News Archive - February 2012

ETC Introduces New Unison Paradigm Central Control Server

ETC is introducing a new product that expands their Unison Paradigm architectural line. The new Paradigm Central Control Server scales up Paradigm systems to master the most complex lighting venues, the company says. By integrating ...

Billy Elliot Takes To the Road - With FocusTrack and SpotTrack

FocusTrack, the production lighting documentation system, and SpotTrack, its companion program for recording followspot cues, have had a long involvement with the hit musical Billy Elliot in London, Australia, New York ...

Industry Manufacturers and Distributors Support NSCA Business Conference

The NSCA Business and Leadership Conference Committee announces the growing list of industry leaders sponsoring the industry-specific business management conference to be held in Dallas, Texas, March 1-3. ...

Artistic Licence Integration Celebrates New Website

Artistic Licence Integration, the projects division of Wayne Howell's Artistic Licence brand, announces its new web presence. The site emphasizes the company's technical and project management expertise, while also serving as ...

Lowell Introduces New Rack Bundles

Lowell Manufacturing Company announces new rack bundles to their line of racks and enclosures. Customers can now order a complete rack set-up using a single part number, according to marketing communications manager, Kathy Lane

Hitachi Adds Two New Models to Installation Series 3LCD Projector Lineup

Hitachi America, Ltd., digital media division, business solutions group today announced the addition of its CP-WX8255 and CP-X8160 3LCD projectors to its installation series lineup. The new projectors offer performance and ...

Theatre in Review: Rutherford & Son (Mint Theatre)

"There's not a scrap of love in the whole house," comments one of the bitterly unhappy members of a Northern England industrial dynasty in Rutherford & Son. The play's title is also the name of the business -- a glass factory ...

d&b audiotechnik Supported the First US PLASA Focus in Austin

Roger Keim, who heads up the marketing department at d&b audiotechnik Inc., knew exactly why the company wanted to have a presence at the first ever PLASA Focus in Austin, Texas. "The idea of regional trade events is very ...

Meyer Sound Constellation at Valley Christian Schools in California

Students at Valley Christian Schools' Conservatory of the Arts in San Jose, California are honing their musical skills in a high-tech rehearsal and performance facility unlike any other in the country. Completed in late 2011, the new ...

Lenny Kravitz Tours With DiGiCo

After a nearly five year hiatus-and eight gold and platinum albums of retro soul and rock 'n' roll-Lenny Kravitz takes to the global highway with an eight-piece backing band in support of his latest and ninth studio album, Black and ...

4Wall DC Provides Lighting for Army Entertainment's Operation Rising Star

4Wall DC recently supplied lighting for Operation Rising Star, a talent competition airing on the Pentagon channel to troops stationed around the world.
Operation Rising Star is the Army's answer to American Idol

Harman Professional Promotes Thomas Marcher

Harman Professional announced the promotion of Thomas Marcher to director of sales, Asia regional sales office. Marcher, a four-year Harman Professional veteran with pro AV experience in the region, will now assume ...

AET Group Opens to Serve TC Group's Pro Audio brands

Serving TC Group's professional audio brands -- Tannoy, Lab.gruppen, and Lake -- AET Group has been established as a new business unit with the task of optimizing the organization's offering to its global network of ...

Lightware's 25G Hybrid Matrix at ISE 2012 Amsterdam

Lightware Visual Engineering unveiled its groundbreaking 25G Hybrid Matrix router at ISE 2012 in Amsterdam, the largest and best-attended show in ISE history. Lightware also captured the attention of InAVate, the leading ...

Allen & Heath Showcases New Products at Prolight + Sound

Allen & Heath, will be unveiling a new ZED mixer at Prolight + Sound, March 21-24 in Frankfurt, as well as showcasing the new GLD digital mixing system, and other recent additions to the ZED and Xone ranges. ...

Altinex and Almo Professional A/V Strike Distribution Deal

Altinex and Almo Professional A/V have reached an agreement that grants Almo Professional A/V distribution rights to the entire Altinex product portfolio. This new distribution arrangement brings the Altinex suite of computer ...

First Night Riders Bring Theatre Staff Out of the Wings and Into the Wind

On Friday 22 June a group of intrepid motorbike riders hailing from all sectors of the entertainment technology industry will set off from the Royal Albert Hall in London for a four-day, open-air tour of England's green and pleasant A ...

New Era of Light in Europe's Georgia with Chauvet

CHAUVET lights one of the historical buildings in Era Square of the subtropical European city of Batumi located on the shores of the Black Sea. A former national bank for decades, the building is under construction inside, but ...

Electrosonic Promotes Rob Smith

Electrosonic has announced the promotion of Rob Smith to sales manager of the cultural entertainment and leisure (CEL) business for Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). Smith joined Electrosonic in 2010 as client account ...

Lady Antebellum Expands Tour and Sennheiser Endorsement

Few need an introduction to Lady Antebellum, who, in the four short years since its formation, has won six Grammys, scored six number one hits on country radio, has sold over six million albums across the globe and is currently on ...

Eastern Stage Productions Outfits Gotham Hall With Soundcraft Vi1 Console

Eastern Stage Productions, located in Edgewood, New York, recently installed a Harman Soundcraft Vi1 digital console in New York City's Gotham Hall.
Gotham Hall, originally a landmark bank built in 1922 incorporating many ...

Gand Adds GEO S12 to NEXO Arsenal

Gand Concert Sound (GCS) of Glenview, Illinois has added an 18-box GEO S12 system to their rental inventory. "Yamaha brought in a road rig for a demo at the Viper Alley rock club in Lincolnshire, and not only did they like the ...

Clear-Com on Festival Stage and North Carolina Shakespeare Festival Productions

Clear-Com is pleased to announce that the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival (NCShakes), and its affiliate, Festival Stage of Winston Salem, are utilizing a Clear-Com HME DX210 digital wireless intercom to coordinate ...

L-ACOUSTICS K1 Heads Out on Jane Zhang Tour of China

Chinese rental company, LAB, the country's first-ever L-Acoustics rental network agent, has purchased a K1 WST line source system from exclusive Chinese distributor Rightway Audio Consultants. ...

