics, is vital to transport fans from the tourist hotspots of Copacabana and Ipanema to venues where sports such as swimming, basketball and tennis will be held.
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The Post Star
When organizers of the Adirondack Balloon Festival needed financial help in 2014, Warren County agreed to provide $15,000 from the county Tourism Department to supplement occupancy tax funding the event was going to receive.
County supervisors believed it was a one-time payment to help the popular festival. They learned in recent days that Balloon Festival organizers thought it was the first payment of an annual stipend, and were wondering where 2015's check was.
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KRGV-TV
A Brownsville, Texas, man is concerned he won't be able to attend Sombrero Fest. It's a tradition he's kept for 20 years.
The lack of parking accommodations for people with disabilities might keep him home this year.
Larry Garcia said he enjoys attending Brownsville's events, but he is just asking for consideration of all people with a disability.
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Focus Taiwan
Using local geographic features and ethnic cultures for inspiration and with the assistance of advanced optoelectronic technologies, the 2016 Taiwan Lantern Festival, an annual traditional event, is expected to draw at least 10 million visitors during its two-week run.
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Blouin News
The Zika virus outbreak in Latin America has many concerned over the Olympic Games that will take place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil this year. Indeed, the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) concerns about the mosquito-born virus have overshadowed the water contamination issues in local bays and shorelines where Olympians will compete in at least three water events.
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