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News Archive - March 2021

(3/30/2021)

-ETC Debuts Two New Theatrical Fixtures

ETC Debuts Two New Theatrical Fixtures

ETC launched two new theatrical fixtures as part of a two-day-long international online event. The Source Four LED Series 3 and Desire Fresnel are the perfect pairing for any theatre looking to successfully launch themselves into ...More

(3/30/2021)

-The 2021 New World Rigging Symposium Starts April 6

The 2021 New World Rigging Symposium Starts April 6

Register now for the New World Rigging Symposium (NWRS), produced by ESTA and USITT, which takes place online April 6 - 8, 2021. The cost is just $99 and the ...More

(3/30/2021)

-Iron Mountain Entertainment Services Offering Assistance to Those Affected by Nashville Floods

Iron Mountain Entertainment Services Offering Assistance to Those Affected by Nashville Floods

The team at Iron Mountain Incorporated's Entertainment Services division (IMES) is coordinating a comprehensive relief effort to help those affected by the recent floods in Nashville and the rest of Middle Tennessee. ...More

(3/30/2021)

-Forrest Breese Joins Point Source Audio Sales Team

Forrest Breese Joins Point Source Audio Sales Team

Point Source Audio has expanded its knowledgeable sales team with the addition of Forrest Breese as account manager for the Western US. Breese has been a familiar face around California's pro audio industry for many years and ...More

(3/30/2021)

-Arbane Groupe Hires Alain Boone as International Sales Manager

Arbane Groupe Hires Alain Boone as International Sales Manager

Arbane Groupe has hired Alain Boone, formerly of loudspeaker manufacturer Nexo, as its new international sales manager. Boone will oversee the development of an exclusive distribution network for Arbane Groupe and its brands ( ...More

(3/30/2021)

-San Francisco Opera Pilots Aloha Real-Time Remote Collaboration Music Service to Prepare for Live Performances

San Francisco Opera Pilots Aloha Real-Time Remote Collaboration Music Service to Prepare for Live Performances

The world-renowned San Francisco Opera is relying on Aloha by Elk, a new real-time remote music collaboration service, to prepare its acclaimed resident artists, the Adler Fellows, for a highly anticipated live drive-in series ...More

(3/30/2021)

-Times Square Lighting Introduces the FR38 PAR38

Times Square Lighting Introduces the FR38 PAR38

Times Square Lighting announces the FR38 PAR38, designed for travel/rental companies where quick and easy installation and break-down is required. Each unit is supplied with an x-bar that acts as a base when opened, or pipe mounted ...More

(3/30/2021)

-Budweiser Events Center and AHL Colorado Eagles Flying High with L-Acoustics

Budweiser Events Center and AHL Colorado Eagles Flying High with L-Acoustics

Home to the Colorado Eagles of the American Hockey League, the Budweiser Events Center (BEC) at The Ranch Events Complex in Loveland, Colorado is a 7,200-capacity multipurpose arena that hosts everything from hockey, basketball, and indoor ...More

(3/30/2021)

-Robe Follows the Science in Israel

Robe Follows the Science in Israel

The Weizmann Institute of Science is a renowned public research university in Rehovot, Israel which offers graduate and postgraduate degrees in the natural and exact sciences and hosts an annual event honoring the work of Israeli ...More

(3/30/2021)

-Ayrton Diablo Spotlights The Death of England at the National Theatre

Ayrton Diablo Spotlights The Death of England at the National Theatre

The National Theatre's production of Clint Dyer and Roy Williams' The Death of England was performed at the Dorfman Theatre in Spring 2020 before the venue closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...More

(3/30/2021)

-SONICUE Software and MXE5 Matrix Mix Engine Key to Electro-Voice Audio Upgrade at Del Valle High School

SONICUE Software and MXE5 Matrix Mix Engine Key to Electro-Voice Audio Upgrade at Del Valle High School

Southwest Building Systems (SBS), specialists in outdoor sound systems and big-screen video systems, recently upgraded the audio-visual experience at Del Valle High School's 4400-capacity Veterans Memorial Stadium. Del Valle ISD is located ...More

(3/30/2021)

-CLW Church in Bonn Integrates and Upgrades With Martin Audio CDD

CLW Church in Bonn Integrates and Upgrades With Martin Audio CDD

The CLW in Bonn-Bad Godesberg is a protestant free church and open to believers of all nationalities and generations. The parish has a church with an adjoining kindergarten and offers, among other things, services for the whole family ...More

(3/29/2021)

-Discover Dynamic Downlighting on April 1st Elation Coffee Break

Discover Dynamic Downlighting on April 1st Elation Coffee Break

Typically utilized before and after performances and during intermissions as practical audience lights, house lighting has traditionally played only a minor role in creating the atmosphere of a space. With the advent of dynamic LED ...More

(3/29/2021)

-Outline's Newton Awarded Patent

Outline's Newton Awarded Patent

Outline s.r.l., European manufacturer of professional loudspeaker systems and associated technologies, is delighted to announce that its groundbreaking FPGA-based Newton processor has been awarded an Italian Patent, N° ...More

(3/29/2021)

-Shure Announces Promotions for Key Executives

Shure Announces Promotions for Key Executives

Shure Incorporated announces that four executives have been promoted to vice president and senior vice president roles at the company.
Mike Hader has been promoted to vice president of global software in the product ...
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(3/29/2021)

-New PreSonus Universal Control Update Directly Supports M1 Macs and More

New PreSonus Universal Control Update Directly Supports M1 Macs and More

PreSonus has released Universal Control 3.4.2, a milestone update to its multi-product control and driver software package that includes full support for Apple Silicon M1-based Mac computers. All currently supported PreSonus ...More

(3/29/2021)

-LEDucation Unites Lighting Community and Extends Reach with Virtual Platform

LEDucation Unites Lighting Community and Extends Reach with Virtual Platform

Approximately 4,200 attended the LEDucation 2021 Virtual Conference and Online Marketplace, which kicked off March 16. Lighting and design professionals from more than 60 different countries around the world attended accredited ...More

(3/29/2021)

-Robe FORTE Now Available at CGS Dry Hire

Robe FORTE Now Available at CGS Dry Hire

Rental company CGS Dry Hire, based in Denkendorf in southern Germany -- known nationwide as CGS -- and headed by Christian Geyer, relies on a large number of Robe's just launched FORTE high powered LED moving ...More

(3/29/2021)

-Steve Kosiba Conveys Moods of June Divided Songs on Ruby Stage with Rogue R1 BeamWashes

Steve Kosiba Conveys Moods of June Divided Songs on Ruby Stage with Rogue R1 BeamWashes

There is a well-known, and very close, connection between designing a light show and making music. So much so, that many lighting designers will tell you that musicality is the driving force behind their lighting designs. ...More

(3/29/2021)

-Verge Aero Provides a Drone Show Education for Innovation Nation

Verge Aero Provides a Drone Show Education for Innovation Nation

Innovation Nation, the CBS Saturday morning TV show about change-making technologies, recently called on Verge Aero, an innovator and creator of drone light show systems, to find out more about the new aerial technology ...More

(3/29/2021)

-Cutting Edge Creates Latest Buzz with Edge Lab VP Facility, Powered by Brompton Technology

Cutting Edge Creates Latest Buzz with Edge Lab VP Facility, Powered by Brompton Technology

Renowned for its collaborative "can-do" approach to creative problem solving, Cutting Edge has been a leading provider of sound and picture post production for the advertising, features, and television industries, both in ...More

(3/29/2021)

-An Awesome Aus Day in the Arena with Novatech and Barco

An Awesome Aus Day in the Arena with Novatech and Barco

January 26 is Australia Day, the official national day that reflects on and honors the country's rich history and diverse community. For obvious reasons, the usual celebrations of Australia Day 2021 were different from what they used to ...More

(3/29/2021)

-SPAT Revolution Helps ÉléphantMat Bring Immersive to Grand Palais

SPAT Revolution Helps ÉléphantMat Bring Immersive to Grand Palais

While immersive audio performances have taken on a new popularity during this year of virtual concerts, the French electronic music producer ÉléphantMat (the alter-ego of artist/producer/engineer Mathieu Rossier) has been ...More

(3/29/2021)

-Sanremo Music Festival Wows with 3,829 DMX Universes in Live Production

Sanremo Music Festival Wows with 3,829 DMX Universes in Live Production

The beginning of March once again saw the prestigious Italian festival take place in Sanremo, Italy. Already in its 71st edition and broadcast live by RAI, the annual competition to choose Italy's ESC contestants is a music event ...More

(3/26/2021)

-COVID-19 Update, March 26, 2021: Vaccine Diplomacy

COVID-19 Update, March 26, 2021: Vaccine Diplomacy

Signs of spring: The vaccination rollout is speeding up, and signs of life are everywhere in the industry. Reasons for worry: New infections are plateauing, not shrinking, and in some places increasing. Some states may be opening too fast ...More

(3/26/2021)

-New General Manager Pete Borchetta Dedicated to Customer Satisfaction

New General Manager Pete Borchetta Dedicated to Customer Satisfaction

Pete Borchetta, award-winning lighting designer, professor, developer and former vice president of product innovation has been tapped to lead Altman Lighting as general manager.
"We are thrilled to announce that Pete Borchetta ...
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(3/26/2021)

-Meyer Sound to Offer Interactive Spacemap Go Demos at FILO Chicago 2021

Meyer Sound to Offer Interactive Spacemap Go Demos at FILO Chicago 2021

Meyer Sound will be offering hands-on, interactive demos of its Spacemap Go spatial sound design and live mixing tool at FILO Chicago, a hybrid in-person and live-streamed event for technical artists serving local churches on May ...More

(3/26/2021)

-Celestion Introduces the 32 ohm AN2075 Compact Array Driver

Celestion Introduces the 32 ohm AN2075 Compact Array Driver

Celestion, supplier of professional loudspeakers and compression drivers for sound reinforcement applications, announces the new 32 ohm version of the AN2075, a low profile 2" compact array driver, particularly well-suited for large ...More

(3/26/2021)

-Christie Solutions Help Houston Cougars Engage Fans with Stunning On-court Projection Mapping Experience

Christie Solutions Help Houston Cougars Engage Fans with Stunning On-court Projection Mapping Experience

The University of Houston recently updated the projection mapping content for its basketball team, the Houston Cougars, creating a dramatic, on-court pre-game show at the Fertitta Center. The bright, 3D graphics were created by Quince ...More

(3/26/2021)

-Modulo Pi's Media Servers Drive Chinese New Year Celebrations in San Francisco

Modulo Pi's Media Servers Drive Chinese New Year Celebrations in San Francisco

On February 26, 2021, facades of the iconic Trademark Building in San Francisco's Chinatown came to life to celebrate the Year of the Ox. Offered by game development studio Amber, and produced by Immersive, the projection mapping relied ...More

(3/26/2021)

-Global Event Design Firm Partners with Clearwing to Produce Christmas at Gaylord Rockies

Global Event Design Firm Partners with Clearwing to Produce Christmas at Gaylord Rockies

Global lighting and visual design firm, Lightswitch, has designed and executed Christmas at Gaylord Rockies from the very beginning; working to install the attraction's inaugural exhibit while the property was still under ...More

(3/26/2021)

-Houston's Sagemont Church Upgrades to Solid State Logic L350 Console

Houston's Sagemont Church Upgrades to Solid State Logic L350 Console

Toward the end of 2020, the new leadership at Houston's Sagemont Church, which was established in 1966 and is associated with the Southern Baptist Convention, introduced a contemporary worship music service to appeal to a younger ...More

(3/26/2021)

-Illuminate: COVID-19 Art Installation Sheds Light on Pandemic Data With Martin LED Video Tiles

Illuminate: COVID-19 Art Installation Sheds Light on Pandemic Data With Martin LED Video Tiles

The Illuminate Cities Project recently incorporated Martin VC-Grid LED video tiles supplied by Hayden Production Services into a unique information-as-art installation called Illuminate: COVID-19. ...More

(3/26/2021)

-Surganova Dazzles with Titan Tubes

Surganova Dazzles with Titan Tubes

Lighting designer Vladimir Lyubimov continues to use Astera Titan Tubes as a key lighting feature for concerts by acclaimed Russian rock musician, singer, and poet, Svetlana Surganova. ...More

