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  Epsilon Announces the EPM Series Powered Studio Monitors
Epsilon is now shipping the EPM Series, which features the EPM-6.5 and the EPM-8 studio reference monitors. The EPM Series are bi-amped two-way monitors, offering professional audio quality at very reasonable prices. ...
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etech Events Integrates 21 Allen & Heath Qu-16s Into Their AV Systems
Founded in 1996 as an internet technology company and now evolved into a full service event technology integrator, etech Events was ready to go 100% digital for its corporate events. "My biggest need was for reliability and ...
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Shure Adds Mark Rahilly to US Sales Team
Shure Incorporated announces that it has hired Mark Rahilly as a new senior sales manager. He will cover the retail market throughout the east and southeast and will be based in Boston, Massachusetts. ...
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Chauvet Professional Fixtures "Colorize Stage" at Shri Krishna Vrundavana Hindu Temple
Like many houses of worship, Shri Krishna Vrundavana serves its members in a wide variety of ways. The faithful gather at its spacious 3.5-acre campus, which is located 33 miles from New York City, for the Puja prayer ritual, services, ...
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Robe for Club India in Trinidad
Michael Pereira of Trinidad and Tobago-based creative design and engineering practice Streamline Systems specified Robe and Anolis lighting fixtures for a new installation at the landmark night destination Club ...
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Elation Professional Platinum Series Lights Tennessee's High-Energy Smoky Mountain Opry
The demands that a large musical variety show can place on a lighting rig are great so when Smoky Mountain Opry in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, sought to replace their aging lighting rig they turned to the versatility and reliability of Elat ...
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Digital Nirvana Introduces New Media Management Platform at IBC2014
At IBC2014 in Amsterdam next month, Digital Nirvana will introduce its Media Management Platform, which offers a suite of applications that allows users to capture, edit, share, and manage content -- as well as prove ...
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Next Level Church Takes a Step Up with Aviom's A360 Personal Mixers
Next Level Church in Fort Myers, Florida, has been steadily increasing its attendance since it held its first service for 35 people at Bell Tower 20 Theaters in 2002. After moving to multiple services in the local high school and then to ...
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4Wall Donates Lighting Package to Redlands Theatre Festival
4Wall Las Vegas recently supported the Redlands Theatre Festival (RTF) with a donation of lighting equipment that included LED fixtures and more.
Buddy Pope, project manager for 4Wall systems and design, spearheaded the ...
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Lock Up & Dance for Colour Sound at 2104 Reading and Leeds Festivals
London UK-based lighting and visuals rental company Colour Sound Experiment supplied lighting to Festival Republic for several stages at the 2014 Reading and Leeds festivals -- Lock Up, Dance, BBC Introducing, Silent Disco 1 & 2, ...
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Simple. Robust. Intelligent: Kramer Launches RC-43T Control Panel
Audio, video, and computer signal processing specialists, Kramer Electronics introduces the RC-43T, a six-button auxiliary control panel that works as a remote control panel for master room controllers such as the Kramer SL-1 in ...
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XL for Massive Attack Summer Tour
XL Video has enjoyed a long term working relationship with Massive Attack, supplying LED screens and d3 Technologies media servers for the band's recent festival tour which featured a video concept co-designed by UVA ...
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Bwefar Invests in Robe LEDWash 800s
Bwefar, a lighting rental company based in Zwolle, The Netherlands, is headed by Akim Bwefar and specializes in the design and supply of lighting for automotive shows all over the world -- although they also engage in ...
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Clay Paky and MA Lighting Accompany Adel Tawil
Adel Salah Mahmoud Eid El-Tawil, or Adel Tawil for short, is a successful musician, songwriter, and producer. He became famous thanks to his work with bands such as The Boyz and Ich + Ich. In 2013 he shot straight to number two in the ...
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Customizing a "Wow" Moment for DeVos Performance Hall
"For almost twenty years our venue has been using a very minimal, practically homemade sound system we were able to piece together. It wasn't even in stereo, but it worked;" after years on the road, David "Dansir" McCullough settled ...
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Cinemartin Announces New Video Denoiser for Windows
Cinemartin announces it has just released a new and standalone professional video denoiser software for Windows, Cinemartin Denoiser.
For video noise reduction purposes, it is just as simple as load a clip, adjust the denoiser ...
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Lectrosonics TM400 Deployed at Churchill Downs for Wireless Test & Measurement
Churchill Downs, the thoroughbred racetrack most famous for hosting the annual Kentucky Derby, represents the epitome of professional horse racing. In preparation for the 140th running of the Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby, facility ...
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Historic Aldwych Theatre to Stream Live Performances with Tripleplay Digital Signage and IPTV
Aldwych Theatre in London's West End has selected and implemented a two screen Tripleplay digital signage and live streaming solution for its foyer area, a solution designed to ensure late arrivals to a performances do not miss the ...
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Country Artist Jerrod Niemann Partners with Elite Multimedia Productions During Noteworthy Year
Country artist and songwriter Jerrod Niemann and his production team recently partnered with Nashville, Tennessee-based Elite Multimedia Productions by designing a lighting package for his shows as the direct support for Keith Urban' ...
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Adlib Sounds Out the Giants
Adlib was again right at the core of the action for four days of amazing public theatre that saw the return of the Royal De Luxe giant marionettes to the city of Liverpool for a weekend of fun, history, poignancy, and superlative ...
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Tickets for the Behind the Scenes Happy Hour, Hosted by PLASA, to go on Sale September 2
The Behind the Scenes Happy Hour, hosted by PLASA will go on sale to the public on September 2, 2014. The biggest pre-LDI party of the year will take place on Thursday, November 20, from 6:00 - 8:00pm at the Westgate ...
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Nominate a Young Artist for the 2015 YD&T Awards
Nominations are now open for USITT's 2015 Awards for Young Designers & Technicians in the Performing Arts. The YD&T Awards are sponsored by industry leaders to annually recognize up-and-coming theatrical artists. ...
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SMPTE Announces 2014 Honorees and Award Winners
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), the society for motion-imaging standards and education for the communications, media, entertainment, and technology industries, revealed the outstanding industry ...
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Learn to Optimize Sound Systems with SynAudCon in-Person Training
SynAudCon has announced that registration for their three-day "Sound Reinforcement for Technicians (SRT)" seminar, held in Dallas, Texas on October 6 - 8, is now open.
Recent attendees have found the seminar to be extremely ...
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Robe Shines at 2014 Teen Choice Awards
Over 100 Robe moving lights made a serious impact as part of Tom Kenny's lighting design for the 2014 Teen Choice Awards (TCA). The show, produced by Bob Bain, Greg Sils, and Paul Flattery was staged at ...
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Visions Lighting Keys Crowd on Marco Antonio Solis Tour with Nexus Panels
With more number one hits over the past 20 years than any other artist in Latin Music, Mexican crooner Marco Antonio Solis has earned the appellation "living legend" throughout the Americas, both South and North. A key reason for his ...
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ADJ Launches New Vortex 1200 with Classic Effects and Innovative 360-Degree Rotation
As a classic element of light shows for mobile DJ set-ups, small clubs, and bars, the moonflower effect remains popular with users and audiences alike -- and ADJ's Vortex 1200 is a unique, updated version. With the Vortex 1200 ...
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d&b audiotechnik Puts OCA in the Field
The first product to prove the Open Control Architecture (OCA) in the field, the D80 amplifier from d&b audiotechnik, was already at launch in January an innovative product with many features and benefits making it ...
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Southwestern Assembly of God U Installs Yamaha NUAGE DAW System
Located in Waxahachie, Texas, Southwestern Assemblies of God University (SAGU) began as a regional bible school and later, added a junior college program. The university has experienced phenomenal enrollment increases from 596 students in ...
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This One's For You: Sound Image and Jimmy Buffett Celebrate 40 Years on the Road Together
Jimmy Buffett has been extolling the laid-back pleasures of "Margaritaville," having a "Cheeseburger In Paradise," and the fact that it's "Five O'Clock Somewhere" since he recorded his first album in 1970. For 2014, San Diego's Sound ...
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Studiologic Announces the Sequel to Numa Organ
Studiologic introduces a new keyboard, based on the acclaimed Numa Organ. The new version, Numa Organ 2, offers three different organ models (A/B/C) plus three vintage analog models and a unique classical diapason sound, for a total ...
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La Marina NYC's Outdoor Events Thrive with D.A.S. Audio
Located at Dyckman Marina in upper Manhattan, the newly rebuilt La Marina NYC sports a restaurant, bar, lounge, and events space that covers more than 75,000-sq.-ft. of Hudson River waterfront. With world-class facilities and a ...
