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  StageCo Sued Over Tower Collapse
StageCo has been sued in Texas state court by Christie Lites for damages sustained when a 90' lighting tower erected by StageCo collapsed prior to a nationally televised motocross event at the Fort Worth Stockyards in June, ...
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LOUD Appoints New Pro-Audio Leadership
LOUD Technologies Inc. has appointed Jeff Rocha vice president and general manager, EAW and Anthony Taylor vice president and managing director, Martin Audio. In these newly expanded roles, Rocha and ...
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Philips Vari-Lite Continues to Expand In the Middle East
Philips Vari-Lite has announced delivery of 42 VL3500 Wash and 30 VL3000 Spot luminaires to Production Technology, located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for use on lighting productions throughout the Middle East. Since ...
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Dura-Flex is REACH-Compliant
Creative Stage Lighting has announced that Dura-Flex cable meets REACH environmental and safety standards.
REACH, the European environmental safety standard, restricts harmful and hazardous materials including ...
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Lectrosonics to Co-Sponsor Wireless Theatre Presentation
Lectrosonics is co-sponsoring the forthcoming webinar "Wireless Theatre: Optimizing Systems for Vocal Clarity." Schedule for Tuesday, February 8 at 2pm Eastern / 11am pacific is free (after registering). ...
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LAB X Technologies Issues AVB IP License to Avid
Lab X Technologies has issued a solution integration license of its AVB Audio IP Platform to Avid for development of an IEEE 802.1 Audio Video Bridging (AVB)-based technology. Showcasing their AVB proof of concept at Integ ...
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Waves Is Now Shipping V8 (Version 8) Plug-ins
Waves Audio, the provider of digital signal processing solutions, is now shipping V8, the new version of Waves plug-ins.
One of Version 8's most exciting highlights is that several classic plug-ins will be getting facelifts: ...
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Sontronics Launches New Drum Mics
At this year's NAMM Show, Sontronics announced a further move into application-specific miking with the release of three condenser microphones designed specifically for drums: the DM-1T, DM-1S, and DM-1B. ...
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Wildfire Inc. Supplies UV Fixtures to Tokyo Disneyland for Toy Story Mania!
Wildfire Inc., the maker UV (ultraviolet, aka "black light") effects for theatre, themed entertainment, and visitor attractions, has supplied Tokyo Disneyland with 137 Wildfire long-throw 250W UV lighting fixtures (model LT ...
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AVS Production Group Chooses Yamaha PM5D-EX System For Marc Anthony Tour
Marc Anthony recently completed the US leg of a tour in support of his latest album of Spanish ballads, Iconos released in 2010.
The U.S. tour began in New York City at Madison Square Garden and wrapped up in ...
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Soundcraft at Niagara County Community College Theatre
Ronco Specialized Systems, Inc. recently installed and revamped the theatre at Niagara County Community College's (NCCC) in Sanborn, New York with a Harman-based audio system, leading with a Soundcraft Si3 digital ...
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Gearhouse SA Celebrates New Age Friendship
Over 40,000 excited cricket fans packed the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban, South Africa, to see India clinch victory over the Proteas (South Africa) in Sunday's Standard Bank International Pro20 cricket tournament, in ...
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Trinity Lutheran Church In Minnesota Updates with DiGiCo SD9
There has been a slew of house-of-worship installs in major metropolitan areas of the country utilizing SD8 and SD9 consoles of late, but DiGiCo consoles of any variety aren't limited exclusively to the bright lights of the big ...
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Point Source Audio at t Lanier Charter Career Academy
Lanier Charter Career Academy (LCCA), in Georgia's Hall County, is a unique vocational training opportunity open to all high school students in the district. The hospitality industry factors prominently in the regional economy so ...
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Audinate and ZP Engineering Extend Collaboration
ZP Engineering has become the first Audinate authorized distributor and engineering partner in EMEA.
"We're very excited that ZP Engineering has stepped up to become our first authorized distributor and engineering ...
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Analog Way Promotes New VP Americas
Analog Way, the designer and manufacturer of image converters and presentation switchers, announces the promotion of Alexander Schöpff to the position of VP of American Operations.
As of March 1, Schöpff will head up ...
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RapcoHorizon Company Secures 27 New Artist Endorsements
The RapcoHorizon Company, a manufacturer of audio/video interfacing and cable equipment, announces that 27 performing artists, including Drive By Truckers, the Charlie Daniels Band, Matt and Kim, Underoath and the Randy ...
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Robe on Czech/Slovak Got Talent Series
The Czech and Slovak Republics pooled their resources in the rollout of the Got Talent TV series which was staged in Exhibition Hall Z of the Brno Exhibition Centre, Czechoslovakis, and by the Slovakian lighting designer < ...
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Vari*Lite Gives to The Gift of Christmas
As worship leaders prepared for the Christmas season, many were creating elaborate and beautifully designed productions that rival touring productions normally seen from the likes of a Broadway production house. When Prestonwood ...
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Theatre in Review: The New York Idea (Atlantic Theatre/Lucille Lortel Theatre)
The emergence of the New Woman and the mania for divorce rocks New York society in David Auburn's gloss on Langdon Mitchell's 1906 comedy. Originally a vehicle for Mrs. Fiske, one of the era's great leading ladies -- her ...
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Theatre in Review: Other Desert Cities (Lincoln Center Theatre/Mitzi Newhouse Theatre)
"The time to make up your mind about people is never," wrote Philip Barry. They're words that Jon Robin Baitz has seemingly taken to heart in Other Desert Cities, and the result is, far and away, his best play in ...
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Martin MAC 101s for Riverside Studios, London
Riverside Studios, on the banks of the River Thames in Hammersmith, London, was looking for a suitable alternative to PAR cans and scrollers, "something equating to an expensive show run hire," according to Ruari Cormack, ...
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PR Lighting at French Quarry
The French company, Budillon Rabatel has invested €15million ($20.5m) in upgrading its alluvial quarry at Izeaux, in southeastern France. For the special inauguration, the company called upon sound, light, and video specialists,
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Midas Digital Systems Installed into Guangzhou Opera House
Located in the new city of Pearl River, the Guangzhou Opera House has become one of China's three biggest theatres. Constructed from 12,000 tons of steel on a 70,000 sq. m. site, the Opera House includes 1,800-seat and 400-seat ...
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Clay Paky in Switzerland on Notre-Dame de Paris and the Starlight Circus
Notre-Dame de Paris was staged at Palazzetto Fevi, Locarno, Switzerland by the SFG Biasca gymnastic company. It was performed by 52 gymnasts and six actors, who sung live over original backing tracks by Riccardo ...
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Mumford & Sons Hit the Road with VENUE
With 2011 Grammy nominations for Best New Artist and Best Rock Song ("Little Lion Man"), Mumford & Sons have gone from complete unknowns to hot property in less time than it takes some bands to record an album. The West ...
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Ashly Audio's KLR Amps at Club Marigny, Charlotte, North Carolina
Club Marigny in Charlotte, North Carolina styles itself after the raucous district in New Orleans of the same name. Marigny opened near the end of 2010 under the banner, "Laissez le bon temps rouler!" (Let the good times roll!) ...
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Santa Barbara Sound Design Handles Broadcast Mix for Celebrity Holiday Telethon
Founded by Kenny Loggins over 30 years ago, the Christmas Unity Telethon is a broadcast annual fundraiser that raises money to provide food and life essentials, as well as Christmas presents and toys, for the ...
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Martin Professional Entrusts Video Capture for Media Servers to DELTACAST Products
Under a new agreement signed with Belgium OEM video I/O card supplier DELTACAST, Martin Professional will be using the DELTA-hd and DELTA-dvi video capture cards in its Maxedia PRO and Maxedia Broadcast media servers. ...
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Clear-Com Opens New Office In China
Clear-Com has established a new office in Beijing, China, located at Room No.518, Tower A, He Qiao Plaza, No.8A, Guanghua Rd, Chaoyang District, Beijing, P.R.China. 100026.
This company says the investment demonstrates its ...
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Grass Valley Taps Aengus Linehan to Lead Global Services
Grass Valley has named Aengus Linehan, a veteran of the IT and communications services industry, as senior vice president of the company's global services business unit. Linehan will be responsible for all aspects of the ...