(3/26/2021)

-DAS Audio Loudspeakers Bring a New Level of Engagement to First Baptist Church Services

DAS Audio Loudspeakers Bring a New Level of Engagement to First Baptist Church Services

With its mission to develop disciples of Christ Jesus who joyfully exchange all that they are for all that He is, First Baptist Church is devoted to developing disciples of Christ. The church recently underwent an extensive facility ...More

(3/26/2021)

-Harman Professional Solutions Provides Immersive, Networked Sound and Lighting for Samsung KX

Harman Professional Solutions Provides Immersive, Networked Sound and Lighting for Samsung KX

To complement the next-generation technology on display at Samsung KX, Snelling Business Systems, and Cosmic Electronics recently outfitted the venue with a complete Harman networked AV, lighting, and control system. ...More

(3/25/2021)

-Chauvet Professional Puts Fine Point On Force

Chauvet Professional Puts Fine Point On Force

Earlier this year, Chauvet Professional introduced the Maverick Force 2 Profile and Force 1 Spot. Although compact and lightweight, the two fixtures easily matched or exceeded much larger products in terms of output, brightness, and ...More

(3/25/2021)

-disguise Collaborates with Partners to Welcome New Era of Production with Cluster Rendering Technology

disguise Collaborates with Partners to Welcome New Era of Production with Cluster Rendering Technology

disguise announces an upcoming major software release in early April. Cluster rendering will be a big upgrade in the new release, the company says, allowing users to scale out their real-time content rendering without compromise, as ...More

(3/25/2021)

-In Memoriam: Pat Collins

In Memoriam: Pat Collins

Lighting&Sound America has learned of the death, last weekend, of the noted lighting designer Pat Collins.
As of today, information about her death and personal details have not been made available, but over the course ...
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(3/25/2021)

-In Memoriam: Michael Alboher

In Memoriam: Michael Alboher

The following is a statement from WorldStage:
"The WorldStage family is saddened to report the passing of Michael "Mikey A" Alboher, on March 24, 2021. Michael's long tenure as a video engineer began at Scharff Weisberg Inc. in ...
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(3/25/2021)

-Initial Howell Binkley Fellow Announced

Initial Howell Binkley Fellow Announced

The Howell Binkley Fellowship Program announces Kat Zhou (katzhoudesign.com) as its inaugural Fellow for the 2021 - 2022 season. Zhous recently received her MFA in design from Boston ...More

(3/25/2021)

-Ultratec Special Effects Continues to Grow Globally

Ultratec Special Effects Continues to Grow Globally

With a plan for continued business growth across North America and Europe, Ultratec Special Effects welcomes two new additions to its sales team. Young-Hoo (Aaron) Dengra Ju has joined as the European sales lead for both ...More

(3/25/2021)

-LD Systems IMA Installation Mixing Amplifiers Available Now

LD Systems IMA Installation Mixing Amplifiers Available Now

With the IMA 30 and IMA 60 models, LD Systems (a brand of The Adam Hall Group) presents the first members of the new IMA Series. Thanks to a wide range of input and output options, including a Bluetooth 4.0 interface for the ...More

(3/25/2021)

-LA ProPoint to Fabricate and Install Theatre Seat Dividers

LA ProPoint to Fabricate and Install Theatre Seat Dividers

LA ProPoint have designed and built custom seat dividers for theatres and auditoriums.
The unique installations will help performance spaces welcome back audience members after a year of the pandemic. The seat dividers are height ...
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(3/25/2021)

-Listen Technologies Launches ListenTALK 2.0

Listen Technologies Launches ListenTALK 2.0

Listen Technologies Corporation, provider of advanced wireless listening solutions for 22 years, has announced expanded functionality in ListenTALK, its award-winning mobile communication system. The firmware update adds a powerful ...More

(3/25/2021)

-Audinate's Dante Now Supported in More Than 3,000 Devices

Audinate's Dante Now Supported in More Than 3,000 Devices

Audinate's Dante recently reached a milestone with more than 3,000 different products now incorporating Dante for audio-over-IP connectivity. According to researc ...More

(3/25/2021)

-Calgary's Arts Commons Expands Lighting Inventory with Ayrton and Robert Juliat Fixtures

Calgary's Arts Commons Expands Lighting Inventory with Ayrton and Robert Juliat Fixtures

A multi-venue arts center in downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Arts Commons (formerly EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts) has invested in a complement of Ayrton lighting fixtures and Robert Juliat followspots from Sapp ...More

(3/25/2021)

-Weathervane Playhouse Gets Clean and Green with Audio-Technica

Weathervane Playhouse Gets Clean and Green with Audio-Technica

Since beginning its run in 1935, Weathervane Community Playhouse in Akron, Ohio, has presented a wide spectrum of plays, from classics to new works, spanning dramas, comedies, musicals, and more. Working first out of an empty carriage ...More

(3/25/2021)

-Lienau AV Associates Appointed Rep Firm for A.C. ProMedia

Lienau AV Associates Appointed Rep Firm for A.C. ProMedia

A.C. ProMedia, distributor of products and solutions aimed at the commercial and pro-AV installation markets, appoints Lienau AV Associates as their newest sales representative partner.
Working with A.C. ProMedia's Franck ...
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(3/24/2021)

-New Christie Mirage SST-6P RGB Pure Laser Projection System Redefines the 3D Experience

New Christie Mirage SST-6P RGB Pure Laser Projection System Redefines the 3D Experience

Christie announces the launch of the new Christie Mirage SST-6P, a dual-head 18,000 lumen, 4K, 6-Primary 3D RGB pure laser projection system that delivers twice the onscreen brightness of traditional color-comb 30,000-lumen lamp ...More

(3/24/2021)

-Lectrosonics Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary

Lectrosonics Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary

Lectrosonics announces that this month, the company is celebrating its 50th Anniversary. Founded in March of 1971 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Lectrosonics products are used in countless broadcast, television, theatre, film, live ...More

(3/24/2021)

-Electrosonic Group Appoints Lori Cross as Chair of the Board

Electrosonic Group Appoints Lori Cross as Chair of the Board

Electrosonic, an international Audiovisual and Technology Services Company, appoints Lori Cross as non-executive chair of the group to fast-track its transformation and expansion strategy.
Cross has been a board member for ...
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(3/24/2021)

-Obsidian Control Systems Marks a Year of NETRON

Obsidian Control Systems Marks a Year of NETRON

Obsidian Control Systems marks a successful year of shipping its comprehensive NETRON data distribution line of RDM splitters and EtherDMX nodes and announces a new Version 2.6 ...More

(3/24/2021)

-RTS Introduces DBP (Digital Beltpack) - New Member of the RTS Digital Partyline Intercom Product Family

RTS Introduces DBP (Digital Beltpack) - New Member of the RTS Digital Partyline Intercom Product Family

RTS announces the global introduction of DBP (Digital Beltpack) -- the latest addition to the brand's portfolio of OMNEO IP intercom solutions. DBP also joins the recently launched OMS (OMNEO Main Station) as a key member of a ...More

(3/24/2021)

-Analog Way Aquilons Drive Massive Screens at Circa Resort & Casino's New Sportsbook and Pool Venues

Analog Way Aquilons Drive Massive Screens at Circa Resort & Casino's New Sportsbook and Pool Venues

When Circa Resort & Casino recently opened in Las Vegas it revolutionized the game-day experience for guests with unique big-screen sportsbook and pool venues.
Circa bills Circa | Sports as "a sportsbook so big we built a casino around ...
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(3/24/2021)

-René Jõhve of CuuClub Calls On ChamSys to Create Myriad Looks for Estonian Eurovision

René Jõhve of CuuClub Calls On ChamSys to Create Myriad Looks for Estonian Eurovision

Out of chaos and confusion, creativity often emerges. In the process, it leads to bold solutions that flourish far beyond the moment. Such was the case last year, when René Jõhve and his team at CuuClub set out to design the stage ...More

(3/24/2021)

-ESI Productions Takes Delivery of North America's First L-Acoustics K3 System

ESI Productions Takes Delivery of North America's First L-Acoustics K3 System

For 25 years, Tampa-based ESI Productions has provided concert sound reinforcement systems and services for festivals, tours, and corporate productions throughout the southeastern US and beyond. On the day after Christmas in 2013, ESI ...More

(3/24/2021)

-High-speed GLP Light-show for Audi e-tron World Premiere

High-speed GLP Light-show for Audi e-tron World Premiere

Anyone wondering how, under the current conditions, new products can be launched in an effective way within the media, need look no further than Audi. For the presentation of the new e-tron GT, the Ingolstadt-based car manufacturer staged ...More

(3/24/2021)

-Xite Labs Creates xR Worlds for Bryson Tiller's Innovative Online Show, Trapsoul Series

Xite Labs Creates xR Worlds for Bryson Tiller's Innovative Online Show, Trapsoul Series

With live concert performances and touring still suspended due to the coronavirus, musical artists are looking for new ways to present material and engage fans with virtual productions. Singer/songwriter Bryson Tiller and his ...More

(3/24/2021)

-Audio Standards and Interoperability in a Connected World Take the Stage in AES Standards Webinar Series

Audio Standards and Interoperability in a Connected World Take the Stage in AES Standards Webinar Series

The Audio Engineering Society announces a series of webinars hosted by the AES Standards Committee that will illuminate the inner workings of the often complex, yet necessary, set of rules by which engineers and equipment ...More

(3/24/2021)

-Telefunken Boosts Live Classical Music Streaming in Memphis

Telefunken Boosts Live Classical Music Streaming in Memphis

When the pandemic forced closure of both Opera Memphis and Iris Orchestra, organizers decided to continue with a full program of online streaming for the season ticket holders. To accomplish this, both classical music organizations shared ...More

(3/23/2021)

-Behind the Scenes Launches Mental Health First Aid Training for Entertainment Industry Workers

Behind the Scenes Launches Mental Health First Aid Training for Entertainment Industry Workers

The Behind the Scenes Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Initiative announces online Mental Health First Aid training will now be available to entertainment industry workers in the US at a variety of days and times on an ongoing ...More

(3/23/2021)

-Virtual Showlight 2021 - First Sponsors Announced

Virtual Showlight 2021 - First Sponsors Announced

Virtual Showlight announces the first sponsors for its online, one-day event (May 25, 2021) which takes place in celebration of the full Showlight event that was postponed due to the COVID pandemic. ...More

(3/23/2021)

-Obsidian Control Systems Launches Training Videos for NX4 Lighting Console

Obsidian Control Systems Launches Training Videos for NX4 Lighting Console

In keeping with Obsidian Control Systems' practice of providing valuable educational resources to lighting designers and programmers, the lighting control brand is making available training videos covering the More

(3/23/2021)

-Ma-Yi Theater Company Announces $5K Micro-grant Program for NYC-based BIPOC, Trans, and Disabled Artists

Ma-Yi Theater Company Announces $5K Micro-grant Program for NYC-based BIPOC, Trans, and Disabled Artists

Ma-Yi Theater Company announces a new $5K micro-grant program that is open to New York City-based BIPOC, transgendered, and disabled artists and creatives. The micro-grant was established in response to the continued COVID-19 ...More

(3/23/2021)

-hazebase Introduces classic2 and highpower2, Two Innovative Fog Machines

hazebase Introduces classic2 and highpower2, Two Innovative Fog Machines

hazebase presents two new fog machines. Thanks to the partnership with the company Jumptronic from Springe, the fog machines, classic2 and highpower2, were developed from scratch. Because of this, the power loss could be reduced ...More

(3/23/2021)

-Robe Assists at Live in Leith

Robe Assists at Live in Leith

Live in Leith is a series of PPV (pay-per-view) digital gigs recorded at the fabulous Leith Theatre, Edinburgh, UK, combining some of the best rising star music talent in Scotland with spectacular production values -- including Ro ...More

(3/23/2021)

-MEGA-LITE Announces DECO Recessed Series

MEGA-LITE Announces DECO Recessed Series

MEGA-LITE's DECO series continues to grow and now introduces the DECO Recessed Series. Create an impression with the color changing DECO Recessed Q20 and variable white DECO Recessed VW20. These fixtures can transform any ambiance ...More

