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  Happy Holidays from PLASA
Please note the Lighting&Sound America, Protocol, and PLASA New York offices will close on December 23 for the holidays and reopen on Tuesday, January 3. We would like to thank all of you for your great support once again this year ...
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PLASA Focus Professional Development Program Announced
Free registration is now open for the PLASA Focus: Austin 2012 Professional Development Program, two days of free educational seminars and workshops running alongside PLASA Focus: Austin, on February 22-23, 2012. ...
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In Memoriam: Don Childs
Donald J. Childs, the lighting and scenic designer and educator, died on December 18 from complications following surgery.
Childs, who has born in 1943, began his theatrical career in the 1960s at the San Francisco Actors ...
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Richard Ruse Named Senior Director of Global Sales at JBL Professional
JBL Professional has announced the appointment of Richard Ruse to the position of senior director of global sales, effective immediately. He will report directly to JBL Professional VP/GM Mark Ureda. Ruse has held key ...
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Sound On Stage Takes Delivery of First L-ACOUSTICS ARCS II in North America
Bay Area-based Sound On Stage (SOS) recently became the first company in North America to receive a shipment of L-ACOUSTICS' new ARCS II constant curvature WST line source enclosures, an update to the ARCS system ...
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Theatre in Review: Close Up Space (Manhattan Theatre Club/New York City Center)
It must be the dream of every young playwright to have a production at a venue such as Manhattan Theatre Club. Suddenly, all those out-of-reach amenities are yours -- a name cast, a first-class director, a design team with the ...
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Iluminarc Launches Ilumiline 36 IP Wall Grazer
Iluminarc, the maker of LED products for the architectural market, releases a new indoor/outdoor lighting solution, Ilumiline 36 IP.
Designed for wall grazing, Ilumiline 36 IP is a linear LED wash light with an IP 67 ...
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Meyer Sound Adds Mac Johnson and Ana Lorente to Constellation Team
In response to the increasing demand for Constellation acoustic systems around the world, Meyer Sound has added Mac Johnson and Ana Lorente to the Constellation team. Johnson has been named Constellation ...
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POSSE Personal Monitor Mix System Launched
Designed by musicians for musicians, POSSE Audio launches a new system for musicians, recording artists, and music venues, reportedly eliminating the need for a monitor mix sound technician and allowing for easy customization of ...
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LIGHTCONVERSE V52, with VectorWorks Functionality, Released
LIGHTCONVERSE 3D Show Platform Version 52 has been released, providing what the company says is a powerful photo-realistic solution for integrating and visualizing multiple show related disciplines in real-time, including lighting, ...
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LMG Design Studio Officially Launched in Nashville
LMG, Inc., the national provider of video, audio, and lighting support, officially launched the LMG Design Studio in Nashville, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and open house on December 7. The studio is located in the heart ...
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J. R. Clancy's VP of Marketing Announces Departure
Tom Young, vice president of marketing at J.R. Clancy since 1998, has announced his plans to leave at the end of 2011 due to a health issue.
Young arrived at Clancy in 1993 to take the position of international sales ...
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American DJ Launches Mega TRIPAR Profile
American DJ's new Mega TRIPAR Profile, a compact color-mixing LED PAR can that features the exclusive "sit-flat" design of the company's Mega Par Profile, but has been upgraded with Tri-Color LEDs for superior RGB ...
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Chauvet SlimPAR Pro Tri Units on WE TV's My Fair Wedding
The first episode of We TV's My Fair Wedding featured 12 Chauvet SlimPAR Pro Tri wash lights.
Specified and installed by Lights Incredible, based in Kansas City, Missouri, the flicker-free fixtures are part of a special ...
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The Projection Studio Brings Crown of Light Back to Durham
Ross Ashton and The Projection Studio's Crown of Light projected artwork on Durham Cathedral in the UK - created in 2009 -- is back by popular demand for the city's four-day festival of light event, which is ...
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Bandit Lites on Tour with Owl City
Electronica music projet Owl City toured the world in 2011 with illumination support from Bandit Lites. Manager Steve Bursky, production manager Adam Jackson, stage manager Andy Frost, and lighting ...
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Renegade on SHINE 2001 Dinner, London
London-based creative lighting and event design practice Renegade designed all the technical production and co-ordinated equipment supply -- including lighting, video, and visuals, set and scenic elements plus sound -- for the ...
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Illumination Physics Crowns Abu Dhabi Hotel with LEDs
The Rocco Forte Hotel in Abu Dhabi is distinguished by its curve, gleaming blue-and-green glass panels, and its wavy mosaic structure. The firm Illumination Physics, an Australian specialist in products for the architectural ...
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Electro Acoustics Redesigns Sound at TCU's Amon G. Carter Stadium With Harman's JBL VLA Line Arrays
Home to the Texas Christian University (TCU) Horned Frogs' football team, Amon G. Carter Stadium is currently undergoing a multi-million-dollar rebuild, with construction scheduled to be completed in 2012. The stadium's new < ...
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Clay Paky on BBC Children's Show
BBC Television presenters Sam and Mark are back with a new entertainment show for Children's BBC, Sam and Mark's Big Friday Wind Up. The show is packed with games, pranks, sketches, live performances and celebrity ...
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Danley Loudspeakers at College Park Church and Shortridge High School, Indianapolis
College Park Church, in Indianapolis, Indiana has completed a new, 4,000-seat sanctuary with raked seating that can accommodate the entire congregation. David Wright, president at Wright Consulting Associates, ...
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Road Hog Full Boar at Carmen Nebel Show, Germany
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel is a popular German TV music show covering folk and pop music. The entertainer Carmen Nebel recently celebrated the 50th show in an episode watched by more than four million people. ...
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W-DMX on Cowboys & Aliens
W-DMX by Wireless Solution Sweden AB was part of the recent Hollywood blockbuster Cowboys & Aliens. The film, which features a star-studded cast including Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford is about a ...
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London's Soho Theatre Adds Harman's Soundcraft Vi1 Digital Live Sound Console
Located in the creative heart of London, the Soho Theatre is a showcase for drama, comedy, and cabaret, encouraging the efforts of new and developing writers. It has hosted British and international performers including Demetri ...
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Anda Union Chooses DPA to Mic Mongolian Instruments
Mongolian band Anda Union is using DPA microphones on its current world tour to provide a live sound for a variety of acoustic instruments. The band, from Hohhot, China, has a a mission to discover and perpetuate their ...
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P.J. Whelihan's Pub Covered by Community Professional's VERIS
P.J. Whelihan's sports bar chain covers 16 locations in the Philadelphia and southern New Jersey region, including the most recent addition in suburban Downingtown, Pennsylvania. It's a multi-use venue that can handle not just day ...
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L-ACOUSTICS KARA Installed in Norwegian National Theatre
Norwegian distributor Scandec Systemer has supplied and installed an L-ACOUSTICS KARA WST line source system in the Norwegian National Theatre in Oslo.
The new system consists of seven Kara cabinets flown with two ...
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Renkus-Heinz at Grasshopper on the Green, Morristown, New Jersey
Built in 2005, Grasshopper on the Green is an Irish tavern in Morristown, New Jersey, Its vaulted beam ceilings and heavy wooden décor are reminiscent of a much older, more rustic saloon. Thebar's three floors offer a variety of ...
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AES Names Bob Moses Executive Director
Bob Moses, a longtime AES member and officer as well as a product designer, technologist, and pro audio industry advocate, has been named executive director of the Audio Engineering Society. He will assume his new role on ...
