News Archive - May 2012

Elektralite Introduces eye Kandy Fixture to its Pro Line of LEDs at InfoComm

Elektralite, a manufacturer lighting fixtures, controllers, and effects, announces the addition of the eye Kandy fixture to its Pro line of LEDs. Elektralite will show the eye Kandy fixture at InfoComm in booth C11912, ...

Tannoy, Audica, Lab.gruppen, and Lake Prepare for InfoComm 2012

Tannoy, Audica, Lab.gruppen, and Lake will be exhibiting together again at InfoComm 2012, taking place June 13-15 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Nevada.
With a joint appearance that consolidates their respective ...

Clay Paky Shotlight Wash Captures Live Design Product of the Year Honors

Live Design magazine has named the Clay Paky Shotlight Wash one of its 2011-2012 Products of the Year. The award winners are chosen annually by a panel of designers and programmers in the lighting, sound, and projection ...

Vectorworks Cloud Services Launches in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein

Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. announces the launch of Vectorworks Cloud Services in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein. Vectorworks Cloud Services provides greater convenience, collaboration, and freedom for users to ...

Stagestep Introduces New Dancestep II Floor for Direct Application Over Concrete

Stagestep introduces Dancestep II, a foamed-back roll-out flooring system for direct installation over a concrete slab or any hard surfaces.
Dancestep II features a non-slip surface and fiberglass lining for better lie flat and ...

Theatre in Review: " " The Cockfight Play (The Duke on 42nd Street)

Certainly the new production at the Duke on 42nd Street doesn't lack for attention-getting stratagems. First of all, there's that title, which we dare not mention in the headline, for fear of sending thousands of our email newsletters into ...

Thunder Audio Bolsters Inventory with Harman'S JBL Professional VTX Line Array Series

Michigan's Thunder Audio is celebrating its 33rd year in business in 2012, having grown from its beginnings as a regional sound company in 1979 to its current status as an international live production and systems integration ...

Meyer Sound at the Lied Center of Kansas

Consistent audio quality is the rule at the Lied Center of Kansas, the principal performing arts venue for the University of Kansas in Lawrence. Whether attending a headliner concert in the 2,000-seat theatre, an evening of acoustic folk ...

ACIR Professional Supports Mother's Day Music Festival in Atlantic City

Philadelphia's Patti LaBelle, was part of the third annual Mothers Day Music Festival at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City held on May 13. The concert also featured Johnny Gill and Charlie Wilson. The historic Boardwalk Hall, which seats ...

LumenRadio Provides CRMX Technology to One of the Largest Indoor Equestrian Events

LumenRadio's CRMX technology was recently part of one of the world's largest indoor equestrian sports events; the Gothenburg Horse Show.
The show draws competitors and spectators from all over the world and is held every year in ...

MHA Audio Teams with Martin Audio's MLA System For Sweetlife Festival in Maryland

The Sweetlife Music and Food Festival combined the best of both worlds for an enthusiastic overflow crowd at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, half way between Washington and Baltimore. ...

Line 6 Digital Solves Albuquerque Church Wireless Issues

Faced with audio issues ranging from sound quality to interference, Central Seventh Day Adventist Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico decided to switch from conventional wireless microphones to Line 6 XD-V digital wireless. As Pastor Don ...

Executive Vice President of JAM Industries, Michael Golden Passes Away

Michael Golden, VP of Erikson Music/Korg Canada, and son of JAM Industries founder, Marty Golden, passed away Friday, May 11, after a courageous two year battle with cancer. He had just turned 50 in February. ...

Heil Sound Introduces Pro Set 3 Headphones

Heil Sound announces the introduction of its Pro Set 3 headphones designed for touring pros, musicians, and broadcast/recording studios. The Pro Set 3 features high quality 40mm neodymium magnets and voice coils, a lightweight ...

Keira Knightley is New Patron of The Theatrical Guild/First Night Riders Charity Event

British actress Keira Knightley is supporting this year's First Night Riders charity motorcycle ride, following the recent announcement that she is the new patron of The Theatrical Guild, alongside fellow patron award-winning actor ...

New UAE Distribution Partnership for Outline

The United Arab Emirates' Oasis Enterprises and its Professional Products Division (PPD), the electronics wing of the Al Shirawi Group of Companies, announces a new distribution partnership with Outline the the UAE. ...

Independent Studio Services Exhibiting at ABTT

Independent Studio Services will be exhibiting for the second year running at ABTT, June 13-14, in stand 3, where it will be showcasing its range of services and products. Specializing in the design, supply, and installation ...

Compulite Vector Controls The Voice UK

The Voice is a multinational singing competition reality show started in the Netherlands as The Voice of Holland in 2010. Since then, many countries have adapted the format and began airing their own national versions adding ...

Clay Paky Lights the Dancing on Ice Tour 2012 in the UK

Clay Paky's lighting fixtures are Dancing on Ice at Britain's biggest arenas this spring as the hit ITV show goes on tour. With skating legends Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean headlining, the sixth live UK tour of Dancin ...

Victory Tour Productions, Denkark, Adds Six DiGiCo Consoles

Kim Johansen of Danish audio company Soundware is a proactive professional but, when he visited one of the country's leading tour suppliers one chilly winter morning, even he didn't expect to emerge with an order for no less than ...

Jands Vista v2 on Never Did Me Any Harm, Sydney

Never Did Me Any Harm is a new dance theatre work by award-winning director and choreographer Kate Champion (Not in a Million Years, The Age I'm In), exploring the complexities of contemporary family life. It is a co ...

7th Sense Design Contributes to the Crown Jewels Display at the Tower of London

Atlas AV has completed a renovation of the extensive audiovisual exhibition surrounding the Jewels at the Tower of London.
In explaining about the technology installed, Alan Williams, operations manager at Atlas AV says: "T ...

Magnum Audio Calls on Community to Cover University of South Florida Sporting Venues

Founded in 1956, the University of South Florida (USF) has grown to become one of the largest universities in the US. USF's sprawling main campus in Tampa is home to a range of varsity sports teams, including football, baseball, soccer, ...

Artistic Licence Illuminates the Porthcurno Telegraph Museum in Cornwall

In the far south-west of Cornwall, within a deep valley, lies a large white building and a small concrete hut -- an incongruous setting for a site of historical national importance. Now forming the Porthcurno Telegraph Museum, this is the ...

Meyer Sound to Host Its First AVB Webinars

Berkeley, California-based Meyer Sound has announced the company's first live webinars on AVB (audio video bridging), the non-proprietary IEEE AV networking standards built upon the ubiquitous Ethernet protocols. The newest addition ...

