News Archive - October 2013

Auerbach Glasow French Wins IES Award

Auerbach Glasow French has been acknowledged by the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) with an Edwin F. Guth Award in Interior Lighting Design for their work on the modernization of Monterey Bay Aquarium's Open Sea ...

ADJ Announces the Inno Color Beam Quad7 with a Hard-Edge Beam and Zonal Chase Effects

ADJ has taken today's hard-edge beam trend to new levels of excitement with the Inno Color Beam Quad7, a compact, high-output moving head that features quad-color RGBW LED technology and zonal chase effects. ...

Robe Introduces the ROBIN MiniMe

The Robe Robin MiniMe will have its US launch at LDI 2013, November 22-24, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Robe will be exhibiting in booths 649 and 653.
Ideal for bar, club, restaurant and retail lighting, the MiniMe is an effects ...

Creative Stage Lighting Names Steven L. Smith as Operations Manager

Creative Stage Lighting (CSL) has recently hired Steven L. Smith for the position of operations manager.
Smith has been involved in the management of successful companies in the construction and music industries. He will ...

Dirty Rigger Introduces Armordillo Gloves at LDI 2013

Dirty Rigger launches their most advanced glove to date -- the Armordillo glove. The Armordillo glove ensures full confidence on the job when cut and puncture resistance are essential. The company says strategically placed specially ...

PreSonuSphere 2013 Earns Standing Ovation

Rarely does a manufacturer receive a standing ovation from its users, but the PreSonus team received a heartfelt and enthusiastic one at the closing ceremony of its third annual PreSonuSphere user conference. ...

Chief Certification Program Adds New Online Training Course

Chief, a manufacturer of AV mounting solutions, has launched a new online training class available through the Chief certified partner program. The product training module focuses on new mounting solutions for education applications ...

Matrox Releases New iOS 7-Compatible MuraControl for iPad App

Matrox Graphics Inc. announces the immediate availability of a new, upgraded version of the Matrox MuraControl for iPad app optimized to run on the latest iOS 7 mobile operating system from Apple. This free remote control ...

Gefen Launches the 4x4 Seamless Matrix for HDMI

Digital connectivity solutions provider Gefen announces the latest first in its product range: the 4x4 Seamless Matrix for HDMI. This new matrix provides full cross-point routing of four sources to four displays, the company says it ...

PR Lighting Penetrates East Africa

Following a large purchase of PR Lighting's premium discharge and LED automated lights, Nairobi-based rental company Homeboyz Entertainment Services has considerably broadened awareness of the Chinese company in east Africa.

Harman Professional and Daktronics Restore Sound at University of Illinois Football Stadium

With a total seating capacity of 60,600, Memorial Stadium at the University of Illinois was built in 1923 and is home to the University's Fighting Illini football team. While the stadium's history is a huge part of its charm, the outdated ...

Meyer Sound Constellation at Cohan Center Facilitates Communication for Musicians

Home of the San Luis Obispo Symphony, the 1,289-seat Christopher Cohan Center has recently installed a Meyer Sound Constellation acoustic system. Featuring a retractable active acoustic canopy formed by 40 miniature loudspeakers, ...

Bainbridge Island Museum of Art Relies on Lectrosonics ASPEN Processing Systems

As an educational institution with a focus on contemporary art, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art's mission is to engage a diverse population with the art and craft of the northwest region. What started as a project to fix some shortcomings ...

Countryman Microphones Add Vibrancy to Delgado Community College's Presentation of Spring Awakening

When the audience is inches from a drama of family relationships and emotional awakening, the critical sense of intimacy hinges on clear, natural sounding dialog. Furthermore, the microphones must not be visually distracting and they must ...

PRG Adds SGM P-5 Wash Light to Hire Stock

PRG (Production Resource Group UK) has become the latest lighting hire company to invest heavily in SGM's new generation LED fixtures. They have purchased 46 of the P-5 RGBW wash lights for their busy autumn and pre-Christmas ...

Altman Lighting Launches the Phoenix LED Ellipsoidal

Altman Lighting's Phoenix LED is a 250W LED-sourced ellipsoidal fixture designed for long throw theatrical, architectural, house of worship, and film/TV applications.
The Phoenix LED ellipsoidal is available in 3,000K white, RGBA, ...

Dirty Rigger Introduces Glowman Series Backstage Light Gloves at LDI 2013

The Le Mark Group has chosen LDI 2013 to show for the first time anywhere in the USA the new range of Dirty Rigger LED series gloves -- GLOWMAN -- the backstage light glove.
Featuring integrated i-lume technology by ...

Yamaha Training Sessions Set for Pittsburgh and Beltsville

Yamaha Commercial Audio Training Seminars (YCATS) will hold training sessions in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania November 5, 6, and 7 and in Beltsville, Maryland on November 12, 13, and 14.
Pittsburgh and Beltsville sessions will ...

Behringer ULTRALINK ULM100USB Now in Stores

Behringer's new ULTRALINK ULM100USB wireless microphone is in stores now. The ULM's tiny receiver dongle can be connected directly to any Behringer UFX, QX, and Q-Series "wireless-ready" mixers, plus similarly equipped EUROLIVE ...

DiGiGrid MGB Coaxial and MGO Optical MADI Interfaces Are Now Available from Waves Audio and DiGiCo

Waves Audio now offers DiGiGrid MGB Coaxial and MGO Optical MADI interfaces for its SoundGrid protocol. For artists like Beyoncé, Rihanna, Shakira, Bruno Mars, Bruce Springsteen, Coldplay, and countless others, Waves ...

Wally New Comer Award Application Available on USITT Website

The Wally Russell Foundation announces that the annual New Comer Award application is now available on the USITT website at www.usitt.org.
To be eligible, nominees may be at any stage in their professional or academic ...

Lowell Manufacturing Adds Deep Profiles to Wall-Mount Rack Series

Lowell Manufacturing Company, a US manufacturer of professional A/V products for more than 65 years, has expanded its LWR Series of wall-mount racks to include two deep profiles -- 28" and 32" -- for applications requiring greater ...

CADAC Licences Waves SoundGrid Technology

CADAC has signed an agreement with Waves Audio to license Waves SoundGrid technology in order to provide integration solutions of the two companies' products.
The agreement will enable the two companies to develop an ...