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AKG Voted Best Microphone and Headphones at SOS Awards, NAMM
AKG earned two 2011 SOS Awards during Winter NAMM. Voted Best Microphone and Best Headphones by readers of the publication Sound on Sound were the AKG C414XLS and AKG K240.
"The SOS awards provide an ...
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Symetrix Automix Matrix 780 and Room Combine 788 Now 64-Bit Compatible
Symetrix has announced a new, freely available release of the programming software for two of its fixed-architecture processors, the Automix Matrix 780 and the Room Combine 788. Along with a few small changes, the update makes the ...
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Stewart Audio Selects Pacific AV for Sales Representation
Stewart Audio, manufacturer of amplifiers and audio equipment for a wide range of sound reinforcement applications, has selected Pacific AV for sales representation in the Southern California and Southern Nevada territory. ...
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Richard Ocean Leaves Branam Enterprises
Richard Ocean is on the move after a productive time at Branam Enterprises, Inc. Two major accomplishments during his tenure there are the coalescing of the strategic partnership between All Access and Branam ...
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Shure at New Jersey's Architekt Music Venue
The owners of New Jersey's new Architekt Music chose Shure microphones across the board - for the facility's concert venue, recording studio, and professional music instruction space.
"We knew Shure microphones could stand ...
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Riedel Communications at Asian Games 2010
Riedel Communications installed a comprehensive communications system for the Asian Games in Guangzhou. Riedel provided the venue communication system as well as the intercom for the opening and closing ceremonies, ...
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Adamson at Vancouver's Chan Centre
Since its opening in 1997, the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts located in Vancouver, British Columbia, features three unique venues: The Chan Shun Concert Hall, which seats 1,200; the black box Telus Theatre holds 275; ...
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Clay Paky at Doha's Tribeca Film Festival
In its second year, the Doha Tribeca Film Festival once again relied on Clay Paky Alpha moving fixtures, and the products' biggest stockholder in the Middle East, Creative Events (CCG).
CCG provided more than 1,300 ...
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Kings of Leon Select Midas XL8 for Tour
2010 was a busy year for Grammy-winning Kings of Leon, having toured since the summer in support of the new album Come Around Sundown, with Midas XL8 live performance systems at the front of house and monitors ...
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Yamaha at Shore Fellowship Church, New Jersey
Over the past ten years, the community encompassing Shore Fellowship Church in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey has grown from 300 to over 1,500 congregates. Recently, under the direction of John Redding, worship pastor ...
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EAW KF740 Loudspeakers Added to Peak Hire Ltd.'s EAW Inventory
Peak Hire Ltd., based in Cheltenham in Gloucester, England, continues to expand its EAW inventory with the addition of 18 KF740 three-way line array modules. The announcement was made by Peak Hire's managing director, Kar ...
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DiGiCo SD9 at Conservative Party Conference, UK
As its first conference since David Cameron became prime minister, the 2010 Conservative Party Conference feature the DiGiCo SD9 console.
Sound reinforcement for the event, held at Birmingham's ICC's Symphony ...
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Theatre Projects Completes Work on New World Center, Miami Beach
Theatre Projects, in collaboration with Gehry Partners and Frank Gehry (partner in charge), has completed its most recent feat in theatre design, with the opening of the New World Symphony campus this week in < ...
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Martin's LightJockey 2 Gets Repackaged; Hardware Replacement Program Active
Martin Professional's PC-based lighting software, LightJockey 2, is now shipping with the new Martin One-Key protection device, one Martin USB DUO DMX and the MSD5 MC Edition 3D visualizer.
Martin also announces a LightJockey ...
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New Product Range for LTM
Entertainment lifting equipment supplier LTM -- Lift Turn Move Ltd. - has announced two additions to its product range: The C-Force manual chain block and C-Force beam clamp.
These new products are all black in color, ...
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JoeCo Releases Latest Update to BlackBox Recorder
JoeCo has just released the latest software update (V2.1) for its award-winning 24-track live recorder, BlackBox Recorder. The update includes a number of significant new features that focus on increased safety and flexibility. < ...
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DWR to Distribute Philips in South Africa
Johannesburg-based DWR Distribution has been appointed as the sole South African distributor for the Philips Selecon and Strand ranges of products.
DWR already distributes several premium brands, including Vari*L ...
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J. R. Clancy Rigging Selected for University in Saudi Arabia
When Princess Nora bint Abdulrahman University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, opens its campus to students early in 2012, its three theatres will be equipped with J. R. Clancy, Inc. rigging systems. ...
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GDS Provides Custom Solution for Théâtre du Châtelet,
GDS, the UK-based manufacturer of entertainment technology products, was recently commissioned to deliver a custom stage manager's console for Paris' Théâtre du Châtelet. The brief was to provide the theatre with a ...
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Midas PRO6 Marks a First in the Middle East
Leading Dubai-based events and audio company Se7en Productions has selected a Midas PRO6 for its new high-definition (HD) OB truck, making it the first OB truck in the Middle East be to fitted with a Midas digital ...
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EAW Speaker Systems Chosen To Reinforce Pope Benedict XVI
Barcelona, Spain-based production sound company FOCUS, S.A. provided a massive EAW speaker system for the tens of thousands of people who recently turned out to witness Pope Benedict XVI consecrate the city's ...
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Dutch Pop Orchestra Uses NEXO Alpha at Detroit Music Hall
Guido's Orchestra, from Holland, has taken the Netherlands by storm and now has the U.S. in its sights. With a recent two-week tour, the orchestra, led by violinist Guido Dieteren, features talented young musicians and an ...
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LumenRadio at Aviva Stadium, Dublin
LumenRadio's CRMX RDM wireless system was recently used to provide some extra excitement at a sold-out rugby game in the international Magners League at Aviva Stadium in Dublin. The newly rebuilt stadium is home of ...
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JBL at Mountain View Community Church, Ramona, California
The gear supplier, Sound Image, recently installed a JBL VRX Constant Curvature line array system in the Mountain View Community Church's (MVCC) main chapel; with a capacity of 600, it is the largest church in Ramona ...
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WorxAudio Technologies Loudspeakers Deployed At La Crescenta Presbyterian Church
As is common at many churches these days, the worship services at La Crescenta Presbyterian Church in La Crescenta, California, have evolved into a combination of traditional and contemporary programs in an effort to be relevant ...
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Michigan's Scenic Prop and Design Forms Relationship with IATSE
Hollywood has come knocking for Michigan-based Scenic Prop and Design. The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees has officially formed a manufacturing relationship with the Madison Heights-based company that ...
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HA-Rental is First to Invest in Philips Selecon PL3
HA-Rental, based in Zwolle, the Netherlands, is the first rental company in the world to invest in the Philips Selecon professional LED luminaire range -- the PL3 -- for its rental stock. ...
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Artistic Licence Launches Two-Play XT
Due to the popularity of Two-Play, the two-universe Art-Net recorder and playback controller, Artistic Licence Engineering has released Two-Play XT, a sophisticated new development which supports both DMX and Art-Net ...
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Peavey Architectural Acoustics Debuts All-New Digitool Multiprocessors
Architectural Acoustics by Peavey debuts three new models of the venerable Peavey Architectural Acoustics Digitool multiprocessor series.
The Digitool is now available in the following models: the MX16, featuring eight inputs ...
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NAMM Preview for Dante-Enabled BlackBox Recorder from JoeCo
At the NAMM Show in Anaheim, the UK-based company JoeCo Limited previewed a version of the upcoming Dante-enabled BlackBox recorder, which is due for release in the coming months. A BlackBox player was used to feed a ...
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Theatre in Review: The Importance of Being Earnest (Roundabout Theatre Company/American Airlines)
You rarely get universal agreement among the members of the Broadway press, but last week's reviews for the Roundabout revival of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest constituted one big love letter to Bri ...
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Earthworks Celebrates 15th Anniversary with 15-Year Warranty
Earthworks, Inc., the world's only manufacturer of high definition microphones for recording, live sound, and test/measurement applications, reports that November 2010 marked the company's 15th anniversary. To celebrate, it is ...
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Carver Professional Launches New Products at NAMM
At NAMM, Carver Professional released its new lineup of products, including the new Xr Series professional power amplifiers and a line of powered speakers.
The Xr Series is specifically designed for high-power sound reinforcement ...