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Indiana Settles with Those Hurt in Sugarland Stage Collapse
The state of Indiana has settled with most of the victims hurt when the stage collapsed at a Sugarland concert at the Indiana State Fair in August, Rolling Stone has reported. A total of $5 million has been disbursed. ...
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Mega Systems, Inc. Names Randy Caballero Western Regional Account Manager
Mega Systems, Inc. announces the hire of Randy Caballero, Western regional account manager. In his new position, he will provide sales and technical support, training and service assistance to dealers in that area. ...
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Altinex Introduces TP115-201/202 Video+Audio+IR+RS-232 to Twisted Pair Transmitter/Receiver
Altinex, introduces the TP115-201/202 Video+Audio+IR+RS-232 To Twisted Pair Transmitter/Receiver. Billed as the ideal solution for transmitting video (computer or component), stereo audio (analog or digital), RS-232, and IR ...
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New York Public Library for the Performing Arts to Present Noël Coward Exhibit
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and The Noël Coward Foundation have revealed further information about some the artifacts that will be displayed in the exhibition Star Quality: The World of Noël ...
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Alcorn McBride Announces New Distributor in Canada
Alcorn McBride, the leading manufacturer of show control and A/V equipment for themed entertainment appoints SF Marketing (SFM) to expand its sales and support network in Canada. Effective immediately, SFM is the exclusive ...
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New Speakers Announced for TEDxBroadway
The organizers of TEDxBroadway -- the one-day event about the future of Broadway as a place --have unveiled its updated list of speakers presenting at the event.
TEDxBroadway will be a daylong event bringing together ...
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AFMG, DSPECIALISTS Release Aubion X.8 Measurement Device
After an intense development period, German companies AFMG and DSPECIALISTS have released the AUBION X.8, an eight-input high-end measurement device utilizing standard Ethernet as the means of connection. The X.8 was ...
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Harry McGee to Spearhead Operations at Harman's Soundcraft, Studer, and AKG
Harry McGee has joined Harman's mixer, microphones and headphones business unit based in Potters Bar, UK. McGee, who holds a BSc in business and management from the University of Maryland, started his career in the US Air ...
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Giveon Electronics Celebrates 75th Year as Shure Distributor
Giveon Electronics Ltd. is celebrating 75 years as a Shure distributor. Based in Tel Aviv, Israel, Giveon has marketed audio products in Israel since 1934, and began its affiliation with Shure Incorporated two years after ...
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Full Compass Systems Hosts Rotaract Tour for Aspiring College Students
Full Compass, the seller of professional audio, video, lighting, A/V and musical instruments, recently hosted a tour of its facility for Madison, Wisconsin-area Rotaract members. Rotaract is a branch of Rotary designated ...
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MDG Partners with AED Distribution for Belgium and Luxemburg Markets
MDG, the maker ofatmospheric effects, has appointed AED Distribution as its official distributor in the Belgian and Luxemburg markets, as of October 1.
Through this partnership, AED Distribution (part of AED group), will ...
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Training Days with Green Hippo's German Distributor, B&K Braun
Since being signed by Green Hippo Ltd, the company's exclusive distributor for Germany and Austria, B&K Braun, have had a very successful year boosting Hippotizer media server's presence in this market. ...
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Jands Vista Wins WFX Award
The smallest pair in the Jands Vista lighting and media control range won the award for Best Moving Light Console - Small Format at the 2011 WFX trade show in Dallas.
The portable and compact Vista M1 and Vista S1 shared ...
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Community Expands Distributed Design Family with Pendant Loudspeaker
Community Professional Loudspeakers has introduced the newest addition to its Distributed Design Series of ceiling and surface mount loudspeakers.
Featuring identical componentry to the D6 ceiling model, the DP6 pendant ...
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Renkus-Heinz Announces 2012 EASE Training Class Schedule
Renkus-Heinz announces its EASE Level 1 training class schedule for 2012.
The classes, conducted by Renkus-Heinz epplication engineers Jonas Domkus and Jim Mobley, cover the basics of using EASE 4.3 and EASE JR 4.3, ...
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Hitachi Introduces New Installation Series Projectors
Hitachi America, Ltd., digital media division, business solutions group is introducing its new Installation Series projectors.
The new projectors offer several groundbreaking features, the company says, including two HDMI ...
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AVCorp Invests in Soundcraft Si Compact 32 Digital Console
In order to keep up with the digital audio console market, the Sydney, Australia-based corporate events firm AVCorp was recently on the hunt for a new console. "We needed a console that had 32 channels, was small and compact and ...
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Mega Systems, Inc. Launches OMEGA Truss
Guillermo Cabada, president of Mega Systems, Inc. announces the launch of OMEGA Truss, which is designed provide spigot truss to a range of customers who require it for touring, events, decorative uses, and more. ...
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Lycian Followspots Installed in Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera in New York City recently installed eight Lycian 1295 ELT Xenon followspots.
These replace the Lycian 1290 XLT 2K followspots that have been the house lights for well over a decade. ...
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Theatre in Review: Lysistrata Jones (Walter Kerr Theatre)
The good news is that Lysistrata Jones has made the leap to Broadway, nicely fluffed up, with almost all of its charm intact. The not-so-good news is the show doesn't put it best foot forward at the top, a misstep that ...
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W-DMX on 99th Grey Cup Halftime Show
W-DMX, by Wireless Solution was one of the players at the 99th Grey Cup, the Canadian equivalent of the Super Bowl, held this year between the East Division champion Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the West Division champion BC ...
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Turbosound on Brit Floyd Experience
Earlier in the year, the Brit Floyd Experience, the Pink Floyd tribute show, embarked on a lengthy tour with Mansfield, UK-based ESS providing a Turbosound rig of Aspect and Flex Array loudspeakers. ...
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Harman's JBL Loudspeakers at Bijou Nightclub, Boston
Kordis Sound & Lighting recently upgraded the audio system at Bijou, a high-end club in Boston, Massachusetts, with a variety of JBL loudspeakers,. The top floor is a dance area with open spaces around the bar, ...
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LSI Industries on Elton John's Million Dollar Piano
Million Dollar Piano"> Elton John's new show opened at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in late September. A key aspect of the production is what is said to be the first-ever visual/audio interactive musical instrument -- ...
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dbn Helps Switch On Manchester for Xmas
Manchester, UK-based lighting rental company dbn provided lighting and LED screens for the official Switch On of the City's festive lights, for which 20,000 revellers packed into Albert Square outside the Town Hall to watch the ...
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Shure on DirecTV's Guitar Center Sessions
Shure Incorporated has provided microphones to the award-winning music television series Guitar Center Sessions> on DIRECTV. Produced by Guitar Center, the musical instrument retailer, and DIRECTV, it features exclusive ...
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Medialon Controls Mangrove Groove, Chinese Aquatic Show
Medialon has been selected by ECA2 to be the main show control system on Mangrove Groove stunning 38-minute multimedia aquatic show in OCTBAY, a new shopping and entertainment complex in Shenzhen, China. ...
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DiGiCo, Audio Logic on fDexluxe Concert Event
Audio Logic Systems had busy September. The A/V integrator celebrated a 20th anniversary at its Minneapolis headquarters, and also took on production for a concert event at the ...
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K-array Loudspeakers at Our Lady of the Rosary Church, San Diego
Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic Church, a landmark in the Little Italy neighborhood of San Diego since the 1920s, recently replaced its sound reinforcement system with K-array Installation Series components. The new ...
