News Archive - April 2019

Ayrton Announces New Diablo LED Profile

Launched at Prolight+Sound 2019, Ayrton's ultra-compact Diablo profile is billed as the smallest, lightest, and most efficient LED luminaire of its type. Weighing just over 20kg, Diablo delivers a record output of 19,000 lumens from ...

Clair Brothers Adds Central California's Freestyle Events Services to its Growing Team of Production Partners

Freestyle Event Services (FES) is Central California's largest full-service event production and AV rental company. Their rapid upward trajectory continues with the recent decision to join the global network of companies that ...

McLaren Engineering Group Completes Work on "Fully Immersive" Theatre in Macau, China

Asia's first immersive theatre experience has been engineered by McLaren Engineering Group, a full-service engineering firm that works from 11 offices worldwide. Based on the design of Scéno Plus of Montreal, Quebec, the theatre ...

Magewell Ships Dual-Channel 4K Capture Card with 12G-SDI Support

Continuing its tradition of delivering reliable and cost-effective solutions addressing key market trends, Magewell announces the immediate availability of its new Pro Capture Dual SDI 4K Plus video and audio capture card. Shipping ...

TEKVOX Introduces 1x4 HDBaseT Splitter with HDMI Input

TEKVOX, Inc. announces the release of its TEK 79045-DA 1x4 HDMI to HDBT Splitter. The 79045-DA, supporting full HD quality video, accepts an HDMI video input and mirrors one HDMI and four HDBT outputs. Included HDBaseT receivers ...

Over 500 Elation DARTZ on Paul McCartney Freshen Up Tour

Beatles legend Paul McCartney released his latest album Egypt Station last September and then promptly launched his Freshen Up world tour to support the album. McCartney lighting designer LeRoy Bennett, who has ...

Adamson IS-Series Shines for IFGF Semarang in Indonesia

Widely known for its lively, contemporary services, IFGF Semarang recently built a new main campus in Semarang, Central Java, to better serve its dynamic weekly congregation of over 650 worshippers. As a result of a rigorous audition ...

Jacob Warren and CHAUVET Professional Reflect Passion of Easter at First Pentecostal Church

When he took on the project of lighting the Easter Passion Play at his local Pentecostal Church, Jacob Warren knew there would be one key element essential to conveying the spiritual and emotional impact of the production: color

LD Systems Gives RODEOHOUSTON Fans a Thrilling Ride with L-Acoustics

Drawing more than 2.5 million visitors to Houston's NRG Stadium over its three-week run, this year's RODEOHOUSTON www.rodeohouston.com was a record-breaking success on multiple counts. Featuring ...

DiGiCo Treats Nicki Minaj Like a Queen on Her Nicki WRLD Tour

Although North American audiences were justifiably disappointed when Nicki Minaj cancelled her fall 2018 NickiHndrxx Tour with Future after deciding to "re-evaluate elements of production" and devote more time to rehearsals ...

Danley Gear Connects with the Unique Architecture of Adirondack Bank Center at the Utica Memorial Auditorium

Taking in a Utica Comets hockey game at the Adirondack Bank Center at the Utica Memorial Auditorium (or the "Aud" for short) in Utica, New York is not only an enjoyable experience in its own right, but also an opportunity to experience a ...

Slovenian National TV Invests in Robe BMFL Follow Spots

Slovenian National Television (Radiotelevizija Slovenija - RTV) has invested in two Robe BMFL Blades complete with side-mounting LightMaster kits which enable the units to be used as manually operated follow spots in their studios ...

Theatre in Review: Hadestown (Walter Kerr Theatre)

Quite possibly the most exciting new musical of the Broadway season is a trip to Hell and back. (I could say the same about some of its competitors, but in a far-less-positive spirit.) It also takes the nod for most-improved new musical: ...

Theatre in Review: Grief is the Thing with Feathers (St. Ann's Warehouse)

Metaphors Gone Wild might be a better name for the current attraction at St. Ann's, for, in the American premiere of this new work by Enda Walsh, presented by Wayward Productions in association with Complicité, grief is ...

64th Drama Desk Awards Nominations Announced

Nominations for the 64th Annual Drama Desk Awards were announced yesterday, and the full list of nominees is available below.
In keeping with the Drama Desk's mission, nominators considered shows that opened on Broadway, Off-Broadway ...

Opus Lighting Acquires All Assets of Gel Services, Inc.

Opus Lighting, led by principal, Brandon James, has announced the acquisition of Gel Services, Inc. (GSI) and all of its assets. GSI's business operations, which ceased operations as of March 31, 2019, were moved to Opus ...

ADJ Launches Par Z Move Lighting Unit

ADJ announces the immediate availability of its innovative new Par Z Move lighting fixture. Building on the success of the existing Par Z range of zooming pars powered by COB LEDs, the new model takes this concept to the next level ...

AES New York 2019 Member Early Housing and Registration Access Ends Soon - Open to Public May 1

The Audio Engineering Society has announced a new member benefit for the 2019 AES New York Convention, now offering exclusive Early Bird Registration and housing access for all AES Members in advance of the May 1 public registration ...

Penn Elcom Introduces New Eco-Friendly UltraFlite Panels

Penn Elcom launches UltraFlite, a new 100% recyclable flightcase panel material which, when used in a building project, will reduce the weight of flightcases ... adding to all the positive consequences this brings in a tough and ...

TMB Appoints Audio Acustica as Distribution Partner for Mexico

2019 is a year of celebration for Audio Acustica of Mexico. On this, their 40th anniversary, the preferred provider of professional A/V and lighting announces they are now the TMB Regional Distribution Partner for Mexico. ...

Express AV Becomes a dBTechnologies VIO Partner

Bristol, Tennessee based Express AV has become a dBTechnologies VIO Partner. As a full-service AV production company, Express AV also offers staging, lighting, and video services, along with installed systems integration. ...

Seasoned Industry Veteran Joins Prolyte Group's North American Team

Prolyte Group, manufacturer of hardware and structural solutions for the entertainment industry, continues expansion in the North American market with the announcement of Keith Bohn as general sales manager North America. ...

H.A.S. Productions Expands VUE Inventory Amidst Growing Demand

Las Vegas-based H.A.S. Productions has once again expanded its VUE inventory with the purchase of 24 additional al-12 line array elements. The new systems join a sizable VUE inventory comprised of al-12, al-8, and al-4 line arrays, ...

Five New Faces Join the Maestra London Team

London- and Dubai-based event design and technical production company Maestra Group has added several new staff to the London team - filling new positions created due to strong business in 2018.
The company has also doubled the ...

