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(12/21/2020)

-COVID-19 Update, December 21, 2020: Turning Point

COVID-19 Update, December 21, 2020: Turning Point

At last, Congress pulls it together and passes a pandemic relief bill. No, it is not perfect: It includes the Save Our Stages Act, which is important, but not the RESTART Act, which is crucial. But the work will continue in the new year ...More

(12/21/2020)

-Update: Hemsley Lighting Programs

Update: Hemsley Lighting Programs

From the Hemsley Lighting Programs:
"Due to ongoing concerns related to the pandemic, it is with sadness that we announce the cancellation of our 2021 Internship Program. We will not be accepting applications at this time. As the ...
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(12/21/2020)

-Robe MegaPointes for the People's Choice

Robe MegaPointes for the People's Choice

The 2020 E! People's Choice Awards (PCAs) was again staged at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, and lit for the third consecutive year by Sutherland Sutherland of DX7 Design ...More

(12/21/2020)

-Meyer Sound Responds to Market Conditions in 2020

Meyer Sound Responds to Market Conditions in 2020

By adapting to changing conditions, both geographically and within market verticals, Meyer Sound reports the company is poised for a period of growth, innovation, and market leadership in 2021 and beyond. By focusing on markets ...More

(12/21/2020)

-Proteus Maximus Creates "Ladder of Light" for Firefighter Memorial

Proteus Maximus Creates "Ladder of Light" for Firefighter Memorial

A moving memorial to firefighters at Firemen's Memorial Park in Naperville, Illinois, is receiving praise from both the artist community and general public alike as a uniquely elegant work of art. Created by local artist Paul Kuhn in ...More

(12/21/2020)

-L-Acoustics Hangs Out at the Floridian Social Club

L-Acoustics Hangs Out at the Floridian Social Club

Residents in St. Petersburg, Florida, know the Floridian. The 8,600-sq.-ft. building began life in the 1920s as a bank, then was transformed into a cinema, and later a concert hall known as the State Theater before being shuttered in ...More

(12/21/2020)

-Squeek Lights Rekindles Magic for The Wonder Years Livestream with Chauvet Professional

Squeek Lights Rekindles Magic for The Wonder Years Livestream with Chauvet Professional

The Wonder Years' November livestream was a homecoming of sorts, not only for the Top 20 alt rockers, but for Victor Zeiser who lit the 90-minute show. "This band is one of our oldest clients, so working with them again was a ...More

(12/21/2020)

-Audio-Technica Crowd-Sourcing Votes on Next ATH-M50x Headphones Color

Audio-Technica Crowd-Sourcing Votes on Next ATH-M50x Headphones Color

Audio-Technica, an innovator in transducer technology for over 50 years, is enabling fans to choose the next color of limited-edition wired and wireless ATH-M50x professional monitor headphones, to be available in 2021. ...More

(12/21/2020)

-Open Door Church Completes Major System Upgrade with Allen & Heath

Open Door Church Completes Major System Upgrade with Allen & Heath

Herndon, Virginia's Open Door Presbyterian Church has continued to steadily grow their congregation and upgrade their AV capabilities over the last 30 years. As expanded audio requirements had been increasingly difficult to fill with ...More

(12/21/2020)

-The World Equestrian Center Chooses Danley for Excellent Fidelity, Even Coverage, and Weatherproof Performance

The World Equestrian Center Chooses Danley for Excellent Fidelity, Even Coverage, and Weatherproof Performance

True to its name, the World Equestrian Center is destined to be the premier venue for all things equine. Located in Ocala, Florida, the "Horse Capital of the World," the center already occupies 380 acres and is ready to grow in the ...More

(12/21/2020)

-Brit Row Succeeds with COVID-Safe Techniques

Brit Row Succeeds with COVID-Safe Techniques

Britannia Row Productions has supplied a varied array of projects in theatre, TV, and radio while utilizing COVID-safe procedures.
From a high-profile fashion event in a socially distanced venue with an army of masked crew, to ...
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(12/21/2020)

-Guildhall School Expands Capabilities with Solid State Logic and Multi-Site AoIP Infrastructure

Guildhall School Expands Capabilities with Solid State Logic and Multi-Site AoIP Infrastructure

The Guildhall School of Music & Dance is a vibrant, international community of young musicians, actors, and production artists situated in the heart of the City of London. Ranked as one of the top ten performing arts institutions in the ...More

(12/18/2020)

-COVID-19 Update, December 18, 2020: Christmas Wishes

COVID-19 Update, December 18, 2020: Christmas Wishes

Hopes are high for a pandemic relief bill from a newly motivated Congress, even if both sides have had to make painful concessions to get there. It's just a down payment, of course, and more will be needed in 2021, but at least people ...More

(12/18/2020)

-Michael Strickland Takes the Case for Pandemic Relief to WGN America

Michael Strickland Takes the Case for Pandemic Relief to WGN America

Michael Strickland, CEO of Bandit Lites and, more recently, an indefatigable lobbyist for the live events industry, earlier this week took the case for industry pandemic relief to Congress. Later, he appeared in a special ...More

(12/18/2020)

-Steve Hoover: Gone But Never Forgotten

Steve Hoover: Gone But Never Forgotten

It is with great sadness and deep remorse that Bandit Lites announces the sudden and tragic loss of industry icon Steve Hoover. Hoover suddenly passed away on December 15. Hoover was a 40-year family member at Bandit Lites ...More

(12/18/2020)

-GLP's Streamer Enhances Videoconferencing Experience

GLP's Streamer Enhances Videoconferencing Experience

Responding to the current trend for streaming and videoconferencing, necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic and social lockdown, GLP has designed Streamer. This is a small, versatile LED light source whose sole purpose is to ...More

(12/18/2020)

-disguise Accelerates Investment in xR Technology to Push Boundaries in Remote and Virtual Production

disguise Accelerates Investment in xR Technology to Push Boundaries in Remote and Virtual Production

In a year like no other, disguise celebrates a number of resounding successes, where the company saw the sudden shift to remote performance, production and events, and a new partnership with Epic Games to enhance the delivery of ...More

(12/18/2020)

-New Version of Old Theatre, New Look, New d&b A-Series

New Version of Old Theatre, New Look, New d&b A-Series

The late Tom Patterson is a local hero: a man who, by daring to dream, changed the face of his country and the economy of his hometown. In 1952, with a $125 grant from the City Council, Patterson set out to establish a six-week ...More

(12/18/2020)

-The House Modesto Gets Praise-worthy Performance from its New Adamson PA

The House Modesto Gets Praise-worthy Performance from its New Adamson PA

Founded in 1980, The House in Modesto, CA, hosts dynamic services that bring the community together with live music acts, special events, and a diverse pastoral team. The church's recent PA upgrade to an Adamson system is changing ...More

(12/18/2020)

-Pliant Technologies' CrewCom Brings the Works of C.S. Lewis to Life

Pliant Technologies' CrewCom Brings the Works of C.S. Lewis to Life

When theatrical sound designer Lew Mead from Autograph A2D was tasked with integrating a high-end wireless intercom system for the Fellowship for Performing Arts (FPA), the company turned to Pliant Technologies' CrewCom to ...More

(12/18/2020)

-ADJ Lighting Creates the Backdrop for Concert to Celebrate Dutch Duo's 11th Anniversary

ADJ Lighting Creates the Backdrop for Concert to Celebrate Dutch Duo's 11th Anniversary

2020 has been the toughest year in living memory for the live entertainment industry, with almost all festivals, tours, and concerts canceled since the beginning of March. However, innovative promotors were able to organize a few shows ...More

(12/18/2020)

-Simon Horn Takes Train on Magical Holiday Ride for Steam Illumination with ChamSys

Simon Horn Takes Train on Magical Holiday Ride for Steam Illumination with ChamSys

Seen from a distance, the Steam Illumination Christmas Train appears like a rolling band of moving light cutting through the dark night as it rolls past the farms and fields of the Hampshire countryside. To those inside, the experience is ...More

(12/18/2020)

-Robert Juliat Dalis Adds a Golden Glow to the Latin Grammy Awards 2020

Robert Juliat Dalis Adds a Golden Glow to the Latin Grammy Awards 2020

Hosted by Ana Brenda Contreras, Victor Manuelle, and Yalitza Aparicio, the 21st Latin Grammy Awards were celebrated in late November to honor the cream of the Latin music scene. This year saw a rather different ...More

(12/18/2020)

-Bespoke Audio Visual Provide Customizable Virtual Events Using Clear-Com

Bespoke Audio Visual Provide Customizable Virtual Events Using Clear-Com

Toronto-based Bespoke Audio Visual has always emphasized providing services that are custom-tailored to the unique nature and needs of every event and client they work with. During COVID-19, this means bringing people together by means of ...More

(12/17/2020)

-COVID-19 Update, December 17, 2020: Going Down to the Wire

COVID-19 Update, December 17, 2020: Going Down to the Wire

It's going to be a squeaker, but it appears that both sides are coming together to provide pandemic relief. Meanwhile, hospitals everywhere are hard-hit, no more so than in California, which things are rapidly turning chaotic. The big ...More

