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  Des Fallon: 1971-2011
UK- Based XL Video has announced the tragic loss of company director Des Fallon. Des was a key figure in the history of XL Video and a well known and respected character in the live event production industry. ...
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Seats Going Fast for Behind the Scenes Tony Awards Party
Seats are going fast for the third annual Behind the Scenes Tony Awards Party is set for Sunday, June 12 in New York City. The event brings together the shops that work on Broadway and the companies that supply them for an evening ...
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Elation Introduces WW Tone High-Output Warm White LED Wash
The WW Tone warm white wash from Elation Professional is a 100W DMX LED wash fixture, which, the company says, generates the perfect shade of warm white (3,000K color temperature 82 Cri, adding that it is suitable for key lighting ...
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Harman's Crown Audio Extends Warranty Coverage for its I-Tech HD, CTs and Macro-Tech i Amplifiers
Harman's Crown Audio has announced that it is extending its industry leading warranty on I-Tech HD Series, CTs Series and Macro-Tech i Series amplifiers from three years to five years, effective May 1. ...
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Mackie Expands Popular ProFX Mixer Series
Mackie has launched its Compact Effects Mixer series - the ProFX16 and ProFX22. With increased channel count and useful tools like dedicated inline compression, both new models are perfect for mid-sized venues and bands looking ...
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Rental and Staging Network Continues on Growth Track
The Rental and Staging Network (RSN), a network of geographically-diverse rental and staging companies with complete event capabilities, announces the addition of two new companies to the organization: ProStage Event Technology< ...
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Theatre in Review: How and Why I Robbed My First Cheese Store (The Forty Hour Club/La MaMa E.T.C.)
How and Why I Robbed My First Cheese Store is the title of Mike Gorman's new play, but it's also the title of a play in Mike Gorman's new play. The first 15 minutes or so introduces us to the artistic director ...
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Digigram Signs OEM Deal with Innovason
Digigram has announced a significant OEM deal with digital console manufacturer, Innovason, for its AQONDA EtherSound stagebox. Innovason has released its own version of the 16-in/16-out version called the SR-16. ...
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Calibre's LEDView510 for Rental and Staging
Calibre UK's LEDView510 video wall processors offer excellent image quality to LED screens - with a particular focus on the rental and staging markets, which use large video walls, often on location or in architecturally stunning ...
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Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America Announces Several Promotions and Organizational Changes
Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA), a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, has announced several personnel and organizational changes that will take place immediately. The moves are designed to better ...
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Screen Innovations Announces Black Diamond Venue Projection Screen
Screen Innovations' Black Diamond Venue is now shipping. The new Black Diamond Venue micro-seamed rigid panel projection screen changes the commercial landscape by allowing projection to work in any environment, anytime, the ...
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Philips Reports Positive PLASA Focus Feedback
It may have finished a few weeks ago, but Philips Entertainment Lighting (PEL) is still receiving a steady flow of positive feedback in response to the latest Philips Selecon and Strand Lighting products, exhibited ...
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Theatre in Review: The Best is Yet to Come: The Music of Cy Coleman (59E59)
Cy Coleman was Broadway's jazzman. Yes, he wrote all sorts of music for his dozen or so Broadway shows -- country ballads, torch songs, even a mock operetta -- but what he is most likely to be remembered for is how, working of ...
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Freestyle Productions Adds Daktronics Portable LED Video Gear to Rental Inventory
Freestyle Productions, a Minneapolis- based multimedia and video communications service supplier and Daktronics rental partner, has added modular PST-12HD panels to its rental inventory. With the busy summer months quickly ...
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Coolux Widget Designer at the Eurovision Song Contest
The coolux Widget Designer 3.0 PRO was used at this year's Eurovision Song Contest to control the three DVI-matrixes (32x32, 16x16, 8x8). In case of unforeseen circumstances, the Widget Designer could also have been used to easily ...
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Adlib Has French Connection for David Guetta
Liverpool UK-based Adlib supplied a V-DOSC sound system, DJ set and crew for the recent David Guetta UK tour.
Guetta's front-of-house sound engineer is Hassane Es Siahi, who came onboard last August at the start ...
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Sennheiser and K-array on Jason McCoy's One-Man Retrospective Headline Tour
Country music star Jason McCoy marked the recent release of his fifth studio album, Everything, with a cross-country headlining tour across twenty-six Canadian cities. For its audio backbone, the tour featured Sennhe ...
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MythBusters Uses Meyer Sound Technology to Pit Movie Effects against the "Real Thing"
In a recent episode of MythBusters on Discovery Channel, show hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman worked with Meyer Sound to investigate whether the "big bangs"-specifically gunshots and explosions ...
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Robe Lights Miss Universe Slovakia 2011
Lighting designer Martin Kubanka specified Robe moving lights for the 2011 Miss Universe Slovak Republic beauty pageant, which was staged at the Sibamac Arena at the National Tennis Centre in Bratislava ...
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Barco Projectors at Mohawk Industries "Spirit of the Entrepreneur" Motivational Show
Barco, working with partners DWP Live and EventWorks, provided its HD large-event projectors to present a motivational show focused on lifting the spirits of dealers of the U.S.-based flooring company Mohawk. The ...
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Renegade Lighting on the Catwalk in Lagos
Nick Gray from UK-based Renegade Lighting designed lighting for the first Arise Magazine Fashion Week in Lagos, Nigeria.
This completely new and high profile event showcased creations from 50 designers from all ...
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Community ENTASYS Chosen for Son et Lumière Spectacular at Reims Cathedral
Notre-Dame de Reims Cathedral in France is celebrating its 800th anniversary with Dream of Colours -- a high-definition son et lumière show that recreates stages in the building of the cathedral and displays ...
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Resurrection Power Church Gets More Power with dBTechnologies Line Array
The recent installation of dBTechnologies full DVA line array system at Resurrection Power Church in Ohio has significantly improved the audio quality in the auditorium, the company reports. ...
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Dante Wins Best Pro Audio Technology of the Year at PALME 2011
The Best Pro Audio Technology of the Year Award was been awarded to Audinate's digital networking technology Dante at this year's PALME Middle East exhibition. The trade show and conference is the region's only trade ...
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Knight of Illumination Awards Deadline Extended to June 30 2011
The Knight of Illumination Awards has extended the deadline for entries into its lighting design awards program until June 30.
Currently in its fourth year, the Knight of Illumination Awards was established to recognize the ...
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ArKaos Releases GrandVJ 1.5
ArKaos has announced the release of GrandVJ 1.5, which includes major new features and enhancements.
GrandVJ is a real-time video mixer software allowing VJs to compose up to eight layers of video on the fly. It is defined ...
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Sennheiser's Installed Sound Academy to Visit Denver, Detroit, St. Louis and Oklahoma City
Sennheiser will be offering its Installed Sound Academy Seminar in four cities this summer and fall. The single-day seminar, which focuses on key practices, topics and trends in the installed sound/systems integration ...
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PR Lighting Launches New 5000 Spot and Beam
PR Lighting has announced the release of the new PR-5000 Spot and PR-5000 Beam based around a 1,500W Osram or Philips discharge lamp.
Commenting on the new series, PR Lighting chief R&D engineer, Steve Tulk ...
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Dataton Launches Version 5 of WATCHOUT
As the countdown to InfoComm 2011 gathers, Swedish presentation control manufacturer Dataton will use the show for the international launch of version 5 of Dataton WATCHOUT software. Version 5 of the multi-display ...
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TiMax SoundHub to Show iPad and TiMax Tracker at Infocomm2011
TiMax, (Booth 910 at InfoComm) will preview iPad and iPhone apps developed to control the TiMax2 SoundHub mix matrix, playback server, and audio show control system. Simple factory-default setups are user-configurable, and ...
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Lightware to Show Latest AV Solutions at InfoComm 2011
Budapest-based Lightware Visual Engineering will be exhibiting customized solutions for AV professionals at InfoComm 2011 in Orlando, June 15-17 at Booth 3389. High Resolution Systems (HRS), which occupies an ...