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Sweepstakes Winner Irvine Barclay Theatre Uses Hitachi Projector to Add Depth to Stage Performances
The Irvine Barclay Theatre in Irvine, California hosts 200 events per year, many of which require a dynamic visual accompaniment. In the past, a projector would be rented on a case-by-case basis depending on performance groups' needs, but ...
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Biamp Systems Tesira Brings Interactive Audio to Queensland University of Technology
Biamp Systems, a provider of innovative, networked media systems, announces that Tesira, the company's flagship digital signal processor (DSP)-based media system, was selected for the Queensland University of Technology's (QUT) ...
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2014 Henry Hewes Design Awards Honorees Announced
The Henry Hewes Design Awards 2014 honorees were announced August 21. The 50th Annual Henry Hewes Design Awards ceremony, paying tribute to designers in Broadway, Off Broadway, and Off Off Broadway productions, will be held October ...
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Calendar of Technical Program Events for 137th Audio Engineering Society Convention Is Now Online
An extensive calendar of Technical Program events is now online for the 137th Audio Engineering Society convention, which will take place Thursday, October 9, through Sunday, October 12, 2014, at the Los Angeles Convention Center in ...
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VON USSAR danceworks presents the Eighth Annual The Dance Gallery Festival
VON USSAR danceworks presents the eighth annual The Dance Gallery Festival, featuring original works from emerging and renowned choreographers from around the country in three performance programs on October 24, 25, and 26, ...
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The Denver Center for the Performing Arts Chooses the RC4 Wireless Magic System
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) has selected the RC4 Wireless RC4Magic Series 3 wireless DMX and dimming system to enhance their wireless needs.
When looking at the technical needs for the theatre company's ...
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ETC Source Four LED Lustr+ Helps The Royal Ballet's Don Quixote Get Big Applause in Shanghai
Audiences at the Shanghai Grand Theatre were bowled over by a performance of Don Quixote by The Royal Ballet from London. The show used a large number of ETC Source Four LED profiles and was run by two Gio consoles. Simon ...
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Robe Checks in at Hotel M
Belgian celebrity and TV host Marcel Vanthilt took his popular summer "pop-up" magazine show concept to two cities this year -- Roeselare and Knokke-Heist -- both of which staged Hotel M for a number of weeks throughout the summer.
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Green Hippo's Internship Program in Full Swing
Recently, Green Hippo has been talking about several of their interns and their experiences. To add to this, the company has two new interns who recently started to work for the forthcoming year.
Over that last two years, Green ...
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Times Square Lighting Introduces the 8PC38 Spotlight
Times Square Lighting's new 8PC38 spotlight is a specification grade unit designed for PAR38 medium screw base lamps. Its theatrical style make it the perfect unit for spaces such as museums, galleries, exhibits, retail and themed ...
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DPA Microphones Expands Sales Force
DPA Inc., the U.S. branch of DPA Microphones, announces the appointment of Christopher Spahr, Pedro Rocha, and Leonardo Romero as area sales managers for the eastern US, western US, and Southern US/Latin America ...
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BenQ Launches Newest Home Theater Colorific Projectors
BenQ America Corp., an international provider of visual display solutions, introduces its next-generation Colorific home entertainment projectors: the HT1075 and HT1085ST. Building on the company's top-selling W1070 and the short ...
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Wohler Hires David Cooper to Serve as Sales Engineer for RadiantGrid Business Line
Wohler Technologies announces the appointment of David Cooper as a sales engineer for the company's RadiantGrid business line. In this new position with Wohler, Cooper will serve as a technical resource primarily for ...
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Westlake Pro Launches New E-Commerce Website
Westlake Pro, a retailer of professional audio, recording gear, live sound equipment, and technical services, has launched a completely new and redesigned website and full-featured online store. To celebrate the grand opening, the ...
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Fishman Ships Fluence Single Width Pickups
Fishman is now shipping the new Fluence Single Width pickups with Humbucker models to follow soon after.
Totally re-imagined, Fluence is fully analog active pickups that are combined with Fluence Core printed "coils" and feature ...
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PR Lighting Introduces the XLED 2007 Beam
PR Lighting announces an addition to their XLED LED range -- the new XLED 2007 Beam. This uses the Osram Ostar (LE RTDUW S2W), rated at 15W each, with four-in-one LED color mixing. Each luminaire houses seven of these light ...
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Chauvet Professional Legend Series Creates Aura Around Dark Star
"Rock and Roll is here to stay, it will never die," so sang the now almost-forgotten Danny and the Juniors in 1958. How right they were! Case in point is the Grateful Dead, which has a following that's as large and passionate as ever 49 ...
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Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts Opens its 60th Anniversary Season with Bobby McFerrin
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College will open its 60th anniversary season with a concert by 10-time Grammy winner Bobby McFerrin on Saturday, November 1, 2014 at 8pm. Best known for the global number one hit " ...
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David Guetta Rocks Global Gathering with New Show
David Guetta rocked the house in grand style for his headline slot in The Hangar on Friday night of the 2014 Global Gathering event -- the UK's EDM festival -- staged at Long Marston Airfield near Stratford-On-Avon complete with a stunning ...
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Rent What? Inc.'s Cabaret Rental Drapes Showcased at Aerosmith Concert at the Forum in Los Angeles
Imagine the delight of Rent What? Inc. last month when they learned that their rental drapes were being considered for use during a special July 30th Aerosmith concert at the Forum in LA. The stylish Cabaret Crimson drape was ultimately ...
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Elation Lighting Exceeds Expectations on Telemundo's Buscando Mi Ritmo
American Spanish-language television network Telemundo's latest music competition, Buscando Mi Ritmo, is being lit by lighting designer Gaston Fazio of HD House (www.thehdhouse.com), who specified an Elation ...
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AED Rent Turns Up Europe's Volume with JBL Professional VTX Loudspeakers and Crown Amplifiers
Harman's JBL Professional and Crown amplifiers continue to be a rousing success in Europe, as Belgium-based AV rental system provider AED Rent delivers a new level of sound quality to festivals and tours across the ...
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Renkus-Heinz System for New South Korean Venue
In late fall of 2014, South Korea will host the XVII Asian Games in and around Incheon, located near to the country's capital, Seoul. Korea has previously hosted the Asian Games in 1986, closely followed by the 1988 Olympics, and the FIFA ...
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Earthworks Appoints Audio Brands as Contractor Distributor in Australia and New Zealand
Earthworks announces its appointment of Audio Brands as the distributor for its installed sound microphone line in Australia and New Zealand.
The installation range includes choir mics, gooseneck mics, as well as mics ...
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Renault's CAVE with Partner Mechdyne Raises the Bar for Virtual Reality Design
Virtual Reality (VR) technology first appeared on the virtual horizon several decades ago, but it's safe to say that the past few years have seen a quantum leap in its evolution. With ever-increasing processing power and ultra-high ...
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Jeff Award Nominations Announced
The Equity Jeff Award nominations for the 2013-2014 season were announced August 21. The 46th Annual Jeff Awards ceremony, paying tribute to professional theatre produced in the immediate Chicago area, will be held Monday, October ...
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GLP Inc.'s Scenex Lighting Expand Pixel LED Tape with Hi Res Options
Flexible LED Pixel tape from GLP Inc.'s Scenex Lighting division has been used on numerous events, concert tours, and other applications since it was first introduced. Now the company is adding to the range and introducing ...
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Show Distribution Welcomes Bernard Thériault to its Team
Show Distribution, a company specializing in the sale and rental of staging equipment and electric hoists, welcomes Bernard Thériault, formerly from Arcofab, as senior consultant for the company. Thériault will bring his vast ...
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Richard Bevan Promoted to Senior Vice President/General Manager of WorldStage West
WorldStage announces that Richard Bevan has been promoted from vice president of production services to senior vice president/general manager of WorldStage West, located in Tustin, California. He will be reporting to ...
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Matthew Weil Joins Spectrum Productions
Spectrum Productions, Inc. announces the addition of Matthew Weil to its Atlanta, Georgia team. Weil comes to Spectrum Productions with over two decades of professional experience with the meetings, special event, and ...
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CPL Invests in Apprenticeship Scheme
West Midlands, UK-based technical solutions and video specialist Central Presentations Ltd (CPL) has invested in its first apprenticeship scheme in conjunction with Birmingham-based Creative Alliance, and its first apprentice ...
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Robe MMX Blades for Royal Court Theatre Production
Lighting for the recent edgy Royal Court Theatre (RCT) production of Tim Crouch's Adler & Gibb was designed by award-winning theatre lighting designer Natasha Chivers, who included two of Robe's MMX Blade fixtures in ...