Creative Stage Lighting Affirms Commitment to Columbus McKinnon With Lodestar Hoists

Creative Stage Lighting has affirmed its commitment to Columbus McKinnon. The company is now stocking next-generation Lodestar one-ton and half-ton hoists.
New-style Lodestar electric chain hoists improve on the original Lodestar ...

Ultratec Special Effects Opens New Distribution Facility in Germany

Ultratec Special Effects announces the company's new distribution facility in Frankfurt, Germany for both pyro and special effects products. The Frankfurt facility will serve as the company's central distribution hub for Europe. The ...

Allen & Heath to Host iLive / GLD Digital Mixing Education Center at InfoComm

Allen & Heath will be featuring free hands-on live training sessions at InfoComm 2012, running June 13-15, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sessions will alternate between the full featured iLive digital mixing systems and the new ...

Harman's Studer Hosts Product Seminar in Jakarta

Indonesian distributor for Harman's Studer, PT. Kinarya Swarna Indonesia, recently organized a Studer product seminar for the radio broadcast industry. Held in the Sari Pan Pacific Hotel Jakarta on April 25, the seminar was attended ...

Professional Wireless Systems Walks the Red Carpet at the Billboard Latin America Music Awards Show

Professional Wireless Systems (PWS), a Masque Sound Company and supplier of wireless systems for live and broadcast events, has been providing wireless solutions and gear onsite at the Latin Music Awards for the ...

Outline GTO Line Array Speakers Help Deliver the Word for Joel Osteen's America's Night of Hope Event

Outline Grand Touring Outline (GTO) line array speakers were used exclusively by Special Event Services (SES) to supply front-of-house sound for the recent Joel Osteen Ministries America's Night of Hope 2012 event. The ...

Wholehog Consoles Control the Variant Spectrum

During the darkest days of winter, Helsinki brightens the nights in an event called Lux Helsinki. This year's event featured a series of architectural lighting installations and fine art performances around town designed to enchant the eye ...

Harley Davidson Factory Transforms and Puts New Life Into Church with NEXO System

When LifePointe Christian Church in Elk Grove, California was looking for a sound system to compliment their new location, a converted Harley Davidson showroom, they turned to the expertise of CCI of Olympia, Washington. Project ...

Delicate Steps Up With Martin Audio at 20th Anniversary KROQ Weenie Roast

This year's KROQ Weenie Roast Y Fiesta was both a 20th anniversary musical celebration and a heartfelt remembrance for the Beastie Boys' Adam "MCA" Yauch who passed away from cancer the day before the show. ...

Entec Supplies L'Arc-en-Ciel

UK lighting and sound rental company Entec provided production to Japanese rockers L'Arc-en-Ciel. Entec provided lighting, rigging, sound equipment, and crew, plus site and local coordination services for shows at Le Zenith in Paris ...

Countryman E6 Omni Earset Microphone Works Its magic

Trade shows are a great place to discover the latest, greatest products. While many manufacturers use models or product specialists to present their wares, others want something a bit more unique -- and that's where trade show magician S ...

Leprecon Adds New Lighting Console to LPC Family

Leprecon, LLC is now shipping their new lighting console for production/rental and fixed installation applications. The LPC-24S Lil' Wing is a smaller, more compact design of the LPC series with all the features of the LPC-48V and ...

Elation To Unveil Innovative Indoor/Outdoor Lighting, Video, and Control Solutions At InfoComm 2012

Whether it's a flexible LED video panel that can bend around curved surfaces, or a powerful ACL beam that gives off the brightness of a 1,200W fixture while using a mere one-third the energy, Elation Professional will be showing ...

Lightware's 25G Hybrid Matrix Will Take the Matrix Switch to the Third Dimension at InfoComm 2012

Lightware U.S.A. will unveil its groundbreaking 25G Hybrid Matrix router at InfoComm 2012 Las Vegas, Nevada, June 13-15. The company will have the product on hand at its booth, N669, as well as providing an in-depth overview ...

Knight of Illumination Awards Announce Gold Sponsors for 2012

Ten of entertainment lighting technology's major companies have confirmed their status as official Gold sponsors for this year's Knight of Illumination Awards (KOI).
Avolites, Cast Lighting, ETC, Green Hippo, Hawthorn ...

Panasonic, GoVision Join to Expand Mobile LED Board Rental Business

Panasonic Eco Solutions North America and GoVision LP announce they are joining forces in the LED video screen rental market to expand the modular LED board business. As the firststep, GoVision has entered into a long-term ...

Dirty Rigger Lands in New York City

Expendables and production equipment outfitter Wits End is the latest to join the Dirty Rigger retail and distribution team.
With 10,000 sq. ft. of distribution space spread across two New York City locations, Wits End ...

Theatre in Review: Title and Deed (Signature Theatre Company)

It happens to everyone, sooner or later. A playwright is received with acclaim, hailed as a fresh voice and the wave of the future, and you are left, purely and simply, baffled. While others are composing rhapsodies, you stand outside, ...

Clay Paky Sharpys Deliver New Look to Bruce Springsteen's Wrecking Ball World Tour

Clay Paky Sharpy fixtures, from Las Vegas-based Morpheus Lights, are giving Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's Wrecking Ball World Tour a look that The Boss's previous concert performances have never had before.< ...

Charcoalblue's Work on Newcastle's Theatre Royal Wins RICS award

One of theatre design consultancy, Charcoalblue's biggest projects of 2011 has won a prestigious Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Award. The hugely successful Newcastle Theatre Royal restoration project was honored with ...

Derby University Extends Investment in Chroma-Q Lighting Technologies

The University of Derby has recently purchased a quantity of Chroma-Q Color Force 12 LED fixtures and Chroma-Q Universal color changers, for use on their acclaimed BSc degree course in Sound, Light, and Live Event Technology. ...

HSL to Hold Equipment Auction

Blackburn UK-based lighting and visuals rental specialist HSL is holding an auction to clear some ex-rental stock. HSL's move to new premises and the need to make more space for new hire stock has provided an ideal opportunity for ...

New Exhibitors and New Seminars - PLASA Focus: Nashville 2012 Gains Momentum

Three new sessions have been added to an already stellar line up of speakers due to take the stage at PLASA Focus: Nashville, a new style of regional event taking place, for the first time, at The Nashville Municipal Auditorium, on ...

