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  PLASA Focus Triumphs in Music City
Packed seminars, busy booths, and new product launches confirmed PLASA Focus: Nashville 2014 as a not-to-be-missed industry event. Almost 800 attendees headed to the Nashville Municipal Auditorium last week to see over 60 brands ...
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The Wally Russell Foundation Awards the 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award to Jules Fisher
The board of directors of the Wally Russell Foundation announces the winner of the 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award, is renowned lighting designer, Jules Fisher. The award will be presented at this year's USITT Stage Expo ...
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By Design Day 2014 - For Giving, Not Forgetting
"We really can't tell you how much this saved our home and family."
"For everybody who contributes to Behind the Scenes, thank you. You helped save my life."
"I can't thank you all enough. Light Relief does life changing work, and my ...
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RC4 Wireless Introduces Next-Generation W-DIM4 and New W-DIMm3 Dimmers for Wireless Solution W-DMX
RC4 Wireless, maker of award-winning low-voltage dimmers, introduces their next-generation W-DIM4 and W-DIMm3 wireless dimmers for use with Wireless Solution W-DMX systems. The W-DIM4 is a four-channel wireless DMX receiver ...
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Fred Allen Packs His Last Template
After 26 years of packing templates, keeping track of inventory, debits and credits, Fred Allen is hanging it all up and retiring from Field Template. Field Template designer Steve Shelley and Allen say they are very ...
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Elation Professional Set to Shine at Prolight + Sound 2014
Elation Professional is set to light up the world's biggest trade show for show technology with a host of exciting new technologies optimized for professional stage applications. Join Elation exhibiting in stand D68, hall 11, at the ...
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Avolites and Avolites Media Unveil New Media Servers and Console Wings at Prolight + Sound
Avolites and Avolites Media are powering up the latest stable of products to be unveiled at this year's Prolight + Sound.
The show promises to be Avolites' biggest presence yet. Avolites and Avolites Media will take ...
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LynTec to Exhibit at USITT's 2014 Stage Expo
LynTec will exhibit at USITT's 2014 Stage Expo in booth 1517, March 27 - 29, in Fort Worth, Texas. Mark Bishop, president of LynTec says: "The past year has been a very exciting time for LynTec, and we are looking ...
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Alcons Embraces the Present and Future in Frankfurt
As well as showing new products and its annual 'glimpse into the future' at Prolight + Sound 2014, for the first time at the show Alcons Audio is giving comprehensive demonstrations of its audio technology. ...
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LMG Diversifies Lighting Inventory with Ayrton MagicPanel 602
LMG, a national provider of video, audio, and lighting support, recently added a supply of Ayrton MagicPanel 602 fixtures to the firm's broad lighting inventory.
The MagicPanel 602 is a modular LED luminaire that offers a ...
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Alcorn McBride Names Electori Co., Ltd. in Tokyo as its 2013 Distributor of the Year
Alcorn McBride, the manufacturer of control, audio, and video equipment for the themed entertainment industry, has named Electori Co., Ltd. in Tokyo as the winner of its 2013 Distributor of the Year Award. Competitors for ...
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GoVision Continues Expansion with Opening of California Offices
One of the nation's suppliers of customized modular LED walls and turnkey mobile LED units just made an acquisition that establishes a West Coast beachhead and increases its manpower and technical capacity. ...
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Sochi Olympics Sound Better with Renkus-Heinz
The 2014 Sochi Olympics have gone to the history books, and as is always the case, the brief few days the games are held belies the immense time and effort preparing for them. In Sochi, a dozen new world-class venues have been erected for ...
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One Week to Application Deadline for ETCP Exams at USITT in Ft. Worth, Texas
Skilled entertainment riggers or electricians wanting to be among the first people to get the call need to send their application in today to take the Entertainment Technician Certification Program (ETCP) paper and pencil ...
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Kinetic Lighting Set to Host Sixth Annual Open House on March 20
Kinetic Lighting is set to host its sixth annual open house on March 20. This day of networking, demos, food, and performances has become an essential item on lighting pros' calendars each year -- as much about celebrating friends, ...
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Immersive Forest of Light for Closing Ceremony of Sochi Winter Games
The closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics wrapped up the most expensive games yet with an exquisite cocktail of Russian music, ballet, art, design, and literature -- plus a witty and inspired sprinkling of self-deprecation. Much of ...
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Focus on Theater and Live: Lawo Shows Audio and Video Solutions at Prolight + Sound
At Prolight + Sound 2014, exhibiting in hall 8.0, booth B50, Lawo will present solutions for live and theater applications. Prolight + Sound runs March 12 - 15 in Frankfurt. Audio mixing consoles of Lawo's mc² series and the ...
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Bandit Sales Team Grows
Bandit Lites announces the hiring of Andrew Fisher as senior systems integrator. Fisher will be assisting with system specification sales, system integrations, and providing client solutions alongside Chris Barbee, ...
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High End Systems Appoints Grace Audio as Latin America Master Distributor
Barco Lighting Systems (dba High End Systems - HES) of Austin, Texas, and Grace Audio, Inc. announce a new partnership that will enable Grace Audio, Inc. to serve as HES's new master distributor for LATAM (except Brazil, ...
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Thunder Audio Storms into 2014 With K2
Fresh back from the 25th annual Pollstar Awards in Nashville, where they were nominated for "Sound Company of the Year," Thunder Audio president Tony Villarreal and vice president Paul Owen announce they have now ...
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Henning Kaltheuner Leads Market Research at d&b audiotechnik
Following a period of significant growth, d&b audiotechnik has created a new department for market research. The Backnang-based team will be led by market research manager Henning Kaltheuner who joined d&b at the beginning of ...
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Analog Way Names Philippe Vitali as Head of New Integration and Application Software Team
Analog Way, a designer and manufacturer of presentation switchers and image converters, announces the appointment of Philippe Vitali as integration and application software director. Vitali will manage Analog Way's new R&D ...
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Robe for TPi Awards 2014
Robe once again sponsored the annual TPi Awards with the supply of more than 300 moving lights for the 2014 event. Produced by TPi Magazine and Mondiale Publishing and staged at the Novotel West London in Hammersmith, ...
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Lectrosonics Wireless Technology Captures the Thrill of a Base Jump from Auckland's Sky Tower
At some point in a person's life, many want to experience the thrill of a free fall. Usually, this results in a trip to the amusement park. In Auckland, however, locals and tourists alike get to experience something far more exciting: a ...
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Theatre in Review: Since Africa (Red Fern Theatre/14th Street Y)
In Since Africa, Mia McCullough takes on a challenging subject, focusing on one of the so-called Lost Boys of Sudan as he tries to adapt to a new and completely foreign life in Chicago. She then adds to her challenges ...
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Mega-Lite Launches the Axis Prime 10R
The Axis Prime 10R is the latest moving-head, beam fixture from Mega-Lite. This unit has a powerful HRI 280W lamp, making it a great pair to any 5R beams. With a 2.7- to 48-degree zoom, this fixture transforms from beam to a spot. ...
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ADJ Vizi Roller Beam 2R Now Shipping
ADJ's Vizi Roller Beam 2R barrel scanner is the latest in ADJ's Vizi range of intelligent fixtures. It produces a 360-degree beam effect, offering a distinctive lighting experience designed to enhance any type of show. The unique ...
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Legendary Theatre Technician Fred Gallo to Receive Third Annual "Backstage Legends and Masters" Award
One of theatre's most illustrious backstage technicians will take center stage on Monday, April 21, as the Broadway Technical Theatre History Project at Purchase College - SUNY honors technical supervisor Fred Gallo. ...
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Full Compass Systems to Hold Expo, Yamaha NUAGE System Demonstration
Full Compass Systems will host a manufacturers' Expo on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 from 5:00 - 7:00pm. Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. will be on hand to demonstrate the company's new NUAGE DAW System. ...
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Le Maitre's Pyrotechnics and Flames to be Featured in PRG's Live Shows and LEA Awards at Prolight + Sound
Le Maitre announces the company has been asked to provide the pyrotechnics as well as flame effects for this year's PRG Festhalle exhibit at Prolight + Sound. Live shows will take place 18 times a day over the course ...
