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  A&O Technology named as Knight of Illumination Awards Bar Sponsor 2012
A&O Lighting Technology GmbH is exclusive bar sponsor for this year's Knight of Illumination Awards (KOI). This year's invite-only event will be held at Battersea Evolution, London and promises to be a spectacular event. An ...
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City Theatrical SHoW DMX Neo Seen by One Billion People at London Olympics Opening
City Theatrical's SHoW DMX Neo wireless DMX system was chosen to control the lighting on the most iconic of all symbols of the London Olympics, the Olympic rings on London's Tower Bridge. Over one billion people worldwide watched on ...
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Music Group Installs Steve Young as Head of Behringer's Eurocom Division
Music Group announces the appointment of Steve Young to the role of vice president, installed sound, today. In his new role Young takes overall responsibility for Behringer's Eurocom line and will oversee all product, ...
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DiGiCo to Make IBC Debut
Having developed application specific feature sets for a number of its SD Range of digital consoles, UK-manufacturer DiGiCo will exhibit for the first time at this year's IBC in stand B16, Hall 8, showing its SD7B, SD10B, and ...
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Philips Entertainment Upcycle with Architainment Lighting and Industri[us]
Philips Entertainment and Architainment Lighting have loaned lighting design consultants dpa and social enterprise Industri[us] the latest Philips Selecon low energy, color changing luminaires to enhance a ...
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Pearl Media Productions Brings 3D Video Projection to New York's Maritime Hotel with Hippotizer
Pearl Media Productions (PMP) was given the task of making the Maritime Hotel stand out from the crowd in New York's historic Meatpacking District. Their solution was a spectacular 3D-mapped building projection using Green Hippo
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Multimedia Theatre Art with coolux Pandoras Box
A small rural village is not usually the first thing that comes to one's mind when the topic of high-tech projection technology is raised. In the case of the German theatre company theaterspinnerei, the situation is different. ...
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LiteWare Satellite Lights the Elite at the Isle of Man Sports and Dinning Club
The UK's Isle of Man Sporting & Dining Club is a members-only club that provides an exclusive dining experience for corporate clients and its membership. It holds a quarterly black-tie event where diners meet, network, and are entertained ...
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Bay Community Church in Alabama, Doubles Down with Dual Midas PRO2 Consoles
When Bay Community Church in Daphne, Alabama, decided to extend its reach, they started a portable church across the bay in Mobile. When the Mobile campus grew into a permanent location, the church was determined to install an all-new ...
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RCF TT+ Line Array for Sandwell College's New £77M Central Campus
Sandwell College's new £77 million central campus building in West Bromwich, UK, which took four years in the planning, will provide an exciting new-age space for its performing arts students across the West Midlands. ...
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AC-ET Supplies Custom Rigging Solutions to Little Theatre Gateshead
A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd. has supplied a custom front-of-house lighting position curved truss, complete with CM Lodestar chain hoists, a custom motor controller, and power distribution solutions to the Little ...
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Olympics Uncovered Session at PLASA Show Revealed
The London 2012 Opening Ceremonies completely blew the world away, you won't want to miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to find out how the technical teams turned Danny Boyle's vision into a reality. ...
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Registration Opens for the 2012 ILDA Conference in San Antonio, Texas
The laser entertainment industry is preparing for the 2012 International Laser Display Association (ILDA) Conference running from November 4-7 in San Antonio, Texas. This is the 26th anniversary of the ILDA Conference and the first ...
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Mega-Lite Announces Enlighten ONE Console In Production
Mega-Lite announces that the Enlighten ONE console is in production with all parts in stock. The Enlighten ONE lighting console is an all-in-one unit that provides hands on, solid control experience. It is an affordable choice for ...
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Green Hippo Adds New Staff Members
Green Hippo introduces Suzy Casserley as a new member of the technical support and product testing team. Casserley began interning at Green Hippo as part of the technical support team when she was studying a BA honors degree ...
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Middle Atlantic Names Vergano VP of Human Resources
Middle Atlantic Products has appointed Peter Vergano as vice president of human resources, reporting to president Mike Baker. In this newly created post, Vergano will oversee all elements of HR as the company continues ...
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Northside Christian Church Enhances With Elation
When recently upgrading its main sanctuary, Northside Christian Church in Clovis, California wanted to install new lighting that would add more color to its worship services -- figuratively and literally. So the central California church's ...
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LumenRadio Lights Salford Quay's Lowry Bridge in Manchester, UK
Known as the Millennium Bridge; the amazing Salford Quay's Lowry Bridge in Manchester, UK was recently equipped with new energy efficient and dynamic lighting and LumenRadio's CRMX wireless lighting controls played a key role. ...
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Sensation's New Amsterdam Arena Show Transforms with SGM
Amsterdam ArenA was transformed into an oasis of white for the premiere of Sensation's new show Source Of Light recently, when 40,000 people gathered under a huge dynamic spherical centrepiece dominated by custom LED strips ...
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PR Lighting Stars on Algerian TV Game Show
PR Lighting effects are being used heavily on the latest series of Algerian TV game show Takdar Tarbah (which translates as You Can Win).
Neosun Algerie, PR Lighting's Algerian distributors, delivered 38 ...
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Avolites Sapphire Touch Now Shipping In the United States
Creative Stage Lighting, North American distributor of Avolites and Avolites Media, announces that the new Sapphire Touch lighting console is now shipping in the United States.
The first Sapphire Touch was shipped ...
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Lex Products' PowerRACK Portable Rolling Racks Receive Approval for cULus Listing
Lex Products has gained cULus Listing for its line of PowerRACK portable rolling racks. Formerly UL Listed, this expanded listing signifies that this product line is now Listed to the applicable US and Canadian safety standards, per ...
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Neon Trees Endorse Audio-Technica
Audio-Technica welcomes alternative rock act Neon Trees to its stable of artist endorsers. The announcement was made by Roxanne Ricks, Audio-Technica artist relations manager, and reflects the ongoing expansion of A-T's ...
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CAD Audio Ships UHF WX100 Series Wireless
CAD Audio is now shipping its installation-grade UHF WX100 wireless series system.
The UHF WX100 offers simple and intuitive operation along with reliable wireless connectivity in the most congested RF environments and exceptional ...
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Rental and Staging Network Announces Initiative Setting Professional Industry Standards
The Rental and Staging Network (RSN), a network of independent geographically-diverse rental and staging companies with complete event capabilities, has announced an industry-leading initiative that sets a code of recommended ...
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Scott Osgood Joins InterAmerica Stage
Scott Osgood, formerly of Cirque de Soleil, has joined InterAmerica Stage as project manager.
Osgood's years in the entertainment world started as an acrobat as part of the Sailor Circus program in Sarasota, California. He ...
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Iconyx Breathes New Life into Eden Resort Courtyard in Pennsylvania
Champagne Sunday brunch in the Eden Courtyard at the Best Western Eden Resort & Suites in Lancaster, Pennsylvania has become a local area tradition, attracting patrons with an ever-changing menu that draws from the region's finest seasonal ...
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Clay Paky Sharpy Fixtures Light Up Cinco de Mayo Spectacular in Puebla, Mexico
When Mexico recently marked the 150th anniversary of Cinco de Mayo -- the commemoration of the Battle of Puebla, which halted an invasion by the French -- 44 Clay Paky Sharpy fixtures were on hand to illuminate the nighttime gala ...
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Full Compass Throws a Pie for Charity
Full Compass Systems, a supplier of professional audio, video, lighting, A/V, and musical instrument products, recently held a "Pie in the Face" fundraiser for the United Way of Dane County. Nine employees, dressed in outfits ...
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Miami Breaks Ground on New Science Museum Project with Visual Acuity Providing Technology Consultancy
The ground-breaking ceremony for the new building at the Patricia and Philip Frost Museum of Science has now taken place, giving independent technology consultancy Visual Acuity the chance to start work on the next phase of a project that ...
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American-Made Columbus McKinnon on Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Wrecking Ball Tour
As Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band take their Wrecking Ball tour across North America and Europe, thousands of fans know to expect a smooth-running, high-energy show. When Springsteen wails, "Born in the USA! I was born in ...