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Avolites Crowned for Fifth Consecutive Miss Mississippi Pageant
Beauty pageants require contestants to look their best for obvious reasons. So it's no wonder that when it comes to lighting design for the annual "Miss Mississippi" event hosted in Vicksburg, André Huff -- for the fifth year in a ...
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L-Acoustics' K2 Becomes NYC's Newest Flying Superhero
For the launch of the summer blockbuster film X-Men: Days of Future Past, 20th Century Fox staged its worldwide premiere at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on midtown Manhattan's west side.
The debut of the $200-million ...
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ETC Cobalt Goes Clubbing at Circo Loco in Rome
From humble beginnings in a then almost unknown club in Ibiza in 1999, the Circo Loco super-club has quickly grown to become a global brand. Young -- and young at heart -- people flock to DC10 and other clubs on the island to dance to some ...
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Biamp Systems Selected for University of Oregon's Hatfield-Dowlin Football Complex
Biamp Systems, a provider of innovative, networked media systems, announced that the company's AudiaFLEX digital audio platform and Nexia CS digital audio processors are providing robust digital signal processing (DSP) throughout ...
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Entec Supplies Guilfest 2014
West London-based rental specialist Entec Sound & Light renewed its long association with the three day Guilfest music festival in Surrey, supplying sound design and equipment to the Main Stage in Stoke Park, central Guildford. ...
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Three SSL Live Consoles Deployed for Chess in Concert
What better music to accompany the 41st World Chess Olympiad tournament than the soundtrack to Chess the musical? Under the direction of Andrew Eljas (who also wrote the original score to the music by Benny Anderson and Bjørn ...
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Webcast Interview with Richard Pilbrow, Theatrical Lighting Design Legend
Richard Pilbrow, widely recognized as the father of contemporary theatre lighting design and theatre design consulting, will be featured in a free, exclusive webcast interview presented by the URL listed below. ...
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LumenRadio Expands with New CEO and Ramps Up R&D
The award-winning wireless lighting control manufacturer, LumenRadio, is expanding to keep up with its strong growth. The company is appointing a new CEO, Alexander Hellström and ramping up in-house development. ...
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Biamp Systems Adds to Growing US Sales Team
Biamp Systems, a provider of innovative, networked media systems, announces the appointment of Robert Taylor as regional manager, southeast region of North America. In his new role, Taylor will be responsible for strategic ...
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Lady Gaga Launches ArtRave Tour with Clay Paky Fixtures and grandMA2 Consoles
Lady Gaga has launched her tour, ArtRave: The Artpop Ball, and Clay Paky's A.leda B-EYE K20 LED-based moving lights, Clay Paky Sharpys, and MA Lighting's grandMA2 consoles are along for the wild ride. A.C.T Lighting< ...
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BlackTrax Brings Marvel Comics Closer to its Audience at Super-Hero Speeds
Iron Man, The Hulk, Captain America, Spider-Man, and 20 other action heroes are all coming to an arena near readers -- and as a part of Feld Entertainment's Marvel Universe LIVE! CAST BlackTrax motion-tracking solution ...
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Galaxy Macau's Giant Crystals are Covered with Renkus-Heinz
Macau is one of China's hidden gems. Created as a special administrative region of the country, its famed Cotai Strip is modeled after its namesake in Las Vegas, awash with high-end casinos, resorts, and all the glitz that accompanies them ...
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DPA Microphones Capture the Kyteman Orchestra
Front-of-house engineer Sjoerd Terpstra relied on DPA Microphones to capture the unique sound of the Kyteman Orchestra's recent concerts at the Utrecht Tivoli in Holland. The six concerts, which took the form of elaborate jam ...
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ETC Nomad Helps Austrian Theater in Tight Programming Timeframe
Every summer, the Theater im Hof, located in Enns, Upper Austria, produces a classical production, such as Faust, Cyrano de Bergerac, and pieces by Shakespeare. This year, the company will present The Complete Works of William ...
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Adlib Delivers Technical Solutions for Liverpool International Festival for Business
Adlib supplied technical solutions, system design and infrastructure, plus audio, lighting, AV, and equipment for the 2014 International Festival for Business (IFB).
The Liverpool, UK-based company won two competitive tenders ...
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XL Video Supplies Audio Visual Package for Institute of Internal Auditors International Conference
XL Video, working with US conference and event production agency metroConnections, supplied a large-scale audio-visual solution for the IIA (Institute of Internal Auditors) International Conference at London's ExCel Center. ...
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Krasnodar Music Festival Relies on Adamson
The Stairway to Heaven Festival, held in the Krasnodar region of Russia, made its debut this summer. Live Master, located in Krasnodar City, provided lighting and an Adamson Energia sound reinforcement system for the event. ...
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SSL Live Joins the 2014 World of Music, Arts, and Dance (WOMAD) Festival
Celebrating its 34th year, World of Music, Arts and Dance (WOMAD) is an annual eclectic world-music festival of "artists whom we might not get to hear anywhere else" and one of the largest and most prestigious event of its kind. As with ...
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Metropolitan Opera Reaches Agreement with IATSE Local One
It looks like there will be a Metropolitan Opera season after all. Following its agreements with American Federation of Musicians and American Guild of Musical Artists, the company has now closed a pact with the ...
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Epson Introduces Professional-Grade Widescreen HD Projectors with Advanced Connectivity
Epson, the number-one selling projector brand worldwide (based upon first quarter 2014 worldwide front projection market share estimates from PMA Research), introduces two new EX Pro series projectors, delivering high brightness and ...
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Full Compass Systems Sponsors 13th Annual Opera in the Park
Full Compass Systems, a professional audio, video, lighting, and musical instrument retailer, was a participant in the 13th annual "Opera in the Park" concert for the city of Madison, Wisconsin. This free annual concert has become a ...
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Pack Shield Offers Unique Holster for Wireless Handheld Microphones
Having a handheld microphone when you need it can sometimes be a difficult task. The new Wireless Handheld Holster from Pack Shield solves this problem.
The Wireless Handheld Holster, made of Kydex, fits most wireless handheld ...
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Lex Products Adds New West Coast Territory Manager Jeff deRecat
Lex Products announces the appointment of Jeff deRecat as the new western United States sales territory manager. deRecat is an industry veteran who has spent the last 16 years with Marinco/Advanced Devices, a manufacturer of ...
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d3 Technologies' Media Servers Enable Mammoth Projection Mapping for Marvel Universe LIVE! Tour
It's impossible not to use superlatives to describe Marvel Universe LIVE! the new arena spectacular -- and first-ever live Marvel tour -- produced by Feld Entertainment, Inc., which just made its 85-city debut with previews ...
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Complete Production Rentals Deploys VUE al-8 Line Array for Pasadena Symphony
The Pasadena Symphony and POPS is one of California's most respected ensembles. Their year-round performances at the Ambassador Auditorium and LA Arboretum offer a truly unforgettable listening experience. Their winning formula is the ...
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Hard Hit by Sandy, Long Beach High School Rebuilds Athletic Field Using Ashly Audio
Long Beach High School is situated on a barrier island on the southern side of New York's Long Island, where it received a terrific pounding from Hurricane Sandy in late October 2012. For more than a year afterward, student athletes had to ...
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Nevada Smith's Sports Bar Recreates Realistic Stadium Sound with QSC
Nevada Smith's, a Manhattan mecca for fans of European soccer, contracted design-install firm AV/NY to install a high-tech, audio-visual system for its relocation to 100 Third Avenue, just a block north of its former 20-year home. ...
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Bandit Brings the Glow to the Firefly Festival
Summer continues for Bandit Lites with the Firefly Festival, a four day musical event with what has been called "the strongest lineups of any US festival." With seven stages and 125 artists, the four-day festival kicked off June 19 ...
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Audio-Technica Honors The Farm Technical Sales & Marketing with Its President's Award
Audio-Technica a manufacturer of wired and wireless microphones, headphones, and accessory products for over 50 years, announces that Roseville, California-based The Farm Technical Sales & Marketing has been presented with A ...
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Martin Professional Exterior 200 Fixtures Light Russian Residential Complex in Celebration of World Cup Final
In celebration of the 2014 World Cup final game, the three towers of "Vorobievy gory," an iconic residential complex in Moscow that faces the German Embassy, were lit during the match with the colors of Germany and Argentina's national ...
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LumenRadio Appoints A.C. Lighting as Exclusive Distributor in North America
LumenRadio, a manufacturer of wireless lighting controls, announces A.C. Lighting as exclusive distributor of the CRMX product portfolio in North America. The full LumenRadio product portfolio is now available to the A.C. ...