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AFMG Becomes German Distributor for EASE, EASERA, and SysTune
Berlin-based AFMG, creator of EASE, the software for acoustic simulation, assumed the German distribution of its software packages EASE, EASERA, and SysTune as of this month. This decision joins sales of AFMG's complete software ...
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ARX USB DIs at Australian Open Tennis Grand Slam
Darren McKenzie, from the Melbourne, Australia-based production company The Loft Productions, used ARX's USB - DI USB digital-to-analog transformer-isolated interfaces at the recent Australian Open Tennis Grand ...
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Hippotizer Continues Its Run on X-Factor
Green Hippo provided the elaborate visual display and live footage for the UK-based talent competition television series The X-Factor's 2010 edition.
X-Factor's lighting programmer, William Peachment from, Little ...
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Clay Paky Alphas at New Kazakhstan Venue
Clay Paky Alphas were recently installed inside the Khan Shatyr Entertainment Centre, an enormous marquee erected in Astana, the new capital of Kazakhstan.
The center is the new reference point for the civil life of the ...
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SymNet Processors Deliver Audio Solution at the Visia Dubrovnik 5D Theatrum
Visia Dubrovnik 5D Theatrum (VD5T) celebrates the rich heritage of Dubrovnik, Croatia, with state-of-the-art experiential technology, including a 3D projection theater with vibrating seats and wind effect plus the ability to ...
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Aviom Supports Digital Audio Arts Degree Program at University of Lethbridge, Alberta
The University of Lethbridge, in Alberta, Canada, recently installed an Aviom Pro16 personal mixing system to serve a multitude of functions for the school including music recording, theatre production, and traditional ...
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Countryman Associates Helps HP Pavilion Resolve Nagging Audio Issue
A personal computer can be a rather hostile tool if it's not interfaced with the right equipment. Such was the case at the HP Pavilion at San Jose; working alongside a variety of broadcast quality capable sound sources, the laptop ...
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PRG Launches Media Services Group with Acquisition of Pow! Pix
Production Resource Group, L.L.C. (PRG) has acquired New York-based Pow! Pix. The acquisition marks PRG's entry into the rental of post-production equipment and services, specializing in on-site editing for live event and ...
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Lectrosonics Introduces New Website
Lectrosonics' website has just completed a substantial upgrade. Featuring a bold new graphical design, improved menu and navigation structure, and enhanced search capability; the new Lectrosonics website is designed to mark ...
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Crest Audio Launches Pro-Lite Series with Pro-Lite 2.0 Amplifiers
Crest Audio has debuted the Pro-LITE Series power amplifiers with the Pro-LITE 2.0 and Pro-LITE 2.0 DSP, featuring an incredibly lightweight, efficient design with high power and stable performance into 2-ohm loads. ...
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Avid Unveils Academic Pricing for Pro Tools and Sibelius
Avid has announced global academic pricing for Pro Tools Version 9 and Sibelius Version 6, giving college-level students, educators, and academic institutions around the world up to 50% savings and access to the same music ...
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Lab X Technologies Promotes Chris Pane VP of Business Development
With a continued focus on expansion and growth in the audio/video connectivity industry, Lab X Technologies has promoted Chris Pane to vice president of business development. "Chris' move to VP of business development is one ...
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Theatre in Review: Flipzoids (Ma-Yi Theatre Company)
Flipzoids is basically a play about an old lady on a beach, and it's our good fortune that she's played by Ching Valdes-Aran. As Aying, an aging Filipino woman who has been unwillingly brought to Southern California ...
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Grass Valley Unveils New Leadership Team
Following its acquisition by Francisco Partners, Grass Valley, the maker of video and broadcast gear, has announced a new executive team which will be headquartered in San Francisco, ...
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Neutrik USA Introduces Multimedia Connector Series at Winter NAMM 2011
In an effort to meet the burgeoning demand for USB, FireWire and HDMI connector solutions from the professional audio industry, Neutrik USA introduced a rugged new line of multimedia data connectors at this year's Winter NAMM ...
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Drawmer Launches Revised MX Pro Series Processors
Drawmer, the English pro audio manufacturer, announces a revision to its MX Series -- now called MX Pro. These single rack-space analog processors offer Drawmer's best value and are still handmade in the Drawmer UK factory, the ...
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Highlighted Systems of Singapore Invests in Robe
The Singapore lighting design and rental company Highlight Systems -- run by Roy Chooi -- has just invested in 36 Robe ROBIN 300 Spots for its rental stock.
The company has been operating for five years and is ...
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White Light Supplies Gear to Schools Around UK
The London-based lighting supplier White Light has supplied new lighting systems or lighting system upgrades -- and in some cases also rigging, drapes and audio systems -- to a wide range of schools around the UK. ...
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Altergy and Multiquip Provide Eco-Friendly Lighting for Golden Globe Awards
Celebrities arriving at last Sunday's Golden Globe Awards program in Beverly Hills walked the red carpet under environmentally clean lighting provided by Multiquip and Altergy.
Powered by an Altergy zero emissions ...
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Pyrotek Special Effects Heats Up The 2011 People's Choice Awards
Pyrotek Special Effects was on hand to add some effects at the 37th annual People's Choice Awards, held at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles. Queen Latifah began the show with a cover of Taio Cruz's hit ...
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Strong on ESPN BCS National Championship Title Game with SkyTracker
ESPN, the broadcaster of the 2011 BCS (Bowl Championship Series) National Championship, chose SkyTracker to decorate the night sky outside the University of Phoenix Stadium. Providing eye candy to both television ...
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American Lighting LED Wall Washers at Invesco Field, Denver
Invesco's chief electrician Chris Hoag, chief electrician at Invesco Field, home of the Denver Broncos, was looking to add eye-catching lights to the west side of the stadium. The east side already had ...
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Fantasy of Flight Takes Off with an Updated Attraction
Fantasy of Flight is located on 2,200 acres in an area known to the locals as "Orlampa," the emerging midway between Orlando and Tampa, Florida. Owned and developed by Kermit Weeks, the mission of Fantasy of Flight is to ...
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ETC Releases Eos V1.9.5 Software
ETC has released V1.9.5 software for the Eos family of control (Eos, Ion and Element). The release adds several major functions to Eos and Ion, and new features to the whole family.
The software can be downloaded from either ...
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Peavey Announces New MediaMatrix NION nE
Peavey has announced the new MediaMatrix NION nE, a powerful DSP platform designed for cost efficiency in mid-market applications. The company says the Nion nE brings the world's most efficient high-performance audio algorithms; ...
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ARX MSX 48 Microphone Line Splitter Now Available in North America
With the appointment of Scottsdale Arizona-based Olsen Audio Group as its distributor for the US, Canada, and Mexico, ARX's MSX 48 microphone line splitter is now available in North America. ...
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Shure Announces SM5 Give It Voice Tour Regional Winners
Shure announces the regional winners of the SM58 Give It Voice Tour. Fans voted and the 15 bands chosen to advance to the final stage of the competition are one step closer to rocking the Shure SM58 vocal microphone at the ...
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Pixled at ISE
The European LED brand Pixled shows its new F-6 high resolution LED display -- which now offers top-level processing by Mitsubishi Electric, in addition to the standard proprietary options -- at the Integrated Systems ...
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Clearwing Productions Increases Inventory of L-Acoustics Products
Clearwing Productions, the Milwaukee- and Phoenix-based gear supply house, has added the following equipment from L-Acoustics to its inventory:
The KARA line source is compact and lightweight in design and compliant ...
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David Taylor, Noted Theatre Consultant, Dies at 48
David Taylor, the theatre consultant and lighting designer, died in Taipei, Taiwan on Monday, January 17. He was 48. He died falling from the 14th floor of the Howard Plaza Hotel. Early newspaper reports suggested that the death ...
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K-array's KR400S Line of Portable Loudspeakers Make U.S. Market Debut
Sennheiser announces the U.S. arrival of distributed brand K-array's latest portable, high performance loudspeaker: the KR400S. Designed to accommodate users in the live sound and installation markets, the KR400S is a ...
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Soundcraft Extends Digital Console Range with Si Compact 16 at NAMM
Positioned as the digital mixing solution for all sizes of sound company or user, the new Soundcraft Si Compact Series is a range of digital consoles that brings all the experience of Soundcraft's digital mixing platforms to an ...