Electro Kabuki Flops and Drops Streamers for Kylie on Golden Tour

Among a wealth of innovative laser choreography and dazzling special effects for Kylie's recent Golden Tour, award-winning ER Productions used a two-stage Electro Kabuki drop to reveal golden mylar streamers, before dropping ...

DWR of South Africa to supply Ron StageMaster

Eilon Engineering Weighing Systems Ltd, the brand synonymous with Ron StageMaster and Ron load cells, crane scales and dynamometers, have appointed DWR Distribution as their South African distributor. ...

Theatre in Review: Beetlejuice (Winter Garden Theatre)

For a show in which half the cast of characters is dead, Beetlejuice is, to an alarming degree, hell-bent on being lively: It's an aggressive, jack-in-the-box package loaded with loud music, blaring colors, distorted angles, blinder ...

Theatre in Review: Killing Time (59E59)

The title of Zoe Mills' play has a double meaning, since the heroine, Hester Brooke, only has a little bit of time left, and she wouldn't mind cutting her small allotment by a considerable amount. A retired cellist, just on the ...

Supporting the Blackout Project

Robe is the main sponsor of "Blackout" -- a direct, uncompromising, and fully visceral immersive visual and sonic installation created by Guildford School of Acting (GSA) lighting tutor Mig Burgess ... to raise awareness of ...

Green Hippo Joins cast Gmbh to Showcase Hippotizer 4.5 at Prolight + Sound 2019

Frankfurt again hosted one of the world's leading technology shows and Green Hippo teamed with cast, its German distributor, to showcase the new features of Hippotizer Version 4.5, the latest version of its software. ...

Street in Buenos Aires connected with W-DMX

The streets of Buenos Aires, Argentina, have recently taken over 20 units of Wireless DMX transceivers to connect a series of street lamps.
Schréder Argentina S.A., a local branch of the global supplier of lighting solutions in over 35 ...

Morris Scores Full Court Press with d&b GSL

Morris Light & Sound chose a d&b audiotechnik GSL system for audio support of the Final Four held at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, MN. After deploying GSL for Kenny Chesney's Around the Sun Tour at the venue in 2018, Morris ...

Barbizon Lighting Brightens Up Press Box at Baltimore's Camden Yards

Just in time for opening day in Baltimore, Barbizon Lighting Company's Capitol offices collaborated with Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) and lighting director J.R. Roberson of Dragon Lighting Inc. to overhaul the press box ...

André Rieu And The Johann Strauss Orchestra Light Up Audiences, Stage With Martin Lighting

World-famous violinist and conductor André Rieu is known for his incredibly popular tours, visiting over 100 venues a year with his Johann Strauss orchestra. The tour has a huge opportunity to impress both live audiences and millions of ...

Meyer Sound Technologies Elevate Creative Potential at Seattle Symphony's Octave 9: Raisbeck Music Center

The Seattle Symphony has expanded creative possibilities for musical performance and composition throughout the community with the opening of Octave 9: Raisbeck Music Center, an intimate venue inside the orchestra's home at Benaroya Hall ...

August Burns Red Fly High with dLive Wings

Grammy nominated American metallers, August Burns Red, have recently completed their US headline tour accompanied by an Allen & Heath dLive Wings mixing system, handling FOH and monitor duties.
In early 2018, sound engineer Chri ...

ChamSys Powers Transformative Show For Greek Legend Antonis Remos

Over 2,300 years ago, Cassander of Macedon founded a city on the northwest corner of the Aegean Sea. Blessed with a gentle climate and beautiful scenery, the settlement became home to a thriving theatre community in the ancient world. This ...

Gray is the new Gold Standard

Lighting designer Jonny Gaskell created an elegant fusion of understatement and a bit of mystery for the UK leg of David Gray's Gold in a Brass Age Tour, for which lighting and video production was supplied by London ...

Brompton Technology Creates a Spectacle on the Eminem Rapture Tour

Hot on the heels of his tenth studio album, Kamikaze, and the extended reissue of The Slim Shady LP, Eminem has broken attendance records around the Southern Hemisphere with his second Rapture Tour of Australia and New ...

Green-GO Spans the Globe for Audio Alliance

The Green-GO digital intercom system was recently employed to simultaneously manage multiple locations for a corporate event spanning ten sites across the globe. Manchester-based sound specialist Audio Alliance, working for Media 1 ...

Lighting Designer Bryan Leitch Passes Away

Lighting&Sound America has learned of the death of lighting designer Bryan Leitch at the age of 69. During his celebrated career, Leitch lit many of the world's biggest artists, festivals and events, including tours by ...

Outer Critics Circle Nominations Announced

The nominations were announced yesterday for the Outer Critics Circle Awards, which honors achievement in the New York Theatre. Among the design categories, there were multiple nominees for the shows All My Sons, Beetlejuice, The ...

Elation Professional Launches Artiste Van Gogh

Elation Professional has expanded its award-winning Artiste line of theatrical-grade moving heads with the new Artiste Van Gogh, a state-of-the-art LED Wash luminaire that excels at accurate color reproduction for color projections ...

BackStage Pass Offers Part II of Fred Foster Interview

BackStage Pass is now offering Part II of Fred Foster's interview with Bill Sapsis. The interview took place on February 19, 2018 at the ETC studios in Mazomanie, Wisconsin.
Parts 1 & 2 of the interview can be ...

d&b Continues Staff Expansion in the Americas

d&b audiotechnik Corporation has announced the appointment of several industry professionals and the promotion of one of the company's key employees as they continue their expansion in North America. ...

PR Lighting Add Flagship 580 Beam / BWS to Aqua Series

PR Lighting has introduced a new flagship to its popular IP66-rated AQUA range, with the release of the PR-2597 AQUA 580 BWS (combined Beam, Wash, and Spot) and PR-2569 AQUA 580 Beam. These made their debut at this month's ...

GLP Celebrates 25 Years and New Product Successes at PL+S

GLP hosted record numbers at their show booth on the opening evening of Frankfurt's Prolight+Sound -- at a party to help celebrate the company's 25th anniversary.
The stand -- at 380 sq. m, GLP's biggest ever, the company says -- ...

EAW Appoints Jeremy Forsythe Director of Product Management

Eastern Acoustic Works has promoted Jeremy Forsythe to the position of director of product management. Forsythe joined EAW in March 2017 as business development manager after working as an architect and architecture project ...

Kinetic Lasers - A New Plugin for Pangolin BEYOND

Over the past few years, the act of combing kinetic light fixtures with other types of lighting elements (such as lasers) has become a very popular effect worldwide. It's seen being used at a variety of events, installed at venues for ...