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Point-of-Rental Systems Releases Web-Based Product
Introduced earlier this year, Cloud by Point-of-Rental Systems is a modern web-based system that is available with just a web browser and is accessible anywhere with internet access.
Designed to help keep track of inventory and ...
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AV9000 Certified Quality Designer (CQD) Workshop September 15 - 17, 2014
It is much more difficult and expensive to fix a mistake in the design and/or installation of the audio visual system if it is detected later in the project cycle. Making corrections and improvements during the design stage is always ...
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Freeman Audio Visual Canada Renews CSR Initiative "ECOS" Partnership with MPI Canada
Freeman Audio Visual Canada announces it will continue its sponsorship of and participation in the Events for Communities of Sustainability (ECOS) project, in partnership with the MPI Foundation and Meeting Professionals ...
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WorldStage Provides 4K Solution for Adobe Connect Now Event at Lincoln Center
As part of its Creative Cloud 2014 event, a collective update of its entire line up of desktop and mobile apps for creative professionals, Adobe staged Adobe Connect Now, which debuted the 4K video capabilities of its Premiere editing ...
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Bikini Berlin Concept Mall Bathed in Light from Over 1,000 Elation LED Luminaires
Not to be mistaken for a swimwear company, Bikini Berlin is a culturally protected Grade II listed building in the German capital, whose recent revitalization included the installation of over 1,000 energy-efficient LED luminaires from E ...
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Ultra Events Adds Robe Pointes
Cape Town, South Africa-based rental and technical production company, Ultra Events has completed its first purchase of Robe Robin Pointe moving lights -- with a delivery of 12 units from Robe's South African distributor DW ...
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Chauvet Professional Matches Power of Performance at Fantasia Concert
Award-winning Broadway actress; New York Times best-selling author; Grammy recording artist; American Idol winner ... Fantasia Barrino has already worn many hats extraordinarily well in her young career, but this multi ...
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GLP's impression X4 XL Makes UK Debut with The Naked And Famous
When New Zealand band The Naked and Famous was set to play their first major UK headline showcase at Shepherds Bush Empire, Stage Techniques' Liam Griffiths -- their lighting designer for the past three years -- wanted to lay on a ...
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ISI Supports Sammy Hagar With Martin Audio W8LC System
St. Louis, Missouri-based Ironman Sound Industries recently supported a sold-out Sammy Hagar concert in the Maryland Heights Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre with a Martin Audio W8LC speaker system. ...
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Frequency Coordination Group: The Show Must Go On
The world's appetite for wireless is insatiable. Between microphones, in-ear systems, and intercoms, channel counts in the dozens are commonplace, with that number routinely going into the hundreds for large productions and installations. ...
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RapcoHorizon Joins the Soundtrack of Summer Tour with Foreigner, Styx, and Don Felder
RapcoHorizon, an RHC Holdings brand and manufacturer of audio/video interfacing and cable equipment, has once again hit the road for another legendary tour. Custom runs of the company's RoadHog and SilverHog touring cables ...
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Metropolitan Opera Strikes Deal with Two Unions: Lock Out Called Off
The New York Times is reporting that the Metropolitan Opera has reached a tentative deal with both the American Federation of Musicians and AGMA, which represents singers and choristers. As a result, the lock ...
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Administration Fee Waived for Organizations Offering ETCP Electrical Paper and Pencil Exams
In order to keep the ETCP (Entertainment Technician Certification Program) examinations fresh and current, the subject matter experts have written new questions for the Entertainment Electrician examination. ETCP is set to launch ...
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Barbizon Names New Sales Manager for Barbizon Florida Offices
The Barbizon Lighting Company announces Jaison O'Connor as its new sales manager to lead the company's Florida products and expendables sales operations which includes the Miramar and Orlando offices. ...
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PR Lighting Adds New LED Studio to Large Application Portfolio
Following the recently launched LED Studio 3205D for large-scale applications, PR Lighting has announced that the new LED Studio 3203T/3203D fixtures -- the latest additions to this product portfolio -- are now ready for shipment. ...
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Auerbach Pollock Friedlander Wins TEA Award for Michael Jackson ONE
The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) has awarded Auerbach Pollock Friedlander and the design team for the Michael Jackson ONE Cirque du Soleil Theatre, a 2014 TEA Award for Outstanding Achievement. The TEA Awards ...
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Everything for Everyman Theatre with GDS
It would be practically impossible to overstate the importance of the Everyman Theatre to the city of Liverpool. To list the names of those whose careers are synonymous with it, would be to compile a who's who of artistic giants, their ...
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Robe for New Live Music Venue in Zwolle
Hedon, a well-known live music venue in Zwolle, the Netherlands, has recently had a full Robe moving light rig installed into its brand new building which features an 850-capacity main hall plus an equality active small room that ...
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Philips Vari-Lite VL3500 Wash FX Luminaires Are a Direct Hit for One Direction
One Direction embarked on their worldwide Where We Are tour this spring, performing in some of the biggest stadiums around the globe to millions of screaming fans. For shows of this size and scope, go-to lighting designer for the ...
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Cardinal O'Hara Gets New Stadium Sound System from Community
Cardinal O'Hara, a Catholic High School in Springfield, Pennsylvania, is known for the excellence of its sports, music, and academic programs. As the only Philadelphia Catholic League school with a home football stadium on school premises, ...
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Historic Beacon Theatre Purchases Lighting Package from 4Wall New York
The historic Beacon Theatre recently upgraded its lighting with a package of brand new products from 4Wall New York. Long renowned for its audio experience, the theatre chose Martin MAC Auras, Philips Showline SL Bar ...
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Foreigner Uses Bose L1 Systems for Intimate Meet-and-Greet Performances
Legendary rock band Foreigner has been thrilling audiences with its well-crafted songs and pitch-perfect live shows since the band's formation in 1976, and the group continues to roll from town to town with an impressive set of hits ...
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Theatre in Review: Poor Behavior (Primary Stages/The Duke on 42nd Street)
Poor Behavior begins with a furious argument in progress, the kind of full-throated, lung-bursting, take-no-prisoners battle that makes you wonder what playwright Theresa Rebeck can possibly do for an encore. Fasten ...
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Chauvet Professional Introduces COLORado 2-Quad Zoom IP -- IP66-Rated RGBW Wash with Zoom
Indoors or outdoors, rain or shine, the COLORado 2-Quad Zoom IP from Chauvet Professional will reliably light up stages and performers with intense, ultra-vibrant RGBW colors. Containing 14 15W quad-color (red, green, blue, white) ...
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Rock Lititz Studio, Coproduction Between Tait and Clair Global, to Open on September 20
Even as invitations to the opening were being sent to members of the industry, the website Pennlive.com has reported that Tait and Clair Global have collaborated on Rock Lititz Studio, billed as the largest concert ...
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Drape Kings Washington DC Business Development Manager Named ISES DC President
Drape Kings Washington DC business development manager Meredith Greene was named president of the Greater Washington DC Chapter of the International Special Events Society (ISES) for the 2014-2015 year. ISES, as ...
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PNTA Joins Yamaha Dealer Network
PNTA opened its doors in 1975 as a local Seattle, Washington-area supplier of theatrical equipment and consumables. Since that time, PNTA has expanded staff and capabilities to provide a wealth of services for customers nationally. ...
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Barco to Participate in Almo Professional A/V's E4 Philadelphia Expo August 15
Barco, a provider of visualization and collaboration solutions, has teamed with Almo Professional A/V for the E4 Philadelphia Expo, which takes place on August 15 at the Valley Forge Casino & Resort at the Radisson in ...
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Lady Antebellum Goes to Town on K1
Take Me Downtown is Lady Antebellum's third headlining tour, taking the Grammy award-winning trio across North America and into a wide range of venues, including casinos, civic centers, and amphitheaters, both indoors and outside. ...
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Phonophobia Adds Harman's Soundcraft Vi3000 Digital Console to Expanding Hire Fleet
After recently investing heavily in Harman's Soundcraft Vi platform, Mark Chant's Kent, UK-based Phonophobia has now added a next-generation Soundcraft Vi3000 digital console to its inventory. The console was sold ...
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Avolites and Avolites Media Out in Force at Glastonbury 2014
Avolites and Avolites Media continued their strong association with Glastonbury Festival with equipment and team out in force to support friends and colleagues alike. This year's festival was an eclectic and awe-inspiring ...
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Bright Norway AS Deploys Largest Meyer Sound LYON System to Date
The largest Meyer Sound LYON linear sound reinforcement system ever assembled was heard this summer at Telenor Arena in Oslo, Norway. Provided by Bright Norway AS, the 360-degree system entertained 8,500 employees of ...