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ARX Releases New Blue DI, Bluetooth DI Box
ARXAmerica, the USA and Canada distributor for ARX Systems, the Australian-based designer and manufacturer of digital and analog interface and signal processing products, announces the release of the unique Blue DI Bluetooth ...
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PixelFLEX LED Curtains Offer Space Saving Solution for Straight No Chaser During 68-City Tour
Ten voices, 10 microphones, a unique vision, and a stage is all it took for national sensation, Straight No Chaser (SNC), to change the common image of an all-male a cappella group. Since the band's reunion, coordinated by Atlantic Records ...
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Earth Wind & Fire Brings It With 1964 Ears
Earth, Wind & Fire (EWF), the iconic American band, has spanned the musical genres of R&B, soul, jazz, pop, rock, funk, disco, and gospel for over 40 years. They are one of the most successful and critically acclaimed bands of the 20th ...
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Shure Wireless Drives Audio for Rose Parade Broadcast
The 125th Rose Parade was an unrivaled New Year's Day celebration, featuring floral floats, spirited marching bands, and high-stepping equestrian units along a five-and-a-half mile route down Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California. ...
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GDS Stage Manager Console Keeps Cast Up to Speed
The UK newspaper, The Guardian, reported in early 2014 that Doncaster's new "cultural living room," Cast, was a bustling, buzzing success story. Funded for the most part by Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council this £22 million ...
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Viva Vox Choir Tours China with Clarity
The Chinese Ministry of Culture recently invited the Viva Vox Choir from Serbia to perform in China's most prestigious venue, The Great Hall of the People, in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. Opened in 1959 the complex was built within 10 months ...
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Theatre in Review: London Wall (Mint Theatre Company)
The Mint, known for digging up forgotten works, has outdone itself with London Wall, a title even hard-core theatre fans will find unfamiliar. This isn't surprising; the author, John Van Druten, a reliable mid-20th-century ...
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Robe Announces Acquisition of LiteWare Product Range from GDS
Robe Lighting s.r.o., the Czech-based entertainment lighting multi-national announces the acquisition of the complete range of LiteWare portable, battery LED products from UK company, Global Design Solutions (GDS). ...
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CAST Launches The CAST Forum
CAST of Toronto, Canada, makers of the award-winning products WYSIWYG, Vivien, and BlackTrax, launches The CAST Forum at http://forum.cast-soft.com. The Forum is open to everyone and aims to serve both CAST product users as well as ...
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Ayrton Releases WildBeam R at Prolight + Sound 2014
Ayrton says it delights in the creation of unique products to broaden the lighting designers' palette of fixtures and expand the possibilities of "Light in Action." The company announces Ayrton will be releasing three new products ...
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Raffle Prizes, Live Auction, and the BTS Boutique Benefit Behind the Scenes at USITT
The Long Reach Long Riders and The ESTA Foundation will host their annual raffle to benefit Behind the Scenes at the USITT Conference in Ft. Worth, Texas, March 27 - 29. This year's raffle will celebrate the 11th ...
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Nemetschek Vectorworks Announces Release of Version 2.6 of Vectorworks Cloud Services and Vectorworks Nomad
Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. has released a new version of the Vectorworks Cloud Services mobile application, Vectorworks Nomad 2.6.
This 2.6 version has been updated to include new support for general file storage, which will ...
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Grundorf Expands ABS Case Line
Grundorf Corporation, a manufacturer of equipment for musicians and audio professionals, announces the addition of three new models to the Grundorf ABS Series professional amp rack line. Featuring anti-flex construction for ...
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LightGeist Will Introduces the Badger, the LightStick, and the Splodger at Prolight + Sound
Exhibiting for the first time at Prolight + Sound, LightGeist brings fresh ideas to the show with the introduction of its own brand of cable-free, "cloud lighting." The company will present the Badger, the LightStick, and the ...
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Lead Events and the Prague Quadrennial 2015 Preparation Underway
The last phase of intense preparations for the Prague Quadrennial 2015 (PQ '15), which will take place June 18 - 28, 2015, has begun. The April Spatial Curation symposium is drawing near and the international three-year scenography ...
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Robert Juliat TIBO LED Profile Fixtures Shine a Light on New Newsroom at KTMD-TV, Houston
Robert Juliat TIBO 533 75W LED Profile lighting fixtures have been installed in a new newsroom at KTMD-TV by project lighting designer/director Bruce Aleksander. KTMD-TV is the Telemundo owned-and-operated station serving ...
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Detroit Auto Show Benefits from Danley Sound Labs Speakers at the New Grand Riverview Ballroom at Cobo Center
The roots of the North American International Auto Show, which is held annually in Detroit, Michigan, go back to 1907 when it was strictly a regional venue for America's nascent auto manufacturers to parade their latest inventions. Flash ...
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Sochi Olympics Feature Art Direction by Purchase College Alumni
Purchase College-SUNY announced that alumni have played key roles in designing the highly acclaimed opening ceremony at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.
Purchase alumni Rob Bissinger '91 served as art director and Anita ...
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Ivete Sangalo Uses Extensive SGM Portfolio for DVD Recording
When Brazilian Latin Grammy Award-winner Ivete Sangalo recently celebrated her 20th anniversary in the business, she did so by recording a DVD called IS20. This took place at the large Arena Fonte Nova stadium in Brazil's first ...
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Theatre in Review: The Bridges of Madison County (Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre)
Quality is evident everywhere you look in The Bridges of Madison County. Librettist Marsha Norman and composer-lyricist Jason Robert Brown have worked hard and meticulously to translate Robert James Waller ...
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Theatre in Review: Transport (Irish Repertory Theatre)
In the 1830s and '40s, approximately 40,000 "undesirables," convicted of minor crimes when they weren't innocent victims of trumped-up allegations, were transported from Ireland to the penal colony of Australia; many of them were women ...
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W-DMX Celebrates Ten Years on the Market
Wireless Solution Sweden AB's award-winning W-DMX is celebrating a major milestone: ten years on the market.
Wireless Solution Sweden was founded in 2003, and the first W-DMX product to market was debuted in March 2004 at the ...
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Christie Announces Executive Appointments
Christie has announced that Kenji Hamashima, chairman, president, and CEO of the Christie group of companies will step down from his current role effective April 1. Jack Kline, president and COO of Christie Digital ...
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Pierre Lesperance Joins LMG Systems Integration
LMG, a national provider of video, audio, and lighting support, has hired Pierre Lesperance as a sales engineer in the firm's Orlando headquarters. Lesperance's duties will include developing new business, client ...
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StageBug SB-48 Power Bar Now Shipping
The StageBug SB-48 Power Bar from Radial Engineering is a dual channel 48V phantom power generator designed to power microphones and direct boxes when phantom power may not be at hand.
Radial's service manager Paul Blake ...
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PRG Chooses Prolyte for European Trussing Inventory
The world's leading supplier of entertainment and event technology and event technology, PRG (Production Resource Group), has selected Prolyte truss for its European trussing inventory.
PRG provides integrated services and ...
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Arts United Uses Spotlight LED GreenLine in New Venue
Arts United in Fort Wayne, Indiana is an organization deeply passionate about the arts and culture in Northeast Indiana. The new ArtsLab Black Box Theatre at the Auer Center is designed to host performances for intimate audiences of 50 to ...
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FocusTrack Software Deployed In Henry V
FocusTrack, the leading lighting documentation software, has been helping keep the lighting for Henry V, starring Jude Law, in peak condition during the show's acclaimed run at London's Noël Coward Theatre. ...
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Clay Paky Lighting Fixtures Make Luke Bryan's Night on Country Artist's New Tour
Luke Bryan has rolled out his That's My Kind of Night Tour, and Elite Multimedia Productions, of Nashville, is providing Clay Paky A.LEDA, Sharpy, and Sharpy Wash lighting fixtures as Bryan once again takes to the road ...