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Philips Selecon Introduces LED Version of Popular Wing Wall Washer Range
With the release of its latest addition to the Wing range of Wall Washers, Philips Selecon says it harnesses the rapid advancements in high-power LED technology, recognizing its immense potential for high performance display ...
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Lab X Technologies Ships 1Gig AVB Ethernet Switch, Titanium 411
With a successful introduction of its Titanium 411 1GB Audio Video Bridging (AVB) Ethernet Switch at Integrated Systems Europe 2011 in Amsterdam, Lab X Technologies has announced the first shipments of the switch have been ...
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Jamey Calloway Named Liberty AV Solution New Product Manager
Jamey Calloway has been named as Liberty AV Solution's new product manager. An industry veteran who has amassed over 25 years of technical and management experience, Calloway will be developing and implementing overall new ...
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Stewart Audio Announces New CVA100-2 CobraNet Enabled Amplifier
Stewart Audio announces the CVA100-2 CobraNet enabled power amplifier. A new addition to the company's line of versatile power amplifiers, the CVA100-2 is a 200W 70V, two-channel constant voltage amplifier with 100W per channel ...
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Symetrix Appoints Hock Thang as Technical Sales Engineer for Asia
In response to sales growth throughout Asia, Symetrix has announced the formation of a new position, technical sales engineer for Asia, and announces the appointment of Singapore-based Hock Thang to the position. ...
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Avlex Introduces Mipro Act-3 Series Diversity Wireless Microphone Systems
Avlex Corporation introduces the MIPRO ACT-3 Series diversity wireless microphone systems. Consisting of the MIPRO ACT-311 single channel, ACT-311T dual channel, ACT-312 dual channel, and ACT-312T quad channel UHF diversity ...
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James Keeley Designs Lighting for R&B/Hip-Hop Artist Cupid and XtremeFoamParties.com's 1st Birthday Bash
Since winning an Elation Education Experience Award for aspiring lighting designers, James Keeley has become a respected lighting guru who so impressed Elation Professional and its parent company, American DJ, that ...
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Drama Desk Award Winners Announced
The Drama Desk Awards, which honor achievement in the Broadway, Off Broadw2ay, and Off Off Broadway theatre scenes, were given out last night.
In the design categories, Derek McLane won for the scenery of Anything ...
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Legrand to Acquire Middle Atlantic Products
Legrand, North America has announced that a definitive agreement has been signed to acquire Middle Atlantic Products, Inc., a company based in New Jersey specializing in AV products and solutions for commercial, ...
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The ABTT Theatre Show is Packed with Innovation
The Association of British Theatre Technicians (ABTT) celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. This year's ABTT Theatre Show is set to build on the success of last year, with major UK product launches in all technology sectors, ...
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SGM Reports Robust Sales for LED Strobe
SGM reports having been so overwhelmed by the reaction to its X-5 white strobe -- the world's first professional LED strobe -- that the Italian company has increased its scheduled production in order to meet the demands of the ...
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Christie, Flexible Picture Systems Announce Flexible Partner Program for Warp and Blend
Christie and Flexible Picture Systems (FPS) announce the Flexible Partner Program, which offers Christie dealers the opportunity to combine the geometry correction and edge blending of the Image AnyPlace-200 stand-alone scaler ...
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W-DMX and Ayrton Announce OEM Partnership
Wireless Solution Sweden AB's award-winning W-DMX technology has taken on an OEM partner agreement with the French lighting company Ayrton on some of its newest LED fixtures.
The new WildSun 500 has a factory-installed W ...
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Manufacturer Cosponsored WATS Seminar to be Held in San Jose
Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc., along with Yamaha Corporation of America, Shure, ProPresenter, and Elation Lighting, will hold the next Worship Arts Technology Summit (WATS) at the Cathedral of ...
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LumenRadio Announces MK Light Sound as CRMX Distributor in Slovenia
LumenRadio, the manufacturer of wireless lighting controls, announces MK Light & Sound as distributor for CRMX in Slovenia.
"MK Light & Sound have impressed us by their dedication to supporting their customers and ...
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Hosa Technology Announces Pro Interconnect Cables
Hosa Technology, has introduced the Hosa Pro Interconnect Cables. They are available in all pro audio terminations, including XLR, ¼ inch TRS (tip, ring, sleeve), ¼ inch TS (tip, sleeve), and RCA. ...
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New Software Updates for Roland V-Mixer Consoles
Roland Systems Group (RSG) has released software updates for its digital mixing consoles -- the M-400, M-380, and M-300 V-Mixers. One significant update includes full project file compatibility and interchangeability between ...
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Mugwump Productions Adds Stephanie Seltzer as Project Coordinator
Mugwump Productions, the Jacksonville, Florida-based event-design firm has added a new team member, Stephanie Seltzer. As project coordinator, Seltzer will assist the project management team in all aspects of event ...
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Total Structures supports the Broadway Lighting Master Classes
With a focus on bringing new technology to the attention of key designers and user, Total Structures has stepped up to sponsor the Broadway Lighting Master Classes, being held May 24 and 25 at NYU's Skirball Center for ...
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Harman's Mexico-Based Manufacturing Facility Cited by The Great Place to Work Institute, Inc.
Harman's manufacturing facility, in Tijuana, Mexico was certified as one of Mexico's Top 100 Great Places to Work. Harman representatives were on hand in Mexico City to accept the certificate on behalf of the facility during a ...
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DiGiCo SD7 on Monitors for Kylie Minogue
Matt Napier, monitor engineer for Kylie Minogue, has been with the star since the summer of 2010. His mixing console of choice is a DiGiCo SD7, chosen because it is a desk that can grow as the tour's remit ...
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Royal Opera House Turns to Stage Electrics for New Opera Anna Nicole
It's not often that contemporary celebrity culture finds itself in the elegant surroundings of the Royal Opera House, and the recent run of Anna Nicole, the tale of a young Playboy model, an octogenarian billionaire ...
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Robert Juliat at Turkey's First TRT Music Awards
The first TRT Music Awards, celebrating the best of Turkey's musicians, singers and music productions, took place recently at the Lütfi Kirdar Convention and Exhibition Centre, Istanbul. The inaugural event included ...
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Hartley and Mary Peavey Deliver Commencement Addresses at Mississippi State University
Hartley and Mary Peavey encouraged the nearly 2,400 spring graduates of their shared alma mater to live with passion and give back during separate commencement addresses on April 29 and 30. ...
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EAW Roars at New Galatasaray Stadium
Galatasaray SK's new 52,650-capacity, multi-purpose Türk Telekom Arena has gone straight into the record books. On March 18, when the Turkish soccer club took on local rivals Fenerbahçe, an SPL of 131.76dB was ...
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Electro-Voice EVH at First Congregational Church in Ft. Lauderdale
While every church hopes to bring its members closer to heaven, the architecture of the First Congregational Church in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida exemplifies this aspiration quite literally in the soaring peaks of its 55' ceiling. ...
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LUXEON A Recognized with Technical Innovation Award at LIGHTFAIR
LUXEON A from Philips Lumileds received the Technical Innovation Award at LightFair International. The award is given to the product that represents the best leap forward in lighting technology. The company's third ...
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Lab X Technologies Issues AVB Platform License to Biamp Systems
Lab X Technologies has granted Biamp Systems a license to utilize its IEEE 802.1 AVB Audio Platform for use on Xilinx FPGAs. Lab X's AVB Audio Platform offers manufacturers high-channel capacity audio implementation based ...
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Gearhouse SA Joins Global Event Technology Services Provider Alliance
Gearhouse South Africa recently joined a world-wide network of key industry players; a move designed to improve the company's international profile and extend its market reach, and to also assist local meeting planners who can now ...
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Meyer Sound Launches New Corporate Office in Beijing
Meyer Sound has announced the incorporation of Meyer Sound China, located in the Chaoyang District in Beijing.
With headquarters and manufacturing in California, Meyer Sound's new Beijing office provides local customers with ...
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New DisplayPort KVM Switchers Integrate Work Stations without Networking to Drive Performance
Two new Gefen KVM (keyboard, video, and mouse) switchers for DisplayPort give access to multiple computers from a single high-resolution display using DisplayPort. Designed for professionals who want to avoid a networked situation ...