Alcorn McBride Debuts New Products, Sponsors Training, and Educational Seminar at InfoComm 2012

Alcorn McBride Inc. will be making headlines at InfoComm 2012 by introducing three products, announcing a product upgrade, and hosting a manufacturer's training session and cutting-edge technology seminar. InfoComm runs June ...

Industry Veterans Form Entertainment Technology Solutions Company Zeehi

Danny Abelson announces the formation of Zeehi LLC, a new entertainment technology company dedicated to developing solutions to improve the workflow of global entertainment production professionals everywhere. ...

Get Inside the Mackie DL1608 with New Video Podcast Series

The new Mackie DL1608 Digital Live Sound Mixer with iPad control has garnered attention from audio pros the world over since the unveiling earlier this year. With availability right around the corner, Mackie wants to inform and ...

AES Names Steve Green Business Development Manager

Recognizing the importance of engaging directly with its stakeholders, Audio Engineering Society executive director Bob Moses has named Steve Green AES business development manager. An accomplished audio systems and ...

Electrosonic Achieves Diamond Recognition in InfoComm's Certified Audio-Visual Solutions Provider Program

Electrosonic is proud to announce that it has qualified at the Diamond level in InfoComm's Certified Audio-visual Solutions Provider Program (CAVSP), the only organizational-level recognition of its kind. Diamond is the ...

Steve Decker Joins Milestone AV Technologies as President of Consumer Products

Milestone AV Technologies announces that Steve Decker is joining the organization as president of consumer products. With more than 25 years of experience, including 20 years as a consumer electronics executive, Decker will ...

DiGiCo's Dan Page Moves to Sales Application Specialist

After four successful years in DiGiCo's R&D department, Dan Page moves to the role of sales application specialist. He will be supporting the existing sales team of Ian Staddon, Tim Shaxson, and James 'Digger' Bradley. While ...

Hosa Technology Introduces Beatport DJ Series Product Line

Hosa Technology, a designer and manufacturer of analog and digital connectivity solutions for the musicians, announces the introduction of the new Beatport DJ series product line. Designed to meet the requirements of every DJ -- ...

Coachella 2012 Lights the California Desert with LumenRadio CRMX Nova

At this year's Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Southern California, over 150,000 people enjoyed an eclectic lineup of performers, including Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Radiohead, The Black Keys, and a special holographic appearance by the ...

J.R. Clancy wins Live Design Excellence Award for work at Kauffman Center in Kansas City

J. R. Clancy, a designer and manufacturer of theatre rigging, received the 2012 Excellence Award from Live Design magazine for the company's work at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Missouri.< ...

Elite Sound and Lighting Expands With Harman's Soundcraft

Elite Sound and Lighting of Canberra and the Australian capital's premier audio-visual production and installation supplier, has a wide variety of clients from dry-hire to rock'n'roll and corporate to conferencing. Consequently ...

2012 Obie Awards Winners Announced

The 57th annual Obie Awards, administered by the downtown newspaper The Village Voice were given out at a ceremony Monday, May 21, 2012 at Webster Hall in Greenwich Village. The awards were presented by Eric McCormack, Grace ...

Martin Audio Sounding Out Strategic Options

Loud Technologies Inc. has appointed Lincoln International to conduct a strategic review of its UK-based division, Martin Audio, with a view to finding private equity backing to support Martin Audio into the next phase of its ...

Brainstorm Introduces SR-112 Time Code Distripalyzer at InfoComm

Brainstorm Electronics, a manufacturer of time code and clocking solutions, is introducing for the first time at InfoComm 2012, in booth C11349, running June 13-15, in Las Vegas, Nevada, the new SR-112 Time Code Distripalyzer ...

Masque Sound Clients Sweep 2012 Tony Awards Nominations for Best Musical

When the 66th annual Tony Awards nominations were announced earlier this month, Masque Sound, a theatrical sound reinforcement, installation, and design company, was well represented, as all four shows in this year's Best ...

CAD Debuts UHF WX100 Installation-Grade Wireless System at InfoComm

The new UHF WX100 wireless series from CAD Audio/Astatic, providing the A/V installer with simple and intuitive form factors, high performance wireless connectivity, and exceptional audio bandwidth, will be introduced at InfoComm ...

The Music People Commit to Line 6 Live Sound Products

Line 6, Inc. announces that TMP Pro, the installation division of The Music People, is now an official distributor of the Line 6 live sound product line. TMP Pro will offer the XD-V family of digital wireless systems, ...

First Night Riders Offered Exclusive Tour of London's Royal Albert Hall

Participants in this year's First Night Riders charity motorcycle ride are being offered a unique tour of London's magical Royal Albert Hall.
The annual First Night Riders event -- which raises money for UK industry charity The ...

EAW Hits a Grand Slam for the Miami Marlins' New Stadium

The Miami Marlins (formerly the Florida Marlins) squared off against the World Champion St. Louis Cardinals on April 4, 2012, inaugurating a new season of baseball and christening the newest page in the history of baseball stadiums. At a ...

Baker Audio Installs Harman's JBL VLA Line Arrays at University of North Carolina's Kenan Memorial Stadium

Baker Audio of Norcross, Georgia, recently upgraded the audio system at the University of North Carolina's (UNC) Kenan Memorial Stadium, home of Tar Heels football since 1927, with Harman's JBL VLA line arrays. Baker Audio ...

Audix Mics Up Recycled Percussion -- Including a Chainsaw!

Recycled Percussion holds the distinction of the highest non-vocal finalists ever on America's Got Talent. They're now playing for audiences at the famed Tropicana Las Vegas Theatre, performing six interactive shows a week. ...

A.C. Special Projects Supplies Innovative UK Academy Venue

A.C. Special Projects (ACSP) Ltd. has recently completed the design, supply, and installation of a sound, AV, and lighting system at the new Moyes Center at the DYCA (the David Young Community Academy) in Leeds, UK. ...

Stage Electrics Installs at Canada Water Library in London

The new Canada Water Library in London's southeast Docklands is an impressive and striking building, with artistic ambitions that take it way beyond the standard repository of books, CDs, and IT services. ...

DiGiCo SD11 Installed in Australian School

Helensvale Primary, located on Queensland's Gold Coast, recently finished a new performing arts center, complete with a full audio-visual solution designed, supplied and installed by Dominica Sound via DiGiCo's Australian ...

Theatre in Review: February House (Public Theater)

If you're going to populate your musical with the likes of W. H. Auden, Carson McCullers, and Gypsy Rose Lee -- and that's just for openers -- audiences have every right to expect some fireworks. If February House offers less ...