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Robe is a Greatest Hit for Laura Pausini World Tour
Italian-based lighting and show designer Francesco de Cave has a penchant for sculpting fluid, imaginative, and stylish shows, and this very much underpins his lighting and visual design for the current "Greatest Hits" world tour by ...
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GDS Pro Range ArcSystem LED Fixtures Featured in Lewisville, Texas First Baptist Church
When First Baptist Church in Lewisville, Texas decided it was time to install a new lighting system in its Fellowship Center, a GDS Pro Range ArcSystem met the challenge of illuminating the space. A.C.T Lighting is the ...
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SGM XC-5 Adds Pizzazz To Britney's Spectacular Las Vegas Show
When Britney Spears' new Las Vegas revue Britney: Piece of Me opened at the end of last year, leading production designers Baz Halpin and Chris Nyfield of Silent House Productions invested it with a typically dynamic ...
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Shure Receives IEEE Milestone Award For Unidyne Microphone
This year marks the 75th anniversary of Shure's legendary Unidyne microphone and kicks off Shure's "The Year of the Unidyne" celebration. As part of the celebration, the microphone has received the Milestone Award from The Institute ...
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Point Source Audio's James Lamb Appointed Band Master of California's First State Military Reserve Band
Point Source Audio announces that company president James Lamb has been tapped as the first commander of the newly-formed California State Military Reserve (CSMR) Band. Lamb, a lifelong trumpeter, composer, and arranger, ...
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Harman Professional Appoints Noel Larson to Director of Marketing for Signal Processing Business Unit
Harman Professional announces the appointment of Noel Larson to the role of director of marketing for its signal processing business unit. In this role Larson will be responsible for marketing and product roadmaps for the B ...
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Harman Professional Names Jay Woolley Director of Marketing Communications
Harman Professional announces the appointment of Jay Woolley to the role of director of marketing communications for its amplifier and signal processing business units. In this role Woolley will drive marketing communications ...
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Epsilon Hires Grover Knight as Audio Sales Manager
After a very strong response at NAMM 2014 and successfully launching over 50 new lighting and sound products, the Epsilon Group says it has made another move to accelerate sales in the MI, install, rental, and live entertainment ...
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Music Group Appoints Barry Mitchell New VP of Prosumer Division Customer Management
The Music Group, a pro audio company, announces the appointment of Barry Mitchell as the new VP of customer management prosumer division for the Americas. Mitchell will be responsible for propelling the Music Group's prosumer ...
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Jon Perkins Joins displayLED as Group Technical Sales Manager
The owner of specialist screen consultancy Display Knowledge, Jon Perkins, has joined international video solutions provider displayLED as group technical sales manager.
Perkins, whose 25 year career in the video industry ...
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Fishman Appoints Iain Wilson as International Sales Manager
Fishman announces the appointment of Iain Wilson as international sales manager.
In this capacity, Wilson's primary role will be the development of strategies to increase sales in each of Fishman's current export markets ...
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Kai Ravelson of Boston Wins National Makeup Design Award
Wig and makeup designer Kai Ravelson, a Boston-area native, is the winner of the USITT Makeup Design Award, sponsored by Kryolan Professional Makeup of Germany.
Ravelson, of Milton, Massachusetts, will receive the award at < ...
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Stage Set for Third Annual TedxBroadway: Announcing Complete List of Speakers and Performers
TEDxBroadway announces the final list of speakers and performers who will join in the discussion at the third annual event.
The one-day event returning on Monday, February 24, 2014 beginning at 11:00am at New World Stages (340 ...
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The World of AV Moves Forward at InfoComm 2014
More than 10,000 of the hottest technology products from more than 950 companies will be featured at InfoComm 2014 in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 18 - 20, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Attendee registration is now available at ...
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General Cable Welcomes AVAD as a Distributor for Gepco Brand Products
General Cable Corporation announces the addition of AVAD LLC as a nationwide distributor of Gepco Brand pro AV cabling and custom solutions. AVAD, a provider of solutions to the residential and commercial custom ...
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Renkus-Heinz to Exhibit at Prolight + Sound
Prolight + Sound, held in tandem with Frankfurt Musikmesse, is one of the year's largest trade shows for the professional audio, video, music, and media industries. Covering literally acres of aisles within the sprawling Frankfurt ...
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Chauvet Professional Unveils Legend 412Z RGBW Moving Head
Chauvet Professional has taken a popular moving head series into its next generation of performance and versatility with the Legend 412Z, a compact LED wash fixture that features a wide-ranging 8- to 33-degree zoom. Like the company' ...
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CAD Audio Unveils Equitek E19 Miniature Earworn Mic
The Equitek E19 broadcast and production miniature earworn microphone from CAD Audio combines performance with upgraded features and sonic excellence.
Its miniature ergonomic profile, comfortable behind-the-ear design, and field ...
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Mackie's Updated Master Fader 2.1 Now Available
Mackie announces the release of Master Fader 2.1, the primary control app for Mackie DL Series digital live sound mixers. Master Fader v2.1 delivers new features that appeal to the professional user, including enhanced output ...
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Strictly FX Makes the Super Bowl Halftime Special
When one talks about Super Bowl XLVIII, the numbers are almost unimaginable: the viewership alone was 115 million in the US, which is almost one third of the US population. It was the most watched event in all of American television ...
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Theatre in Review: Love and Information (New York Theatre Workshop/Minetta Lane Theatre)
Caryl Churchill's new play is much less about love than information or rather the transmission of information. Churchill has taken note of the fact that we live in the Age of Nonstop Information, what with email, social networking, ...
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Larry Beck New PR Representative at Elation Professional
Larry Beck joined Elation Professional on December 1 as the company's new PR and communications representative. Beck brings to Elation over 15 years of industry and public relations experience having worked as Martin ...
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Creative Technology Adds Roy Luster to San Francisco Office
Creative Technology San Francisco has named industry veteran Roy Luster as its latest project manager. Luster comes to Creative Technology with 25 years in the audiovisual and production fields specializing in the areas of ...
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Yale School of Drama Student Wins 2014 Technical Production Award from USITT, KM Fabrics
C. Nikki Mills, a production manager and technical director about to receive her MFA from the Yale School of Drama, has won the 2014 KM Fabrics Technical Production Award from USITT, the United States Institute for ...
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GearSource Mexico Announced
GearSource announces a new venture for the purpose of growing its Mexican business. In cooperation with newly signed GearSource Licensee, Showco SA, the company will launch a new website targeting a growing Mexican clientele. ...
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Double Celebration for Brilliant Stages
UK's Brilliant Stages announces it scooped accolades at two of the industry's recent annual awards ceremonies.
On Monday, February 10, Brilliant Stages picked up the award for Favorite Set Construction Company (sponsored by J&C ...
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Yamaha CL Award IF Product Design Award
The Yamaha CL Series digital mixing consoles has been awarded an IF Product Design Award at the IF Design Awards 2014 held in Germany it was announced by Yamaha Corporation Japan. Since 1953, the prestigious, international IF ...
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The New ADJ Inno Spot Series is Packed with Features
ADJ introduces the new Inno Spot Series of LED Moving Heads. This new series offers a variety of brightness options and features to fit customers' needs and budget. The Inno Spot Series is designed for a wide variety of applications ...
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New connectCAD 2014 Add-on for Vectorworks is Now Available
Vectorworks announces that the new 2014 version of connectCAD, a Vectorworks software add-on for designing broadcast, audio-visual, lighting, IT cabling, and other connected systems, is now available. ...
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AV9000 Certified Quality Designer (CQD) and Quality Technician (CQT) Workshops Offered in Las Vegas
Kramer Electronics will be offering both classes simultaneously; choose either the Quality Assurance Technician (CQT) workshop or the Quality Assurance Designer (CQD) workshop, June 14 - 16, hosted by the University of Nevada, Las ...
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Elation Lights Grammy's "Halftime Show" Pepsi Commercial
Pepsi promoted its Super Bowl halftime show during the 56th annual Grammy Awards January 26th in a memorable two and a half minute commercial that featured past NFL stars and a rig of Elation Platinum Beams and Opti Tri Par lights. ...