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Schubert Systems Group Opts for Midas PRO Series
Schubert Systems Group (SSG), a provider of audio for touring sound for more than 30 years, has purchased one PRO9 and two PRO6 digital consoles by Midas, augmented with the Klark Teknik DN9331 Rapide rack ...
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Story Sound Adds Crown I-Tech HD Series to Inventory
Dutch sound rental company Story Sound has purchased a battery of over 70 Harman Crown I-Tech HD series amplifiers. The decision to move to I-Tech HD amplifiers was driven by many factors including the availability of the ...
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L-ACOUSTICS K1 at Andrea Bocelli Concert in Buenos Aires
More than 15,000 fans recently packed the Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima of Buenos Aires (GEBA) to hear Andrea Bocelli and special guest Chenoa perform with a large choir and orchestra on the Latin leg of his Incanto< ...
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Harman Soundcraft Vi6 at Donaufestival
The Donaufestival is an Austrian festival of music and performance that takes place each April on the River Danube in Krems, in the state of Lower Austria.
Promoted by the NOE Festival-Ges for the past two decades, the ...
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JBL VERTEC Line Arrays and Control Contractor Loudspeakers on American Idol
For American Idol's 2011 season, the main house PA and dialogue system has included a total of 300 JBL Professional loudspeakers, including VERTEC line arrays and Control Contractor loudspeakers. The system has been ...
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The Week in Review
New York City Opera to Vacate Lincoln Center: In what must count as the bombshell announcement of the week, New York City announced on Friday that it would no longer perform at the David H. Koch Theatre (formerly the New ...
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Dave Swallow to Speak at ENTECH 2011
The full ENTECH trade show education program has been released online and coincides with the announcement of a third PLASA sponsored international keynote speaker, audio engineer and author, Dave Swallow. ENTECH ...
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Robe Launches iPhone App
Robe is launching a new app available as a free download to run on iPhone and iPod Touch.
The "Robe Product Reference" App contains comprehensive information and statistics covering the full Robe product range, including an ...
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Christie Launches MIRAGE WU-L Projector
Christie has extended its Mirage Series projector line with the launch of the Christie Mirage WU-L, saying that its innovative, solid-state LED light engine offers years of worry-free operation without compromising image quality. < ...
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Theatre in Review: Knickerbocker (The Public Theater)
"Are you ready?" These are the first words spoken in Knickerbocker, and not for the last time. They are spoken by Jerry, the protagonist, who, in six months or so, will become a father. "Well, if you don't feel ready, how ...
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Theatre in Review: Lucky Guy (Little Shubert Theatre)
In a recent interview, Leslie Jordan, one of the stars of Lucky Guy, reported that the show was, in fact, written 30 years ago. This is really surprising -- after all, most of the jokes in Lucky Guy are two ...
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Harman's BSS Audio Provides Soundweb London Level 1 Training at InfoComm 2011
At InfoComm 2011, Harman BSS Audio is providing its Soundweb London Level 1 Training. The syllabus includes overviews of the Soundweb London hardware and software, along with a comprehensive look at how to program and deploy ...
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Pulsar Now Shipping Its Wireless DMX Transmitter and Receiver
Pulsar, the developer and manufacturer LED lighting and lighting control solutions for professional entertainment and architecture installations, is now shipping its wireless DMX transmitter and receiver. The product's Interfaces ...
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Leader Light Joins the White Light Family
The London-based entertainment lighting specialist White Light has announced the latest addition to its family of products: Leader Light, the Slovakia-based manufacturer of LED lighting fixtures. ...
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Roland Training Certified by InfoComm
Roland Systems Group (RSG) has been approved by InfoComm International as a Certified Technology Specialist (CTS) Program renewal unit provider.
Roland Systems Group now offers five courses for a total of 4.5 CTS ...
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New Enlighten Splitter from Mega-Lite
Mega-Lite has introduced its new Enlighten Splitter, an Enlighten interface and four-output splitter all-in-one. The Enlighten DMX-to-USB interface is built right in. The unit has two inputs for when it is not being used with the ...
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W-DMX Brings Generation 4 to LLB Stockholm
Wireless Solution Sweden AB is demonstrating the new W-DMX G4 line (now shipping) during LLB Expo 2011 in Stockholm, Sweden, May 18-20 at Stockholm International Fairs. Wireless Solution is also exhibiting as part of the < ...
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dBTechnologies Joins WorldMusic in Paraguay
Italian live sound specialist dBTechnologies has reached an agreement with WorldMusic to distribute its range of products in Paraguay with immediate effect.
WorldMusic's general manager, Mr. Nabil,explains, "dBTec ...
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Symetrix Introduces SymNet Solus, Stand-Alone Open Architecture DSP
From Symetrix, engineers of the SymNet 8x8 DSP and Jupiter Processors, comes Solus, which, the company says, couples the most powerful open-architecture SymNet processing to date with cost-saving fixed input/output counts for ...
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Cirque du Soleil's Totem Brings VENUE Under the Grand Chapiteau
Totem is the latest Cirque du Soleil big production-A spectacular visual and musical how that has been performing in Europe and now throughout North America. The show takes place under the trademark blue-and-yellow Grand ...
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Philips Entertainment Lighting Helps Cornwall Theatre Cut Emissions
Cornwall's largest professional theatre, Hall for Cornwall, has dramatically improved its energy efficiency following an investment in the brand new Philips Selecon range of SPX luminaires. ...
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Special Event Services, On Stage Audio Land Oprah Finale with Martin Audio MLA
Special Event Services and On Stage Audio today partnered on the May 17 live production of the Oprah Winfrey Show finale, "Surprise Oprah! A Farewell Spectacular," at Chicago's United Center. ...
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Entec Lights Gurdas Maan Shows
West London based Entec Sound & Light supplied the lighting design, equipment, and crew for Punjabi pop/singer/songwriter superstar Gurdas Maan's recent sold out shows at London's Royal Albert Hall (two nights) and ...
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Rockstar Mayhem Tour to Feature Peavey Versarray Sound System
The annual Rockstar Mayhem Festival, a summer metal institution four years running, will criss-cross North America from July through August with the ribbon-loaded Versarray 212 line-array sound system from audio innovators Peav ...
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APB Spectra Ti Finds Rocky Mountain Home
When Chris Jacobs, owner of Westminster, Colorado based Jacobs Audio, found himself needing to update his aging analog mixing console inventory, he immediately turned to APB-Dynasonics Spectra Ti. The Spectra-Ti ...
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LumenRadio's CRMX at Sweden's Historic Täby Church
Täby Church, located outside Stockholm, originates from the 13th century, when it was one of the primary houses of worship in Sweden. Much of the interior, including the altar, is from the 1470s; it has been carefully preserved ...
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Sydney Theatre Company Upgrades with ETC and Pathport
The lighting people at Sydney Theatre Company, ion Sydney, Australia, have been using ETC Ion consoles in the Wharf 2 studio venue for some time. Satisfied with their performance, it became a bit of a no-brainer when the ...
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Harman System Installed in Restored 18th-century Welsh Chapel
A historic 18th century Grade II-listed congregational church in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales has been lovingly restored following a six-year bid to secure development grants.
Following a spend of £1.4m ($2.3m), the building, which had fallen ...
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DuBoff, Werle, Sleep No More Take Obie Awards for Designer
The 56th Annual Obie Awards were given out at a ceremony on Monday at Webster Hall in Greenwich Village. The event was co-hosted by S. Epatha Merkerson and David Hyde Pierce, and the awards were presented by Alec Baldwin, ...
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Martin US Open House Event in New York City - May 23-24
Everyone is invited to Martin Professional's open house event at New World Stages in New York City.
On Monday, May 23 (9am - 9pm) and Tuesday, May 24 (9am - 5pm), Martin Professional will be showing its latest dynamic lighting ...
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Christine Jones to Receive 2011 Ruth Morley Design Award
The League of Professional Theatre Women, a non-profit organization committed to promoting visibility and increasing opportunities for women in the professional theatre, announces that the Ruth Morley Design Award will be ...