Avolites Ai Media Servers Power Video Mapping for Billboard Latin Music Awards

Two Avolites Media Ai Infinity 8 servers and one Ai T8 server have powered the video mapping, projection, and LED screens for the Billboard Latin Music Awards in Miami -- watched by more than 30 million people. ...

Audio System Designer Kelly Epperson Employs Clear-Com's HelixNet Partyline at the 2013 John Deere Event

Clear-Com announces that its HelixNet Partyline was a proven intercom solution at this summer's John Deere Annual Event in Columbus, Ohio. Even after being pushed beyond its limits, HelixNet rose to the challenge and enabled Kelly ...

Theatre in Review: The Snow Geese (Manhattan Theatre Club/Samuel J. Friedman)

We've long had The Seagull; now say hello to The Snow Geese. Located solidly in the Scandinavian-Russian tradition of delicately rendered depression, Sharr White's new play is an odd duck, a meticulous, but ...

135th Audio Engineering Society Convention Hits A Five-Year High

The 135th Audio Engineering Society Convention which ran October 17 - 20, 2013, at the Javits Center in New York City, was the place to be for anyone in the audio industry. The exhibit floor, panels, and technical sessions were ...

New Strategic Sharholders at Solotech

François Ménard, president and shareholder of Solotech, announces three new strategic financial partners for the company: Claridge, Capital régional et coopératif Desjardins, and Investissement Québec. These ...

ETC Names David Lincecum as New Vice President of Marketing

ETC has promoted David Lincecum to be the vice president of the company's marketing department. With two decades of service to ETC -- most recently as the product marketing manager -- Lincecum is now expanding his role in the ...

Bill Gallinghouse Forms Specification Sales & Service, LLC

Longtime Electronic Theatre Controls (ETC) veteran, Bill Gallinghouse, has formed a new consulting company providing strategic sales, marketing and business development services to entertainment lighting and rigging companies ...

Bandit Lites Nominated for Parnelli Award

Bandit Lites work this year has led to another nomination for "Lighting Company of the Year" at this year's Parnelli Awards. The busy year has included tours with Carrie Underwood, Miranda Lambert, Rascal Flatts, Alice Cooper ...

Patrick Woodroffe and Adam Bassett Form Woodroffe Bassett Design

Patrick Woodroffe announces that Adam Bassett is joining him as his partner in a new entity, Woodroffe Bassett Design in a move that will bring together Adam Bassett Design and Patrick Woodroffe Lighting Design. ...

ADJ's DOTZ Matrix is a RGB Wash / Blinder / Matrix in One Unit

ADJ launches their next LED effects with the DOTZ Matrix, a color wash / blinder / matrix panel powered by advanced COB (chip on board) LED technology. This versatile 13.75" x 6.75" x 14.75" (345 x 170 x 370 mm) panel is bright, ...

Dirty Rigger Launches the LED Chest Harness

Due to popular multiple sell outs of the Glowman LED gloves, Dirty Rigger has expanded the LED powered range with the launch of the Dirty Rigger LED Chest Harness. The LED chest harness gives the user a powerful light source while ...

Behringer X32 CORE Digital Live/Recording Mixer Now Available

Now available at authorized dealers and online stores worldwide, the Behringer X32 CORE 40-input, 25-bus digital mixer packs the complete mix capabilities of the full X32 into a single rack space. The company says the X32 CORE appeals to ...

Parsons Audio Expo 2013 Scheduled for November 14

Parsons Audio of Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts will hold its 23rd annual Expo on Thursday, November 14, from 10:00am - 7:00pm at the Dedham Holiday Inn in Dedham, Massachusetts.
Parsons Audio, a professional audio products ...

Gemini Light Sound & Video Adds DiGiCo to its Audio Arsenal

Gemini Light Sound & Video has been in the production business for over three decades. The family-owned, Dallas, Texas-based company handles install and touring needs for both corporate and music clientele. Gemini purchased their ...

Harman's JBL Professional Invests in Tour Sound with New Positions

Harman's JBL Professional announces several new appointments within its tour sound division, including Paul Bauman associate director, tour sound, Eric Friedlander product manager, tour sound),and George Georgallis

LDR Reports a Successful PLASA London Show

"We had an excellent PLASA London show with good quality visitors on our stand," commented Fabiano Besio, managing director Luci della ribalta (LDR).
"The show was a good occasion for finalizing the distribution ...

Gearhouse SA Invests in More Robe Moving Lights

Johannesburg-based Gearhouse South Africa (GHSA) -- a large full technical production facility in the southern hemisphere -- has invested in 150 of Robe's latest moving lights including 54 Pointes, 36 LEDWash 600s, 24 DLXs, ...

Theatre in Review: The Winslow Boy (Roundabout Theatre Company/American Airlines Theatre)

Beware critics (or anyone, really) who labels a play "old-fashioned" or "a chestnut." Plays are as old-fashioned as the people playing in them; give one a probing director and a cast that hasn't been told that they're starring in something ...

Theatre in Review: Honky (Urban Stages)

The killing of a young black boy for a coveted pair of sneakers sets several lives spinning out of control in Honky, a scattershot but sometimes very funny satire that introduces Greg Kalleres, a playwright who is very much ...

Theatre in Review: Grasses of a Thousand Colors (Theatre for a New Audience/The Public Theater)

Entering the Susan Stein Shiva Theater at the Public, an usher cheerfully informed us that if we left during Grasses of a Thousand Colors we would not be permitted to return until after intermission. "A hostage situation," joked the ...

USITT Presents: Workshops with RC4, Studio Gear, Figure 53

Registration is now open for three new USITT Presents training sessions in four locations around the nation in November and December.
"Wireless Dimming & DMX," a one-day class with RC4 Wireless, will be held November 20 ...

Technicians Tool Bag Version 2 Announced by Dirty Rigger

Dirty Rigger announces the launch of Version 2 of the Technicians Tool Bag. There have been a number of improvements and modifications to the original design to improve safety, versatility, and the long life of the product. The most ...

Dirty Rigger Launches the Multi-Tool at LDI 2013

Cut from 4mm hardened steel with a matt black powder coated finish, the Dirty Rigger Multi-Tool offers durability and versatility.
Offering 14 separate tools and designed around some of the most common needs in the professional ...

Fishman Launches TriplePlay Guitar Wars Contest

Fishman and Guitar World Magazine have joined forces for the TriplePlay Guitar Wars Contest, a unique opportunity for respondents to create a great original composition using their Fishman TriplePlay Wireless Guitar ...