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Dry Live Upgrades with Martin Audio H3H+
Manchester, UK's iconic Dry Bar, a landmark of the city's trendy Northern Quarter since 1989, recently underwent an interior upgrade in the bar and its newly refurbished basement music venue Dry Live. Situated below the bar, the venue has ...
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Theatre in Review: New Girl in Town (Irish Repertory Theatre)
Bob Merrill and Eugene O'Neill; for a little while in the 1950s, they made quite a team. O'Neill was dead, of course, but Merrill had a good thing going, turning O'Neill's works into musicals. Take Me Along was quite ...
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Announcing PLASA Focus: Stamford 2012
PLASA Events is pleased to announce its third regional event in North America, , to be held November 12-13, 2012 at the Stamford Marriott in Stamford, Connecticut.
Stamford will be a landmark first ...
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Peavey PV Series Loudspeaker Enclosures Now Powered with Efficient Class-D Technology
The PV series loudspeaker enclosures from Peavey are now powered with lightweight, efficient class-D technology.
The Peavey PV Powered series includes the PV 115D, PV 215D, PV 118D, and PV 15PM, a line of lightweight and portable ...
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Fabrizio Piazzini Named Live Product Specialist at Waves Audio
Spain-based live engineer Fabrizio Piazzini, a veteran of concert tours and venues throughout Europe, has been appointed as a live product specialist for Waves Audio, a developer of professional audio digital signal ...
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Behringer Products Land On the iPad
Behringer's X32 digital console and the new MD series of modular DJ controllers are among the 40+ products featured in Behringer's new iPad app and available as a free download on the Apple app store.
"Behringer's motto is 'We Hear You ...
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ARRI CSC Brings David Lamadrid on Board as Chief Financial Officer and Restructures Management Team
ARRI CSC, a full-service equipment rental group, announces the appointment of David Lamadrid as chief financial officer. He will be addressing the needs of ARRI CSC and its subsidiary, Illumination Dynamics, and will ...
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Audio-Technica Honors Online Marketing with President's Award
Audio-Technica announces that Wadsworth, Ohio-based Online Marketing has been presented with Audio-Technica's prestigious President's Award, for their work representing Audio-Technica in Indiana and Kentucky. Additionally, ...
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Vectorworks Cloud Services Launches in the Benelux Region
Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. announces the launch of Vectorworks Cloud Services in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. Vectorworks Cloud Services provides greater convenience, collaboration, and freedom for users to access ...
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Wildsun 500C Automated LEDs and More from Morpheus Lights on Boston's 2012 Summer Tour
Morpheus Lights is supplying Ayrton Wildsun 500C automated LED washlights, plus additional specified gear for what legendary guitarist and innovator Tom Scholz characterized as Boston's last tour, "...at least till ...
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Landmark Kansas City Venue Gets the Full Renkus-Heinz Treatment
The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts is the centerpiece of Kansas City, Missouri's downtown revival. The futuristic 285,000-sq.-ft., $413 million project links the city's downtown center with its landmark Crossroads Arts and ...
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Chauvet Lights Colombia Tiene Talento
Chauvet Professional fixtures completed the simple yet dramatic design for the reality TV show Colombia Tiene Talento [Colombia Has Talent], which ran this year from February until the end of May, on RCN Televisión. ...
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Robe Installed at the Soweto Theatre, South Africa
Robe moving lights have been specified and installed at the new Soweto Theatre, a 150 million ZAR project bringing a thriving new venue, arts, and cultural space to the Jabulani district of Soweto in Gauteng, South Africa. ...
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EAW Delivers Over 600 Loudspeakers to NFL Stadium Project in Record Time
Fans of the NFL's Tennessee Titans will return to LP Field in Nashville, Tennessee, this season to find a completely renovated stadium featuring a brand new distributed sound system using all EAW components. What they won't realize ...
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Show Sage Reports PLASA Focus: Nashville 2012 Exceeded All Expectations
Following the close of PLASA Focus: Nashville 2012 July 11-12, Show Sage, the North American premium partner and distributor for Dataton WATCHOUT multi-image and presentation software, reports that the show was a great ...
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ETCP Paper and Pencil Exams Offered at LDI2012 in Las Vegas
Many major venues and employers across North America are now requiring Entertainment Technician Certification Program (ETCP) certified technicians for lead positions.
The ETCP examinations will be given at LDI2012 in Las Vegas. ...
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Greg Oshiro Joins Community Professional
Greg Oshiro has joined Community Professional Loudspeakers in the position of senior design engineer. Oshiro will play a key role in new product evaluation, design, and development.
Oshiro comes to Community after several ...
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Peavey Architectural Acoustics Digitool MX16 Featuring NWare Algorithms Now Available
The new Digitool digital audio processors from Peavey Commercial Audio's architectural acoustics division bring NWare algorithms to mid-market contractor and live sound reinforcement applications.
The new Digitool series is a ...
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Stage Research Announces RF Guru Version 2.0
Stage Research announced an update to RF Guru version 2.0. RF Guru is a software tool that will find the best combination of wireless frequencies for your RF systems including RF wireless mics, COM, and IEM. Version 2 significantly ...
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BASSMAXX Launches The SSP115 Profundo Series Powered Sub-Bass Loudspeaker System
BASSMAXX, a manufacturer of subwoofers and professional loudspeakers, announces the launch of its newest Profundo Series powered subwoofer. Scheduled to ship September 1, the SSP115 is a sub-bass loudspeaker consisting of a single, ...
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Harman's Soundcraft and SCV Audio to Host "Mixing with Professionals" Seminars at Festival d'Avignon
At this year's Festival d'Avignon in France, Harman's Soundcraft and its French distributor SCV Audio will host "Mixing with Professionals" seminars from July 23-26. Sessions will be held each day from 10:00am - 5:00pm. ...
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"Cool" Martin Lighting at Penguin Bay in LEGOLAND, Denmark
In order to simulate the unique light of the southern latitudes of the Falkland Islands for a colony of Gentoo penguins at LEGOLAND Parks' recently opened Penguin Bay exhibit in Billund, Denmark, it was important to choose the right ...
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Clay Paky GlowUps Sparkle for London Jewelry Show
Ambersphere Solutions has recently worked with Entec Sound & Light to supply a number of GlowUp fixtures used for a premium jewelry product showcase.
The showcase, which took place at One Marylebone, London, was one of the ...
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Putting Planet Earth in Context: projectiondesign at the Orbitarium of Technorama, Switzerland
Featuring a unique combination of globe and panoramic canvas projection, the Orbitarium at Switzerland's Technorama science center has specified projectiondesign hardware for both purposes, becoming one of the most innovative users ...
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Kid Koala Tours New Project with Compact iLive System
Kid Koala, noted Canadian DJ, has adopted a compact iLive system to mix his new Space Cadet live project. Touring venues such as planetariums, biospheres, and space museums, Kid Koala performs a live rendition of his latest album,
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Darius Rucker Engineers Embrace the MIDAS PRO6
When front-of-house engineer Billy Huelin first began working with Darius Rucker, it was 1992 and Hootie & the Blowfish was a popular bar band on the Carolina college circuit. "It was a band in a van with a trailer, playing a lot of ...
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PLASA Is Now Accepting Entries for the PLASA 2012 Awards for Innovation and Sustainability
With a total of eight Awards for Innovation to judge, and with the option of bestowing a Gold Award on one or more really outstanding entries, PLASA's panel of experts from across the industry are looking for products which "a ...
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2012 Gottelier Award Nominees Announced
PLASA has announced the shortlist of nominees for this year's prestigious Gottelier Award.
Named in honor of Tony Gottelier, the designer, innovator, and industry commentator who died in 2006, this prestigious annual ...
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Native Media Sales Joins Renkus-Heinz
Renkus-Heinz announces the appointment of Native Media Sales as the company's newest sales representatives.
Native Media Sales was founded by audio industry veteran Michael Austin, who has spent more than 25 years ...
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Alex Leinster Appointed Managing Director at Chaos Visual Productions Ltd.