Robe Gets the Party Started at PLASA Focus: Nashville

Robe continues its long tradition of hospitality and generating social interaction with the announcement of a party to coincide with the upcoming PLASA Focus exhibition in Nashville, Tennessee, taking place July 11-12, at the ...

Bob King to Manage XL Video's West Coast Operations

XL Video announces that Robert King has been hired for the newly created position of director of operations for the Los Angeles, California office. King has worked in key technical and management positions over a 30-year ...

Ysabel Vangrudenberg and Alex Luthwaite open Tait Office in China

Alex Luthwaite joins Ysabel Vangrudenberg in Shenzhen, China, as Tait continues to increase production in Asia. Shenzhen is reputedly considered one of the fastest growing cities in the world with a vibrant economy in ...

New French President Welcomed into Office with Innovason's Eclipse

The investiture of the new French President, Francois Hollande, on May 15, was a long and solemn affair according to tradition and protocol. The official handover of power from former President Nicholas Sarkozy took place at the ...

Milestone AV Holds Grand Opening of New Headquarters

Milestone AV Technologies held a grand opening of its new 85,000-sq.-ft. headquarters in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, on May 11. The event was open to invited community guests and the media and was followed by an open house for ...

Clay Paky Announces RMB Lights and Sounds as its Philippines Distributor

Professional entertainment lighting manufacturer Clay Paky has appointed RMB Lights and Sounds as its distributor in the Philippines. Serving the theatrical and television industry for twelve years, RMB is a wholesale ...

Brenda Caplen Joins Gearhouse ICS

Brenda Caplen, formerly of Evaluate Interactive Event Systems and Conference Communications, has joined newly-formed ICT solutions provider Gearhouse ICS. ICS offers a complete conference and event solution, from registration ...

Altinex Announces Availability of DA1907LX Ditto-Amp One-In / Two-Out VGA Distribution Amplifier

Altinex, a manufacturer of signal management solutions, announces availability of the DA1907LX Ditto-Amp one-in / two-out VGA distribution amplifier, another addition to the company's line of dedicated AV solutions. The DA1907LX is ...

HSL Supplies Lighting for Wicked Game Tour for Il Divo

UK lighting and visual rentals specialist HSL's is supplying lighting, Kinesys automation system, and crew to operatic / pop vocal superstars Il Divo. The crossover group has just completed the first full production UK and European ...

Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea Uses Christie Visual Solutions for the Signature Big-O Show

Christie, the official contents sponsor for Expo 2012 Yeosu Expo, announces the Organizing Committee for Expo 2012 has selected Christie Roadie HD+35K projectors for its signature multimedia night show. Set against the natural ...

Portland Theatre Sees Energy Savings with ETC Selador LED Luminaires

Oregon's Portland Center for the Performing Arts (PCPA) recently upgraded the lighting system in its Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall with 36 ETC Selador Classic Vivid-R LED luminaires. By installing the fixtures, the venue expanded ...

GDS ArcSystem Illuminates the Bacon Theatre in Cheltenham, UK

GDS and Gloucestershire-based Chinnick Theatre Services (CTS) recently commissioned a complete re-fit of the Bacon Theatre's house light system.
The impressive Bacon Theatre sits in the grounds of Dean Close School in ...

It's All About Listening with Meyer Sound at InfoComm 2012

The listener's experience comes first and foremost for Meyer Sound, and InfoComm 2012, exhibiting in booth C9717, running June 13-15, in Las Vegas, Nevada, will bring this emphasis into focus. Starting with the immersive ...

Martin Audio to Introduce MLA Compact For Installed Sound

Scheduled to be introduced at InfoComm 2012, running June 13-15, in las Vegas, Nevada, the new MLA Compact will make Martin Audio's Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array (MLA) technology available to a wide range of installed ...

db audiotechnik to Exhibit at InfoComm 2012

For the user there are a vast number of reasons to visit Vegas. "Making its US debut, the V-Series line array is the heavily anticipated new addition to the Black range of touring loudspeaker systems," said the d&b ...

High End Systems Offers Bulk Purchase Specials thru June

High End Systems, a Barco company, announces the first of a multitude of promotions aimed at offering customers the best value on lighting products. These current promotions are offered through the end of June 2012 and are available ...

Award-winning Calibre UK Launches Two New Processors at InfoComm 2012

Calibre UK will bring a host of new innovations to InfoComm 2012, exhibiting in booth N1153, running June 13-15, in Las Vegas, Nevada, including the brand new HQView530 and LEDView530 scaler, switcher, and scan convertors. ...

7thSense Design to Provides Immersive Dome Imagery to projectiondesign at InfoComm 2012

7thSense Design will support projectiondesign's six-channel 3D dome display with 220 by 90-degree field of view in the projectiondesign's booth N1351 at InfoComm 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada, running June 13-15. ...

A Pair of Danley Jericho Horns Herald a New Speaker Model for Church Audio

The parishioners at First Baptist Church of Goodlettsville, Tennessee are the first churchgoers in the world, according to the company, to enjoy the exacting fidelity, soul-lifting power, and clean, even coverage of a pair of Danley ...

Alcorn McBride Supplies Digital Audio and Video Players at the Historic Brooklyn Navy Yard

The rich history of the Brooklyn Navy Yard from before the Revolutionary War to its exciting rebirth in the 21st century has found a home in Bldg 92's Brooklyn Navy Yard Center (BNYC). An exhibit and visitors center operated as a program ...

Mixing Dream Theater with a MIDAS Touch

Independent front-of-house engineer Nigel Paul is using the MIDAS PRO9 digital live audio system for Dream Theater's ongoing world tour. The band has been on the road almost continuously since July 2011 in support of its 11th ...

Drummer Rick Latham's Groove Workshop Tours Europe with Harman's AKG Drumset Groove Pack

World-renown drummer and "groove" activist, Rick Latham recently wrapped up his 30th year of touring the globe. The artist entertained and educated aspiring and professional drummers in a workshop dedicated to the music business, ...

Tony Nominee Leap of Faith Used Neumann Digital Microphone Technology

Audio specialist Sennheiser announced that Leap of Faith, the Tony-nominated musical that recently closed on Broadway, was the first Broadway production to utilize digital microphone technology from Neumann. The ...

W-DMX on Laservision's Wonder Full in Singapore

Wireless Solution Sweden AB's Singapore distributor Laservision recently delivered the award-winning creation of Wonder Full -- the largest light and water spectacular in South East Asia. This breathtaking multimedia ...