(3/23/2021)

-DPA Microphones Garner Rave Reviews with Linda Perry Management

DPA Microphones Garner Rave Reviews with Linda Perry Management

As a long-time music industry icon, multi-platinum producer Linda Perry is serious about sound. Luis Flores, studio engineer at Linda Perry Management, shares this testament and is on a never-ending quest to find clearer, ...More

(3/23/2021)

-Vincent Lighting Systems (VLS) Re-Imagines their Brand

Vincent Lighting Systems (VLS) Re-Imagines their Brand

In 2018, Vincent Lighting Systems (VLS) expanded their products and services to include rigging, and now are re-imagining their brand to provide a complete range of technology for visual environments.
VLS - Technology for Visual ...
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(3/23/2021)

-River City Christian Upgrades with New Martin Audio WPS Rig

River City Christian Upgrades with New Martin Audio WPS Rig

A new technical infrastructure, including a premium Martin Audio Wavefront Precision (WPS) PA, has been installed at the River City Christian church in Rancho Cordova, California.
The full integration was undertaken by Sacramento ...
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(3/23/2021)

-CODA to the Core

CODA to the Core

Play AV and Viladco combine to deliver pristine audio to popular Antwerp culture center, with CODA Audio APS and N-APS.
The Culture Centre de Kern is a multi-purpose hub for the arts in the Wilrijk district of Antwerp. Offering ...
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(3/23/2021)

-PK Sound and Logic Systems Forge Strategic Long-term Partnership

PK Sound and Logic Systems Forge Strategic Long-term Partnership

PK SOUND, the robotic line array company, has welcomed St. Louis, MO's Logic Systems -- one of the top production technologies providers in the US Midwest -- to the PK Alliance. The partnership currently finds the two companies ...More

(3/22/2021)

-Solotech Acquires Morris Light & Sound

Solotech Acquires Morris Light & Sound

Solotech announced today the completion of the acquisition of Nashville-based Morris Light & Sound. As expected, Solotech, expands its activities in the United States and solidifies its presence in the Nashville, Tennessee ...More

(3/22/2021)

-Paul Owen Joins DCR Nashville

Paul Owen Joins DCR Nashville

Today, DCR Nashville announces some big news in the entertainment production industry. As the COVID-19 pandemic brought the touring industry to a screeching halt, DCR Nashville saw this as an opportunity to tune up their ...More

(3/22/2021)

-Benjamin Göldner Becomes General Manager of Chainmaster GmbH

Benjamin Göldner Becomes General Manager of Chainmaster GmbH

Chainmaster GmbH announces that Benjamin Göldner will be joining Chainmaster GmbH as general manager from May 1, 2021 and will be responsible for the entire operational business at the company's site in Eilenburg, Germany. ...More

(3/22/2021)

-d&b Goes Live with Malmö Opera Sound Team on March 23

d&b Goes Live with Malmö Opera Sound Team on March 23

Interested in immersive audio and want to hear how d&b Soundscape is helping to elevate the audio experience? Join in on YouTube or Facebook for the next d&b Live session when the company will be joined by the sound team from ...More

(3/22/2021)

-Chimera Introduces Rotational Stops for Orbiter Speed Rings

Chimera Introduces Rotational Stops for Orbiter Speed Rings

The QLM mount on the ARRI Orbiter allows for easy mounting of optical accessories to the fixture. Chimera Lighting's uses its familiar outer metal speed rings, combined with a specially designed inner ring retained by ...More

(3/22/2021)

-Long Reach Long Riders Open Rider Registration for 18th Annual Charity Ride

Long Reach Long Riders Open Rider Registration for 18th Annual Charity Ride

Rider registration for the Long Reach Long Riders (LRLR) 18th annual charity motorcycle ride -- A River Runs Through It -- is now open.
The 2021 ride begins in St Paul, Minnesota on June 19th and ends back in St Paul on ...
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(3/22/2021)

-Stage|Set|Scenery Is to Be Terminated

Stage|Set|Scenery Is to Be Terminated

The final curtain came down: Stage|Set|Scenery will not take place as planned from June 15 - 17, 2021. After an intensive review of the future viability of the trade show and conference for theatre, film, and event technology, ...More

(3/22/2021)

-Seen But Not Heard: Maverick Silens 2 Profile Enhances Experience at Åsane Kulturhus

Seen But Not Heard: Maverick Silens 2 Profile Enhances Experience at Åsane Kulturhus

From the outside, the sleek, new Åsane Kulturhus multi-use civic center projects an image of engineering excellence. This impression is reinforced throughout the spacious structure, including in its 540sqm Culture Hall where the ...More

(3/22/2021)

-Fountain Square Gushes Over L-Acoustics Sound

Fountain Square Gushes Over L-Acoustics Sound

Cincinnati's Fountain Square has a rich heritage as the epicenter of the "Queen City's" civic, commercial, and social lives. Surrounded by restaurants, bars, shopping and hotels, the downtown entertainment hub now has yet another ...More

(3/22/2021)

-Knebworth House in a New Anolis Light

Knebworth House in a New Anolis Light

Architectural LED lighting specialist Anolis -- a Robe business -- was approached by Robert Parker of the Historic Houses Association to assist in the specification of a replacement lighting scheme to illuminate the front of ...More

(3/22/2021)

-RCF Amplifies the Adrenaline in the 2021 Snowboard World Cup

RCF Amplifies the Adrenaline in the 2021 Snowboard World Cup

The Snowboard World Championships returned to Valmalenco, Italy in January 2021, albeit behind closed doors due to the health emergency. Four days of competitions on the snow after a nine years absence of the Alpe Palù competition, down ...More

(3/22/2021)

-Riedel's Bolero Provides Crisp, Clear, and Future-Proof Wireless Comms for Historic Opéra de Lille in France

Riedel's Bolero Provides Crisp, Clear, and Future-Proof Wireless Comms for Historic Opéra de Lille in France

Riedel Communications announces that its Bolero wireless intercom is providing flexible, reliable, and high-quality crew communications at the Opéra de Lille, a neoclassical opera house in Lille, France. Built between 1907 and ...More

(3/22/2021)

-RTSales, Inc. Announced as A.C. ProMedia's New Rep Firm

RTSales, Inc. Announced as A.C. ProMedia's New Rep Firm

A.C. ProMedia, distributor of products and solutions aimed at the commercial and pro-AV installation markets, announces RTSales, Inc. as its newest sales representative partner.
Working with A.C. ProMedia's Michael ...
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(3/19/2021)

-COVID-19 Update: March 19, 2020: Vaccine Hesitancy

COVID-19 Update: March 19, 2020: Vaccine Hesitancy

Two steps forward and one step back: In the US, vaccines are rolling out at a faster rate than ever. We have so many doses that we're starting to share them with other countries. The live events industry is beginning to look at opening ...More

(3/19/2021)

-Dynamic Spectrum Alliance to Highlight Spectrum Sharing Success at the 2021 Global Summit

Dynamic Spectrum Alliance to Highlight Spectrum Sharing Success at the 2021 Global Summit

The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) announces the preliminary details for its 8th annual Global Summit. Focusing on the use-cases and impacts of spectrum sharing success over the last year, the 2021 Global Summit will take place ...More

(3/19/2021)

-NEXT Will Launch a New Brand, NEXT Audiocom

NEXT Will Launch a New Brand, NEXT Audiocom

NEXT-proaudio belongs to CVA Electronica that has announced the unveiling of a new commercial audio brand -- NEXT Audiocom.
CVA Electronica (NEXT-proaudio) has a long history as a professional manufacturer based in Portugal, ...
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(3/19/2021)

-SurgeX Ships Highly Anticipated Squid Power Management Device

SurgeX Ships Highly Anticipated Squid Power Management Device

SurgeX, advanced power protection, diagnostic intelligence, remote monitoring, and cloud solutions, announces the shipping of its highly anticipated Squid power management device. With a compact design that packs an array of power ...More

(3/19/2021)

-Mike Marcario and Chauvet Professional Animate "Attention" Video For Bridge Church

Mike Marcario and Chauvet Professional Animate "Attention" Video For Bridge Church

"We cannot deny with our culture what we declare with our message," the multi-campus Bridge Church proclaims on its website. The culture and message of this dynamic church are both beautifully evident in "Bridge Worship," a collection of ...More

(3/19/2021)

-Clear-Com's Agent-IC Deployed as Effective, Standalone Mobile Intercom Solution on Set

Clear-Com's Agent-IC Deployed as Effective, Standalone Mobile Intercom Solution on Set

For Vinit Borrison, anything that streamlines workflow is a welcome addition in his day-to-day work as a cinematographer and filmmaker, particularly when it comes to providing fluent, reliable communication with everyone on (and off) ...More

(3/19/2021)

-Belmont Showcase Series Lights Up with Bandit

Belmont Showcase Series Lights Up with Bandit

Hands on experience in the live events industry is crucial, especially when navigating the tenuous first steps. Belmont University offers students the opportunity to garner real-world training in all aspects of concert production with ...More

(3/19/2021)

-Stadium Miejski Expands with RCF Speakers

Stadium Miejski Expands with RCF Speakers

The Florian Krygier Municipal Stadium has recently undergone a complete modernization which includes the installation of a new sound system based on RCF P Series speakers.
The Florian Krygier Municipal Stadium located in ...
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(3/19/2021)

-Yeomkwang Church Enhances the Worship Experience With a Complete Harman Professional Solutions Audio System

Yeomkwang Church Enhances the Worship Experience With a Complete Harman Professional Solutions Audio System

To deliver clear, powerful sound during its services, Yeomkwang Church recently partnered with TechDataPS Co., Ltd. to install a Harman Professional Solutions audio system.
Founded in 1946, Yeomkwang Church belongs to the ...
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(3/19/2021)

-Chuck Ainlay Evaluates New Sanken Wide Range CUX-100K Mic

Chuck Ainlay Evaluates New Sanken Wide Range CUX-100K Mic

Grammy award-winning engineer/producer Chuck Ainlay has been testing out the new Sanken CUX-100K super wide range microphone that features a 20Hz to 100kHz range. Ainlay has engineered and produced hundreds of albums for both ...More

(3/19/2021)

-Funktion-One Compact System from 303.bg for Fantazia in Kosovo

Funktion-One Compact System from 303.bg for Fantazia in Kosovo

Funktion-One distributor 303.bg overcame the geographical challenges of the global pandemic to specify and install one of Kosovo's first permanent Funktion-One sound systems. Fantazia, which is operated by renowned underground ...More

(3/18/2021)

-Robe Launches New LEDBeam 350 Moving Light

Robe Launches New LEDBeam 350 Moving Light

To those familiar with Robe's little LEDBeam 150, this is a bigger, brighter -- 6,600 lumen -- variant, delivering even more punch and presence for those wanting crystal clear beams and beautifully rich color washes. ...More

(3/18/2021)

-Shure Rocks 63rd Grammy Awards

Shure Rocks 63rd Grammy Awards

Broadcast live outside the Los Angeles Convention Center, the 63rd Grammy Awards offered viewers a night to celebrate music with elaborate performances from top artists across different musical genres. The audience-free show combined a mix ...More

(3/18/2021)

-TASCAM Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary

TASCAM Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary

TASCAM, a provider of audio solutions for musicians, engineers, broadcast professionals, and AV system integrators, announces the year 2021 marks the company's 50th Anniversary. As the company that invented the home studio ...More

(3/18/2021)

-Image Theatre Virtual Venue Calls on Chauvet Professional For Livestream/Video Productions

Image Theatre Virtual Venue Calls on Chauvet Professional For Livestream/Video Productions

Halfway steps never complete a journey. Darren Lussier and his team at Image Production Services demonstrated the wisdom of this old adage in the way they responded to the lockdown's impact on their live event business. With ...More

(3/18/2021)

-LightFair Presents Free Strategy Webinar on Trade Show Marketing

LightFair Presents Free Strategy Webinar on Trade Show Marketing

LightFair will present a free trade show strategy and marketing webinar for lighting manufacturers as an expansion of its educational programming and a tool to jumpstart brands' planning for a return to LightFair and other in-person ...More