Effective immediately, Alex Leinster has been appointed managing director of Chaos Visual Productions Ltd. in the UK. "Alex has done a fine job filling the breach these last few months," explained company president John ...
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Behringer ProZone Tour Launches in North America
Behringer is launching ProZone, a focused line of products aimed at production and rental companies, AV, and professional sound reinforcement applications. Comprised of the company's X32 digital console, S16 digital Stagebox, P16 ...
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WorxAudio Technologies Announces Upgraded X2-P Line Array
WorxAudio Technologies, a manufacturer of loudspeaker systems for the pro touring and install markets, announces its newly upgraded X2-P Line Array. With its new PXD8080 power amplifier, the X2-P is a two-way, high efficiency, ultra ...
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Road Hog Keeps American Idol Finale Party Under Control
FOX TV's American Idol 2012 season finale on May 22 declared contestant Phillip Phillips the winner. Then it was time for the after show bash at the Event Deck at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles. Kinetic Lighting, a Los ...
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Chauvet Lights the Clevelander at Marlins Park
Located at the new Marlins Park, The Clevelander, an innovative version of The Clevelander South Beach, utilizes nine Chauvet Professional moving heads to bring a taste of South Beach to the ballpark. ...
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Light Emissions Installs Architectural Video System at QVC
The multi-million pound retailer QVC made its first broadcast from its new purpose-built media and commerce centre in Chiswick, London on June 7th. The company has invested £33.6 million in the move from its previous base in Battersea. A ...
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D.A.S. Audio at Various F1 European GP F1 2012 Events
In late June, the city of Valencia and its Valencia Street Circuit -- a modern, thrilling route through the streets of the Mediterranean city, which includes 25 turns and a top speed of around 323 km per hour (201 mph) -- played host to a ...
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HSL Lights Westlife Farewell Tour at Croke Park, Dublin
Westlife -- a favorite boyband -- played two emotional farewell concerts over two nights at Croke Park stadium in Dublin in their very last live performances, capping an amazing 14 year chart-topping, multi-million record selling career. ...
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XL Video Supplies International Music Summit 2012 in Ibiza
XL Video supplied LED screens, cameras/PPU, mapping, and projection for the recent International Music Summit (IMS) in Ibiza.
Working together with The Shop Ibiza and IMS, XL Video provided two Barco O-Lite 510 curved LED ...
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Elation Open House Draws 300
A crowd of approximately 300 lighting designers, dealers, and other lighting professionals visited Elation Professional's world headquarters in Los Angeles, California, on July 18th to tour the company's new showroom and see some of ...
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PLASA Focus a Success for Robe in Nashville
Robe Lighting Inc. enjoyed a brilliant PLASA Focus exhibition in Nashville, Tennessee, where they showcased their latest moving light technologies in the form of the ROBIN LEDWash 300, 600, and 1200, plus the new Actor 6 and the ...
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Sennheiser's RF Wireless Sound Academy Seminar Comes to New York City August 6
Audio specialist Sennheiser announces it will be offering its RF Wireless Sound Academy Seminar in New York City on Monday, August 6th, in mid-town Manhattan. The seminar includes continental breakfast, full lunch, workshop ...
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American DJ Unveils Battery-Powered High-Output Mega Go Bar50 and Mega Go Par64 with RGB LED Color-Mixing
Now designers can create a palette of intensely bright RGB color washes on stages, walls, for uplighting -- anywhere -- without worrying about power connections at events and small productions. American DJ introduces two battery ...
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Apollo Design Technology Increases its Line of LED Fixtures
Apollo Design Technology has expanded its line of LED fixtures. Building off an existing relationship with Spotlight SRL, based in Milan, Italy, Apollo is offering the new 50W and 100W LED Fresnel and profile fixtures. ...
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Triple E Gears Up for NATEAC 2012 Conference
David Edelstein, managing director of entertainment equipment engineering company Triple E, will be chairing a discussion entitled "All You Wanted To Know About Automation But Were Afraid To Ask" at this year's North ...
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PRG Shipping TruColor HS Remote Phosphor Lighting
Production Resource Group, L.L.C. (PRG), a supplier of entertainment and event technology, announces it is now shipping the new TruColor HS lighting system for film and television production.
TruColor HS represents the next ...
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Updated Renderworks Tutorial Available from Daniel Jansenson
Nemetschek Vectorworks has published an updated training guide for users of Vectorworks software. Remarkable Renderworks: An Introduction to the Basics, Second Edition helps readers not only achieve high-quality ...
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Clearwing Productions Adds DiGiCo's SD5 and SD9 Consoles to Rental Inventory
Clearwing Productions announced they have added DiGiCo's SD5 and SD9 consoles to their inventory. Digico has developed a series of software and firmware upgrades for its SD series of consoles that are designed to ...
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AVDB Group Adds Mike Brown-Cestero to Las Vegas Operations
Marty Waverley, president of AVDB Group, announces that Mike Brown-Cestero has joined the company's sales team in the position of sales engineer in their Las Vegas, Nevada office. Brown-Cestero, a twelve-year veteran ...
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WATCHOUT Reports InfoComm 2012 Success
As a fully scalable, software-based and requiring no proprietary hardware, Dataton WATCHOUT orchestrates still images, animations, graphics, video, sound, and live feeds into a single impressive show across multiple display areas, ...
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Martin Honors Russian Lighting Designer Contest Participants
Martin Professional's representative office in Russia and the CIS, in cooperation with Messe Frankfurt RUS, held a lighting designer contest as part of the Prolight + Sound NAMM Russia exhibition in Moscow. ...
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PLASA Rigging Conference Expands International Seminar Program
Established as the event for all rigging practitioners and professionals across the global entertainment sector, the PLASA Rigging Conference confirms the speakers for two more presentations added to the schedule running September ...
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Anne Minors to Present "Efficient Design Ideas" at NATEAC
Anne Minors of Anne Minors Performance Consultants (AMPC) will be one of four panelists to present a session at NATEAC 2012. Entitled "Efficient Design Ideas for Theatres: How To Do More With Less," the session will explore ideas ...
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PSNI PVP Champions Summit Held in Chicago
Professional Systems Network International (PSNI) recently wrapped its third annual PVP Champions Summit. The event, this year held at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Chicago, Illinois, was an opportunity for the PSNI preferred vendor ...
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Allen & Heath Releases New ZED Mixer
Allen & Heath has launched the ZED60-14FX, a compact analog mixer that is ideal for small bands and venues. ZED60-14FX is a companion to the ZED60-10FX launched earlier this year, employing the same quality 60mm faders but with the ...
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BASSMAXX Offers "Sound Defense" Warranty Program
BASSMAXX, a manufacturer of high-output subwoofers and professional loudspeakers, announces it is introducing "Sound Defense," a new enhanced warranty program.
The Sound Defense program adds coverage of all driver components, ...
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Lift Turn Move Appoints Dan Holme as Entertainment Director
Lift Turn Move (LTM), a lifting company with two main markets -- industrial and entertainment -- has had Dan Holme spearheading the growth of the entertainment division over the past few years. LTM have seen a steady increase ...
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Austria's MEB Event Technology Chooses Adamson Systems
MEB Event Technology (Veranstaltungstechnik) is the first Adamson Metrix partner in Austria. They are located in Leondig a town in Upper Austria near the city of Linz, with a beautiful view of the Alps. This small format ...
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Clay Paky Sharpys Join Motley Crue Tour
Clay Paky Sharpy fixtures are hitting the road with the North American summer tour of iconic rock band Motley Crue, which is co-headlining tour dates across the country with KISS. A complement of approximately 90 Sharpys have ...
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Philips Selecon SPXs Shine Bright in South Africa's Largest Theatre
South Africa's largest performance venue has invested in 77 new Philips Selecon SPX luminaires.
The 1,300-seat State Theatre, in the heart of South Africa's capital Pretoria, chose the fixtures for its front-of-house positions to ...
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Waves of Chauvet Light in Atlanta
The Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport's new international terminal, the Maynard H. Jackson Jr. International Terminal, features an art installation entitled "Light Waves: Atlanta," a large-scale art installation by Christo ...