Dataton Launches WATCHOUT Academy at InfoComm 2012

Swedish image processing and control specialists, Dataton will bring their WATCHOUT 5.2 multiple image and display software for the first time to InfoComm 2012, exhibiting in booth N1641, running June 13-15, in Las Vegas, ...

Stage Guide Light Available from GAMPRODUCTS

Laurel Polson, VP of sales at Gamproducts, Inc. announces the new GAM Blinky stage guide light. For personnel backstage who have whacked their head on a low hanging beam backstage, hit their shins against a protruding ...

projectiondesign Plans InfoComm 2012 Presence

The migration of immersive displays to the worlds of enterprise conferencing and collaboration will be a key theme for Norway's projectiondesign at this year's InfoComm 2012, June 13-15, in booth N1351, in Las Vegas, Nevada. ...

Full Compass Systems Hosts How-To Sound Workshop for Church Techs

Full Compass Systems, a professional audio, video, AV, lighting, and musical instrument retailers, recently hosted a How-To Sound Workshop that brought house-of-worship sound volunteers and technicians to Full Compass' 4,200-sq. ft. ...

Chief to Participate in Almo Professional A/V's E4 AV Event in D.C. on May 18

Chief, a manufacturer of mounts, racks, and interactive solutions, is hitting the road to participate at the Almo Professional A/V E4 Tour, a training and networking event in Washington, D.C., on May 18. ...

Hall Research Designs Fiber-Optic Extender for HDMI, VGA, Audio, and RS232

The Hall Research fiber-optic extender, model HR-733, extends uncompressed HDMI, or VGA video with audio and bi-directional RS-232 to over 3,000' using just one multi-mode fiber optic cable.
The HR-733 provides three AV inputs: ...

Theatre in Review: Are You There, McPhee? (McCarter Theatre Center)

In a promotional interview for Are You There, McPhee?, John Guare says, "It's the kind of play I like. We turn on the television to see that which we're going to know and we come to the theatre to see that which we don't know ...

Clay Paky Shines a Light on Bahrain's Path of Pearls

Festivities are underway as Manama, capital city of Bahrain, celebrates its appointment as Capital of Arab Culture 2012.
As part of the festivities the city produced a spectacular opening ceremony, Path of Pearls, which was ...

TMP Pibrac Theatre Invests in new Harman Soundcraft Vi1 Console

Built in 1989, the Théâtre Musical de Pibrac (TMP) is a popular concert and music-based theatre, situated 10 minutes from the center of Toulouse, in France. With an amphitheatre-style main auditorium, seating 448 (750 standing) it also has ...

Western Carolina University Upgrades Ramsey Activity Center with Harman's JBL Loudspeakers

Western Carolina University's Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center hosts the University's basketball and volleyball teams as well as a variety of special events and concerts. Although rich in tradition, WCU's administrators recently ...

On the Road with iLive: Gomez

British indy band Gomez is hitting the road in 2012 in support of their most recent album, Whatever's On Your Mind. Minding the controls in monitor world is their longtime engineer, Rob Elliott. "We've been using an Allen & ...

Vista Spyder X20 Manages Content on Three Sets at China State Broadcaster's New US Hub

China's state broadcaster CCTV (China Central Television) recently launched its new US hub in Washington, D.C. with the Vista Spyder X20-0808 video processor managing graphics and video content and feeding it to three sets. ...

Lighthouse Jumbovision and TS Sports Play a Role in Cal's Stadium Renovation

Lighthouse and TS Sports are preparing to install Lighthouse HD10 LED video screens and three sets of LED video fascia at California Memorial Stadium, longtime home of the University of California Bears football. ...

Richard Pilbrow to Give Keynote Address at NATEAC 2012

Richard Pilbrow, founder of Theatre Project Consultants (TPC) and one of the world's leading theatre design consultants, will give the keynote address at the North American Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference (NATE ...

RC4Magic is Now Available as a Rental

RC4Wireless, maker of the RC4Magic wireless dimming system, has launched the RC4 Rental Program. Managed directly by the manufacturer, this new service uses FedEx to deliver rental equipment directly to your door, along with ...

Women in AV (WAVE) Support Las Vegas Charity

On behalf of the dynamic AV industry, the Women in AV (WAVE) are striving to leave something charitable at the conclusion of InfoComm 2012, running June 13-15, in Las Vegas, Nevada. "We work in a fast-paced technology ...

Advanced Systems Group Adds Cullen Quave

Advanced Systems Group (ASG), a video and film integration firm, adds Cullen Quave to its inside sales team. In his role, Quave will be focused on researching and supporting sales orders for ASG technicians in the field, as ...

Studio Technologies Introduces Live-Link Jr. Remote Camera Interface System at InfoComm 2012

Studio Technologies, a manufacturer of tailored, high-performance video, audio, and fiber optic products for the professional audio and broadcast markets, will introduce the new Live-Link Jr. remote camera interface system at Info ...

Technomad Expands Integrator and End-User Options for PowerChiton Amplifiers

Technomad will introduce several new product accessories at InfoComm 2012, June 13-15, in booth C12033, in Las Vegas, Nevada, to complement its audio solutions range. These tools give systems integrators and end-users ...

Nemetschek Vectorworks Introduces Pedestrian Simulation Software at the AIA 2012 National Convention

Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. will introduce SimTread, a pedestrian simulation software tool, at the AIA 2012 National Convention and Design Expo, May 17-19, in Washington D.C. The SimTread tool is used with Vectorworks ...

Renkus-Heinz Takes Center Stage at Poland's Jelenia Góra Spa Theatre

Established in 1976 by the Wroclaw actor Andrzej Dziedziul, the Zdrojowy Teatr Animacji (or Spa Theatre) in Jelenia Góra, Poland, is housed in the classically designed Spa Theatre, which was built in 1836. Used mainly for children's ...

Ukraine Rocks Out with High End Systems Products and Consoles

The Ukraine is rocking out with a proliferation of products from High End Systems, a Barco company, on high profile events. Rental company Feyeria, one of the largest owners of HES equipment in the country, is most recently ...

Tennessee Performing Arts Center Looks Ahead with Meyer Sound M'elodie after Two Decades with the MSL-3

When it was ready to upgrade its venerable Meyer Sound MSL-3 loudspeakers of more than two decades at its 2,472-seat Andrew Jackson Hall, the Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) in Nashville chose Meyer Sound again, this time a ...