Announcing PLASA Focus: Nashville 2012

PLASA Events is pleased to announce its second regional event in North America, PLASA Focus: Nashville 2012, to be held July 11-12, at the Municipal Auditorium, in Nashville, Tennessee.
Nashville is the latest event to be ...

Robert Juliat Lights Norway's Latest Venue, Kilden Performing Arts Center

Robert Juliat profiles, Fresnels, and followspots have been supplied in quantity by AVAB CAC to the newly opened Kilden Performing Arts Center in Kristiansand, Norway.
Kilden Performing Arts Centre represents the ...

WYSIWYG Tours with Roxette

WYSIWYG, the previsualization suite from CAST Software, of Toronto, Canada is on the current world tour of the superstar band Roxette. The Swedish band, headed by Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle, was formed in the late '80s and is known ...

W-DMX at Natal Luz Gramado

W-DMX by Wireless Solution Sweden AB recently helped bring a holiday shower of lights to the Natal Luz Gramado Festival in Brazil. Billed as the biggest Christmas party in the country, Natal Luz saw an audience of approximately 1.4 ...

Gearhouse Wins International Award

Gearhouse SA was awarded the accolade of Favorite International Production Company at the TPi Awards. The event acknowledges the achievements of individuals and service companies working within the industry and attracts over ...

Theatre in Review: Galileo (Classic Stage Company)

Timing is everything; sometimes, a show lands at just the right moment. In the last couple of weeks, we've had the American Catholic bishops sparring with the Obama Administration over contraception. And we've had Rick Santorum, so ...

Latest Version of Alcorn McBride's WinScriptLive! For V16Pro Show Control Now Available as Free Download

Continuing its policy to provide software updates for its products at no charge, Alcorn McBride has released a new version of WinScriptLive!, the programming tool for its Pro line of show controllers. Customers can now download the ...

Symetrix Appoints CS&A for Greater New Your Area

Cardone, Solomon and Associates (CS&A) is now representing Symetrix in the New York metro region of the United States.
Founded in 1997, the CS&A team will work with the region's corporate, educational, theatrical, ...

Litepanels Ships Sola 4 Fresnel LED Lighting Fixtures

Litepanels, part of Vitec Videocom, a Vitec Group company, announces that the Sola 4 Fresnel LED lighting fixture, billed as the smallest DMX controllable LED Fresnel on the market, is now shipping. ...

Drape Kings, Glamour Collaborate on Product Reveal

Drape Kings collaborated with Glamour magazine on the unveiling of the Glamour Apothecary Wall, created in partnership with the apothecary chain C.O. Bigelow. Drape Kings contributed a Kabuki drop reveal ...

d3 Introduces d3 Designer During Prolight + Sound

d3, billed as the world's first integrated production toolkit for video production professionals, will introduce its software-only version, d3 Designer, to press and public during Prolight + Sound 2012.
d3 was previously only available ...

Theatre in Review: Call Me Waldo (Working Theatre at June Havoc Theatre)

A romantic comedy about transcendentalism? That's a new one. Don't misunderstand me: If you attend Call Me Waldo, you won't see Louisa May Alcott and Emily Dickinson having a catfight over Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, nor can ...

Metropolitan Opera Acquires Clay Paky Alpha Profile 700 Automated Spotlights

New York City's Metropolitan Opera has purchased a complement of Clay Paky Alpha Profile 700 automated spotlights for its lighting inventory. A.C.T Lighting provided the fixtures to the specifications of Patrick ...

LMG, Inc. and DWP Live Tackle Video for the 2012 Bridgestone Halftime Show

The team of LMG, Inc. and DWP Live recently collaborated to provide the video display watched by more than 114 million Americans as Madonna performed at the Bridgestone Super Bowl Halftime show. Bruce Rodgers, of Tribe, the ...

Creative Conners Introduces New Curtain Call Traveler Winch

Creative Conners, Inc. announces the release of its new Curtain Call machine, designed specifically for traveler tracks. Compact and tough, this latest addition to the Creative Conners stable of electric winches provides live ...

HSL Acquires New Warehouse Facility

UK lighting and visuals rental company, HSL, has acquired a new 240,000-sq.-ft. warehouse and office premises very close to its current HQ in Blackburn, Lancashire. This will quadruple the current space and is currently being ...

Theatre in Review: Blood Knot (Signature Theatre)

It's a funny thing about Athol Fugard. You'd think that his earlier plays, most of which deal head-on with the evils of South Africa's apartheid system, might seem a little dated, especially when measured against his later, more ...

Theatre in Review: CQ/CX (Atlantic Theatre at the Peter Norton Space)

One of the most sizzling journalistic scandals of recent times is brought to life in CQ/CX. Gabe McKinley, a former reporter for The New York Times, takes on the case of Jayson Blair, the gifted young reporter ...

Global Special Effects Offers Discount on Cryo-Jet

For the next two months-only, Global Special Effects will be running a buy one, get one half-price sale on their Cryo-Jets.
Global Special Effects says it can make any dance floor go from 90 degrees to 30 degrees in six seconds ...

Jands Releases Vista L5

Jands announce the launch of their new flagship media and lighting control console -- the Vista L5.
The Vista L5's 21" high definition Wacom pen tablet makes it easy to manage today's lighting rigs, which often include a large ...

ETC Introduces DMX Emergency Bypass Controller

ETC is adding a new product to their emergency-lighting lineup -- the DMX Emergency Bypass Controller. The DMX Emergency Bypass Controller fills a critical need for today's lighting that no other manufacturer has addressed, the ...

American DJ's Expo Express Contest Offers Chance To Win A Free Trip To DJ Expo Plus Merchandise Prizes

DJs who are feeling lucky might want to take a chance at winning a free trip to the luxurious Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, where they'll attend the DJ Expo this August 13-16, courtesy of American DJ, American Audio, Arriba Cases ...

Artec Consultants Inc. Makes New Appointments

Todd Brooks joins Tateo Nakajima and Ed Arenius as partner and lead auditorium designer at Artec. Brooks has been a driving force of innovation in the acoustics design on Artec projects and has, as project manager, been ...

Pollstar Awards Hollywood Bowl and Coachella Festival ... Again!

L-ACOUSTICS congratulates both the Hollywood Bowl and Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival for taking top honors in the 23rd annual Pollstar Concert Industry Awards ceremony held on Friday, February 2 at Club Nokia in Los ...