LMG Celebrates 35th Anniversary With UCF Endowment & Partnership

LMG, a national provider of entertainment technology, celebrates its 35th anniversary with the announcement of the LMG Entertainment Technology Endowment for the University of Central Florida's Rosen College of Hospitality ...

ProSource Spring Meeting Highlights 2019 Key Initiatives

ProSource, a large audio, video, and integration buying group in the US, announced today highlights of its upcoming annual Spring Meeting to be held at the La Cantera Resort and Spa in San Antonio, Texas, from April 29 - May 3, 2019 ...

Fumasoli Provides CHAUVET Professional Maverick Fixtures For Jethro Tull's Italian Show

After 60 million album sales and a slew of platinum and gold hits, frontman Ian Anderson and Jethro Tull still have a burning desire to push musical boundaries. This fiery passion and hunger were on full display on March 30, ...

Theatre in Review: King Lear (Cort Theatre)

Quite possibly the most exciting theatre event of last season was Glenda Jackson in a glittering revival of Edward Albee's Three Tall Women. Long absent from our stages, thanks to a distinguished career in politics, she ...

ADJ Launches Saber Spot Go

Expanding ADJ's Saber Spot range of compact LED-powered pin spot fixtures, the new Saber Spot Go gives users the freedom to position the unit anywhere a beam of colored light is required thanks to its internal rechargeable battery ...

Hall Research Unveils New HD-AUD-IO

Hall Research, a California-based manufacturer of AV signal management equipment announces the HD-AUD-IO, an all-in-one HDMI audio manager capable of extracting audio from (de-embedding) and/or inserting audio into (embedding) an ...

SIXTY82 Appoints Audiosales s.r.l. as Italian Distributor

SIXTY82 has recently appointed Audiosales s.r.l. as the new representative in Italy for its full trussing and staging product line. Audiosales will offer expert guidance on a wide range of possibilities, advising customers in Italy ...

DirectOut GmbH strengthens its presence in US Pro Audio Market with Multipoint Integrated Technologies

German networked audio and interconnectivity specialist DirectOut Technologies announces the addition of distributor MultiPoint Integrated Technologies to its growing market presence in the United States. ...

Rat Sound Deploys Outline Newton Audio Processing at Coachella

Rat Sound Systems Inc., of Camarillo, California, now in their 19th year of providing premier audio sound reinforcement at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival, debuted Outline's Newton 16+8 audio processing units as ...

Ashley Horton Evokes Memories With CHAUVET Professional For Luther UK

Recreating the velvety evocative sound of the late Luther Vandross, the 100-city Luther UK Tour is drawing large enthusiastic crowds throughout the UK. Versatile R&B singer Harry Cambridge takes audiences on a dreamily romantic ...

Live Mixing Engineer Colin Ellis Experiences the ShowMatch System from Bose Professional

Colin Ellis has been mixing live sound for some of Australia's leading artists for nearly four decades, doing world tours with bands including INXS and Savage Garden. Now with Midnight Oil, he'll head back out on the road through ...

Renkus-Heinz IC Live Wows the Team at College La Cité

The main 60-acre campus of College La Cité opened in 1995, and until recently it consisted of ten pavilions. With the September 2018 opening of its new, state-of-the-art, 34,000 sq. ft. Excentricité technology and entrepreneurship pavilion ...

Soboba Casino Resort Goes All-In with State-of-the-Art HARMAN Professional Solutions Networked AV System

Agility AVL recently equipped the newly-built Soboba Casino Resort with state-of-the-art HARMAN Professional Solutions networked AV and sound reinforcement systems.
Opened in February 2019, Soboba Casino Resort is a 480,000 sq.ft. ...

Robe Specified for Hribar Hall Event Space Installation

Hribar Hall is the latest newly renovated event space in Ljubljana Castle which sits majestically above the picturesque Slovenian capital. It is both a top tourist attraction; a place of unique historical significance; and a busy event, ...

Birket Engineering Upgrades Galaxy Macau with Alcorn McBride V16X Show Controller and DVM8500 HD Video Players

Everyone who visits the Galaxy Macau casino resort on the Cotai Strip in Macau, China hopes that fortune will smile upon them. The glittering embodiment of the wish for good luck and prosperity is the Fortune Diamond, a gateway attraction ...

Theatre in Review: The Pain of My Belligerence/Then They Forgot About the Rest

Two new plays examine women in crisis in an increasingly baleful world. The Pain of My Belligerence, at Playwrights Horizons, begins with Cat, a New Yorker writer, on a date with a world-class Mr. Wrong; naturally, she is ...

Lightswitch Expands Team of Directors

Lightswitch announces two new members of our team of Directors with the addition of Kara O'Grady, director of business development, and Katelyn Le-Thompson, director of marketing. Kara is based in our New York office ...

Professional Wireless Systems Debuts PRZM RF Over Fiber System

Orlando-headquartered Professional Wireless Systems has introduced PRZM, a high performance RF over fiber (RFoF) conversion system designed to facilitate the remote placement of wireless audio antennas beyond 200'. ...

Green Goes Wrong -- A "How To" Video on being Green Backstage

In celebration of Earth Day, Broadway Green Alliance announces "Green Goes Wrong: Paper Conservation." Cast and crew members of The Play That Goes Wrong, currently running at New World Stages, have created the first in a ...

Artiste Picasso Sets the Scene on Nissan Altima Promotion

Christien Methot, principal lighting designer at Design One in New York City, turned to the scenic design qualities of Elation Professional's Artiste Picasso color and graphics moving head for a special snow globe promotion ...

Production AV Supplies Screen and Crew Solution for Teenage Cancer Trust Concerts

The annual Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT) fundraising week of concerts hit London's magical Royal Albert Hall in March, bringing together the world's biggest names in music and comedy to help support young people with cancer. ...

Adamson & Audiosales Welcome Italy's Pianozero as Early S7 Partner

Adamson Systems Engineering formally introduced its ultra-compact S7 line array enclosures among other additions to the tour-proven S-Series to wide acclaim at Prolight + Sound 2019. Knowing that would be the case, Italian live ...

Stylus Productions Invest in Allen & Health dLive with Autograph

Based in South West London, Stylus Productions have recently purchased a complete Allen & Heath dLive FOH / Monitors package from Autograph Sales & Installations, in response to the desk's rising popularity. ...

disguise ensures Mean Girls, The Musical shines brightly on Broadway

Mean Girls, The Musical has been playing at Broadway's August Wilson Theatre since April 2018. It's a fast-moving expedition through Tina Fey's infamous story, which explores the impact of the ever-fluctuating pecking order of high ...