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Masque Sound Takes Flight with Peter and the Starcatcher
When Peter and the Starcatcher, the five-time Tony Award-winning musical play written by Tony Award-nominee Rick Elice and directed by Tony Award-winner Roger Rees and Tony Award-nominee Alex Timbers, set out on ...
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Columbus' Crew Stadium Upgrades Control Room with Grass Valley Solutions for Live Soccer Coverage
The Ohio-based Columbus Crew soccer club announces it has chosen two LDX Flex advanced imaging cameras, a K2 Dyno S-based replay system, the GV Director nonlinear live production system, EDIUS multiformat nonlinear ...
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WinStar World Casino and Resort Creates a 21st Century Experience that only NanoLumens Can Bring to Life
WinStar World Casino and Resort didn't become Oklahoma's largest casino by playing it safe -- not with over 500,000-sq.-ft. of gaming floors filled with non-stop entertainment, eight city-themed gaming plazas, over 7,400 electronic games, ...
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Theatre in Review: Bikeman (BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center)
If you're keen to relive the horrors of 9/11 in New York, Bikeman is just the thing for you. Otherwise, you may want to think twice about this singular, and singularly off-putting, piece of work. Thomas F. Flynn, a CBS News ...
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Andy Walters Leaves James Thomas Engineering
James Thomas Engineering (JTE) has announced the imminent departure of its sales manager, Andy Walters, after a career spanning 21 years with the company.
Walters, son of the company's co-founder John Walters, has ...
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Creative Stage Lighting Adds to Sales Staff
Creative Stage Lighting (CSL) announces a number of staff additions in its sales department for 2014.
Paul Rabinovitz has joined the company in the position of director of sales. Rabinovitz has been in the entertainment ...
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Avolites Expands US Rep Network with C.L. Pugh
Avolites' US importer and distributor, Group One Ltd., recently named Ohio-based C.L. Pugh & Associates, Inc. as its newest independent manufacturer's rep firm for the brand. The announcement came from Brad White ...
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Pin Point Lighting Takes Delivery of First Elation-Distributed HedgeHog 4
Pin Point Lighting of Aston, Pennsylvania, has taken delivery of the first High End Systems' HedgeHog 4 lighting console distributed by Elation Lighting. Pin Point Lighting's owner, John Duncan Jr., said that ...
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Gearhouse and Prosound Reach Landmark Deal
Two of South Africa's longest standing players in the South African technical services production industry came together this week to sign a landmark deal within the local event industry.
Gearhouse's 10-strong group of companies ...
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USITT Announces 2014 Theatre Architecture Awards
A performing arts center in Hawaii, Seabury Hall Creative Arts Center on the island of Maui, will receive USITT's highest architecture award, the Honor Award, while three other venues -- the SFJAZZ Center and the Bing Concert Hall ...
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Bandit-LED North America Introduce Evolutionary LED Sports Lighter
Entertainment lighting industry specialist Bandit Lites has formed a partnership with LED North America and is introducing an evolutionary new product into the world of arena sports lighting. ...
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Ayrton Releases NandoBeam S6 at Prolight + Sound 2014
Ayrton says it is continuing to focus on the development of fixtures that provide lighting designers with powerful and exciting new tools, creating unique products that expand the possibilities of "light in action." ...
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5 Star Has New Fix8tion
Show technology, control, and integration specialist the FIX8 Group is delighted with its latest purchase of flight cases from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire-based manufacturer 5 Star Cases, and this brings their total now to over ...
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Felix Lighting Adds Robe Pointes to Rental Stock
California sales and rental company Felix Lighting -- with offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco -- has added 48 Robe Robin Pointe multi-purpose moving lights to its inventory.
Account representative Charlie Malings
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Landmark Oakland Church Gets VARIA
Bishop Carl Smith is on a mission, and he's unapologetic. The members of New Birth Church are encouraged not only to attend church, but to become the church by actively working to improve the quality of the lives of those they touch. ...
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Hippotizer Handles 80 Universes at Super Bowl XLVIII Halftime Show
Over 80,000 fans became animated pixels at the Super Bowl XLVIII Halftime Show featuring Bruno Mars. Five outputs from four Hippotizer HD Genlock machines controlled the wireless audience LED "display," plus 220 LED Ayrton ...
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Theatre in Review: Dinner with Friends (Roundabout Theatre Company/Laura Pels Theatre)
A marriage falls apart in Dinner with Friends, but Donald Margulies' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama is more interested in the collateral damage caused to the warring couple's best friends. Gabe and Karen, food writers, ...
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Announcing: USITT's Young Designers & Technicians of 2014
Eleven emerging entertainment designers and technicians have been selected winners of USITT's 2014 Young Designers & Technicians Awards.
Three of the winners are from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, three are ...
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VUE h-8 Brings Unprecedented Performance Down to Size
VUE Audiotechnik unveils the latest addition to its flagship h-Class family. The compact h-8 benefits from the same advanced technologies developed for the larger h-12 and h-15 systems. It combines these technologies into a compact ...
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Analog Way to Exhibit at Prolight + Sound 2014
Analog Way will exhibit at Prolight + Sound 2014 in hall 9 - booth D04, from March 12-15 in Frankfurt, Germany. Analog Way will showcase a selection of its latest mixers seamless switchers including the Ascender 32, a premium ...
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Alcons Audio USA Adds AVA Audio Video Associates to Rep Force
Alcons Audio, Dutch manufacturer of the evolutionary Pro-Ribbon based loudspeaker systems, has recently hired AVA, Audio Video Associates, independent rep firm. AVA covers the mid-western plains states regions including ...
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Freeman Audio Visual Ottawa Wins 2014 Consumer Choice Award for AV Services for Second Consecutive Year
Freeman Audio Visual, formerly known as AVW-TELAV, announces that it has been selected by Ottawa consumers and business community as the 2014 Consumer Choice Award (CCA) winner in the category of Audio Visual Services for the second ...
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Montreal is the Next Stop to Say "Oui" on the 2014 Stampede Big Book of AV Tour
The spring 2014 Stampede Big Book of AV (BBOAV) Tour, the pro AV industry's biggest annual roadshow, will roll into Montreal, Canada on February 20, where AV industry dealers and manufacturers will showcase their latest solutions at ...
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Rose.Rabbit.Lie. Establishes a New Paradigm in Las Vegas with Clay Paky and grandMA2 Lighting
Described as a venue that blurs the lines between restaurant, bar, club and show, Rose.Rabbit.Lie. at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas is the city's most talked about new "social club." Clay Paky lighting and MA Lighting control ...
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Harman's Martin LEDs Enhance Customer Experience at Iconic BMW World
As one of Munich's most popular attractions, BMW World is a unique and extremely important showcase for the premium automaker. Whether visiting BMW World as a tourist or there to pick up a brand new car, BMW World offers an extra-ordinary ...
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Barbizon Lighting Projects Illuminate the New York Skyline for the NFL Championship Week
In coordination with the NFL's unveiling of the roman numerals XLVIII on Super Bowl Boulevard in Midtown Manhattan three iconic buildings in New York, the newest being One World Trade Center, 4 Times Square (H&M Building), and One Bryant ...
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AI Media Servers Power Spectacular Videoscapes for Peter Pan Arena Show
Avolites Media Ai Media Servers formed the video delivery system of choice for the spectacular £10million UK arena tour of Peter Pan: The Never Ending Story.
The show, produced by Music Hall and creatively conceived by ...
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Chroma-Q Color Force LEDs Provide Mighty Output for RSC's Richard II
The theatrical-grade dimming and incredible color palette of Chroma-Q's Color Force 72 premium performance LED battens were utilized by lighting designer Tim Mitchell to provide precise control, dramatic color changes, and ...
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RC4 Wireless and LumenRadio -- Defying Gravity (and Cables) Worldwide!
Sell-out musical sensation Wicked has hit the UK and Ireland touring circuit a sleeker and altogether more agile show with the help of wireless DMX products from RC4 Wireless and LumenRadio. ...
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Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center Reveals Artistic Team and Vision
The Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center ("the PAC") announces the establishment of a core team of artistic leaders: David Lan (artistic director of London's Young Vic) as consulting artistic director; Lucy ...