SMPTE and Hollywood Post Alliance Present Sold-Out Women in Technology Event

The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) and the Hollywood Post Alliance (HPA) Women in Post presented "Wendy Aylsworth in Conversation with Friends" to a full house on Monday in conjunction with the ...

Hey Marseilles Takes Mackie on the Road

Hey Marseilles is everything a great indie band should be -- a bit different, slightly quirky, left-of-center, with irresistible songs that burrow their way into your brain, set up camp, and refuse to leave. The band's decidedly ...

At Theatre for a New Audience's New Home, a Creative Space Inspires Artistic Expression

More than 30 years after its founding, the Theatre for a New Audience finally has a new and permanent home at Polonsky Shakespeare Center, an intimate and flexible courtyard theatre designed by Theatre Projects Consultants. ...

Alcons Equipment Premiere at Amsterdam's Pathé Tuschinski

With its imposing art deco exterior, the Pathé Tuschinski in Amsterdam is The Netherlands' most prestigious cinema. Inside it has been restored to its original 1920s glory, while at the same time being extended and modernized to satisfy ...

Harman Professional's Crown and JBL Professional Provide Audio Solution for South Bend's Kroc Community Center

The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center in South Bend, Indiana is dedicated to enriching the lives of people in the region with a wide range of education, faith, sports, arts, and supportive programs. The $64.2 million, ...

First Baptist Church at the Mall Standardizes with Nine Harman Soundcraft Si Expression Digital Consoles

Building on its successful relationship with Harman's Studer over the past year, the First Baptist Church at the Mall in Lakeland, Florida recently upgraded with nine Soundcraft Si Expression digital consoles in time for the ...

Shane & Shane/Phil Wickham Christmas Tour Features StudioLive AI-series Mixer and Loudspeakers

Touring artists Shane & Shane and Phil Wickham will deliver fun, family-friendly nights of holiday cheer and worship on their fourth annual Christmas tour, and PreSonus will be with them from start to finish. The artists will use ...

Theatre in Review: A Mind-Bending Evening of Beckett (Irish Repertory Theatre)

For a playwright often considered to be forbiddingly difficult, Samuel Beckett has never been so popular. Coming up next month is the much-anticipated revival of Waiting for Godot, starring Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart. ...

Theatre in Review: The Downtown Loop (3LD Art and Technology Center)

The weather is cooling, but you can still take a tour of Manhattan in The Downtown Loop. Ben Gassman's play is set on one of those tour buses that can be seen all over town, and because this is being staged at 3LD, the ...

Nemetschek AG Adds Nemetschek Vectorworks and Graphisoft CEOs to Executive Board

Nemetschek AG announces that Sean Flaherty, CEO of Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc., and Viktor Varkonyi, CEO of Graphisoft SE, have been promoted to the executive board of Nemetschek AG. Both managers bring ...

Martin Audio Appoints Michael Colon as Western Regional Sales Manager

Martin Audio has announced the appointment of Michael Colon as western regional sales manager for North America.
Colon, an industry veteran with a successful track record in audio, first began his affiliation with Martin ...

Win a Free Trip To Las Vegas in the Capture Polar "Designing Vision" Contest

Capture Polar lighting design software helps lighting designers of all levels turn their most inspired visions into workable designs. That's why it's been widely embraced throughout the industry worldwide. Elation Professional ...

Key Code Media and VidiGo Announce Premium Partnership

USA west coast broadcast supplier Key Code Media, announces it has signed a premium partnership agreement with VidiGo, broadcast software producer, to provide their clients with new technologies to improve production ...

LumenRadio Hits the G-Spot with SGM

LumenRadio announces that another manufacturer, SGM, has selected them as their chosen wireless partner. SGM has a history of delivering high quality innovative LED fixtures for the entertainment industry, with their latest being ...

EMTO Appointed UK Distributor for Foreground Display LED Products

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire UK-based entertainment technology design, installation, and sales specialist EMTO, headed by Wes Matthews, has been appointed as a UK and European distributor for Foreground LED screen ...

Clay Paky Provides IESNA and Eulumdat Photometric Data

Clay Paky has recently published photometric data relating to its lights on its website www.claypaky.it in IESNA and Eulumdat format (.IES and .LDT files), as laid down in standard EN 13.032 - LM 79 -. ...

Lighthouse and Spinitar Install LED Video at Monte Vista High School

Audio video systems integrator Spinitar has installed a Lighthouse outdoor LED video display at Monte Vista High School in Danville, California.
The LED video display is comprised of 40 Lighthouse Impact 8 panels in the ...

Clay Paky Sharpys Create "Light Architecture" for London Art Show

Interactive light technology group Marshmallow Laser Feast (MLF) is utilizing the Clay Paky Sharpys to create an inspired "light architecture" installation at a huge disused church in central London. ...

Harman Professional's Crown and JBL Professional Provide Major Improvement to Minor League Stadium

South Bend, Indiana's Four Winds Field at Coveleski Stadium is the home of the South Bend Silver Hawks minor league baseball team. The 5,000-seat stadium, known locally as "The Cove," opened in 1987 with a sound system that was good by ...

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with L-ACOUSTICS at Theatre Royal Drury Lane

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, a production based on the 1964 book by Roald Dahl, has been delighting audiences of all ages at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London following its premiere in May 2013. In its first month, 70,000 ...

Robe and Anolis LED Installation at Tecnópolis Exhibition, Argentina

A Robe and Anolis environmental lighting solution was chosen by the Argentinian government to permanently illuminate the venue hosting Tecnópolis, a science, technology, industry, and art exhibition at the Parque del ...

Application Deadline One Week Away for ETCP Exam at LDI 2013 in Las Vegas

Many major venues and employers across North America are now requiring ETCP certified technicians for lead positions. Certificants can increase their credibility with employers by becoming ETCP certified. ...

coolux to Present ID Tags for Tracking Applications at LDI 2013

coolux GmbH, the creators of the award-winning Pandoras Box product family, will present a new product for real-time tracking and projection-mapping applications at this year's LDI, to be held November 22-24 in Las Vegas. coolux ...

ETC Announces Recipients of 2013 LDI Student Sponsorship

ETC announces the students who have been selected to attend the LDI 2013 trade show, November 22 - 24 in Las Vegas, Nevada, as part of ETC's LDI Student Sponsorship program. In its 14th year, the program awards exceptional lighting ...