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LTM to Train Five New Apprentices Over the Next Five Years
Currently training its fifth apprentice; Robert Simmons, UK-based lifting solutions provider Lift Turn Move is showing its commitment to training future engineers. John Jones, the company's director, has announced that ...
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Kinesys Announces First 2012 Training Sessions
London, UK-based automation specialist Kinesys announce the first 2012 dates for their on-going product training program, consisting of a series of two-day courses and workshops covering the fundamentals of the technology and (in ...
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Harman's JBL at Rock in Rio 2011
The Rock In Rio festival celebrated its 10th anniversary in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: it was the world's biggest music festival of the year, with almost 700,000 fans attending the week-long event. Rock In Rio 2011 took place in the ...
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Blink-182 Tours with Midas PRO6
For his first tour with the revitalized Blink-182, new front-of-house engineer Jason Decter<specified Midas' PRO6 digital mixing consoles from the Rat Sound inventory for both himself and for engineer D ...
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Shure Ribbon Mic Captures Guitar Sound on TBS' Conan
ForBrian Lodato, music mixer on TBS' Conan, the opportunity to try the Shure KSM353 ribbon microphone on bandleader Jimmy Vivino's guitar amp just fell into his lap. "We had the mic on loan, and I knew ...
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Theatre in Review: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (St. James Theatre)
Talk about history repeating itself: The revival of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever -- a musical about reincarnation -- is in danger of flopping all over again. In 1965, Alan Jay Lerner had a clever idea for a show, about ...
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Robe ROBIN 600 LEDWash for Official CHOGM Photograph
Twelve Robe ROBIN 600 LEDWash fixtures were supplied by the Perth office of leading Australian lighting rental company, Clifton Productions, to provide ideal lighting conditions for the official photograph of the 2011 Comm ...
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PR Lighting XL Beam 300s in MMA Events in Jordan
PR Lighting's fixtures have been found lighting up many events around the world -- but never before have they been involved in MMA (mixed martial arts) cage fighting. The full-contact combat sport allows the use of both striking ...
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ETC Sensor+ Dimming for Lisbon's Teatro da Trindade
ETC's Portuguese dealer Luzeiro has supplied lighting and dimming for the Teatro da Trindade in the center of Lisbon. The theater, owned by Fundação INATEL, had an old system that was badly in need of an ...
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Martin Professional at Little Rock First Baptist Church
Little Rock First Baptist Church, in Little Rock, Arkansas, is a tradition-rich congregation with an eye on the future. Built in 1972 and a foundation for the surrounding neighborhood for nearly 40 years, the 1,200-capacity church ...
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L-ACOUSTICS KARA Installed in Norwegian National Theatre
Norwegian distributor Scandec Systemer has supplied and installed an L-ACOUSTICS KARA WST line source system in the Norwegian National Theatre in Oslo.
The new system consists of seven KARA cabinets flown with two ...
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Allen & Heath iLive at Berry Center, Houston
The Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District in suburban Houston is home to the Berry Center, a unique multi-venue facility that includes a theatre, football stadium, arena, and conference center. To accommodate the endless ...
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Jands Vista V2 on Tour with Adele
Lighting designer and long-time Jands Vista advocate, Rob Sinclair specified a Vista S1 console with two M1 wings to run lighting for Grammy Award-winning UK singer-songwriter Adele's recent 2011 international ...
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St.. Paul's Church, Oxnard, Installs Symetrix Jupiter DSP Before and After Sanctuary Fire
After years of planning a complete renovation of its sanctuary, including an upgrade to cutting-edge A/V technologies, St. Paul's United Methodist Church, in Oxnard, California suffered a devastating setback one week before its ...
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Meyer Sound at Buddha-Bar Mexico City
Music is integral to the ambience at Buddha-Bar, an international chain of restaurant/lounges. DJs are booked nightly; the brand's affiliated record label -- George V Record -- features Buddha-Bar compilations. At the newest ...
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ETC Eos Consoles at Newly Renovated Bolshoi Theater
After six years of construction, Russia's Bolshoi Theater -- one of the world's preeminent cultural meccas for opera and ballet -- has finally reopened its doors to newfound glory. The massive renovation project was focused on ...
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Norwest Productions Joins Adamson Energia Beta Partners List
With Phase One of Project Energia well under way, Adamson, along with CMI Music and Audio announce that Norwest Productions other Beta partners with the purchase of an E15 beta system to service the ...
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FSR to Showcase Fingertip Room Control System at ISE 2012
FSR, the manufacturer of audio and video switching, control products, and connectivity boxes, will be showcasing its Flex-LT self-contained control system at ISE 2012, January 31-February 2 in Amsterdam. The award ...
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Rose Brand Now Offers an Electronic Catalog
Rose Brand is now giving their customers the option of viewing their catalog electronically. Customers can find the e-catalog on the homepage of RoseBrand.com or by visiting http://bit.ly/rosebrand-catalog ...
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Clay Paky Sharpy Fixtures at Telecast of Latin Grammy Awards
Atomic Lighting, of Lititz, Pennsylvania, the exclusive lighting equipment supplier for the second consecutive year to the Latin Grammy Awards, recently provided the show with 50 Clay Paky Sharpy fixtures. ...
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Theatre in Review: Stick Fly (Cort Theatre)
The best thing about Stick Fly is that it introduces us to a talented new playwright named Lydia R. Diamond. The bad news is that Stick Fly may be not quite ready for Broadway.
Even so, Diamond has a distinct ...
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Gamproducts Releases Flickermaster DMX8
Laurel Polson, vice president of sales of Gamproducts, announced the availability of a new Flickermaster DMX8.
This new version of the Flickermaster is built to the same rugged standards of the original model with ...
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Midas PRO9 Reaches Europe on Evanescence Tour
Front-of-house engineer and self-professed Midas analog fan Eddie Mapp is using a Midas PRO9 live audio system, supplied by Clair Brothers, for the Evanescence world tour, which recently toured across Europe. ...
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Vista Spyder at Charlotte Motor Speedway
Charlotte Motor Speedway, in Charlotte, North Carolina, long considered the home of NASCAR, was looking for the next big thing when Panasonic Enterprise Solutions installed what is reportedly the world's largest LED display ...
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LumenRadio's CRMX at Opening of German Water Plant
LumenRadio's CRMX technology did not make water into wine, but it did recently help light the opening festivities for Germany's largest drinking water plant. The facility is located in Arnsberg-Neheim, part of the densely ...
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Wolf Trap Modernizes Its Loudspeaker System with Harman's JBL VERTEC Line Array Speakers
Located in Vienna, Virginia, Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts is a top US performance venue. The Filene Center is Wolf Trap's main venue, a 7,000-seat indoor/outdoor theatre that hosts an average of 90 ...
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ADLIB Supplies Audio for Toby Keith Tour
UK-based ADLIB continued its busy autumn season by supplying audio and crew for Toby Keith's recent UK and European tour.
The venues were a selection of theatres and Wembley Arena in London. ADLIB's crew of Ian Nelson ...
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Visual Acuity Advises on New Tour for Mummy: The Inside Story
Visual Acuity, the independent technology and media consultancy, is again working with The British Museum on a new version of its international touring exhibition entitled Mummy: the Inside Story -- Secrets of the Tomb ...
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Electrosonic at Georgia Aquarium's AT&T Dolphin Tales
An theatrical production starring Atlantic bottlenose dolphins is now playing at the newly-expanded Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. Electrosonic played a major role designing, supplying, and installing the audio and video equipment. ...