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Showline SL NITRO 510 Strobes Frame Glastonbury's Pyramid Stage in Light
Production technician Andy "Fraggle" Porter ensured the famous Pyramid Stage at this year's Glastonbury was a dazzling display of bright and frenzied strobe effects by rigging 33 Showline SL NITRO 510 luminaires in an arch ...
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Solid State Logic Live at Edinburgh Castle
This summer's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow were preceded by Live at Edinburgh Castle, a two-and-one-half-hour multi-act concert, televised live on the BBC from this unique location that dominates the Edinburgh skyline. The line-up for the ...
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Robe Premiere Launch Announcement Planned
With the industry chatting about the upcoming worldwide Robe Premiere taking place on September 2 - the company says it is a global live broadcast to "launch something special."
Robe reports an unprecedented interest in ...
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Atlantic City's Revel Casino to Close
It's official: The Revel Casino in Atlantic City. The New York Times is reporting that the casino, "the newest and largest in town," will shut down in September, putting more than 3,000 people out of work. September 10 is the ...
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JHE Launches Corporate Event Production Division with Acquisition of Charlotte-Based Total Event Production
JHE Production Group (JHE), an award-winning event experience company, has launched a corporate event production division following its acquisition of Charlotte, North Carolina-based Total Event Production. ...
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BenQ Simplifies Installations with Two New High Brightness Professional Projectors
BenQ America Corp., an international provider of visual display solutions, introduces the newest additions to its high-brightness, Colorific professional projector lineup: the SH963 and TH963. Boasting 6,000 lumens of dual lamp ...
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Harman Strengthens Leadership, Marketing, and Customer Support for Microphones and Headphones
Capitalizing on strong growth for JBL Professional in the global retail and live audio markets and seeking to support similar development for its AKG brand, Harman Professional announces an investment in marketing and ...
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Marlyn Productions, Inc. Adds to the Company
Peekskill, New York-based Marlyn Productions, Inc. announces Patty Bartlett has joined the company as accountant and office manager.
Prior to joining Marlyn, Bartlett was accounting manager with TimeLink where she managed ...
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SSL to Host Free Live Console Training at UK Headquarters
Solid State Logic, a provider of tools for creative audio professionals, announces its "Live Console Operator Training Days." Aimed at serving as an introduction to the SSL Live console, these free one-day courses will include hands ...
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With Meyer Sound LEO, DBLUX S.A.C. in Peru Reaches Elite Concert Supplier Status
2014 has been a landmark year for Lima, Peru-based DBLUX S.A.C. With a Meyer Sound LEO linear large-scale sound reinforcement system, founders Andres Cuadros and Guillermo Riera have grown the company into a rental ...
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Clay Paky on Stage at LiveKom014
Vasco, an Italian singer-songwriter, was back this summer, 2014, with seven sell-out concerts at stadiums. The tour consisted of three dates at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome and four at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milan. Vasco became the ...
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PRG and PRG Nocturne Soar on the History of the Eagles Tour
The Eagles brought their History of the Eagles tour to London's O2 Arena in June in a worthy celebration of a lifetime of work. Performing classics and songs from their top-selling documentary, the concert is an exploration of one ...
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Elite Multimedia Productions Collaborates with K-LOVE on Second Annual Fan Awards in Music City
May 30 through June 1, K-LOVE and Elite Multimedia Productions (EMP) turned the Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House and other areas of Opryland Resort into one large production in celebration of Christian music and its fans. ...
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Avolites Gets Shaggy on Summerland Tour
Four bands synonymous with 1990s alternative rock -- Everclear, Soul Asylum, Eve 6, and Spacehog -- hit the road this summer on a tour dubbed Summerland with some of the most memorable throwback tunes of the decade including "Father ...
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Cher Tour Dressed To The Nines With DiGiCo SD7s
Cher recently completed the first North American leg of her Dressed to Kill (D2K) tour, which is scheduled to resume in Albany, New York in mid-September and run through early November, encompassing a grand total of 74 shows. The ...
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LMG Show Technology Supports 2014 Discovery Upfront
LMG, a national provider of full service technology solutions, recently provided video, audio, LED, and lighting support for the 2014 Discovery Upfront in the Jazz at Lincoln Center's Rose Theater in New York City. Working for ...
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Key Sessions Added to PLASA Rigging Conference 2014
Two important sessions have been announced for this year's PLASA Rigging Conference, adding further weight to the event's standing within the rigging community. The new one-day format will host a discussion from Michael Anderson
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New Deadline Set for Metropolitan Opera Lockout: Negotiations Start up Again
In the latest development of the ongoing labor crisis at the Metropolitan Opera, general manager Peter Gelb has set a new deadline for its lockout of unionized workers: August 17.
Gelb is negotiating with 15 separate unions ...
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Meyer Sound Strengthens Constellation Team with Mac Johnson and Melody Parker
To build on the growing demand for Constellation acoustic systems, Meyer Sound has bolstered its team with the appointment of Mac Johnson to Constellation program manager and Melody Parker to associate acoustic ...
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Holland's Newest Rising Star Vocalist Chooses Lectrosonics
Singer Barbara Straathof is enjoying unexpected success after her exposure in season three of the TV show The Voice Of Holland. It was the third season of the Dutch reality singing competition, created by media tycoon John de ...
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ELC Buddies Head to the Tomorrowland Dance Festival
Tomorrowland is a renowned electronic music festival held in Belgium and this year's event, which took place in the town of Boom, marked its tenth anniversary. Now recognized as one of the most notable global music festivals, Tomorrowland ...
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Clay Paky "Colors" the Marble Quarries of Val d'Ossola for the Tones on The Stones Festival
Spectacular environments, exclusive productions, and international artists: these are the elements that make the Tones on the Stones Festival an unparalleled project, unlike any other in the world. The festival's goal and challenge is to ...
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ETC Source Four LED Jazzes Up CROSSINGS 2014 at NAFA
To light a show within budget and with a limited fixture inventory has always been one of the lighting designer's most common challenges. But when lighting designer Jonathan Sin knew he could use eight Source Four LED Lustr+ ...
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XL Video Sets the Scene for Pointless
XL Video supplied video solutions for studio recordings of Series 12 and 13 of the popular Endemol UK/Remarkable Television show, Pointless.
The familiar Pointless set includes several video elements that are key to the ...
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Robe Has the Power at the Energiehuis Dordrecht
It's been nearly a year since over 80 Robe lighting fixtures were supplied and installed at the charismatic Energiehuis, a former power station at the confluence of the Wantij and Beneden Merwede Rivers on the outskirts of Dordrecht ...
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Theatre in Review: Revolution in the Elbow of Ragnar Agnarsson Furniture Painter (Minetta Lane Theatre)
Well, it's August: How else to explain the presence of Revolution in the Elbow of Ragnar Agnarsson Furniture Painter? As I've noted before, it's during August that a kind of cloud of unknowing often descends on producers, ...
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LiNK Opens to Theatre Students Seeking Grad School Interviews, November 14 - 15
Online registration is open for LiNK, the new grad school interview weekend for aspiring theatre students presented by USITT and SETC November 14 - 15 at the Atlanta Airport Hilton Hotel. ...
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d3 Designer Now Available Through d3 Web Shop
d3 Technologies has opened up a web shop through which d3 USB keys and software licenses can be purchased directly. d3 Designer is used by designers, project managers, and technicians to collaboratively design, build, simulate, and ...
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LEPAA Announces Diamond Schmitt as Design Architect, Development Team Now Complete
The final piece in the development team was announced when Lubbock Entertainment / Performing Arts Association (LEPAA) introduced Diamond Schmitt Architects as the design architect for The Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and ...
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Masque Sound Gives Back to the Community with Donation to Industry Charity, Road Recovery
Masque Sound, a theatrical sound reinforcement, installation, and design company, recently presented a charitable contribution to ROAD RECOVERY, a non-profit organization devoted to helping today's youth overcome addiction and other ...
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Anne Minors Wins 2014 First Women Award for The Built Environment
From a long list of hundreds to a shortlist of five, including women at the top of their game in architecture, planning, construction, and contracting, Anne Minors was awarded the 2014 First Women Award for The Built Environment
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Markus Dehmer Joins Meyer Sound Germany as Sales Manager, Install
Meyer Sound Germany has appointed industry veteran Markus Dehmer to sales manager, install. Tasked with supporting theatre and studio customers throughout Germany, Dehmer joins a sales team that also includes Florian ...
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Audio-Technica Sponsors Pensado's Place
Audio-Technica, a manufacturer of transducer technology for over 50 years, recently announced that they have become a title sponsor for Pensado's Place, the acclaimed hour-long weekly educational web series that celebrates ...