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Elation Launches F-3 Fazer Dry Fog Machine From Antari
The F-3 Fazer from Antari is a DMX-compatible 800W water-based dry fog machine comes integrated in its own rugged steel flight case, which keeps it securely protected from shock, nicks, dents and other damage during travel. ...
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XTA Announces New DP548 Dynamic Audio
XTA's new DP548 dynamic audio processor is said to combine the very best of the company's product line and delivers an audio solution which is their most powerful yet. "You can think of the DP548 as 'a DP448 on steroids', ...
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Cerwin-Vega! Debuts CVi Passive Portable PA Speakers
Cerwin Vega announces the release of the CVi passive portable PA speaker series. Housed in a double braced wood cabinet with an 18-gauge steel grill, the line is designed for endurance and mobility. The series includes ...
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Martin Professional Launches myMartin eBusiness Website
Martin Professional's popular eShop has expanded its functionality and changed its name to myMartin. Accessible at my.martin.com to preapproved customers, myMartin is a convenient, online source for purchasing Martin Professional ...
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Clear-Com Names Orbital Sound as Newest Distributor
Clear-Com has appointed Orbital Sound Ltd. as its UK distributor in the live event/live performance market, effective January 1. A top sound and communication systems specialist for the theatre, event, and broadcast markets, ...
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Listen Technologies Adds Bryan Ganz as FM/IR Product Group Leader
Listen Technologies Corporation today has haired Bryan Ganz as its FM/IR product group leader. Ganz will have overall profit and loss responsibility for Listen's flagship FM and Infrared product solutions for assistive ...
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Mega Systems,Launches Axis LED Spot
New from Mega Systems is the Axis LED Spot, an automated lighting fixture. The unit's light source is a low-power-consumption, Phlatlight 60W LED. It has two gobo wheels, seven rotating and nine fixed, nine of them are ...
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Theatre in Review: Honey Brown Eyes (Working Theatre/Theatre Row)
Following the murders in Arizona last week, there's been so much talk about the breakdown of civility in America that it's easy to forget how good we have it. Consider Honey Brown Eyes, in which the playwright Stefanie ...
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Theatre in Review: Carnival Round the Central Figure (IRT Theatre)
The Central Figure of the title of Diana Amsterdam's play - indeed located at the center of the stage -- is a middle-aged man wasting away from some terrible disease. Or it's a young woman, dying well before her time, and, for her ...
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Rose Brand's Blog Discusses Choosing the Correct Dance or Expo Floor
Rose Brand's newest blog article guides customers on how to choose the correct dance or expo flooring. The article covers factors such as intended purpose, usage time period, color, and finish. Visit http://blog.rosebrand.com to ...
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Aviom Introduces New Pro16 Digital Snakes at NAMM
Aviom (NAMM Booth 7119, Arena), is introducing prepackaged Pro16 digital snakes in a variety of configurations that are tailored for a range of applications and ensemble sizes.
While Aviom is best known for its ...
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Crown Audio Makes Changes to Senior Management Team
Crown Audio has announced decisive steps designed to reinforce its senior management team. John Fitzgerald, vice president of program management at Harman Professional, will take the additional position of general ...
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Neutrik powerCON True1 Connector Debuts Stateside at NAMM
Neutrik USA has announced the U.S. debut of its powerCON TRUE1 AC power connector at NAMM (Booth 6320, Hall A). The lockable system of single-phase connectors is among the first of its kind to feature IEC 60320 breaking ...
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Powersoft M Series Power Amplifiers Now Shipping
Powersoft, the manufacturer of green design power amplifiers, announces that the M Series line of power amplifiers is now shipping to distributors. The M Series consists of five new models that include two four-channel and three ...
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Lectrosonics Debuts Quadra Digital Wireless Monitor
Lectrosonics introduces the Quadra digital wireless monitor (IEM) system at NAMM. Consisting of the M4R belt-pack diversity receiver and the M4T half-rack transmitter, the new Quadra system features digital RF modulation, ...
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Listen Technologies Appoints Peter Papageorge as Director of Sales, North America
Listen Technologies Corporation has announced the appointment of Peter Papageorge as director of sales, North America.
Papageorge will be responsible for driving all regional sales activities within the territory of ...
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Alex Ocampo Joins Lightparts to Lead Martin Service
Alex Ocampo has joined LightParts, Inc. in Austin, Texas, to head up Martin Professional repairs and parts sales.
Ocampo brings several years experience with several brands of automated lighting fixtures and ...
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Symetrix Launches New Website
Symetrix, specializing in professional audio DSP hardware and software, starts off the new year with the launch of a website to serve the audio professional. Intuitive and quick to navigate, visitors to the site find specific ...
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KK audio labs Introduces DS-6 Reference Monitor at NAMM
KK audio labs will introduce its new DS-6 six-inch, two-way powered studio reference monitor at the NAMM Show in Anaheim, California (Booth #1571, Hall E).
The high-resolution KK audio labs DS-6 monitor speaker ...
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Proel Launches XEOS Installation speakers by Proel
Presented at NAMM 2011, XEOS is a new series of installation speakers created by Proel to replace the existing Spark and MO/CSE series, with a single range featuring a selected number of models, a renovated look and an ...
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Philips Vari-Lite at the Latin Grammy Awards
On November 11, the biggest night in Latin Music, the 11th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, aired live to a worldwide audience from the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. Presented by the Latin Recording Academy, ...
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Scharff Weisberg Supports Production Designer Borovay on Broadway's Lombardi and Elf
Scharff Weisberg has teamed with projection designer Zachary Borovay to integrate video into two acclaimed Broadway productions, Lombardi and Elf. The relationship between Scharff Weisberg and Borovay goes back ...
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Compact Martin M1 Packs a Punch at Farm Aid 25
Lighting programmer, Seth Robinson, selected the Martin Pro M1 console to control the concert and television lighting for Farm Aid, the annual benefit that supports and educates people about the importance of family farm ...
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Electrosonic on Dark Rides at OCT Theme Park, China
As developer OCT builds and expands its network of theme parks throughout China, the company has called on Electrosonic to provide all the AV solutions for two new dark ride attractions at Happy Valley outside ...
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Global Truss America LLC Files Trademark Infringement Suit Against German Light Products
Global Truss America LLC has filed suit against GLP German Light Products, a Delaware corporation, and Mark Ravenhill, president of GLP, alleging trademark infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, ...
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ABTT Theatre Show 2011 for June 15-16
Building on the success of previous years, the 33rd ABTT Theatre Show., scheduled for June 15-16, promises to deliver a packed showcase, while celebrating The Association of British Theatre Technicians 50th anniversary. ...
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Legendary Heavy Metal Band Sepultura to Appear At NAMM 2011 AKG Booth; Autograph-Signing Sessions
Sepultura, the heavy metal band, is set to appear at the AKG booth, #7800 (in the Anaheim Convention Center) for two special autograph-signing sessions at Winter NAMM. The band will be on hand Thursday, January 13, ...
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Aviom Expands Relationship with Sound Marketing Group
Aviom (NAMM Booth 7119, Arena) announces that Sound Marketing Central, a division of Sound Marketing, will be joining its sister rep firm, Sound Marketing West, in representing the Aviom product line, beginning ...
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Neutrik USA Appoints Specialists to Lead Specific Market Segments
Neutrik USA announces the appointment of several key personnel to lead its newly established company segments, including the systems, distributor and global OEM aspects of the business as well as a newly formed key accounts ...
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Theatre in Review: Blood From a Stone (The New Group/Theatre Row)
In Blood from a Stone, Tommy Nohilly, a first-time playwright, means to draw the most poisonous family portrait since the Westons, of Osage County, Oklahoma, last got together to bury one of their own. It's a tall order, ...
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Proel America Taps Ed Simeone for V.P. of Sales
Proel America, a corporate group specializing in the design, manufacture, and sale of audio, video, and lighting systems, has announced the appointment of Ed Simeone to the post of VP of sales for North America. He will be ...
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Hippotizer Celebrates Singapore's 45th Birthday
Green Hippo Hippotizer media servers played a part in making this year's Singapore National Day Parade (NDP) a memorable video projection experience. Images from four Hippotizer V3 HD machines projected onto Singapore ...
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HSL Spends £2.5 Million to Service Current Work
The UK-based lighting rental company HSL has invested another £2.5 million ($3.961m) in the last two months to service its current work.