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Turbosound at International a cappella Festival, Singapore
Now in its fourth year, Singapore's International a cappella Festival has established itself as a month-long vocal extravaganza featuring top groups from many countries and in various styles. Turbosound's Singaporean ...
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Altinex Announces Webinar Series
Altinex the manufacturer of trademarked Signal Management Solutions, will, in January 2012, initiate a free, extensive webinar training program designed to provide AV system designers, consultants, and sales professionals the ...
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Digitalsound Production Services Adds G-LEC Solaris+ to Inventory
G-LEC's Solaris+ is making its West Coast debut with Digitalsound Production Services (DPS), a rental and production company based in Los Angeles.
DPS provides event production solutions for everything from live ...
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Lowell Highlights Rack and Wall-Mount Storage Solutions with New Product Videos
Lowell Manufacturing Company, a Pacific, Missouri-based manufacturer of professional AV products, has updated its YouTube channel ( http://www.youtube.com/user/lowellmfg) with two new product videos. These short clips, ...
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Community Announces Promotions in Sales and Marketing
Community Professional Loudspeakers has announced several promotions within the company's sales and marketing division.
Steve Goodwin has been promoted to the position of Latin America sales manager. In addition to his current ...
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Theatre in Review: Titus Andronicus (The Public Theater)
Buckets of blood are deployed in the Public Theater's Titus Andronicus -- and, no, that's not a figure of speech. During the murder spree that constitutes the climax of Shakespeare's most unashamed potboiler, pails ...
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Theatre in Review: Farm Boy (59E59)
If you've seen War Horse and are wondering whatever happened to Joey, the title character, you can gallop on over to 59E59 to check out Farm Boy. Taken from a children's book (ages nine and up) by Michael Morpurgo< ...
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Jeffrey Mateer Promoted at Apollo Design Technology
Apollo Design Technology, Inc. announces the appointment of Jeffrey Mateer as sales director over the inside and outside sales team. In the new position, he will work with his team on day-to-day operations, and also to ...
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J. R. Clancy is Silver Sponsor of NATEAC 2012
J. R. Clancy, Inc., has becomes a Silver Sponsor of the 2012 North American Theatre, Engineering and Architecture Conference (NATEAC). The conference is scheduled for Sunday, July 22 and Monday, July 23, 2012, in New York ...
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Rose Brand Institutes 72-hour Sale of Splat and Splatter Shapes
Rose Brand has launched a 40%-off sale on its splat and splatter stretch shapes. The 72-hour, web- exclusive sale is on right now and will close Friday, April 15 at 10am. Customers can visit http://bit.ly/RB-Sale to take advantage ...
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LMG Adds K1 Series to L-ACOUSTICS Product Line
LMG, Inc. recently added a supply of the L-ACOUSTICS K1 large-format line source to the firm's audio inventory to support live events.
The company says the K1 series is designed with superior SPL, LF and throw capability ...
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Clair Brothers Audio Systems and Harman's JBL VLA Line Arrays at BC Plac, Vancouver
Even by stadium standards, Vancouver, Canada's BC Place stands out. The newly renovated stadium boasts the world's largest cable-supported retractable roof and dominates the city's False Creek waterfront. The renovations include a ...
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Joe Bonamassa Tours with Electro-Voice
Blues rock titan Joe Bonamassa is currently on tour with his Electro-Voice equipment, promoting his latest album, Dust Bowl.
The hard-touring guitarist has loaded all his cabinets with EVM12L speakers for years. ...
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Elation LED Video Panels at Arizona's Sound Wave EDM Festival
Launched in spring 2011, the twice-yearly Sound Wave festival is fast becoming one of Arizona's most popular electronic dance music events. For starters, the main stage of this appropriately-named festival is located inside the ...
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DiGiCo Rides the Paraiso Express with Alejandro Sanz
Spanish superstar Alejandro Sanz has spent 20 months touring in support of his hugely successful, Grammy-winning eighth album Paraiso Express. Taking in 22 countries and over 100 shows, front-of-house engineer Fernando ...
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Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Opts for Danley Loudspeakers
The 73,00-seat Lambeau Field is home to the reigning NFL champion Green Bay Packers; the venue recently upgraded its sound system, using Danley Sound Labs' Genesis Horn, Synergy Horn, and Tapped Hord technologies. ...
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Robert Juliat Aledin LED Profile Invades TV Market
One year after its release, Robert Juliat reports that its Aledin LED zoom profile spot has been picked in several major television markets.
The company cites growing pressure to cut energy consumption, the product's long ...
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In Memoriam: Enrico Caironi
LSA has received the sad news of the passing of Enrico Caironi, long associated with the marketing of the Clay Paky lighting brand. The epitome of the Italian gentleman, Caironi had a warm and infectious personality, ...
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Solotech Ottawa Expands With New Office
Solotech, the Canadian gear supplier, announces the expansion of its Ottawa sales office as part a plan to offer increased services to clients in the National Capital Region (NCR). The official grand opening of the new office was ...
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Wireless Solutions Sweden (W-DMX) and Pangolin Laser Systems Inc. Join Forces
Wireless Solutions Sweden, has officially announced its new cooperation with Pangolin Laser Systems Inc., the producer of laser display software and control hardware for the laser display and entertainment industry. ...
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Global Truss Unveils New Logo
Global Truss has introduced a new logo that, the company says, symbolizes the solid strength and reliability of its product line.
In a release, the company said, "Part of the ADJ Group, which also includes the American DJ, ...
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Sennheiser Sound Academy to Host Two-Day Live Production Workshop in Anaheim
Sennheiser Live Production Sound Academy (LPSA) will once again be held this year in Anaheim and will take place prior to the NAMM Show, January 19-22, Anaheim, California. Due to what the company says was the ...
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Rose Brand Introduces Glassless Scrim Mirror
Rose Brand's newest product, Scrim Mirror, is a glassless mirror that functions as both a mirror and a rear projection screen. The company says the product has all of the properties of glassless mirrors - lightweight, ...
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Audio Concept CA Takes on Prolyte i-line Range
Audio Concept CA, distributor for the Prolyte Group in Venezuela and Colombia, has recently added the Prolyte i-line range to its package of products and services.
The company has also added new office in Bogotá, ...
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Lentini Marketing Group Takes on New Clients
Lentini Marketing Group announces its appointment as national sales and consultant firm for a number of companies in the MI / DJ market.
The company's CEO, Phillip Lentini, announced that the company has been hired to ...
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Harman's Soundcraft Releases The Soundcraft Guide to Mixing App for iPad
Soundcraft is releasing its popular tutorial, The Soundcraft Guide to Mixing,> as an iPad app. Derived from the popular Guide to Mixing booklet, which provides an introduction and explanation about what an audio ...
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Full Compass Systems Recognized by Dun & Bradstreet
Full Compass Systems, the national supplier of audio, video, AV, lighting, and musical instrument products, was recently recognized in the D&B 200-Day Digital Tribute, a series of success stories, hosted on Dun & ...
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Gemini Light, Sound & Video Marks 30th Anniversary
Open house receptions are nothing new at Gemini Light, Sound & Video. The Dallas-based lighting and production company holds them annually to showcase its inventory and services and educate its customers. But this year's event, ...
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Sound Image and JBL Loudspeakers at Historic San Diego Civic Theatre
Sound Image recently completed a sound system renovation at the San Diego Civic Theatres. JBL loudspeakers, along with Crown amplifiers and BSS processors, are part of the major retrofit at the city-owned, 2 ...