Jeff Dunham's Controlled Chaos Tours with Adlib

Liverpool-based Adlib rounded off a busy April 2012 tour supplying sound, lighting, and rigging equipment plus crew to globally successful comedian Jeff Dunham on his Controlled Chaos tour.
The tour already had a design in ...

Look Solutions' Unique Hazer Enhances Services at Indiana's Oakbrook Church

Look Solutions' Unique hazer continues to play an important role in weekend services and special events at Kokomo, Indiana's Oakbrook Church.
The Unique hazer is deployed in two different rooms at the church's campus, which was ...

Clear-Com Introduces New CC-300 and CC-400 Headsets

Clear-Com introduces the latest additions to its line of professional headsets, the CC-300 and CC-400. The CC-300 and CC-400 offer comfort, performance and flexibility for users who employ intercoms for long hours. They are ...

Outline Features FlySub 15 iMode and FlySub 15 Subwoofer Systems at InfoComm 2012

Outline, the makers speaker systems for touring, installation, and studio applications, will feature the new FlySub 15 iMode and FlySub 15 line array subwoofer speakers at InfoComm 2012, June 13-15, in Las Vegas, Nevada, in ...

AVnu Alliance Fuels A/V Interoperability with Demonstration and Training Program at InfoComm 2012

At InfoComm 2012, the AVnu Alliance will bring the most extensive AVB (Audio/Video Bridging) technology showcase and education offerings to date. Live demonstrations of AVB-enabled devices will show A/V networking simplicity ...

CADAC Debuts CDC eight Production Platform in the US

CADAC is exhibiting and demonstrating its new CDC eight digital production console to the US theatre sound industry as a sponsor of the Live Design Broadway Sound Master Classes, May 19-20, in New York City. It will also be the ...

WWE NXT Live Tapings Move to Full Sail University Campus

WWE and Full Sail University announced today an innovative partnership that moves live tapings of WWE NXT series to Full Sail Live, the university's state-of-the-art performance venue, and creates a new student ...

Theatre in Review: Man and Superman (Irish Repertory Theatre)

The Irish Repertory Theatre's production of Man and Superman is the theatrical equivalent of one of those package tours that drag tourists through six countries in seven days. There's time only for the most famous highlights, ...

Sapsis Rigging Provides Fall Arrest Training to War Horse National Tour

The national touring company of the Broadway play War Horse selected Bill Sapsis, president of Sapsis Rigging, Inc., to provide fall arrest equipment and training to the company's crew. ...

Evita Returns To Broadway -- With FocusTrack and SpotTrack Acclaimed

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Time Rice's Evita has returned to Broadway for the first time in thirty years, in a sizzling, scintillating new production directed by Michael Grandage, choreographed by Rob Ashford, designed by Christopher ...

Full Compass Hosts "Music Biz" Workshop for Young Musicians

Full Compass Systems, a retailer of pro audio, pro video, AV, lighting, and musical instruments, will host a day-long workshop for aspiring musicians on Saturday, June 23. "Making It in the Music Biz" is a special gathering of music ...

Chauvet Washes Paramount Studio in Color

Almost 100 Chauvet Professional fixtures brought a multi-colored ambience during the opening of Technicolor at Paramount's state-of-the-art post-production sound facility at the Paramount Pictures studio lot. ...

Christie Digital Japan Lights up Tokyo Sky Tree East Tower for NHK Documentary with Projection Mapping

Christie Digital Systems Japan in co-operation with NHK Enterprises Ltd., WOW, and Sigma A&V and Rental Corporation, played a key role in creating Sunday's NHK documentary broadcast See Everything That Makes Tokyo ...

Alcons Commits to India Office

Dutch manufacturers of audio solutions, Alcons Audio has opened a direct office presence in India, offering customers full factory support. Alcons will be operating out of Mumbai and Bangalore initially, with expansion planned to ...

Ishioka, Tsypin, Vanstone win Outer Critics Circle Design Awards

The Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators for media covering New York theatre, opted for spectacle in handing out its awards this year.
Among the design winners, Eiko Ishioka and George ...

Renkus-Heinz Continues to Expand Engineering Department

Renkus-Heinz has announced the continued expansion of their engineering department with the addition of Alejandro Fidalgo to their engineering team.
Fidalgo joins Renkus-Heinz after working in audio electronics firmware ...

coolux to release Pandoras Box Version 5.1 at InfoComm 2012

coolux will officially release Pandoras Box version 5.1 at InfoComm 2012, June 13-15, in booth N1751, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Following the Pandoras Box version 5.0, the new version will consist of a range of new features, ...

T Servis Reinforces Rental Stock with Extra K1 Cabinets

Czech-based rental company T Servis has purchased additional L-ACOUSTICS K1 WST line source enclosures from local distributor Pro Music. This brings the total of K1 enclosures in T Servis' rental inventory to 64. ...

WorldStage Helps Intel Catch The Wave at CES 2012

With the theme "Connect to Life," Intel's innovative booth at CES 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada featured a giant ecosystem of animated creatures whose interactions reflected the digital world in which Intel operates. Foghorn Creative ...

US Tour of Million Dollar Quartet Powers up with Meyer Sound MICA and M'elodie

Having continued successful permanent productions in Chicago and New York, the Broadway musical Million Dollar Quartet (MDQ) has hit the road with a North American tour. To accommodate venues seating from 1,400 to over 3,000, sound ...

Robe Rocks the House in Slovenia with DJ Chuckie

When the Playboy White Invasion dance event hit Ljubljana's Gospodarsko Razstavisce, 6,000 dance enthusiasts raised the roof and appreciated Dutch mixmaster DJ Chuckie and others including Arty, Thomas Gold, and R.I.O -- all illuminated by ...

Drake's Club Paradise Tour Moves with Elation Moving Head Video Panels

Like the Canadian rapper himself, the stage production for Drake's Club Paradise Tour is bold, strong, and masculine with a commanding presence. The focal point of the set is an industrial-looking backdrop, made up of 40 alloy ...

Allen & Heath Flies the UK Flag at SXSW Festival

Allen & Heath's iLive digital mixing system was selected by promoters, Cato Music, to manage front-of-house and monitors on the British Music Embassy stage at this year's iconic SXSW festival in Austin Texas. ...

WorxAudio Technologies Deployed at First Christian Church of Venice, Florida

With three services each Sunday -- two of which are contemporary in nature -- First Christian Church of Venice, Florida has a vibrant worship program that caters to a diverse congregation. Seeking a new sound reinforcement system capable ...

