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News Archive - August 2017

(8/30/2017)

-PLASA Show Releases Latest Additions to Seminar Program

PLASA Show Releases Latest Additions to Seminar Program

This year's PLASA Show seminar program both embraces the show's 40-year history and continues to provide valuable education across the most important and topical subjects in the industry today. This latest tranche of the PLASA Show's ...More

(8/30/2017)

-Philips Lighting Innovation Brings Vibrant Diversity to the National Theatre's River Stage

Philips Lighting Innovation Brings Vibrant Diversity to the National Theatre's River Stage

Philips Lighting, a global provider in lighting, announces that, for the second consecutive year, its entertainment lighting technology has been chosen for The National Theatre's outdoor River Stage season, building on its long ...More

(8/30/2017)

-The Sound of Success: AES New York 2017 Convention Student and Career Development Events

The Sound of Success: AES New York 2017 Convention Student and Career Development Events

The 143rd AES International Convention's Student and Career Development Events Track features numerous seminars, educational events, and networking opportunities aimed at aspiring audio professionals. "Our AES student members and younger ...More

(8/30/2017)

-Björn Hermann Brings DPWK Awards, "Der Goldene Funke," to Life with Help from GLP

Björn Hermann Brings DPWK Awards, "Der Goldene Funke," to Life with Help from GLP

The annual DPWK Deutscher Preis für Wirtschaftskommunikation (German Prize for Business Communication) gala awards presentation took place recently in the casual surroundings of Berlin's Columbiahalle rock venue (replacing the usual formal ...More

(8/30/2017)

-High-Tech Williston High School Finds Fulcrum Acoustic a Perfect Fit

High-Tech Williston High School Finds Fulcrum Acoustic a Perfect Fit

An oil boom spurred by technological advancements in petroleum development resulted in explosive growth for Williston, North Dakota. To accommodate a 60-percent surge in student enrollment between 2009 and 2016, the city's school district ...More

(8/30/2017)

-CBC Rocks KISS Legend's Restaurants with VUE

CBC Rocks KISS Legend's Restaurants with VUE

Founded by KISS legends Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, Rock & Brews restaurants serve up great food and craft beers in a setting reminiscent of a classic rock concert. Each location boasts a backstage environment showcasing iconic rock art ...More

(8/30/2017)

-CFDA Fashion Awards Take a New Creative Direction with Video Support from WorldStage

CFDA Fashion Awards Take a New Creative Direction with Video Support from WorldStage

The CFDA Fashion Awards, honoring the best and brightest in American design, drew the international fashion community to a gala ceremony in June at the Hammerstein Ballroom. WorldStage provided video support for the event, which was ...More

(8/30/2017)

-Symetrix Prism at the Heart of Bangkok's YG Republique

Symetrix Prism at the Heart of Bangkok's YG Republique

The latest addition to Bangkok's vibrant network of eateries and nightclubs, YG Republique offers visitors the opportunity to eat, drink, and dance in the heart of the city's nightlife district. Opened by Asian entertainment giant YG ...More

(8/30/2017)

-TVS Communication Solutions Selects Lightware and HRS Room Control and Signal Solutions for UAW-GM Center

TVS Communication Solutions Selects Lightware and HRS Room Control and Signal Solutions for UAW-GM Center

When the auditorium at Detroit's UAW-GM Center for Human Resources was earmarked for renovation, integrator TVS Communication Solutions (a division of Conference Technologies, Inc.) looked to Lightware USA and High ...More

(8/30/2017)

-vision tools Expands AV Stumpfl RAW Server Rental Fleet for the Second Time in 2017

vision tools Expands AV Stumpfl RAW Server Rental Fleet for the Second Time in 2017

vision tools, the Hamburg-based AV rental and distribution company, recently invested in additional AV Stumpfl RAW media servers for the second time in 2017.
With a total of ten RAW servers, vision tools has become ...
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(8/30/2017)

-Avolites Arena Takes Top Spot at River Stage Weekends

Avolites Arena Takes Top Spot at River Stage Weekends

The latest lighting console from British lighting and video control manufacturer Avolites is currently being used to control the versatile lighting rig on the National Theatre's River Stage Festival on London's South Bank. ...More

(8/30/2017)

-Impressive Gear Line Up at Montreal Jazz Festival

Impressive Gear Line Up at Montreal Jazz Festival

With large crowds of delighted fans and a passionate program, the 38th edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal presented by the TD Bank Group in collaboration with Rio Tinto had an impressive line up of audio production ...More