(3/18/2021)

-Darmah and Brompton Technology Celebrate Six Years Working Together

Darmah and Brompton Technology Celebrate Six Years Working Together

Miami-based creative multifunctional studio, darmah, specializes in production design enhanced by the latest cutting-edge tools, and known for its exceptional attention to detail and extreme quality control. Last year, it once again ...More

(3/18/2021)

-Ashly Audio Provides Upstate New York School and Community with Audio Solution for Meetings, Performances

Ashly Audio Provides Upstate New York School and Community with Audio Solution for Meetings, Performances

The Stissing Mountain Junior/Senior High School is like many combined schoolhouses in rural America -- part educational facility, part community meeting space, and often the most well-equipped location in town to host a live performance. ...More

(3/18/2021)

-Staging Concepts Amplifies Versatility and Sound Quality at Hasting Performing Arts Center in Michigan

Staging Concepts Amplifies Versatility and Sound Quality at Hasting Performing Arts Center in Michigan

The Hastings Performing Arts Center (HPAC), located in Hastings, Mich., serves as a treasured destination for performing arts and creativity. The 830-seat facility hosts a wide range of student performances, music festivals, and other ...More

(3/18/2021)

-Lectrosonics Goes Undercover on Hit Cold War Drama The Americans

Lectrosonics Goes Undercover on Hit Cold War Drama The Americans

Starring Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys as Soviet deep-cover agents in the US during the Reagan-era Cold War, The Americans was a massive critical success for the FX cable channel. Four Primetime Emmy, one Golden Globe, ...More

(3/18/2021)

-Inderøy Kulturhus Acts Local, Thinks Global with Alcons Audio

Inderøy Kulturhus Acts Local, Thinks Global with Alcons Audio

Despite its rural location, when the concert hall at the Inderøy Kulturhus complex in Norway needed a new sound reinforcement system, its managers were determined that local residents would enjoy the best possible experience. ...More

(3/18/2021)

-Utelogy Expands Utelligence Program for AV Device Standardization with New Driver for LEA Professional

Utelogy Expands Utelligence Program for AV Device Standardization with New Driver for LEA Professional

Utelogy Corporation, a provider of control, monitoring, and analytics software for workspace management, has developed a new driver for LEA Professional's line of professional-grade amplifiers and technologies supporting audio ...More

(3/17/2021)

-Martin by Harman Launches Largest Lighting Initiative in a Decade with Martin MAC Ultra Series

Martin by Harman Launches Largest Lighting Initiative in a Decade with Martin MAC Ultra Series

Harman Professional Solutions substantially raised the bar for extremely bright and compact lights with the debut of Martin by Harman's Martin MAC Ultra Performance and MAC Ultra Wash workhorse stage lights. Featuring ...More

(3/17/2021)

-ETC Launches New Fixtures at March 30 Online Event

ETC Launches New Fixtures at March 30 Online Event

ETC is hosting an online event to launch two new theatrical fixtures on March 30, 2021. This event is open to the public and starts at 9:00am CDT with a keynote message from David Lincecum, VP of marketing. Immediately ...More

(3/17/2021)

-GearSource Adds Brad Nelms to Global Executive Role

GearSource Adds Brad Nelms to Global Executive Role

GearSource finalized a complete transformation of its business model in 2020, converting to a unique and highly scalable, global marketplace platform. The company has staff in five countries, with 70% of transactions on the ...More

(3/17/2021)

-Vectorworks, Inc. Announces Unreal Engine Partnership and Service Pack 3 Release

Vectorworks, Inc. Announces Unreal Engine Partnership and Service Pack 3 Release

Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. has released its third service pack for the Vectorworks 2021 product line focusing on key updates for their architecture, landscape architecture, and entertainment design ...More

(3/17/2021)

-Audio-Technica's New Miniature Microphones Available

Audio-Technica's New Miniature Microphones Available

Audio-Technica introduces two new miniature, space-saving boundary microphones: the ES945O/TB3 omnidirectional condenser boundary microphone and the ES947C/TB3 cardioid condenser boundary microphone. Like their larger counterparts (E ...More

(3/17/2021)

-ROE Visual Announces New Role for Company Founder

ROE Visual Announces New Role for Company Founder

ROE Visual announces that its founder Jason Lu steps up to a new position in the Unilumin group, taking on the role as president for ROE Visual and member of the board.
After completing the ROE Visual management team's ...
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(3/17/2021)

-Epson Launches New Series of Compact, Versatile, High Lumen Laser Projectors

Epson Launches New Series of Compact, Versatile, High Lumen Laser Projectors

Epson announces seven new compact and lightweight 3LCD laser projectors ranging from 6,000 to 10,000 lumens will be added to its lineup. The new models, part of Epson's Pro Series interchangeable lens projectors, pair seamlessly ...More

(3/17/2021)

-Acclaim Lighting Announces AJBOX1 Junction Box

Acclaim Lighting Announces AJBOX1 Junction Box

Acclaim Lighting introduces AJBOX1, a weathertight, outdoor rated junction box designed to separate the Acclaim hybrid cables into separate AC power and DMX conduit runs for quick and easy installations. ...More

(3/17/2021)

-ADJ's Versatile Portable Event Table Now Available With Sleek Matte Black Finish

ADJ's Versatile Portable Event Table Now Available With Sleek Matte Black Finish

ADJ announces that its Pro Event Table is now available with a matte black finish. Designed as a professional alternative to banquet tables, the Pro Event Table MB can be used in a wide variety of situations, including to support ...More

(3/17/2021)

-Microsoft Xbox Dream Stream with Eye-candy from GLP

Microsoft Xbox Dream Stream with Eye-candy from GLP

The proposed lavish party for the launch of Microsoft's new Xbox Series X unfortunately had to be waived due to the COVID pandemic. Nevertheless, the market launch of the new generation of consoles in the Gamescom city of Cologne ...More

(3/17/2021)

-Hippotizer Karst+ Choreographs Strictly Visuals

Hippotizer Karst+ Choreographs Strictly Visuals

BBC Studios' hugely popular celebrity TV contest Strictly Come Dancing returned for its eighteenth series at the end of 2020, with brand new visual content choreographed by Green Hippo's Hippotizer Karst+ Media Servers. ...More

(3/17/2021)

-Telefunken Congratulates Jim "Kimo" West for 2021 Grammy

Telefunken Congratulates Jim "Kimo" West for 2021 Grammy

Jim Kimo West's More Guitar Stories has won the 2021 Grammy for Best New Age album. Well known as the versatile guitarist for "Weird Al" Yankovic, West is also recognized as one of the world's top "slack key" ...More

(3/16/2021)

-Focusrite Group to Launch New Commercial Audio Brand -- Optimal Audio

Focusrite Group to Launch New Commercial Audio Brand -- Optimal Audio

A new commercial audio brand will be introduced to the market on April 20, when Focusrite plc launches Optimal Audio at a special virtual event. Optimal Audio will become the Focusrite Group's seventh brand, adding to ...More

(3/16/2021)

-Still Don't Think LED Blinders Work? Elation to Prove Otherwise on March 18 Coffee Break

Still Don't Think LED Blinders Work? Elation to Prove Otherwise on March 18 Coffee Break

Today's creative designer is asking more from every lighting fixture in the rig and the essential audience/stage blinder is no exception. This week's Elation Coffee Break is all about blinders with an in-depth look at the More

(3/16/2021)

-CNBC Equips Set with More than 250 Martin LED Lighting Fixtures for The News With Shepard Smith

CNBC Equips Set with More than 250 Martin LED Lighting Fixtures for The News With Shepard Smith

Ferri Lighting Design & Associates (FLDA) recently equipped CNBC Studio B with a complete Martin LED lighting rig for optimal on-camera looks and increased energy efficiency.
When anchor Shepard Smith joined CNBC in July 2020 ...
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(3/16/2021)

-Creative Technology Middle East Announces Two New Hires

Creative Technology Middle East Announces Two New Hires

Creative Technology Middle East (CTME) announces new hires Dailos Rodriguez and Mark Johnson.
Dailos Rodriguez has recently joined CTME as the venue operations manager for the newly formed Venue Services Department. He ...
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(3/16/2021)

-Proel New Sales Organization in France

Proel New Sales Organization in France

Proel announces that starting from March 1, 2021 it has expanded its French commercial structure, with the arrival of a new reps who will be responsible for penetrating the Northern French market, developing and expanding the sales ...More

(3/16/2021)

-Robe for Martin Jensen Site-Specific Shows

Robe for Martin Jensen Site-Specific Shows

The pandemic period will surely be remembered for many things including the invention and creativity manifested by an entertainment and technical production industry determined to keep music and performance accessible and relevant during ...More

(3/16/2021)

-ASG Entertainments and Chauvet Professional Turn Historic Red Fox Green

ASG Entertainments and Chauvet Professional Turn Historic Red Fox Green

Set in a thickly wooded area and set off by beautifully manicured gardens, the brick and sandstone building on Liverpool Road known as The Red Fox evokes vivid images of the late 19-the century British country manor that it once was, ...More

(3/16/2021)

-Huge ADJ LED Video Wall Provides Backdrop For Impact Church's New Worship Center

Huge ADJ LED Video Wall Provides Backdrop For Impact Church's New Worship Center

Based in Scottsdale, AZ, Impact Church is a fast-growing, multi-ethnic church known for high-energy worship and relevant, accessible teaching. The church recently moved into a new home, which was purpose-designed to host cutting-edge ...More

(3/16/2021)

-Fulcrum Acoustic Maximizes Excitement At UPMC Cooper Field House

Fulcrum Acoustic Maximizes Excitement At UPMC Cooper Field House

UPMC Cooper Field House is the home arena for most of Duquesne University's major sports teams, including their NCAA Division 1 Basketball team: the Duquesne Dukes. During a recent renovation of the facility, Daktronics installed a Fulcr ...More

(3/16/2021)

-CDD Stars, Both Inside and Out, at New Brisbane Waterfront Venue

CDD Stars, Both Inside and Out, at New Brisbane Waterfront Venue

Stanley, a new Cantonese restaurant on the waterfront of Brisbane's Howard Smith Wharves, has complemented head chef Louis Tikaram's fine mix of locally sourced cuisine, with a Martin Audio sound system. ...More

(3/16/2021)

-Gulf Region's Largest Digital Art Center Infinity des Lumières to be Powered by Barco Technology

Gulf Region's Largest Digital Art Center Infinity des Lumières to be Powered by Barco Technology

Barco has provided projection technology for a ground-breaking new immersive art center, Infinity des Lumières, in Dubai (UAE). The new digital art center will allow visitors and residents of the UAE to discover a novel approach to ...More

(3/16/2021)

-BriteShot Pivots Manufacturing Strategy to Combat COVID

BriteShot Pivots Manufacturing Strategy to Combat COVID

BriteShot, a vendor of LED lighting solutions for television, film, and events, has shifted its manufacturing strategy to help venues re-open safely amidst the COVID-19 outbreak. Making the most of its resources during these ...More

(3/15/2021)

-Call to Action: Relief Funding for Live Performing Arts Organizations and Workers

Call to Action: Relief Funding for Live Performing Arts Organizations and Workers

Organizers request the industry's assistance:
"It's time to speak up again, in order to avoid a narrowing of the that leaves out many of those from this industry who need it the most. "The ...
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(3/15/2021)

-PK Sound Introduces Trinity Install Line Array Element

PK Sound Introduces Trinity Install Line Array Element

PK Sound, the robotic line array company, has released an installation-focused iteration of Trinity, its flagship large-format line array element. Trinity Install brings the exceptional voicing and coverage control of the Trinity ...More

(3/15/2021)

-disguise Democratizes Virtual Production with New Solutions for Integrating Unreal Engine

disguise Democratizes Virtual Production with New Solutions for Integrating Unreal Engine

disguise announces new features for its xR software. This upgrade will further enhance its integration of Unreal Engine and address the continued demand for immersive content of the highest quality, detail, and frame rate across ...More

(3/15/2021)