White Light Help Launch New Museum for Titanic Belfast

On the evening of Saturday April 7th, entertainment lighting specialist White Light helped launch the Titanic Belfast building, the world's largest Titanic visitor experience which has been built on the site of the docks where the ...

Symnet Composer Now Available for Download

Symetrix announces the release of SymNet Composer DSP configuration software. SymNet Composer is an installed sound DSP configuration software.
When performing basic Edge hardware configuration, Composer automatically identifies ...

George Masek Joins A.C.T Lighting in New Post of Vice President, Automated Lighting

A.C.T Lighting, Inc. has named George Masek vice president, automated lighting for the company. He will be based in Dallas, Texas. A.C.T Lighting is the distributor of Clay Paky lighting in North America. ...

Adam Shulman Appointed as EAW Installed Systems Support Manager

EAW, a manufacturer of audio system solutions, announces the expansion of its application support group (ASG) with the appointment of Adam Shulman to the position of installed systems support manager. The announcement was ...

Robert Juliat Adds Alan Keen to its American Team

Robert Juliat announces Alan Keen has joined its American team. Keen joins Robert Juliat with more than twenty years experience in design, sales, and management within the theatrical lighting industry. He will be responsible ...

Analog Way Expands its Range of Soft Edge Blending Systems

Analog Way, a designer and manufacturer of presentation switchers and image converters, announces the extension of its range dedicated to soft edge blending applications. In addition to the Di-VentiX II, a versatile quad scaler ...

Hermes Music Lights Up Liverpool Façade with PR Lighting

Mexican distributors, Hermes Music recently supplied 63 of PR Lighting's PR8800 architectural fixtures to light up the façade of one of the Liverpool department store flagship sites in Villahermosa, in the state of Tabasco. ...

Morpheus Lights Supports UK Artist Nero's Second Reality Tour

Morpheus Lights has been chosen as the lighting vendor for dubstep duo Nero for the first leg of their 2012 US tour, where they will re-introduce their special brand of melodic dance mayhem for American electronic music fans. ...

Full Compass Hosts A Night in Casablanca Benefit for Journey Mental Health Center of Dane County

Full Compass Systems, a professional audio, video, AV, lighting, and musical instrument retailers, recently hosted a benefit at their facility to raise funds for the Journey Mental Health Center of Dane County (JMHC). JMHC is a non ...

Harman's JBL Loudspeakers Travel the World with DJ Skribble

Renowned DJ/producer DJ Skribble travels with Harman's JBL PRX600 series portable loudspeakers for monitor use while DJ'ing at some of the biggest clubs in the world.
DJ Skribble entered the DJ world in the early '80s and since ...

Vienna's Burgtheater Relies on DPA Microphones' d:fine

The Burgtheater in Vienna has added five DPA Microphones d:fine omnidirectional headsets to its existing armory of more than 70 DPA microphones. The d:fine microphones were purchased from DPA's Austrian distributor, Studer ...

Yotel Honored with IALD Award of Merit -- Lighting Design by Focus Lighting

Fifteen award winners representing architectural lighting design projects from seven countries comprise the winners of the 29th annual International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) International Lighting Design Awards, ...

National September 11 Memorial Honored with IALD Award of Excellence - Lighting Design by Fisher Marantz Stone

Fifteen award winners representing architectural lighting design projects from seven countries comprise the winners of the 29th annual International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) International Lighting Design Awards, ...

Colour Sound Experiment Supplies Orbital's Wonky Tour

West London-based lighting and visuals rental company Colour Sound Experiment supplied lighting equipment and crew for the latest Orbital UK tour Wonky which was designed by Jonny Gaskell from Pinnacle Productions. ...

Robe Implements LumenRadio CRMX in ROBIN Series Products

Robe Lighting has implemented LumenRadio's award-winning CRMX (Cognitive Radio Multiplexer) wireless technology on all its current ROBIN series products, and this will now become a standard feature of all future Robe products ...

4Wall Systems Team Adds Tommy Green and Kelly Easterling

The 4Wall Entertainment System & Design team has completed projects throughout the country while being based out of 4Wall's company headquarters in Las Vegas. To facilitate even more nationwide projects, the team has added two new ...

Funktion One Adds Bill Woods as Director of Business Development

UK loudspeaker manufacturer, Funktion One has added Bill Woods in the role of director of business development. "Bill's vast experience of working with distributors and dealers worldwide makes him the ideal addition to our ...

AC-ET Provides Jands Vista Lighting and Media Control Master Class for BACKSTAGE ACADEMY

A.C. Entertainment Technologies Ltd. (AC-ET) provided two one-day Jands Vista v2 master class seminars to students taking the lighting module of BACKSTAGE ACADEMY's Foundation Degree in Live Events Production. ...

Draper Unveils New Carrying Case for Screens at InfoComm 2012

During InfoComm 2012, to be held June 13-15, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Draper, Inc. will be unveiling a new carrying case for rental products.
Draper's engineers have redesigned the carrying cases for the company's rental ...

LIGHTCONVERSE Shows Ukraine X-Factor Pre-Vis at Prolight + Sound 2012

Multiple new features from LIGHTCONVERSE were shown at the recent Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt, Germany, including a virtual TV studio demonstration of how a LightConverse Server Studio hardware platform is used to facilitate the ...

Neumann, Sennheiser, and DiGiCo Host UK 'Digi Days'

March 2012 saw Sennheiser UK hosting a series of Digital Mic Days at Koolworld Studios in Luton, Bedfordshire. The 'Digi Days', held in conjunction with UK digital console manufacturer, DiGiCo, were designed to demonstrate to ...

New Ashly Commercial Mixer/Amplifier Installed in Funeral Home

With increasing frequency, the administrators at Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery in Bedford Heights, Ohio were hearing the same simple request; a request they could not properly fill. During visitation prior to a funeral -- the bereaved ...

Danley TH-812S Subs Chosen for Utah's Tuacahn Outdoor Amphitheater

Like a "miniature Red Rocks" nestled amid the raw scenic splendor of Southwest Utah, Tuacahn Amphitheater is an outdoor venue that hosts off-Broadway theatrical runs, as well as national and regional musical acts. The nearly 2,000-seat ...

1,000+ Pulsar LEDs Illuminate State-of-the-Art Serbian Bridge

The Bridge on Ada spans the river Sava in Belgrade Serbia, crossing the tip of Ada Ciganlija Island and connecting the municipalities of Cukarica and Novi Beograd. Not only is it a designated landmark structure and one of the longest ...