Strong Turnout at 2012 AV Networking Congress

It was evident from the beginning, that the attendees to the 2012 AV Networking Congress were in for a unique day. The event tackled some of today's most pressing digital media networking topics with leading AV networking, AV design ...

Robert C. Adams, Jr. Joins Serapid Inc. as Engineering Manager and Chief Engineer

Serapid, Inc., a leading supplier of linear motion technologies, announced that Robert C. Adams, Jr. has joined the organization.
Adams joins Serapid as engineering manager and chief engineer, and will be leading the ...

DirtyRigger Announce Distribution Deal with Canada's Largest Production Supplier

Canada's oldest and largest provider of professional production equipment and expertise, William F. White International Inc., has become official distributors for the full Dirty Rigger gloves and accessories range. ...

Harman Audio Components Grace the Stage at 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards

Harman Professional audio components played a role in the live sound reinforcement system at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards, held February 12 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. ATK Audiotek provided live sound reinforcement at the ...

Community Seeks EN54-24 Compliance for R-Series Loudspeakers

To enable its loudspeakers to be used in voice alarm systems in venues across Europe, Community Professional Loudspeakers has applied for EN54-24 Certification of many of its large-scale loudspeaker systems through the ...

Void Acoustics to Launch Incubus Club System at Prolight + Sound

Void Acoustics, designer and manufacturer of professional audio systems for the installed and live sound markets, launches a new sound system at Prolight + Sound 2012, March 21-24, at Frankfurt Musikmesse, in Hall 8.0, Stand A56. ...

New Ghostlight Society to Support Behind the Scenes

The successful Behind the Scenes initiative of The ESTA Foundation has added a new giving opportunity to further its support of those in need in the entertainment technology industry. The new Ghostlight Society is now ...

Chauvet Professional at PLASA Focus: Austin 2012

Chauvet Professional announces its participation in PLASA Focus: Austin 2012. The Chauvet booth number during the two-day event, held at The Renaissance Austin Hotel in Austin, Texas, is 206.
Chauvet Professional will showcase ...

City Theatrical Offers Chance to win SHoW DMX SHoW Babys at PLASA Focus Austin

City Theatrical will demonstrate its SHoW DMX Neo and SHoW DMX SHoW Baby products at PLASA Focus Austin on February 22-23, giving away a free pair of the LDI Award-winning SHoW Babys to a lucky visitor. For a ...

LumenRadio's CRMX at PLASA Focus Austin

LumenRadio will showing its CRMX product range during PLASA Focus February 22-23, on TMB's stand (#700) at the Renaissance Austin in Austin, Texas.
On display will be LumenRadio's full range of winning CRMX ...

American DJ's ADJ University Is Now Enrolling for the Level 2 Online Educational Video Series

Class is back in session at ADJ University, American DJ's entertaining way for DJs to get the skills they need. Enrollment is now open for the Level 2 Online Educational video series that provides a fun and easy way for beginning ...

J. R. Clancy Announces New Sales Manager

J. R. Clancy, Inc., today announced the return of Andrew J. McArthur to the company in the position of Sales Manager.
McArthur brings extensive project management and sales experience in his return to J. R. Clancy, where he ...

Audinate's Dante Wins Three Readers Choice Awards

For the second year in a row, Audinate's patented Dante digital media networking technology has been recognized by the readers of Live Sound International magazine and prosoundweb.com as best Networking Technology with their ...

Theatre in Review: A Map of Virtue (13P/Fourth Street Theatre)

Erin Courtney certainly packs plenty into the 70-minute running time of A Map of Virtue. There are strange coincidences, surprise meetings, complex back stories, and a brutal act of vandalism. For the first third, the ...

Renkus-Heinz Iconyx at Poway, California Church

More than a decade has passed since Fr. Michael Froidurot and the planning committee at St. Gabriel's Catholic Church set in motion their vision for a new worship space. Recently, the church unveiled their long-awaited new sanctuary to ...

Polynesian Cultural Center Restaurant Renovated with Help from 4Wall Systems

The 4Wall systems and design team recently assisted the Polynesian Cultural Center in Laie, Hawaii, in renovating its Gateway Restaurant. The Gateway features a 25,000-sq.-ft. dining hall that offers culturally authentic Polynesian dishes.< ...

Altinex Introduces the SR208-100 VGA Video Scaler

Altinex announces the introduction of the SR208-100 VGA to VGA video scaler with fixed output resolution. The SR208-100 is designed to upscale (or down-scale) a standard PC video input to any of several popular PC/HD resolutions. In ...

SmithsonMartin Inc. Launches Emulator Modular Multi-Touch Control Software

SmithsonMartin Inc. announces its new Emulator Modular 1.0 software. The new software, which is available now at several online retail stores and directly through SmithsonMartin's website, extends the proven functionality and flexibility ...

Settlement Attained Between the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society and 8 Legged Productions LLC

The Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) and 8 Legged Productions LLC, the producer of SPIDER-MAN Turn Off The Dark, have reached a settlement of all pending litigation between them. ...

Bucks County Playhouse Unveils Major Renovation Plans

Bucks County Playhouse (BCP), New Hope, Pennsylvania, has revealed sweeping renovation plans to its storied facilities. The long-term vision is centered on how to make the Playhouse more functional, self-sustaining, and enjoyable ...

Theatre in Review: Myths and Hymns (Prospect Theatre Company)

The bad news is, ever since winning his Tony for The Light in the Piazza, Adam Guettel has sadly been MIA. In a recent interview, he indicated that he had been working on a musical based on The Princess Bride, a ...

One Week to go until Landmark First Event for Texas

With less than one week to go until PLASA Focus: Austin 2012 opens its doors for the first time, over 50 companies are preparing to debut new audio, lighting, video, stage, and rigging technology at The Renaissance Austin, February ...

High End Systems Debuts New Products and Offers Factory Tours at PLASA Focus Austin

High End Systems, a Barco company, announced today that it will be showcasing a broad spectrum of product offerings at the 2012 PLASA Focus Austin tradeshow held February 22-23 in Austin, Texas. This year's event will serve as the ...

Martin Makes Available New Vectorworks Spotlight Symbols

Martin Professional product developer Simon Allan has put together an updated library of Vectorworks lighting instrument symbols and has made them freely available for users to download. This new range includes symbols ...