ArKaos New 4K Media Servers Dance on Ice on TV in Germany

Eight of ArKaos' new 4K Studio Servers were in action providing a 360-degree video solution for the recent fourth German edition of popular TV franchise Dancing on Ice, which was recorded at the Magic Media Company's Coloneum venue ...

RÜFÜS DU SOL's Solace Tour Lights up Stages Worldwide with Martin by HARMAN

Brown Note Productions recently deployed a lighting rig designed by Matthew Smith and Brad Salt of Colourblind Production Lighting for RÜFÜS DU SOL's Solace tour, featuring Martin by HARMAN lighting solutions. ...

Fine Design Associates Rely on Color Force II for Exhibit Lighting

Fine Design Associates have been designing exhibit lighting at world renowned tradeshows for more than 25 years. They work closely with creative firms to create breathtaking lighting for exhibit displays. Most recently, Fine Design was ...

Wireless Dimmers, El Wire and Touring, Oh My!

When it was time for Lightwire Theater -- home to touring productions of The Ugly Duckling, Dino-Light, Moon Mouse and more -- to make technical adjustments, they turned to RC4 Wireless for wireless dimming and DMX needs. "We use ...

Theatre in Review: Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain (59E59)

The Brits Off Broadway season at 59E59 kicks off with this concept-comedy attraction that works the wartime cultural differences of Yanks and Brits across a series of sketches. The four writers -- Dan March, James Millard, Matt Sheahan

Vectorworks, Inc. Receives IFC4 Export Certification

Global design and BIM software solutions provider Vectorworks, Inc. announces that it is the first architectural software developer to achieve IFC4 Reference View 1.2 Export Certification (Architectural Reference Exchange). The ...

TEKVOX Introduces Long Range, 4K HDBaseT Extender

TEKVOX, Inc. announced the release of its 79084S HDBaseT 2.0 transmitter-receiver pair. The 79048S is capable of sending full HD video with high fidelity a distance of up to 325 feet, or 100 meters, in a single Cat6a cable run. With a ...

Roe Visual Supports Backstage Academy with LED Technology

With the delivery of a batch of LED panels and two days of intensive training, ROE Visual and Backstage Academy, a UK-based operation, have kicked off their partnership, investing in the knowledge of future technicians. ...

Apart Audio USA Names Audio Pros, Hudson Marketing as New Rep Firms

Apart Audio USA, producer of reliable cost-effective audio installation products, has announced it has signed two new U.S. rep firms - Audio Pros and Hudson Marketing.
Based in Massachusetts, Audio Pros will represent Apart ...

Ayrton Fixtures Punctuate Shinedown's Attention Attention Tour

Shinedown's Attention Attention world tour features large complements of Ayrton GHIBLI LED spot luminaires, grandMA2 consoles, and ChainMaster hoists. ACT Lighting, Inc. exclusively distributes all of the brands in North America. ...

William Succoso And CHAUVET Professional Capture Mood Of I'm With Her On Tour

William Succoso readily admits that he has always been "a sucker for Austrian Drapes." With their fine curvy lines spread evenly across the width of their fabric, these puffy curtains provide, he believes, an ideal surface for light' ...

Schauspiel Hannover Going In Detail

The Schauspiel Hannover, part of the Niedersächsische Staatstheater Hannover GmbH, offers the audience theater, entertainment, and music in five different venues. In addition to the Schauspielhaus on Prinzenstraße near the main ...

CTS Nashville Delivers Iconic Sound Quality with JBL by HARMAN Line Arrays at Jingle and Mingle Party

CTS recently unveiled their new JBL by HARMAN VTX A8 line array speaker systems to an audience of clients and industry friends at their sixth annual CTS Jingle and Mingle event.
Based in Nashville, CTS is a full-service ...

54th ACM Awards Broadcast Features Shure Wireless Systems

Featuring 25 live performances from a who's who of country music stars, the 2019 ACM Awards were broadcast live on CBS on Sunday, April 7, from the Garden Arena of the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. In her record 16th appearance as host, Reba ...

JDC1s Create Forced Perspective for Young Fathers

Edinburgh trio Young Fathers, supported by a relentless, driving rhythm section, have been touring heavily throughout 2018, and resumed last autumn to continue promoting their latest album, Cocoa Sugar. ...

Danley Delivers Big Impact on a Small Budget for Gathering Lunch

Although it's only five years old, Gathering Church has accomplished a lot. Based in Fort Walton Beach, Florida and under the direction of a charismatic founding pastor, the church is progressive and authentic to its core. Services are ...

Robe Gets Elected in Israel

Robe moving lights were unmistakably present during the recent Israeli general elections and specifically during broadcasts from the country's main news station, Channel 12, which built a special pop-up studio in front of Israel's ...

Theatre in Review: Burn This (Hudson Theatre)

Because the male lead role is catnip to young actors looking for a tour de force, Burn This most likely will always be with us, but there's no getting around the fact that Lanford Wilson's 1987 play is one of his minor works. ...

Dates Set for NATEAC Conference

The next edition of the North American Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference (NATEAC) will be held in New York in the summer of 2020. The official dates are July 19 - 20, with the pre-event harbor cruise set for July 18. ...

Submissions Open for 2019 Knight of Illumination Awards USA

Submissions are now open for the 2019 edition of the Knight of Illumination Awards USA (KOI-USA). The ceremony and gala dinner will return to Las Vegas on Friday, November 22 to celebrate the creative talents of lighting and video ...

USITT Double Mics Keynote Speaker with Confidence of CO2

At the recent USITT 2019 Stage Expo, Point Source Audio (PSA) introduced its new CO2 Confidence Collection microphones to the theatrical community. The CO2 collection of Headset, Lavalier, and Earworn dual element mics also got a ...

All-New Ashly Audio Website Enhances Support, Resources, and Solutions Offerings for Integrators and End Users

Ashly Audio has launched an all-new website, signaling the arrival of an all-new Ashly. With a focus on crisp design, intuitive navigation, and an increase in usable content - from direct support options and documentation to ...

IEG -- Music Inside Rimini, "Jingle4MIR" is Hunting for Talent

Music Inside Rimini is looking for aspiring DJs.
The fourth edition of the event -- organized by the Italian Exhibition Group (IEG) -- is confirmed not only as a reference point for the Light, Sound, Visual, Integrated System & ...