(8/29/2017)

-Houston Theatres React to Flooding

Houston Theatres React to Flooding

As Houston, Texas grapples with a historic flood, many of the city's performing arts venues have been endangered.
Houston Grand Opera (HGO) has issued the following statement:
"Our great city and region are continuing to suffer ...
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(8/29/2017)

-Community Launches the TT-1020 Emergency Notification Tunnel Loudspeaker

Community Launches the TT-1020 Emergency Notification Tunnel Loudspeaker

Community Professional loudspeakers is building on its long-standing reputation for reliable, high performing outdoor loudspeaker systems with the introduction of the TT-1020 Emergency Notification Tunnel Loudspeaker at the Integr ...More

(8/29/2017)

-See What All the Talk Is About at Elation PLASA Stand H40

See What All the Talk Is About at Elation PLASA Stand H40

The 2017 PLASA Show at Olympia in West London will give lighting professionals the opportunity to see for themselves what the latest buzz around some of Elation Professional's newest luminaires is all about. From September 17 ...More

(8/29/2017)

-Kristine Smith Joins The Activity as Executive Producer

Kristine Smith Joins The Activity as Executive Producer

To keep up with the rapid global growth of production and design services firm The Activity, president and principal production designer Patrick Dierson is partnering with Kristine Smith, a well-known executive ...More

(8/29/2017)

-James Madison University Connects with Attero Tech

James Madison University Connects with Attero Tech

Nestled among the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia's historic Shenandoah Valley, James Madison University is an innovative and forward-thinking institution that was named the 2017 number two top public school in the South by U.S. News & ...More

(8/29/2017)

-Trey Anastasio Rocks Out with Robe at Red Rocks

Trey Anastasio Rocks Out with Robe at Red Rocks

Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado is one of the most iconic concert venues in the world. Everyone loves playing at this unique setting with its special ambience ... and for a recent Trey Anastasio Band (TAB) gig, lighting designer Marc ...More

(8/29/2017)

-Meyer Sound Appoints GerrAudio as Exclusive Distributor for Canada

Meyer Sound Appoints GerrAudio as Exclusive Distributor for Canada

Meyer Sound announces that GerrAudio Distribution, Inc. will resume responsibility for design, technical support, sales, and servicing of Meyer Sound products throughout Canada. Established in 1977, GerrAudio is headquartered ...More

(8/29/2017)

-Painting with Light Supports Panasonic Roadshow

Painting with Light Supports Panasonic Roadshow

Painting with Light continues its active collaboration with entertainment tech giant Panasonic through the current European Media & Entertainment Roadshow initiative which is showcasing the brand's latest, high-powered ...More

(8/29/2017)

-ETC Knocks Out the Competition

ETC Knocks Out the Competition

The Mayweather vs. McGregor fight on August 26th was the latest, much-ballyhooed spectacle at Las Vegas' T-Mobile Arena. But while the packed house was focused on the fight in the arena, ETC was focused on the lights in the arena. ...More

(8/29/2017)

-CNK Engineering Provides Part 74 Licensing for Events and Venues Utilizing Wireless Microphones

CNK Engineering Provides Part 74 Licensing for Events and Venues Utilizing Wireless Microphones

Licensed operation of wireless microphones is becoming increasingly difficult in light of the FCC spectrum auction. Wireless microphones must now for compete in reduced available spectrum with wireless broadband companies, local television ...More

(8/29/2017)

-Rogue R1 FX-B Serves Up Multilayered Looks on Bonobo World Tour

Rogue R1 FX-B Serves Up Multilayered Looks on Bonobo World Tour

Combining various musical styles such as jazz, house, folk, and soul with African, Asian, and Middle Eastern influences, it's clear to see why Bonobo has been described by Electronic Beats magazine as one of the most prolific "genre ...More

(8/29/2017)

-Renkus-Heinz IC Live the Only Solution for Historic Fox Theater

Renkus-Heinz IC Live the Only Solution for Historic Fox Theater

Springfield's Park Central Square is steeped in history. Wild Bill Hickok's famous July 1865 gunfight with gambler Davis Tutt occurred on this square -- one of the few recorded instances in the Old West of a one-on-one pistol fast-draw ...More

(8/29/2017)

-TEKVOX Introduces TEK 1201-N Next Generation Presentation Switcher

TEKVOX Introduces TEK 1201-N Next Generation Presentation Switcher

TEKVOX announces the TEK 1201-N Next Generation Presentation Switcher for simplified AV and control in classrooms and small conference rooms and with collaboration tables.
Using the TekTouchPad or TCX9 TekController it's simple ...
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(8/28/2017)