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ISE Attracts Record Attendance and Looks Forward to Largest-Ever Show in 2015
After attracting more than 50,000 registered attendees for the first time in its history from February 4 - 6, Integrated Systems Europe has further cemented its reputation as the world's most popular event for professional AV and ...
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Professional Development Program Launched
Free registration is now open for the PLASA Professional Development Program, running alongside a sold-out PLASA Focus: Leeds 2014 on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 29 - 30, 2014, at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, UK. ...
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Harman's JBL Professional Extends their Loudspeaker Lineup with Integration of Duran Audio Products
In an announcement that merges the Harman's JBL Professional loudspeaker lineup with Duran Audio's array of loudspeakers for unique installed sound technology applications, JBL Professional is incorporating Duran Audio's ...
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CAST BlackTrax and Trinity Fellowship Church to present "Lights. Camera. Tracking!"
Appealing to large-scale event and production professionals, Paul Braile, BlackTrax expert at CAST BlackTrax Ltd and Michael Wells
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The Theatre School at DePaul University Attains LEED Gold Certification
The US Green Building Council has awarded DePaul University's new Theatre School building LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold status, making it Chicago's first performing arts building to receive that ...
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Chauvet Professional Launches New High-Output Strike LED-Powered Strobe Series
Chauvet Professional has elevated one of the industry's most popular classic effects -- the strobe light -- to advanced levels of performance and functionality with its new LED-driven Strike strobe series. Combining the output of ...
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Le Maitre To Preview New "Salamander Quad Pro" at Prolight + Sound
Le Maitre providers of pyro, smoke, haze, and flame technology will be pre-viewing another new flame machine on their stand at Frankfurt's Prolight + Sound this year, the "Salamander Quad Pro" -- big brother to the "Salamander ...
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A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder Sweeps Craig Noel Awards
The San Diego Theatre Critics Circle recently announced the recipients of its 2013 Craig Noel Awards. Of the 42 productions initially nominated, 14 were honored with awards.
For design, Christopher Luessmann was recognized with ...
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Starlite Productions Receives Clay Paky B-EYEs
Moorestown, New Jersey-based Starlite Productions is among the first US lighting rental companies to receive the PLASA London and LDI award-winning B-EYE K20 LED fixture from Clay Paky. This fixture will join Starlite's bevy ...
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Midas Wins Two Major Awards at NAMM 2014
Midas' new M32 and PRO1 digital mixing consoles received the highly-coveted Pro Sound Web / Live Sound International "Best In Show" and "Reader's Choice" awards respectively at this year's NAMM show in Anaheim, California. ...
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Robe Helps to Transmit the Message in Iglesia Centro Familiar de Adoración
Since 2003, pastors Emilio and Bethany Abreu dreamed about building a church in which to hold services for more than 20,000 people in Asunción, Paraguay ... and in 2009 their dream came true with the Iglesia Centro Familiar de Adoración (C ...
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Electrosonic Provides AV Systems Integration for Refurbished Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library Museum
The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum in Hyde Park, New York, has reopened after a three-year refurbishing of the building which FDR gave to the nation through the National Archives. It not only includes his extensive ...
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New Website Design for myMix
www.mymixaudio.com is home to a completely new look and design. The personal monitor mixing company wanted to go with a cleaner look and a more intuitive process of looking for information. The website was launched at the start of the ...
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Mark Carver and Bandit Light Texaco Country Showdown at Ryman
The Historic Ryman Auditorium held the 32nd Annual Texaco Country Showdown, where the five regional champions from across the country competed to win the $100,000 grand prize. Bandit Lites worked with lighting designer Mark ...
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Theatre in Review: Bronx Bombers (Circle in the Square)
Having played Off Broadway earlier in the season, Bronx Bombers has moved to Broadway, just as genial, pleasantly sentimental, and pointless as ever. Eric Simonson's play about the New York Yankees begins promisingly ...
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Theatre in Review: The Correspondent (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater)
As its name suggests, Rattlestick is a company devoted to writers, and it performs a valuable service, showcasing the works of new and emerging playwrights. Almost necessarily, its track record has been uneven -- that's the nature of the ...
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Sponsors Confirmed for PLASA Focus: Nashville 2014
PLASA Focus: Nashville 2014 looks set to be bigger and better than ever with over 60 exhibitors confirmed and organizers PLASA Events reporting a 20% increase in visitor registrations over the debut PLASA Focus: Nashville ...
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PLASA Announces Publication of Two Rigging Safety Standards
Two of PLASA's standards related to theatrical rigging safety have been revised and approved by ANSI as American National Standards. ANSI E1.21 for temporary outdoor structures and ANSI E1.4 for manual ...
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Creative Stage Lighting Heads to PLASA Focus: Nashville
Creative Stage Lighting (CSL) will be exhibiting at PLASA Focus: Nashville 2014, February 18-19, at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.
Creative Stage Lighting will show High End Systems' Hog ...
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Hi-Tech Audio Joins Solid State Logic's US Live Console Partner Network
Solid State Logic is continuing to add to its US reseller network for SSL Live consoles with the appointment of Hi-Tech Audio. Headquartered in Hayward, California, the company has been providing professional audio rental, ...
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AV9000 Certified Quality Designer (CQD) Workshop March 11-13, 2014
It is much more difficult and expensive to fix a mistake in the design and/or installation of the audiovisual system if it is detected later in the project cycle. Making corrections and improvements during the design stage is always ...
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Harman's JBL Professional AW Series All-Weather Loudspeakers Receive EN54-24 Certification
Harman's JBL Professional announces that five of its AW Series all-weather loudspeakers have received EN54-24 certification. EN54-24 is the EU standard for loudspeakers intended for use in fire detection and fire alarm systems. ...
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Jason Echols Joins RGB Lights
Chicago area-based RGB Lights has appointed Jason Echols as sales account executive.
A former resident of Brazil, China, Singapore, and Taiwan, Echols is a US native who is now back home carrying his fourth US passport, ...
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D.A.S. Audio of America Expands with Three New Hires
D.A.S. Audio of America, the US subsidiary of Valencia, Spain-based D.A.S. Audio, announces the addition of three new personnel appointments with the recent hiring of Robert Almodovar, Javier Cabal, and Darrin Young< ...
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Grund Audio Design Announces GQ Series Loudspeakers
Grund Audio Design, a manufacturer of loudspeaker and signal processing products for the audio professional, announces the new GQ Series loudspeakers. Encompassing five new models manufactured using MDF enclosures that are ...
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NSCA Announces Winner of Lifetime Achievement Award
NSCA announces Bob Coffeen as the association's annual Per Haugen Lifetime Achievement Award winner. Coffeen will be recognized on Saturday, March 1, 2014, during NSCA's 16th annual Business & Leadership Conference in ...
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The Julliard School Implements Clear-Com's Tempest900 Wireless Intercom
Clear-Com has revamped the wireless setup at New York City's prestigious Juilliard School. The school installed three Tempest900 digital wireless intercoms in its production department and one additional system in its recording ...
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Robe Speeds Up for Autosports Live
Robe moving lights helped ramp up the drama, excitement, and adrenaline for the 2014 Autosports Live Action Arena in Hall 5 at Birmingham UK's National Exhibition Center as part of the three-day 2014 Autosports International ...
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Chauvet Professional Delivers "Grammy Style Look" to Advertising Awards
Being in advertising, members of The Ad Club know all about the importance of creating sizzle for a ceremony. So, it's not surprising that this Boston-based trade group asked Derek Iorfida of JDI Productions and Chris ...
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Allen & Heath GLD Installed in Californian Church
Now in its tenth year, the Mosaic Church in Rockland, California, recently completed a renovation of its sanctuary, which included upgrading the existing sound system with an Allen & Heath GLD-80 mixer and an AR2412 remote audio ...
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Saint Agnes Hospital Renovation Includes Upgraded Chapel Sound System
Founded by the Daughters of Charity in 1862, Saint Agnes Hospital is a full-service teaching hospital in Baltimore, Maryland with residency programs in medicine and surgery. As part of a recent expansion program, Saint Agnes renovated its ...