Analog Way Picturall Pro Media Server Helps Congress Rental Projection Map the Plaza de Toros in Uruguay

Congress Rental, the main AV supplier for events in Argentina & Uruguay, with a history of more than 30 years in Latin American markets, organized its 12th Annual Meeting, where all the branch offices get together to review the past year ...

Martin Audio O-Line Deployed For A/V Upgrade at First Presbyterian Church

TSH Audio & Visual recently completed a full audio/video upgrade of the First Presbyterian Church in Pittsford, NY near Rochester that includes a Martin Audio O-Line speaker system.
The Syracuse NY AVL integration company is five ...

Brian Courchine Calls On CHAUVET Professional For The Weight Band's Peterborough Concert Series Show

Echoes of the sixties stir memories when The Weight Band takes the stage. Formed by former members of the legendary group The Band (they take their name from its signature hit "The Weight"), they weave a variety of songs from the ...

Luminex GigaCore the System Backbone for Goodman Audio Services

Located in Santa Fe Springs, barely 15 miles south of downtown Los Angeles, Goodman Audio has spent nearly three decades delivering audio for special events staged by prestigious clients ranging from WME-IMG and Guess, Inc. to Disney, Sony ...

SixBar Supports Drama of Cambridge University European Theatre Group's Othello

The Cambridge University European Theatre Group toured one of Shakespeare's darkest plays, Othello, recently and used effects from Elation SixBar 1000 LED battens to enhance the drama. Featuring live jazz, this new take on ...

Sound Mixer Larry Williams, Jr. Balances a Fast-Paced Career with Lectrosonics

Sound mixer Larry Williams, Jr. is currently working on the Lifetime TV show Military Makeover with Montel Williams. With ten years of in-house audio experience at Paradise Video in South Florida coupled with his freelance work, ...

Shure Digital Wireless handles Mission Critical RF for Sydney's Australia Day Celebrations

On January 26 2019, all around Warrane (Sydney Cove), solemnities, ceremonies, and performances took place to mark Australia Day. Starting off at 7:45AM with a smoking ceremony at Walumil lawns, Barangaroo, a full program of events was ...

Theatre in Review: Socrates (Public Theater)

Socrates is a monumental effort, an incisive portrait of a foundational thinker of Western civilization set against a background of Classical Athens teeming with intellectual ferment, which also serves as a mordant, even savage, ...

GLP US Appoints William Irwin as Scenex Lighting Brand Manager

German Light Products US Inc. welcomes industry veteran William Irwin to the GLP family, serving in the role of brand manager for Scenex Lighting.
Irwin joins Scenex Lighting in a newly created position designed to ...

Solotech Appoints Thomas Kachnik as National Business Development Sales Representative at its Las Vegas Office

Mr. Philip Giffard, president, sales and systems integration division of Solotech, announces the appointment of Thomas Kachnik as business development sales representative for the company's Las Vegas office. Reporting ...

Meyer Sound Targets Peak Energy Efficiency and Zero Waste at Its "Recycled" Berkeley Campus

Meyer Sound announces a renewed commitment to further reduce energy consumption, cut manufacturing waste to zero, and provide more incentives for employees to reduce their personal carbon footprints. The new efforts build on more ...

Applications Now Open for 2020 IAAPA Officers and Board of Directors

IAAPA, the global association for the attractions industry, is now accepting applications for the 2020 IAAPA Board of Directors. Interested applicants can now complete IAAPA's

dBTechnologies Welcomes Briotechnologies as VIO Partner

As both an AV production company and systems integrator, Briotechnologies offers its services for everything audio/visual from small boardroom presentations to large conventions and trade shows. To expand its capabilities as a "Full ...

San Luis Obispo Performing Arts Center Adopts Allen & Heath

A new dLive digital mixing system helps lead audio technician Robb Albrecht and his audio crew manage a busy schedule at Harold Miossi Hall, a 1,300-seat performing arts and multi-purpose venue at the San Luis Obispo Performing Arts ...

ProSource Adds 12 New Members in Q1 2019

ProSource, a large audio, video, and integration buying group in the United States, announces the addition of ten new Custom Integrator (CI) members, one new Power level member and one new PRO member in the first quarter of 2019. ...

LightParts Welcomes Briana Decker

LightParts Inc., the parts and repair source for entertainment lighting, welcomes Briana Decker to the team. Ms. Decker will be handling sales and rentals at LightParts. Briana comes to LightParts from another theatrical ...

"ST2110 JT-NM Tested" Label for NEXUS AoIP Interfaces from Stage Tec

Stage Tec, the Berlin-based manufacturer of professional audio technology, has received the label "SMPTE ST 2110 JT-NM Tested" for its XFIP/RIF67 NEXUS products at NAB. The JT-NM Tested program documents the extent to which products ...

CP Communications Partners with K-array USA

CP Communications, a company dedicated to innovative solutions and services for live event productions, announces a new distribution partnership with K-array for live and installed sound. The partnership will initially focus ...

Arf & Yes Reflects The Many Sides Of The Voice With Versatile CHAUVET Professional Fixtures

What is your favorite memory of watching The Voice? Put this question to a random group of Belgians, and you're likely to spur a long and animated conversation filled with a wide range of happy answers. Among the earliest and most ...

Robe MegaPointes and Spiiders Jazz It Up in Dubai

The 2019 Emirates Airline Dubai Jazz Festival staged at Dubai's Media City Amphitheatre and presented by Mastercard included a diverse and star-studded line up of premium international artists, including Snow Patrol, Alicia Keys and ...

Kinetic Lighting to Host 11th Annual Open House Networking Party

Kinetic Lighting, Inc. will host its 11th annual open house on April 17, 2019 from 3pm-9pm. The lighting company's open house has become a go-to networking party in the Los Angeles area. The event is free and open to industry ...

Claypaky Launches Beam Moving Light with A Laser Source at PL+S 2019, Along with Several Other New Products

The launch of the Claypaky XTYLOS, which is billed as the first ever laser beam moving light, was a great success. About 10,000 people attended the live demo shows at Claypaky's stand during the four days of Prolight+Sound 2019. ...

Professional Wireless Systems Now Shipping Alpha Series Quad Distro Units

Orlando-based Professional Wireless Systems' Alpha Quad-4 and Alpha Quad-8 units are now available. The announcement was made by Justin Van Winkle, production manager for Professional Wireless Systems. ...

PLASA Focus Leeds Welcomes Stormzy Audio Engineer to Program

PLASA Focus Leeds, taking place from May 14-15, has announced further additions to the program which will see seasoned experts from the forefront of the entertainment technology industry share creative insights and technical ...