-Pharos Adds Impressive Range of Features with Updated Designer 2 Software

Pharos Adds Impressive Range of Features with Updated Designer 2 Software

Architectural controls specialist Pharos has launched the latest evolution of its new Designer 2 software, version 2.8. This new, cutting-edge version of the existing Designer software has been developed in line with user feedback, ...More

(3/15/2021)

-Smooth Obsidian Lighting Control Transition at Hope Fellowship Church in Texas

Smooth Obsidian Lighting Control Transition at Hope Fellowship Church in Texas

Hope Fellowship Church in Frisco, Texas, just north of Dallas, made a recent purchase of Obsidian NX4 (obsidiancontrol.com/nx4) and NX Wing (obsidianc ...More

(3/15/2021)

-USITT21 -- Virtually Anywhere Ends Successful Week

USITT21 -- Virtually Anywhere Ends Successful Week

USITT concluded its 61st Annual Conference & Stage Expo on Friday, March 12, 2021 with an address by award-winning lighting designer Adam Honoré. It capped a week-long event that has historically been one of the ...More

(3/15/2021)

-Point Source Audio Supports Safe Miking for Live Open-Air Opera

Point Source Audio Supports Safe Miking for Live Open-Air Opera

Palm Beach Opera has brought joy to Florida's classical music fans with an innovative opera festival with nine days of performances at the iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach. The socially-distanced event was the company's ...More

(3/15/2021)

-Audio Engineering Society to Celebrate "Global Resonance" at Its Milestone 150th International Convention

Audio Engineering Society to Celebrate "Global Resonance" at Its Milestone 150th International Convention

The Audio Engineering Society, celebrating over 70 years of audio excellence, has announced plans for its 150th International Convention, taking place online May 25 - 28, 2021, to be streamcast in Central European time. Centered ...More

(3/15/2021)

-Said-Galiev Cultural Center Chooses Robe

Said-Galiev Cultural Center Chooses Robe

Robe luminaires were selected for another premium cultural project, this one at the Said-Galiev Cultural Center in Derbyshki in Kazan, the capital of the Russian semi-autonomous region of Tatarstan, an area renowned as a lively ...More

(3/15/2021)

-Lightfair to Offer Lighting Industry Mentorship Program

Lightfair to Offer Lighting Industry Mentorship Program

LightFair is expanding networking and relationship building opportunities beyond its yearly trade show and conference with a new lighting professional mentorship program launching this spring. The six-month program creates ...More

(3/15/2021)

-Events Evolution and Chauvet Professional Bridge Best of Both Worlds on Pay-Per View

Events Evolution and Chauvet Professional Bridge Best of Both Worlds on Pay-Per View

Winky D and Jah Prayzah both draw passion and inspiration from the same rich, deep and fertile wellspring that is the Zimbabwean musical tradition. However, the two gifted artists take this inspiration in slightly different directions; ...More

(3/15/2021)

-Free ANSI March and April Webinar Series -- Registration Open

Free ANSI March and April Webinar Series -- Registration Open

Registration is now open for a series of webinars presented by ANSI. They will each run 90 - 120 minutes every Thursday at 2:00pm ET during March and April. The webinars are geared to the work that ANSI-Accredited Standards ...More

(3/15/2021)

-Blue West Goes "Red Hot" with API 2448 Console

Blue West Goes "Red Hot" with API 2448 Console

The hit making Los Angeles studio Blue West, run by producer/musician Bill Jabr and head engineer James Kang, has invested in an API 2448 recording console to upgrade the facilities it can offer its clients, who ...More

(3/12/2021)

-COVID 19 Update, March 12: Independence Day

COVID 19 Update, March 12: Independence Day

The first anniversary of the pandemic arrives; we've all been through hell, and it isn't over yet. Still, what a week. President Biden issues a series of key pledges, much more vaccine is becoming available, and the world is looking at ...More

(3/12/2021)

-RAW and Xy Control for Prolights EclProfile CT+

RAW and Xy Control for Prolights EclProfile CT+

Prolights EclProfile CT+ is now capable of being controlled in RAW mode and xy coordinates control. This update comes after the release of the new ellipsoidal in the autumn of 2020 and a successful kick-off in sales amid a global ...More

(3/12/2021)

-MEGA-LITE Announces Additions to DECO Series

MEGA-LITE Announces Additions to DECO Series

MEGA-LITE introduces the latest additions to the DECO series. The DECO Pendant Q20 and DECO Pendant VW20 are two elegant fixtures that can transform any ambiance with rich saturated colors or variable whites, the company says. ...More

(3/12/2021)

-AUDAC Releases MFA Series All-in-one Solution

AUDAC Releases MFA Series All-in-one Solution

Belgian pro audio manufacturer AUDAC introduces the brand new MFA2xx multi-functional amplifiers. This new all-in-one audio solution is billed as the perfect for small to medium-sized installations that need the functionality of a ...More

(3/12/2021)

-"Pooch" Van Druten and Dennie Miller on Tap for Meyer Sound Spacemap Go Demos in Nashville

"Pooch" Van Druten and Dennie Miller on Tap for Meyer Sound Spacemap Go Demos in Nashville

Veteran tour sound professionals Ken "Pooch" Van Druten and Dennie Miller will be participating in private demo sessions of Meyer Sound's Spacemap Go spatial sound design and live mixing tool at Soundcheck in Nashville ...More

(3/12/2021)

-Gerry Dintelman Channels Imagery Through Chauvet Professional For Le'Ponds

Gerry Dintelman Channels Imagery Through Chauvet Professional For Le'Ponds

Despite the pandemic, and all the restrictions it has created, Gerry Dintelman has been in a groove of late, firing up brutal, hard-hitting livestream looks for metallic heavyweights like Fister, Dead Pilgrim, and Chaos Collective. ...More

(3/12/2021)

-ISE 2021 Evolves to Support AV Industry Getting Back to Business

ISE 2021 Evolves to Support AV Industry Getting Back to Business

Integrated Systems Events and its co-owners AVIXA and CEDIA jointly announce ISE Live & Online, a series of local events in Barcelona, Munich, Amsterdam and London ...More

(3/12/2021)

-Focusrite RedNet Components Chosen by ATK Audiotek for 2021 Super Bowl Coverage

Focusrite RedNet Components Chosen by ATK Audiotek for 2021 Super Bowl Coverage

Since the late 1970s, the Super Bowl has dominated television ratings, regularly setting records for USA viewership. Despite the realities of the pandemic, which included some disruptions in the NFL's season itinerary as well as limits on ...More

(3/12/2021)

-High-Profile Video Project for Post Malone Facilitated by Clear-Com Solutions

High-Profile Video Project for Post Malone Facilitated by Clear-Com Solutions

Joe Sanchez, sound engineer and owner of a boutique live sound and broadcast production company, was recently approached to assist with the communications integration for a high-profile motion capture video project involving ...More

(3/12/2021)

-Titan Tubes for Magic Arm Lighting

Titan Tubes for Magic Arm Lighting

Brent Sauls of Magic Arm Lighting is a freelance gaffer and cinematographer from Cape Town South Africa -- currently based in Johannesburg -- whose professional career has encompassed 15 years at the forefront of making a diversity ...More

(3/12/2021)

-Genelec Provides Unrivaled Sound at Stockholm's Hotel Rival

Genelec Provides Unrivaled Sound at Stockholm's Hotel Rival

The Rival hotel in the chic and bustling Södermalm district of Stockholm is renowned as one of the city's favorite meeting spots. A building with lots of history, it has remained dedicated to entertainment and hospitality since its ...More

(3/11/2021)

-Broadweigh Introduces SensorSpace

Broadweigh Introduces SensorSpace

SensorSpace -- a new cloud-based platform -- is set to revolutionize the way riggers can access and manage data from Broadweigh's wireless sensors, the company says. Launched this month, SensorSpace can be used to remotely monitor ...More

(3/11/2021)

-ARRI Appoints Stephan Schenk General Manager Global Sales & Solutions

ARRI Appoints Stephan Schenk General Manager Global Sales & Solutions

Stephan Schenk, as general manager global sales and solutions, has taken over responsibility for the worldwide sales and service of ARRI's hardware products as well as the company's solutions business. This newly created ...More

(3/11/2021)

-In Memoriam: Bill Harkin

In Memoriam: Bill Harkin

Bill Harkin, designer of Glastonbury Festival's iconic Pyramid Stage, passed away on March 7. He was 83.
Harkin grew up in Liverpool, attending secondary school in the Sefton Park area of Liverpool before embarking on painting ...
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(3/11/2021)

-Adam Hall Group Appoints Gilberto Morejon as Business Development Manager for the Latin America Region

Adam Hall Group Appoints Gilberto Morejon as Business Development Manager for the Latin America Region

The Adam Hall Group continues to expand its global management team. From April 1 2021, Gilberto Morejon will be responsible for the company's strategic business development -- including the individual brands and the sales ...More

(3/11/2021)

-SE Audiotechnik is Growing

SE Audiotechnik is Growing

Manfred "Manne" Sumfleth is representing SE Audiotechnik in the field as sales manager for Germany. He is a long-standing industry expert and previously worked for well-known professional manufacturers of audio products. With ...More

(3/11/2021)

-LIT Live Evokes Moods with Chauvet Professional For Tribal Flute Livestream

LIT Live Evokes Moods with Chauvet Professional For Tribal Flute Livestream

The soft, sweet, infinitely soothing sound of the flute, with its delicate phrasing and gentle pacing may seem worlds away from the growling intensity of metal music, but both are guided by passion. And, under the right circumstances, the ...More

(3/11/2021)

-Brompton Technology Helps XR Studios Create New Possibilities for Live Performance and Entertainment in Xr

Brompton Technology Helps XR Studios Create New Possibilities for Live Performance and Entertainment in Xr

With an impressive roster of productions such as the MTV Video Music Awards and MTV Movie & TV Awards, Katy Perry's debut performance of her single "Daisies" on American Idol, Billie Eilish's Where Do We Go? The Livestream< ...More

(3/11/2021)

-LightFair Sets June 2022 Dates for Return to Las Vegas

LightFair Sets June 2022 Dates for Return to Las Vegas

LightFair announces its 2022 dates: the trade show is June 21 - 23, 2022 and conference is June 19 - 23, 2022 at the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) in Las Vegas, Nevada.
"LightFair exhibitors and attendees repeatedly name Las ...
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(3/11/2021)

-USITT Fellows Fund Partners with University to Create Unique Learning Opportunity

USITT Fellows Fund Partners with University to Create Unique Learning Opportunity

The USITT Fellows Fund has partnered with the University Library at Cal State LA to establish the Design Resource Collection, which will provide students, faculty, researchers, and the Los Angeles community with a unique and diverse ...More

(3/11/2021)

-Portugal's AVK Adds XR Stage with Analog Way's Aquilon RS4 at its Core

Portugal's AVK Adds XR Stage with Analog Way's Aquilon RS4 at its Core

AVK Soluçoes Audiovisuais, S.A., an events management company in Sintra, Portugal, is using Analog Way's Aquilon RS4 4K/8K multi-screen presentation system and videowall processor to drive the LED videowall and floor in a new 300-sq ...More

(3/11/2021)

-Outline Vegas Systems Amplify the Reading by Sergio Castellitto at Genoa's San Martino

Outline Vegas Systems Amplify the Reading by Sergio Castellitto at Genoa's San Martino

On the terrace of Genoa's San Martino Polyclinic, the Liguria region's most important hospital, an Outline loudspeaker system amplified the reading by famous Italian actor/film director Sergio Castellitto to recall a year of ...More

(3/11/2021)

-Protec Offer Comprehensive Virtual Event Solutions for NFU 2021 Live Conference

Protec Offer Comprehensive Virtual Event Solutions for NFU 2021 Live Conference

Protec proudly supported the NFU's 2021 annual conference and AGM which took place over two days as a virtual event on February 23 and 24. Usually held at the ICC with an audience of 1,500 - 2,000, this was the first time the event ...More

(3/10/2021)

-USITT Announces National Demographic Survey to Gather Concrete Data on Today's Design and Technology Industry

USITT Announces National Demographic Survey to Gather Concrete Data on Today's Design and Technology Industry

USITT is partnering with SMU DataArts Workforce Demographics to collect key demographic data on the theatrical design and technology industry. David Grindle, USITT executive director, made the announcement during the ...More