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New Macau Resort Opens with Two Attractions Designed by Jeremy Railton
When the $1.9 billion Galaxy Macau opened its doors to visitors on May 15, it unwrapped a jewel unlike any the world has ever seen in the form of a brilliant, perfectly-cut, 11-ton diamond that materializes out of thin air to ...
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Mac Conversion Utility Now Available for Roland VR-5
Roland Systems Group has released a Mac image converter utility for the popular VR-5 AV mixer. This newly released software allows users to convert still images, video, and audio into and from the format used by the VR-5's ...
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Theatre in Review: A Minister's Wife (Lincoln Center Theatre/Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre)
I hate to have to point out the obvious, but not every play must be made into a musical. This goes double for the plays of George Bernard Shaw. Consider the case of A Minister's Wife, adapted from Shaw's Candida, and ...
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Starlite Productions Hosts Yamaha and NEXO Demos
Starlite Productions, in Moorestown, New Jersey will host Yamaha and NEXO demonstrations featuring the Nexo S12 line array, PS15 speakers, the new 45 N-12 line monitors, and Yamaha Installation Series speakers. The ...
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Traxon Technologies Presents News Solutions at Lightfair
Traxon Technologies is showcasing its most recent innovations at Lightfair in Booth #2718 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center today and tomorow. Traxon & e:cue will also highlight products used in Philadelphia area ...
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PLASA Rigging Conference 2011 Announced
Following the success of last year's PLASA International Rigging Conference, PLASA Events has announced the return of this pioneering two-day event to be held once again alongside PLASA 2011, at Earls Court, London on ...
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A.C.T Lighting Names Bill Groener Vice President of Business Development
Bill Groener has joined A.C.T Lighting as vice president of business development.
"We're delighted to welcome Bill to A.C.T Lighting after a distinguished career in design, teaching, and management at well-known ...
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Chauvet Names New Global Sales Director
Chauvet announces the recent appointment of Stéphane Gressier as global sales director.
Gressier brings 17 years of international sales, marketing, and management experience with him. Originally from France, he moved to ...
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DPA Microphones CEO Poulsen Takes Charge of US Division
DPA Microphones CEO and shareholder Christian Poulsen has assumed day-to-day management of DPA Inc, the Danish manufacturer's US subsidiary, with immediate effect.
Poulsen, who was appointed CEO in October ...
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The Hettema Group to Design Hello Kitty Park in China
The Hettema Group, based in Pasadena, California, has been selected by the Sanrio Group to develop the master plan and concept design for a Hello Kitty Park in Anji, China.
Currently scheduled to open in 2014, the ...
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Gerald Stanley Celebrates 45 Years at Crown Audio
Gerald Stanley, senior vice president of research and development at Harman's Crown Audio, is celebrating 45 years of service with the company. One of the leading authorities in amplifier design in the professional ...
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ABTT Theatre Show Highlights Alternative Means of Transportation
This year's ABTT (Association of British Theatre Technicians) Theatre Show is hopeful that any tube strikes will be resolved and the show will not be affected by travel problems. But visitors to the UK's premier event for theatre ...
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Stage Technologies Sponsors Prague Quadrennial
The Stage Technologies Group has announced its silver sponsorship of the British Architecture Exhibit at The Prague Quadrennial 2011 in conjunction with the ABTT.
The event takes place from June 16-26 in Prague, ...
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Clear-Com Honors Student with USITT Stage Management Award
Clear-Com continued its participation in USITT's (United States Institute for Theater Technology) Young Designers and Technicians (YD&T) Awards. This year, as sponsor of the organization's Stage Management Award, Clear ...
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Lehigh Introduces Collage Impress Color Touch LCD Control Station at LightFair
Lehigh is expanding its Collage Impress architectural controls with the addition of a color touch LCD station. The CCTM has a 7" WVGA (800 X 480) 24-bit color LCD display with capacitive touch panel that complements the original ...
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LUXEON A Moves into Volume Production and Extends the Portfolio Delivering Freedom from Binning
Luxeon A, announced earlier this year, has moved into volume production and has been submitted for an Innovation Award at LightFair 2011. This is the second hot-tested and specified Luxeon LED from Philips Lumileds ...
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Shure Microphones Helps with Pop Music Program at University of Southern California
When the faculty at the University of Southern California's (USC) Thornton School of Music began a popular music program in the fall of 2009, they knew professional-grade audio gear was a must. The program is open to ...
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Full Compass Systems Hosts How-To Church Sound Workshop
Full Compass Systems, the professional audio/video retailer, hosted a HOW-TO Church Sound Workshop on April 30. The workshop, which sold out quickly, brought house-of-worship sound volunteers and technicians to Full ...
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DWR Distribution Awarded ESP Vision Distributorship
ZZYZX, Inc. has announced the appointment of DWR Distribution as its ESP Vision distributor for South Africa. DWR Distribution will also be responsible for training and support in the region. With this addition, ESP Vision ...
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Thomas & Betts Launches Extra High Temperature Cable Ties
Ty-Rap Extra High Temperature Cable Ties, from Thomas & Betts, are made of an advanced heat-resistant nylon and provide a cost-effective alternative to expensive metallic fasteners in high-temperature applications, the company ...
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Martin Professional Lighting and Visuals at London's Southbank Centre
Martin Professional has enjoyed a successful relationship with London's Southbank Centre over the years, a relationship that has included Southbank Centre investing in Martin theatrical lighting gear and more recently in ...
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Midas Digital Stars on Broadway
Midas digital consoles have won starring roles on Broadway, with an XL8 at the front of house in the Palace Theatre's new hit, Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert; a permanent PRO3 installation at 42nd Street's New Victory ...
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Logic Systems Supports Carolina Rebellion Festival
Hard-hitting rock acts performed at the first ever Carolina Rebellion Festival, which took place on May 7 at the Metrolina Expo in Charlotte, North Carolina. Co-produced by Right Arm Entertainment and AEG, ...
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Meyer Sound at San Francisco's CJM Are We There Yet? Exhibit
Are We There Yet?, a new exhibition at San Francisco's Contemporary Jewish Museum, immerses visitors in the inquisitive tradition of Jewish culture. Created by Ken Goldberg and Gil Gershoni and subtitled 5 ...
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Chappel and Gardner, Constable, and Murray Take Outer Critics Circle Design Winners
The Outer Critics Circle Awards, which honor achievement in the New York theatre, were given out yesterday. (The Outer Critics Circle is an organization of critics and journalists who cover the New York theatre for out-of-town ...
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Two Draft Powered Rigging Standards in Public Review
Two of the several documents that make up the E1.6 project for powered rigging systems in the entertainment industry are now available for public review on the PLASA website.
BSR E1.6-1 - 201x, Entertainment Technology - ...
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GLP US Inc. Continue Impression Spot One Launch at InfoComm
After showing its news impression Spot One fixture for the first time in the US at NAB in Las Vegas, GLP German Light Products Inc. announces that the product's next public showing will be at the InfoComm show in ...
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Light Converse Shows Complex Video Mapping at Prolight + Sound
Light Converse Ltd. recently presented one of the distinguishing features of its LightConverse 3D Show Platform at the Prolight + Sound show in Frankfurt. The exhibition, which took place April 6-9, allowed the software company to ...
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First Night Riders Get Ready to Roll
Do you work in the entertainment industry? Do you have a motorbike you wish you could ride more often? If so, how do you fancy a summer weekend away, burning some rubber on the open road with a group of like-minded bikers? Not only will ...
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Theatre in Review: Baby, It's You! (Broadhurst Theatre)
I am not one of those musical theatre fans who reflexively hate the jukebox musical. I don't love the format, mind you, but I accept that time marches on and, in certain circumstances, such as Mamma Mia! and Jersey Boys , ...
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The Week in Review:
Coemar Reflection LEDko Comes to Town: LSA caught with Coemar when the company came to town to demonstrate the new Reflection LEDko to designers. It is the first LED soft profile and is available with three interchangeable ...