-Steve Terry and Dennis Varian Move Into New Roles at ETC

Steve Terry and Dennis Varian Move Into New Roles at ETC

Steve Terry recently accepted a new role as director of standards and industry relations at ETC. Lighting technology has changed significantly in the past several years and the move to solid-state lighting systems has been ...More

(8/28/2017)

-Dave Higgins Announced as the 2017-2018 "Wally" Lifetime Achievement Winner

Dave Higgins Announced as the 2017-2018 "Wally" Lifetime Achievement Winner

The board of directors of the Wally Russell Foundation announces the winner of the 2017-2018 Lifetime Achievement Award is distinguished innovator, entrepreneur, and industry pioneer, David G. Higgins. ...More

(8/28/2017)

-David Schraffenberger Retires as General Manager at Production Advantage, Inc.

David Schraffenberger Retires as General Manager at Production Advantage, Inc.

Production Advantage congratulates David "Schraff" Schraffenberger on his retirement from the company. Schraffenberger served as general manager for over 20 years, guiding the company through challenging times and ...More

(8/28/2017)

-TLS Productions, Inc. Announces New Branch and October 27 - 28 Warehouse Warming In Las Vegas

TLS Productions, Inc. Announces New Branch and October 27 - 28 Warehouse Warming In Las Vegas

Ann Arbor, Michigan-based lighting, rigging, and AV design and production company, TLS Productions, Inc., has recently expanded to a new branch in Henderson, Nevada. TLS Productions, Inc. has been fortunate over the last several ...More

(8/28/2017)

-Robe Gets Into Summer Stadium Show

Robe Gets Into Summer Stadium Show

Robe moving lights were top of the spec list compiled by Frederic "Aldo" Fayard from Paris-based visual design practice Concept K, who produced an elaborate lighting design for the 2017 Summer Stadium Festival staged ...More

(8/28/2017)

-GLP JDC1 Adds Pulse to Massive Nature One Electronic Festival

GLP JDC1 Adds Pulse to Massive Nature One Electronic Festival

The annual pilgrimage by Germany's dance aficionados to the Nature One electronic music festival again saw a capacity crowd of 65,000 assemble at the Pydna Missile Base in Kastellaun. The setting of this former NATO missile base in the ...More

(8/28/2017)

-SGM Lights Dominate at Glastonbury

SGM Lights Dominate at Glastonbury

Party vibes were strong, pure and never-ending at Worthy Farm, when the 47th edition of the mammoth festival Glastonbury was kicked off. Like the previous years, hundreds of SGM luminaires prevailed in alluring stages and ...More

(8/28/2017)

-Flare Q+ on Foo Fighters Tour

Flare Q+ on Foo Fighters Tour

Foo Fighters will be on the road through December promoting their ninth studio album, Concrete & Gold. Following dates in Asia, the Seattle band will hit Berlin and London before opening their US fall tour at Cal Jam 17 in San ...More

(8/28/2017)

-Avolites Ai Media Servers Scribe New Visual Language in 360-Degree Projection

Avolites Ai Media Servers Scribe New Visual Language in 360-Degree Projection

360-degree Theatre was the immersive cinema event by fulldome mapping specialist, GaiaNova, held at London's Cody Dock. The event used exclusively Avolites Ai R8 Media servers to video map the interior of one of GaiaNova's ...More

(8/28/2017)

-Theatre Projects Brings Increased Intimacy and Flexibility to the Denver Center's Space Theatre

Theatre Projects Brings Increased Intimacy and Flexibility to the Denver Center's Space Theatre

The Denver Center's Space Theatre opened this month after a $15 million renovation by Theatre Projects, Semple Brown Architects, and K-2 Audio (acoustician and AV consultant). As one of the homes of the DCPA Theatre Company (D ...More

(8/28/2017)

-Professional Wireless Systems Keeps New York City's Congested RF Spectrum in Check at Panorama 2017

Professional Wireless Systems Keeps New York City's Congested RF Spectrum in Check at Panorama 2017

When music, fashion, and technology converged on New York City's Randall's Island for the second installment of Panorama, Professional Wireless Systems (PWS) was on site ensuring the festivals' musical acts were free and clear of ...More

(8/28/2017)

-K-array Provides Impressive Front Fill Solution for Tom Petty's Last Dance

K-array Provides Impressive Front Fill Solution for Tom Petty's Last Dance

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers on tour is not an unfamiliar occurrence. After all, the legendary band has been on the road since it was established in 1976 and has since been considered one of the most successful and long-running American ...More