(3/10/2021)

-Wackit Lighting Competition Winners Announced

Wackit Lighting Competition Winners Announced

The WACKIT Contest organizers -- CAST Group of Companies, Claypaky, and Durham and Jennie Marenghi -- announce the winners of the virtual lighting competition held over the past few months and judged by the LD panel of Paul ...More

(3/10/2021)

-No Position Compromised Thanks to Chroma-Q's New Hang Force Accessory

No Position Compromised Thanks to Chroma-Q's New Hang Force Accessory

Chroma-Q announces the launch of a new accessory -- The Hang Force -- designed for use with their Color Force II and Studio Force II (48", and 72" models).
Restrictions with where you can hang the fixture on the truss due to the ...
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(3/10/2021)

-LD Systems Completes EASE Files for its Installation Loudspeakers

LD Systems Completes EASE Files for its Installation Loudspeakers

LD Systems, a brand of the Adam Hall Group, announces a new release of additional EASE files for its installation loudspeaker series. Since releasing the DDQ Series' active full-range touring-class loudspeakers as GLL files for ...More

(3/10/2021)

-Squeek Lights Redesigns Ruby Stage with Elation for On-camera Impact

Squeek Lights Redesigns Ruby Stage with Elation for On-camera Impact

When full service lighting company Squeek Lights converted part of their new facility in Middlesex, New Jersey, into the Ruby Stage last July, the space, which featured Elation Dart ...More

(3/10/2021)

-Void Acoustics Expands Marketing Team

Void Acoustics Expands Marketing Team

The Void Acoustics team announce the expansion of their marketing team with the addition of Sacha Hodges as marketing assistant. Hodges an audio engineer, joins Amy Harvey who has recently been promoted to marketing ...More

(3/10/2021)

-Brainstorm Electronics DXD Sync Solutions Firmware Updates Adds New PTP, GPS, and LTC Features

Brainstorm Electronics DXD Sync Solutions Firmware Updates Adds New PTP, GPS, and LTC Features

Brainstorm Electronics announces the release of version 2 firmware update for the DXD line adding a slew of new features to the universal clock including PTP, GPS, and LTC functions.
In this new era of media over IP, PTP (Precisi ...
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(3/10/2021)

-Austrian Audio OC818 Mics Again at the 63rd Grammy Awards

Austrian Audio OC818 Mics Again at the 63rd Grammy Awards

Pandemic or not, Music's Biggest Night will air on March 14, 2021 to recognize excellence in music released in late 2019 and 2020. The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards will look a little different than in past years, but just like last year, More

(3/10/2021)

-New Life Church Calls on Pliant Technologies Microcom XR Wireless Intercom

New Life Church Calls on Pliant Technologies Microcom XR Wireless Intercom

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck the US, worship centers across the nation, including New Life Church in Framingham, Massachusetts, were forced to close their doors. With New Life's services transitioning to a virtual platform, tech ...More

(3/10/2021)

-Reassuring Resurgence of Interest from the Global Events, Theatre and Entertainment Sector

Reassuring Resurgence of Interest from the Global Events, Theatre and Entertainment Sector

The team behind the theatrical reveal system at Electro Kabuki HQ has witnessed glimmers of hope turn into resurgent interest from companies in the events and theatrical sector. New enquiries from organizations in Europe, the Middle ...More

(3/10/2021)

-4Wall Set to Debut New Animated Short Series, Light Humor

4Wall Set to Debut New Animated Short Series, Light Humor

4Wall Entertainment is launching a new animated short limited series, Light Humor, set to premiere on 4Wall's Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram social media channels on March 8, 2021.
From an overly-confident talking ...
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(3/10/2021)

-BEIRG - Still Growing After All These Years with New Website and Expanded Steering Group

BEIRG - Still Growing After All These Years with New Website and Expanded Steering Group

Since it was founded in 2004, and following the introduction of the Steering Group in 2006, BEIRG (British Entertainment Industry Radio Group) has campaigned to ensure everyone involved in PMSE (Programme Making and Special Events) ...More

(3/9/2021)

-Neutrik AG Acquires Connex GmbH Headquartered in Oldenburg, Germany

Neutrik AG Acquires Connex GmbH Headquartered in Oldenburg, Germany

With this most recent acquisition, the Neutrik Group strengthens its expertise in connectivity solutions.
CONNEX produces and develops high-quality components for professional event industry and demanding industrial ...
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(3/9/2021)

-Robe Helps De Vooravond Rock

Robe Helps De Vooravond Rock

De Vooravond is a hot new talk-show broadcast on the Netherlands first national TV channel NPO 1, presented by Renze Klamer and Fidan Ekiz covering an invigorating mix of politics, sport, music, and culture, often ...More

(3/9/2021)

-L-Acoustics Kara Provides Flexibility and Scalability for Christ Fellowship Miami

L-Acoustics Kara Provides Flexibility and Scalability for Christ Fellowship Miami

Christ Fellowship Miami has been the area's multi-generational, multi-cultural and multi-location church for over a century. In that time, it has grown to six South Florida locations plus an online presence. Three of those sites -- ...More

(3/9/2021)

-Calvary Church Flexes and Connects With Allen & Heath "Everything I/O"

Calvary Church Flexes and Connects With Allen & Heath &quot;Everything I/O&quot;

Since its early days in 1930 as a small Wednesday night Bible study, the Santa Ana, California Calvary Church has steadily grown its reach and strived to be flexible and meet the needs of the community. Looking to similar growth and ...More

(3/9/2021)

-GLP JDC Line Ignites Ehrlich Brothers' Factory of Dreams

GLP JDC Line Ignites Ehrlich Brothers' Factory of Dreams

The Ehrlich Brothers, Europe's most famous illusionists, should have recorded their Dream & Fly show for DVD and TV in March 2020. Everything was already set up in Munich when production was prohibited by an order from the Bavarian ...More

(3/9/2021)

-California Gym Uses ADJ Lights And Mirror Balls To Deliver Experience That Is Out Of This World

California Gym Uses ADJ Lights And Mirror Balls To Deliver Experience That Is Out Of This World

Offering Northern California's largest selection of group exercise classes, fitness equipment and aquatic facilities, In Motion Fitness boasts 16,000 members. The heavily themed 5-acre Mediterranean fitness resort features a wide variety ...More

(3/9/2021)

-d&b audiotechnik Elevates Kaohsiung Music Center with World-first KSL Soundscape Install

d&b audiotechnik Elevates Kaohsiung Music Center with World-first KSL Soundscape Install

Audio technology from d&b audiotechnik is adding to the unique design of Taiwan's newly developed Kaohsiung Music Center, providing it with the first KSL Soundscape installation in the world.
Kaohsiung Music Center (KMC), ...
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(3/9/2021)

-Green-GO Ensures Clear, Flexible Comms for Guess Event

Green-GO Ensures Clear, Flexible Comms for Guess Event

Swiss event production specialist EMME recently made its first investment in Green-GO digital intercom technology, to manage the complex intercom requirements for a corporate event for fashion brand Guess. The event, a presentation ...More

(3/9/2021)

-Gahrens + Battermann Adds EclPanel TWC to Their Inventory

Gahrens + Battermann Adds EclPanel TWC to Their Inventory

German rental company Gahrens + Battermann GmbH & Co. KG has been active in events and entertainment since 1983 by offering innovative technical solutions, having eight locations throughout Germany. Gahrens + Battermann has invested in ...More

(3/9/2021)

-Martin Audio Array for New Rosenthal Park Leisure Development

Martin Audio Array for New Rosenthal Park Leisure Development

Martin Audio's MLA Mini loudspeaker array has been specified at a new leisure development in Rosenthal Park, Lane Cove -- a suburb of Sydney, Australia.
The award-winning technology was specified by integration company Xcite ...
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(3/9/2021)

-TiMax TrackerD4 Helps Bring Audio Power to the People at Göteburg's Folkteatern

TiMax TrackerD4 Helps Bring Audio Power to the People at Göteburg's Folkteatern

Göteborg's Folkteatern was built in the 1950s by an association of trade unions and other organizations for the Swedish working classes to enjoy cultural experiences such as the theatre. Still funded by regional government, a premium ...More

(3/9/2021)

-Seoul's Jibet Center Brings Immersive Learning with SPAT Revolution

Seoul's Jibet Center Brings Immersive Learning with SPAT Revolution

Teaching religion and spirituality to young people has always been a challenge, and even more so with todays' media-savvy youth. Korea's Presbyterian Association aims to address the challenge head on with the opening of the new Jibet ...More

(3/8/2021)

-USITT21 - Virtually Anywhere Opens Today

USITT21 - Virtually Anywhere Opens Today

USITT opened its 61st Annual Conference & Stage Expo at 11:00am EST today. The week-long event is one of the largest and most anticipated events in the live entertainment design and technology industry. ...More

(3/8/2021)

-Barbara Horton Retires, Carrie Hawley to Serve as CEO

Barbara Horton Retires, Carrie Hawley to Serve as CEO

HLB Lighting Design has announced that Barbara Horton, CLD, FIALD, senior principal and co-chief executive officer has retired after a 41-year career with the firm as of March 1, 2021. Horton will continue to work as a ...More

(3/8/2021)

-In Memoriam: Thomas M. Celner

In Memoriam: Thomas M. Celner

Lighting&Sound America has only recently learned of the death, in February 2020, of lighting industry figure and educator Thomas M. Celner in Glenview, Illinois. He was 58. Born in Rockford, Illinois, he attended school ...More

(3/8/2021)

-Gopher Stage Lighting Establishes an Employee Stock Ownership Program

Gopher Stage Lighting Establishes an Employee Stock Ownership Program

Gopher Stage Lighting announces the establishment of an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) effective December 31, 2020. Over time Gopher Stage Lighting stock will be allocated to present and future employees. The ESOP is ...More

(3/8/2021)

-disguise Partners with The Carlyle Group as It Enters New Chapter of Growth

disguise Partners with The Carlyle Group as It Enters New Chapter of Growth

disguise announces new backing from The Carlyle Group which will allow the company to enter a new phase of its growth development. This new partnership will consolidate disguise's position as the global "platform of ...More

(3/8/2021)

-Sennheiser's IE 100 PRO and IE 100 PRO Wireless Rounds Off Its Portfolio of In-Ear Monitoring Solutions

Sennheiser's IE 100 PRO and IE 100 PRO Wireless Rounds Off Its Portfolio of In-Ear Monitoring Solutions

For those that music is their profession and their passion, then Sennheiser's new IE 100 PRO Wireless in-ears are for them: They let the user take the top-grade monitor sound they demand from the stage right onto the street thanks to the ...More

(3/8/2021)

-Rain-Soaked Daytona 500 Not a Problem for CSM Production and IP-Rated Elation Gear

Rain-Soaked Daytona 500 Not a Problem for CSM Production and IP-Rated Elation Gear

CSM Production of Charlotte, North Carolina, was again called on to provide pre- and post-race production for NASCAR's Daytona 500 and for this year's race was grateful that they turned to an IP-rated package of Elation ...More

(3/8/2021)

-AES Nashville Lines Up Spring Training Exhibition 2021 Live Sound Event

AES Nashville Lines Up Spring Training Exhibition 2021 Live Sound Event

The AES Nashville Section presents Spring Training Exhibition 2021, an in-person live sound training and exhibition, March 31, 2021, at SoundCheck Nashville. On-hand will be leading professional audio manufacturers Allen ...More

(3/8/2021)

-Keith Hoagland Calls on Rogue R1 FX-B to Add Visual Twists to CRS Country Heat

Keith Hoagland Calls on Rogue R1 FX-B to Add Visual Twists to CRS Country Heat

"You guys have created an amazing production!" Keith Hoagland has heard words like these before, but they meant something extra this time, coming from a representative for one of the artists appearing on the "Country Heat" ...More

(3/8/2021)

-Illuminate Design Lights Up the Gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society with More than 500 Cameo Spotlights

Illuminate Design Lights Up the Gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society with More than 500 Cameo Spotlights

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is the world's leading gardening charity and for more than two centuries, has been the passionate force at the heart of horticulture. The RHS inspires millions of people to get involved in ...More

(3/8/2021)

-Brompton Technology Listed in FT Top 1000 Growth Companies

Brompton Technology Listed in FT Top 1000 Growth Companies

LED processing manufacturer, Brompton Technology, announces that it has been included in this year's fifth annual Financial Times 1000 list of Europe's fastest-growing companies. The FT 1000, compiled with research ...More

(3/8/2021)

-Rockhal Teams with Ministry of Health and Adamson to Bring Live Music Back

Rockhal Teams with Ministry of Health and Adamson to Bring Live Music Back

Given that the Rockhal sits on Avenue du Rock'n'Roll, it is no surprise the venue raised its fist in the air to host five concerts aimed at gathering data to work towards the return of live events.
The "Because Music Matters" concert ...
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(3/8/2021)

-DCS Presents: Getting Safely Back to Work in the Age of COVID

DCS Presents: Getting Safely Back to Work in the Age of COVID

The Digital Cinema Society announces the completion of a new mini-doc, Getting Safely Back to Work in the Age of COVID. The program is dedicated to the memory of our friend and longtime DCS member, Allen Daviau, ...More

(3/5/2021)

-COVID Update, March 3, 2021: Moving Too Fast?