(12/17/2020)

-Claypaky Presents "Shine a Light" -- a Song Celebrating the Entertainment Industry

Claypaky Presents "Shine a Light" -- a Song Celebrating the Entertainment Industry

The year 2020 will be remembered as one of the most difficult years for everyone working in the entertainment and events sector. In the effort to focus on keeping up the spirit of the people affected by the current crisis and to close this ...More

(12/17/2020)

-Live Events Industry Reps Testify to Congress About Need for Pandemic Relief

Live Events Industry Reps Testify to Congress About Need for Pandemic Relief

A group of representatives from the live event industry testified on Tuesday morning at a Congressional hearing titled "Examining the Impact of COVID-19 on the Live Event Entertainment Industry." Among those speaking were David Fay, ...More

(12/17/2020)

-Wireless Solution Launch G6 - a New Generation of Wireless DMX Products

Wireless Solution Launch G6 - a New Generation of Wireless DMX Products

Swedish-based company Wireless Solution, famous for its W-DMX product range, announces the release of its new generation of BlackBoxes with the introduction of G6.
Featuring state-of-the-art new technology, the new G6 models ...
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(12/17/2020)

-NEXO Expands P+ Series of Point-Source Loudspeakers with New P15 Model and L18 Companion Sub Bass

NEXO Expands P+ Series of Point-Source Loudspeakers with New P15 Model and L18 Companion Sub Bass

NEXO is expanding its P+ Series of point-source loudspeakers with the new P15, a 15" coaxial loudspeaker designed for front-of-house (FOH) and monitoring applications. The new model from NEXO, a Yamaha company, joins the P8, P10, ...More

(12/17/2020)

-Cameo Presents the FLAT PRO G2 Series -- Outdoor All-rounder Now Available

Cameo Presents the FLAT PRO G2 Series -- Outdoor All-rounder Now Available

With the new FLAT PRO G2 series, Cameo expands the range of applications of IP65-certified LED outdoor PAR spotlights and offers light designers, specialist planners, and architects a combination of minimal space requirement, ...More

(12/17/2020)

-Keep Both Feet on The Ground with Chroma-Q's Pole Operated Pan & Tilt Yoke

Keep Both Feet on The Ground with Chroma-Q's Pole Operated Pan & Tilt Yoke

Chroma-Q announces the launch of a brand-new Pole Operated Pan & Tilt Yoke accessory for their Space Force Octo and Space Force onebytwo fixtures.
Over the past few months Chroma-Q has seen a large increase in demand from their ...
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(12/17/2020)

-Lex Products Introduces the Modular Tee (Mod-T) Power Distribution System

Lex Products Introduces the Modular Tee (Mod-T) Power Distribution System

With the introduction of the Modular Tee (Mod-T), Lex Products has produced the means of creating infinitely configurable, three-phase portable power distribution systems. Taking advantage of a NEMA L21-20 inlet and feed-thru ...More

(12/17/2020)

-Britannia Row Productions Ends 45th Year in Business with Hope for 2021

Britannia Row Productions Ends 45th Year in Business with Hope for 2021

Formed in the summer of 1975, Britannia Row Productions -- an early rock and roll business pioneer -- marks 45 years in live production, having navigated its most turbulent few months in over four decades. ...More

(12/17/2020)

-Alcons Pro-Ribbon Systems Are in a Class of Their Own

Alcons Pro-Ribbon Systems Are in a Class of Their Own

Greater Atlanta Christian School (GACS) is a PK-12 Christian school in Norcross, Georgia serving over 1,600 students. The school is a faith-infused, academically rich community, ranked at the top of the state for teaching quality, arts ...More

(12/17/2020)

-Zeal Life Turns Land of Light Into Magical Holiday Experience with Chauvet Professional

Zeal Life Turns Land of Light Into Magical Holiday Experience with Chauvet Professional

Surrounded by 9,000 acres of exquisitely landscaped gardens, thick woodlands and neatly tended farms, the three-story Longleat mansion glistens beneath an ornate roof adorned with domes and decorative chimneys. Each of the stately windows ...More

(12/17/2020)

-TruPixel Deploys Analog Way's Aquilon RS2 for Telemundo's Decision 2020 Election Coverage

TruPixel Deploys Analog Way's Aquilon RS2 for Telemundo's Decision 2020 Election Coverage

Miami-based TruPixel, a provider of AV solutions for broadcast and corporate clients, used Analog Way's Aquilon RS2 multi-screen presentation system and videowall processor to drive a wide range of displays for Telemundo Network's ...More

(12/16/2020)

-COVID-19 Update: December 16, 2020: In the Tunnel

COVID-19 Update: December 16, 2020: In the Tunnel

As Governor Gavin Newsom has remarked, there's a light at the end of the tunnel, but we're still in the tunnel. The good news is, real movement finally appears to be happening on the pandemic relief front, in part because of the ...More

(12/16/2020)

-Martin Releases New P3 System Controller Software Version 5.2.0

Martin Releases New P3 System Controller Software Version 5.2.0

Harman Professional Solutions announces that Martin P3 System Controller Software Version 5.2.0 is now available as a free update for the entire family of Martin P3 System Controllers.
Martin P3 System Controller ...
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(12/16/2020)

-Elation IP-rated Lights for Puscifer Performance in Arizona Desert

Elation IP-rated Lights for Puscifer Performance in Arizona Desert

Colorado production house Brown Note Productions was hired by longtime client Danny Wimmer Presents to provide audio, lighting, and video production for a special online performance by alt-rock band Puscifer from experimental town ...More

(12/16/2020)

-Lectrosonics Leads Sound is Essential Social Media Campaign

Lectrosonics Leads Sound is Essential Social Media Campaign

Lectrosonics, together with a number of dealers, industry manufacturers, and end users, is spearheading a social media campaign, Sound is Essential, to emphasize that sound is essential to any modern media. While sound at times ...More

(12/16/2020)

-DPA Microphones Hit the Road with Zach Williams for the "Drive-in Theater Tour"

DPA Microphones Hit the Road with Zach Williams for the "Drive-in Theater Tour"

Zach Williams was out on a solo, headlining tour when the COVID pandemic began to peak. Though the remaining shows for the year were cancelled, Williams still yearned for the live stage and delivering his gift of song to fans. The ...More

(12/16/2020)

-Anolis Lighting Scheme for Southampton Mayflower Theatre

Anolis Lighting Scheme for Southampton Mayflower Theatre

The exterior of the Southampton Mayflower Theatre brings an extra dazzle of warmth and vitality to a usually busy city center (at time of writing we are in the UK's second COVID lockdown) illuminated with an Anolis -- a Robe ...More

(12/16/2020)

-Stephen F. Austin State University Keeps The Music Going With Dante

Stephen F. Austin State University Keeps The Music Going With Dante

Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas has utilized Audinate's Dante in its music and sound recording technology programs since 2018. In that time, Dante has not only become part of the curriculum, but has also ...More

(12/16/2020)

-Tash Sultana Back on Stage with VuePix and MDG

Tash Sultana Back on Stage with VuePix and MDG

As part of the NSW Governments Great Southern Nights series of shows to give the live music industry a boost, Tash Sultana played The Hordern Pavilion on Nov 27.
Sultana has been a regular client of ei Productions and they were ...
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(12/16/2020)

-RemotePro.Live Deploy Multiple DiGiGrid Units for Recording at iHeartCountry Festival

RemotePro.Live Deploy Multiple DiGiGrid Units for Recording at iHeartCountry Festival

"DiGiGrid continues to resonate with our methodology of uncompromising sonic quality and budget-efficient confidence. These products enable our unique processes to deliver maximum production value at a substantial cost saving to the ...More

(12/16/2020)

-Portugal's Centro Cultural e de Congressos Acquires GoldenSeaUV Sterilizing Solutions for COVID-19

Portugal's Centro Cultural e de Congressos Acquires GoldenSeaUV Sterilizing Solutions for COVID-19

The Cultural and Congress Centre (CCC), the number one performance and conference venue in Caldas da Rainha, announces it is one of the first venues in Portugal to acquire specific technical equipment to sanitize its performance and public ...More

(12/16/2020)

-Theatre in Review: Meet Me in St. Louis (Irish Repertory Theatre Online)

Theatre in Review: Meet Me in St. Louis (Irish Repertory Theatre Online)

The Irish Rep has a number of packages for us to unwrap this holiday season and perhaps the nicest one is that they're not doing A Christmas Carol. (Dickens fans, take note: There are thousands of that particular classic streaming ...More

(12/15/2020)

-COVID-19 Update: December 15, 2020: And Now Moderna

COVID-19 Update: December 15, 2020: And Now Moderna

Events are beginning to pick up the pace: As the Pfizer vaccine rolls out nationwide, the FDA signs off on the efficacy of the Moderna vaccine; as soon as the expected FDA signoff happens, we'll have new weapons in the armory. Meanwhile, ...More