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TiMax Tracker in Rep at Regents Park, London
During its four-month summer season, Regent's Park Open Air Theatre becomes one of London's largest, selling out its 1200-plus capacity night after night. Mike Walker, the Olivier Award-winning sound designer, once again drafted in ...
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DiGICo SD10 at Monterey Jazz Fest
McCune Audio/Video/Lighting has been handling audio services for the Monterey Jazz Fest since the 1960s. In business since 1932, this full service technical event production company has done its share of myriad events in its ...
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Pirates Take on LumenRadio's CRMX
LumenRadio's CRMX wireless DMX/RDM technology was used with great success in the production of the swashbuckling Pirates of the Caribbean franchise's fourth installment, the On Stranger Tides. The plot draws ...
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Mike Murphy Becomes Top Exec at J.R. Clancy; Bob Theis Departs after 30 Years
After 30 years with J.R. Clancy, Bob Theis will step down from his position as chief executive officer on December 31. Theis will continue until July 2012 as an advisor to the board of Wenger Corporation, J.R. Clancy's ...
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New Investment in DiGiCo Announced
DiGiCo, theUK based console manufacturer, has secured secondary investment from ISIS Equity Partners almost five years since the company successfully expanded with the backing of Matrix Equity Partners. ...
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Mark Dziekan Named Vice President of Sales and Marketing at High Resolution Systems
Mark Dziekan has been named vice president of sales and marketing at High Resolution Systems. He will concentrate his efforts on the strategic positioning and business expansion of the interrelated companies HRS Control ...
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Staff Changes at LSC
LSC, the Australian maker of lighting control products, announces several staff changes. With Alan Graham leaving LSC, Trevor Sykes has been promoted to the position of general manager. Sykes has a long association with LSC ...
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Outline Announces New Distribution Model for Central Europe
Outline, the Italian audio manufacturer, announces a new distribution partnership which will service key territories in Eastern and Central Europe. Outline Central-Europe Ltd is the brainchild of Tamás Fazekas, CEO and ...
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Christie Now Shipping LHD700 and LX1200 LCD Projectors
Christie is now shipping its 12,000-lumen Christie LX1200 and full HD 1080p Christie LHD700 projectors.
"One of Christie's advantages is its wide selection of 3LCD models in the 4000 lumens range and above," notes < ...
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DBN Lights Ramsbottom Festival
Manchester, UK-based dbn Lighting supplied lighting design and equipment -- including trussing and all necessary rigging -- to the main stage at the 2011 Ramsbottom Festival staged at Ramsbottom Cricket Ground in Bury, a ...
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Lectrosonics, Intent Digital at Northern Arizona University.
With 39 satellite campuses throughout the state, Northern Arizona University (NAU) offers undergraduate and graduate degree programs to approximately 25,000 students -- 17,000 of which are enrolled at the Flagstaff campus. At the ...
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Snake Newton Takes Adamson's Project Energia on the Road with Duran Duran
Duran Duran's long-time fonrt-of-house engineer, Snake Newton, ran with Adamson's Project Energia for the band's recent North American tour. The six-week tour was a build up for Duran Duran's "All You Need is ...
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Starlike Provides Community Gear for the Korundi House of Culture, Lapland
The Korundi House of Culture is a new cultural nexus in the Lapland capital of Rovaniemi. Formed from the old 1930s red brick building of the Rovaniemi mail-van depot, the building has been expanded with a box extension designed in ...
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High End Systems at BOFFO Fashion Exhibit
A temporary designer fashion store, taking on the appearance of a "mirrored cave," became the focus of Focus Lighting during New York City's Fashion Week. High End Systems intellaspots added pizzazz, with extra effects from ...
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Mahajak Equips New Zhulian Auditorium With Harman Audio Components
Consumer goods giant Zhulian (Thailand) Ltd. has developed two-story mega-auditorium building on its premises in Nontaburi Province, adjacent to the regional office building. Center Stage Company, a subsidiary of Mahajak ...
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Robe's MMX Spot Makes Impact in Israel
Robe's Israeli distributor, Danor Theatre & Studio Systems Ltd., based in Hod Hasharon, reports that the new ROBIN MMX Spot is already becoming a popular choice for the country's busy rental market. ...
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Ballet, Based on Carmina Burana, Uses Philips Vari-Lite 3000 Spot Luminaires
Belgian lighting designer Francis Mannaert used Philips Vari*Lite VL3000 Spot and Wash luminaires to create a dynamic supernatural lightscape for the National Opera Ukrainia's touring ballet, set to the music ...
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Celebrating Moscow's 864th Birthday with Riedel Artist Digital Matrix Intercom
For coordinating the communications at celebration of the 864th Birthday of Moscow, the organizers and the technical team used an Artist digital matrix intercom system from Riedel Communications. Riedel delivered the system ...
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Cast Software Releases WYSIWYG 28
Cast Software of Toronto, Canada recently sent the Beta version of WYSIWYG R28, targeted for distribution within a few weeks, to a select group of WYSIWYG members who regularly test the software to make sure it is in ...
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Electrosonic Launches New Website
To meet the needs of clients looking for an efficient, hassle-free way to buy projector lamps and bulbs, Electrosonic has launched www.ElectrosonicLamps.com. The new website is a 24/7 source for OEM projector lamps as well as ...
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Calvary Spokane Sound System Upgrades to Harman's Soundcraft Vi1 Console
In an effort to remake the sound system at Calvary Spokane into something that could be easily managed by volunteers while maintaining outstanding quality, Darrell Smith, of Kungpow Production, replaced a massive ...
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Jands Vista Controls the Hot Ice Action at Pleasure Beach Blackpool
The Hot Ice Show at top UK amusement park Pleasure Beach Blackpool employs a Jands Vista lighting and media control system.
Hot Ice has been running for over 70 years, with the 2011 show, Aura", performed ...
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Meyer Sound MILO and MICA on Dolly Parton's Better Day World Tour
Legendary country/pop artist Dolly Parton recently played America, Europe, and Australia on the Better Day World Tour in support of her recently released album of the same name. Front-of-house eengineer and production ...
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Harman Components at Mastro's Ocean Club Restaurant in Las Vegas
Mastro's Restaurants is a chain of top-rated steakhouses and seafood restaurants located in Arizona, California, Illinois, and Nevada. Recently, Mastro's Ocean Club opened at City Center in Las Vegas, offering ...
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Secure Communications at Papal Visit in Germany with Riedel Communications
The organizers of the papal visit to Berlin, Freiburg, and Erfurt, Germany this fall used comprehensive communication and AV systems from Riedel Communications. The company delivered a solution that included digital trunked radios ...
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Martin MAC III Performances on Malmö Opera Production of Les Misèrables
Lighting designer Mikki Kunttu is using Martin Professional's MAC III Performance luminaire on Malmö Opera's current production of Les Misèrables," one of the world's best loved musicals. Presented on one of Europe's ...
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Autosymphonic, a German Spectacle, Uses coolux Pandoras Box
On the September 10, the city of Mannheim, Germany celebrated the 125th anniversary of the invention of the modern automobile by Carl Benz, with a spectacular multimedia show called Autosymphonic. ...
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GDS Announces New UK Distribution Strategy
UK-based lighting manufacturer GDS today announced its plans to improve the route to market for its five multi-award winning product ranges.
The company says that rapid growth has resulted in increased demand on the UK sales ...