COVID Update, March 3, 2021: Moving Too Fast?

There's plenty of good news -- more vaccines, more opportunities for inoculations, some uptick in the economy, and signs of life in the live events industry. As we go to press, 54 million Americans have received at least one dose of a ...More

(3/5/2021)

-SGM Announces Jason Osterman as Architectural Solutions Manager

SGM Announces Jason Osterman as Architectural Solutions Manager

SGM Light A/S, Denmark-based professional lighting manufacturer, announces that Jason Osterman has joined the SGM team as architectural solutions manager. Osterman, who will remain based in the US, previously served in ...More

(3/5/2021)

-Arizona's Passion Church Looks to Future with Elation Lighting Upgrade

Arizona's Passion Church Looks to Future with Elation Lighting Upgrade

Passion Church, a thriving 400-congregant, multigenerational and multi-ethnic church in Casa Grande, Arizona, was in need of a complete audio, visual, and lighting systems overhaul to effectively equip its growing ministries into the ...More

(3/5/2021)

-Shure to Host Tech Talk on Connected Campuses for Houses of Worship

Shure to Host Tech Talk on Connected Campuses for Houses of Worship

Join Shure's Laura Davidson and Jenn Liang-Chaboud for an engaging conversation with Beckie Campbell, founder of B4 Media Productions, and Samantha Potter, ProSoundWeb senior contributing editor ...More

(3/5/2021)

-Pure Robe for Mónica Naranjo Show

Pure Robe for Mónica Naranjo Show

At the end of 2020, Spanish singer Mónica Naranjo -- a powerful voice on the Spanish and Latin music scenes -- launched a special re-issue of her third studio album Minage originally released in 2000, which paid tribute to ...More

(3/5/2021)

-Sommer Introduces SC-Silver Stage Microphone Cable

Sommer Introduces SC-Silver Stage Microphone Cable

Germany's Sommer Cable has introduced its new SC-Silver Stage microphone cable comprised of copper with silver alloy wire. This combination provides optimum conductivity and consistent performance specs over long periods of time. ...More

(3/5/2021)

-L-Acoustics Sonically Turns Up The Heat At Phoenix Suns Arena

L-Acoustics Sonically Turns Up The Heat At Phoenix Suns Arena

It's had multiple names since it first opened in June of 1992, but the Phoenix Suns Arena -- formerly America West Arena, US Airways Center, Talking Stick Resort Arena, and PHX Arena -- has been the home of the NBA Phoenix Suns since day ...More

(3/5/2021)

-Epson Announces Sponsorship of Crayola IDEAworks: The Creativity Exhibition

Epson Announces Sponsorship of Crayola IDEAworks: The Creativity Exhibition

Color is at the forefront of the imagination -- it has the ability to breathe life into drawings and stories, inspire creativity, encourage future dreams, as well as enhance learning both inside and outside the traditional classroom. To ...More

(3/5/2021)

-MSI Delivers the US Presidential Inauguration with the Help of Focusrite RedNet Interfaces

MSI Delivers the US Presidential Inauguration with the Help of Focusrite RedNet Interfaces

On the list of high-profile sound reinforcement gigs, the inauguration ceremonies of a President of the United States of America rank near the top. For the last dozen inauguration cycles, live sound production company Maryland Sound ...More

(3/5/2021)

-Chauvet Professional Lights Dreams at Cultuurcentrum Maskerade

Chauvet Professional Lights Dreams at Cultuurcentrum Maskerade

Although he was in the clothing business, Luc Provost always wanted to own a theatre. Not long ago, fate gave him a reason to turn this aspiration into reality, when he acquired 10,000 pieces of theatrical costumes from a Dutch ...More

(3/5/2021)

-Potter's House Church Upgrades to Solid State Logic Live Series Consoles

Potter's House Church Upgrades to Solid State Logic Live Series Consoles

The production teams behind the sound, video, lighting, and broadcast facilities at The Potter's House in Dallas have long sought out the best technologies with which to deliver the message of the church's founder, charismatic ...More

(3/5/2021)

-Open for Business; Tribeca Lighting Keeps Going in Troubled Times

Open for Business; Tribeca Lighting Keeps Going in Troubled Times

The industry has been ravaged by the pandemic, but it has been particularly tough on small gear houses serving targeted specialty markets. A good example is Tribeca Lighting, located on lower Sixth Avenue in Manhattan; for years, ...More

(3/4/2021)

-Renkus-Heinz Expands C Series Line with Compact CA/CX121M Stage Monitor

Renkus-Heinz Expands C Series Line with Compact CA/CX121M Stage Monitor

Renkus-Heinz announces the latest product in its C Series line: the CA/CX121M -- an extremely compact, high performing, and cost-effective stage monitor suitable for a multitude of applications.
"The CA/CX121M is the ...
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(3/4/2021)

-Times Square Lighting Announces REFIT PAR Module

Times Square Lighting Announces REFIT PAR Module

Times Square Lighting's REFIT PAR Module is a LED kit that transforms the user's old PAR56 or PAR64 into an energy efficient fixture. The REFIT kits will install into most long barrel PARS from the 1980's to present. ...More

(3/4/2021)

-Applications Open for 2021 ETC Fred Foster Student Mentorship Program

Applications Open for 2021 ETC Fred Foster Student Mentorship Program

Since 1999, the Fred Foster Student Mentorship Program has helped the next generation of lighting professionals jumpstart their careers. Each year, a select group of students is introduced to established industry professionals and paired ...More

(3/4/2021)

-Introducing ReaVolution - Integrating SPAT Revolution with Reaper

Introducing ReaVolution - Integrating SPAT Revolution with Reaper

FLUX::Immersive announces ReaVolution, a complete Immersive Audio creation and production package built to simplify the setup and integration of Spat Revolution Immersive software and Reaper DAW software. ...More

(3/4/2021)

-Harford Sound Calls On Chauvet Professional To Enhance Arena Vibe For Glamour Kitty

Harford Sound Calls On Chauvet Professional To Enhance Arena Vibe For Glamour Kitty

As far as improvised livestream studios go, the 750 sq. ft. performance space that owner Evan Kirkendall and GM Steve Wozniak created inside Harford Sound's warehouse is pretty big. It's also beefy, with a rig that includes ...More

(3/4/2021)

-Laura Heywood and Susan Vargo Launch Applause Shop

Laura Heywood and Susan Vargo Launch Applause Shop

Laura Heywood, also known by her social media handle @BroadwayGirlNYC, and producer Susan Vargo (The SpongeBob Musical) have launched Applause Shop, an online ...More

(3/4/2021)

-GLP Augments Mountview Academy's impression S350s with Custom Theatre Product

GLP Augments Mountview Academy's impression S350s with Custom Theatre Product

One of the UK's leading drama schools, London-based Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, entered its production season with support from GLP's UK office and some inventive programming of the company's bespoke theatre fixtures from one ...More

(3/4/2021)

-Alcons Delivers Hope In Vegas

Alcons Delivers Hope In Vegas

Attracting around 4,000 worshippers each week, Hope Church in Las Vegas opened a new, 1,750-seat auditorium worship center and sanctuary in December 2020. The technical infrastructure was designed and installed by church technology ...More

(3/4/2021)

-Bandit Lites Illuminates Country Radio Seminar Virtual Experience

Bandit Lites Illuminates Country Radio Seminar Virtual Experience

The Country Radio Broadcasters, Inc. did not let a pandemic stall their annual event, choosing instead to hold the Country Radio Seminar (CRS) 2021: The Virtual Experience. Held Tuesday, February 16, through Friday, February 19, the ...More

(3/4/2021)

-Imaginary Labs Announces the Winners of its #MadeWithCarbon Challenge Using Carbon for Unreal Plug-in

Imaginary Labs Announces the Winners of its #MadeWithCarbon Challenge Using Carbon for Unreal Plug-in

To celebrate the recent launch of Carbon for Unreal, Imaginary Labs has just concluded its first ever #MadeWithCarbon Challenge. They selected 13 industry veterans to evaluate the entries and the results are now official. The three ...More

(3/4/2021)

-DAS Audio and its Systems at the Kharkov Philharmonic in Ukraine

DAS Audio and its Systems at the Kharkov Philharmonic in Ukraine

Founded in October 1929, the Kharkov Philharmonic Society is a philharmonic association in Kharkov, Ukraine, one of the oldest and most recognized organizations in the country.
The Academic Symphony Orchestra, composed of more than ...
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(3/4/2021)

-Christie D4K40-RGB Pure Laser Projector Brings "Kinetic Wall" to Life at Japan's Kogakuin University

Christie D4K40-RGB Pure Laser Projector Brings &quot;Kinetic Wall&quot; to Life at Japan's Kogakuin University

Christie announces that Kogakuin University has deployed a state-of-the-art D4K40-RGB 3DLP pure laser projector for large-scale and 3D projection mapping on a large surface (mapping area) comprising a "kinetic wall" set up in its ...More

(3/3/2021)

-d&b Makes Premium Sound Solutions More Accessible with New Subscription-Series

d&b Makes Premium Sound Solutions More Accessible with New Subscription-Series

d&b audiotechnik announces the new d&b Subscription-Series. The new scheme ensures d&b's install sound systems are more commercially accessible to an even wider range of venues.
d&b is addressing the global trend of "pay what ...
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(3/3/2021)

-ARRI Remote Solutions Allowing Productions to Resume Work Safely and Immediately

ARRI Remote Solutions Allowing Productions to Resume Work Safely and Immediately

ARRI presents Remote Solutions, a toolkit that can be customized to meet near-set and off-set workflows. This remote production ecosystem allows professionals to safely and immediately get back to work without compromising ...More

(3/3/2021)

-piVot2 Announces Network Ambassador for USITT 2021

piVot2 Announces Network Ambassador for USITT 2021

piVot2 (p2), the entertainment industry design/build sector's heart-hunting recruiter, announces its Network Ambassador for USITT 2021 - Virtually Anywhere.
Founder|CE Irene Byrne Ohl states, "This student represents the core ...
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(3/3/2021)

-ARX Systems Launch the ARX USB Ultra I/O

ARX Systems Launch the ARX USB Ultra I/O

ARX announces the launch of the new ARX USB Ultra I/O -- a true 24-bit High Resolution Plug and Play USB 2 channel play and record digital/analog pro audio interface. The USB Ultra I/O is billed as the new and improved version of ...More

(3/3/2021)

-3LR Lighting Appoints Christina Nowak

3LR Lighting Appoints Christina Nowak

3LR, UK and Ireland representative for international manufacturers of architectural, film, entertainment and broadcast lighting and control, has appointed Christina Nowak as film and studio liaison. Marketing graduate Nowak ...More

(3/3/2021)

-Ezra Donellan Reflects AJR Energy with Chauvet Professional on Squeek Lights Ruby Stage

Ezra Donellan Reflects AJR Energy with Chauvet Professional on Squeek Lights Ruby Stage

"For us, every single one of our songs got big in a different way," Adam Met, one of the three multi-instrumental brothers who make up AJR told an interviewer. It's easy to see why. With their booming sound effects, blaring horns, ...More