(12/15/2020)

-Times Square Lighting Announces JCR Series Track Light

Times Square Lighting Announces JCR Series Track Light

Times Square Lighting's JCR Series Track Light is suited for short to medium throws, and can produce up to 175 lumens per watt. It features passive cooling, a long-life LED, and 1% dimming. Multiple mounting options, accessories, ...More

(12/15/2020)

-DoPchoice's New Snapbag Light Shapers for Astera Titan and Helios

DoPchoice's New Snapbag Light Shapers for Astera Titan and Helios

DoPchoice introduces two new Snapbags especially created for single tube Helios and Titan lights from Astera. Made to give filmmakers maximum control of their lighting, both premiere similar groundbreaking softbox benefits including ...More

(12/15/2020)

-piVot2 Announces Exclusive USITT 2021 Sponsorship

piVot2  Announces Exclusive USITT 2021 Sponsorship

piVot2 (p2), entertainment industry design/build sector's heart-hunting recruiter, announces its exclusive sponsorship of the USITT 61st Annual Conference's updated Employment Portal.
Founder|CE Irene Byrne Ohl ...
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(12/15/2020)

-The Texas Tribune Festival Goes All-Virtual for 35 Days with Support from WorldStage's Digital Oasis

The Texas Tribune Festival Goes All-Virtual for 35 Days with Support from WorldStage's Digital Oasis

When the coronavirus pandemic forced The Texas Tribune Festival to go virtual for its tenth anniversary edition, it selected Masaya Events as a partner to pivot the live festival to a virtual environment. Masaya Events then selected ...More

(12/15/2020)

-Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid

Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid

The 2020 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Madrid (MBFWM)'s SS21 season show went ahead in its regular venue -- Hall 14.1 at the Feria de Madrid -- to a 30% capacity socially distanced live audience together with thousands more joining a ...More

(12/15/2020)

-Adam King Lights Macbeth for Mountview Livestream With Chauvet Professional

Adam King Lights Macbeth for Mountview Livestream With Chauvet Professional

A web of superstition has long surrounded Macbeth, the result of an apocryphal tale that William Shakespeare actually conjured up the spells of real witches when writing his unsettling drama about the corroding power of ...More

(12/15/2020)

-disguise xR Pushes Storytelling Boundaries for the Launch of the New Maserati MC20 Luxury Sports Car

disguise xR Pushes Storytelling Boundaries for the Launch of the New Maserati MC20 Luxury Sports Car

It was "Time To Be Audacious" as luxury automaker Maserati launched the MC20, the first super sports car of its Trident brand, in a never-seen-before automotive event format powered by disguise xR. ...More

(12/15/2020)

-PRG and ESPAT TV Collaborating on Global Esports Offering

PRG and ESPAT TV Collaborating on Global Esports Offering

Production Resource Group, LLC (PRG) announces that it is lending its global entertainment and event production capabilities to the newly formed ESPAT TV Creative Collective, a collaborative resource network for the gaming industry. ...More

(12/15/2020)

-RCF Making History with Arizona Sound Productions

RCF Making History with Arizona Sound Productions

With a long and storied history, professional boxing has carried an undeniable mystique with events that are larger than life -- the allure of bright lights, a commanding introduction from the announcer, and fighters unleashed by the ...More

(12/15/2020)

-Newest Kalahari Resorts & Conventions Site Creates Memorable Soundscape with Renkus-Heinz

Newest Kalahari Resorts & Conventions Site Creates Memorable Soundscape with Renkus-Heinz

Kalahari Resorts & Conventions is known for its impressive waterparks, family-friendly vacations, and comprehensive meeting and events facilities. Kalahari is also known for effectively tying all these uses together through a unified ...More

(12/15/2020)

-Daejeon Arts Center Delivers Dazzling Displays Using Martin Professional's Lighting Solutions

Daejeon Arts Center Delivers Dazzling Displays Using Martin Professional's Lighting Solutions

Elevating the ambiance in its main theatre and treating guests to a world-class performing arts experience, the Daejeon Arts Center hired Hansam System to install a Harman Professional lighting solution that features Martin ...More

(12/15/2020)

-Rich Spillberg Picks Ocean Way Audio for Josh Groban Projects

Rich Spillberg Picks Ocean Way Audio for Josh Groban Projects

Recording engineer, producer, musician, and composer Rich Spillberg has acquired Ocean Way Audio monitors for his private studio where he worked on a new Josh Groban project with 40 songs for a virtual promotion for ...More

(12/14/2020)

-COVID-19 Update: December 14, 2020: The Big Rollout Begins

COVID-19 Update: December 14, 2020: The Big Rollout Begins

And we're off: The Pfizer vaccines are being delivered around the country and the first vaccinations begin. It might be irrational exuberance but HHS' Alex Azar thinks healthy Americans will be start getting vaccinated by late February; ...More

(12/14/2020)

-In Memoriam: Michael J. Hotopp

In Memoriam: Michael J. Hotopp

Scenic and lighting designer Michael J. Hotopp died November 2, 2020, in Rhinebeck, New York. He was 74.
Born in Charleston, West Virginia, he began designing scenery for the Charleston Ballet, the youth theater of the ...
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(12/14/2020)

-Chauvet Professional Extends ReSet Fund Support through the Season of Giving

Chauvet Professional Extends ReSet Fund Support through the Season of Giving

Chauvet Professional announced that it is extending the ReSet Fund program through December 31 during the season of giving to help individuals in the live event industry impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. ...More

(12/14/2020)

-Outline Introduce The New Vegas 4 -- A Tiny Box Full of Useful

Outline Introduce The New Vegas 4 -- A Tiny Box Full of Useful

Outline is delighted to announce the arrival of the latest member of its Vegas loudspeaker line, the all-new Vegas 4.
One-hundred-percent designed and manufactured in Italy, the Vegas 4 is a multi-purpose miniature loudspeaker ...
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(12/14/2020)

-d&b audiotechnik Partners with Gareth Owen Sound to Advance Soundscape

d&b audiotechnik Partners with Gareth Owen Sound to Advance Soundscape

German audio technology and solution company d&b audiotechnik has partnered with Gareth Owen Sound to launch En-Snap cue automation software, a significant step in advancing the application of the immersive sound experience ...More

(12/14/2020)

-Onstage Systems Brings Live Events Back to Dallas Area with Capricorn Drive-In and Elation Gear

Onstage Systems Brings Live Events Back to Dallas Area with Capricorn Drive-In and Elation Gear

When COVID-19 hit earlier this year, Hyacinth Belcher, president and CEO of full-service audiovisual company Onstage Systems, worked hard to find a way to bring live events back safely to the Dallas area. Belcher dedicated ...More

(12/14/2020)

-Just Add Power Turns the Dial on Audio Up to 11 With New 2GO/3G ST1 Sound Transceiver

Just Add Power Turns the Dial on Audio Up to 11 With New 2GO/3G ST1 Sound Transceiver

Just Add Power, a provider of video-over-IP distribution, introduces its new 2GO/3G ST1 Sound Transceiver. An audio-only component that functions as either an input or output, the ST1 allows integrators to easily add a stereo ...More

(12/14/2020)

-Blake Shelton, Dave Matthews, Roger Daltry Join the List of Artists Who Will "Lift Up" with LEVL UP Fest

Blake Shelton, Dave Matthews, Roger Daltry Join the List of Artists Who Will "Lift Up" with LEVL UP Fest

Blake Shelton, Dave Matthews, Roger Daltry Join the List of Artists Who Will "Lift Up" with LEVL UP Fest Live Events Lift Up Festival, also known as LEVL UP Fest, announceds that Blake Shelton, Dave Matthews, and Roger ...More

(12/14/2020)

-WSDG Designed Studio 21A Beijing, China Named NAMM TEC Award Nominee

WSDG Designed Studio 21A Beijing, China Named NAMM TEC Award Nominee

Studio 21A, a world-class facility designed by WSDG for Beijing, China-based, studio engineer TC Zhou, is a 2021 NAMM TEC Award Nominee. "We are particularly proud of this nomination," remarked WSDG partner/director ...More

(12/14/2020)

-Washington Mall Comes Alive with MLA Compact for "Return" Convention

Washington Mall Comes Alive with MLA Compact for "Return" Convention

Thousands gathered on Washington's National Mall in late September for a 12-hour-long event dubbed "The Day of Return," a national and global day of prayer and repentance. The Return movement states its aim as being "an end-time ...More

(12/14/2020)

-Dodd Technologies Equips New Vero Shield Brand Extension with Luxibel UV-C Disinfection Systems

Dodd Technologies Equips New Vero Shield Brand Extension with Luxibel UV-C Disinfection Systems

Vero Shield, the new female-owned company that's part of the Dodd Technologies family in Pendleton, Indiana, has acquired Luxibel UV-C disinfection systems for its inventory. ACT Lighting Inc. is the exclusive North ...More

(12/14/2020)

-Claypaky and ADB Fixtures Are Center Stage as the ARTE Concert Festival in Paris Goes Virtual