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Midas Mixes Up the Marketplace
Midas has launched a new competitive price plan for their "award winning" Pro Series digital mixing consoles. The company says a price reduction of up to 30% provides system integrators and rental/production providers more incentive ...
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Harman's JBL Professional Introduces CBT 50LA-LS Line Array Column Loudspeaker with EN54-24 Certification
Harman's JBL Professional introduces its new CBT 50LA-LS line array column loudspeaker that comes with full EN54-24 certification. EN54-24 is the EU standard for loudspeakers intended for use in voice announce and fire alarm systems ...
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Absen Offers the Absen Certified Engineer Program
The Absen Certified Engineers Program is designed for engineers, technicians, and freelancers working in the event production industry to provide familiarity with LED display operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting. This is a ...
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AVL Expo 2014 Helps Northwest Worship Community See "Big Picture" for Technology Integration
Approximately 120 members of the Pacific Northwest's worship community attended last month's free Audio, Visual, Lighting Conference and Expo (AVL Expo), presented by professional video and audio systems integration firm Advanced ...
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Broadway Green Alliance Includes Chauvet Professional in Every Category of Greener Lighting Guide
Chauvet Professional has long been dedicated to reducing the carbon footprint of lighting products. This commitment was acknowledged recently when the Broadway Green Alliance, an industry-wide coalition dedicated to promoting ...
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In 1: The Podcast, Featuring Interviews with Theatrical Designers Officially Launches
Remember those conversations at the bar after a long day of tech? The moments where colleagues discuss what they love about being a designer, but also what drives them mad? Imagine getting to listen in on those conversations with some of ...
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Second Take1 Webinar to Focus on Incorporating the Latest Weather Technologies into an Event Safety Plan
Responding to requests from a wide range of professionals for a safety webinar focused specifically on producing safer outdoor events, Take1 Insurance, the leading insurance provider to the entertainment industry, announces that it ...
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Audio-Technica Offers Free "Installed Sound Support" App for iOS Devices
Audio-Technica, a supplier of transducer technology for over 50 years, announces the availability of its new Installed Sound Support App, featuring a number of helpful tools for system integrators, sound contractors, front-of-house ...
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Renkus-Heinz Appoints Aragon as New Rep
Renkus-Heinz announces the appointment of Jack Aragon Marketing and Sales (J.A.M.S.) as the company's new representatives for the Rockies.
Established in 2009, J.A.M.S. is run by industry veteran Jack Aragon, and ...
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Ampco Flashlight Rental Newest Adamson Energía Partner
Adamson Systems announces that Ampco Flashlight Rental, with offices in Utrecht, Netherlands and Lint, Belgium, has become an Energía partner with the recent purchase of 32 E15 and 16 E12 line array enclosures. ...
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Turbosound Milan Is "Reader's Choice"
Turbosound Milan Series loudspeakers have been praised at Pro Sound Web and Live Sound International's annual "Readers' Choice Awards." The announcement came during the Winter NAMM 2014 trade show, which was held at ...
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Building on its of 4K Ultra HD Solutions, Gefen Expands Line with Two New Matrix Switchers for HDMI 4Kx2K
Digital connectivity solutions provider Gefen announces the availability of two new Gefen ToolBox Matrix Switchers for HDMI 4Kx2K. Both help build a 4K infrastructure, just in time for new Ultra HD displays and the increasing ...
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Elation Lighting Works Magic on Ehrlich Brothers German Tour
Lighting plays an especially important role on live illusion shows and dynamic lighting from Elation Platinum Series moving heads are working their own magic on German illusionists the Ehrlich Brothers' current tour. Ehrlich ...
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Fitz and The Tantrums Get to The Pointe
When Fitz and The Tantrums' lighting designer, Chris Smith, asked for a demo of the Robe Robin Pointe moving light, he got more than that -- given the opportunity to use them on Fitz' December show in Austin, Texas, Smith put ...
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HRS Control's UDC Pro ECS-Raptor Makes Holiday Debut at Detroit's Campus Martius Park's Tree Lighting
Christmas was especially dazzling in Detroit's Campus Martius Park where High Resolution Systems' UDC Pro ECS-Raptor, a UDC Pro embedded control server for permanent AV installs, played in a key role in the holiday festivities. ...
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WYSIWYG Wins Big at Super Bowl XLVIII
Millions of viewers worldwide had their eyes on MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Sunday, February 2 watching as the NFL's Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks battled it out for the title of Super Bowl XLVIII champion. While the game ...
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myMix Adds RX-2 Remote Mixer
Having made its premier appearance at NAMM is Movek's new RX-2. The RX-2 remote mixer is the latest addition to the myMix family of networked digital mixers.
The Rx-2 (R for rack or remote) is designed as a mixing and ...
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Danley Enters the Column Speaker Market with the SBH-10 "Skinny Big Horn"
Danley Sound Labs broke into the house of worship market by skirting convention with its patented Synergy Horn and Tapped Horn technologies and is currently targeting the sporting arena market with its unique Genesis and Jericho ...
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Cadac Appoints New Iberian Distributor
Cadac recently appointed Soinua Pro as its new distributor for Spain and Portugal. The appointment sees Cadac switch its distribution to the Basque-based sound touring and installation specialist, headquartered precisely ...
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LD-5s Make Creative Impact at Pryzm and Walkabout
SGM's versatile and compact LD-5 light domes are increasingly finding favor in some of the UK's key late night entertainment venues.
Having been plunged into paper lanterns for Wonderland in Maidstone, and featured in a giant ...
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Industry Veteran Ignazio Vagnone to Lead PreSonus Europe Sales Team
PreSonus announces that long-time industry veteran Ignazio Vagnone has joined the company as sales manager for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
"We are very excited to have Ignazio on the PreSonus team," enthuses PreSonus VP ...
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Niclen Adds Elation Platinum Moving Heads and EPV LED Panels to Inventory
The biggest dry hire company in Germany, Niclen Moving Lights Systems GmbH, has added Elation Platinum Beam 5R Extreme moving heads and EPV762 MH high resolution LED moving head video panels to its extensive inventory of ...
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Robe For "India Is Polio Free" and "End Polio Now" Campaigns
India commemorated the remarkable milestone of three years with zero Polio cases in January 2014 with the "India is Polio Free" campaign, staging seven special events in major cities across the country -- Mumbai, Delhi, Agra, Hyderabad, ...
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Sennheiser and P!NK Soar to New Heights During 56th Grammy Awards
Once again, music's biggest event of the year did not disappoint as the 56th Grammy Awards featured exquisite performances by P!NK, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Madonna, Beyoncé, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, and Queens of the Stone Age -- ...
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Harman's Martin Professional Fixtures Shine For Saddleback Church's Global Broadcasts
With a flourishing network of worship facilities across southern California, internationally and via webcasts, the Saddleback Church, with a congregation of tens of thousand around the world, has grown accustom to the bold sermons from ...
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Chauvet Provides "Smooth Touch" At Dubai's Hottest New Club - Boutiq Ultra Lounge
When you open a new club in one of the most upscale hotels in one of the world's most sizzling nightlife cities, it had better be something special. The experienced team that launched the Boutiq Ultra Lounge in Dubai obviously understood ...
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Powersoft Keeps BALS Premier Argentinian Rock Shows Ahead of the Game
Powersoft's penetration of the South American continent is showing no let up -- nowhere less so than in Argentina, where Equaphon continue to establish their products with most of the leading rental companies. ...
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Theatre in Review: The Tribute Artist (Primary Stages/59E59)
Would you commit a crime to get your hands on a deluxe, mint-condition Greenwich Village town house? If you're a New Yorker, the question is too ridiculous: Of course, you would. That's the premise of Charles Busch's latest comic ...
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Welcome to "Design the Ultimate Show" -- Martin Professional Young Lighting Designer Contest 2014
Harman's Martin is offering global lighting designers a place in the race to become the hottest up-and-coming young lighting designer. To enter, captivated lighting designers can program their ultimate show to a music track of their ...