New York Festival of Light Launches at "First Light"

New Your Festival of Light (NYFOL) launches at "First Light" a celebration and preview of New York's first annual lighting festival, Thursday, October 24, 2013, at 6:00 - 9:00pm at the Elizabeth Street Garden in NoLiTa. ...

Chauvet Professional Nexus 4x4 Nominated for the 2013 Parnelli Indispensable Technology Award

Chauvet Professional's NEXUS 4x4 LED display fixture has been nominated for a 2013 Parnelli Indispensable Technology Award, to be decided at the 2013 LDI show in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 22-24, 2013. ...

Audio Precision and G.R.A.S. California Present Master Class on Testing Headphones and Powered Speakers

Audio Precision, an audio testing company, and G.R.A.S. Sound and Vibration, a designer and manufacturer of precision acoustic measurement solutions, announce a master class in Los Angeles and Cupertino on November 12 and 14 ...

J. R. Clancy Establishes Office in Singapore

With significant business growth throughout the Asia Pacific region, J. R. Clancy has opened a Southeast Asia office in Singapore.
Robert J. Degenkolb will step into the role as managing director of J. R. Clancy (Singapor ...

GLP's Impression Series Wins Two in a Row at WFX

After picking up the WFX 2012 New Technology Award for Best Moving Light with the then recently launched impression Spot One, GLP has done it again 12 months later.
At this year's Worship Facilities Conference & Expo (WFX) ...

Robe's 2013 PLASA Student Experience -- A Big Success

For the second year, Robe lighting was joined on its busy stand at the PLASA London 2013 exhibition at ExCeL London by students from the BSc Honours courses in lighting design and technology and live event technology at the ...

AVW-TELAV Acquires Inventory of Clay Paky GlowUp Fixtures

AVW-TELAV Audio Visual Solutions, the staging solutions provider with inventory in every province and all major cities coast to coast, has acquired Clay Paky GlowUp fixtures from A.C.T Lighting Canada Inc. ...

Electrosonic Captures Second Consecutive AV Award for Consumer Installation of the Year

At a gala dinner on October 11 at the London Hilton, Electrosonic took home the AV Award for Consumer Installation of the Year for the second year in a row. This time the award was for Electrosonic's work on The Siemens Crystal, a ...

BenQ Becomes Canada's Favorite 1080p Projector Company

BenQ Canada Corp., the projector brand and globally renowned provider of visual display solutions, announces that the company has surpassed competition to become the top-selling 1080p projector brand in Canada for second quarter ...

Nick Bellis Added for Customer Support, Music Group Professional Division

The Music Group announces the appointment of Nick Bellis to the position of customer support, Music Group professional division, effective October 6, 2013.
Bellis brings to the Music Group a 25-year career as a respected ...

4Wall New York to Host Grand Opening November 7

4Wall New York's new 121,000-sq.-ft. facility will be opened to the public November 7 for a grand opening event. The day will also feature an on-site UsedLighting.com fall clearance sale.
The event is open to the public and ...

ADJ Announces New Aggressor HEX LED and Vertigo HEX LED

It's been more than two decades since ADJ launched its landmark "Aggressor" and "Vertigo," two electrifying sound-active beam effects that changed the face of club/DJ lighting forever. The two classic effects have gone on to become ...

Robert Juliat Converted by First Try at PLASA London ExCel

As the newly-located PLASA London show opened its doors two weeks ago at London's ExCel Centre, Robert Juliat was happy to report superlative results. "The show provided an excellent forum to meet our many international ...

GoVision Beefs Up Indoor LED Arsenal with New 5mm Tiles

Most of today's high-end LED tiles require audiences to be 10' or more away to see a great picture.
Argyle, Texas-based GoVision, a supplier of customized modular LED walls and turnkey mobile LED units, introduces its new state ...

Philips Entertainment Announces New Dealerships in Austria

Philips Entertainment brands Selecon, Strand Lighting, and Showline have signed distribution agreements with Austrian businesses dblux GmbH and Lighting Innovation at the PLASA Show 2013, earlier ...

Adamson Systems Promotes James Oliver to Director Marketing and Sales; Expands European Business Team

Adamson Systems Engineering continues to evolve during their 30th anniversary year. Brock Adamson recently announced the promotion of James Oliver to the position of director of marketing and sales. ...

CADAC and Outline Co-Host International Distributor Event

CADAC and Outline co-hosted a four-day international distributor event at the end of September. The event held in the Pala Banco di Brecia, in Lombardia, Italy, saw the legendary live sound companies present a rolling ...

VUE Extends Sales Network in Sweden and Latin America

VUE Audiotechnik announces a significant expansion to its global sales network with the appointment of two leading firms that will extend the company's sales and customer support efforts into Sweden and Latin America. ...

Seattle's Decibel Festival Brings Avalon by EAW Back for Second Year

For the second year, Avalon by Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) was chosen as a primary sound system during one of the world's premier electronic music festivals, the tenth annual Decibel Festival in Seattle, Washington (September 25-29 ...

Lectrosonics Wireless Technology Helps TEDxABQ 2013 Event to "Be Extraordinary"

Well known for their informative and, frequently, entertaining programs, the TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) conferences operate under the premise of "ideas worth spreading." TEDx programs are designed to give communities, ...

Grund Audio Design Announces GT-SF242R Front / Side Fill Loudspeaker

Grund Audio Design, a manufacturer of loudspeaker and signal processing products for the audio professional, introduces the new GT-SF242R front fill / side fill loudspeaker. Designed specifically for front fill and side fill ...

Theatre in Review: A Night with Janis Joplin (Lyceum Theatre)

What with jukebox musicals like Mamma Mia! and Rock of Ages; bio musicals like Jersey Boys, Motown, and the upcoming Beautiful (about Carole King); and tribute shows, like the recently departed Let It ...

Theatre in Review: Fun Home (The Public Theater)

At first glance, Alison Bechdel's Fun Home seems like a perfectly dreadful basis for a musical -- which makes the achievement now onstage at the Public Theater all the more remarkable. It's a graphic memoir -- a self ...

PLASA Events at LDI 2013

PLASA will host several events on Thursday, November 21 as part of the LDI 2013 show, held November 22 - 24, at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Business Education session, Business Roundtable, and ...

New Chairman for Showlight Committee

With two successful Showlight events and eight years of managing the event's volunteer organizing committee, Ian Dow has passed his chairman's baton to John Allen of Northern Light. ...