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Stagestep Releases ReUseIt, Semi-Permanent Installation Solution
Stagestep says its new product ReUseIt is the revolutionary way to install flooring over any existing sub-floor with all the benefits of a permanent installation with the ease of a semi-permanent installation. No need for top tape ...
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Analog Way's Pulse and Orchestra at Heart of Custom-made Switching System Designed by LMG
Analog Way has several of its solutions involved in a new system designed by LMG Inc., a national provider of video, audio and lighting solutions.
LMG has created a custom switching solution using Analog Way's Pulse, a ...
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Avlex Releases MIPRO ACT-82a Dual Channel Encrypted Digital Diversity Receiver
Avlex Corporation has introduced the MIPRO ACT-82a dual channel encrypted digital diversity receiver. Building upon the company's ACT-82 digital wireless microphone system, the new ACT-82a offers expanded 120MHz bandwidth, ...
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American Lighting Expands LED Neon Flex Line
American Lighting, a manufacturer and distributor of lighting technologies for residential, commercial, and specialty markets, has expanded its Neon Flex product line with three new LED products -LED Neon Flexbrite Plus, LED Neon ...
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Barco Assists Tsinghua University's Centenary Celebration with 3D Projection Display
On April 24, Tsinghua University in China celebrated its 100th anniversary. That night, tens of thousands of students, professors and alumni held their alma mater's birthday party in front of the university's main building. Barc ...
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Sennheiser Brings Back the Mix Tape
Who doesn't remember the lovingly created mix tapes of the '80s? With a cassette recorder and recordable cassettes, every music fan could compile and give away his or hers very own best-of album. Even in the age of MP3s, such a ...
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Christie MicroTiles Utilized for New Market Open Ceremony at London Stock Exchange
Christie announces the largest installations of its MicroTiles to date in the EMEA market at the London Stock Exchange in Paternoster Square, London. The installation will be utilized in the exchange's new Market Open ...
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Symetrix Jupiter DSP Installments in Lower Ontario
Michael Weinstein, owner of The Weinstein Group, an A/V installation and event production company in Fergus, Ontario, has recently had great success "finger-proofing" his A/V designs at Langdon Hall Country House Hotel & ...
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AmpliVox Sound Systems "Pink Podiums" at Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure Events
AmpliVox Sound System will provide pink podiums to Susan G. Komen for the Cure affiliates for use at their breast cancer awareness fundraising and educational events. These specially-designed podiums are manufactured in the ...
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LumenRadio's CRMX on Swedish Beauty and the Beast
Kristianstad Theatre, of Gothenburg, Sweden, put LumenRadio's CRMX wireless system to good use in the recent local production of the Disney musical Beauty and the Beast. The theatre, staffed mostly by volunteers, ...
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Meyer Sound Outfits Urban Outfitters with Audio in Former Naval Shipyard
Urban Outfitters' headquarter, in the former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard mixes a 21st-century casual feel with early 20th-century industrial buildings. Recently, audio was added to the mix with the installation of a multi-zoned ...
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Peter Claussen is New President of Sennheiser's Installed Sound Business Division
Effective August 1, Peter Claussen will take over responsibility of the installed sound business division at audio specialist Sennheiser. The 47-year-old expert of marketing and sales joins Sennheiser from the IT ...
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Lightwright Touch Now on iPhone
Lightwright Touch version 1.2 is now available, adding iPhone and iPod touch support to the mobile Lightwright worksheet app. All of the functionality of the iPad version has been squeezed into the smaller screen space with very ...
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Stageline Goes to Namibia
One Stageline SL100 mobile was delivered to Windhoek in Namibia, Africa, on April 27. The client, Event Gallery & Promotions, is a major turnkey event provider. Namibia is a very large country and the mobility and quality ...
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Soundcraft Si Series Gains More Inputs and Options
Launched two years ago and the winner of 10 industry awards, Harman's Soundcraft Si Series has received an upgrade, which provides more inputs on the Si1 and Si2 versions plus additional functionality and options across the ...
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International Robotics Partners with Lectrosonics
International Robotics, a manufacturer of communication robots has been a pioneer of what it terms Techno-Marketing- a business science that delivers commercial, educational, and entertainment messages to targeted audiences. At ...
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Harkness Screens Dives into Another Dimension at National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium
Edwards Technologies, Inc. (ETI), a leader in 3D digital theatre installations at entertainment venues worldwide, was given the task of equipping the new 3D/4D theatre of the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium's ...
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Robe on German Idol
Lighting designer Manuel da Costa used Robe's ColorSpot, ColorWash and ColorBeam 2500E ATs as key fixtures on his rig for the latest series of German Idol (Deutschland sucht den Superstar). The episodes were ...
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Unusual Gets to Work at the Victoria and Albert Museum
In August 2010, Unusual Rigging was approached by London's Victoria and Albert Museum to solve two rigging issues.
The V&A's major exhibition galleries have plenty of headroom, but, historically, prior to Unusual's ...
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Meyer Sound MICA Supports the Winans' Final Duo Tour
For BeBe and CeCe Winans' last tour together, the brother and sister duo showcased their contemporary gospel music using Meyer Sound MICA line array loudspeakers, supplied by Blackhawk Audio, of White House, ...
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Global Equipment Network, Inc. at Times Square Viewing Party for Royal Wedding
Jarrod Esposito, of Global Equipment Network, Inc, says he knew he had the solution when producers of the TLC network show, Say Yes to the Dress approached him about providing an audio solution for a viewing ...
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Experience Music Project Features New Barco's High-res LED Display in Sky Church
Seattle's Experience Music Project (EMP) has installed a Barco C7 to provide a video display for its live music shows and entertainment acts.
Barco was selected to upgrade EMP's visualization platform with a curved, 60' ...
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New Life Church Amps Up Sound System with Face Audio
When Messenger Media Systems, of Covington, Georgia was called in to do the audio for the New Life Church, the primary challenge was providing a powerful system for a spacious sanctuary on a limited budget. ...
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A.C.T Lighting to Distribute A&O/Alpha One Products in North America
A.C.T Lighting has become the exclusive North American distributor for all A&O/alpha one products. The announcement is timed to coincide with Lightfair 2011 in Philadelphia, where the company will display fixtures ...
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Cadac Announces New Strategic Initiatives
Cadac Holdings Ltd. announced a number of strategic initiatives at this year's Prolight + Sound exhibition with major significance for its on-going business development. The company announced the appointment of Vincenzo ...
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Powersoft Enhances Armonía with I/O Signal Integrity Monitor Feature
Version 2.1.803 upgrade of Powersoft's Armonía Pro Audio Suite software includes the new I/O signal integrity monitor feature. Armonía was designed to deliver comprehensive control of all aspects of the amplifier/speaker audio ...
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Milab Microphones Appoints Joint Rent as Exclusive Distributor for Italy
Milab Microphones has announced that Joint Rent S.A.S. has been appointed as the exclusive distributor for Milab Microphones in Italy.
"We are very happy to join forces with such a prestigious company as Join Rent," says < ...
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Austria's Redline Enterprises Adds L-ACOUSTICS K1/KUDO to Inventory
Redline Enterprises, Austria's largest full-service provider of technical equipment for events, has purchased an L-ACOUSTICS K1/KUDO system consisting of 48 K1 and 36 KudoT line source cabinets, 24 K1-SB and 24 SB28 ...
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Theatre in Review: Carson McCullers Talks About Love (Rattlestick Theatre)
Carson McCullers Talks About Love isn't the worst thing I've seen this season, but it is surely one of the oddest. Basically a cabaret act served up without the cocktails, it features the singer Suzanne Vega ...
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Theatre in Review: Future Anxiety (The Flea Theatre)
Things aren't looking good in Future Anxiety. Set in the not-too-distant future, it depicts a world that has basically gone to hell in a hand basket. The US economy has collapsed, removing all social services; dead bodies ...
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Outline at Show-Way 2011
Outline has announced its participation in Show-Way, in Bergamo, Italy, May 15-17. Promoted by APIAS and organized by Ente Fiera Promoberg, it is Italy's leading national expo dedicated to entertainment ...