The purchases include 300 of the latest Robe moving lights, including the first 60 ...
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Samsung Techwin America Offers $1,000 Student Scholarships
Samsung Techwin America's electronic imaging division is offering an opportunity for ten high school students to each earn $1,000 scholarships. "Today's tidal wave of technology offers many excellent tools and devices that can ...
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Alan Richards Named Liberty AV's Eastern Director of Sales
Liberty AV Solutions' president, John Dace, has announced that Alan Richards has been named as the company's new Eastern director of sales.
Now responsible for overseeing all aspects of sales activity conducted ...
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Martin M1 Lighting Console Voted Best New Lighting Product by ISquint.net Readers
Readers of ISquint.net have voted the Martin Pro M1 lighting console 2010's Best New Lighting Product of the Year.
"With over 200 desks produced and shipped within six months, it has quickly taken the lighting industry ...
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J. R. Clancy at Carmel Center for the Performing Arts, Indiana
The new Carmel Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, Indiana, features acoustical consulting by Artec Consultants, Inc. and rigging by J. R. Clancy, Inc. Artec's plan called for multiple motorized acoustic ...
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Andy Hurst Uses GLP Impressions on Big December Arena Shows
GLP 120 RZ impression zooms were the LED moving lights chosen by LD Andy Hurst for Faithless' European arena tour at the end of last year.
They units were selected specifically to deliver the fast-moving impact ...
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RML Lights BBC Children's Show, Fee Fi Fo Yum with Clay Paky
The British comeidan Les Dennis presented a new series of the hugely successful BBC children's TV show, Fee Fi Fo Yum, where the aim of the game is bizarley, not to be eaten by Brian the Giant. Richard Martin ...
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DiGiCo SD9 Is Soundbound in India
The end of November saw a music conference -- Soundbound -- held in Mumbai, with a range of live performances for participants to enjoy after the business of the day. The first two nights featured gigs by Shaa'ir + Func, one ...
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Meyer Sound to Host Live Listening Sessions of MINA and Constellation at NAMM; Bob Weir as Featured Speaker
For its first formal participation at the NAMM Show in more than a decade, Meyer Sound has announced a full slate of product demonstrations at Demo Room 212B at the Anaheim Convention Center. Live musicians will give ...
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City Theatrical Launches PDS-375 TRX Power/Data Supply for Philips Color Kinetics Units
City Theatrical is now shipping its PDS-375 TRX power/data supply for Philips Color Kinetics CKDMX LED lighting fixtures.
The PDS-375 TRX is a six-output version of City Theatrical's PDS-750 TRX power/data suppy, and ...
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Wybron's Mobile Light Lab Headed to Desert Southwest in February
The brand-new Wybron Mobile Light Lab, a 48' pop-out-equipped trailer that features all of Wybron's most crowd-pleasing products, will kick off its Visuality 2011 Tour in February with events in Colorado, Utah, Nevada, and ...
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Lisa Passamonte Green Becomes Visual Terrain President/CEO
Lisa Passamonte Green has become president and CEO of Visual Terrain, Inc. following the departures of partners Jeff Ravitz and Dawn Hollingsworth from the company.
"I'm really excited about what this ...
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House Ear Institute's Sound Partners Program to Provide Free Hearing Screenings and Outreach at NAMM
House Ear Institute (HEI), through its Sound Partners hearing conservation program, is carrying out its annual tradition of providing non-profit hearing health outreach services at the 2011 NAMM Winter Show this January 13 ...
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Sennheiser Canada Celebrates 20 Years
This year, Sennheiser Canada celebrates its 20th anniversary --- a significant milestone for the company as well as the Canadian pro and consumer audio markets at large. Incorporated in 1991 with just seven employees and a ...
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Barco New York's Renovated Museum of the Moving Image
Barco's leading three-chip DLP projection technologies will be used throughout the expanded and renovated Museum of the Moving Image when it reopens on January 15. Seventeen Barco projectors will be used in high-profile ...
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J. R. Clancy Appoints Director of Engineering
Larry Eschelbacher, J. R. Clancy's. manager of controls engineering, has been promoted to the position of director of engineering.
In his new role, Eschelbacher will supervise both the controls engineering and mechanical ...
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A-Designs Audio Inc. Launches JM-3001 Preamp/EQ at NAMM 2011
Designed for both studio recording and live sound use, the JM-3001, from A-Designs Audio, is a versatile preamplifier, equalizer, and instrument input housed in a single-rack-space frame.
Hand-built in the US, the new device ...
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Big Screen Ventures Opens in New Orleans
Big Screen Ventures announces its grand opening in New Orleans. The newly formed company rents B-10 large-format Barco video screens for events and festivals. Big Screen Ventures is located at 4300 Clio Street in downtown ...
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Clearwing Productions Increases Inventory of LED Products
Clearwing Productions, the Milwaukee- and Phoenix-based provider of production services, system designs, and installations for corporate events, entertainment, house of worship, and theatrical events and venues has added many new ...
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Fishman Launches New Website
A total redesign from the ground up, Fishman Acoustic Amplification's new website will go live early this year with an array of new features and media to provide a better user experience.
According to Tracy Hoeft, head ...
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Surgex Supports Integrators During Recovery
NSCA has announced the industry leaders sponsoring its 2011 Business & Leadership Conference. SurgeX has been recognized for showing its support the event, which is designed to build better integrators during a time when ...
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Martin LC Series LED Panels Set Sail on Celebrity Cruises
POET Theatricals designs and produces the shows on the Celebrity Solstice class of vessels. The company's creative director, Michael McPherson, features Martin Pro LC Series LED panels in the show EDGE on the ...
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Tannoy at Oklahoma's Edmond Memorial High School
Edmond Memorial High School, in Edmond, Oklahoma is a traditional high school with a progressive outlook. The school places an emphasis on working with the community beyond its walls to develop both its curriculum and ...
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HME Pro Audio Division Merges with Clear-Com
Clear-Com has merged with HME pro audio division, a direct result of HME's recent acquisition of Clear-Com. Effective January 1, HME's existing pro audio division, which includes the professional wireless intercom products, ...
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John Adams, Mark DeLorenzo and Jack Burwick Named to New Senior Roles at OSRAM
OSRAM SYLVANIA has announced that John Adams has been appointed the OSRAM display/optic global business manager for solid state lighting/ LED (SSL/LED)-based entertainment products, Mark DeLorenzo has been named the ...
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Wybron Launches New Showroom on Wheels
On the heels of the retired Wybron Mobile Showroom's successful 15-month tour comes the launch of the Wybron Mobile Light Lab, which will begin its Visuality 2011 Tour in February with over 100 events in the U.S. ...
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Women Behind The Console: Top Producers and Engineers Come Together at 2011 NAMM H.O.T. Zone
Making Music Herstory will present the panel discussion, Women Behind the Console: Inside the Process at the NAMM H.O.T. Zone (Hands-On Training) on January 14, at 12-1:15PM in room 204A. Panelists include Grammy- ...
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Chauvet Launches COLORado Range and Ridge
Chauvet announces two members to the COLORado line of products: COLORado Range IP and COLORado Ridge IP.
Both indoor/outdoor wash lights feature RGBWA color-mixing. The use of red, green, blue, white, and amber LEDs offer ...
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Community Launches the VLF218 Subwoofer at NAMM
Community Professional Loudspeakers is expanding its VLF Series of subwoofers with the reintroduction of an old favorite at NAMM--the VLF218. In addition to being on display at the Community Booth (Booth #6940), visitors to ...
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Stagestep/Aeson Flooring Slip NoMor Finish Systems
The Stagestep/Aeson Flooring Slip NoMor Finish Systems are an innovative line of matte, satin, or high-gloss floor finishes offering slip resistance, safety and unlimited color possibilities, the company says. Available for both ...
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Neutrik USA Receives ISO 9001 Certification
Neutrik USA has been awarded the coveted ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems certification from the International Organization for Standardization. The award certifies all aspects of Neutrik's business, with specific ...
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Powersoft's U.S. Operations Move to the Next Level
In order to more efficiently serve U.S markets, Powersoft is forming a new US corporate structure and moving to an expanded facility in California. The new corporation, Powersoft Audio Technologies Corp., makes its home in ...