The Freedom of Sound: The New Neumann TLM 107 Microphone

At this year's Audio Engineering Society Convention, premium audio brand Neumann announced its newest studio microphone: The TLM 107 large diaphragm microphone. It stands for innovation based on tradition and is a universal, ...

Allen & Heath Launches Digital Audio Community Network

Allen & Heath has launched a new community website, a social network dedicated to users of digital audio mixing systems. The new website consolidates the company's existing iLive and GLD blog and forums, and includes additional ...

Iconyx Makes it Clear for Knollwood Baptist Church in Winston-Salem

In February of 1957, a group of about 80 faithful founded Knollwood Baptist Church, meeting at a local funeral hall until their first chapel was completed in July. More than half a century later, Knollwood's congregation numbers in the ...

Pixzel Effects Technology Driving Lucy Light Forest

Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Pixzel Effects, a manufacturer of LED displays, confirms that it is the company responsible for the manufacture and technology behind the Lucy Light Forest interactive art installation that opened in ...

Parr Sound & Lighting Rolls Out RCF Line Arrays for Sturgis Motorcycle Rally

Nestled in the foot of the Black Hills, hundreds of thousands of bikers converge on the small town of Sturgis, South Dakota to take part in the biggest biker rally in the world.
For the last seven years, Parr Sound & Lighting, ...

SJ Lighting Adds SGM LED Strobes to Chicago Club Redesign

Based in Southern California, Stephen Lieberman has been lighting clubs and discos for 25 years -- at least half of that time under his company, SJ Lighting. But he is equally at home providing production for major festivals ...

Here Come the Mummies with Bandit Lites

Mysterious funk group Here Come the Mummies (HCTM) recently wrapped a filmed concert at the historic War Memorial Auditorium on October 4 with lighting provided by Bandit Lites. Comprised of ultra-talented but super secretive ...

Kramer's K-TV is Ready for Prime Time

Kramer Electronics announces the premiere of their new K-TV YouTube channel videos, produced and filmed on location at Kramer Electronics' new US headquarters. These videos will serve as tutorials for audiovisual professionals, ...

Genelec Provides Great Sound for Spare Time Entertainment Center

The Spare Time Entertainment Center's 31 lanes of premium bowling are the focus of the facility in Lansing, Michigan, but there's lots more to this newly renovated family fun center, including a two-story laser-tag game facility, part of ...

With Meyer Sound Constellation, San Francisco Exploratorium Looks to Educate Science of Sound

Billed by The New York Times as "the most important science museum to have opened since the mid-20th century," San Francisco's Exploratorium has recently opened its new multidisciplinary theatre, the Kanbar Forum. To fully support ...

Theatre in Review: Romeo and Juliet (Classic Stage Company)

I really hate to state the obvious, but these are confused times, so here goes: If you're going to stage Shakespeare's plays, you will need actors who can handle his verse. Got it?
This seemingly irrefutable proposition is apparently big ...

The Week in Review

Actually, two weeks in review, as your correspondent has been traveling:
PLASA London's ExCeL Adventure: PLASA Events reports a successful show in its initial appearance at ExCeL London. More than 11,000 attendees came to check ...

Registration Is Open for USITT 2014 in Fort Worth

Online registration is now open for USITT's 2014 Annual Conference & Stage Expo to be held March 26-29 in Fort Worth, Texas. To attend the four-day theatre technology event, register at the URL below. USITT, the United States ...

Harman's Soundcraft to Host Si Series Training Sessions at AES Convention

At the 135th AES convention in New York City, October 17 - 20, Harman's Soundcraft is hosting free training sessions for its Si Expression and Si Performer lines of digital consoles. The sessions are being held daily from October 18 ...

Apantac Focuses on 4K Multiviewer Demonstrations for CCW 2013

Apantac, provider of cost-effective multiviewers, video walls, extenders, and signal processing solutions will focus on 4K broadcast and content production demonstrations at CCW 2013, November 13 - 14, in New York City, in booth ...

Nemetschek Vectorworks Announces Release of Vectorworks Nomad 2.5

Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. has released a new version of the Vectorworks Cloud Services mobile application, Vectorworks Nomad 2.5.
The 2.5 version of Vectorworks Nomad has been updated to include integration with Dropbox, so ...

Digigram Strengthens Collaboration with ALC NetworX

Digigram announces a deeper collaboration with ALC NetworX, driving the companies' RAVENNA alliance, that will allow the full Digigram product line to be powered by the ALC NetworX Ravenna technology implementation for real ...

Calrec Makes Fourth Sale to CSP Mobile Productions

Calrec Audio announces the sale of its fourth audio console to outside broadcast (OB) company CSP Mobile Productions. The rapidly growing Maine-based company is installing an Artemis Light console in its new HD truck, its fourth new ...

RTW Delivers 145 TM3 TouchMonitor Units to WDR

RTW, a vendor of visual audio meters for professional broadcast, production, post production, and quality control, has delivered 145 TM3 TouchMonitor units to German broadcaster WDR, Europe's second-largest broadcaster after the BBC ...

StagePro Takes Vari-Lite to the Country Jam 2013

As one of the largest music festivals held in Colorado, the annual Country Jam features four days of performances by some country music's hottest stars. With a 2013 festival headlined by Montgomery Gentry, Miranda Lambert, Kid Rock, and ...

Eclipse Presentations Has the Right Attitude

Kent, UK-based Eclipse Presentations created a stunning production design and supplied the full technical package to realize it for the 2013 Attitude Awards staged on October 15 at the Royal Courts of Justice (RCJ) in London. ...

Firehouse Productions Finds the Pulse at 2013 iHeartRadio Music Festival with Harman's JBL and Crown

For the third year in a row, Firehouse Productions turned to JBL Professional and Crown Audio for the sound reinforcement system at the iHeartRadio Music Festival, deploying JBL VTX line arrays powered by Crown I-Tech ...

Legendary Engineer and Producer Bruce Botnick Outfits His Studio with JBL Professional

To anyone in the pro audio industry, it's not much of a secret that Bruce Botnick is one of the industry's most accomplished engineers and producers. He secured his reputation in the 1960s as the producer of the Doors' classic LA ...

Christie Cinema Solutions Exhibit at ShowEast

Christie announces its ShowEast presence for all manner of exhibitors -- art houses, multiplexes, drive-in and custom cinemas -- as a source for technologies, support, and services with which to immerse their audiences in a ...