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Robe Hiring for Key Positions to Support US Growth
With record sales figures for 2013 and exciting new products launching in 2014, Robe Lighting is investing in more resources: people.
The Czech Republic-based moving light manufacturer is hiring in the USA and strengthening its ...
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Crestron Licensing Audinate Dante Media Networking Solution
Crestron announces it has licensed Audinate's Dante media networking solution. Dante is a solution for digital media networking. The association between Crestron and Audinate enables Crestron to integrate Dante into any of ...
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Store DJ Appointed as Australian Distributor for Allen & Heath Xone
Soundbay Pty Ltd, trading as Store DJ, announces its appointment as the exclusive importer and distributor for Allen & Heath's Xone DJ Series in Australia.
"Allen & Heath's reputation for uncompromising sound quality ...
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Advanced Wins 2014 EMEA InAVation Award for International Project at GE Customer Experience Center
Advanced,a Canadian AV and IT integration company, announces that its GE Customer Experience Center installation won the 2014 EMEA Most InAVative International Project Award. The installation comprises of a 58' Prysm LPD video wall ...
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Major Project for ChainMaster at the Olympics in Sochi
From February 7 - 23, the global elite of winter sports will be gathering in the Russian town of Sochi for the XXIIth Winter Olympics, in the hunt for gold, silver, and bronze medals. In all, since the games were awarded to Sochi, 11 ...
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Elation Platinum Beams Light Spike TV's VGX Video Game Awards
While awards were presented and world premiere video games showcased in an intimate indoor setting at Spike TV's VGX Video Game Awards in downtown Los Angeles in December, rain showers stopped just in time for live performances on an ...
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KHL All Stars Get The Pointe
Getting the excitement right for any show requires imagination, flair, and the application of technology -- and for the mood setting sequence that precedes the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL)'s All Stars exhibition matches, this is almost ...
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Q-BAR Sibu Installed with NEXT-proaudio System
Next Integration Engineering, the NEXT-proaudio distributor in Malaysia, recently designed the sound system for Q-BAR, located in Sibu, an island town, Sarawak, east Malaysia.
The sound system needed to achieve high sound ...
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Harman's JBL Professional Adds to Legendary PD Series Loudspeakers with PD6000 Series
At ISE 2014, Harman's JBL Professional is announcing a cost-effective addition to its popular Precision Directivity Series product line. The PD6000 Series is designed for midsize to large venues requiring excellent pattern ...
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Clay Paky Launches New Luminaires at Prolight + Sound
Successfully launched at PLASA London 2013, the Clay Paky B-EYE is turning up with other surprises at the 2014 Prolight + Sound with the expansion of B-EYE as a comprehensive product line including: B-EYE K20, B-EYE ...
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LDR Expand its Dealer Network in America
Fabiano Besio announces LDR plans to continue to grow the distribution network in North and South America. He reports "great success in 2013" and the company started the new year with renewed enthusiasm. ...
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Register for USITT 2014 by February 13 to Receive the Lower Rate
The early registration deadline for USITT's 2014 Annual Conference & Stage Expo March 26-29 in Fort Worth, Texas is February 13 -- USITT reminds attendees not to wait until Valentine's Day to make a date for the performance design ...
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BroadWeigh Wireless Load Monitoring Now Has Dedicated Flight Case
Mantracourt announces that its BroadWeigh wireless load monitoring system is now available with a dedicated flight case.
The new, robust, and lockable flight case provides protection and security for the equipment, as well ...
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ADAM Audio Debuts New Sub15 Subwoofer
The new Sub15 from ADAM Audio is a powerful subwoofer capable of easily extending the frequency range of main and midfield monitors down to 20Hz. The rugged 15" woofer is made of an exceptionally rigid aluminum membrane and driven ...
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Neutrik USA Announces Updates to its Multimedia Connector Line
Neutrik USA, a supplier of robust and reliable professional connectivity solutions for audio, video, and data, is announces updates and improvements to its line of multimedia chassis connectors and cable assemblies. ...
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Hitachi Raises the Bar with Four New Ultra Short-Throw Projectors
Hitachi America, Ltd., digital media division, business solutions group introduces its CP-AX2503, CP-AX3503, CP-AW2503, and CP-AW3003 Ultra-Short Throw projectors -- four high-performance models that are ideally suited for ...
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Dutch Rental Provider Bazelmans AVR Adds Meyer Sound LYON to Inventory
Bazelmans AVR, a Dutch AV rental company, has invested in the Meyer Sound LYON linear sound reinforcement system and become one of the first suppliers of the new product. The LYON sale, closed during the ISE 2014 trade ...
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Biamp Systems Launches its First-Ever Online Certification Training
Biamp Systems, a provider of networked media systems, announces its first-ever online certification training program specifically for its new TesiraFORTÉ products -- the company's all-new series of audio processors that extend Audio ...
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Musician's Friend Awarded CAD Audio Dealer of the Year
CAD Audio recently awarded Musician's Friend with its Dealer of the Year Award for 2013 at the Winter NAMM Show.
Commenting on the award, Musician's Friend VP of merchandising Chris Tso said, "CAD Audio ...
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Felix Krückels Now Lawo's Business Development Director
As of January, Felix Krückels' role within Lawo has changed to take on the newly created position of business development director. In his new position, Krückels will evaluate and forward the development and implementation of ...
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GLP impression X4S Keeps Christmas Jam Running Until 4am
Preston Hoffman provided a dynamic light show with a difference for the third consecutive year at the annual Warren Haynes Christmas Jam. He decided to use GLP's new compact impression X4S almost exclusively, bolstered by few ...
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David Guetta Rocks Brazil with Robe
DJ, record producer, superstar, and arguably the most popular EDM guru on the planet David Guetta completed an incendiary nine-date Brazilian tour in January, which saw Robe moving lights on the spec for most of the shows. ...
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Harman's JBL Commercial Introduces High-Value, High-Performance Amplifiers and Mixers at ISE 2014
At Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2014, Harman's JBL Commercial is introducing six Commercial Series Amplifiers (CSA) and two Commercial Series Mixers (CSM) that combine value and performance. ...
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Harman's BSS Audio Introduces a Cost-Effective Addition to the Soundweb London Processor Line
Harman's BSS Audio announces the addition of a cost-effective signal processor to its Soundweb London family of digital signal processors. The new Soundweb London BLU-50 represents an open-architecture solution in the form of a ...
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d&b audiotechnik Launches the D80 Amplifier
More refined than anything before, the four-channel D80 amplifier sits right at the very heart of any d&b audiotechnik system. With what the company says is sophisticated control capabilities and the power to efficiently drive d&b ...
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Adamson Presents Point Concentric Series at ISE 2014
Adamson Systems will feature the Point Concentric Series, a range of passive, coaxial loudspeakers designed for both installation and rental markets, at ISE 2014, February 4 - 6, in Hall 7, stand H235 in Amsterdam. ...
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Harman Professional President, Blake Augsburger Named To NAMM Board of Directors
Underscoring its commitment to provide the music products industry with the highest levels of partnership, Harman Professional announces that Blake Augsburger, president, Harman Professional, executive vice president of ...
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Marshank Sales Repeats As Martin Audio Rep Of The Year
Marshank Sales has won Martin Audio's sales representative of the year award for two years in a row.
With over 90 years in the industry, Marshank Sales represents a number of leading brands in retail, live sound, ...
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Dizzy Gosnell and Leonard Cox Celebrate 20 Years at Bandit
Bandit Lites recently held its annual general meeting to commemorate the previous incredible year, discuss the upcoming goals and plans for 2014, and honor those in the Bandit family who displayed outstanding and diligent ...
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Scottsdale, Arizona is the Next Stop on the 2014 Stampede Big Book of AV Tour
The Spring 2014 Stampede Big Book of AV (BBOAV) Tour, the pro audiovisual industry's biggest annual road show, rolls into the Valley Ho Hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona on February 13 bringing local dealers unprecedented new ...
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Behringer Takes Three Top Awards at Winter NAMM 2014
Sound on Sound has dubbed the Behringer X32 digital mixing console the "Best Live Sound Product" at this year's NAMM show in Anaheim. Since its debut in mid-summer 2012, more than 100,000 of the groundbreaking consoles have ...