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d&b to Display Products from White Range at ISE
At ISE, January 31-February, 2, d&b audiotechnik (Stand 1N28) will give pride of place to elements of its xS and xA-Series of loudspeakers from the company's White product range. The 4S, 5S, and 8S are designed ...
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NAMM to Host NSCA Education and Outreach Sessions at the 2012 NAMM Show
The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) today announced a new education and outreach initiative with the National Systems Contractors Association (NSCA) where the group will host a mini-conference called "Best ...
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BenQ Introduces SmartEco Projector Lamp Technology
BenQ America Corp., the first DLP brand to incorporate Philips' ImageCare technology into its projector lamp system, now announces the development of its proprietary SmartEco lamp technology, designed to maximize energy ...
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Harman Professional Appoints Nick Owen as Senior Director of Worldwide Sales, Signal Processing Business Unit
Harman Professional has named Nick Owen senior director, worldwide sales for the Harman Professional signal processing business unit. Owen will be responsible for global brand strategies throughout the company's regional ...
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Theatre in Review: Maple and Vine (Playwrights Horizons)
In a vintage year for plays with flagrantly unbelievable premises-- just off the top of my head, The Submission, Burning, The Atmosphere of Memory, and Wild Animals You Should Know immediately leap to mind -- none is nuttier than ...
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Theatre in Review: Neighbourhood Watch (Stephen Joseph Theatre/59E59)
It's a truism that the vision of Alan Ayckbourn -- originally a purveyor of light comedies- -- has darkened considerably over time. Certainly few are as deliciously dark as Neighbourhood Watch, which begins with the ...
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Technomad DragonFly Portable Audio System Debuts in Europe at ISE
Technomad brings what it says is the world's first completely weatherproof, all ...
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XTA Names Richard Fleming Application and Support Manager
XTA, the UK-based maker of audio tools, has named Richard Fleming application and support manager.
Bringing the skills and experience gained from working at Klark Teknik and Laney / HH Amplification ...
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Watermark Community Church Turns to Barco and Clair Brothers for Major AV Expansion
Barco teamed up with Clair Brothers Audio Systems to provide Watermark Community Church in Dallas, Texas with an upgraded, turnkey video system built around its latest FSN presentation system and FLM HD20 DLP ...
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High Resolution Systems' Software-based Universal Device Controller at Munich Video Art Installation
High Resolution Systems LLC's Universal Device Controller (UDC) took to the art installation stage recently when it helped Dunkelkammer (Dark Room) control a series of AJA KiPro Mini field recorders in the ...
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Christie to Showcase "Solutions That Rock" Display Technologies in Scottsdale Arizona, December 13 - 15
Christie, along with Draper Inc., announced Solutions that Rock, a free event introducing several of its new display solutions to organizations involved with professional AV rental staging, fixed installs, and ...
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Clair Global Introduces The CF 1090 Fractal Antenna
Clair Global is introducing the CF 1090 Fractal Antenna for live entertainment applications worldwide.
The creation of the CF 1090 is a study in guided serendipity, the company says. In the summer of 2010, Clair Global ...
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Shure Announces New "Get the Gig" Artist Relations Intern Competition
Shure Incorporated, has launched its "Get the Gig" artist relations internship competition.
Now accepting entries for the summer 2012 program, the company will select one winner to experience a unique inside look at the music ...
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ESP Vision Releases Vectorworks 2012 Plug-ins for Windows and Mac OSX System
Modeling plug-ins for use with Vectorworks Spotlight 2012 on Windows and Mac OSX operating systems are now available from ESP Vision.
Vectorworks is the only modeling program that currently is available on both Windows ...
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High Resolution Systems Introduces New Modular Online Pricing Structure for UDC Software
High Resolution Systems LLC has begun selling its UDC (Universal Device Controller) software online using a new modular pricing structure that enables customers to pay only for the features they truly need. ...
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Theatre in Review: Once (New York Theatre Workshop)
On the face of it, is there a less likely candidate for the musical theatre than the film Once? An out-of-nowhere indie hit in 2007, it recounts a few days in the lives of an Irish street singer and a Czech pianist, in semi ...
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dBTechnologies Reaches for Sky Corporation Inc. in Serbia
This month sees dBTechnologies announce the appointment of Sky Corporation as the exclusive distributor of its product range in Serbia. It was dBTechnologies' sales area manager Gianluca Dalessandro who closed the deal. "I'm ...
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Panamax/Furman to Show New CN-3600S E SmartSequencer at ISE 2012
At Integrated Systems Europe 2012, January 31-February in Amsterdam, Panamax/Furman will be showcasing its full line of commercial and residential products, including the first power management solution for the EMEA market ...
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Selena Gomez Tours with Bandit Lites
Pop singer Selena Gomez recently completed the We Own the Night World Tour. Show designer Seth Jackson and lighting designer Brian Jenkins called upon Michael Golden at Bandit Lites to provide ...
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L-Acoustics on Mamma Mia! in Korea
The international hit musical Mamma Mia! has now opened at the new D-Cube Arts Center, Seoul, which has been equipped by L-Acoustics Korea distributor Dream Sound with a K1 WST line source and XTi coaxial ...
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Vari*Lite VLX Chosen to Wash Australian The X Factor
The X Factor is one of the hottest TV franchises around the globe, with the second Australian series currently underway and drawing large audiences every week. The set and lighting for this series is very similar to the first ...
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Harman's JBL EON210P Portable Loudspeaker System Helps Deliver The Music Of Jessica Sokolove
Taking advantage of the innovative design of Harman's JBL EON210P portable PA system, singer/songwriter Jessica Sokolove relies on its portability and audio quality to share her unique musical vision. ...
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Turbosound at Venice Jazz Festival
The rental house Hollywood Service s.r.l provided Turbosound loudspeakers systems to the Venice Jazz Festival. Among the performers this year were the Italian Navy, James Taylor, the Philharmonic Orchestra
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KM Productions Upgrades Inventory with Harman's Soundcraft Vi1 Consoles
In order to fulfill the demands of a variety of events, Kevin Mignone, president of Albertson, New York-based KM Productions, recently purchased two Harman Soundcraft Vi1 consoles. Mignone felt it was necessary to ...
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Patrick Wolf Tours with Dante-Enabled iLive System
Eclectic British musician, Patrick Wolf, has embarked on another European tour with a Dante-enabled Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system managing both front-of-house and monitors, supported by PA company Britannia ...
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Danley Sound Labs at Canada's Grant Memorial Baptist Church
Grant Memorial Baptist Church, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, was founded by Scandinavian immigrants in 1894. In the 100-plus years that followed, Grant Memorial grew steadily into a cornerstone of Winnipeg civic life. Today, a residence ...
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Rose Brand Extends Deadline for Scholarship
In an effort to accommodate student exam schedules, Rose Brand has extended the deadline for scholarship applications to Monday January 16, 2012.
The Rose Brand Scholarship will be awarded to a student in the amount of $5,000. A ...
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Elation Releases EPV6 6mm Tri-LED Display Panel
The new EPV6 LED display panel from Elation Professional is designed to take high-resolution video to a higher level. Equipped with three-in-one tri-color SMD LEDs, this 6mm indoor video panel features 2,500-nit brightness and a ...
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A.C. Lighting Inc. Appointed LedGo North American Distributor
A.C. Lighting Inc. has been appointed as the North American distributor for LedGo's range of modular video solutions, recently unveiling the partnership and product range on the company's stands at LDI 2011 and WF ...