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Ravi "Drums" Jakhotia with AKG IVM4500 In-Ear Monitors
Broadcast to more than 500 million viewers in 66 countries, The Indian Premier League launched its 2012 Twenty20 cricket tournament with an opening ceremony full of international acts at the YMCA College of Physical Education Grounds in ...
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XL Events Supplies Circular LED Display for Nissan at Goodwood Festival of Speed
XL Events, commissioned by the TRO Group, supplied a specially constructed circular LED screen for Nissan's stand in the main exhibition area of the 2012 Festival of Speed, held at the Goodwood Estate, Chichester, UK. The ...
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Theatre in Review: Dogfight (Second Stage Theatre)
Dogfight is a show with many problems, but they do not include dishonesty or lack of craft. On the contrary; the librettist, Peter Duchan, and the songwriters, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, are almost hell ...
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I.A.T.S.E. Local One Certifies 36 ETCP Theatre Riggers
The Entertainment Technician Certification Program (ETCP) has awarded 36 International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E.) Local One members with its Rigger - Theatre Certification. ...
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Intelligent Lighting Creations Gives Back to Behind the Scenes
On July 10, 2012 at the Hilton Indian Lakes Resort, Intelligent Lighting Creations (ILC) hosted a charity golf event benefiting Behind the Scenes, an initiative of The ESTA Foundation. Over forty customers and clients of ILC ...
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Peavey Kicks Off "Rehearsal Room Makeover" Sound System Giveaway Promotion
Peavey will reward the lucky winner of its Rehearsal Room Makeover online promotion with a free 1,000W sound system that includes a professional mixer, loudspeakers, microphones and more, totaling $1,000 in gear (US MSRP). ...
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Mackie Master Fader App Delivers Intuitive Control over Mackie DL1608 Mixer
Mackie announces the first release of the much anticipated Mackie Master Fader control application for the Mackie DL1608 16-channel Digital Live sound mixer with iPad control. This preview release of the Master Fader app comes ...
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Allen & Heath Releases New GS-R24 Firmware with HUI Support
Allen & Heath has released a major firmware and driver update for its recording console, the GS-R24. The new firmware includes integrated support of the HUI protocol for direct integration with DAW applications with HUI MIDI control ...
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Onstage Systems Gets Onboard with L-ACOUSTICS K1
For nearly a quarter of a century, Dallas, Texas-based Onstage Systems has been steadily updating its equipment inventories to continually raise the production bar for clients like George Strait and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. ...
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The VL880 Spot Inspires at the Hong Kong Ballet
As the finale to its 2011-12 season, the Hong Kong Ballet opened Turandot, a neo-classical ballet inspired by Puccini's internationally-renowned opera at the Grand Theatre Hong Kong Cultural Centre. ...
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Stevie Wonder Uses Three DiGiCo SD7s at Rock in Rio Lisboa
Headlining the fourth night of this year's Rock In Rio (Lisboa) festival and playing a mixture of hits and cover versions to an audience of over 75,000, Stevie Wonder himself requested the three DiGiCo SD7s - one for front of house, ...
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Clear-Com Enhances Production Communications at Hope Community Church in North Carolina
Clear-Com, a provider of critical voice communication systems, brings freedom and flexibility to the communications backbone at Hope Community Church in Raleigh, North Carolina. The worship facility has installed Clear-Com's ...
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Lectrosonics Wireless Helps Capture Cellist Yo-Yo Ma at Tanglewood Music Festival
Held each summer on the Tanglewood estate in Lenox, Massachusetts, the Tanglewood Music Festival consists of a series of concerts, including symphonic music, chamber music, choral music, musical theater, contemporary music, jazz, and pop ...
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Martin Lights Mercedes-Benz Gallery
The prestigious ambiance of the Mercedes-Benz Gallery in Paris attracts visitors to explore this essential showcase of the famous German marque. Presentations of the latest models in the range, themed exhibitions, special events -- just ...
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Crowne Centre Auditorium at Pensacola Christian College Upgrades with Studer Consoles and BSS Audio Processors
Florida's Pensacola Christian College recently received a major audio upgrade to its 6,200-seat Crowne Centre auditorium with two Harman Studer Vista 9 digital audio consoles, nine BSS Audio Soundweb London BLU-160 signal ...
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Focus: Nashville Rocks Music City
Two days of packed seminars, a host of new product launches, and buzzing booths established PLASA Focus: Nashville as a triumphant landmark event for Tennessee. Over 50 of the biggest brands and 668 attendees were boosted by an ...
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Elation Unveils New ELAR Quad Series Featuring Four Quad-Color LED Fixtures
Designers and lighting professionals can dial up a spectrum of rich, perfectly blended colors for illuminating the largest stages, buildings, facades, landscapes, and other entertainment or architectural elements where extreme output ...
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Peavey MediaMatrix NION Training Seminar Scheduled for Bay Area in July
Peavey Commercial Audio will host a two-day MediaMatrix NION certification training course in Emeryville, California, during July, where AV designers, consultants, contractors, and end users can learn the best practices for ...
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Waves Audio Joins the AVnu Alliance
Waves Audio, a manufacturer of professional audio digital signal processing technologies, announces it has become a new member of the AVnu Alliance, an industry forum dedicated to the advancement and certification of ...
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Harman's Soundcraft Announces Vi Series Console Control on Soundcraft ViSi Remote iPad App
Harman's Soundcraft has updated the Soundcraft ViSi remote iPad app to allow control of the Vi series range of consoles in addition to the Si compact range released last month. The new version of the app is available free of charge ...
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Cally Bacchus Resigns from A.C. Entertainment Technologies
A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd. has announced the resignation of Cally Bacchus from AC-ET, with his departure taking effect on December 18, 2012.
Bacchus will continue in his role as the company's ...
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Aphex Introduces HeadPod 4
Aphex, a manufacturer of sound enhancement technology, introduces HeadPod 4, a compact, portable headphone amplifier capable of driving four separate stereo outputs with individual level controls from the selected input source. ...
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Barix Appoints Frank Frederiksen as Vice President of Product Marketing and Strategy
Barix AG, a developer of IP-based audio, intercom, control, and monitoring, has appointed Frank Frederiksen as vice president, product marketing and strategy effective immediately. Frank will help Barix define its vertical ...
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Missouri's Crown Pointe Church Upgrades its Sound with QSC KLA
Crown Pointe Church of the Assemblies of God, located in Lee's Summit, Missouri, recently upgraded the sound system in its 500-seat sanctuary with a QSC Audio KLA fixed arcuate active line array loudspeaker system, as well as KW ...
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Clay Paky Among the Leading Lights at the Volkswagen Night in Beijing
The Volkswagen Group presented an exclusive preview of its latest models at the first Volkswagen Group Night in China, which was held recently during the "Auto China 2012" exhibition at the Beijing Olympic Swimming Center. Over 1,700 ...
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Serbian Cultural Center Upgrades to ETC Control, Dimming, and Fixtures
ETC's Serbian distributor Studio Berar installed and commissioned the latest generation of lighting at the Palilula Cultural Center and theatre in Belgrade, complete with ETC lighting, dimming, and control. ...
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Robe Installed at MNet Studio, Korea
Robe moving lights have been installed in the E&M TV studio in Seoul, Korea, which is dedicated to producing music shows -- both pre-recorded, live, and often with live audiences -- for the MNet broadcasting network's 24 hour music ...
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Danley Sound Labs Introduces J4 "Super-Tweeter"
In addition to drawing on inventor Tom Danley's decades of experience in the fields of professional sound and military acoustics, Danley Sound Labs, is now fully leveraging the might of its R&D team to expand the new family of ...
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Behind the Scenes Reaches Giving Milestone
Behind the Scenes has reached an important milestone in the history of the young charity -- it has now issued over a quarter of a million dollars in grants to entertainment technology professionals who are seriously ill or injured. ...
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Point Source Audio Launches "Unsinkable" Earworn Microphone
Point Source Audio, manufacturer of the one-of-a-kind "unbreakable boom" earworn microphone, introduces their new "unsinkable" waterproof microphone.
The new CO-5w waterproof earworn microphone is the waterproof version of the ...