DiGiCo Debuts At 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards

UK-based digital console manufacturer, DiGiCo, was the live music console of choice at the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, as specified by longtime show production partner, ATK AudioTek. The three and one ...

NSCA Honors Exemplary Business Strategies

NSCA has announced the winners of its 2012 Excellence in Business Awards in the following categories:
• AVI Systems -- Philanthropic Contributions
• Conference Technologies, Inc. -- Growth Strategies
• RPAV -- ...

Hitachi Unveils CP-WX8240 and CP-X8150 Installation Series 3LCD Projectors

Hitachi America, Ltd., digital media division, business solutions group today announced the introduction of its CP-WX8240 and CP-X8150 3LCD Installation Series projectors, delivering unmatched reliability and quality, flexibility ...

Luminair for iPad v2 Now Available on the App Store

Synthe FX announces the immediate availability of Luminair for iPad v2, the next generation of the popular touch-based DMX lighting control app for live entertainment, film and TV production, architecture, and for anyone else who ...

Theatre in Review: The Inexplicable Redemption of Agent G (Ma-Yi Theatre/Vampire Cowboys/Theatre Row)

I know that we live in the era of all things meta, but there's got to be a limit. Consider the case of The Inexplicable Redemption of Agent G. Ostensibly the intrigue-filled tale of Hung, a Vietnamese-American man who returns ...

ATK Audiotek Utilizes Harman's JBL VerTec Line Arrays for Custom Cart System and House PA For Super Bowl XLVI

ATK Audiotek recently provided audio services for Super Bowl XLVI, marking the 15th straight year the company has been involved in the country's biggest sporting event. Once again, ATK Audiotek deployed its custom-designed cart ...

Robin Danar Selects Line 6 XD-V Digital Wireless Microphones for Push Play

Line 6, Inc. reports artist/producer Robin Danar chose the company's XD-V digital wireless system for the production Push Play, at the Los Angeles Rock Opera Company (LAROC).
Danar, who has produced, engineered, or ...

Digitalism Connects With iLive

Popular German electro house duo, Digitalism, has been touring the globe this year carrying an Allen and Heath iLive digital mixing system to manage front-of-house and monitors.
"Early on in the tour, the band only carried one ...

New Hong Kong and PRC Distributor for TiMax SoundHub and TiMax Tracker

UK theatre sound automation specialists Out Board have appointed Sound Works Supplies Ltd.(SWS) as their new Hong Kong and PRC distributor for TiMax2 SoundHub audio showcontrol matrix and TiMax Tracker performer tracking ...

NATEAC Early Registration Period Now Open

The North American Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference (NATEAC) announces the start of the conference early registration period. All those who register for NATEAC before April 1, 2012 will receive a $75 discount off the ...

Creative Stage Lighting at PLASA Focus: Austin

Creative Stage Lighting (CSL) announces its presence at PLASA Focus: Austin. The company will show products from partners including JB-lighting, Avolites, Wireless Solution, and Kinesys.
JB-lighting's A12 is the ...

Fantasee Lighting's TechFest 2012 Returns April 26-27

Fantasee Lighting will host TechFest 2012 on Thursday April 26 and Friday, April 27 from 11am to 7pm both days.
The sixth annual lighting, rigging, and special effects trade show is free of charge. Products and services showcased ...

LightFactory Version 2.9 Upgrade Now Available

Dream Solutions announces the immediate availability of the latest update of LightFactory controls software. Release 2.9 brings more exciting new features than any other pervious version and is immediately available. With ...

Rose Brand Introduces a New Fabric -- Kaos

Rose Brand's newest fabric, Kaos, is a handmade, paintable material that features a wonderfully textured, random, and chaotic quality. Available in fine, medium, heavy, or open thread, Kaos can be used in a multitude of ways for set ...

Martin MAC Aura on Celtic Woman World Tour

The current Celtic Woman tour sees the Irish musicians playing an ambitious schedule of dates across the US, Europe, and Asia beneath a MAC rig that includes Martin Professional's new Mac Aura LED wash light. ...

CMI Communications Strengthens Lineup With Harman's Soundcraft Si Compact Digital Consoles

Adding to its inventory of Harman's Soundcraft consoles that already includes a Vi1 and Vi6, Rochester, New York-based CMI Communications recently purchased Soundcraft Si Compact 16 and Si Compact 24 models, expanding the ...

Thor Marketing Network Joins SoundTube Representative Team

Thor Marketing Network has been appointed as SoundTube's representative for Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Western Wisconsin. With over 30 years' experience in the commercial AV industry, Thor Marketing Network ...

New L-ACOUSTICS Agent Pro Systemer Adds KARA and 115XT HiQ to Inventory

Norwegian rental company Pro Systemer AS has become a new rental network agent with the purchase of an L-Acoustics KARA WST line source system and 115XT HiQ monitor system from local distributor Scandec Systemer. ...

LumenRadio Announces Japanese Certification and Distribution

LumenRadio has been granted Japanese certification for its CRMX products in compliance with the latest version of the ARIB STD-T66 standard. The certification, similar to FCC in the US and ETSI/CE in the EU, was issued by the ...

D.A.S. Audio Deployed at Las Vegas' Imperial Palace

The Imperial Palace, located on the Las Vegas Strip, features the Human Nature Theatre with Australia's Human Nature -- the ultimate celebration of Motown, showcasing the distinctive, dynamic harmonies of members Toby Allen, Phil ...

WorxAudio at Cultural Park Theatre, Cape Coral, Florida

With more than 50 events each year -- encompassing everything from exhibits, musicals, plays, concerts, recitals, and more -- the Cultural Park Theatre is one of this city's most prized establishments in Cape Coral, Florida. The Cultural ...

Avlex Introduces Four New Earset Microphones

Avlex Corporation announces the introduction of four new low profile single earset microphones: the HSP-39, HSP-29, HS-38, and HS-28. All four models combine a performance-proven omni-directional condenser element with an ...

Apollo Adds to Their Multiform Line of LED Fixtures

Apollo Design Technology has expanded their Multiform line of LEDs to include the MultiBar LS4195 and MultiSpot LS1310.
The MultiBar LS4195 is the ultimate show lighting system out-of-the-box - ideal for anyone who needs to set ...