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Soundcraft Founder Graham Blyth to Perform AES Convention Organ Recital at Lincoln's Inn Chapel
Audio Engineering Society Fellow and Soundcraft founder and technical director Graham Blyth will perform the now traditional AES Convention organ recital at Lincoln's Inn Chapel in London on Friday, May 13, commencing ...
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Zero 88 ORB Series Console Training at Phoenix Artists Club, London
Since partnering with the Phoenix Artists Club in February this year, Cooper Controls has been running regular and custom courses on its ORB Series theatrical lighting consoles at their Central London training venue. ...
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Midas PRO3 Installed in Eiffel Tower
A Midas PRO3 live audio system, supplied by French distributor EVI Audio, has been installed in the Gustave Eiffel room, on the first floor the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. The 300-capacity venue, which ...
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Salle Albert Rousseau, Quebec City Installs d&b audiotechnik Gear
As '80s-era theatre venues go, Salle Albert Rousseau has weathered the ravages of time better than most. It has been well cared for by the citizens of Quebec City, Quebec, and, despite self-imposed changes from being principally a ...
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grandMA and Clay Paky Dominate at Miami's 13th Annual Ultra Music Festival
At this year's Ultra Music Festival, grandMA consoles were the dominant control solution on the Main Stage and Live Stage and in the Carl Cox & Friends Arena. Clay Paky lighting also stole the spotlight on the Main ...
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EAW Powers New Russian Culture Complex
As the ancient Russian city of Yaroslavl was celebrating its 1,000th anniversary, a new cultural entertainment complex called Hill Hall was opening in its midst.
Built on an area of 3,000 sq. m., it combines bars, a dance floor, ...
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Goboland UK in Betty Blue Eyes, New West End Musical
Gobo manufacturer Goboland UK, has made a variety of custom and standard gobos for the musical Betty Blue Eyes, which opened recently at the Novello Theatre in London's West End.
Based on Alan Bennett and < ...
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Iglesia De Dios Pentecostal Church, Tampa, Selects D.A.S Audio
Recognized as the largest non-denominational, Pentecostal church serving the Hispanic community in central Florida, Iglesia De Dios Pentecostal M.I. Church has a seating capacity for 2,600 worshippers in a former gymnasium. ...
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Top Christian College Chapel Installs NEXO Line Arrays
The A.J. Gordon Memorial Chapel at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts seats 1,600, making it one of the largest venues on Boston's North Shore. Recently, MFI Productions, of Hooksett, New Hampshire, installed ...
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Fire Department Forces Fire Sale of TV, Movie and Set Props
On Tuesday, May 17, Florida' largest event production company, ME Productions, is throwing open its doors for the first time in its 30-year history for a once-in-a-lifetime auction of its inventory of handcrafted props. The ...
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Lex Products Introduces Emergency Lighting Transfer Switches
Lex Products has announced the addition of emergency lighting transfer switches to its PowerGATE product line.
"When the power goes out, audiences can't be left in the dark. Lex emergency lighting transfer switches (ELTS) ...
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LMG Adds New Lighting Inventory
LMG, Inc., the national provider of video, audio, lighting, and audiovisual equipment with offices in Orlando, Las Vegas, Dallas, and Nashville, recently invested in a variety of new lighting gear to supplement inventory. ...
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Rich Mayne Joins Clearwing Productions as Project Manager
Rich Mayne is now serving as project manager for Clearwing Productions Arizona, and is responsible for show logistics and planning. Mayne has spent 40 years in the entertainment industry, overseeing production and tour ...
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Theatre in Review: The Normal Heart (Golden Theatre)
There are, I am sure, more finely written or elegantly constructed plays in town than The Normal Heart, but if a single production comes near to matching its sheer pile-driver force, I don't know about it. Larry Kramer
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Theatre in Review: Born Yesterday (Cort Theatre)
If you haven't made the acquaintance of Nina Arianda, what are you waiting for?
Having made a stunning, out-of-left-field Off Broadway debut last season in Venus in Furs, she now makes an equally impressive Broadway bow ...
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Lightware U.S.A.'s Drew Taylor to Lead Two Technical Sessions at InfoComm
Drew Taylor, sales engineer of Lightware U.S.A., the US distributor of professional AV products manufactured by Lightware Visual Engineering in Budapest, Hungary, will lead two technical sessions at InfoComm 2011
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XL Video Invests in More Pixled F-11 Screen
XL Video UK has just purchased another 250 sq. m. of Pixled F-11 screen, which will be used on the upcoming Take That tour. This latest version is also 3D-ready, allowing greater versatility in future applications. ...
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Stewart Audio to Host Webinars through New Portal
Stewart Audio, manufacturer of power amplifiers and audio equipment for a wide range of sound reinforcement applications, announced a new web portal and the first in a series of webinars specifically designed for installed sound ...
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Rat Sound Delivers for Coachella with VENUE
This year's Coachella Festival offered up a diverse mix of indie-rock, pop, and hip-hop acts, with headliners that included Kings of Leon, Kanye West, Arcade Fire, Big Audio Dynamite, Mumford & Sons, Miss Lauryn Hill, PJ Harvey< ...
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CBN TV Studios Upgrade to ETC Selador LED Lighting
One of the longest-running programs in broadcast history, CBN's The 700 Club, had been using an analog lighting system for much of its run -- the last 30 of 45 on-air years. The show, which is accessible to 1.5 billion ...
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RCF System Deployed at San Marco di Veneiza Basilica
At San Marco's Basilica in Venice, an extensive new RCF sound reinforcement system was recently installed, with 40 loudspeaker enclosures that include no less than ten of the new VSA 2050 digitally steerable vertical line ...
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Martin Pro's MAC 101 on NBC's National Heads-Up Poker Championship
Lighting designer Justin Garrone, of Innovative Show Design, incorporated Martin Professional's compact MAC 101 wash light into the set of NBC's National Heads-Up Poker Championship, an annual poker ...
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Zero 88 and Warner Brothers in Cannes for MIPCOM 2010
The Zero 88 ORB Lighting console from Cooper Controls was chosen by lighting designer Chris Withers for the Warner Brothers hospitality events at MIPCOM 2010.
Held every October at the Palais des ...
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Soundcraft Vi4 Consoles at X Chili Cook-Off 2011 Music Festival
The recent X Chili Cook-Off 2011 outdoor music festival combined music with offerings from some of the area's hottest chili chefs. Held at the Richmond Raceway Complex in Virginia and hosted by radio station 102.1 The X
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Entec Uses ETC to Light Historic Royal Wedding Dresses
West London, UK-based Entec Sound & Light was approached by Historic Royal Palaces (HRP) to supply a lighting design and equipment for a collection of royal wedding dresses dating back to 1816, including that of Queen ...
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Studio Charleston in South Carolina Opens
A new top-tier production facility is set to change the production landscape in the Southeast. USA officially opens its doors on May 12, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 6pm.
The studio is a 100,000 sq. ft. production facility ...
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Ruth Rossington to Leave PLASA
PLASA has revealed that Ruth Rossington, a former editor of LSI magazine and now executive director EU and COO at PLASA, is to leave the association at the end of 2011. Rossington joined the organization in 1988, ...
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Evocative Designs to Represent US in Prague
The final brick has been placed, and the doors have been closed on the container carrying the USITT/USA exhibits that will be part of the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space from June 16 to 26 in Prague, ...
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Elation Introduces Platinum Wash LED Zoom
Elation Professional's Platinum Wash LED Zoom, combines a number of features into a DMX moving head LED color wash with a built-in zoom. Featuring a 300W Quad Color LED system and built on Elation's space-saving Platinum base, ...
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Atomic Expands Rental Team with New General Manager
Atomic, a provider of environments for branded communication and entertainment productions, has added a new member to its executive team: general manager of Atomic Rental, Rob Barber.
"Rob Barber is an enormous asset to ...
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Bo Hyun Choi Joins Robe Marketing Team
Robe lighting's marketing team expands with the addition of graphic designer Bo Hyun Choi, who will be taking care of the visual aspects and design of all the company's branding and marketing collateral, including the ...