Colour Sound Drifts For Big Day Out

Around 50 people joined Haydn Cruickshank and the Colour Sound Experiment (CSE) team at Bovingdon Airfield in Buckinghamshire where they energized with the Slide School Drift Academy (SSDA) headed by Alan Arnott and spent the ...

XL Video Supplies Unity Stephen Lawrence Memorial Concert

Some serious talent rocked up to support Unity the Stephen Lawrence Memorial concert at the O2 Arena in London including Rita Ora, Jessie J, Emile Sande, Beverley Knight, Ellie Goulding and Ed Sheeran, Plan B, Tinie Tempah, Labrinth ...

Harman International Acquires Duran Audio

Harman, a global audio and infotainment company (NYSE: HAR), today announced the acquisition of privately-held Duran Audio BV. The acquisition provides Harman with access to innovative electro-acoustic and software-based ...

ADJ Introduces the Ikon LED Gobo Projector

ADJ introduces the new Ikon LED, a high-output gobo projector powered by a 60W 7,500K white LED and features optical quality, allowing it to produce bright, crisp images and patterns on walls, floors, ceilings, and other room ...

A.C. Lighting Inc. Appoints Darrell Barnes as South Western Regional Sales Manager

A.C. Lighting Inc. announces the addition of Darrell Barnes to its North American sales team in the role of south western regional sales manager, with immediate effect.
Barnes will provide regional support for the range of ...

Compulite Vibe unveiled at PLASA London 2013

The PLASA London 2013 show saw the launch of the new Compulite Vibe lighting console.
The company says Vibe is a completely new concept in lighting control integrating conventional buttons and wheels with an innovative and ...

New Size of BroadWeigh Load Monitoring Shackle

UK technology company Mantracourt Electronics announces the availability of a new 5/8" (3.25T) load-monitoring shackle to complement their BroadWeigh wireless load monitoring system and the existing 3/4" (4.75T) Crosby ...

Jands Stage CL LED Lighting Console Wins Two WFX New Technology Awards

Jands' Stage CL lighting control console has been awarded two Worship Facilities Expo (WFX) 2013 New Technology Awards for innovation in Dallas, Texas.
The WFX New Product Technology Awards are an integral element of the high ...

DPA Microphones' Partner Conference Allows Distributors to Get Under Its Skin

Over 120 pro audio distributors, dealers, and opinion leaders from around the world travelled to Denmark last month for DPA Microphones' Partner Conference. The three-day event brought guests through meetings and seminars in ...

Sennheiser's Digital 9000 Wireless System, HDVD 800 and Neumann KH 310 Monitor Nominated for TEC Awards

Audio specialist Sennheiser announces that its Digital 9000 Wireless System, HDVD 800 Headphone Amp/DAC, and the Neumann KH 310 Monitor have been nominated for Outstanding Technical Achievement for the 29th Annual TEC awards. ...

Founder Hagai Gefen Hands Over Executive Direction to New Leadership Team

Gefen, LLC, announces its founder, Hagai Gefen, has left the company to pursue other interests. Moving forward, Gefen will be led by Sean Burke, group president, Nortek Technology Solutions group. ...

Live On The Green Concert Series Meets Growing Audience Needs with PixelFLEX LED Video Curtains

Live On The Green, a free six-week concert series in downtown Nashville produced by independent radio station Lightning 100, recently held its fifth successful series of outdoor shows. During this year's series, PixelFLEX LED video ...

Harman's Martin MAC III Quadray's Multi-Beam Luminaire Provides One-of-a-Kind Lighting

Harman's Martin Professional MAC III Quadray is an all-new, multi-beam effect offering a whole new dimension to the lighting designer toolbox. The MAC III Quadray is tour-tested, having been deployed on Paul McCartney's latest tour < ...

Purple Haze Make a Pointe

Purple Haze is a technical solutions and equipment provider based in Woerden, The Netherlands. The company was founded by Andre van der Heyden who runs it today; he named his company after the legendary song written and ...

Versatile Clay Paky Sharpys Light Up Ravens Super Bowl Ring Ceremony

When the NFL champion Baltimore Ravens gathered at the team's training facility for the Super Bowl Ring unveiling ceremony, Clay Paky Sharpys played a key role in the gala evening.
Frank Serutto, president of Excel ...

Solid State Logic Features MADI-Dante Bridge at 135th AES Convention

Solid State Logic, a manufacturer of advanced tools for audio professionals, will feature the new MADI-Dante Bridge, the world's first broadcast specification bridge between the industry standard MADI audio format and Dante IP audio ...

Theatre in Review: The Model Apartment (Primary Stages/59E59)

Donald Margulies has called The Model Apartment his "problem child," meaning that it didn't get much attention in its 1995 debut at Primary Stages. The production was hobbled by the sudden departure of a lead actor, ...

SSL Introduces the "Live" Console to North American Market at 135th AES Convention

Solid State Logic, a manufacturer of creative tools for audio professionals, will introduce "Live," the first SSL console for live sound production, at the 135th AES Convention, October 17-20, in New York City in booth 2821. The ...

Clear-Com Showcases the Latest HelixNet Partyline System with Linking Capabilities at AES 2013

Clear-Com is demonstrating the latest advancements to the HelixNet Partyline Intercom System at AES 2013 in booth 3030, October 17 - 20 in New York City. Among these is a new capability that allows multiple HelixNet systems to link ...

Line 6 Partners with Earthworks to Release the V75-40V Premium Wireless Microphone

Line 6, Inc. introduces the V75-40V, a new wireless microphone that combines Line 6 digital wireless technology with the Earthworks WL40V premium hyper-cardioid capsule. Designed for use with Line 6 XD-V75 systems, V75-40V ...

LynTec RPCR Relay Panel Brings Intelligent Circuit Control and Monitoring to Retrofit Applications

LynTec, a manufacturer of customized electrical power control for installed audio, video, and lighting systems, announces its RPCR line of remotely controlled relay panels. Based on LynTec's RPC (Remote Power Controller) series ...

Kramer Introduces the TP-580T and TP-580R HDBaseT Transmitter and Receiver

Kramer Electronics, a supplier of innovative and reliable signal management products, introduces the TP-580T and TP-580R transmitter and receiver using HDBaseT Lite technology to send HDMI with embedded audio, bi-directional RS-232 ...