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Sensaphonics Upgrades dB Check In-Ear Sound Level Analyzer
Sensaphonics has announced an upgrade to its dB Check in-ear sound level analyzer. Beginning immediately, the dB Check will be able to check monitor levels for the Shure SE Series of musician earphones. Sensaphonics will have ...
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Two Notes Brings World Class Speaker/Mic Emulator Technology to US
With what it says is the world's most advanced and accurate speaker and miking emulation technology, Two Notes Engineering, of Montpelier, France, will be exhibiting its Torpedo VB-101 and Torpedo VM-202 emulators to NAMM 2011
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LMG Stocks Up On L-Acoustics
LMG, Inc., the provider of video, audio, and lighting support, recently added 36 L-ACOUSTICS KARA line source elements and 12 SB-28 subwoofers to the firm's audio inventory to support live events. ...
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Earthworks Debuts New Logo
Earthworks, Inc., the world's only manufacturer of High Definition Microphones for recording, live sound, and test/measurement applications, has introduced a new logo.
Timed to coincide with the company's 15-year anniversary, ...
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Eric Prevost Joins PAG Canada to Lead Sales in Quebec
Just in time for the NAMM show in Anaheim, California, John McArthur, vice president of sales and marketing and one of the founding partners of PAG Canada, Ltd. announced that Eric Prevost will be joining the ...
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Shakira Sings, Shakes and Seduces Beneath All Martin Rig
How many men can claim to have been sought after by Colombian music and dance sensation Shakira? Such is the case with lighting designer Paul Normandale. "She saw a Depeche Mode show that I had done and tracked me ...
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Fishman on Roger Waters' The Wall World Tour
Wrapping up the US leg of a sold-out world tor on the West Coast, Roger Waters' rock opera, The Wall, features the latest in stagecraft, live sound, and lighting technology.
The 11th studio album by English progressive ...
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G-LEC and Videotechnik Bär Celebrate Ruhr's Finale as European Culture Capital
As its year as the Culture Capital of Europe came to a close, the Ruhr region in Germany celebrated on December 18 with a massive multi-media show broadcast live on Germany's national WDR TV from three separate locations. ...
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Outline at the BBC Electric Proms
The BBC put Elton John, Robert Plant, and Neil Diamond on stage for its 2010 Electric Proms. The setting for the event was once again the Roundhouse, London's legendary theatre and cultural facility. The venue, ...
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Acoustician Cyril Harris is Dead at 93
The noted acoustician Cyril Harris, who revised the acoustics of Avery Fisher Hall, has died, the New York Times has reported. He was 93.
In the course of his career, Harris worked on many high-profile projects, ...
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AVI-SPL Selects InfoComm to Provide Live Events Training
InfoComm International has been selected to provide live events training for nearly 200 employees in AVI-SPL's rental and staging division in the United States and Mexico. InfoComm was approached by the company following ...
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Synthe FX Releases Luminair for iPad v1.2 Update
Synthe FX, a maker of lighting control and live-performance apps for Apple's iOS and Mac OS X platforms, has announced the release of Luminair for iPad v1.2, which adds new features such as support for external MIDI control ...
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BCi Offers Wi-Fi Pocket DMX for i-Phone
The new BCi Pocket DMX is a live control application for DMX controlled systems. Users can use it on their iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad when connected via a standard wireless router to the BCi Pocket Console DMX NETport. This gives ...
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TMB Welcomes Kevin Woods to Customer Development
TMB has announced the addition of Kevin Woods to its global customer development group. Based out of TMB UK in London, Woods' role will be to maintain existing and establish new customer relationships, plus develop ...
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The Week in Review
In Memoriam: Cyril Harris: The acoustical consulting profession lost one of its big names with the passing last week of Cyril Harris at the age of 93. A specialist in concert halls, Harris worked on many high-profile projects, ...
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Steve Johns Named CEO of Reed Entertainment Rigging
Reed Entertainment Rigging and Engineering has announced the arrival of its new CEO, Steve Johns.
Johns brings over 25 years of progressive experience in finance, management, and operations in the areas of technology, ...
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Adam Audio Launches AX Series
AX-Series monitors, new from Adam Audio, feature the company's X-ART tweeter with newly redesigned woofers, amplifiers, and speaker cabinets that, the company says, ensure superior performance in a wide range of recording and live ...
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Mega Systems, Inc. Names Rich Anders as Sales Manager
Rich Anders has been named South Central territory sales manager for Mega Systems, Inc. Anders will serve sales representatives and dealers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas. He will also serve as the ...
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Cooper Controls at ARC and ISE
Cogent Lighting, a brand of Cooper Controls, takes its latest LED light sources and control solutions to the ARC -- architectural, retail and commercial -- lighting exhibition in London, and then to Integrated Systems ...
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CAD Variable Pattern Technology Now Compatible W/ Biamp Audia/Nexia DSP
CAD Audio's Remote Variable Pattern products now feature Biamp Audia and Nexia Digital Audio Platforms.
CAD Audio Variable Pattern Control microphones can be set up using a custom control block located within the ...
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Martin MAC 401 Dual at National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony
Lighting designer Tom Kenny turned to Martin Professional's MAC 401 Dual LED washlight to highlight performances by B.B. King, Sara Bareilles, Jackie Evancho, Maroon 5, and others at the 2010 National Christmas Tree ...
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Texas Scenic Company Installs Inline Rigging at Florida State University
Texas Scenic Company (TSC) is completing a stage rigging upgrade at the Ruby Diamond Auditorium at Florida State University. For this project, GRC Architects and Theatre Consultant Collaborative were ...
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grandMa Tours with Radio City Christmas Show
When Radio City sent its famed Christmas show on the road this year, grandMA went with it. One tour playing Providence, Rhode Island and Boston and another playing Ft. Meyers and Jacksonville, Florida and Austin, Texas ...
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Meyer Sound MM-4XP Created Sonic Shadows at SFMOMA
At the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), the sound artist Bill Fontana has added another dimension to the turret-skylight atrium atop the building by enveloping the space in a dynamic, interactive auditory ...
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Soundcraft at Cinematic Orchestra, Royal Albert Hall
The Cinematic Orchestra performed a large-scale concert at London's legendary Royal Albert Hall with the London Metropolitan Orchestra, an event that required the use of Soundcraft Vi6 and Vi1 consoles at front ...
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Ashly pêma Simplifies Integration At Manley Baptist Church
Manley Baptist Church in Morristown, Tennessee faced a situation not uncommon to churches with older facilities. Its large recreation room ---the scene of basketball games and indoor soccer, as well as periodic dinner theatre ...
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New Year, New PLASA
The new year sees the launch of the enlarged PLASA trade association, following the formal merger between industry trade bodies ESTA and PLASA on January 1.
The merger has created one of the largest networks serving the ...
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InfoComm/LSA 2011 Staged Events Awards Submissions Now Accepted
Submissions are now being accepted for InfoComm's annual Staged Events Awards, sponsored by Lighting&Sound America at www.lightingandsoundamerica.com/infocomm/; please note the April 28 submissions deadline. ...
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L-Acoustics Presents Special KARA/SB18 Events in NYC
L-Acoustics is sonically ringing in the New Year with two days of exclusive presentations and demos at New World Stages in Manhattan's Theatre District on January 18 and 19. In particular, the loudspeaker manufacturer will ...
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Lectrosonics Announces Guitarist Ronnie Montrose Appearance During Winter NAMM
Lectrosonics announces that rock guitarist Ronnie Montrose -- known for his work with Herbie Hancock, Van Morrison, The Edgar Winter Group, Boz Scaggs, The Neville Brothers, and his own group Montrose -- will be ...
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AVnu Alliance Welcomes Bosch Security Systems, Inc., Communications Systems Division
AVnu Alliance announces new promoter member Bosch Security Systems' communications systems division.
"Bosch Communications Systems is a strong supporter of open media networking standards," says Bill Scott, vice ...
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Neutrik USA Expands Operations with Opening of New Facility
Neutrik USA, the manufacturer of professional audio, video, data and industrial connectors, has opened its new, larger U.S. headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company relocated and settled into its 25,000-sq.-ft. ...
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KK Audio Labs Appoints New Rep for Southern California and Southern Nevada
KK Audio Labs has appointed Tandem Sales & Marketing as the company's new factory representatives for the Southern California and Southern Nevada regions of the United States.