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Hannah Eakins Joins i-Pix as Business Development Manager
Hannah Eakins joins specialist UK LED lighting manufacturer i-Pix as business development manager. Her role will be to identify and develop new business opportunities, working alongside both the in-house i-Pix team in ...
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Theatre in Review: By the Way, Meet Vera Stark (Second Stage)
I'm beginning to think that Lynn Nottage is some kind of multiple personality. It's almost inconceivable that the woman who gave us the poignant Intimate Apparel and the scalding Ruined has come up with By the ...
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Martin Pro European Road Show 2011 Announced
Martin Professional EMEA is hosting local events across Europe on an "Engineered for the Eye" Road Show tour that brings Martin directly to customers for an up close look at dynamic lighting and visual solutions. ...
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Analog Way Appoints New EMEA Sales Director
Analog Way, the designer and manufacturer of image converters and presentation switchers, is has appointed John De Cet as new sales director for Europe, Middle East, and Africa.
The appointment was made in March. He is ...
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Matrox Dual/TripleHead2Go DP Multi-Monitor Adapters Compatible with Thunderbolt-Enabled MacBook Pro
Matrox Graphics Inc. announces that the Matrox DualHead2Go DP Edition and TripleHead2Go DP Edition are now compatible with the latest Apple MacBook Pro notebooks featuring the new Thunderbolt port. Developed by Intel ...
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PRG Supplies Gear for Opening Ceremonies of Asian Winter Games
The Russia-based Igor Krutoy Group of Companies provided creative direction for the opening ceremonies of the 2011 Asian Winter Games, whose motto was "Unity of Purpose, Unity of Spirit." Production designer Alexei ...
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Bowman Hall Gets a New Sound System from Bosch
Bowman Hall, located in the City of Blacktown, near Sydney, Australia is a popular venue used for all manner of productions from concerts and wedding receptions to simple meetings. It is a large, reverberant, asymmetric space with ...
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Center Stage, Sweden, Invests in Soundcraft Vi1 Console
Swedish sound company Center Stage has purchased its first Soundcraft Vi1 digital desk from local distributors Septon AB.
Set up by experienced former Spectra Stage & Event Technologies technicians, Robert ...
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Innovason Eclipse in An American Rhapsody, Concert in Jakarta
The Grand Ballroom at the newly renovated five-star Hotel Indonesia Kempinski in Jakarta recently played host to a gala concert entitled An American Rhapsody. The 40-piece Jakarta Concert Orchestra and Batavia ...
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Yamaha M7CL Console at South by Southwest
For over 25 years, the South by Southwest (SXSW) Conferences and Festivals, held in Austin, Texas, offer a unique convergence of original music, independent films, emerging technology showcases, and a lot of networking. This year ...
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China Clubs Go Active with D.A.S. Audio
Hangzhou Chuangda Stage Facilities, the authorized D.A.S. Audio dealer in Eastern China, coordinated the installation of new sound systems at two popular Chinese clubs in late 2010. With both projects, Jiang Chao, ...
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Montreal's Percival Molson Memorial Stadium Upgrades Audio System with JBL VERTEC Line Arrays
Percival Molson Memorial Stadium is a 25,000-seat outdoor football stadium in Montreal, Canada. Owned by McGill University, Moli6 is home to the McGill Redmen of the Quebec University Football League and the ...
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Nominations Open for the Fourth Annual PLASA Rock Our World Awards
Nominations opened May 3 for PLASA's fourth annual Rock Our World Awards, which recognize groundbreaking achievement by PLASA members. Designed to acknowledge the genius of both the creator of technology and the designers or ...
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Danley Loudspeakers Donated to Nashville Rescue Mission
The division of the Nashville Rescue Mission that serves men has been operating since 1954 and currently resides in the old Sears building, near the heart of Music City. Its 400-seat chapel is the spiritual gateway to the free ...
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W-DMX Holds May Seminars
Wireless Solution Sweden AB will be holding several Wireless University seminars during the month of May. If you plan to attend any of the following trade shows, you may schedule one of these informational sessions in your ...
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Theatre in Review: Little Black Dress (The Exchange/Theatre at St. Clement's)
If you're sentimental about small-town America, steel yourself for Little Black Dress. The author, Ronan Noone, takes a look at one of those heartland towns that are supposed to be the backbone of this country, and ...
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Audio-Technica Microphones Chosen for Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton
Audio-Technica was employed to capture the audio of the royal wedding. On April 29, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, married Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey. William, who is second in the line of ...
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On Stage Audio Adds Martin Audio MLA
On Stage Audio has purchase of a 54-box Martin Audio MLA multi-cellular loudspeaker array system. With this purchase, OSA joins North Carolina-based Special Event Services as key North American members in the MLA ...
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MUSIC Group Wins Major Patent Case against Peavey Electronics
In a response to the news, published on May that Peavey had filed a lawsuit against Behringer, part of the MUSIC Group, the latter has issued a statement: "Peavey Electronics Corporation has defended the failure of ...
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Luminair for iPad v1.4 and LCompanion v2.0 updates released
Synthe FX has announced the availability of Luminair for iPad v1.4 on the iTunes App Store, and LCompanion v2.0 on the Mac App Store. Luminair for iPad is an advanced DMX lighting control app that transmits DMX using Art- Net and ...
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Symetrix Introduces Arc-Web, Network-Based Remote Control In Jupiter Software 2.0
With Jupiter software version 2.0, Symetrix introduces web-based control via ARC-WEB. ARC-WEB is an AJAX/HTML5 standards-based web app that mimics the functionality of Symetrix' popular menu-driven wall panel remotes, the ARC-2 ...
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Theatre in Review: The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide... (The Public Theatre)
There's been a fascinating theme to the season at the Public, in which several plays have dealt with families whose histories are irretrievably intertwined with the politics of their time. They include the Bush-era liberals of In the ...
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Lumination of Sweden Awarded ESP Vision Distributorship
ZZYZX, Inc. proudly announces the appointment of Lumination of Sweden as its ESP Vision distributor for the Scandinavian market (Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Norway). Based in Stockholm, Lumination will also be responsible ...
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Audinate's Dante Plays Major Role in This Year's Sinus Award at ProLight+ Sound
The prestigious Sinus - Systems Integration Award was presented this year at ProLight+ Sound to Hartman+Mathias Partnership for equipping the Westend and Riedberg campuses in Frankfurt am Main of the Goethe ...
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Robert Juliat Topaze Followspots Shine in Alfred University's New Miller Theatre
Alfred University's new Miller Theatre has opened in Alfred, New York with a pair of Robert Juliat Topaze followspots that Zachary Hamm, technical director for the division of performing arts, calls "the best ...
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Show System Integrators Deploys Harman's Soundcraft Vi6 Digital Console for New Harvest Bible Chapel
With a completely new worship and education facility spanning all levels from Sunday school to adult learning, the Harvest Bible Chapel in Orlando, Florida recently added a complete digital audio system, designed and installed by < ...
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Allen & Heath iLive-T112 Consoles the Perfect Touring Solution for Neon Trees
Over the past year, Neon Trees has cemented its reputation as one a top up-and-coming indie rock acts in the U.S. with a chart-topping single, a featured performance at this year's SXSW festival, and a tour with My ...
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Algerian Autos Come Alive With PR Lighting XL Beam 300
PR Lighting's Algerian distributor, NEOSUN, has supplied production specialists, HANS Company, with quantities of XL Beam 300's to enable the production company to showcase a number of leading car brands at the ...
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Traxon Technologies Introduces iPad App
Traxon Technologies announced the release of a new Traxon and e:cue application designed specifically for the iPad. The app is a valuable resource for Traxon and e:cue customers, partners, students, and industry ...
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Kacey Coffin Joins PLASA Team
Kacey Coffin, a board and committee member of ESTA since 2006, has joined the PLASA team in North America as executive assistant. Coffin will be taking on responsibilities in a variety of areas including ...
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Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas Announces "Presentation and Portfolio" Intensive, June 18-19
Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas says it aims at achieving the most thorough preparation in as many aspects of live entertainment as possible. The institute continues to add to its curriculum offerings in the aim of better ...