(3/3/2021)

-Storytelling with Maximus at Qantas Founders Museum, Australia

Storytelling with Maximus at Qantas Founders Museum, Australia

Global design studio Buchan Group designed and produced an extraordinary immersive storytelling experience at the Qantas Founders Museum in the Queensland Outback of Australia and uses Elation Professional IP-rated Proteus Maximus ...More

(3/3/2021)

-AVnew Selects Analog Way's Pulse 4K to Drive LED Videowall in Sanctuary Upgrade at Florida-based Life Church

AVnew Selects Analog Way's Pulse 4K to Drive LED Videowall in Sanctuary Upgrade at Florida-based Life Church

Life Church, an outreach-driven church in Wesley Chapel, Florida, has installed Analog Way's Pulse 4K multi-layer video mixer and seamless presentation switcher to power a new LED videowall in the sanctuary. ...More

(3/3/2021)

-LifeQuest Church Finds "Perfect" Projector to Fit Its Needs With Maxell Pro AV

LifeQuest Church Finds &quot;Perfect&quot; Projector to Fit Its Needs With Maxell Pro AV

Outside of Kansas City, MO, is LifeQuest Church, otherwise known as the "Perfect Church for Imperfect People." The church opened in 2003 and over the last 18 years has grown its congregation to have 300+ active members. Led by Pastor C ...More

(3/3/2021)

-PROLIGHTS EclCyclorama Performs at The Voice

PROLIGHTS EclCyclorama Performs at The Voice

PROLIGHTS' new EclCyclorama 100 were used for The Voice of Poland. The 330W linear soft CYC and flood light with RGB+WW LED engine was the preferred fixture for the TV show, which is now in its 11th season. ...More

(3/3/2021)

-Audio Associates Partners with Renkus-Heinz to Bring Perfectly Placed Sound to the Mid-Atlantic

Audio Associates Partners with Renkus-Heinz to Bring Perfectly Placed Sound to the Mid-Atlantic

Renkus-Heinz is partnering with Audio Associates to bring premium sound solutions to integrators in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, including Washington D.C., Maryland, Eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and ...More

(3/3/2021)

-The CAN Launches Innovative Arts & Entertainment Community

The CAN Launches Innovative Arts & Entertainment Community

The Collaborative Artists Network (The CAN) has launched the first private community for those whose livelihoods reside within the world of arts and entertainment. This subscription-based platform provides a sorely needed global ...More

(3/2/2021)

-Strand Standardizes on DIN Rail for Vision.Net

Strand Standardizes on DIN Rail for Vision.Net

Strand, the original name in theatrical lighting and a Signify (Euronext: LIGHT) entertainment lighting brand announces that they are standardizing their portfolio of industry-leading Vision.Net architectural lighting components to ...More

(3/2/2021)

-March 4 Elation Coffee Break Explores New Generation of Wash Lights

March 4 Elation Coffee Break Explores New Generation of Wash Lights

The all-important wash light has evolved into a dynamic, multi-featured LED wash fixture that is vastly superior to wash luminaires found even just a few years ago. Join Elation's Alistair Smyth and Frederik Afif on ...More

(3/2/2021)

-Schuler Shook Provides Planning, Technical Services for Texas' 220K-SF Buddy Holly Hall

Schuler Shook Provides Planning, Technical Services for Texas' 220K-SF Buddy Holly Hall

A state-of-the-art venue, the Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences, has opened in Lubbock, Texas. Totaling 220,000 sq. ft., the hall -- the first of its size and type in the region -- was planned and designed by internationally ...More

(3/2/2021)

-The Rockwell Group and TAIT Partner to Create Pop-up Theatres to Help Struggling Arts

The Rockwell Group and TAIT Partner to Create Pop-up Theatres to Help Struggling Arts

David Rockwell and his architecture and design firm Rockwell Group have joined forces with TAIT, to create OpenStage NYC, a new initiative that utilizes portable staging, to help arts organizations move to outdoor ...More

(3/2/2021)

-Robe France Launches Robe Awards 2021 Event

Robe France Launches Robe Awards 2021 Event

Robe Lighting France delivered its first Robe Awards event, a new design / programming / operating competition which saw ten finalists -- whittled down from over 160 initial entrants -- to battle it out in person at Les Studios de ...More

(3/2/2021)

-GLP Streamer Duo Launched with Vastly Expanded Remote Functionality

GLP Streamer Duo Launched with Vastly Expanded Remote Functionality

Building on the success of the Streamer, GLP's new LED light for video conferencing, live streaming and home office work, the company announces a new packaging variant for those wanting multiple sources, called the Streamer Duo Kit. ...More

(3/2/2021)

-KLANG Gets into the Flow at Seven Rivers Church

KLANG Gets into the Flow at Seven Rivers Church

Founded in 1983, Seven Rivers Church, a large and growing congregation in Lecanto, Florida, has adopted a KLANG immersive in-ear mixing solution for all of its stage monitoring needs. Installed as part of a full sound system upgrade ...More

(3/2/2021)

-KISS 2020 Goodbye New Year's Eve Concert from Dubai Features Claypaky Mythos 2

KISS 2020 Goodbye New Year's Eve Concert from Dubai Features Claypaky Mythos 2

On New Year's Eve there was no doubt that everyone was ready to bid farewell to a very bad year. But one legendary rock band was prepared to KISS 2020 Goodbye in spectacular fashion -- with a live Pay-Per-View concert from Atlantis the ...More

(3/2/2021)

-Almost 100 ADJ Fixtures Illuminate Nicky Romero's New Year's Eve Broadcast

Almost 100 ADJ Fixtures Illuminate Nicky Romero's New Year's Eve Broadcast

For internationally famous DJ, producer, and remixer Nicky Romero, New Year's Eve would normally involve traveling to an exotic destination to perform in a huge club in front of thousands of fans. To mark the end of 2020 and the ...More

(3/2/2021)

-Lewis & Clark Library - Helena Equips With Martin Audio

Lewis & Clark Library - Helena Equips With Martin Audio

Lewis & Clark Library located in Helena, Montana, has commissioned a new public address paging system, opting for an elegant Martin Audio solution -- designed and installed by locally based AV integration company, Montana Pro Audio. ...More

(3/2/2021)

-2021 US Presidential Inauguration Parade Mixed by BNY Productions with Waves eMotion LV1 Live Mixer

2021 US Presidential Inauguration Parade Mixed by BNY Productions with Waves eMotion LV1 Live Mixer

AVL production company BNY Productions recently chose the Waves eMotion LV1 Live Mixer and Waves plug-ins to mix the 2021 US Presidential Inauguration Parade broadcast audio. Based in Sioux City, Iowa, BNY Productions have been ...More

(3/2/2021)

-3Dot Technologies Inc. Signs Distribution Agreement with Datapath to Lead Video Wall Sales in Canada

3Dot Technologies Inc. Signs Distribution Agreement with Datapath to Lead Video Wall Sales in Canada

3Dot Technologies announces it has signed an agreement with Datapath, world-leading manufacturers of IP / digital video display wall controllers, capture cards, KVM and software control for video, to distribute Datapath's products ...More

(3/1/2021)

-Main Light Industries Acquired by Michael Cannon

Main Light Industries Acquired by Michael Cannon

Michael Cannon, co-founder, and former CEO of 4Wall Entertainment, has acquired the assets and operations of Main Light Industries, Inc (MLI). Main Light, a dry hire provider of most entertainment related equipment ...More

(3/1/2021)

-Behind the Scenes is Seeking Designers for 2021 Holiday Cards

Behind the Scenes is Seeking Designers for 2021 Holiday Cards

Behind the Scenes holiday cards make a real difference -- and you can too! The cards have become a tradition in the industry for those who want to spread holiday cheer while supporting their colleagues in need. Proceeds ...More

(3/1/2021)

-Graham Hill Joins Elation as Business Development Manager

Graham Hill Joins Elation as Business Development Manager

Elation Professional's European headquarters announces that from March 1st longtime lighting professional Graham Hill will be serving as the company's new business development manager.
Hill is a familiar face to many in ...
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(3/1/2021)

-AV Stumpfl Appoints Two Executive Directors

AV Stumpfl Appoints Two Executive Directors

Family owned AV Stumpfl GmbH recently appointed two executive directors as part of restructuring measures aimed at maximizing the acclaimed company's management efficiency.
At the core of the new executive directors' tasks ...
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(3/1/2021)

-John Hooper Appointed Application System Specialist for A.C. ProMedia

John Hooper Appointed Application System Specialist for A.C. ProMedia

A.C. ProMedia, distributor of state-of-the-art products and solutions aimed at the commercial and pro-AV installation markets, announces the appointment of John Hooper as application system specialist. ...More

(3/1/2021)

-Symetrix Welcomes Scott Gellner as Product Development Program Manager

Symetrix Welcomes Scott Gellner as Product Development Program Manager

As part of its continuing commitment to investment in R&D and product development, Symetrix announced that Scott Gellner has joined the company as product development program manager. In this role, he will be guiding the ...More

(3/1/2021)

-Bruno Poet and James Farncombe Grow the Making Theatre Podcast

Bruno Poet and James Farncombe Grow the Making Theatre Podcast

Bruno Poet and James Farncombe, both highly experienced freelance theatre lighting designers based in the UK but working worldwide, started the Making Theatre Podcast in June 2020.
Their initial intent was to ...
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(3/1/2021)

-Al Gurdon Adds Dramatic Impact to Pepsi Super Bowl LV Halftime Show Lighting with Chauvet Professional

Al Gurdon Adds Dramatic Impact to Pepsi Super Bowl LV Halftime Show Lighting with Chauvet Professional

No element of design lives in isolation. Each note and every brush stroke must flow in harmony with every other for any creation to achieve its creator's vision. Al Gurdon demonstrated this at The Weeknd's Pepsi Super Bowl LV ...More

(3/1/2021)

-Statement from Mike Blackman, Managing Director, Integrated Systems Events

Statement from Mike Blackman, Managing Director, Integrated Systems Events

Below is a copy of the communication that ISE sent today to all its exhibiting companies.
"Integrated Systems Events has been working hard alongside each of you to bring a successful ISE 2021 to Barcelona June 1 - 4 ...
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(3/1/2021)

-Channel 9 Sydney Chooses a Complete Prolights Studio Package

Channel 9 Sydney Chooses a Complete Prolights Studio Package

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, Channel 9 staff in Sydney were kept busy moving from their historic Willoughby site where they had been for 60 years to the network's new home in North Sydney. ...More

(3/1/2021)

-Chinese Video-Sharing App Douyin Makes Clear-Com Its "Most-Liked" Intercom Solution

Chinese Video-Sharing App Douyin Makes Clear-Com Its &quot;Most-Liked&quot; Intercom Solution

Gathering a mix of celebrities, social media influencers, and more than 500 guests in an event space the size of a soccer field presents a range of unique communications challenges. Douyin -- the Chinese video-sharing and social media ...More

(3/1/2021)

-Hippotizer Nevis+ Embraced as "Vital Solution" for Smaller Productions

Hippotizer Nevis+ Embraced as &quot;Vital Solution&quot; for Smaller Productions

Hippotizer's Nevis+ Media Server is proving to be an essential tool for smaller productions around the world, offering the features and power of its "bigger brother" stablemates but in a more compact and affordable package. ...More

(3/1/2021)

-Christie HS Series Laser Projectors Deliver Stunning Water Screen Projections for Lake Show at Dam Sen Park

Christie HS Series Laser Projectors Deliver Stunning Water Screen Projections for Lake Show at Dam Sen Park

A new nightly lake show at the picturesque Dam Sen Park in Vietnam's largest and most populous city is turning heads with spectacular visuals and water effects, including large-scale water screen projections using Christie HS ...More

(3/1/2021)

-Theatre in Review: Julius Caesar (Shakespeare@ Home)

Theatre in Review: Julius Caesar (Shakespeare@ Home)

If you're tired of online Zoom readings -- and who isn't? - take a break with Shakespeare@ Home, an intrepid troupe dedicated to reviving the great days of radio theatre. The concept is simple and elegant: Assemble a group of ...More

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