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"David Bowie Is" Makes Its US Debut in September at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art
On September 23rd, the "David Bowie Is" exhibition makes its US debut at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA). The exhibition, meticulously curated by the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum in London, explores the incredibly diverse ...
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Wedding and Event DJs Feature Elation Gear
With so much competition to contend with, wedding and event DJs are finding it increasingly important to set themselves apart by providing that something extra to make an occasion especially memorable. Many DJ's and event companies are ...
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Clay Paky Shotlight Washes Rock at Back-to-Back Outdoor Concerts
Clay Paky Shotlight Wash fixtures took to the stage for two back-to-back concerts in May: the MMR*B*Q, the annual show from Philadelphia rock radio station 93.3 WMMR where Rob Zombie headlined, and the WRFF-FM Seventh Birthday Show ...
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A Collaboration on Stage with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and d&b audiotechnik
"At the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, we have always considered sound a key element in the performance itself," shares audio engineer Russell Cowans. Joining the company in 2011, Cowans quickly learned that almost every ...
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Mack Truck Uses 4Wall Gear for Launch of New Logo
Mack Truck called upon 4Wall Las Vegas to provide gear for a launch event celebrating a new logo for the company. Production company Dauntless CreativeGlenn Wade and his team, which ...
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Kinesys Opens New USA Operation and Headquarters
UK motion control specialist Kinesys is opening a new operation -- Kinesys USA Inc. headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and headed up by industry veteran David Martin.
The company says Kinesys and its products have ...
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Four New Technical Standards Program Projects Announced
The PLASA Technical Standards Program announces four new projects.
BSR E1.37-4 File Transfer Control to Provide Firmware Upload Capabilities -- The proposal sets out the minimum requirements for controllers and responders ...
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ROE Visual Launch Black OnyX P3.47 HD LED Display
ROE Visual Co., Ltd., a manufacture in creative LED display industry, has launched Black OnyX P3.47 HD LED display.
The Black OnyX is ROE Visual's new high-performance indoor HD LED display incorporating professional industrial ...
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Belushi's Comedy Club Installs PreSonus StudioLive AI Series System
In a career that spans three decades, actor Jim Belushi has appeared in countless movies and television shows, including his hit ABC comedy According to Jim. What many fans may not know is that he has achieved success in ...
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Classic Art Deco Theater is Reborn with Renkus-Heinz
On December 30, 1933, more than 2,000 people attended the Suffolk Theater's grand opening. Local media declared it "The Radio City Music Hall of Long Island." The last remaining movie house built by architect R. Thomas Short, and the last ...
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Elation Lighting in Action at Phoenix Comicon
Superhero and comic book lovers of all sorts met June 5 - 8 at Phoenix Comicon, a comic book and multigenre entertainment convention held annually in Phoenix, Arizona. Event production company Endless Entertainment used a bevy of ...
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LEDWash 300s Color Piccolo Spoleto Festival
Production Design Associates (PDA) lit up the Piccolo Spoleto Festival's kick-off event in Charleston, South Carolina, with Robe's Robin 300 LEDWash fixtures.
The Sunset Serenade, held annually on the steps of the United ...
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Delicate Teams with Martin Audio MLA for Latin Radio Concert
Delicate Productions recently provided a Martin Audio MLA system for the Reventon Super Estrella 2014 concert at the Staples Arena in Los Angeles.
Put on by Los Angeles' leading Latin FM radio station La Super Estrella 107 ...
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Thalia Hall Reawakens Its Musical Heritage with Chauvet Professional
To the college students and young urbanites who flock to it every weekend, Thalia Hall is one of the buzziest spots in Chicago, a place to kick back, down a local beer with friends, dine on some tasty food, and enjoy national acts like ...
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GLP impression X4 Boosts German National Team's Triumphant Celebration in Berlin
After winning the thrilling FIFA World Cup Final in Rio de Janeiro and the subsequent flight home in the "siegerflieger" (the victors' plane), nearly one million fans of the German national soccer team gave them a memorable reception at ...
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Masque Sound Returns to the Berkshire Mountains to Celebrate 60th Season of the Williamstown Theatre Festival
When the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts recently came alive for the 60th season of the Williamstown Theatre Festival, Masque Sound, a theatrical sound reinforcement, installation, and design company, returned to ...
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Bose RoomMatch System Installed at First Wayne Street United Methodist Church in Fort Wayne, Indiana
The First Wayne Street United Methodist Church in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, has a very traditional building with a very common problem: Terrazzo floors, brick walls, and drywall ceiling add up to a long reverb time and challenging speech ...
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Symetrix Jumps into Space-Age Sound and Control at Manhattan's Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum
Space Shuttle Enterprise was the first reusable spacecraft ever built in the United States, and the extensive prototyping and experiments that it underwent led directly to the construction of space shuttle Columbia and the rest of NASA's ...
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Bandit Illuminates Electric Forest Festival
In a scene ripped straight from a fairytale or science fiction novel, 30,000 music fans found themselves streaming through Sherwood Forest while psychedelic lights guided their way to the Electric Forest Festival, only to have their ...
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Clay Paky Joins OSRAM for a Secure Future
Clay Paky, the Italian manufacturer of show and entertainment lighting, is getting ready for a new phase in its history. Pasquale Quadri, founder and current president, has signed an agreement for the acquisition of the ...
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Rigging System Inspection Standard in Public Review
BSR E1.47 - 201x, Recommended Guidelines for Entertainment Rigging System Inspections, offers guidance on inspecting entertainment rigging systems, which are systems used to lift and support scenery, luminaires, and other equipment ...
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ILC Raises Money for Behind the Scenes
On July 15th, Intelligent Lighting Creations (ILC) brought together over 80 customers, vendors, and other industry professionals to support Behind the Scenes at their third annual charity golf outing. Guests participated in a ...
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The Knight of Illumination Awards 2014: An Invitation to Lighting and Video Professionals
Looking forward to the seventh Knight of Illumination Awards (KOI), this year to be held at East London's Troxy on October 5, KOI reports a strong level of nominations in both the Concert Touring and Events and the Television ...
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The Technical Theatre Awards 2014 Announce PLASA London Ceremony
The Technical Theatre Awards, which celebrate the outstanding achievements of people working behind the scenes, has announced that this year's awards ceremony will take place on Tuesday, October 7, at 5pm on The Theatres Trust Stage ...
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WYSIWYG Lighting Design Video Challenge 2014
"Be Smart, Be Creative." Lighting designers can enter their own unique Imagination into the WYSIWYG Lighting Design Video Challenge by CAST Software -- a challenge open to all current WYSIWYG R33 users and members and to those who ...
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Flex Rental Solutions Announces Release of Flex 4.9.0 and Upcoming Release of New iOS App
Flex Rental Solutions announces the release of Flex 4.9.0. This release includes multiple new features and enhancements, including recurring billing, warehouse bins functionality, a new virtually scan all in feature, the ability to ...
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Focusrite Names Kurt Howell RedNet Eastern Regional Manager
Focusrite announces the appointment of industry veteran Kurt Howell to the position of RedNet eastern regional manager. The announcement further emphasizes the growth and expansion of RedNet in the US. RedNet is Focusrite's ...
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Sensaphonics Gold Circle Grows Again
Sensaphonics, a provider of personal monitoring and hearing health, has added two more audiologists to its unique Gold Circle listing. The Sensaphonics Gold Circle is a group of audiologists who have been specifically trained to ...
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Paul Hatt Takes Harman's Soundcraft Vi4 Console on the Road with Paolo Nutini
Heralded as "one of the top voices in modern soul," Scottish singer/songwriter/musician Paolo Nutini has quickly hit the big time since his 2006 debut album These Streets reached five-times platinum in the UK. His 2010 follow-up S ...
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Vari-Lite is the Backbone for Journey and Steve Miller Band Tour
When two of music's most iconic bands prepared to embark on their 38-city North American co-headlining tour, the design teams behind Journey and Steve Miller Band had to find the best way to support the unique style of each group. With the ...
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Meyer Sound MINA Balances Strength and Flexibility on Wanderlust Yoga Tour
In choosing its touring sound reinforcement system, the Wanderlust Yoga Festival had very specific requirements: to provide both pristine vocal clarity for yoga instruction in the daytime and high-impact musical reinforcement for evening ...
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Robe Is at the Essence
One hundred and forty Robe Pointes were at the core of the production lighting design for the 2014 Essence Festival in New Orleans, which was created by Matt Foucheux of Solomon Group, production designers and ...