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Lumenpulse Appoints Lighting Industry Expert Gorm Teichert to Executive Team
Lumenpulse Inc., a manufacturer of high-performance, architectural LED-based lighting solutions for commercial, institutional, and urban environments, announces that architectural and entertainment lighting expert Gorm Teichert
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Theatre in Review: The People in the Picture (Roundabout Theatre Company/Studio 54)
I have concluded that Donna Murphy isn't an actress; she's a shape-shifter. There's no other way to explain the transformations she achieves in The People in the Picture. Cast as Reisel, a star of the Warsaw Yiddish ...
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Louder Than Love Upgrades with Harman's Soundcraft Vi1 Console
Specializing in live audio for concert tours and corporate events, Stockholm, Sweden-based Louder Than Love AB has upgraded its live sound arsenal to include a Harman Soundcraft Vi1 console. Founded in 2007, Louder Than ...
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XL Events Supplies Screens for Royal Wedding
XL Events installed two large LED screens in London's Trafalgar Square to facilitate one of the main public viewing areas for live TV transmission of the UK's royal wedding between Prince William and Catherine Middleton< ...
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Clay Paky Sharpy at Festhalle Frankfurt
Use of Clay Paky's new Sharpies aroused great interest at the annual meeting of a German financial services company at the Festhalle Frankfurt.
Lighting designer Marcus Krömer explained why he chose Sharpies: "I ...
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Tony Awards Nominations Announced
The nominations for this year's Tony Awards were announced today, with The Book of Mormon and the long-closed The Scottsboro Boys leading, with 14 and 12 nominations, respectively. The design nominees are: ...
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Berry, Fiksel, Stanton, and Werle Take Lortel Design Awards
The Lucille Lortel Awards, which honor achievement in the Off Broadway theatre, were given out on Sunday night. Design winners included, Gabriel Berry, for the costumes of The Coward, presented by Lincoln Center ...
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Dates Announced for PLASA 2011 European AGM
PLASA's forthcoming European AGM and Members Lunch is expected to attract a strong turnout on the back of a significant 12 months for the organization.
It's just a year since members of PLASA voted overwhelmingly to merge ...
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Dawn Hollingsworth Joins IBE Consulting Engineers
IBE Consulting Engineers (IBE)-a leading MEP (mechanical, electrical ...
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Robe ROBIN LEDWash 600 Wins Award at PALME 2011 Middle East
Robe's ROBIN 600 LEDWash 600 moving light has won the 2011 PALME Middle East Award for "Best Intelligent Lighting Fixture" of the Year.
The award was presented to Robe's managing director and founder Josef Valchar
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Theatre in Review: Jerusalem (Music Box Theatre)
How many tours de force does Mark Rylance have in him? In the past couple of seasons, he has given us some memorably conceived losers and louts, but nothing can quite prepare you for his appearance as Johnny "Rooster" Byron ...
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Theatre in Review: Be a Good Little Widow (Ars Nova)
If you haven't gotten to know Bekah Brunstetter, it's time you did. I missed OORAH!, her New York debut, but from now on, I'll be keeping an eye out for her. Be a Good Little Widow is by no means a perfect ...
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Nemetschek Vectorworks and MAXON Computer Present Inspired Visions Rendering Competition
Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. and MAXON Computer GmbH have teamed up to present the Inspired Visions Global Rendering and Animation Competition.
The competition is open to all professional and student designers around the ...
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New BenQ Professional Projector Model to Debut at InfoComm 2011
BenQ, announces that its SH960 high brightness projector will be shipping in time for InfoComm 2011 and will be featured at the company's booth, #943, at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, June 15-17. ...
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Audio-Technica Offers BP893cW MicroEarset Headworn Microphone with 2000 and 3000 Series Wireless Systems
Audio-Technica announces that its BP893cW MicroEarset omnidirectional condenser headworn microphone is now available packaged with Audio-Technica's 2000 and 3000 Series wireless systems. The new product bundles, otherwise known as ...
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SnowMasters Launches Flogos-Lite Portable Series
The newly designed Flogos-Lite from Snowmasters is lightweight, portable, and more innovative than before, the company says. It is a fraction of the size of the original machine, making it easy to transport, move, and setup; it ...
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Coolux Sensor Link among Live Design Projection Products of the Year
Live Design Magazine has recently announced its 2010-2011 Projection Products of the Year, which are chosen by a panel of projection designers and programmers. The coolux Pandoras Box Sensor Link was named the ...
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Grund Audio Design Debuts DP-26C Loudspeaker Processor
Grund Audio Design, a manufacturer of loudspeaker and signal processing products for the audio professional, announces the new DP-26C loudspeaker processor. Featuring a wealth of DSP (digital signal processing) capability, ...
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Alcorn McBride Joins Techni-Lux 20th Anniversary Open House
Alcorn McBride joined the well-wishers congratulating Orlando-based Techni-Lux, Inc. on its 20th anniversary. A multi-faceted lighting manufacturer and distribution company, Techni-Lux includes Alcorn McBride products in ...
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Clay Paky Alphas are Featured in Pietro e Lucia, Wartime Rock Opera
Clay Paky Alpha Beams 1500 have been used as the key lighting tool for a technically ambitious, 360-degree staging of Pietro e Lucia, based on the 1920s anti-war novel by French novelist Romain Rolland. Focusing on the ...
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The Sound of Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts Features EAW Loudspeakers
Inspired by Paris a century ago, the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA) 2011 was a month-long cultural celebration that began April 7, bringing together the worlds of dance, music, visual arts, theatre, film ...
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Drama Desk Nominations Announced, War Horse Gets Special Citation
The nominations for the Drama Desk Awards were announced on Friday, The awards, which honor achievement in the Broadway, Off Broadway, and Off Off Broadway theatres, is sponsored by the Drama Desk, the organization of critics, ...
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Peavey Electronics Corporation Files Multiple Federal Lawsuits Against Behringer
Peavey Electronics Corporation has initiated multiple actions against Behringer for various intellectual property issues, including patent infringement, false marking, trademark infringement, and unfair competition. ...
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Martin US "Engineered for the Eye" Road Show Underway
Martin US has already logged hundreds of miles on the first leg of its 2011 "Engineered for the Eye" road show and has thousands of miles and months to go.
The 2011 Martin road show includes a newly revamped truck and trailer ...
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Symetrix Adds Two European Distributors
Symetrix has added two prominent European distributors. Portugal-based Audium will distribute Symetrix products in its home country, as well as on several islands and in countries with current and historical ties to ...
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Theatre in Review: The Shaugraun (Irish Repertory Theatre)
"The truth is locked in my soul, and heaven keeps the key." "Who are you who dare to lay hands on me? Do you know who I am?" "What! Has an infernal fate played such a trick on me?" Welcome to the world of The Shaugraun, ...
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Theatre in Review: The School for Lies (Classic Stage Company)
Molière, the most irreverent of playwrights, gets a taste of his own medicine in The School for Lies. David Ives has gotten his hands on The Misanthrope, one of the great dark comedies in all dramatic literature, and, ...
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W-DMX Shows New G4 Gear at PALM EXPO Beijing
Wireless Solution Sweden AB will be showing off a new booth design while demonstrating the new W-DMX G4 line (now shipping) during PALM EXPO 2011, May 26 - 29 at the China International Exhibition Centre in Beijing ...
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Coachella 2011 Goes Wireless with LumenRadio CRMX Nova
The Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Southern California grows larger every spring. This year, the three-day event boasted over 75,000 attendees each day, and featured headlining acts such as Arcade Fire, Kanye West, ...
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Dowlen Sound Fields Outline Products at John Denver Tribute Event
A tribute to the life and work of legendary American singer, songwriter, activist, poet and photographer John Denver recently took place at the 1ST Bank Center in Broomfield, Colorado. To mark his commitments to ...
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Cambridge Church Installs Allen & Heath iLive
Mercury AV Ltd, based in Welwyn Garden City, UK, has supplied an Allen & Heath iLive-T digital mixing system to manage the front of house and monitor sound at Cambridge Community Church. ...
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