Claypaky and ADB Fixtures Are Center Stage as the ARTE Concert Festival in Paris Goes Virtual

The annual ARTE Concert Festival went virtual this year with three days of music live streamed to audiences worldwide. Lighting designer Pierre Claude deployed seven Claypaky A.leda B-EYE K10 fixtures, two dozen Claypaky HY ...More

(12/14/2020)

-Ear Trumpet Labs Wraps Up 2020 with Record Sales Successful Pandemic Pivot Prioritized Safety and Diversity

Ear Trumpet Labs Wraps Up 2020 with Record Sales Successful Pandemic Pivot Prioritized Safety and Diversity

Rounding out 2020, boutique microphone company Ear Trumpet Labs celebrates record sales, a healthy staff, and increased diversity efforts; a triumph for small businesses everywhere during a year when the music industry has been ...More

(12/14/2020)

-Topgolf Project Wins 2020 ALSD Spotlight Award -- SAVI Controls Partnership with LG Secures Top Honors

Topgolf Project Wins 2020 ALSD Spotlight Award -- SAVI Controls Partnership with LG Secures Top Honors

SAVI Controls, designer and manufacturer of commercial AV control and automation solutions, was honored -- along with partners LG Business Solutions and Topgolf Entertainment Group -- with the 2020 ALSD Spotlight Award for ...More

(12/11/2020)

-COVID-19 Update, December 11, 2020: Help is On the Way

COVID-19 Update, December 11, 2020: Help is On the Way

The Pfizer vaccine is racing through the approval process in the US, with the first vaccines due to arrive in certain cities as early as the beginning of next week. And not a moment too soon: The next 60 days are likely to be the most ...More

(12/11/2020)

-Apollo Design Technology Fire Update: Blue Pony and Avid Labs Still Online

Apollo Design Technology Fire Update: Blue Pony and Avid Labs Still Online

Yesterday, LSA reported the fire that broke out at Apollo Design Technology in Fort Wayne, Indiana early Wednesday. Since then, we've heard from Joel Nichols, the company's chief innovation engineer. ...More

(12/11/2020)

-Michael T. Strickland to Testify Before Senate

Michael T. Strickland to Testify Before Senate

Bandit Lites founder and chair Michael T. Strickland has been invited to testify before the United States Senate on December 15 at 10:00am about the effect of COVID-19 on the Live Event Industry. Strickland has worked as the ...More

(12/11/2020)

-JBL Professional and AKG Lead Harman Nominations for 2021 NAMM TEC Awards

JBL Professional and AKG Lead Harman Nominations for 2021 NAMM TEC Awards

Harman Professional Solutions, announces that a total of six products from JBL Professional and AKG have received nominations for the 36th NAMM Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Awards.
The voting period for the TEC ...
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(12/11/2020)

-PROLIGHTS ECl Range a Success in Streaming Studios

PROLIGHTS ECl Range a Success in Streaming Studios

It has been a year since the release of the PROLIGHTS ECL Panel TWC, a 2x1 softlight with tunable white and colored LED soft light for TV and studios. Since its release, PROLIGHTS has been able to tap into a new market -- one that ...More

(12/11/2020)

-Experiences Existential Reckoning with Puscifer in Arcosanti

Experiences Existential Reckoning with Puscifer in Arcosanti

The arid, exquisitely cinematic beauty of the Arizona desert and the paranormal charm of the Arcosanti community united for the staging of "Existential Reckoning," an ambitious and extraordinary site-specific streamed concert of the new ...More

(12/11/2020)

-Benjamin Olswang Joins Symetrix as Director of Product Management

Benjamin Olswang Joins Symetrix as Director of Product Management

Symetrix announces the appointment of industry veteran Benjamin Olswang as their director of product management, expanding on their focus on new product development and innovation.
"I chose Symetrix because of the people ...
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(12/11/2020)

-Metropolitan Opera Locks Out Stagehands in Pandemic-Related Salary Dispute

Metropolitan Opera Locks Out Stagehands in Pandemic-Related Salary Dispute

An ugly labor dispute, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, has broken out at New York's Metropolitan Opera. On November 20, the New York Times reported that the Met had made an offer to many staffers who had been furloughed without pay ...More

(12/11/2020)

-Astera for Malmo Opera and Funny Girl

Astera for Malmo Opera and Funny Girl

Sweden's Malmo Opera presented an acclaimed production of musical classic Funny Girl as part of the autumn / winter repertory program which continued to run despite the pandemic! Audience figures were dramatically reduced to 50 plus ...More

(12/11/2020)

-EAW System Ensures the Message is Heard at Shades Mountain Baptist Church

EAW System Ensures the Message is Heard at Shades Mountain Baptist Church

When the leaders at Shades Mountain Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama green lighted a full renovation of the mega church's 2,700-seat main worship center, the job of designing and building a state of the art, upgraded audio system ...More

(12/11/2020)

-Christie Laser Projectors Bring Coastal Landscapes to Life in Shandong Province

Christie Laser Projectors Bring Coastal Landscapes to Life in Shandong Province

Christie laser projectors have transformed the coastal landscape along the picturesque Changdao Scenic Area in Shandong province into an enchanted wonderland with stunning projections for a large-scale nighttime extravaganza. ...More

(12/11/2020)

-Despite Acoustical Challenges, Danley Speakers Deliver "Smear-Free Performance" at The View at Fountains

Despite Acoustical Challenges, Danley Speakers Deliver "Smear-Free Performance" at The View at Fountains

The View at Fountains is a 400-capacity conference and event space in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. It occupies the top floor of Fountains at Gateway, a multi-purpose building occupied by class-A office space, restaurants, retail shops, and, in ...More

(12/11/2020)

-John Harris Setting New Standards for Remote Recording and Mixing with Neumann Monitoring Array

John Harris Setting New Standards for Remote Recording and Mixing with Neumann Monitoring Array

An esteemed broadcast and mix engineer with multiple Grammy, Emmy, and Peabody awards under his belt, John Harris built his career by anticipating the needs of his clients, while delivering the best possible recordings and mixes for ...More

(12/10/2020)

-COVID-19 Update, December 10, 2020: The Deadliest Day

COVID-19 Update, December 10, 2020:  The Deadliest Day

Winter is here: The US hits a new high in daily COVID-19 deaths; let's hope this headline doesn't go out of date. The stress is being felt everywhere, in devastated communities, soaring unemployment, stressed-out healthcare workers, and ...More

(12/10/2020)

-Fire Breaks Out at Apollo Design Technology Headquarters

Fire Breaks Out at Apollo Design Technology Headquarters

A fire broke out at Apollo Design Technology in Fort Wayne, Indiana around 2:30am Wednesday morning. According to local news reports from the television stations WPTA and Fort Wayne's NBC, the fire was briefly contained about 6am, ...More

(12/10/2020)

-Magmatic Offers Rocket Series of CO2 Cryogenic Simulation Effects

Magmatic Offers Rocket Series of CO2 Cryogenic Simulation Effects

Magmatic atmospheric effects announces Rocket, a line of CO2 cryogenic simulation effects that produce dense white clouds of fog for visually stunning atmospherics. Capable of generating a heavy blast of fog that engulfs an area in ...More

(12/10/2020)

-DoPchoice Intro's Snapbags, Snapgrids, and Double Bracket for Aputure 600D

DoPchoice Intro's Snapbags, Snapgrids, and Double Bracket for Aputure 600D

DoPchoice now offers light directing tools to work with Aputure's just-launched LS600D LED fixture. To complement this daylight-balanced point source, DoPchoice has designed two new Snapbag softboxes to directly fit the light's ...More

(12/10/2020)

-Zach Scott Turns Around Fast for New Found Glory With ChamSys

Zach Scott Turns Around Fast for New Found Glory With ChamSys

Zach Scott has been a self-described "huge fan" of New Found Glory since sixth grade. Following the rise of the quartet from their early days through their ascendent to the top of the alt rock charts, he's developed a deep ...More

(12/10/2020)

-Pangolin Laser Systems Wins Big at the 2020 ILDA Awards

Pangolin Laser Systems Wins Big at the 2020 ILDA Awards

The International Laser Display Association (ILDA) held its annual awards ceremony this year and took a new approach to the conference, hosting their first ever "online" event (due to travel restrictions resulting from COVID-19). The ILDA ...More

(12/10/2020)

-COVID-19 and How it's Changing the Event Industry

COVID-19 and How it's Changing the Event Industry

Reed Exhibitions releases its first "COVID-19 and How it's Changing the Event Industry" White Paper, highlighting findings from its COVID-19 Customer Needs and Mindset Barometer, the largest and most ambitious research project ever ...More

(12/10/2020)

-Meyer Sound Spacemap Go Expands Creative Palette for Mouse on Mars

Meyer Sound Spacemap Go Expands Creative Palette for Mouse on Mars

Bewake Studios in Berlin has become the first recording facility to install a multichannel monitoring system fully outfitted with Spacemap Go, Meyer Sound's breakthrough tool for spatial sound design and mixing. By ...More