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L-ACOUSTICS Welcomes KIVA Owners to Rental Network
L-ACOUSTICS announces that its Rental Network Charter has been extended to include current and future KIVA system owners. As with KARA, KUDO, K1 and V-DOSC/dV-DOSC rental agents, KIVA system owners are now similarly given access to ...
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Sensaphonics Hires New Sound Guy, Joe Tessone
Sensaphonics, the manufacturer of in-ear monitoring technology, announces the hiring of Joe Tessone as the company's new audio engineering consultant. In his role as Sensaphonics Sound Guy, Tessone will advise customers on ...
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Midas PRO2C Provides Audio Excellence for Living Hope Church in Memphis
When Living Hope Church in Piperton, Tennessee, moved into its new 700-seat worship center, one of the main goals was to achieve high-impact, high-resolution sound. "Having started as a portable church, we wanted our first permanent ...
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Coemar at the Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall, one of London's landmark venues, has recently purchased Coemar ParLite LED fixtures as part of a major re-vamp of its auditorium lighting.
Entertainment lighting specialist White Light, Coemar's ...
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Firehouse Productions Uses Harman's JBL CBT Loudspeakers on Survivor and Celebrity Apprentice
Looking to provide contestants with professional-quality monitor coverage while maintaining a low visual profile on the sets of CBS' Survivor and NBC's Celebrity Apprentice reality television programs, Red Hook, New York ...
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XL Video Supplies the Stone Roses at Heaton Park
UK-based XL Video supplied 400-sq.-m. of its latest Pixled F-12 LED screen -- configured as 12 screens, ten of which moved -- plus cameras, PPU, and crew for the Stone Roses seminal homecoming shows at Manchester's Heaton Park. The ...
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Armagh, North Ireland Theatre Installs New GLD Digital Mixer
Market Place Theatre & Arts Centre in Armagh, Northern Ireland, has become one of the first venues in the world to install Allen & Heath's new GLD digital mixer, comprising a GLD-80 mixer plus an AR84 I/O rack in the control room, ...
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WorxAudio Technologies Deployed at First United Methodist Church in Wabash, Indiana
Due in part to our online, ever-connected society, the ability to be relevant to the congregation is among the most daunting challenges many churches face. Without clearly articulated speech and natural sounding music reproduction, it's ...
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YouTube Holds First Ever Upfront with Support from WorldStage
Given YouTube's popularity as a programming and information source, the online network was sure to hold an advertiser's upfront sometime soon. Sure enough, YouTube launched YouTube Brandcast, giving marketers and agencies an exclusive ...
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ETC Ion Is All About Simplicity
Clearlight Shows in Melbourne has supplied St. Leonard's College in Brighton, Australia with an ETC Ion lighting control console for use in their main hall where they produce three major musicals per year. ...
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RCF Reinforces Denmark's Parken Stadium
Parken Stadium is Denmark's national football stadium and the current home of FC Copenhagen. Built between 1990-1992 it currently has a capacity of 38,065 (for football matches) although for other events the stadium can hold as many as 50 ...
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Sonny Sonnenfeld to Chair Panel at NATEAC
Sonny Sonnenfeld, the legendary sales guy and an icon of the lighting manufacturing industry, will speak at the North American Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference (NATEAC) 2012. Sonnenfeld, along with Mark ...
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Apollo Celebrates 20 Years of Gobos and Lighting Accessories
Apollo Design Technology began in 1992 in the home of Joel and Keersten Nichols where they made custom gobos. They quickly moved into standard metal gobos, and over the years, have continued to add products, including ...
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American DJ Launches Inno Scan LED and Inno Roll LED
Two new intelligent mirrored scanners from American DJ are amp-ing up the excitement at discos and nightclubs. The Inno Scan LED and Inno Roll LED both utilize a revolutionary super-size 50W LED source that produces brilliant colors ...
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Outline Appoints Latin-American Sales Force
Outline is pleased to announce an agreement with Studio Sound International (SSI) to represent its brand in Latin America (with the exclusion of Brazil and Puerto Rico).
With over 30 years experience, SSI is one of only a ...
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Fishman and Asterope Announce Strategic Alliance, Global Distribution Agreement
Fishman and Asterope announced a strategic alliance and global distribution agreement establishing Fishman as the exclusive worldwide distributor for Asterope instrument and XLR audio cables for the music instrument and pro ...
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Clay Paky Sharpys on Tour with British Electronic Duo Chase and Status
Clay Paky Sharpys have provided the bedrock for a dazzling live video shoot for UK-based drum and base hell-raisers Chase and Status.
HSL supplied 24 Sharpy units to long-term Chase and Status lighting designer Neil ...
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Dual Meyer Sound Systems Renewed at Lebanon's Casino du Liban
When Lebanon's Casino du Liban celebrated its grand re-reopening back in 1996, the opulent gaming resort entertained visiting jet-setters in two completely remodeled venues -- both featuring Meyer Sound technology. Between 2009 and ...
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MAC Aura Teams with Big MACs on LITFIBA Rock Show
"I needed something that could properly compete with its bigger neighbors in the rig in terms of brightness and presence and the MAC Aura didn't disappoint." So says lighting and show designer Jò Campana who teamed Martin ...
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Yanni Performs at El Morro, Puerto Rico, Lit by Chauvet
A legend in the world of music for his uplifting, enthusiastic compositions, Yanni sets himself apart by choosing historical places for his live recordings. The music is as important as the locations for Yanni's memorable concerts. Some ...
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Robe and Anolis Combine for Meinl Dance Club in the Czech Republic
Meinl Dance is the latest club on the scene in Novy Jicin, Czech Republic. This new 600-capacity venue is located in a former nuclear bunker dating back to the days of the Cold War and former Communist era. The club is concealed behind a ...
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Harman's Studer Consoles Specified for Olympics Transmission
The BBC will broadcast the London 2012 Olympic Games from the specially built International Broadcast Centre (IBC) in the Olympic Park, using no fewer than seven Harman Studer Vista and OnAir consoles, along with a Route 6000 ...
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Vista Spyder X20 Turns Vision into Reality in the Owner's Box at Omni Dallas Hotel
Two Vista Spyder X20-0808 video processors are adding visual punch to the sporting events broadcast at The Owner's Box, the sports bar located in the new Omni Dallas Hotel. A sports lover's dream with patio dining and oversized ...
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USITT Theatre Architecture Awards Deadline September 1
Three leading architectural and theatrical design professionals will serve as jurors for the 2012 United States Institute of Theatre Technology (USITT) 2012 Architecture Awards program. Nominations forms are now available online (at ...
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NATEAC Supports One of its Own at a Concert in New York City
Ryan Ingebritsen, NATEAC presenter, composer and sound artist, along with the Assemblage Ensemble will create a multi-dimensional sonic space at Spectrum on Sunday night, July 22 at 7:00pm. The event is an evening of ...
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Waves Audio Unveils Live Console Functionality for Version 9 Plugins
Waves Audio, a developer of professional audio digital signal processing technologies, has expanded the capabilities of its acclaimed V9 (Version 9), and it is now available for live use with Yamaha, Allen & Heath, DiGiCo, Venue, ...
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Rondinelli Audio Expands Options with RCF Line Arrays
Rondinelli Audio, located in Dubuque, Iowa, has been providing guitars, drums, and PA gear to the area since 1977. In 1986 they expanded the company with sound company services and have been a staple at local events ever since. ...
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SGM Appoints Representaciones De Audio as Mexican Distributor
Mexico City-based Representaciones de Audio has been appointed territorial distributors for SGM Lighting.
The agreement was reached with SGM's Antonio Parise during the recent Sound Check Expo in Mexico and the ...
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GearSource Europe Appoints Irina Gromova as Area Consultant for Russia and CIS Countries
GearSource Europe Ltd welcomes onboard, Irina Gromova, as an area consultant for Russia and CIS countries. Gromova has a long and varied background in the entertainment industry, having specialized in foreign trade for ...
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Robe Lights the Maccabees at Alexandra Palace
Robe ROBIN MMX Spots and LEDWash 600s were the main moving lights used by lighting designer Phil Shaw for a recent show at London's Alexandra Palace by indie rockers, the Maccabees.