GRAMMY Awards Show Uses Audio-Technica Microphones for 15th Straight Year

For the 15th year in a row, Audio-Technica microphones appeared on GRAMMY Awards Show. This year, the 54th Annual Grammys, held February 12, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, featured a wide selection of artists from ...

Shure PSM 1000 Used Exclusively for the 54th Annual Grammy Awards

All of the artists and bands who performed using in-ear monitors during the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards used the new Shure PSM 1000 personal Mmonitor system, including Adele, Coldplay, Maroon 5, Foster the People, and Taylor Swift. ...

Meyer Sound Promotes Todd Meier and Michael Creason

Prompted by the growth of its digital product line, Meyer Sound has announced promotions for two key design services team members. Todd Meier, formerly director of design services, has been promoted to the newly created ...

Lasers Light Up the Stage for Rihanna, Chris Brown, David Guetta, and Lil Wayne at the 2012 GRAMMY Awards

The acclaimed performances at the GRAMMY Awards by Rihanna and Chris Brown (featuring David Guetta and Lil Wayne) were highlighted by striking laser effects.
Rihanna's rendition of her hit single "We Found Love" featured white laser ...

Theatre in Review: How I Learned to Drive (Second Stage)

Even in the current revival-happy climate, in which plays from the mid to late 1990s are seen as fair game for a second look, it's not easy to justify a new production of How I Learned to Drive. The original opened as ...

GDS LiteWare Satellite Racks Up Five Prime-Time TV Appearances in the UK

Since its launch at PLASA in September 2011, GDS LiteWare Satellite has been used on numerous prime-time TV sets in the UK as both lighting for the cast and as a feature in the set lighting. Television appearances, in conjunction ...

College Park Center Opens at the University of Texas at Arlington

The University of Texas at Arlington is celebrating the opening of College Park Center, its new $78 million, 7,000-seat, on-campus special events center, with a series of special events.
College Park Center opened to the ...

Robe Lights First All-LED TPi Awards Show

Nearly 300 Robe lighting LED fixtures were utilized in the lighting design by Andy Hurst for the 2012 Total Production International (TPi) Awards.
The event was staged at the Novotel London West in Hammersmith, and it was arguably ...

Barzan Stone Laying Ceremony Brought to Life with PR Lighting Spots

Fixtures from across the PR Lighting discharge and LED range of moving heads were deployed by TechnoPro, their distributors in the Gulf regions, for the recent Barzan Gas Project Stone Laying Ceremony at the Doha Sheraton ...

Community Greets Fighting Irish Fans at University of Notre Dame Stadium

At any given home game, more than 80,000 fans stream through the entry gates of the famed Notre Dame Stadium to cheer for their Fighting Irish. It's a tradition that dates back to the 1930s Knute Rockne era, when the stadium was built. ...

Audinate's Dante Provides Networking Backbone For UAE's 40th National Day

The official ceremony for the UAE 40th National Day saw Zayed Sports Stadium full to capacity as thousands turned out to celebrate the achievements of the nation, and Audinate's Dante was there to make sure all the networked audio ...

Indiana Department of Labor Issues Rulings in State Fair Stage Accident

Indiana's Department of Labor is citing three organizations in the Indiana State Fair accident last August that resulted in seven deaths. The incident, on August 13, occurred when, just before a concert featuring the country-western ...

MDG Becomes Anolis Distribution Partner for Canadian Market

MDG has been appointed the Canadian distribution partner for the entire Anolis range of energy-saving architectural lighting products.
Anolis, the architectural division of Robe Lighting for whom MDG has recently become ...

WYSIWYG Adds New HES, Martin, Vari*lite Fixtures and More to Library

CAST of Toronto, Canada announces the addition of over 25 of the latest fixtures from the most popular manufacturers in the lighting industry to the WYSIWYG library, complementing the December release of WYSIWYG R28. ...

Lectrosonics Goes Green with More Efficient Lighting to Lessen Its Environmental Footprint

Lectrosonics has taken a number of important steps to minimize the company's power consumption and, as a result, lessen the impact of its environmental footprint. The replacement of lighting fixtures throughout both the corporate ...

Bob Gurr Joins The Producers Group Board of Advisors

Bob Gurr, responsible for bringing many of Disneyland's original attractions to life, announced that he has joined the board of advisors of The Producers Group.
"My view, with five decades of experience creating ...

Theatre in Review: Tokio Confidential (Atlantic Stage Two)

Conviction may be the most underrated of theatrical values. As masters from Shakespeare to Tennessee Williams to Stephen Sondheim - all of whom have built stories around cannibalism, for example - could confirm, it's not just the story you ...

W-DMX Shows New Products at PLASA Focus: Austin

W-DMX by Wireless Solution Sweden AB will be showing the latest products in the W-DMX G4 range during PLASA Focus: Austin, February 22-23 at the Renaissance Austin, in the A.C.T Lighting booth 123. New products on ...

American DJ Customer Appreciation Party Energizes Crowd In Las Vegas

Digital Underground brought down the house at the American DJ Customer Appreciation party in Las Vegas, performing their Humpty Dance and other original hits that made them icons in the 90s as well as a selection of new material. An ...

Harman Professional Audio System Boosts Serbia's Concert of the Year

When the NS Koncert Godine 2011 (Serbia's NS Concert of the Year) took place recently, local Harman Professional distributor, Studio Berar, supplied the audio products for the near-capacity 9,500-person crowd assembled in the ...

MAC Aura Adds New Dimension to Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve

Lee Rose, the Los Angeles-based lighting design firm Design Partners, has been handling the lighting for America's time-honored Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve show for an incredible 25+ years. Over the course of ...

Colour Sound Chills Below Zero at ICEBAR BY ICEHOTEL London

The design team at London lighting rental company Colour Sound Experiment (CSE) have installed their new proprietary BT36 LED screen as well as a new Anolis lighting scheme for the latest ice sculpture installation at the Icebar By ...

Oslo Audio Invests in L-ACOUSTICS KARA

Oslo Audio has become the first rental company in Norway to invest in an L-ACOUSTICS KARA WST line source system, ordering 24 cabinets from local distributor, Scandec Systemer. The system is powered by L-Acoustics LA-RAK ...