(12/10/2020)

-Strand Theatre Sees and Hears "Phenomenal" Upgrade with Custom Crafted Renkus-Heinz System

Strand Theatre Sees and Hears "Phenomenal" Upgrade with Custom Crafted Renkus-Heinz System

The Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre began its life as a motion picture house in 1935 in the growing Atlanta suburb of Marietta, Georgia. Over the years, the location transformed multiple times -- the theatre's website notes it was ...More

(12/10/2020)

-BroaMan Solution for Caesars Forum Conference Center in Las Vegas

BroaMan Solution for Caesars Forum Conference Center in Las Vegas

When Caesars Entertainment, who operate the world-renowned Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, planned their next expansion phase -- Caesars Forum, a new state-of-the-art conference center -- they needed a first-class technical infrastructure ...More

(12/10/2020)

-Quincy Owen Solutions Trusts LEA Professional Technology as its Go-To Solution

Quincy Owen Solutions Trusts LEA Professional Technology as its Go-To Solution

LEA Professional, manufacturer of pro-audio amplifiers with cloud- and IoT-based technologies, has become a core part of a professional audio integrator's tool kit with the multifunctional amplifiers providing a solution for a wide ...More

(12/10/2020)

-Schloss Burg Seen in a New Light with GLP

Schloss Burg Seen in a New Light with GLP

Situated near Wermelskirchen in the Bergisches Land, Schloss Burg is one of the largest completely preserved castle complexes in Germany. Built in the 12th century as the ancestral seat of the Counts and Dukes of Berg, and extensively ...More

(12/10/2020)

-Southcrest Baptist Church Opens "The Venue," with Solid State Logic L200 Digital Mixing Console

Southcrest Baptist Church Opens "The Venue," with Solid State Logic L200 Digital Mixing Console

Southcrest Baptist Church has remodeled a former worship center on its campus in Lubbock, Texas, reopening it as The Venue, a multipurpose space outfitted with a new Solid State Logic Live L200 digital mixing console. The new L200 ...More

(12/9/2020)

-COVID-19 Update, December 9, 2020: The Global Rollout

COVID-19 Update, December 9, 2020: The Global Rollout

It was, according to the headline in the New York Daily News, "the shot felt round the world," as the UK kicked off what will become global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines. (The New York Post, noting that the first man to get ...More

(12/9/2020)

-Martin by Harman Launches ERA 600 and 800 Profile Fixtures

Martin by Harman Launches ERA 600 and 800 Profile Fixtures

Harman Professional Solutions announces two new fixtures, the Martin ERA 600 and 800 Profiles that join the ERA 300 Profile and to round out the full-featured range of ERA Profile and ERA Performance fixtures. ...More

(12/9/2020)

-Martin Audio Announces Additions and Upgraded Voicing to CDD Installation Series

Martin Audio Announces Additions and Upgraded Voicing to CDD Installation Series

Martin Audio announces new additions and upgraded voicing for its CDD series -- as well as improved production capacity -- as part of a concerted effort to meet the growing needs of installation applications. ...More

(12/9/2020)

-Acclaim Lighting Introduces Outdoor Link System for Quick and Easy Fixture Interconnection Installations

Acclaim Lighting Introduces Outdoor Link System for Quick and Easy Fixture Interconnection Installations

Acclaim Lighting introduces its new IP67-rated Outdoor Link System for quickly and easily linking Dyna Drum and Dyna Accent series fixtures, while eliminating excess hardware for lighting projects. The system allows the linking of ...More

(12/9/2020)

-Emilio Aguilar Covers Costa Rica with Obsidian NX2 Lighting Console

Emilio Aguilar Covers Costa Rica with Obsidian NX2 Lighting Console

Like many in the lighting industry, Costa Rican lighting professional Emilio Aguilar has used the pandemic downtime to learn new competencies and better his skill set. Finding himself back home in Costa Rica last spring following ...More

(12/9/2020)

-Altman on Campus at the Hanover County Public School System with Barbizon Capitol

Altman on Campus at the Hanover County Public School System with Barbizon Capitol

The award-winning Hanover County Public School System in Ashland, Virginia, serves approximately 17,500 students across 25 different campuses. At two of these locations, Bell Creek Middle School and Liberty Middle School, the district ...More

(12/9/2020)

-Circa Scoop LED XL Shine with Worship

Circa Scoop LED XL Shine with Worship

MEGA-Lite's Circa Scoop LED XL has been used in several applications. At the Gwinnett Church in Sugar Hill, GA several units were used to add a unique look to an outdoor night of worship.
Equipment provider of OverFlo ...
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(12/9/2020)

-Hippotizer Nevis+ Maps Christmas joy at Dior London

Hippotizer Nevis+ Maps Christmas joy at Dior London

Luxury fashion brand Dior's flagship London store has launched its festive Christmas display, unveiling an entirely video mapped frontage powered by a Hippotizer Nevis+ Media Server from Green Hippo. ...More

(12/9/2020)

-Famous Artists Limited Illuminates "An Immersive Christmas Carol" with Epson LightScene Projectors

Famous Artists Limited Illuminates "An Immersive Christmas Carol" with Epson LightScene Projectors

As the season of joy approaches and communities around the world look for holiday cheer this year, production company Famous Artists Limited brought together creative minds, musical talent, and powerful technology for the world premiere ...More

(12/9/2020)

-Soundbox Brings an Adamson CS-Series Upgrade to the Drive-in

Soundbox Brings an Adamson CS-Series Upgrade to the Drive-in

Drive-in shows may be the order of the day this year, but Big Wreck isn't the kind of band you want to listen to live with your car's FM radio on and your windows up. To get the maximum impact you need a full-on PA that provides power and ...More

(12/9/2020)

-Alcons Audio Appoints Taub Sales As Mid-Atlantic Area Representative

Alcons Audio Appoints Taub Sales As Mid-Atlantic Area Representative

Alcons Audio appoints Taub Sales as its North American representative in the mid-Atlantic territory, which encompasses Virginia, the District of Columbia (Washington, DC), Maryland, Delaware, the southern half of New Jersey, and ...More

(12/9/2020)

-Electrosonic Completes Construction on New Dubai Production Facility and Regional Hub

Electrosonic Completes Construction on New Dubai Production Facility and Regional Hub

Electrosonic, an international Audiovisual and Technology Services company, has just completed planning and construction for its brand-new production facility and regional hub in Dubai, UAE, to provide direct and enhanced local ...More

(12/9/2020)

-Parklane Hotel Creates World-Class Conference and Hospitality Facilities with JBL Professional Audio

Parklane Hotel Creates World-Class Conference and Hospitality Facilities with JBL Professional Audio

ALA Equipment Company installed a JBL Professional audio system at Parklane Hotel to provide guests with a premier hotel experience.
Parklane Hotel is a luxury resort that features luxury accommodations, from lifestyle suites to ...
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(12/8/2020)

-COVID-19 Update, December 8: V-Day in the UK

COVID-19 Update, December 8: V-Day in the UK

The global rollout begins: The first vaccines are administered in the UK, raising hopes worldwide for a better 2021. (The first recipient is named Margaret Keenan; the first man to receive it is named William Shakespeare; we swear we ...More

(12/8/2020)

-Creative Stage Lighting Hires Tracey Cosgrove as Vice President of Sales and Operations

Creative Stage Lighting Hires Tracey Cosgrove as Vice President of Sales and Operations

Creative Stage Lighting Co., Inc. has recently hired Tracey Cosgrove for the position of vice president of sales and operations. Cosgrove will be responsible for Creative Stage Lighting's sales efforts, customer experience, ...More

(12/8/2020)

-Austrian Audio Releases OC818 Dual Set Plus

Austrian Audio Releases OC818 Dual Set Plus

Austrian Audio announces OC818 Dual Set Plus, a kit centered around two of the OC818 large capsule condenser microphones as well as a host of accessories. The OC818 Dual Set Plus will be available in stores from early December. ...More

(12/8/2020)

-Audelco Winners Announced

Audelco Winners Announced

The 48th Annual Vivian Robinson AUDELCO Awards, which honor achievement in New York's Black theatre, occurred virtually on November 30.
Winners in the design categories included sound designer David Wright and set ...
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(12/8/2020)

-ADJ Launches Winter Wonderland Lighting Contest

ADJ Launches Winter Wonderland Lighting Contest

As this difficult year draws to a close, ADJ is hoping to spread a little festive joy over the holiday season with its Winter Wonderland Lighting contest. The company is offering lighting pros and enthusiasts at all levels the ...More

(12/8/2020)

-4Wall Entertainment Brings Extra Dimension To Macy's Parade With Chauvet Professional

4Wall Entertainment Brings Extra Dimension To Macy's Parade With Chauvet Professional

The colorful floats were there, 26 of them in all; so too were the giant helium balloons, bands, and street performers, but the 2020 version of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was unlike any of its 96 predators. The usual throngs of ...More

(12/8/2020)