National Theatre of Scotland First Touring Company to Purchase ETC Source Four LEDs

Some of the first ETC Source Four LED fixtures have been sold to the National Theatre of Scotland by ETC's Edinburgh-based dealer Black Light. The touring company's technical director Niall Black explains: "ETC's ...

Third Annual PLASA Rigging Conference: London 2012 Announced

The third annual PLASA Rigging Conference will take place September 10-11 at the Earls Court Conference Centre in London. This unique two-day international event explores and debates all aspects of this specialized industry sector. ...

American Lighting Announces Entertainment and Professional Lighting Division

American Lighting, a manufacturer and distributor of lighting technologies for residential, commercial, and specialty markets, has broadened its product portfolio and announced the addition of its entertainment and professional ...

Vectorworks Cloud Services Now Offered in the UK, Ireland, Denmark, Portugal, and Spain

Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. announces the launch of Vectorworks Cloud Services in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark, Portugal, and Spain. Vectorworks cloud services provides greater convenience, collaboration, and freedom for ...

White Light Supplies the Lighting Rig for the 2012 Olivier Awards Ceremony at London's Royal Opera House

For the second year running, entertainment lighting specialist White Light supplied the lighting rig to the Olivier Awards Ceremony, which rewards the best of London theatre created during the previous 12 months. ...

DiGiCo SD9 Adds Control to Trinity Theatre Sound

Built in the mid 19th century, the Holy Trinity was Tunbridge Wells' first parish church. After its final religious service in 1972 its Grade 1 listed status ensured safety from demolition, and by 1975 a public petition had secured ...

HSL Supplies Enter Shikari UK Tour

UK lighting and visuals rental company HSL supplied equipment and crew to the latest Enter Shikari UK tour, working with lighting designer Steve Bewley.
Bewley produced a light-show to match the band's exciting and ...

Community's VERIS Contributes to Classic Pennsylvania Church's Rebirth

Founded nearly half a century ago in Northampton Township, in Holland, Pennsylvania, Saint Bede the Venerable has grown to more than 10,000 parishioners. The church recently underwent a $5 million renovation and expansion, incorporating a ...

Meyer Sound MINA Amplifies Enthusiasm at Yuong-Sang Presbyterian Church in Pennsylvania

The sermons and songs may be in Korean, but the level of passion expressed in worship at Yuong-Sang Presbyterian Church easily matches that of any other dedicated church service in America. The excitement level recently kicked up a notch ...

Seeing Eye Lighting Design and 4Wall New York Unveil JCP's New Look

JC Penney recently unveiled a new branding campaign to reinvent the company as JCP, a change not only in name but in the look and feel of their entire retail presence.
To reveal the full scope of this new campaign to the public, JCP ...

Inline Stage Equipment Installed at Lone Star College -- Tomball Theatre

Texas Scenic Company (TSC) has completed installation of stage equipment for the new Performing and Fine Arts Center for the Tomball, Texas campus of the Lone Star College System. This facility replaces a black box theatre, giving ...

Irvine Inline Sounds Great with Renkus-Heinz CF-Series

As any die-hard fan will tell you, hockey is the Rodney Dangerfield of American sports. Despite a long history and legions of fans, the game has never quite garnered the respect it deserves. But the folks behind the Anaheim Ducks are ...

Stanco Productions Covers Motivation Summit with Martin Audio

Billed as the year's largest event of its kind, the recent National Achiever's Congress meeting brought together entrepreneur/billionaire Donald Trump, peak performance coach Tony Robbins, best-selling authors Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad, ...

Chief Now Shipping New Interactive Solution for Ceiling-Mounted Projectors

Chief announces its new interactive ceiling-mounted projector solution is now shipping. The CMSI interactive accessory converts an existing ceiling-mounted projector's image into an interactive display. ...

GDS ArcSystem Makes its Norwegian Debut at the Olavshallen Auditorium

Olavshallen is a multi-purpose venue situated in the north of the city of Trondheim, Norway, close to the river Nidelva. With a total capacity of 1,204 seats on two levels, the venue welcomes a multitude of disciplines including touring ...

Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble Tour Relies on DPA Microphones

Yo-Yo Ma's audio engineer Jody Elff relies on DPA Microphones' 4088 cardioid headset and 4061 omnidirectional miniature microphones for the Silk Road Ensemble tour.
The Silk Road Ensemble, featuring the ...

Manhattan's LQ Nightclub Upgrades to D.A.S. Audio

The Latin Quarter-commonly known these days as LQ Nightclub-has a storied history that dates back to 1942 when Lou Walters, father of renowned TV journalist Barbara Walters, first founded the popular nightspot. While much has changed over ...

XL Video Engages in Wicked Game with Il Divo

XL Video is supplying curved LED screens and special customized touring frames, video playback control, cameras/PPU, an IMAG projection system, and crew for Brit Award winning Il Divo's current Wicked Game world tour which is ...

MVP System from Chauvet Displays at the Women's Empowerment Event

An impressive video wall of 40 Chauvet Professional MVP 12 panels took center stage during the annual Women's Empowerment event at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina. Specified by Jay Holem, president of Rock Quarry ...

Electrosonic Helps the European Parliament Visitors' Center Create a Journey for Visitors

The Parlamentarium, the new visitors' center at the European Parliament in Brussels, uses a variety of interactive multimedia exhibits to take visitors on a unique and personal journey into the heart of European politics. Electrosonic

DBN Lights Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Performances

Manchester lighting and visuals rental company, dbn supplied lighting equipment and crew for two major UK shows -- at London's Wembley Arena and Manchester MEN Arena -- for Pakistani singer and megastar Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.< ...

Lighthouse Jumbovision and TS Sports Help Light Up Pittsburgh Riverhounds' New Stadium

Lighthouse and TS Sports are set to install a Lighthouse HD10 LED video screen at the Pittsburgh Riverhounds' new stadium, currently being built in Station Square, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's preeminent mixed-use entertainment ...

Doctors Hospital at Renaissance Acquires Robert Juliat LED Profile Spots for Auditorium/Conference Center

San Antonio-based Spectrum Lighting Inc. recently sold 16 Robert Juliat 634 LED profile spots for use in the teaching auditorium/conference center at Doctors Hospital at Renaissance in Edinburg, Texas. ...

Robe Announces New Mexican Distributor

Robe lighting has a new Mexican distributor -- Mexico City based Vari Internacional.
The announcement was made during the recent 2012 Soundcheck Expo trade show, also in Mexico City, at a launch party at the Polyforum ...