Push The Button Ltd. has launched in the UK

Nick Ewins has formed Push The Button (PTB) and will serve as managing director. "PTB's full time staff members, alongside our team of skilled specialist electricians and engineers, bring a friendly, expert approach to the ...

d&b audiotechnik at PLASA Focus: Austin

PLASA's innovative and very first US PLASA Focus event takes place from February 22-23 at the Renaissance Austin in Texas. Members of the team from the d&b audiotechnik US office will join exhibitors in this new ...

Middle Atlantic Introduces HRF Series Half Rack Systems

Middle Atlantic Products is introducing the new HRF Series Half Rack family of products, which will also serve to help develop an ECIA (Electronic Components Industry Associatin) standard for the half-width rack format. ...

J. R. Clancy Adds Marilyn Larsen to Marketing Services Staff

J. R. Clancy, Inc. has announced the promotion of Marilyn Larsen, a 25-year veteran of the company, to marketing services.
Larsen came to Clancy in 1987 as a receptionist, and quickly moved up to office manager. In 2001, ...

Chauvet COLORado 2 Zoom Tour Now Shipping

Chauvet is now shipping the COLORado™ 2 Zoom Tour.
The product has sixty-one 3W Cree LEDs -- red, green, blue, and white - for, the company says, massive output and amazing color mixing capabilities, from intense hues to ...

FSR Partners with Griffith Sales Associates in Southeast US

FSR, manufacturer of audio and video switching, control products, and connectivity boxes, has appointed Griffith Sales Associates, of Marietta, Georgia as a manufacturer's representative in the southeastern US. Jan ...

Chief Wins Two InAVation Awards at ISE 2012

Chief, the maker of mount, rack and interactive solutions, is the winner of two InAVation Awards from InAVate, the online source for ProAV technology and integration. Presented February 2 at Integrated Systems ...

Electrosonic Creates Hitler Letter Exhibit at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles

When the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles acquired an early letter written by Adolf Hitler, it turned to Electrosonic to create an interactive exhibit for one of the most important archival documents in the history of the ...

Live Stage Shows in Belgium Feature coolux Media Serers

The popular Belgian children's television shows Piet Piraat and Mega Mindy recently became a pair of stage productions involving 3D projection technology featuring media servers from coolux. ...

Kevin Harris Chooses Look Solutions Foggers for Burn Notice

Special effects guru Kevin Harris is a fan of Look Solutions' foggers and hazers and uses them every chance he gets, especially on the USA Network hit series Burn Notice where he serves as special effects ...

D.A.S. Audio at ADAC Supercross, Dortmund, Germany

From January 5-6, the Westfalenhallen exhibition center in Dortmund, Germany hosted the 29th edition of the ADAC Supercross A total of 9,000 spectators each day watched the racing and freestyle exploits of the motocross ...

Elation Releases Flex Pixel WP RGB LED Tape

Elation Flex Pixel WP is a 10' tri-color SMD LED flexible tape with pixel control and a water-resistant covering. Each tape features 72 tri-color (red, green, blue) LED pixels, spaced on 1.6" centers. You can cut and extend the tape ...

Professional Wireless Systems at Super Bowl XLVI

When the pre-game festivities kicked off at Lucas Oil Stadium for Super Bowl XLVI, Professional Wireless Systems (PWS), a Masque Sound Company and experts in supplying and supporting wireless systems for live and ...

Canon U.S.A. Introduces REALiS WUX5000 and WUX5000 D Projectors

Canon U.S.A., Inc., has introduced its brightest-ever REALiS installation LCOS projectors, which are designed to for a wide range of professional The REALiS WUX5000 and WUX5000 D utilize Canon's fourth-generation AISYS (Aspect ...

Guitar Center Professional Helps Outfit Islamic Center of Hernando County, Florida

Like many houses of worship, the Islamic Center of Hernando County, in Spring Hill, Florida, had some specific audio issues: The main hall of the mosque had a reverb time measured at six seconds, enough to reduce speech ...

Shure Named One of the Nation's Best and Brightest Companies

Shure has been honored as one of the country's 2011 Best and Brightest Companies To Work For, by the National Association for Business Resources (NABR). The award honors companies that recognize their associates as ...

Powersoft Joins Crestron Integrated Partner Program

Powersoft has become an official member of the Crestron Integrated Partner Program. Crestron recently completed the development of a new plug-in that works for the entire range of Powersoft products. ...

Allen and Heath Releases Firmware Update for Xone:DB4

Allen and Heath has released new firmware V1.12 for the Xone:DB4 digital DJ FX mixer. New features include a rotary mixer mode, revised gain structure, new effects architecture, new FX types, and the addition of X:Link ...

Strictly Come Dancing With Chauvet

Lighting designer Mark Kenyon specified nearly 90 Chauvet Professional fixtures for the set design on BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing the UK version of Dancing with the Stars. Appearing in custom-finished chrome ...

Ocean's Kingdom Features McCartney Score and Lighting from 4Wall New York

Paul McCartney recently teamed with Peter Martins and the New York City Ballet to create Ocean's Kingdom, the first ballet scored by the Beatles legend. 4Wall New York was called upon by lighting designer ...

Look Solutions' TINY FX Fogger Welcomes Chinese New Year at Bellagio, Las Vegas

The Year of the Dragon came early to the Bellagio's Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, featuring a colorful display replete with animatronic dragons to welcome the Chinese New Year. Look Solutions' TINY FX fogger was used to enhance the ...

USITT Honors 2012 Architecture Winners

Two outstanding performance spaces, one in Texas and one in the United Kingdom, will received honor awards from the USITT Architecture Awards program in 2012. An additional 10 projects will be recognized with merit awards. ...

Winners Announced of Craig Noel Awards

The Craig Noel Awards, given by the members of the San Diego Critics Circle, to honor achievement in that city's theatre scene were given out on February six.
In the category of outstanding set design, Tobin Ost won for ...

Elation Professional Hires Industry Veteran Mark Haney To Head Broadcast Video and Lighting Division

With its expanding business into broadcast video and lighting, Elation Professional saw a need for someone to head this growing division of its company. Elation found award-winning industry veteran Mark Haney, whose extensive ...