PLASA 2013: Clay Paky Award-Winning Luminaires and Events

Clay Paky's stand S80 featured a "bee-eye" design concept and was located in the "Ambersphere village" at PLASA London 2013. Ambersphere Solutions, the sole distributor of Clay Paky and MA Lighting equipment in ...

Leader Light at PLASA London 2013

Leader Light, Slovak producer of LED lighting and LED technology, attended the PLASA London 2013 show with its LL stage CYC 6C.
New compact six color cyclorama was nominated for a PLASA Awards for Innovation, based on its ...

Drape Kings Celebrates One Year in Chicago

Surrounded by friends and fellow industry professionals Drape Kings Chicago celebrated its one year anniversary in style at their Chicago warehouse on Tuesday, September 10. The dukes, knights, and even the king, and queen ...

PSNI Fall Meeting Attendees Share Knowledge and Fun Against Backdrop of Nation's Capital

Professional Systems Network International (PSNI) hosted its 27th annual Fall Meeting October 3 - 5 at the famous Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington D.C. PSNI welcomed more than 90 attendees, including affiliate principals ...

GoVision Unveils New Ultra-Lightweight 10mm CF Tiles

Many venues simply can't accommodate large, elaborate LED screens due to weight-load restrictions and rigging constraints. Until now, that is, thanks to the ultra-light GoVision 10mm CF tiles used at the 2013 Nature Valley First Tee ...

Cerwin-Vega! P-Series Boosts the Audio at Hollywood Music Venue AMPLYFi

Popular Hollywood music venue AMPLYFi recently upgraded its PA system with units from Cerwin-Vega!'s new P-Series Professional PA system and CVA active series speakers. Though the all-ages nightclub has always had a reputation for ...

Theatre in Review: Two Point Oh (The Active Theatre/59E59)

Marriage is a virtual thing in Two Point Oh, a clever, if superficial, thriller about our brave new world of digital technology. How brave? Well, playwright Jeffrey Jackson's protagonist, Elliot Leeds, is a virtual ...

PLASA London 2013 Enjoys Success at ExCeL

PLASA London 2013 proved a great success with exhibitors and visitors alike at its new home at ExCeL London. Over 11,000 visitors (subject to ABC audit) attended the show, of whom over 3,000 attended on multiple days. International ...

Harman Professional Completes Integration of Martin Lighting in the United States

Harman Professional Division announces the integration of Martin Professional US operations into its organization effective immediately. The move provides Martin customers with access to Harman Professional's deep resources, ...

LumenRadio Wins Third Innovation Award

The team at LumenRadio announces that they have won a third PLASA Award for Innovation, presented at the PLASA Show in London this week.
This year's award was for the SuperNova 3 software, which enables system-wide ...

Roland Systems Group Launches V-MixingSystem.com

Roland Systems Group (RSG) introduces a newly launched website -- www.vmixingsystem.com -- a home for users of the V-Mixing System. This website provides V-Mixing System owners a medium in which to share stories, videos, photos, ...

PixelFLEX Introducing New 12mm High-Resolution LED Video Curtain at LDI 2013

PixelFLEX, a provider of flexible and lightweight LED video screens, will be introducing a new 12mm high-resolution curtain video panel at LDI 2013 November 22 - 24 in booth 2321. With the introduction of its 12mm panel, the ...

Neumann Announces Special Offers on Microphone, Monitor Purchases

In celebration of its 85th birthday, audio brand Neumann USA has announced two very special incentives for US-based consumers interested in purchasing its microphones and studio monitors.
Effective immediately, customers ...

Starlite Productions' Technology Showcase 2013 Receives Rave Reviews

When you want to celebrate being in business for 30 years, you could just throw a party with your friends and customers and reflect on the hard times and the successes. But for Philadelphia-area production company Starlite Productions

Britannia Row Celebrates Live Sound Training Launch

The official launch of the Britannia Row Productions' Training Center was celebrated with an event following the completion of the first live sound technology course.
The party was attended by representatives of partners from the ...

German Light Products and Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance in New Partnership

The BA (Hons) Lighting Design program at Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance in Outer London and German Light Products (GLP) are collaborating on enhancing training for the next generation of lighting designers ...

Leader Light Takes to the Road Through Europe

Leader Light, a Slovak manufacturer of LED lighting, is on the road through Europe with the complete portfolio of the actual product program.
The road show stops are organized together with the local distributors for the dealers ...

W-DMX Announces New Turkish Distributor Elit

Wireless Solution Sweden AB announces that Elit Light and Sound Technologies, located in Istanbul, has been named distributor for W-DMX products in Turkey.
Elit, who has been showing activities in professional sound, light ...

HES Announces Distribution Partnership with Stage Audio Works

Barco Lighting Systems (dba as High End Systems - HES) and Stage Audio Works announce a new partnership that will enable Stage Audio Works to serve as exclusive distributor of High End Systems' products throughout South ...

GDS ArcSystem Revolution at Bastille Opera House

Opéra Bastille in Paris is one of the two main venues of the Opera National du Paris, France's principal opera company (the other venue is the prestigious Opéra Garnier). Designed by Uruguayan architect Carlos Ott and located at the ...

Harman Professional's Dedicated Global Team to be Led by Brian Pickowitz

Harman Professional's new global group will support live sound and rental professionals with advanced programs, including technology, systems, training, and support. The group is led by Brian Pickowitz, newly promoted to ...

Riedel Communications Acquires WAN and Mobile Streaming Specialist Code One

Riedel Communications, a provider of real-time video, audio, data, and communications networks, today announced that it has acquired Düsseldorf-based mobile streaming specialist Code One. As a developer of solutions for video ...

Alex Case Leads Tutorials and Workshops at 135th AES Convention

At the 135th Audio Engineering Society Convention (October 17 - 20 at the Javits Center in New York City), Alex U. Case, associate professor of sound recording technology at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, will kick ...

Excellence Marketing Turns 25

The manufacturers' representative firm Excellence Marketing marked its 25th anniversary in September. Founded in 1988, the firm is currently staffed by Paul Cassady, Patrick Gilligan, Mark Mitchell, Ken ...

Aviom's A360 Personal Mixer Awarded Best In-ear Monitoring System at WFX 2013

Aviom's A360 Personal Mixer was selected as the 2013 WFX New Product Technology Award winner for "In-Ear Monitoring Systems" by Church Production Magazine, Worship Facilities Magazine, and Worship Facilities ...