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Wirebox Media Adds Yamaha CL5 to Production and Rental Inventory
Wirebox Media of Smyrna, Georgia has added a Yamaha CL5 digital audio console to augment its existing Yamaha digital console line along with the NEXO systems already in inventory. "We selected the CL5 primarily because our ...
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NSCA Announces 2014 Excellence in Business Award Winners
The National Systems Contractors Association (NSCA) announces the winners of its 2014 Excellence in Business awards in the following categories:
• Marketing Strategies: Advance Technology
• Growth Strategies: AVI-SPL
• Fisc ...
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Clay Paky B-EYE: Award-Winning Three Luminaires in One
The video of the Clay Paky demo show at PLASA London clocked over 10,000 views in the first 24 hours. The company says curiosity for the new B-EYE was huge, also thanks to the engaging advertising campaign that accompanied ...
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BlackTrax Accelerates Its Global Audio Presence with Christopher Jenkins, BISBY Corporation
Real-time tracking technology creator CAST BlackTrax Ltd. is set to accelerate and increase its international presence over the next few months in the audio world. To drive this forward, effective January 22, 2014 BlackTrax has ...
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New Vectorworks Scenic and Lighting Design Tutorial by Kevin Lee Allen Now Available
Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. announces the publication of a new training guide for users of Vectorworks software: Entertainment Design: Scenery, Lighting, and Sound with Vectorworks Spotlight, Third Edition. ...
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Harman's Martin Professional M6: More than Just a Lighting Console
Martin Professional's new M6 is a lighting console that functions as an advanced visual control surface. Designed to control everything from conventional and moving lights to the most advanced media server, the company says the M6 ...
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d&b audiotechnik Unveils Column Expansion
The d&b audiotechnik White range of integration solutions has expanded to include the xC-Series column loudspeakers. This latest addition contributes the same qualities to the installation specific White range as the xS-Series and ...
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Audinate Announces Support for AES67 Standard
Audinate announces that it plans to incorporate AES67 transport in its Dante media networking solution. Dante has rapidly become a market leader and media networking solution for audio networking. ...
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Harman and D&M Holdings Settle Patent Litigation
Harman International Industries, Inc. and D&M Holdings, Inc. announce they have entered into a settlement agreement resolving two lawsuits brought by Harman subsidiary Studer Professional Audio GmbH against D&M and its ...
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Introducing Focusrite RedNet D16 AES
Focusrite announces the new RedNet D16 AES interface, a 1U 19" rack-mount interface featuring 16 channels of AES/EBU connectivity to and from a Dante audio network, with Ethernet redundancy for maximum network reliability. ...
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Kramer Introduces the Newest Addition to its Award Winning ProScale Presentation Scaler/Switcher Line
Kramer Electronics introduces the VP-773AMP. The VP-773AMP has eight inputs, including four HDMI inputs, one DisplayPort (DP) input, one composite video input, and two computer graphics video inputs. The VP-773AMP scales the input ...
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Ashley Audio Appoints Hayes and Schloesser of Global Marketing Management as APAC Sales Manager and Engineer
Ashly Audio, a manufacturer of professional audio signal processing and amplification equipment, has appointed Bardy Hayes and Alex Schloesser of Global Marketing Management (GMM) as its sales manager and sales ...
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Max Lindsay-Johnson Appointed Community International Sales Manager
Community Professional Loudspeakers announces the appointment of Max Lindsay-Johnson as international sales manager. Lindsay-Johnson has over 20 years of marketing, sales, and business management experience in the pro audio ...
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Café Tacuba Closes Tour with Pointes in México
Ending their 2013 El Objeto tour in style, well-known alternative rock Mexican band Café Tacuba played their last show of the year at the Palacio de los Deportes arena in Mexico City ... for first time using 14 brand new Robe ...
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Washington State University Thunders with Danley Jericho Horns
The Cougars football team of Washington State University plays all of their home games in 33,500-seat Martin Stadium. Although on the smaller side among its Pac-12 Conference peers, the stadium has more than enough seats for every resident ...
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Theatre in Review: I Call My Brothers (The Play Company/New Ohio Theatre)
In I Call My Brothers, playwright Jonas Hassen Khemiri explores the racing mind of a young Muslim man following a car bombing in New York City, where he lives. (The original script is set in Stockholm, the playwright's ...
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Theatre in Review: Almost, Maine (Transport Group/The Gym at Judson)
New Yorkers who haven't yet gotten their fill of snow should hightail it over to the Gym at Judson, where, in Sandra Goldmark's set design for Almost, Maine, the white stuff is omnipresent. Goldmark has created a wall ...
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Elation at PLASA Focus: Nashville -- Quality Time, Quality Products
Elation Professional invites lighting professionals to the intimate environs of PLASA Focus: Nashville and booth 429 for the opportunity to talk in depth with qualified Elation personnel and get a more thorough look at ...
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Vectorworks' US Conference Pass Giveaway Expands in 2014
In 2013, Nemetschek Vectorworks launched their first Conference Pass Givaway, which provided the opportunity for several of last year's winners to attend their first big industry trade show.
This year, the Conference Pass Givaway ...
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Medialon Introduces Two New Products at ISE in Amsterdam
Medialon announces LonCloud (LonCloud.com), a new web service to monitor critical data of audiovisual installations equipped with a Medialon Controller. Critical data, such as lamp hour usage of video projectors or video ...
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Behringer Europort PPA Series Set to Take Over the Stage
Behringer has packed power and sound quality into a trio of new compact, portable suitcase-style PA systems that are fast and easy to set up. Europort PPA2000BT, PPA500BT, and PPA200 PA systems are ideal for parties, schools, ...
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Yamaha R Remote App for Rio Line
Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. announces the launch of R Remote software. R Remote joins the Yamaha R Series input/output rack units, which since their inception, the company says, have made significant advancements in audio, ...
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DiGiCo Launches T and B Software Videos
DiGiCo releases two new tutorial videos on their application specific software extensions. Hosted by Digico's Dan Page, the new video tutorials provide a quick and easy resource that takes you through the main points of each ...
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Listen Technologies Announces DataVisual Marketing as Distributor in Western Canada
In January, Listen Technologies welcomed DataVisual Marketing as the company's distributor in Eastern Canada. DataVisual Marketing will be its exclusive distributor for Canada.
DataVisual Marketing will distribute Listen's ...
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Vista Systems' Spyders Captivates at the New Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles Airport
The new Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles Airport (LAX) opened after a $1.9 billion renovation that has earned the facility world-class status. The terminal features an integrated environmental media system (IEMS) designed ...
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Christ Community Church Expands Existing Aviom System with A360 Personal Mixers
West Chester, Pennsylvania's Christ Community Church was first introduced to Aviom's personal mixers in 2008 and has just recently added some of Aviom's A360 personal mixers to their existing system. ...
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Maryland Sound International Celebrates New Year's Eve in Times Square with Powersoft
Maryland Sound International (MSI) employed some of its inventory of 200-plus Powersoft K Series amplifiers to drive the PA systems for the Countdown and Nivea stages during New York City's iconic New Year's Eve festivities ...
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PixelFLEX LED Curtains Give Hectic Skillet Tour Crew a Welcomed Break
A relentless and tireless tour schedule defines the Christian rock band, Skillet, as they travel far and wide to deliver as many as 150 performances annually to their fans. Such a demanding calendar requires high-quality equipment that can ...
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LA ProPoint Plays Key Role in Reinvention of "Fabulous" Forum
LA ProPoint, a creator of the design, engineering, fabrication, and installation of stage and show systems, has participated in the reinvention of the Forum in Inglewood, California. The Forum, which recently underwent a ...
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Theatre in Review: Dr. Du Bois and Miss Ovington (New Federal Theatre/Castillo Theatre)
Playwright Clare Coss casts a light on a fascinating relationship -- not to mention an underdramatized bit of American history -- in Dr. Du Bois and Miss Ovington, and it's a shame she doesn't do more with it. W. E. B. ...
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