-Putting on an Exhibition in London

Putting on an Exhibition in London

Exhibition London is a new multipurpose live music and events venue in White City, West London initiated and operated by Broadwick Live and Venue Lab, offering another stunning, uniquely interesting, highly adaptable - 1,400 seated to 2 ...More

(12/8/2020)

-The Farm Studios Expands Uses of Dante To Allow For Isolation, Creativity, and Social Distancing in Recording

The Farm Studios Expands Uses of Dante To Allow For Isolation, Creativity, and Social Distancing in Recording

Music producer Garth Richardson has worked with some of the music industry's most beloved and exciting bands, including Taylor Swift, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ozzy Osbourne, Kiss, Alice Cooper, and 2013 Best ...More

(12/8/2020)

-Taiwan's National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) brings Ayrton Khamsin-S to Turandot revival

Taiwan's National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) brings Ayrton Khamsin-S to Turandot revival

When Taiwan's National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) hosted a revival of the German/Taiwanese co-production of Puccini's Turandot earlier this year, Chien-hao Kuo, lighting designer and head of lighting, boldly ...More

(12/8/2020)

-DAS Audio Loudspeakers Fuel the Excitement at Red Rooster Overtown

DAS Audio Loudspeakers Fuel the Excitement at Red Rooster Overtown

Open since November 2020, the Red Rooster Overtown takes the spirit and elegance of renowned chef and restaurateur Marcus Samuelsson's Red Rooster Harlem and brings its magic to Miami. Occupying the site of a pool hall owned by the ...More

(12/8/2020)

-Vakhtangov Theater in Moscow Presents Music and Light Show Featuring Claypaky LED Moving Heads

Vakhtangov Theater in Moscow Presents Music and Light Show Featuring Claypaky LED Moving Heads

Moscow's Vakhtangov Theater marked its upcoming 100th anniversary with a stunning special 10-minute music and light show featuring more than 100 Claypaky Axcor Profile 900 LN high-wattage moving head LED spotlights and HY B-EYE K25 ...More

(12/8/2020)

-Faber AV's Fleet of 3,000+ LED Panels is HDR-ready Thanks to Brompton Technology's Hydra

Faber AV's Fleet of 3,000+ LED Panels is HDR-ready Thanks to Brompton Technology's Hydra

Renowned for its 360-degree live event solutions, which range from exhibitions, corporate, broadcast, and media through to full virtual production, Faber Audiovisuals is a veteran player in the dynamic world of LED displays and audio ...More

(12/7/2020)

-COVID-19 Update, December 7, 2020: Pandemic Fatigue

COVID-19 Update, December 7, 2020: Pandemic Fatigue

It's been a long time since March and the strain is showing. The coronavirus is running rampant through the US, ravaging small towns and putting most of California under lockdown. No word yet from Congress about urgently needed stimulus ...More

(12/7/2020)

-Renkus-Heinz Expands S Series Subwoofer Line with Diminutive, High Performing SX/SA28

Renkus-Heinz Expands S Series Subwoofer Line with Diminutive, High Performing SX/SA28

Renkus-Heinz, manufacturer of premium professional loudspeakers, announces the latest product in its S Series Subwoofer line: the SX/SA28 -- an extremely compact, low profile subwoofer suitable for a multitude of applications that ...More

(12/7/2020)

-New Firmware Upgrade for Yamaha RIVAGE PM Series Adds Premium Y7 Reverb Plug-in Developed with Bricasti Design

New Firmware Upgrade for Yamaha RIVAGE PM Series Adds Premium Y7 Reverb Plug-in Developed with Bricasti Design

Yamaha is expanding the capabilities of its RIVAGE PM series digital mixing systems with firmware version 4.7, adding the premium Y7 reverb plug-in developed in collaboration with Bricasti Design. The free firmware, planned ...More

(12/7/2020)

-Environmental Lights Launches New EdgeLight LED Light Bars

Environmental Lights Launches New EdgeLight LED Light Bars

Environmental Lights, a provider of LED lighting solutions, announces the launch of its new EdgeLight LED Light Bars.
EdgeLight LED Light Bars (plasa.me/c67mz) are high brightness LED light bars ...
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(12/7/2020)

-Brilliant! Smarty Series to Be Featured in December 10th Elation Coffee Break

Brilliant! Smarty Series to Be Featured in December 10th Elation Coffee Break

This week's Elation Coffee Break with hosts Alistair Smyth and Frederik Afif dives into Elation Professional's highly creative and highly-efficient Smarty Series and its intelligent lamp technology. ...More

(12/7/2020)

-Brompton Technology Embraces Virtual Training

Brompton Technology Embraces Virtual Training

With its in-person training currently on hold, Brompton Technology has set up an advanced virtual platform as a way to continue offering its global customer base access to the LED processing manufacturer's renowned training ...More

(12/7/2020)

-David Silvernail Joins VLS Team

David Silvernail Joins VLS Team

David Silvernail has joined Vincent Lighting Systems (VLS) as the manager of product and eCommerce. In November 2020, Canterbury Capital (parent company of VLS) purchased assets of Production Advantage ...More

(12/7/2020)

-WorldStage Opens xRStage-Nashville @ NuMynd Studios

WorldStage Opens xRStage-Nashville @ NuMynd Studios

WorldStage has brought its third LED video studio to market in Nashville, Tennessee in collaboration with NuMynd Studios, a well-known film studio rental company.
The versatile xRStage-Nashville @ NuMynd Studios is ...
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(12/7/2020)

-Queensland Theatre Chooses Robe

Queensland Theatre Chooses Robe

Robe's news team visited Queensland Theatre back in February ... just before the pandemic turned 2020 upside down! This is the story of the theatre's experience with their Robe LEDWash300+s.
Queensland Theatre -- usually -- ...
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(12/7/2020)

-Kyle Upchurch Extends Looks Beyond Drive-In Stage with Chauvet Professional

Kyle Upchurch Extends Looks Beyond Drive-In Stage with Chauvet Professional

Under normal circumstances, Kyle Upchurch doesn't have to think much about the area directly in front of the concert stage, as it's filled with fans. His goal as a designer is to create the kind of immersive looks that pull fans ...More

(12/7/2020)

-It's DiGiCo throughout for Bellevue Baptist Church

It's DiGiCo throughout for Bellevue Baptist Church

Bellevue Baptist Church, the largest house of worship in Memphis, Tennessee, and one of the leading churches in the Southern Baptist Convention, recently finished a complete renovation of its audio systems, which also included ...More

(12/7/2020)

-The Baltimore Sun Names Vectorworks, Inc. a Winner of the Baltimore Top Workplaces 2020 Award

The Baltimore Sun Names Vectorworks, Inc. a Winner of the Baltimore Top Workplaces 2020 Award

Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2020 honor by The Baltimore Sun. The list is based on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by ...More

(12/7/2020)

-Experience Church Gets Sonic Makeover with Linea Research

Experience Church Gets Sonic Makeover with Linea Research

In the shadow of majestic Mount Rainier, Experience Church is part of a new generation of houses of worship, a non-denominational Christian church bringing their message to parishioners via modern music and technology. The 500-seat ...More

(12/4/2020)

-COVID-19 Update: December 4, 2020: Inching Toward Stimulus

COVID-19 Update: December 4, 2020: Inching Toward Stimulus

As we zero in on the end of the year and benefits run out, attention turns getting a stimulus bill strong enough to prop up the economy until vaccines can be widely distributed. A new jobs report underscores just how dire the situation ...More

(12/4/2020)

-Cirque du Soleil Emerges from Creditor Protection, Makes Future Plans

Cirque du Soleil Emerges from Creditor Protection, Makes Future Plans

Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group has closed a sale with its secured lenders, allowing it to emerge from creditor protection under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act ("CCAA") in Canada and Chapter 15 in the United States. ...More

(12/4/2020)

-Roadiecare Offers a Helping Hand to Those Who Help the Show Go On

Roadiecare Offers a Helping Hand to Those Who Help the Show Go On

The holidays are a challenging time for many working families, even during normal years, and 2020 has been anything but normal. The pandemic and associated shutdowns have impacted a great many, but few have been more devastated than ...More

(12/4/2020)

-Helping You Prepare for Post-Brexit

Helping You Prepare for Post-Brexit

As you will be aware from January 1, 2021 the rules of moving goods between the UK and Europe are changing. There will be new systems, processes, and cost requirements, and all businesses should be prepared in advance for these changes. ...More

(12/4/2020)

-Neutrik NA2-IO-DPRO Mic Preamp Control Added to Yamaha CL/QL Series

Neutrik NA2-IO-DPRO Mic Preamp Control Added to Yamaha CL/QL Series

Neutrik, supplier of professional connectivity solutions for audio, video, and data, announces new options to remote control preamps of their new DANTE network device NA2-IO-DPRO.
"There's no doubt that the future within the Pro ...
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(12/4/2020)

-Portwell's 4U Rackmount Systems with Matrox Video Wall Technologies Offer High-density Capture, and More