J. R. Clancy Announces Two Promotions

J. R. Clancy, Inc., has announced the promotion of two of its top-performing employees: Bridget Cox is now the company's director of project management, and Patrick Finn has added product development to his responsibilities. ...

Philips Selecon and Strand Lighting Names New Distributor For Denmark

Effective immediately, Philips Selecon and Strand Lighting has appointed Gobo - Highlight A/S as its new distributor for Demark. Gobo - Highlight A/S, which has a main office and warehouse in Copenhagen and a sales and ...

Hosa Technology Mogan Elite Omni Earset Microphone Now Shipping

<Hosa Technology announces the Mogan Elite Omni Earset Microphone, the newest addition to the Mogan Microphones brand of subminiature microphones, is now shipping. Designed to deliver full-frequency vocal reproduction for the most ...

grandMA lighting control at Adrienne Arsht Performing Arts Center, Miami

Grandma's in the house at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County where a pair of grandMA2 lighting consoles, installed by Miami Stagecraft in the John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall ...

W-DMX on La Bohème at the Oslo Opera House

W-DMX by Wireless Solution Sweden is currently being used for a rigorous show schedule at the Oslo Opera House, home to the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet and considered one of the landmark modern buildings in Oslo. ...

Theatre in Review: Rx (Primary Stages/59E59)

In Rx, Kate Fodor latches onto a subject that practically screams for satire: how the pharmaceutical industry floods the media with smiley-faced ads for drugs with unpronounceable names designed to treat diseases you've never ...

Theatre in Review: Psycho Therapy (Cherry Lane Theatre)

Actors have to eat; I bring up this blindingly obvious point to explain why Angelica Page, Jeffrey Carlson, Jan Leslie Harding, and Laurence Lau -- talented people all -- are starring in Psycho Therapy. There is ...

New London Venue Installs iLive

The reopened Islington Assembly Hall in London has selected an Allen and Heath iLive digital mixing system, comprising iDR-48 and iDR-32 MixRacks with two iLive-T112 Control Surfaces, to manage both front-of-house and monitors. ...

Tribeca Lighting Provides Lighting Gear, Installation, and Programming for XL Nightclub at Out NY

Kyle Chepulis, president of Tribeca Lighting, announced the completion of the renovation for the new XL Nightclub in the Out New York, the first urban resort in New York for a gay and gay-friendly clientele. The project involved ...

World Premiere Launches for Martin Professional at PLASA Focus Austin

Martin Professional will have its lighting and control products in its luggage when arriving at the inaugural PLASA Focus exhibition in Austin, Texas. Showcasing for the first time will be Martin's new MAC III AirFX moving ...

LEDs, dimming, and beyond: ETC Introduces Sensor3 Power Control

ETC (Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.) is ushering in a new product era with the introduction of its Sensor3 Power Control, the company reports. ETC's Sensor brand is behind the scenes of entertainment-lighting venues ...

Elation Professional Lighting Enters Into Licensing Agreement With Litepanels, Inc.

Elation Professional Lighting, has entered into a licensing agreement with Litepanels, Inc. of Van Nuys, California, covering the use of the latter company's patented LED technology for broadcast, photographic, and motion ...

Robe ROBIN DLX Spot Wins SIEL Award

Robe's new ROBIN DLX Spot LED moving light has won an Award for Technical Innovation at the 2012 SIEL trade exhibition in Paris -- France's international expo for the professional lighting, sound, video, and entertainment ...

Studer Broadcast Academy Arrives in San Diego, February 14-16

Studer Broadcast Academy (SBA) is continuing in San Diego next week, February 14-16, at the TV Magic facilities. The Broadcast Academy sessions include hands-on training for Studer's Vista consoles as part of certification ...

Chromlech's Gleamer Wins Award at SIEL

Brittany-based lighting manufacturer, Chromlech, has been awarded a prestigious Etoiles du SIEL (Stars of SIEL) award at the newly-revived SIEL show at the Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris.
The award, one of only four bestowed ...

LEDucation 6 Exhibitor Floor Sells Out Once for March 21 Event in NYC

The Designers Lighting Forum of New York (DLFNY) is proud to announce that the exhibit floor for LEDucation 6 is completely sold out. With a confirmed presence of 95+ leading manufacturers of LED products and technology, ...

Clearwing Productions Launches New Website

Clearwing Productions, a national provider of production services since 1985, has launched a new website to better serve their growing clientele.
The improved site navigation is formatted to highlight each of Clearwing's ...

Fulcrum Acoustic Announces RX699

Fulcrum Acoustic announces the introduction of the RX699 compact full range loudspeaker. Designed as a solution for locations with tight spaces such as stage lip, balconies, kiosks, multimedia and delay/fill applications, the RX69 ...

Times Square Lighting Introduces the 15W Recessed LED AR111

Times Square Lighting announces the new LSAR111R recessed multiples which come in a variety of configurations with one to four lights per unit. The LSAR111R is a modern alternative to track lighting that utilizes 15W LED ...

Hollywood Lights for Dirty Rigger

Portland, Oregon based Hollywood Lights, Inc. is now stocking the full Dirty Rigger gloves range as part of a new Northwest US distribution deal.
Dirty Rigger's product manager Steve Marshall says, "For more than ...

Full Compass Systems Appoints Jim Rupp as Assistant Sales Manager

Full Compass Systems, a professional audio, video, lighting, A/V, and musical instrument sales company, has selected Jim Ripp as its new assistant sales manager. Ripp has a wide range of sales and management experience ...

Meyer Sound Promotes Miguel Lourtie to European Technical Services Manager

Meyer Sound announces Miguel Lourtie as the new European technical services manager. In his new position, Lourtie will supervise the company's technical support team in Europe and assume primary responsibility for sales ...

eldoLED Announces 50W AC LED Driver Series

eldoLED announces the 50W SOLOdrive, DUALdrive, and POWERdrive AC. The 50W AC series features broad compatibility (0-10V, DALI and DMX/RDM) and can be used in a great variety of lighting application areas. The 50W LED ...

GLD Live Digital Mixing System Debuts in Europe at ISE Show

Allen and Heath's new GLD live digital mixing system debuted in Europe last week at the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) show in Amsterdam, Holland. The user-friendly, cost effective and scalable system is conceptually based ...