The band is currently promoting their ...
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Andreas Gabalier Uses Exclusive High End Systems Lighting Rig on Austrian Tour
Called "The Concert Event of 2012" in Austria, the country's newest superstar Andreas Gabalier is conducting his first tour of his native land. Though he's dressed in traditional leather suede pants, plays an accordion and sings "Volksmusic ...
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A.C.T Lighting Helps Mexico's Anniversary of Cinco de Mayo Shine with Clay Paky Sharpys and grandMA2 Consoles
Mexico undoubtedly knows how to celebrate. When the country recently marked the 150th anniversary of Cinco de Mayo -- the commemoration of the Battle of Puebla, which halted an invasion by the French -- it pulled out all the stops with an ...
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Tri-C Metro Auditorium Jazzed With L-ACOUSTICS
Known to Cleveland locals simply as "Tri-C", Cuyahoga Community College is the oldest and largest community college in Ohio. But to jazz aficionados, the school is more than simply an institution dedicated to higher learning -- it's the ...
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Volkslichts and Spot Ones Shine at WAKARUSA
For the fifth consecutive year, Synaesthesiax lighting designer JC Campbell played an active role in the four-day Wakarusa Music and Arts Festival in the Ozarks of Northern Arkansas.
However, this was his first year ...
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XL Video Supplies LED Screens for Westlife Farewell Concert
XL Video UK supplied Production North with Pixled F-11 moving screens and two large left and right IMAG screens made up from their brand new F-12 product for Westlife's Farewell Concert at Croke Park Stadium, Dublin, Ireland.< ...
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PLASA 2012: Professional Development Program Goes Live
Strong exhibitor numbers, record breaking pre-registration figures, and a new focus on content provision were creating a buzz about PLASA 2012. With four brand-new theatres and 80 free-to-attend sessions split into nine new themes, ...
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A.C. Lighting Inc. Appointed as Exclusive ArKaos North American Distributor
A.C. Lighting Inc. has been appointed as the exclusive North American distributor for the ArKaos range of show and lighting media server solutions, recently unveiling the partnership and innovative product range on its stand ...
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NSCA Board of Directors Elects President
The NSCA board of directors elected a new executive committee in June, during its annual member meeting at the 2012 InfoComm show. Ingolf de Jong, president and principal partner of General Communications, Inc. has ...
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AES Expands to China
AES regions and sections chair, Peter Cook, has concluded a series of meetings in Beijing, which have resulted in the formation of the first Audio Engineering Society section in mainland China. ...
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Front-of-House Engineer Martin Frey Endorses EAW Red Certified KF740 Arrays for Main PA Loudspeakers
Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) announced that internationally acclaimed front-of-house engineer Martin Frey has endorsed EAW Red Certified KF740 arrays for main PA loudspeakers and will specify them as first choice on all ...
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Rose Brand & Fan Choice Award Winner, David Court, Featured on the Rose Brand Blog
Scenic designer, David Court, was named the "Rose Brand & Fan Choice Awards" winner for the category of Scenic Design. A brief biography and photos of David's winning design are being featured on Rose Brand's blog at the URL ...
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Aphex's New Audio Xciter Music App Now Available: Hear Your Music the Way It Was Meant to Sound
Aphex, a manufacturer of audio enhancement technology for more than 35 years, announces the availability of Audio Xciter, the first audio app that improves the quality of digital music (as well as audiobooks and podcasts) on ...
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Martin MAC Rig with Debuting MAC Viper Profile on Coldplay
Martin Professional's new 1000W MAC Viper Profile successfully debuted on the first European stadium leg of Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto world tour with lighting / production designer Paul Normandale exclaiming, "I've found ...
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WorldStage Goes Expansive For Milken Institute 2012 Global Conference
WorldStage, the new brand for Scharff Weisberg and Video Applications, Inc., cemented its relationship with the Milken Institute by providing audio, video, lighting, and extensive logistical support for its 2012 Global Conference at ...
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Martin Audio MLA Passes Olympic Torch Relay Test
As a presenting partner of the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay, Coca Cola has been staging special concerts at five locations across the country featuring live performances from some of the UK's top music artists. These celebrations have ...
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Clay Paky Sharpys Bring Cutting Edge Technology to Massive '90s Nostalgia Party
Clay Paky Sharpys have dazzled up-for-it crowds across Norway during a series of mammoth We Love the '90s concerts. This year, German group Scooter headlined, alongside '90s stalwarts Haddaway, E-Type, and the Vengaboys. ...
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Isaac Julien Uses projectiondesign for Nine-Screen Multimedia Installation
projectiondesign has supplied nine of its F32 DLP projectors to British artist Isaac Julien for his latest art installation Ten Thousand Waves. Having been shown successfully in several cities across the world, Ten ...
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Take1 and InfoComm Help Member Companies Protect Against Theft and Insurance Fraud with Special Webinar
Underscoring the growing threat that theft and insurance fraud poses to its member companies, InfoComm International, the non-profit association serving the worldwide professional communications industry, is teaming up with its only ...
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Buy One of American Audio's VMS Midi Controllers and Get a Free DJ Gear Bag or Headphones (Via Mail-In Rebate)
One of the summer's hottest pieces of DJ gear, the VMS Midi Controller Series from American Audio, is now a hotter deal than ever, thanks to the company's "Primed To Perform" rebate promotion. American Audio is offering free DJ ...
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L-ACOUSTICS Bolsters Focus on Installation Market with Two Key Appointments
L-ACOUSTICS further strengthens its commitment to the North American fixed installation market by announcing the appointments of Dan Palmer as national manager of installation projects and Andrew Nagel as head of ...
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Aphex Appoints Newest Manufacturer's Representatives
Aphex, a manufacturer of audio enhancement technology for over 35 years, has appointed a series of additional manufacturer's representatives as part of the company's ongoing growth and expansion. These firms will join Aphex's ...
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Full Compass Sponsors Circus of Chefs Fundraiser for the Circus World Museum
Full Compass Systems, an audio, video, AV, lighting, and musical instrument sales company, once again sponsored Circus of Chefs...The Gala 2012. Owners Jonathan and Susan Lipp, in cooperation with co-chairs Merlin and Jenele Zitzner ...
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Elation Platinum Beam 5R Becomes a Star at American Idol Finale After Party
American Idol is known for creating overnight stars, who sometimes emerge in surprising ways. That's exactly what happened during the Fox reality show's most recent season -- besides the newly-crowned Idol Phillip Phillips, ...
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Morpheus Lights Support Ringo Starr and His 13th All Starr Band
Morpheus Lights was selected as the lighting vendor for legendary musician Ringo Starr on his summer 2012 US tour.
Morpheus is providing personnel and equipment for the project. Veteran lighting designer Jeff Ravitz of I ...
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BeatleShow! Front-of-House Engineer Turns to Yamaha PM5d
Critics say BeatleShow! at the Saxe Theatre in the Planet Hollywood Resort Casino is the closest you can get to a real Beatles concert. Producers of BeatleShow! spared no expense incorporating every meticulous detail from ...
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Multiple DiGiCo Consoles Rule Four Stages At 2012 Ultimate Music Festival
Established in 1985, Miami's Winter Music Conference is the largest music industry gathering of its kind. Now in its 27th consecutive year, WMF is one of the most publicized annual music gatherings in the world. A pivotal platform for the ...
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DPA Microphones Defy the Elements during the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Celebrations
DPA Microphones were on board as more than one million people lined London's famed River Thames in early June to catch a glimpse of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as she celebrated her Diamond Jubilee with a River Pageant involving ...
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iLive on Worldwide Tour with Morrissey
Allen & Heath's iLive digital mixing system has been selected by front-of-house engineer, David Millward, as the console of choice on Morrissey's 2012 worldwide tour. Requiring a small, lightweight console to travel with the ...
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Continental Air Show Productions Pumps Star Spangled Sailabration with Community
On the morning of September 14, 1814, Major George Armistead signaled the American victory in the war of 1812 by raising the first American flag over Fort McHenry. The incident inspired poet Francis Scott Key to write the Star Spangled ...