First Night Riders' 2014 Dates Get a Green Light

The First Night Riders charity motorbike and classic car adventure, which raises money to help The Theatrical Guild support backstage and front of house staff, has announced new dates for 2014.
Organizers David and Brenda ...

ArtRage Launched for the iPad V.1.6

Ambient Design, the creator of realistic art painting software has released ArtRage for iPad v. 1.6. ArtRage for iPad provides the experience of painting digitally on an iPad canvas with oil paints that smear and blend and ...

SSL's Sigma Remote Controlled Analogue Mix Engine Now Shipping

Solid State Logic, the manufacturer of creative tools for audio professionals, is now shipping the new Sigma Remote Controlled Analogue Mix Engine. Designed for the DAW user that seeks the big sound of an SSL console while retaining ...

Global Truss America Releases Quick Rig Clamps

Global Truss America's new Quick Rig Clamps save precious setup time while offering a low profile design for high-end looks, the company says. Best of all: they're designed for simple attachment by a single installer. ...

First Sale of Calrec Callisto Console Goes to Wisconsin's Token Creek Mobile Television

Calrec has sold its first Callisto audio console, a new console making its US debut at AES, to outside broadcast (OB) company Token Creek Mobile Television. The Wisconsin-based OB company also purchased a Calrec Artemis Beam ...

Advanced Designs Unique Mobile Video Wall for "The Social"

What do you do when your TV show uses a video wall for direct viewer interaction, but the entire set needs to be mobile because other shows film on the same soundstage throughout the day? According to the makers of the new CTV talk show "Th ...

XL Video on The Fringe 2013

XL Video was again highly involved in Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year, reflecting the increase in productions and imaginative ways to integrate video into the plethora of inventive new performances. This year, video and ...

SGM G-Spot Scoops Top PLASA Award

All the endeavours that have gone into making SGM's G-Spot the most revolutionary intelligent LED moving head on the market paid dividends when the IP-65 rated fixture was to pick up a top award at the prestigious PLASA Awards for ...

Robe's PLASA 2013 Update

Robe lighting enjoyed a super busy 2013 PLASA London exhibition at its new location of ExCeL London, where they showcased nine new products and won their third PLASA Innovation Award.
Robe's CEO Josef Valchar ...

Coffeen Fricke & Associates Announces New Name

Coffeen Fricke & Associates, Inc. has changed the company's name to Avant Acoustics, Inc., which takes effect immediately.
"It was time to give our brand a makeover. As a leader in the acoustical and audio-visual design ...

Grass Valley Kicks Off at Sportel Monaco Convention 2013

Grass Valley will be exhibiting at the Sportel Monaco World Sports Content Media Convention being held from October 14 - 17, 2013 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, France. Visitors to the Grass Valley stand (K10/Diaghilev Hall) will ...

Stampede Reports Record Year of Growth at 2013 Vendor Summit

Stampede Presentation Products, Inc. yesterday told attendees at its 2013 Vendor Summit that a new era of unprecedented opportunity was now unfolding -- creating sales opportunities for dealers that were unimaginable a few short ...

Neutrik Announces New NL2FX speakON Connector

Neutrik USA, the supplier of professional connectivity solutions for audio, video, and data, has announced the introduction of the new NL2FX speakON connector. The new NL2FX replaces the outgoing NL2FC connector and, in the process, ...

Brazil's TV Vitoria/Record Migrates to HD with Grass Valley Solutions

Brazil's TV Vitoria/Record, delivering news and other informational programming to millions of viewers across Brazil, has selected an end-to-end solution from Grass Valley to facilitate a quick and smooth transition from SD to HD. ...

ALPS Lights 100th Birthday Celebration for Boston Children's Museum

The Boston Children's Museum marked its 100th birthday with a weekend of festivities and Advanced Lighting and Production Services (ALPS) provided the lighting for many outdoor and indoor events. ALPS design included an illumination ...

Cine-Xenar Lenses Add Style to Deeb's Rosco Bandana Music Video

When the Mississippi-based band, Rosco Bandana called on director John Deeb to do a second music video for them, the directive was to create something more narrative. "Rosco Bandana songs tell a story," Deeb says. "They tackle ...

Fitz and the Tantrums Monitor Engineer Finds Harman's Soundcraft Vi1

This past summer, indie pop band Fitz and the Tantrums has enjoyed a successful string of live concerts throughout the United States, either headlining its own bills or opening for Bruno Mars for several dates. For every show, monitor ...

McFly Makes a Robe Pointe of Celebrating 10 Years at the Royal Albert Hall

Chart topping, award winning and enduringly popular UK pop rockers McFly celebrated 10 years at the forefront of the music industry with great panache and some help from Robe's latest technology ... in four sold-out shows at London's ...

PR Lighting Boosts Live DVD Recording in South African Church

Based outside the South African city of Johannesburg, Woord en Lewe (Word and Life) Church annually hosts Live DVD/CD recordings within its highly developed technical infrastructure.
This September, resident group Word and Life Worship ...

PLASA London: Day Three

Chapter three of our look at the action at the PLASA Show at ExCeL London:
A.C., Lighting has been busy of late, getting ready a raft of new products. Indeed, it is launching Vision, an entire new line of LED luminaires ...

Fulcrum Acoustics Announces Todd Foster as North American Director of Sales

Fulcrum Acoustic announces that Todd Foster has joined the Fulcrum Acoustic team as director of North American sales. Foster has been involved in sales and system design within the pro audio industry for over 20 years and he ...

Artistic Licence Celebrates Double Product Win at PLASA Innovation Awards 2013

Artistic Licence is celebrating a double win in the 2013 PLASA Awards for Innovation. eSense, the company's newly previewed Remote Device Management (RDM) controller, received a Product Award, while Art-Osc, a ...

The Technical Theatre Awards Reveals Winners at PLASA Ceremony

The first ever Technical Theatre Awards (TTA) -- celebrating the best of "behind the scenes" skill and talent -- were presented at a well-attended ceremony at the PLASA Show at London's ExCel. ...

FSR's T6 FLEX Control Named Winner in 2013 WFX New Product Facility Awards

FSR announces that its T6 FLEX control unit, ideally suited for churches with congregations of varying sizes, has been named "Most Innovative Green Product" in the 2013 WFX New Product Facility Awards. Winners were revealed earlier ...