Portwell's 4U Rackmount Systems with Matrox Video Wall Technologies Offer High-density Capture, and More

Matrox Video announces the successful validation of Portwell's 4U rackmount systems with its entire range of D-Series graphics cards and Mura IPX capture and IP encode/decode boards. Featuring flexible multi-channel capture, IP, and ...More

(12/4/2020)

-New York's Sound Co-op Reimagines Production Mixing in the COVID Era with Lectrosonics

New York's Sound Co-op Reimagines Production Mixing in the COVID Era with Lectrosonics

NY-based Sound Co-op began in 2015 as a conversation between freelance production sound mixers Jon Moore and Phil Shipman. Their co-operative is a sustainable business model to increase career security and bolster clients' ...More

(12/4/2020)

-Indoor Restaurant Chooses d&b for Outdoor Concert Venue

Indoor Restaurant Chooses d&b for Outdoor Concert Venue

Number Thirty-Eight in Denver is taking its indoor bar and restaurant outdoors. Co-owners Spencer Fronk and Andrew Palmquist, both Denver natives have been planning the expansive indoor-outdoor concept since long before the ...More

(12/4/2020)

-Å koda ENYAQ Estonian Launch Tartu

Škoda ENYAQ Estonian Launch Tartu

Without making an obvious connection between iconic Czech automotive brand Å koda and a certain leading stage lighting manufacturer based in the Czech Republic, it was great to see Robe on the rig for the Estonian launch of the new ...More

(12/4/2020)

-Tapestry Live Studio Calls On Chauvet Professional To Balance Video-Lighting Panorama

Tapestry Live Studio Calls On Chauvet Professional To Balance Video-Lighting Panorama

For the thousands of fans throughout the UK who viewed the recent Lockdown Bingo Charity show, getting swept up in the immersive panorama supporting the livestream's performances came quite naturally. And why not? With its seamless flow of ...More

(12/4/2020)

-New Anolis Lighting Scheme for the Porte de Bourgogne

New Anolis Lighting Scheme for the Porte de Bourgogne

The city of Bordeaux has a new Anolis -- A Robe business -- lighting scheme for its magnificent La Porte de Bourgogne landmark.
The Roman-style stone arch was built in the 1750s at the end of one of the major roads traversing ...
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(12/4/2020)

-Introducing the Backup Xmas Challenge

Introducing the Backup Xmas Challenge

Following the success of the Backup Pumpkin Challenge, which ran for the second time this Halloween, Backup announces the launch of the Backup Xmas Challenge.
The challenge will see members of the creative and technical ...
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(12/4/2020)

-Calvary Christian Center in California Chooses ADJ LED Panels For Sanctuary Upgrade

Calvary Christian Center in California Chooses ADJ LED Panels For Sanctuary Upgrade

Visuals are an important part of most modern church services. Not only do video screens provide a convenient way of displaying song words, Bible readings and pastors' visual aids, they allow visual elements to be easily integrated that ...More

(12/4/2020)

-Church Goes From "Two Out of Ten to Ten Out of Ten" with New Danley Loudspeakers

Church Goes From "Two Out of Ten to Ten Out of Ten" with New Danley Loudspeakers

The deep history of Bridgewater Church of the Brethren in Bridgewater, Virginia stretches back into the late 1700s, when the first Europeans migrated into the area. Centuries of branching and growth led to the construction of the church's ...More

(12/3/2020)

-COVID-19 Update, December 3, 2020: The Beginning of the End

COVID-19 Update, December 3, 2020: The Beginning of the End

Vaccines are in the pipeline and deliveries are being planned. The effect of this is everywhere as arts-related businesses begin to look to the future. It truly feels as if our long global nightmare is coming to a conclusion. But there's ...More

(12/3/2020)

-Neutrik AG Announces the Launch of NEUTRIK MINEA, a Milan Certified Audio Module

Neutrik AG Announces the Launch of NEUTRIK MINEA, a Milan Certified Audio Module

Neutrik AG announces the launch of the first Milan-certified audio module.
In February 2020, Neutrik announced the development of Milan audio modules. Now, a few hard months for the industry later, the most recommended ...
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(12/3/2020)

-MA 1 -- The First Automatic Monitor Alignment from Neumann; Jointly Developed with Fraunhofer IIS

MA 1 -- The First Automatic Monitor Alignment from Neumann; Jointly Developed with Fraunhofer IIS

German studio specialist Neumann.Berlin presents the MA 1, an integrated hard/software tool for acoustic calibration and room correction, tailor-made for Neumann studio monitors. Calibration algorithms, jointly developed with the ...More

(12/3/2020)

-InCord Supports the Behind the Scenes Safety Net

InCord Supports the Behind the Scenes Safety Net

InCord recently made their annual donation to Behind the Scenes reflecting a percentage of profits from sales of their Theatrical Safety Netting Systems. The systems (https://incord ...More

(12/3/2020)

-Diverse DARTZ Shine on August Burns Red Thrill Seeker Anniversary Livestream

Diverse DARTZ Shine on August Burns Red Thrill Seeker Anniversary Livestream

On November 14, metalcore band August Burns Red celebrated 15 years since release of their debut studio album Thrill Seeker with a special livestream performance of the full recording at Rock Lititz Studio near Lancaster, ...More

(12/3/2020)

-Fifth Vectorworks Design Scholarship Opens for Submissions

Fifth Vectorworks Design Scholarship Opens for Submissions

Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. announces its fifth Vectorworks Design Scholarship. This global competition is open to undergraduate and graduate students in major disciplines related to architecture, ...More

(12/3/2020)

-Meyer Sound Spacemap Go Creates Dynamic "Virtual Crowd" for Top College Football Stadium

Meyer Sound Spacemap Go Creates Dynamic "Virtual Crowd" for Top College Football Stadium

With safety measures limiting the number of fans who can physically attend university football games, one Midwest top-ranked football team lost a major component of home field advantage -- the sound of 100,000-plus fans reverberating ...More

(12/3/2020)

-Iconic Sign Shines Again with FloppyFlex

Iconic Sign Shines Again with FloppyFlex

The classic arched front-entry sign of Southgate Shopping Center in Lakeland, Florida, is now shining brightly again, thanks to Firefly FloppyFlex, the professional LED neon replacement. After being dark for decades, property ...More

(12/3/2020)

-Vincent Lighting Systems Installs Luxibel Indirect UVC Air Disinfection Units in Chicago Restaurants

Vincent Lighting Systems Installs Luxibel Indirect UVC Air Disinfection Units in Chicago Restaurants

Vincent Lighting Systems, a lighting systems integration and production company in Cleveland, Ohio, has installed Luxibel B AIR V2 indirect UVC air disinfection units in two downtown Chicago restaurants. ACT Lighting, Inc. is the ...More

(12/3/2020)

-LEDucation Reschedules to August 17 - 18, 2021

LEDucation Reschedules to August 17 - 18, 2021

Due to the continuing uncertainty of the pandemic, along with New York State and City restrictions on assembly, the LEDucation committee has made the decision to reschedule the in-person 2021 LEDucation Tradeshow and Conference to ...More

(12/3/2020)

-disguise xR showcased on Channel 5's The Gadget Show

disguise xR showcased on Channel 5's The Gadget Show

During UK Friday night primetime television, disguise showcased its award-winning xR technology on Channel 5's The Gadget Show, highlighting how extended reality ...More

(12/3/2020)

-JDC Line Helps Glass Animals into Dreamland

JDC Line Helps Glass Animals into Dreamland

One of the more widely acclaimed, and viewed, virtual concerts during lockdown has been the recent live internet performance from psych-pop stars, Glass Animals.
The widely acclaimed Oxford based quartet were all set to tour their ...
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(12/3/2020)

-LEA Professional Continues Strong Momentum in Latin America

LEA Professional Continues Strong Momentum in Latin America

LEA Professional announces a partnership with Polaris Controls to serve the company's growing customer base in Latin America and the Caribbean. With both organizations led by teams of recognized industry veterans, the partnership ...More

(12/2/2020)

-COVID-19 Update: December 2, 2020: Time for Triage

COVID-19 Update: December 2, 2020: Time for Triage

"It's the beginning of the end," says a representative from Pfizer, as its vaccine gets approved in the UK, with other countries -- including the US -- certain to quickly follow. Now new questions are posed: Who will get the vaccine ...More

(12/2/2020)

-ETC Introduces High End Systems SolaFrame Studio

ETC Introduces High End Systems SolaFrame Studio

ETC introduces the SolaFrame Studio automated luminaire, a fanless, convection-cooled fixture that prioritizes high quality features, beautiful spectral output, and silent operation. Audibly invisible and visually impactful, SolaFrame ...More

(12/2/2020)

-Industry Veteran Joins the Ranks at EAW

Industry Veteran Joins the Ranks at EAW

Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) announces the appointment of pro audio veteran Michael Palmer as its director of US sales. The loudspeaker manufacturer's North American sales figures have recently shown a positive growth pattern ...More

(12/2/2020)