4Wall Invests in Kinesys

North American Lighting and Video rental specialist 4Wall Entertainment has invested in new Kinesys automation equipment with the purchase of 36 x Elevation vari-speed chain hoists, 36 x LibraCELL load monitoring shackles, ...

PR Lighting XPAR 354 Offers Countless Options

PR Lighting's new XPAR 354 (PR-6209A) fixture is an IP67-rated par light for external use. Equipped with 54 x 3W LEDs, it provides RGBW (with amber and lime options) as well as single color output to deliver countless mixing effects ...

Portman Lights Launches all-LED P1 Mini at Prolight+Sound 2019

Portman Lights, the Polish manufacturer of unique decorative stage lighting, has just released its newest product at Prolight+Sound 2019, Frankfurt. The P1 mini LED is the latest in its highly specialized range of products; it ...

MDG at Prolight+Sound 2019

MDG celebrated Prolight+Sound 2019 in Frankfurt with the first presentation in Germany of its IP55-rated WPE Series of fog and haze generators. The ATMe WPE haze generator and Me1 WPE and Me2 WPE fog generators are rugged, non-stop, ...

New Angles in Creative Lighting

MILOS gives lighting designers a new lease on creative freedom with Ultimate Hinge -- a worldwide first, the company says. This new hinge design is well-suited to create virtually infinite height and angular configurations for ...

Prolight + Sound 2019: Holoplot Presents the Future of Immersive Audio and Sound Reinforcement

Audio technology innovator Holoplot GmbH is citing another hugely successful edition of professional technology exhibition Prolight + Sound, which took place at the Messe Frankfurt from April 2-5. Along with extensive showcases of ...

Solotech appoints Paul Owen as General Manager at its Nashville Office

Martin Tremblay, president and CEO of Solotech, is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Owen as general manager of the company's Nashville office.
In recent years, Solotech has undergone significant ...

Theatre in Review: 17 Border Crossings (New York Theatre Workshop)

What with presidential threats to shut down the Mexican border, the fractious national debate about immigration, and the wave of nativist organizations sweeping across the UK and the Continent, a piece titled 17 Border Crossings ...

Theatre in Review: Benny and Joon (Paper Mill Playhouse)

Bryce Pinkham's skill at embodying characters who are lost, lonely, deeply eccentric, or just plain weird is put to excellent use in Benny and Joon. As Sam, a rather strange young fellow who models his sartorial style on ...

IMAGE SFX Acquires Stage & Effects Engineering

Image Engineering Specials Effects (IMAGE SFX) announces they will purchase Albuquerque, NM based Stage & Effects Engineering.
Stage & Effects Engineering (SEE) designs and provides custom special effects for the touring, ...

ADJ's Announces New IP-Rated Multi-Function Wash / Strobe / Audience Blinder

ADJ announces the immediate availability of the new 32 HEX Panel IP and 32 HEX Panel IP Pearl. These flexible high power LED fixtures offer multi-function wash, blinder, or strobe operation from a compact IP-rated unit. This makes ...

2019 Vectorworks Design Scholarship

Vectorworks, Inc. invites undergraduate students and recent graduates to enter the Vectorworks Design Scholarship. Applicants that share their best work will have the opportunity to win up to $10,000 USD, gain professional ...

Chroma-Q Space Force onebytwo Soft Light Receives Lighting Product Award at NAB Show

Making its debut at the NAB Show, the new Chroma-Q Space Force onebytwo variable white LED soft light panel won a Lighting Product of the Year Award in the show's inaugural awards event, held in Las Vegas on April 10. ...

PR Delivers a Powerful Tango Outdoors

PR Lighting has launched the new IP-65 rated Tango Spot (PR-6610) -- a powerful outdoor spot, equipped with the Atria 620W bright white LED source. Offering 8-degree-56-degree wide zoom control and multi dynamic effects, it is best ...

CHAUVET Celebrates New French Subsidiary

CHAUVET capped off the first full year of its French subsidiary's operation with a gala celebration. Over 100 guests attended the event, which was held on March 21 at the company's French headquarters in the south Paris suburb of ...

Martin Audio WPC Makes Its Mark At Mutations Festival

Martin Audio partner, Penguin Media Hire, recently provided production, including a Martin Audio WPC scalable resolution line array, for the main stage at the all-day Mutations Festival. The event took place at the 900-capacity ...

Taylor Productions Joins EM Acoustics HALO Network

Long Island-based Taylor Productions has taken possession of an EM Acoustics HALO-A line array system - the first delivered in the US, the company says. The new system is made up of 16 HALO-A line array modules, six MSE-218 ground ...

It's All Danley For Pell City Center

The Pell City Center for Education and the Performing Arts (CEPA) is the cultural heart and soul of Pell City, Alabama, a mixed economy town and Birmingham suburb of over 13,000 residents. A little over a decade old, CEPA's lovely 400-seat ...

ICONYX Tames Severe Acoustics at Historic Geneva Chapel

Situated in Geneva's Petit-Lancy district, a few blocks south of the Rhone River, the Cimetière de Saint-Georges (St. Georges Cemetery) is the city's largest burial ground. At the cemetery's entrance sits a beautiful stone chapel designed ...

Adlib Adds Sonic Magic to O2 Academy Glasgow with Academy Music Group

Adlib's installation team has delivered another touring spec system - including L-Acoustics and DiGiCo products - to one of the UK's busiest and most successful live touring venues - Academy Music Group's 2,550 capacity O2 Academy ...

Theatre in Review: All Our Children (Sheen Center)

One of the more horrifying aspects of life under the Third Reich is given surprisingly bland treatment in this new drama. All Our Children focuses on Aktion T4, the program of extermination for German citizens suffering from Down ...

Theatre in Review: Nantucket Sleigh Ride (Lincoln Center Theater)

Some years ago, I knew a guy who worked as an accountant for one of the big fast-food companies. The corporate slogan, he said, was "what to eat when you don't know what to eat." I thought of him at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater the other ...

New ADB Products at Prolight+Sound 2019

ADB was present at Prolight+Sound 2019 with a large demo and hospitality area (HALLE 12.0 stand E59), where visitors could meet and discover all the new products as well as some classics.
ADB's CEO Simone Capeleto says, "A ...

PR Lighting Boosts Architectural Range with ARC LED 1572

PR Lighting's ARC LED 1572(PR-6262) is a new exterior, IP67-rated exterior architectural luminaire, with two independent heads. It features 72 Philips 15W (RGBW 4-in-1) LEDs, linearly adjustable color temperature, combined with four ...