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Jason Lindahl, Video Technician and Designer, is Dead at 27
Jason Lindahl, a video projection technician and designer, died July 4. He was 27.
According to the New York Daily News, his body washed up in the Hudson River, near 179th Street. His death is being treated as a suicide. ...
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Martin Pakledinaz, Costume Designer, is Dead at 58
The noted costumes designer, Martin Pakledinaz, died, July 8. He was 58 and had been suffering from cancer.
Pakledinaz was born in Sterling Heights, Michigan. He studied theatre at Wayne State University, where he switched from ...
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White Light at PLASA Focus: Nashville
Entertainment lighting specialist, White Light, this week will be at PLASA Focus in Nashville, showing the latest LED lighting technology from i-Pix and Core Lighting.
For the last seven years, i-Pix has been creating LED ...
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W-DMX Brings New Gear and Seminar to PLASA Focus: Nashville
Wireless Solution Sweden AB is on the road again, this time heading for PLASA Focus: Nashville, July 11-12, with new products and some innovative advancements to their W-DMX product range. The show will be held at the ...
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TMB Announces PLASA Focus: Nashville Product Preview
TMB announces it will be highlighting LumenRadio, ProPlex Devices, and Schnick Schnack LED Accent Lighting at the PLASA Focus: Nashville trade show, July 11-12 at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium. ...
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New Appointments at Philips Strand Lighting
Philips Strand Lighting announces the improvement of its North American sales operations with the reorganization of three sales territories designed to strengthen client relations in the Northeastern and South Central United States, ...
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AVB Networking Conference at InfoComm Labeled a Success; Follow-up Materials Now Available
Following the AVB Networking Conference held at InfoComm12 on June 12, co-sponsors Avid, Biamp Systems, Extreme Networks, Harman, Lab X Technologies, Meyer Sound, and Riedel Communications, all of whom have AVB-capable devices in ...
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Green Hippo Expands Its Team
Green Hippo introduces Mercedes Stevao-Boase as a new member of the marketing team. Mercedes joined Green Hippo in the role of marketing executive and she will be responsible for increasing the brands online presence via ...
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Rock of Ages Entertains with High End Systems
The New Line Cinema film adaptation of the Rock of Ages Broadway musical opened June 15 with a star-studded cast, hits from the 1980s, and High End Systems, a Barco company, products in the mix. The rock and roll romance of small ...
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Robe LEDBeam 100s for Prodigy at Download Festival
Lighting designer Andy Hurst used 96 of the new Robe ROBIN LEDBeam 100s as one of the central features of his rig for the UK-electronic dance music group The Prodigy's headline slot at the 2012 Download Festival, staged at ...
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Alcorn McBride Announces Electori as Exclusive Distributor in Japan
Alcorn McBride, a manufacturer of show control and A/V equipment for themed entertainment, has signed Electori as the company's exclusive distributor in Japan. The appointment is effective immediately. ...
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RCF Delivers Top Club Sound at Japanese Beach Festival CF
Japan's recent Big Beach Dance Festival at the Makuhari Seaside Park in Chiba, again saw crowds of around 20,000 people assemble to see an all star line up, including The Chemical Brothers (playing a DJ set), John Digweed, Beardyman, Timo ...
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Creative Stage Lighting Exhibits at PLASA Focus: Nashville
Creative Stage Lighting will be attending PLASA Focus: Nashville 2012, July 11-12, in Nashville, Tennessee. The company will show products from partners including Avolites, Avolites Media, Kinesys, and JB-Lighting. ...
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Christie Lites Opens Nashville Office
Christie Lites has opened a Nashville, Tennessee office and warehouse, the latest additions to its multi-office network of full-service stage lighting supply locations across North America.
Effective immediately, the Christie ...
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Roland V-800HD Multi-Format Video Switcher Now Shipping
Roland Systems Group announces the Roland V-800HD multi-format live video switcher is now shipping. The V-800HD is a powerful addition to the line of multi-format video mixers from Roland. The V-800HD live video switcher is ideal ...
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Christie's Mirage M and J Series Three-Chip DLP Projectors Expand Product Lines for Visualization Solutions
Christie announces an expansion to its product offerings for the visualization markets with the addition of its next-generation Mirage M series high performance digital projectors. The M series joins the latest Mirage J series, ...
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Meyer Sound Libra and Constellation "Tune the Buzz" at Berkeley's New Comal Restaurant
Comal, a new restaurant located in Berkeley's lively downtown Arts District, is the first establishment of its kind to create an optimized aural environment using the new Libra acoustic image system and complementary Constellation active ...
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Charcoalblue Celebrates as Four of its Consultancy Projects Win RIBA Awards 2012
Charcoalblue's projects have swept the board at this year's prestigious RIBA Awards. The Royal Institute of British Architects honored four separate Charcoalblue projects -- Canterbury's Marlowe Theatre; The Hepworth Gallery, ...
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MAC 101 Visual Impact on Chevelle Hats Off to the Bull Tour
John "Cheetoh" Chiodo, lighting designer, programmer, and lighting board op for American alt metal band Chevelle, understands that you don't necessarily need a huge budget or a lot of fixtures to make a big visual impact -- and he ...
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W-DMX Appoints New Distributor for Malaysia/Thailand/Indonesia
Wireless Solution Sweden AB announces the appointment of lighting specialists Acoustic & Lighting System to supply W-DMX to Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia.
With more than two decades of experience in distributing ...
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The Conservancy of Southwest Florida's New Nature Center Debuts With Alcorn McBride Equipment Inventory
The new Nature Center at the Conservancy of Southwest Florida in Naples opens with Alcorn McBride video, audio, and show control selected for the Dalton Discovery Center and Jeannie Meg Smith Theater. ...
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A Medialon Show Control System for the Night-Time "Big O" Show at Expo 2012 in Yeosu, South Korea
The marine-themed Expo 2012 opened in May 2012 for a three-month run in Yeosu, South Korea. The icon of the Expo is "Big-O," a landmark constructed to give visitors an insight into the expo's theme, including experience zones hosting large ...
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Eidim Audio Visual Installs Adamson for Korea Church
Eidim Audio Visual with headquarters in Buena Park, California, and offices in major cities around the US, and a division in Seoul, Korea, has finished a major installation project at a newly built church in Seoul. The Kwang Mying ...
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Electric Aura Projects Designs Rick Hansen Celebration 25
Electric Aura Projects set the design in motion for Rick Hansen Celebration 25, which honored the 25-year achievements of Paralympic athlete Rick Hansen. Patrick Roberge Productions (PRP) produced the May 22 event at the ...
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Projection Studio World Record is Confirmed
London, UK-based projection artist Ross Ashton of The Projection Studio had his "Face Britain" video projection work onto the front of Buckingham Palace officially confirmed as a Guinness World Record for the "most ...
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A&O Technology Named as Knight of Illumination Awards Bar Sponsor
A&O Lighting Technology GmbH is exclusive bar sponsor for this year's Knight of Illumination Awards (KOI). This year's invite-only event will be held at Battersea Evolution, London and promises to be a spectacular event. ...
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JoeCo Ships New BlackBox BBR64-Dante Recorder
BlackBox Recorder manufacturer, JoeCo, has commenced shipments of its new 64-channel Dante recorder. The BBR64-Dante, previewed at Prolight + Sound 2012, was developed as a result of continuing collaboration between JoeCo and ...
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RATstands Launches Z3 iPad Music Stand
The Z3 iPad stand from RATstands now ensures that holding an iPad on stage or in the classroom has never been more convenient. Apple's iPad is changing the music landscape. Innovative music organizations, musicians, and music ...
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MAC TW1 Fits the Bill on Bombay Bicycle Club
With its warm, soft-edged beam, zoom, and rich CMY color mixing, Martin's MAC TW1 tungsten wash light was selected for the Bombay Bicycle Club's recent UK tour, the English indie band's biggest headline tour to date. ...
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Opera Bastille Upgrades with Harman's Studer Vista 5 M2 Console
When it was inaugurated back in 1989, L'Opéra Bastille in Paris (home to Opéra National de Paris) immediately provided Parisians with a world-class concert hall dedicated to opera. Designed by Canadian-Uruguayan architect Carlos Ott ...