Commenting on Tandem Sales & Marketing, ...
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CAD Audio Introduces New Drum Mic Packs
CAD Audio is introducing three new models -- the Stage4, Stage7 and Touring7 -- in a streamlined offering of its Drum Mic Pack line at Winter NAMM 2011.
The new Stage4 Drum Mic Pack is a solid four-piece drum miking ...
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Lightfair Announces Conference Program
Lightfair International (LFI) is reportedly poised to offer 2011 attendees a program with the largest and most diverse educational opportunities it has ever presented -- set to take place in the new 2011 location at the Pennsy ...
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Martin EC-20 LED Video Panels on Leftfield Tour
Video director Ben Miles turned to Martin Professional's new EC-20 LED video panels to create a dynamic backdrop video wall for electronica band Leftfield's recent tour of the UK, one of the first to feature the new ...
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ATK Audiotek Implements New System Design Strategy with Powersoft Amplifiers
ATK Audiotek, which has handled high-profile events such as the Super Bowl, national political conventions, the Grammy Awards, and the Academy Awards, recently instituted a new system design approach revolving ...
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D.A.S. Audio Deployed At Las Vegas' Tropicana Hotel
Located at the southern end of the Las Vegas Strip, the Tropicana Hotel has a storied history that dates back to 1957. Over the years, the "Trop," as it's known, has been spotted in films such as Elvis Presley's Viva Las ...
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J. R. Clancy Automated Rigging Selected for Hempstead Hall
J.R. Clancy has been selected to supply the automated rigging for Hempstead Hall, the new auditorium and conference center at the University of Arkansas Community College at Hope. The hall is scheduled to open in fall ...
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Red Bull's Flugtag Flies High with AVB + Harman HiQnet System Architect
Human-powered flight has been a dream sought after for centuries and accomplished only very recently. Red Bull gave contestants a crack at this rarely achieved fantasy during its summer-long Flugtag competition, held nationwide. In ...
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Tannoy VQ LIVE Provides Portable Audio Solution for Newlife Kitsap "Mobile'" Church
Based on Chad Rose's recent use of Tannoy VQNET 60s at another Washington area house of worship, the owner of Poulsbo, Washington design/install firm, Rose Media specified a VQ LIVE system for Newlife Kitsap ...
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KC & The Sunshine Band Turn to Shure PSM900
The '70s-'80s sensation KC & the Sunshine Band still led by founder Harry "KC" Wayne Casey continues touring, playing up to 100 shows a year.
While the band's shows are rooted in their extensive catalog of past ...
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HSL Supplies JLS Arena Tour
The Blackburn, UK-based lighting rental company HSL is supplying lighting equipment and crew to Production North for the first arena tour by the UK's popular boy band, JLS, with lighting designed by Dave Lee ...
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Peak Performance with Allen & Heath's iLive-R72
Steve Linder is the principal behind SRI Training, a company that provides strategic life coach training for thousands of clients each year. Linder's presentations utilize a variety of biofeedback and neuro linguistic ...
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Theatre in Review: Jomama Jones: Radiate (Soho Rep)
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the American comeback of Jomama Jones.
Who is Jomama Jones, you say? You don't remember such '80s hits as "Ghetto (In My Mind)" or "Afromatic"? You never caught her strutting on Soul Train and < ...
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Theatre in Review: A Small Fire (Playwrights Horizons)
It's a smart playwright who recognizes that sometimes words have their limits, and only silence can communicate the profoundest of feelings. By this standard, Adam Bock is a very smart playwright; for the proof, see A Small ...
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Registration Still Open for TOMCAT's 2011 Hoist and Rigging Workshops
Registration is still open for TOMCAT's 2011 Hoist and Rigging workshops, to be held February 16-19 in Midland, Texas. The workshops are an excellent educational opportunity for those new to the entertainment industry as well ...
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Martin Professional Maxedia 4.40 Now Available
The latest software release for Martin's Maxedia media server has new features.
Similar to lighting consoles, Maxedia now features a cuelist for automation. From simple drag-and-drop of cues through an intuitive user interface, ...
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Rose Brand Adds Ernesto Gomez as Project Manager of Digital Printing
Ernesto Gomez has joined Rose Brand as project manager of digital printing in Secaucus, New Jersey. He will be working with the Rose Brand sales team to serve existing customers and develop new business. ...
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The Blue Room Announces Major Upgrade
The Blue Room Technical Forums website has undergone a major upgrade.
' The latest software includes integration of social networking features offering users the ability to share content with their contacts over sites such as ...
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FocusTrack, SpotTrack Enjoy Busy Year
FocusTrack, the production lighting documentation system, and its sister software SpotTrack, for documenting followspot cues, report a successful 2010, helping to transfer existing shows to new productions and documenting many new ...
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Hitachi Appoints Debra Beckman as Western Regional Sales Manager
Hitachi America, Ltd., digital media division, business solutions group has announced the appointment of Debra Beckman as Western regional sales manager. Beckman will be responsible for overseeing sales of Hitachi 3LCD ...
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Production Resource Group Acquires EML Productions in Europe
Production Resource Group, L.L.C. (PRG) has acquired First Events BVBA. A major Europe-based entertainment technology company, First Event's holdings include EML Productions NV in Belgium, EML Productions Holland ...
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Lightware Introduces DVI-I Input Boards
Budapest-based, Lightware Visual Engineering is introducing fully-functional DVI-I input boards for its pro line of matrices in mid-January 2011, according to the company's US distributor, Lightware U.S.A. ...
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Philips Vari-Lite at Blizzcon 2010
BlizzCon 2010, held at the Anaheim Convention Center showcased the popular video games produced by Blizzard Entertainment. At the helm of the lighting design for the four-day event was Arnold Serame, of Ser ...
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Electro-Voice at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts
Opened in 1975, Arizona's Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts (SCPA) has long been a cultural oasis in the greater Phoenix area, presenting some 200 dance, music, drama, and lecture events per year. The largest performance ...
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GLP Impressions Light Up Wella International Trend Vision Award 2010
After missing last year's event, lighting designer Richard Knight returned to the Wella International Trend Vision Award 2010 (ITVA), held this year at Paris' Halle Freyssinet. Drawing on around 80 GLP ...
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L-Acoustics XT Series at Hale Centre Theatre, Utah
A quarter of a century ago, Salt Lake City's Hale Centre Theatre staged its first production in an old lingerie factory for a paid audience of barely two dozen people. Since then, things have certainly changed for the non-profit ...
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SUNY Delhi Adds Prism Projection RevEAL Color Wash LED Fixtures to Auditorium
SUNY Delhi, the State University of New York at Delhi in the foothills of the Catskill Mountains, has taken delivery of 16 Prism Projection RevEAL Color Wash (RevEAL CW) LED luminaires for the Farrell Student Activity ...
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Bay Stage Lighting Celebrates New Year's Eve
On December 31 at 9pm Bay Stage Lighting turned on the lights at The Rooftop Eve 2011. A custom made 150' x 30' translucent tent was located on the rooftop of Timpano Chophouse, located in the heart of Hyde Park Village, ...
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Famous Moscow Live Venue Switches to JBL VERTEC Line Arrays
One of Moscow's landmark live music venues, B1 Maximum, recently reopened after a major refurbishment and name-change to A2. A hallmark of the updated venue is a new live-performance sound system. Primary components of the ...
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PRG Names Ian Clarke Chief Technology Officer
Production Resource Group (PRG), has announced the promotion of Ian Clarke to vice president and chief technology officer. Clarke is currently serving as head of technical services, in Birmingham, UK. ...
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The Long Reach Long Riders to Ride Again
The Long Reach Long Riders have announced the dates and route for their eighth annual charity motorcycle ride. The 2011 ride will begin on July 1 in Billings, Montana, and wind through some of the wildest landscapes in the ...
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Stage Research Releases Updates for ShowBuilder 6 and RF Guru
Stage Research wrapped up the year with a holiday present for users of its ShowBuilder 6 and RF Guru software: new versions of both popular packages. "ShowBuilder 6.1 has been updated with a new user interface for easier access ...
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Rat Sound Systems Inc. Takes Delivery of L-Acoustics KARA System
Rat Sound Systems Inc has taken delivery of eighteen new L-Acoustics' KARA loudspeakers. The KARA is inspired by L-Acoustics' K1 stadium system, but is more compact in size and weight.