-Electro-Voice Introduces RE20-BLACK

Electro-Voice Introduces RE20-BLACK

Electro-Voice announces the introduction of the RE20-BLACK -- a new color option for the classic RE20 broadcast microphone, sporting an elegant, low-reflection dark charcoal finish.
The RE20 has continued to be a firm favorite ...
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(12/2/2020)

-ARISTA Announces New Converters

ARISTA Announces New Converters

ARISTA Corporation, manufacturer of professional audio products, AV extenders, matrix switchers, and related products for the professional audio and AV installation markets, announces the ARS-200-HD HDMI Audio to Dante Audio ...More

(12/2/2020)

-Let the World See You in the Best Light with Chroma-Q's Sandi

Let the World See You in the Best Light with Chroma-Q's Sandi

Chroma-Q announces the release of their new Sandi 1622 Video Conferencing Key Light. Its soft lens diffusion, large source, and adjustable color temperature means users will look their best under any ambient lighting conditions, the ...More

(12/2/2020)

-Karan Kathuria Joins Renkus-Heinz with Focus on Asia, Oceania, and SAARC Regions

Karan Kathuria Joins Renkus-Heinz with Focus on Asia, Oceania, and SAARC Regions

Renkus-Heinz, manufacturer of premium professional loudspeakers, have appointed Karan Kathuria to the position of director operating across Asia, Oceania, and SAARC. The role will see Kathuria evolving these regions through ...More

(12/2/2020)

-Ty Robinson Promoted to Director of Sales and Marketing at Symetrix

Ty Robinson Promoted to Director of Sales and Marketing at Symetrix

Symetrix announces that Tylene "Ty" Robinson has been promoted to director of sales and marketing, unifying the Symetrix marketing team with the global salesforce to amplify the brand's reach. ...More

(12/2/2020)

-Open Your Business with Confidence with QuixScan Temperature Screening

Open Your Business with Confidence with QuixScan Temperature Screening

AITD Technologies, Inc. dba QuixScan is launching a line of AI Thermal Detectors aimed at keeping the user's staff and patrons safe. QuixScan AITD-720 is a hands-free, touchless thermal scanning device that detects body temperature ...More

(12/2/2020)

-DSH Producties of the Netherlands Offers Broadcast-quality Elation KL Panel

DSH Producties of the Netherlands Offers Broadcast-quality Elation KL Panel

Audiovisual technology supplier DSH Producties of the Netherlands has acquired Elation's broadcast-quality KL Panel LED softlight, a full-color-spectrum and color temperature ...More

(12/2/2020)

-Analog Way's Aquilon RS2 Drives AP Live's New Virtual Production Studio in Tennessee

Analog Way's Aquilon RS2 Drives AP Live's New Virtual Production Studio in Tennessee

AP Live, based outside Nashville in Franklin, Tennessee, is using its Analog Way Aquilon RS2 multi-screen presentation system and videowall processor to drive virtual production in the company's new studio. Known for providing AV ...More

(12/2/2020)

-Lighting the Tallest Building in Africa for Xbox launch

Lighting the Tallest Building in Africa for Xbox launch

The tallest building in Africa -- The Leonardo, a 234m mixed-use property development in Sandton, Johannesburg -- was lit up for the South African launch of the new Microsoft Xbox Series X console -- standing out against the night sky ...More

(12/2/2020)

-Backstage Bazaar Launched to Support Pandemic Affected Global Theatre Community

Backstage Bazaar Launched to Support Pandemic Affected Global Theatre Community

Just in time for the gift-giving season, newly launched BackstageBazaar.com showcases unique art and items created/curated by members of the international theatre community while live ...More

(12/2/2020)

-Theatre in Review: A Christmas Carol

Theatre in Review: A Christmas Carol

Theatre in Review: A Christmas Carol The closing credits for this streaming edition of A Christmas Carol -- a joint presentation of dozens theatres from coast to coast - list dozens of characters, noting that each of them ...More

(12/1/2020)

-COVID-19 Update: December 1, 2020: The Darkness Before the Dawn

COVID-19 Update: December 1, 2020: The Darkness Before the Dawn

As the holiday season begins, we face a paradox. Hopes for the end of the pandemic are higher than ever but the immediate future is startlingly bleak. The current administration has checked out on the pandemic and the incoming ...More

(12/1/2020)

-Renkus-Heinz' Iconyx Compact Series "Lengthens" the Line to Bring Highly Intelligible Sound to Larger Spaces

Renkus-Heinz' Iconyx Compact Series "Lengthens" the Line to Bring Highly Intelligible Sound to Larger Spaces

Renkus-Heinz announces the latest products in its new Iconyx Compact Series: the Iconyx Compact 36/3-RN and the 48/3-RN -- two solutions that are billed as bringing the benefits of the Renkus-Heinz' Iconyx family into an ...More

(12/1/2020)

-Everything Clear for Robe on Billie Eilish Livestream Concert

Everything Clear for Robe on Billie Eilish Livestream Concert

Billie Eilish has wowed the world for being more than a global music phenomenon! A smart teenager with empathy, humanity, and honesty, she will tackle tough topics head-on and her many additional activities include fund-raising for ...More

(12/1/2020)

-Stagehand Launches #ILoveLive

Stagehand Launches #ILoveLive

Stagehand in partnership with Crowdfunder, have today launched #ILoveLive, a prize draw campaign organized to raise funds for the production staff and stage crew impacted by the loss of work caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. ...More

(12/1/2020)

-Julien Reux and Chauvet Professional Create Big Looks For Mike Campbell Live Stream

Julien Reux and Chauvet Professional Create Big Looks For Mike Campbell Live Stream

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell formed his band, The Dirty Knobs, as a side project 15 years ago. Although the band seldom ventured outside SoCal, it built up a loyal following throughout the region, not ...More

(12/1/2020)

-DCR Nashville and Nathan Alves Partner on Art Platform Filled with Claypaky Fixtures to Paint Nashville Red

DCR Nashville and Nathan Alves Partner on Art Platform Filled with Claypaky Fixtures to Paint Nashville Red

DCR Nashville and Lighting designer Nathan Alves, a partner in Darkroom Creative in Franklin, Tennessee, answered the Live Event & Entertainment Professionals' call to action by bathing some of Nashville's iconic landmarks in red ...More

(12/1/2020)

-Introducing STNDBY Technical Gear Co; Stylish, Hard-wearing Apparel Made for Crew, by Crew

Introducing STNDBY Technical Gear Co; Stylish, Hard-wearing Apparel Made for Crew, by Crew

UK-based apparel and tech brand STNDBY has launched its flagship range of stylish, sustainable, and feature-packed clothes and accessories, designed for crew and creatives.
After spotting a gap in the market, STNDBY was ...
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(12/1/2020)

-for KING & COUNTRY Marches On With DiGiCo For A Drummer Boy Drive-In

for KING & COUNTRY Marches On With DiGiCo For A Drummer Boy Drive-In

Australian-born, Nashville-based sibling duo for KING & COUNTRY are currently out on the road with A Drummer Boy Drive-In: The Christmas Tour in support of their first holiday album, A Drummer Boy Christmas. ...More

(12/1/2020)

-The Power of Three - Brzeskie Cultural Centre choses CODA Audio

The Power of Three - Brzeskie Cultural Centre choses CODA Audio

The Brzeskie Cultural Centre in the southwestern Polish Town of Brzeg recently reopened following a program of modernization. The center, which stages a wide range of entertainment productions, cultural events, cinema and arts education ...More

(12/1/2020)

-Powerhouse Audio Team Creates Custom Mic Solution for Canada's Interim House of Commons

Powerhouse Audio Team Creates Custom Mic Solution for Canada's Interim House of Commons

As longtime audio solutions providers for the Canadian government, GerrAudio and Engineering Harmonics have a steady grasp on the needs of its officials. When the companies' principals were presented with the challenge of creating a custom ...More

(12/1/2020)

-Fulcrum Acoustic FL283T Line Array Selected for Multi-Level Church

Fulcrum Acoustic FL283T Line Array Selected for Multi-Level Church

Leaders at Heritage Apostolic Church decided to build a new sanctuary to fit their modern worship style as their congregation continued to grow beyond their original location. Their new church is an open two story space with tiered seating ...More

(12/1/2020)

-Solid State Logic ORIGIN Makes Debut at Republic Records' Los Angeles Recording Facility

Solid State Logic ORIGIN Makes Debut at Republic Records' Los Angeles Recording Facility

Republic Records, a division of Universal Music Group (UMG), the world's leading music company, recently installed a new 32-channel Solid State Logic ORIGIN analog in-line mixing console at the company's recording facility in Los ...More

(12/1/2020)

-Fall 2020 Exertis Virtual Big Book of AV Tour Sprints to the Finish Line

Fall 2020 Exertis Virtual Big Book of AV Tour Sprints to the Finish Line

Building and expanding upon its virtual meeting platform, the Exertis Fall 2020 Virtual Big Book of AV Tour & Conference Series is racing toward the finish line of a very successful, lesson-learned year with six upcoming ...More

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