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PLASA Events Announces the Cancellation of Focus: Austin in September and Return to Orlando in February 2015
PLASA Events announces it has made the difficult decision to cancel PLASA Focus: Austin, which was due to take place September 9 - 10, 2014. Despite previous success in this location there has been insufficient support for a ...
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Behind the Scenes Reaches Half a Million in Grants Awarded
Behind the Scenes reached an important milestone last week as it crossed the half million dollar mark in funds awarded since it began issuing grants to entertainment technology professionals in need due to serious illness or injury.< ...
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SSE Audio Group Adds Harman Soundcraft Vi3000 to Extensive Inventory
Harman Professional announces that SSE Audio Group has been appointed a Soundcraft Vi select dealer, and immediately purchased one of the first Soundcraft Vi3000 digital consoles off the production line, sold through ...
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Brilliant Stages Delivers Skate Park for One Direction Where We Are Stadium Tour
One Direction recently kicked off their latest stadium tour, Where We Are, to celebrate their third album, Midnight Memories. Working with designers Ray Winkler and Ric Lipson of Stufish, Brilliant ...
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CADAC's (Hot) Dog Day Afternoon
A hotdog eating contest might not sound like much of a sound production challenge, but when one of the 4th of July's more unusual celebration events attracts over 30,000 people to a three hour show, featuring an MC, rock band, loads of ...
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Clay Paky Sharpys Beam Perfect Angles at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
Lighting designer Edu Valverde and Madrid, Spain-based AV group Geometrica Studio have created an urban-inspired lighting design using the beams of the Clay Paky Sharpy for a show celebrating Spanish jewelry brand ...
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New GLP impression X4 XL Adds Sting to Scorpions' Lighting Set
Rainer Becker, long-serving lighting designer for legendary German rock band, the Scorpions, has frequently turned to GLP's evolving impression family of LED heads when designing his touring sets; but he has now gone a step ...
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Seattle's EMP Museum Partners with Sennheiser to Deliver Extraordinary Audio Experience
Seattle's EMP Museum, housed in a spectacular 140,000sq.-ft. building designed by preeminent architect Frank O. Gehry, is home to some of the most innovative popular culture exhibits in the world, featuring everything from fantasy, horror, ...
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Nexus Pixel Mapping Creates "Aura of Stardom" on A Voz de Portugal
Among the things that have made The Voice such a runaway international hit is that every country seems to find its own unique way of enhancing the show, adding a local feeling to what has become a global phenomenon. This is very ...
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Elation's Huge Presence at 2014 Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas
A virtual plethora of Elation Professional lighting and video gear was used this year to light up Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) in Las Vegas, North America's largest dance music festival. Produced by Insomniac Events and held ...
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Nemetschek Vectorworks Honors America's Veterans, Wins Community Stewardship Award
For the fifth year in a row, Nemetschek Vectorworks employees and their families gathered at Virginia's Arlington National Cemetery to participate in PLANET's annual Renewal and Remembrance beautification project on July 28. ...
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PSNI PVPs and Affiliates Gather in Chicago for Most-Attended PVP Champions Summit
Professional Systems Network International (PSNI) just wrapped the fifth annual Preferred Vendor Partner (PVP) Champions Summit at the Renaissance Chicago O'Hare Suites Hotel July 7 - 9, 2014. This year's event was attended ...
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Theatre in Review: Phoenix (Cherry Lane Theatre)
Apparently abortion is the newest meet-cute premise in romantic comedies. Only a few weeks ago, people were talking about the film Obvious Child, in which the heroine tries to sort out her love life while planning the termination of ...
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Chauvet Professional Adds WELL FLEX Battery-Powered Wireless-DMX RGBW Wash with Zoom for Uplighting Events
Chauvet Professional brings flexibility to battery-powered uplighting for special events with the introduction of the WELL FLEX RGBW wash fixture. The newest member of Chauvet Professional's "unplugged" WELL Series, the WELL FLEX ...
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Point Source Audio SERIES8 Microphones Endorsed by Lou Mannarino
Point Source Audio (PSA), a manufacturer of miniature microphones, announces that its SERIES8 miniature microphones have been selected by famed musician, audio engineer, and conductor Lou Mannarino for use in high-profile ...
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Allen & Heath Adds Xone:K1 to DJ Range
Allen & Heath introduces the Xone:K1 to extend the MIDI controller range of its elite Xone DJ line, joining the successful Xone:K2 controller. The K1 has a flexible layout allowing users to define and customize an individual ...
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Biamp Systems Offers AV Training Sessions Ahead of InfoComm Mexico 2014
Biamp Systems, a provider of innovative, networked media systems, will continue its partnership with InfoComm International by offering a third training session just prior to TecnoMultimedia InfoComm Mexico 2014. In an ...
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BenQ's New Versatile MW665 Projector Now Shipping
BenQ America Corp., an international provider of visual display solutions and the No. 1-selling DLP projector brand in The America's (based upon second quarter 2014 quarterly projector shipment and forecast report from PMA Research) ...
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Cache Creek Casino Resort's Club 88 Upgrades Lighting System with Support from PRG
Cache Creek Casino Resort, (CCCR), located in Brooks, California, recently completed upgrading the lighting system in its popular entertainment hub, Club 88. Along with extensive audio and video production upgrades, the 700-seat ...
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Thirteenth Bonnaroo in the Books with Bandit Lites
Another weekend on "The Farm" has come to a close, and while others may be envisioning a scene from Green Acres, for 90,000 Bonnaroo attendees, The Farm is home to one of the most epic musical events of the summer. Bandit Lites once ...
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Robe in Fast Lane with Top Gear Live European Tour
Top Gear Live (TGL) -- the show that presents all the adrenaline, excitement, humor, serious motoring stunts, and moments of the top TV show in a breath-taking arena extravaganza -- has just completed a whistle-stop European tour ...
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W-DMX Stars on Channel 13 Television in Chile
W-DMX by Wireless Solution Sweden is heating up the airwaves in Chile on Channel 13, one of the most prestigious television stations in the country. W-DMX distributor Iluminacion Profesional VALOOK SA. based in Santiago, ...
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Elation LED Lighting for KVLA Television in Los Angeles
KVLA Television in Huntington Beach, California, a unique TV station that broadcasts to the large Vietnamese speaking community in Southern California, has recently added two new studios and is using LED strip lighting from Elation ...
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EAW Anya Star of Milwaukee Summerfest
Milwaukee's Summerfest, touted as the world's largest music festival, recently took place at the 75-acre (30-hectare) Henry Maier Festival Park along the lakefront of Lake Michigan.
The 11-day festival boasts 11 stages, more than 800 ...
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Danley Loudspeakers Deliver Audio Horsepower at Churchill Downs
Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky held the very first Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks horse races in 1875, the year it opened. The track acquired its now-iconic twin-spires grandstand in 1895 and subsequently added to it on either ...
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Theatre in Review: The Opponent (A Red Orchid Theatre/59E59)
Do most plays about boxing suffer from an underpowered first act, followed by a knockout finale? I admit I'm working from a tiny sample here, but in my admittedly limited experience, the answer, two out of three times, is yes. Aside from ...
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AVA Represents Avolites
Group One Ltd., the US distributor for Avolites, reports that Audio Video Associates (AVA), Inc. has been named its newest independent manufacturers rep firm. The announcement comes from Group One's Brad White, ...
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MAXON Unveils Robust Cinema 4D Release 16 (R16)
MAXON today unveiled Cinema 4D release 16 (R16), the next generation release of the company's 3D motion graphics, visual effects, visualization, painting, and rendering software application. In addition to countless workflow ...
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Biamp Systems Welcomes New Area Manager
Biamp Systems, a provider of networked media systems, announces the appointment of Joshua Peterson as an area manager in North America. Based in Minneapolis, Peterson will be responsible for leading and accelerating the ...
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Transformative Engineering Debuts HLE-1 Lite HDMI Extender
Transformative Engineering has responded to dealer requests for a simplified and less expensive version of their flagship HDMI extender. The result is the new HLE-1 Lite HDMI Extender, which utilizes the latest version of HDBaseT ...
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Tele-Ponto Supports Brazil's Big Year with Optocore
If one country has been defined by the celebration of 2014 then it has been Brazil. Already famous for its carnivals, this summer it exploded into life by hosting the FIFA World Cup.
With the potential requirement for sophisticated ...
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San Antonio's Tobin Center for the Performing Arts Chooses grandMA2 Consoles and Clay Paky Lighting
San Antonio, Texas' new Tobin Center for the Performing Arts will open in September with a complement of grandMA2 consoles and six Clay Paky Alpha Spot QWO 800 fixtures dedicated to both the H-E-B Performance Hall and the ...