"As we move into the new ...
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Francisco Partners Completes Acquisition of Grass Valley
Grass Valley, the maker of a variety of video production products, has announced that Francisco Partners, a leading technology-focused investment company, has completed the closing process with Technicolor and finalized ...
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World's Largest Animatronic Figures Standing Take Flight
The designer Jeremy Railton and his partners at Entertainment Design Corporation (EDC) debuted their latest creation, "Crane Dance," starring the world's largest animatronic figures in a dazzling spectacle at the $4.9 ...
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Byron Loper Named Director of Events for SHOWORKS, Inc.
Byron Loper, has become a part of SHOWORKS, Inc., the event design, production, and management company, as director of events.
The company's owner/creative director, Stefanie Berry, says, "We are thrilled to have ...
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Kramer Electronics' Kent Cawthorne Promoted to Vice President of Sales
Kramer Electronics USA reports that Kent Cawthorne has been promoted to vice president of sales for both the Kramer and Sierra Video brands. With this promotion Kent will manage the Kramer Sales team and he will be ...
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Artistic Licence Engineering Launches Flex-Up
Flexed-Up, from UK-based Artistic Licence Engineering, is a stand-alone, three-channel, RGB LED controller designed specifically to drive constant voltage LED products and systems, such as Artistic Licence Flexi-Strip. ...
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The Projection Studio Designs Cairo Arab Media Festival Opener
UK-based, The Projection Studio, was commissioned by Cairo production company PromoSign to create a large-format projection show for the opening of the 16th Cairo Arab Media Awards, staged at Media City in ...
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On Stage Audio Revs Up Kawasaki Dealer Meeting With AVB and Harman HiQnet
On Stage Audio (OSA) deployed the IEEE 802.1 AVB Bridging protocol at the annual Kawasaki dealer meeting this September. With 2,500 Kawasaki dealers from across the United States at the Las Vegas Hilton's convention ...
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Robe for Qingdao, China TV Station
New Robe moving-lights have been installed into Studio 6 of the Qingdao TV Station in China, which broadcasts six regional channels throughout the Shangdong area.
The new fixtures are part of a recent lighting ...
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More Groundbreaking Coverage from Martin Audio MLA for Zac Brown Band in Miami
Held at Lummus Park on South Beach before the NASCAR race in Homestead, Florida, a free-for-the-fans concert starred the Zac Brown Band with special guest Nic Cowan.
Special Event Services handled sound ...
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LumenRadio's CRMX at 50th Anniversary of Stockholm City Theatre
Stockholm City Theatre, the largest dramatic theatre in Scandinavia, relied heavily upon LumenRadio's CRMX wireless technology to pull off a musical performance of Aniara by the Nobel Prize-winning writer Ha ...
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Leon Russell Tours with Heil Mics
Leon Russell has embarked on a tour with Elton John this fall in support of their album, The Union. A full complement of Heil Sound microphones will accompany Russell and his band; Jackie Wessel, bass, ...
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Central Park West Adds NEXO GEO S and Yamaha LS9 System
More than 50 years ago, five New Jersey municipalities -- Englewood, Leonia, Palisades Park, Ridgefield Park, and Teaneck -- donated land to the Bergen County with the intention of creating a central commons for art, sports, and other ...
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Two Control Protocols Standards in Review for Reaffirmation
ANSI E1.3, Entertainment Technology - Lighting Control Systems - 0 to 10V Analog Control Specification, and ANSI E1.27-1, Entertainment Technology-Standard for Portable Control Cables for Use with USITT DMX512/1990 and E1.11 (DM ...
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GLP US Inc. Appointed as New Distributor of Global Truss
California based GLP (German Light Products) US Inc. has been appointed a full service distributor for Global Truss for the US.
Global Truss is an established manufacturer of trussing, support systems and clamp ...
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ETC Supports Stage Lighting Super Saturday 2011
ETC has signed on as a sponsor of Stage Lighting Super Saturday 2011, providing food for breakfast, and coffee/snack breaks throughout the event. With this support, Stage Lighting Super Saturday is able to fund several ...
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Pathway Connectivity's VIA Ethernet Switch Debuts at Stratford Fest
When the remount of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, at the Canon Theatre in Toronto, ran into lighting network problems, Ben Kantorovich, of Christie Lites, called on Pathway Connectivity
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Checkers Industrial Safety Products Launches Guard Dog Cable Protectors with Added Traction
For increased traction, Guard Dog Cable Protectors are now available from Checkers Industrial Safety Products, with optional anti-slip rubber pads for use on smooth surfaces. Protect electrical cables and hoses from ...
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Rose Brand Now Ships Paint and Other Freezable Liquids During Winter Months
Shipping paint and other freezable liquids in the winter had previously been impossible or prohibitively expensive. It involved paying for air or next-day-shipping, and still the process did not guarantee unfrozen products. Rose Brand now ...
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American DJ Contest Asks DJs to Share Pet Names for Their Favorite Lighting and Audio Gear
Musicians depend on their instruments, DJs rely on their lighting and audio gear. This connection leads to some pretty close relationships between man (or woman) and machine, which is why so many entertainers have pet names for their ...
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Proel SW to Launch Series Subwoofers at NAMM
The new SW Series from audio manufacturer Proel is a range of sub-woofers designed to complement its full-range speakers, including the NET and FLASH Series.
The SW Series includes two new models and an update to the existing ...
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Denon DJ Launches DN-MC6000 Mixer/Controller with Event at Sky Ultra Lounge in Oak Brook, Illinois
Denon DJ recently launched the new DN-MC6000 mixer and MIDI controller with a special event at SKY Ultra Lounge in Oak Brook, Illinois. The launch, held on December 1, was open to the public and attendees included DJs, ...
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HSL Buys 12 new Robert Juliat Lancelot 4K Followspots
The Blackburn, UK-based rental company HSL has purchased 12 new Robert Juliat Lancelot 4K followspots to add to its already substantial stock of RJ products.
These were supplied by UK distributor White Light, and were ...
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a-ha's Career Ends on a High Note with DiGiCo and Sennheiser
After a 28-year career, the Norwegian trio a-ha has decided to split, saying farewell to fans with a major world tour. Two DiGiCo consoles, plus a full complement of Sennheiser microphones and in-ear monitoring ...
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L-Acoustics V-DOSC at 2010 UN Climate Change Conference
Although tensions heated up during the daytime sessions of the recent 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico, UN delegates from more than 30 countries, along with the general public, were able to chill out ...
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NBC's The Sing-Off Finale Goes with All-Shure Wireless
NBC's The Sing-Off is an elimination competition among a cappella singing groups, hosted by Nick Lachey. The finale was broadcast on December 20, with phone-in voters awarding the top prize to the Alabama gospel group ...
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Blackout Ltd. Setting the Scene for Christmas at Covent Garden
Blackout Ltd, the London- and Paris-based drapes and rigging supplier, was delighted to be involved in the transformation of London's historic Covent Garden Market for the festive season. ...
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W-DMX Lights World's Largest Christmas Tree
Wireless Solution Sweden AB W-DMX made Bradesco Seguros Christmas Tree a sparkling success in Rio de Janiero, Brazil. This is the 15th edition of the annual tree, which according to the Guinness Book of World Records ...
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Bremen, Germany's Weser Tower Features LED Installation from A&O
On December 7, the Chicago-based architect Helmut Jahn and Paris-based lighting artist Yann Kersalé pushed the switch that turned on the illuminations on the façade of the highest office block in Bremen, the 26'-tall Wese ...
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Conan Gets Two Studer Vista 9 Digital Consoles for Audio Mixing
Conan, the new late-night talk, music and entertainment show hosted by Conan O'Brien, showcases the host's eclectic tastes in musical guest artists -- not to mention his house band led by guitarist Jimmy "V" Vivino. ...
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JBL, Crown and BSS Deployed at Melbourne's Platform 28
Platform 28 is a new restaurant bar offering modern Australian cuisine in the heart of Melbourne's Docklands. Formerly a railway goods shed, this venue stays true to the history of the site offering a rustic historical charm ...
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Leominster's Doyle Field Is Covered by Community's R-Series
The annual Thanksgiving Day football game between Leominster High School and neighboring Fitchburg High is one of the oldest rivalries in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, dating back to Leominster High's founding in ...
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