ROE Visual Fortifies Market Position at Prolight+Sound 2019

ROE Visual announces they concluded Prolight+Sound receiving enthusiast feedback on its showcased products and having major customers confirm their investments in ROE Visual LED panels at the show. ...

ArKaos King-Net at Prolight+Sound

ArKaos, digital media specialist and leading provider of real-time visual processing technologies for the entertainment industry, enjoyed a busy and successful Prolight+Sound 2019 exhibition in Frankfurt. ...

Listen Technologies Names Maile Keone President

Listen Technologies Corporation, a provider of assistive listening and tour systems for 21 years, announces that Maile Keone has been named president of the company. She will be responsible for executing Listen Technologies' ...

ETC Now Shipping Prodigy FlyPipe

ETC's Prodigy FlyPipe is a self-climbing hoist designed to help transform the under-utilized spaces into creative environments. Structural engineering limitations for black box theatres, school cafeterias, gymnasiums, and ...

Robe Shouts It Out for Tears For Fears

Tears for Fears was one of the UK bands who helped define the sound of 1980s pop-rock with classics like "Shout" and "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" -- and this year they are back on the road in style, kicking off 2019 with a sold-out ...

Old Dominion Raises Bar with Elation on Make It Sweet Tour

Reigning CMA and ACM "Vocal Group of the Year," Old Dominion, launched a headlining arena tour in January with a statement-making lighting design by Travis Shirley that undoubtedly raises the country rock group into the echelon of ...

GLP X4 Bars Pay Dividends for Don Broco

Rising British rock band Don Broco have finished a UK arena and club tour, and now head to the States. Dominating their stage production has been impression X4 Bar 20 LED battens from GLP, specified and programmed by

Meyer Sound CAL Hard to Find but Easy to Hear at Southwest Churches

Two markedly different churches in the Southwest have found a common solution in Meyer Sound's CAL column array loudspeakers, with each deploying systems that combine precision-tailored coverage for optimum intelligibility with a ...

John Garberson And CHAUVET Professional Colorize Ostrich Festival

The Commodores have covered a lot of musical ground during their storied career, gliding with silky smoothness from ballads like "Three Times A Lady," to hard-driving funky dance hits like "Brick House." When the Grammy-winning band ...

Christie Technology Powers the Visual Wow Factor at the Guadalajara Festival of Light GDLUZ 2019

Christie was the technology partner at GDLUZ, the recently held festival of light in Guadalajara, Mexico, for the third year running.
Organized by the company Alteacorp in conjunction with the local government, the festival ...

Theatre in Review: Juno and the Paycock (Irish Repertory Theatre)

In Sean O'Casey's classic work, comedy and tragedy -- like the characters -- are forced to occupy close quarters; after a while, it becomes almost impossible to tell them apart. Gifted with an unfailingly accurate eye for the life ...

Claypaky Changes US Distribution System with Launch of US Sales and Operation Center

Claypaky is pleased to announce the opening of its US sales and operation center. The company will now have a local team of American lighting experts providing a high level of customer service for Claypaky products. ...

Introducing The Modular "Mini" Array System From AVANTE Audio

AVANTE Audio announces the expansion of its portfolio of professional audio products with the launch of the new Imperio Series. A unique "mini" line array system, Imperio is well suited for installation in small-to-mid-size venues ...

PR Lighting Launches XR 1700 Framing Module

Based around the Osram Lok-it! 1700/PS short-arc metal halide lamp, the XR 1700 Framing (PR-2887) represents PR Lighting's most powerful framing fixture yet, the company says, and the flagship in its range, producing unprecedented light ...

Hemsley Lighting Programs Announces Internship, Mentorship Recipients

The Hemsley Lighting Programs announces that Anthony Forchielli is the recipient of the 2019 Hemsley Lighting Internship and Ranleigh Starling has been accepted into the Hemsley Mentorship Program. ...

Ayrton Launches New Products at Prolight+Sound 2019

Record numbers flocked to the Ayrton stand to see the new products and witness the new light show populated by Ayrton's latest fixtures. This year's releases, the Levante and Diablo wash and profile fixtures, were in ...

L-Acoustics Acquires DeltaLive UK

L-Acoustics and L-Acoustics Group, a family of companies focused on the design, manufacture, and commercialization of L-Acoustics sound systems, announces the future acquisition of a majority stake in DeltaLive UK (Delta Sound ...

CHAUVET Professional Draws Large Crowd at Prolight+Sound

Large crowds turned out at the CHAUVET Professional stand throughout Prolight+Sound. Without question, the brightest attraction that drew these visitors were the company's new Maverick MK3 Spot and Maverick MK3 Profile LED ...

U.S. Attractions Leaders Meet with Key U.S. Lawmakers During IAAPA US Advocacy Days 2019

IAAPA, the global association for the attractions industry, hosted its annual IAAPA U.S. Advocacy Days April 8-9 in Washington, D.C. More than 38 U.S. attractions leaders met with representatives from 66 congressional offices to ...

TEKVOX Introduces News HDMI-to-USB Capture Device

TEKVOX, Inc. announces the release of its 79060 HDMI-to-USB capture device. It features full 1080p@60Hz resolution on its HDMI input and output, and can both insert and extract audio from external sources. This versatility ...

Christ Church of the Valley Etiwanda Gardens Steps Up to Martin Audio

CCI Solutions recently completed an upgrade at Christ Church of the Valley's Etiwanda Gardens campus that includes a comprehensive Martin Audio CDD-LIVE sound system.
Founded over 60 years ago, CCV has experienced tremendous ...

Los Angeles' Big Time Affairs Grows with VUE

In 2017, when Mark Chinapen, resident of Los-Angeles-based live-events production company Big Time Affairs, decided it was time to expand his loudspeaker inventory, he spent more than 12 months evaluating his options and debating ...

Outline's Superfly Takes Audio For Stand-Up Comedy To New Levels

The first half of The Stand-Up Show 2019 Tour took in the largest indoor venues across thirteen major Polish cities, playing to sold-out crowds in every location. Audio production was provided by Poznan-based Gigant Sound Letus who did the ...

Ted Ross, Lighting Salesman, Passes Away

Lighting&Sound America has learned of the death of Ted Ross, an employee of Seattle-based Stagecraft Industries.
A statement released by the company says, "It is with a heavy heart that Stagecraft Industries announces the ...

Theatre in Review: Oklahoma! (Circle in the Square Theatre)/Sincerely, Oscar (Theatre Row)

I'm having my own personal Oscar Hammerstein Week, thanks to the opening of two shows featuring his immortal lyrics. While one works far better than the other, it's fun to speculate what he would have made of them. ...

