Illumination Dynamics’ Presence at the ESPY Awards

Since 2002, Illumination Dynamics has provided lighting and power services to ESPN in order to help produce an entertaining and high quality “The ESPYS Red Carpet Countdown Show”. The ESPY Awards are an award show like no other on television, celebrating athletes and unforgettable moments in sports throughout the year and garnering more than 2.6 million viewers in 2010. Before attendees of the show enter the theatre they are photographed and interviewed in several stage set ups along the red carpet by ESPN celebrity hosts from shows such as SportsNation, SportsCenter and PTI: Pardon the Interuption, as well as ESPN International. Illumination Dynamics provides lighting and power for the outdoor interview stages, the red carpet and the pressroom for Post-Award Show interviews.
In the past two years The ESPY Awards have gone live so the Red Carpet Countdown Show has grown tremendously. Spanning the massive outdoor area of LA Live in Downtown Los Angeles, ID uses redundant generators to ensure power is uninterrupted and reliable, designs and provides lighting and even brings A/C units to cool the outdoor stages. In addition, this year “The Countdown Show” will feature a live band with moving lights and lighting design provided by Illumination Dynamics as well. In all, ID will provide over 120 lighting fixtures to “The Countdown Show” and the Post-Award Show interviews; Rich Williams, Director of Broadcast for ID and Lighting Director of “The Countdown Show”, had this to say of his ninth year working with ESPN on The ESPYS: “It’s always a pleasure working with ESPN on big shows like this. It’s partnering ID, a company with the right supplies and experience, with ESPN, a network that dominates sports broadcasting, and creating a show that really ‘wows’ people”. To see the Illumination Dynamics’ product at work and experience the best in sports broadcasting, tune in Wednesday, July 13th at 9 pm ET.