Green Hippo Announce New Technical Sales Manager for Asia

Green Hippo is continuing their push into the Asian market with the appointment of a new technical sales manager for the region.
Last year saw the North London-based company directing their focus on Asia, with both sales director James ...

Peter Johansen Acquires SGM Lighting From RCF Group

RCF Group has announced the sale of SGM, its lighting division, to a consortium headed by Danish entrepreneur Peter Johansen, which took effect February 1, 2012.
The new company, SGM A/S, which replaces the ...

Production Resource Group (PRG) Acquires Paskal Lighting

Production Resource Group, L.L.C. (PRG), announces it has acquired Paskal Lighting, a US-based lighting, grip, and expendables company.
Founded in 1988, Paskal Lighting has served the motion picture and television industries for ...

Super Super Bowl Weekend For Elation

Excitement wasn't the only thing filling the air in Indianapolis on the weekend of Super Bowl XLVI. Over 135 Elation Platinum Beam 5R ACL beam effects were lighting the night sky over the city's downtown. ...

CAST Holds WYSIWYG R28 Video Challenge

CAST of Toronto, Canada announces the WYSIWYG R28 Video Challenge, effective 6 February 6 through March 14, 2012. Create a lighting design with WYSIWYG R28, then make a video using R28's Cue List and Camera Path features. Be ...

Lex Products Launches New PowerHOUSE Doghouse Distribution Box

Lex Products Corporation announces the release of its new PowerHOUSE Doghouse power distribution box, designed to meet the special demands of the convention center market. Compact, sturdy, portable and stackable, this new ...

Damon Hatten Named Senior Account Representative at Rosco

Damon Hatten, account representative based in Cincinnati, Ohio and responsible for the mid-west US at Rosco Laboratories, has been promoted to the newly-created post of senior account representative. ...

LED Source and Coemar Team Up To Award $20,000 in the LEDko Challenge

Cincinnati Shakespeare Company (CSC) of Ohio was named the grand prize winner January 31 of the LED Source and Coemar LEDko Challenge, and will receive a complete LED lighting makeover worth $20,000. CSC was chosen among ...

HARMAN's Lexicon Now Offering Individual Plug-Ins from PCM Native Effects and PCM Native Reverb Bundles

HARMAN's Lexicon today announced the availability of the individual plug-ins from its popular PCM Native Effects and PCM Native Reverb Bundles. A total of 14 plug-ins will be available including Pitch Shift, MultiVoice ...

Johnson Systems Inc. Announces DPC-12 and DPC-24 Digital Pack Controllers

Johnson Systems Inc. is pleased to announce the release of the new DPC-12 and DPC-24 digital pack controllers (DPCs) for CD80 portable packs and compact rolling packs.
These direct plug-in replacements control ...

Theatre in Review: Look Back in Anger (Roundabout/Laura Pels Theatre)

God help the playwright whose work is described as "groundbreaking" or "revolutionary;" its initial impact may be enormous, but its shelf life is another matter altogether. A good example is Look Back in Anger, in which Joh ...

RFvenue Releases Long Range UHF Antenna For Wireless Microphones and IEMs

RFvenue, maker of remote antenna products for production wireless, announced today that it has released its high-gain, foldable, circularly polarized CP Beam Antenna for sale to audio/visual integrators, location sound mixers ...

Counterfeit Shure Products Seized in Peru and Paraguay

Thousands of counterfeit Shure microphones were recently confiscated by customs officials in Peru and Paraguay. The actions were the result of ongoing investigations by Shure representatives in both countries, in cooperation with ...

Monty McWilliams Joins iWeiss

iWeiss Theatrical Solutions, a leading provider of drapery, rigging, and installation to a wide range of clients in theatre, education, construction, retail, and special events, has named Monty McWilliams as its new director ...

Jason Roscher Joins the Rose Brand Technical Department

Jason Roscher joins Rose Brand as a project manager in the technicalsServices department in Secaucus, New Jersey. He will serve as a representative of Rose Brand in the field, managing installation of track and rigging ...

Reed Rigging Provides Production Rigging for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Super Bowl Broadcast

Reed Rigging provided production rigging support for a uniquely designed and constructed set for the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon television show broadcast from Indianapolis's Hilbert Circle Theatre. The Indianapolis-based ...

Middle Atlantic and Extron Electronics Initiate New Half Rack Standard for AV Integration

Middle Atlantic Products, in conjunction with Extron Electronics, is initiating and supporting the establishment of a new standard for half-width rack systems for AV integration.
Working in cooperation with the Electron ...

Stagetec NEXUS Makes a Guest Appearance on the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Show during Super Bowl Week

As the fight for the NFL's most sought after title heats up, the teams, press, and fans are not the only ones descending on Indianapolis, the host city of Super Bowl XLVI. This year, television late night host Jimmy Fallon will be ...

MDG Appointed Exclusive Canadian Distributor of Robe Lighting

Effective 1 January 2012, MDG joins the Robe Lighting family of partners. MDG assumes responsibility for Robe sales activity across Canada, promoting and supporting the full range of Robe products including its HMI, ...

Robe Lights Up David Guetta Show in Hungary

When dance guru David Guetta rocked Budapest's Hungexpo in front of 8000 enthusiastic fans, he was illuminated by a rig of Robe moving lights supplied by locally based lighting rental company, Colossal Rental. ...

Theatre in Review: Ionescopade (York Theatre)

Can the Theatre of the Absurd be set to music? That's the proposition Ionescopade sets out to test by paying tribute to the works of Eugène Ionesco, who helped get the absurdist ball rolling with such works as The ...

Theatre in Revue: Russian Transport (The New Group/Theatre Row)

Erika Sheffer is relatively new to the playwriting game, but already she has a nice way of faking out the audience. For the first half hour or so of Russian Transport, about a family of Russian emigrants living in New ...

Speakers Sought for Showlight 2013

Have you worked on a complex or high profile project that you think others might be interested to hear about? Or solved a seemingly impossible lighting challenge? If so, then the organizers of Showlight 2013 would like to hear from ...

Gefen Launches GefenPRO Matrix Switchers

Digital connectivity solutions provider Gefen announces the availability of two new matrix switchers with a new option to more quickly and easily route video. Front panel push button control means instant access for users operating ...