ACT Lighting Establishes Ayrton as its Flagship Moving Light Brand

ACT Lighting, Inc., the leading importer and distributor of entertainment lighting products in North America, has announced that the company is realigning its moving light business strategy around Ayrton and establishing the ...

Production Resource Group Acquires UAE-Based Delta Sound

Production Resource Group, LLC (PRG), a supplier of entertainment and event technology headquartered in New York, is acquiring the Middle East division of Delta Sound, Delta Sound LLC UAE, a specialist provider of live audio and ...

Eurotruss Issues Warning About Fraudulent Emails

Eurotruss has issued the following warning to its customers:
"This letter is to warn and raise awareness in regards to recent incidents concerning strange emails from unknown sources with criminal fraudulent purposes on financial ...

Royal Albert Hall Transforms the Listening Experience with d&b audiotechnik

German audio technology and solutions company d&b audiotechnik announces the official public debut of its newly installed permanent sound solution for London's world renowned Royal Albert Hall.
Driven by a vision to provide its ...

Elite Multimedia Productions and PixelFLEX LED announce Open House

On April 30, 2019, Elite Multimedia Productions and PixelFLEX LED announced a collective Open House event showcasing a range of innovative technologies available for the live production and permanent installation markets. ...

Acclaim Lighting Introduces Cylinder One HO

Acclaim Lighting introduces Cylinder One HO, a 6", high output cylinder fixture delivering up to 12,000 lumens and 99,000 maximum candelas for more than 20' ceiling height downlight applications. Well suited for airports, ...

Solotech Appoints Aaron Beck as Business Development Sales Representative at its Las Vegas Office

Philip Giffard, president, sales and systems integration division of Solotech, announces the appointment of Aaron Beck as business development sales representative for the company's Las Vegas office. Reporting directly to M ...

Eilon Engineering and AED group Announce New Partnership at PL+S 2019

At Frankfurt, during Prolight+Sound, Eilon Engineering and AED group announced their new partnership. AED group has been appointed as the new distributor of Eilon products in the Benelux countries. The total product range of ...

Robert Juliat Celebrates 100 Years at Prolight+Sound Frankfurt

Robert Juliat, which celebrates its centenary in 2019, presented its SpotMe system at Prolight+Sound Frankfurt. Robert Juliat's award-winning SpotMe bespoke solution for followspot technology was demonstrated with a new ...

The Nuckolls Fund Distributes $ 70,000 at LEDucation

For its 30th anniversary, The Nuckolls Fund for Lighting Education held its annual event to present grants and awards to recipients at LEDucation held in New York, March 12. This year's total of $70,000 brought the Fund's ...

Danley Expands in PAC/Rim, Adds New Corporate

Having served as master distributor for Danley Sound Labs in Southeast Asia for the past four years, Nicholas Loe has been hired to Danley's newly-created position of country manager -- PacRim/Asia. "This new position will ...

BigFish SRL Ltd. Lights Ozzy Osbourne Announcement With CHAUVET Professional ÉPIX

Ozzy Osbourne, Jimi Hendrix, Guns N' Roses and Motörhead have sold tens of millions of albums, inspired fans around the world, changed the direction of music and won bushels of major awards. Now these rock legends share something ...

Theatre in Review: Ain't No Mo' (Public Theater)

The world that playwright Jordan E. Cooper has imagined in Ain't No Mo' is full of signs and wonders, and the news isn't good. In an act of reparation that Ta-Nehisi Coates never saw coming, by national edict all black people ...

Winners Announced for ASTC-USITT Renovation Challenge

American Society of Theatre Consultants (ASTC) and The United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) congratulate the first place winning team from Emerson College and the second place winning team from Florida State ...

Shure Introduces TwinPlex

At the 2019 NAB Show, Shure unveiled TwinPlex, the company's new line of premium subminiature (5mm) omnidirectional lavalier and headset microphones. Designed to stand up to the toughest conditions, TwinPlex provides natural audio ...

Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Winners Announced

The winners of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle were announced April 8 at the Pasadena Playhouse.
The full list of winners is below:
Production
Cambodian Rock Band (South Coast Repertory)
Come From ...

Prolight+Sound Reports High Attendance, Exhibitor Satisfaction

At Prolight+Sound last week, more than 85,000 visitors made their way to Messe Frankfurt while around 25,000 music fans enjoyed Musikmesse Festival events at a variety of clubs and hotels in Frankfurt. The greater emphasis on the ...

d&b audiotechnik Simplifies Complex Venue Building in ArrayCalc with Launch of d&b ArrayCalc Exchange

In a small but important step to streamlining the d&b Workflow, d&b audiotechnik launches d&b ArrayCalc Exchange software to simplify the import of complex venue geometry data from CAD and EASE into the ArrayCalc simulation software ...

Christie Introduces Small, Bright, Energy-efficient DS Series of 3LCD Laser Projectors at NAB

The new Christie DS Series is a trio of 3LCD laser projectors with ISO lumens ranging from 7,500 to 9,000 and a five-year, 15,000 hour warranty -- whichever comes first. The Christie LWU755-DS, LHD878-DS, and the LWU900-DS ...

Appointment of Bob Brigham as General Manager

Martin Tremblay, president and CEO of Solotech, announces the appointment of Bob Brigham as general manager of the company's DeKalb office.
In recent years, Solotech has undergone significant international growth ...

DTS and GDS Announce New UK Partnership

GDS announces a new partnership with Italian lighting manufacturer DTS, that will see the two companies work together to bring some unique products to the UK. GDS have pioneered lighting manufacturing with their product ...

Marriott Budapest Gala Gets Nightclub Flavor With CHAUVET Professional

Located on the banks of the Danube near the Chain Bridge with an ideal view of the famed Buda Castle, the Marriott Budapest is a popular spot with tourists looking to take in the treasures offered by "The Paris of the East." Earlier this ...

Renkus-Heinz Delivers Critical Performance at Congress Centrum Suhl

For hundreds of years, arts venues in Europe were designed to have acoustics that supported the type of performance to which each was dedicated. Theatres had short reverberation times for greater intelligibility and concert halls longer ...

Astera AX1s Make Light of Darkness for UMBRA Festival Installation

Twenty-four Astera AX1 Pixel Tubes were utilized for one of 20 stunning site-specific lighting installations created by individual artists for the first UMBRA Light Festival in Vitoria-Gastiez, Spain.
The historical capital city and seat ...

MLS Audio Beefs Up Rental Stock with KV2 Audio's Large-Format VHD System