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Creative Technology Announces Major New Purchase Agreement with Barco
Creative Technology (CT), the rental operator of LED products for the exhibition, broadcast and events market, announces a major new purchase agreement with Belgium based Barco.
CT has committed to a spend of over US$ ...
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Darklight Honored by IAAPA with Brass Ring Award for Best New Product
"This has been a year for introducing Darklight Precision Lighting System lighting products to concert and theatre markets, the museum and science center community, and the themed entertainment industry while continuing to ...
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The Producers Group Announces Board of Advisors
The Producers Group has announced its board of advisors.
"This is a proud day for us," commented Bob Chambers, executive producer and co-CEO of The Producers Group. "Our board of advisors is our brain trust, with ...
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Symetrix Announces 2011 International Distributor and Rep Award Winners
Symetrix, the maker of audio mixing, routing, and processing products, has announced its international distributor and sales representative award winners for fiscal year 2011.
UK-based World Marketing Associates earned ...
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The Recording Academy Producers and Engineers Wing and Nashville Chapter Host "The Hang with Harman"
The Recording Academy Producers and Engineers Wing, together with The Academy's Nashville chapter, partnered with Harman Professional Division's audio brands AKG, JBL, and Lexicon to present an exclusive event ...
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All Access Makes It Personal for Martin Audio MLA
In order to create maximum impact among the many trucks thundering along the Italian Autostrada, the new All Access sound production consortium has created high-impact custom livery for one of its semis, specifically to promote ...
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Tom Etra Announced as Green Hippo's New Technical Sales Manager
Green Hippo's sales team has named Tom Etra the new technical sales manager for the EMEA region.
Etra has started looking after key accounts across this territory and has already implemented a few new strategies. James ...
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Network 10, Australia Goes Green with Philips Selecon PL1 LED Wash Luminaire
Having already instituted a number of changes to its programming lineup, Network 10 in Australia also decided to invest in a redesign of its Sydney newsroom and studio. During the redesign, lighting director Pete Koole ...
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Outline Butterfly System Covers Wembley Stadium for London Gridiron Clash
In the fifth annual International Series match at Wembley Stadium in October, the Chicago Bears enjoyed a successful trip back to the UK by beating the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 24-18. A crowd of almost 77,000 enjoyed ...
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ADLIB Provides Audio for The Specials Concert Tour
Liverpool UK based ADLIB's audio division supplied an L-ACOUSTICS K1 sound system and crew to help produce a great sound and a retro vibe for the most recent tour of legendary ska band, The Specials. ...
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Chroma-Q Color Force at Walgreen's Managers Meeting
Lighting and set designer Olivier Ilisca, of Chicago-based lighting design and show management practice CenterStage Productions (CSP), used 82 Chroma-Q Color Force 48 LED battens on his lighting rig for the 2011 ...
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Bandit Lites Supplies ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd Tour
Rock legends ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd have teamed up since the summer of 2011 to tour the US. Bandit Lites has served as illumination vendor on the sold-out package, which continues into 2012. ...
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Aviom Announces Two New Updates for Pro64 System
Aviom's Pro64 Firmware version 4.35 and Pro64 Network Manager version 2.1 are now available for download. The updated firmware introduces additional flexibility to Aviom's m-control mic preamp control protocol for Yamaha ...
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Digital Underground Headlines American DJ Customer Appreciation Party
The kings of "The Humpty Dance," Digital Underground, will be the headlining performers at this year's American DJ Customer Appreciation Party, February 7, 2012, at the Mobile Beat show at the Riviera Hotel and Casino
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LumenRadio Creates OEM Partnership with Orlando's Wizard Connection
LumenRadio announces a new OEM partnership with Wizard Connection. The Orlando-based company manufactures and provides products and services ranging from the latest in green LED lighting systems to elaborate custom ice ...
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i-Pix Satellite Mk II Chosen by Universal Event Productions
Buckinghamshire, UK-based Universal Event Productions (UEP) has recently invested in a batch of the new i-Pix Satellite MkII LED fixtures as well as i-Pix' popular BB4 LED wash lights to service its busy on-going schedule ...
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Outline Seals the Deal with Top European Distribution Operation
Outline s.r.l, the Italian manufacturers of loudspeaker systems and associated technologies for professional audio, announces the appointment of The Audio Specialists b.v. as their exclusive distribution partners for ...
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Theatre in Review: The Cherry Orchard (Classic Stage Company)
An antic mood has overtaken one and all in Classic Stage Company's revival of The Cherry Orchard. As Epikhodov, the trouble-prone clerk -- he is known far and wide as "Master Disaster" -- Michael Urie enters carrying ...
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Theatre in Review: The Man Who Came to Dinner (Peccadillo Theatre Company at Theatre at St. Clement's)
Not so long ago, I worried that The Man Who Came to Dinner was losing its luster. Unlike other comedies by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, it seemed too thoroughly rooted in the facts of life, circa 1939. ...
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Martin MAC 101s for Rihanna Loud World Tour
Production and lighting designer Roy Bennett is using 112 Martin Professional MAC 101 wash lights for R&B singer Rihanna's current Loud world tour, and praises the ultra-small fixture's combination of small ...
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Show Production Services Launches Gaffa Grip in UK and Ireland
West Sussex, England-based Show Production Services has launched a new product, Gaffa Grip, in its home country and in the Ireland.
Designed for professionals, Gaffa Grip is a unique holder for Gaffa Tape, a product used in ...
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Professional Wireless Systems Pioneers Domed Helical Antenna
This summer, as he began sorting out the RF coordination for the Lollapalooza Festival, Owen Orzack, director of touring services for Ohio-based Eighth Day Sound, reached out to Professional Wireless Systems' general ...
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High End Systems' DL.3s at Opening Event of Kauffman Center, Kansas City
The new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Missouri, opened in September with a "wow" event: 32 dinner tables set up on stage of the new theatre, whose plates and tables became a white canvas enhanced by ...
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Gavin DeGraw and David Cook Take Clay Paky Sharpys and grandMA2 light on Nationwide Tour
Singer-songwriters Gavin DeGraw and David Cook, the latter an American Idol winner, recently co-headlined a U.S. tour and Clay Paky Sharpys and a grandMA2 light went along for the ride. A.C.T Lighting ...
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Harman Audio System Highlights Major Sound Upgrade at Historic Lerner Theatre
In a major overhaul of the 87-year-old Lerner Theatre in Elkhart, Indiana, audio integrator Vista AV recently completed a sound upgrade featuring components from Harman's AKG, Crown, JBL, and Soundcraft brands. ...
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Train Tours with G-LEC's Solaris+
The pop rock band Train recently toured North America with Maroon 5. Always on the lookout for new products and equipment, Train's lighting designer Brock Hogan wanted a wall of light at the front of the set while ...
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Audinate and Brit Row Team up at Wembley Stadium, London
For the fifth consecutive year, the NFL held a football game in London. Once again, Britannia Row Productions provided live audio for the event to the 86,000 crowd inside Wembley Stadium. In order to deliver ...
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Unusual Rigging & Engineering Scales the Heights of Mall of the Emirates
When dpa Lighting Consultants were tasked with bringing the lighting in the Galleria and Via Rodeo areas of Dubai's Mall of the Emirates into line with other locations in the mall, the project presented two major challenges ...
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New Vectorworks Tutorials Available from Jonathan Pickup
Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. announces the publication of three new training guides for users of Vectorworks software: 3D Modeling in Vectorworks, Fourth Edition; Vectorworks Architect Tutorial Manual, Fourth Edition; and ...