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Firehouse Productions Provides Harman's JBL VerTec Line Arrays at The 66th Annual Tony Awards
"If only real life could be more like theatre," joked host Neil Patrick Harris as he opened the 66th annual Tony Awards at New York City's historic Beacon Theatre. In order to bring Broadway's memories over the past year to life, Red Hook, ...
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Adlib Goes to Wembley Stadium for Capital FM Summertime Ball
Adlib's audio division again supplied a complete L-Acoustics sound system and crew to Production North for the 2012 Capital FM Summertime Ball staged at Wembley Stadium, London, on Saturday, June 9. ...
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Clay Paky Sharpys Provide Lighting at South African Music Awards
It took just 12 Clay Paky Sharpys to deliver that all-important, high-impact rock and roll wow factor at the biggest live music event in South Africa -- the annual South African Music Awards (SAMAs). ...
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XL Video Supplies The Maccabees at Ally Pally
XL Video supplied LED screens, cameras, projection, and an Encore screen management system for The Maccabees recent acclaimed gig at London's Alexandra Palace.
Video designer Josh Bagnall presented original visuals for the ...
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Anolis Makes an Impact at Sofitel Gold Coast
Anolis ArcPad Xtreme LED floods have been specified for a high impact lighting installation illuminating the exterior of the Sofitel Hotel, Gold Coast Broadbeach, Australia. Sofitel is the premium brand properties of international ...
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Shop Angels Uses Lectrosonics Wireless
Take four beautiful women and combine them with their love of the outdoors and travel and you get Shop Angels. This outdoor adventure travel show slated to begin airing in the first quarter of 2013 is currently in production. From ...
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Philips Vari-Lite Reinforces Sales and Marketing Team
In a move to strengthen its sales and marketing operations, Philips Vari-Lite announces Brad Schiller has been named as the new product marketing manager. With over 25 years of experience in the automated lighting industry, ...
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Hugh Hardy to Give Closing Speech at NATEAC
Renowned architect Hugh Hardy will give the closing speech of the North American Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference (NATEAC) on Monday night, July 23, 2012, at Sardi's Restaurant in New York City. Hardy, a leader ...
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Creative Stage Lighting Announces Avolites Training Programs
Creative Stage Lighting has launched a new in-house training program, offering training services on partner product lines, beginning with Avolites consoles.
The company now offers Avolites courses on consoles like Tiger ...
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Jean Lariviere Rejoins High End Systems as Regional Sales Manager
Jean Lariviere has rejoined entertainment lighting manufacturer High End Systems (HES), part of the Barco group, in a new role as a regional sales manager. His assignment includes sales development for the Canada region and ...
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Zeehi's CueCast Console File Conversion Service Goes Live
Zeehi, an entertainment technology company that develops solutions to improve the workflow of entertainment production professionals, announces that July Fourth is the go-live date for their CueCast digital mixing console user file ...
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L-ACOUSTICS Previews 5XT Ultra-Compact Coaxial Enclosure and SB15m Compact Subwoofer
L-ACOUSTICS recently treated InfoComm 2012 attendees in Las Vegas to a preview of two new systems -- the 5XT ultra-compact coaxial enclosure and SB15m compact subwoofer -- both scheduled for November / December 2012 availability. ...
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Martin Professional's M2GO and M2PC Lighting Controllers Now Shipping
After Martin Professional's launch of the M2GO and M2PC lighting controllers at Prolight + Sound, the first production models are now ready for shipment.
Having set Martin records for the largest number of pre-sale orders for a ...
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Audio-Technica Offers Get Your Own Mic Rebates
Audio-Technica (A-T), a manufacturer of transducer technology currently celebrating "50 Years of Passionate Listening," is offering rebates on select Artist Elite, Artist Series, and 20 Series handheld vocal microphones from July 1 ...
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Jands Unveil Winners of Vista L5 Console Launch Competition
Jands is pleased to announce the winners of their competition celebrating the recent launch of its Vista L5 flagship media and lighting control console -- the latest addition to the Vista range.
The competition to win a MacBook ...
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Auralex Introduces UtiliTek Sound Absorbent Panels
Auralex Acoustics, Inc., a manufacturer of acoustical treatments and soon to celebrate its 35th anniversary, unveils its UtiliTek sound absorbers. Designed based on input from leading contractors and system integrators, the UtiliTek ...
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Rent What? Provides Backdrop for the Pollstar Awards
For the third year in a row, theatrical drapery rental supplier Rent What? Inc. was selected to provide the dramatic backdrop to the prestigious Pollstar Awards. Held February 3rd, 2012 at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, the 23rd Annual ...
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AED Display Expands its Rental Inventory with 50+ New Barco Projectors
European audio visual company, AED Display, has purchased 18 Barco HDX-W18, 24 ultra-bright HDF-W26, and 10 HDQ-2K40 projectors. The new range will be presented during demo days, which includes workshops, July 10-11 at AED ...
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Philips Entertainment Names New CEO
Philips Entertainment has announced that Steve Carson is stepping down as the chief executive officer of Philips Entertainment, and Matthijs Glastra will take over as the new CEO. Glastra joins Philips Entertainment ...
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Martin MAC Viper Profile -- Biggest Pre-Sale Success in Martin's History Now Shipping
With an exceptional feature set and highly efficient optical system that outperforms market-leading profiles in the 1,200W range, interest in this first moving head in the Viper family has been nothing less than fantastic, the company ...
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Pro Audio Stash Opens Texas Office
UK-based professional audio and AV suppliers and 19" racking specialists, Pro Audio Stash (PAS), has opened a new office and warehouse in Austin, Texas, which is being managed by Marcus Butler. ...
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FocusTrack Welcomes Kevin Barry
FocusTrack, the show lighting documentation system, welcomes New York production electrician Kevin Barry, who will now provide direct support to FocusTrack users in the US.
An IATSE Local 1, ETCP certified electrician, ...
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Renkus-Heinz Unveils New Products at InfoComm 2012
The Renkus-Heinz booth and demo room were buzzing with activity throughout the three days of InfoComm 2012.
One of the biggest hits at the show was the introduction of the new Ralph Heinz Signature Series loudspeaker line. The ...
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Avolites and Avolites Media Showcase Products at Successful ABTT 2012
Avolites and Avolites Media exhibited at this year's ABTT show as visitors came to see the latest addition to the Avolites and Avolites Media product ranges. On show were the Sapphire Touch and Titan Software - Version 6 ...
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White Light supplies Coemar ParLite LED fixtures to AB Lighting
Watford-based AB Lighting has recently expanded its lighting equipment rental stock with Coemar ParLite LED lighting fixtures, supplied by Coemar's UK distributor, White Light.
AB Lighting describe the ParLite as ...
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Anolis Illuminates Nová Karolina Shopping Centre in the Czech Republic
Anolis LED fixtures have been specified and installed to illuminate both interior and exterior of the central feature at the Nová Karolina Shopping Centre in Ostrava.
The new €100 million development in the Czech Republic's third ...
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HSL Rocks with Prodigy at the Download Festival
Blackburn, UK-based lighting and visuals rental company HSL, supplied a substantial specials package -- including 170 moving lights, custom metal ribs inset with LEDs, and a Kinesys automation system -- for The Prodigy's headliner ...
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4Wall Los Angeles Dances with JUMP
4Wall Los Angeles recently provided lighting for the largest dance convention in the world, JUMP. Produced by Break the Floor Productions, JUMP is currently touring 25 cities in the United States as well as 10 international ...
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Celebrating Ten Years of Robert Juliat Followspots at Eurovision
Robert Juliat announces that 2012 is the tenth year in which RJ followspots have been used on the Eurovision Song Contest.
For the third year running, Lightpower of Germany supplied Robert Juliat followspots to this ...
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Rose Brand Constructs Enormous Cylindrical Projection Screen for Pan Am Games Opening Ceremony
Rose Brand played an important role in the construction of a three dimensional "halo" moving projection screen, created for the Opening of the Pan American Games. The halo's steel frame boasted a circumference of 350' and hung in ...
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