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Crutchfield Designs Loud and Bulletproof Sound System for Trinity Irish Pub with JBL Loudspeakers
As a popular dance club near the campus of the University of Virginia, Trinity Irish Pub garnered a great amount of attention when word spread of its upgraded sound reinforcement system, featuring Harman's JBL Professional ...
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Slamhammer and Martin Audio Step up at All-Star Game Concert
The Target All-Star Concert was held at the TCF Bank Stadium on the University of Minnesota campus a few days before the 2014 Major League Baseball All-Star game.
Slamhammer Productions provided audio, staging, and video for the ...
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Bose L1 Model II Portable Line Array System Used for "Live from The River Music Hall"
"Live from The River Music Hall" has been the on-air live-music feature for greater Boston's WXRV 92.5 FM The River for nearly 20 years. Starting in 1995, the broadcaster has been among the Boston area's leading independent FM music ...
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Rebelution Freewheels with Chauvet Professional on Count Me In Tour
Rebelution has been reinvigorating reggae with an irresistible sun-splashed playful sound that's been acclaimed as being "easy on the ears." Its highly anticipated Count Me In tour is offering something else too: A light show that's ...
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Montreal Jazz Festival Front Loaded With Yamaha Consoles
From June 26 - July 5 at venues across Montreal, the annual Montreal Jazz Festival featured a boat load of musical guests from Earth, Wind & Fire, B.B. King, Tony Bennett, and Diana Krall, to Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, Terence Blanchard, ...
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Clear-Com and Tadco Collaborate to Provide Reliable and Robust Comms Equipment
Clear-Com announces that Tadco, the South African audio distribution company, will offer the entire range of Clear-Com communications systems to the house of worship, live entertainment, and AV sectors in the sub-Saharan ...
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Theatre in Review: King Lear (New York Shakespeare Festival/Delacorte Theater)
You can say many things about Daniel Sullivan's staging of King Lear, but you can't say that it lacks a sense of purpose. Everyone involved clearly knows what to do, and goes about their business with brisk ...
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Both Sides in Metropolitan Opera Dispute Agree to Independent Financial Analysis
The threatened lockout at the Metropolitan Opera got a reprieve over the weekend, when the Met and two of the unions it is negotiating with agreed to keep working while an independent analyst examined the company's finances, The ...
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Long Reach Long Riders Complete 11th Annual Charity Motorcycle Ride
The Long Reach Long Riders (LRLR) are pleased to announce the successful completion of their 11th annual charity motorcycle ride. The ride, which benefits Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and the PLASA Foundation's Behind ...
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Robe Appoints Lighting & Sound Distribution Exclusive Distributor for Singapore
Moving light manufacturer Robe Lighting s.r.o. announces Lighting & Sound Distribution (LSD) as its exclusive distributor in Singapore as of August 1, 2014.
This is part of Robe's medium-term expansion strategy in the ...
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PreSonus Helps Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N. Come Alive
After nearly half a century, more than 700 comics, and a dozen motion pictures, fan fascination with Marvel's The Avengers franchise shows no sign of slowing down. The newest iteration, Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N. (Scientific Training And ...
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Seattle's Iconic Comet Tavern is Reborn with Mackie DLM Series Sound
Since 1935, the Comet Tavern has been a fixture of Seattle's storied Pike/Pine corridor. The well-worn wood bar of this venerable Capitol Hill pub has bent the elbows of generations of locals and visitors, and its stage has played host to ...
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Diggerland Offers Great Fun with Great Sound Provided by Community
Diggerland is a unique construction-themed adventure park with four locations in the UK and a new "Diggerland USA" park in West Berlin, New Jersey which opened in June, 2014. Visitors can ride on and operate construction machinery, play ...
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Elation Lighting Upgrade for Busy South Point Casino Showroom
One of the most successful off-the-Strip venues in Las Vegas, South Point Hotel and Casino is captivating guests at its ultra-busy Showroom and is doing it with an economical dynamic lighting package from Elation Professional that ...
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Harman's AKG WMS4500 Wireless Microphone System Delivers True Sounds to Danny Janklow's Sound Barrier
Dubbed the "Charlie Parker of the 21st Century" by Terell Stafford, Danny Janklow recently completed a multi-faceted project that represents the modernization of tap dancing and jazz music. While using Harman's AKG WMS4500 ...
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Clay Paky Hits the High Notes in TV's Keep Your Light Shining
An impressive array of Clay Paky luminaires recently took center stage, or rather nine stages, on the unique new interactive talent show, Keep Your Light Shining, which claims, "You should never hide your talent in the dark." ...
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Denver's Arvada Center for the Arts Receives VUE al-8 Upgrade
Space Recording Live Sound has been the exclusive audio provider for Denver's Swallow Hill Music for more than 15 years. This year their collaboration has grown to include full production duties at Denver's popular Arvada Center for ...
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Chauvet Professional EPIX 2.0 Works Pixel Mapping Magic at Grosvenor House Event
Glamour is commonplace at Grosvenor House. The Beatles have stayed at this majestic hotel, so too have US presidents, Saudi princes, movie stars, and moguls. The hotel's Great Room, one of the largest ballrooms in Europe, has hosted so ...
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Lectrosonics Helps Bring the Hilbarn Theatre's Production of The Color Purple to Life
The Color Purple is an inspiring family saga that tells the unforgettable story of Celie, a downtrodden woman who -- through love -- finds the strength to triumph over adversity and find her unique voice in the world. The musical ...
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All Hands on Deck for Brilliant Stages as Robbie Williams Swings Both Ways
Brilliant Stages continues its long-standing relationship with top showman Robbie Williams and the ever-inventive Ray Winkler and Ric Lipson of Stufish by its collaboration on the design and fabrication of the ...
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DiGiCo, Allen & Heath, and Calrec Announce the Formation of a New ProAudio Group
The DiGiCo team has spent the last 18 months consulting with Electra Partners about the possible combination of both Allen & Heath and Calrec with the Digico family. The culmination of this brings together three ...
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ETC Purchases Vortek Rigging Division of Daktronics
ETC (Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.) and Daktronics have announced today that ETC has acquired the Vortek rigging division of Daktronics. All Vortek rigging products will be integrated into ETC's rigging portfolio and ...
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Clair Bros. Audio Systems, Inc. Creates Separate Manufacturing and AVL Integration Divisions
Clair Bros. Audio Systems, Inc. is announcing a new trade name and logo for its audio, video, and lighting (AVL) integration division. Effective immediately, the trade name Clair Solutions will serve as the company's sole ...
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Metropolitan Opera Extends Deadline; Agreements Made with Three Unions
It looks like Götterdämmerung has been averted, at least temporarily: The Metropolitan Opera has decided to continue negotiating with its unions for another 72 hours, delaying the lockout that seemed to be inevitable all week. ...
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TJ McCullough Joins Morpheus Lights as Director of Business Development
Morpheus Lights has hired industry veteran TJ McCullough as the company's new director of business development. In his new role, McCullough will be responsible for assisting in relationship development, developing market ...
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Production Resource Group Announces New Expanded Role for Stephan Paridaen
Production Resource Group LLC, a provider of entertainment and event technology solutions, announces that Jeremiah J. Harris, chairman and CEO, has promoted Stephan Paridaen to the role of president and chief operating ...
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Robe is a ParFect Solution for Španski Borci
The first 12 Robe ParFect 100 fixtures in Slovenia have been purchased by the Španski Borci Culture Centre in Ljubljana, a high-profile venue run by EN-KNAP Productions which is the largest privately managed facility for ...
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Energy-Efficient Elation LED Lighting for Parkview Baptist Church
Parkview Baptist Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is an active and growing church that reaches out to its local community through a number of activities and ministries. Throughout their mission, they maintain an eye on the future while ...
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XL Video on the Road with DesignScene and Volvo
Working with marketing agency Arnold KLP and creative production agency DesignScene, XL Video has supplied an LED video wall for the Volvo V40 promotional roadshow currently being shown in some of the UK's largest ...
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Bernard Lavilliers Performs Lit by Clay Paky Sharpys
Laurent Chapot, French rocker Bernard Lavilliers' long-standing and talented lighting designer, has come up with a creative, ingenious lighting design at the legendary Olympia in Paris. It is almost completely based on low ...
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Seattle University Upgrades Student Center AV with Community Loudspeakers
Founded in 1891, Seattle University is a Jesuit Catholic university and law school in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. More than 7,400 students are enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs within eight schools and colleges. ...
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pave Realizes Siemens Booth with coolux Pandoras Box Technology
The German event and corporate presentation specialists pave Gmbh realized the Siemens booth at the HMI 2014 trade fair using coolux Pandoras Box technology.
The Nuremberg-based pave GmbH created the impressive Siemens ...
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