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Gefen Released GefenPRO ELR Extenders with POL (Power Over Line) Technology
Digital connectivity solutions provider Gefen announces that two new breakthrough products are currently shipping. The GefenPRO ELR (Extra Long Range) Extenders for HDMI with POL I and II both offer an extra long range extension ...
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Analog Way to Exhibit at Integrated Systems Europe 2012
Analog Way will exhibit at ISE 2012, January 31-February 2 in Amsterdam. The company can be found at Booth #3A112
Among the products to be shown are:
Awarded Best Video Signal Processing or Distribution Product at I ...
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GLP impressions Follow The Script for Jamie Thompson
This year has been a memorable one for Irish indie band The Script and its lighting designer, Jamie Thompson. Not only has he been touring a highly creative lighting set -- scalable to arenas and stadiums -- but he has ...
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Theatre in Review: Bonnie and Clyde (Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre)
"They're young...and in love...and they kill people." So goes the ad copy for the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde. Back then, the words carried a sting of irony; today, you can apply them to the new musical at the Schoenfeld, but their ...
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ETC and PRG Light Worldwide 25th Anniversary Production of Phantom of the Opera
The blockbuster musical hit Phantom of the Opera celebrated its 25th anniversary with a TV and live performance at London's Royal Albert Hall, supported by ETC and its official dealer PRG. ...
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Aviom Personal Mixers Take the Stage During New World Center's Pulse Nightclub Events
Long before the curtains were first raised in Miami Beach's New World Center, expectations were high that it would be a spectacular educational and performance facility, home to the New World Symphony, America's Orchestral ...
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Bespoke Anolis Solution for NIDA
Leading European LED manufacturer Anolis has engineered and produced a custom lighting solution for a major new installation in the impressive foyer space of The Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA)'s award ...
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Powersoft Drives Opulent Temple at Burning Man Festival
For the last six years, Keith Kettrey and Parker Walters, owners of Showtech Productions, based in Dallas, Texas, have provided the audio and video system utilized by the Opulent Temple camp at the Burning ...
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Philips Vari-Lite VLX Wash on MTV's Bellator
In recent years, the sporting world has seen a rise in interest in mixed martial arts and television production companies have responded. MTV produces the action-packed, 12-week tournament named Bellator, a single ...
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Soundcraft Studer Announces Open House Session in Knoxville
Soundcraft Studer has announced that it is hosting an open house on Monday, December 5 in Knoxville, Tennessee. The session will take place in Harman's 73'-long Soundcraft Studer truck at the offices of M&L Sound, ...
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Mission Possible for Entec 25 Years On
West London-based Entec Sound & Light celebrated 25 years of supplying lighting to cult Gothic rockers, The Mission, a remarkable achievement, and an anniversary also shared by Entec's own Adam Stevenson, who ...
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Global Television's The Morning Show Launches In Toronto With Christie MicroTiles And Spyder X20 On Set
Canadian national broadcaster Global Television launched its Toronto morning news program on October 11 with a Christie Spyder X20-1608 managing the content for 40 Christie MicroTiles and 11 LCD panels. The Morning Show< ...
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TiMax2 SoundHub at Eton College
It's not every school play that necessitates the use of an Out Board TiMax2 SoundHub audio show control delay-matrix, but then Eton, the famous UK school, is not every school. To give full justice to Kafka's Joseph K -- ...
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EAW Loudspeakers Chosen for Diesel Hall Venues in Tirana, Albania
Loudspeakers from EAW have been chosen for three venues that together make up the new 13,000-sq.-ft. Diesel Hall complex in Tirana, Albania. Prosound Shpk, EAW's Albanian distributor, was approached to recommend sound ...
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Schnick Schnack Systems and TMB Sign Distribution Agreement
At this year's LDI Show, TMB's exclusive North American distribution of Schnick Schnack Systems was formally confirmed, with the two companies' CEOs shaking hands over their signed distribution agreement. TMB will ...
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Online tickets for Prolight + Sound 2012 Now Available
Visitors can now purchase their admission tickets for Prolight + Sound 2012 via the Internet.
Prolight + Sound is the Frankfurt-Germany-based trade show for technologies and services for events installation and production. It ...
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ETC's Tiny Tessera Touch Screen Controls Complex Effects
ETC named its new touchscreen lighting-control product after the ancient word for "tile." As Joe Bokelman, ETC's architectural market manager, explains, "A tessera is a tile in a greater mosaic but also an object of ...
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Stardraw Design 7 Available Now
Stardraw.com, the software provider has launched Stardraw Design 7. The all-new system design/documentation tool is available for download. The move follows the initial unveiling of the software at InfoComm 2011 in June, ...
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NSCA Business Conference Offers Strategies to Get Ahead of the Competition
NSCA's 2012 Business and Leadership Conference will be held March 1-3, 2012, in Dallas, Texas. The agenda for the 14th annual event includes the following:
Cameron Herrold the keynote speaker, is the driving force ...
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Laser Industry Gets Together at the 2011 ILDA Conference
The International Laser Display Association (ILDA) annual conference took place in Moscow; this was the 25th anniversary of the organization. The three day long conference was held in mid November at the Radisson Blu, ...
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coolux to Present Pandoras Box Version 5 at ISE
coolux GmbH will present its new Pandoras Box Version 5 hard- and software at the ISE Show, January 31 -- February 2 n Amsterdam. In addition to showing the award winning Widget Designer software in action, coolux will also ...
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Charcoalblue Projects Win a Raft of Industry Awards
This has been an eventful year for the UK theatre consultancy Charcoalblue. The company has been responsible for a number of major UK theatre projects - both renovations and new builds -- including the Marlowe Theatre in ...
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Penn Elcom Acquires Rackz
Flight case and audio speaker solutions specialist Penn-Elcom announces that Bristol, UK-based rack aficionados Rackz is to join the Penn Elcom Group. Rackz is headed up by Dave Roberts, a designer, engineer and ...
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4Wall Lights Dreamforce '11 and Featured Act Metallica
Dreamforce '11, the cloud computing event created by Salesforce.com, was held in San Francisco's Moscone Center this year and featured lighting provided by 4Wall Las Vegas. Lighting design was provided by Pa ...
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Toshiba Announces Innovative Changes in Museum Lighting
Toshiba International Corporation's LED lighting systems division's LED lamps are being used in the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery -- part of the Smithsonian Institution. The galleries ...
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LSI Industries Provides New LED Video Displays for U. S. Bank Arena
LSI Industries Inc. is partnering with U.S. Bank Arena, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to update the primary video displays as well as provide LED digital signage for the end zone areas. "We are thrilled to team with an industry ...
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Phantom celebrates 25th Birthday with Harman's Studer Consoles
To celebrate 25 years of the West End production of The Phantom of the Opera, Cameron Mackintosh, the musical's producer, staged a special production at the Royal Albert Hall recently, with three sell-out performances ...
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Scharff Weisberg Supports IBM Centennial Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center
IBM recently celebrated its centennial with a gala at Rose Hall, the home of Jazz at Lincoln Center; Scharff Weisberg (SWI) provided AV support, including the LED wall that served as the entire scenic element for ...
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Canalis Nightclub Opens in Vietnam with JBL Loudspeaker System, Other Harman Products
Situated in the centre of Ho Chi Minh City, Canalis nightclub had a mid-May opening, with appearances by the Vietnamese singers, Ho Ngoc Ha, Dam Vinh Hung, and Duong Trieu Vu. The 400-person capacity dance and live ...
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