(8/28/2017)

-Hazy Days on the River Bank with MDG

Hazy Days on the River Bank with MDG

MDG, a manufacturer of haze and fog generators is well-known within the industry. This summer the company has made some unusual new friends, namely Mole, Ratty, Badger, and Mr. Toad from the riverbank. ...More

(8/28/2017)

-Theatre in Review: If Only... (The American Vicarious/Cherry Lane Theatre)

Theatre in Review: If Only... (The American Vicarious/Cherry Lane Theatre)

As the title suggests, If Only... is an exercise in wistful nostalgia, an evening-length recitation of what-might-have-beens. By the end, I was familiar with the feeling: If only the playwright, Thomas Klingenstein, ...More

(8/25/2017)

-Sustainable SGM Luminaires for Glastonbury's Greenpeace Field

Sustainable SGM Luminaires for Glastonbury's Greenpeace Field

Party vibes were strong, pure, and never-ending at Worthy Farm, when the 47th edition of Glastonbury Festival is time to celebrate positive solutions to our earthly contemporary issues and thus "Stand for Forest" was a key message at this ...More

(8/25/2017)

-History for All -- The Museum of the American Revolution Opens in Philadelphia

History for All -- The Museum of the American Revolution Opens in Philadelphia

Available Light is proud to have been part of the creative team for the newly opened Museum of the American Revolution (MOAR) in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
The museum's 16,000-sq.-ft. is home to hundreds of chronologically ...
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(8/25/2017)

-Nominees Announced for Jeff Awards

Nominees Announced for Jeff Awards

The nominees for The Jeff Awards, honoring Chicago Equity theatrical productions, were announced August 23. Disney's The Little Mermaid leads the design categories with four nominations: Jeffrey D. Kmiec for scenic ...More

(8/25/2017)

-AES New York 2017's Product Development Track to Feature New Advancements in Audio Technology and Methods

AES New York 2017's Product Development Track to Feature New Advancements in Audio Technology and Methods

Advancements in technology and methods are at the very core of the Audio Engineering Society's efforts, and the 143rd AES International Convention's Product Development Track will provide a detailed look at the latest innovations in ...More

(8/25/2017)

-Event Lighting on the Robe Spiiders' Web

Event Lighting on the Robe Spiiders' Web

Event Lighting is Slovenia's largest and busiest lighting rental specialist, based in the capital, Ljubljana. The operation is owned and run by Jernej Gustin, who likes to be setting the trends rather than following them. ...More

(8/25/2017)

-Triad-Orbit Universal iOrbit Supports All Tablets and Smartphones

Triad-Orbit Universal iOrbit Supports All Tablets and Smartphones

The new Triad-Orbit iOrbit represents the next generation in IO development by providing an IO platform for the popular Triad-Orbit Advanced Stand System that can adapt to the shape and size of any tablet or smartphone. ...More

(8/25/2017)

-DiGiCo and Bose Shine for "Sunset Sounds" in Brooklyn

DiGiCo and Bose Shine for "Sunset Sounds" in Brooklyn

This summer, New York's famed Brooklyn Bowl has teamed up with Industry City to create "Sunset Sounds," a series of free and ticketed events featuring eclectic lineups and outdoor family concerts from June 7th through September 23rd. The ...More

(8/25/2017)

-Alcons Audio Tames the Tent for Jazz Aspen Snowmass

Alcons Audio Tames the Tent for Jazz Aspen Snowmass

Every year in June the Jazz Aspen Snowmass (JAS) June Experience features four nights of headline concerts at the spectacular Benedict Music Tent in Aspen, Colorado. The 2,050-capacity venue has always been a difficult space for amplified ...More

(8/25/2017)

-VME's Martin Audio MLA Compact Shines through Cotton Clouds

VME's Martin Audio MLA Compact Shines through Cotton Clouds

VME provided full production (including their flagship Martin Audio MLA Compact PA) for the first ever Cotton Clouds, Saddleworth's pioneering boutique music festival.
Held at Saddleworth Cricket Club in Oldham UK, and ...
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(8/25/2017)

-Ambion GmbH Takes CODA Audio on the Road with Symphoniacs

Ambion GmbH Takes CODA Audio on the Road with Symphoniacs

Touring production specialists Ambion GmbH of Kaufungen, Germany, recently went out on tour with genre-defying ensemble, Symphoniacs. Fusing classical violin, cello, and piano with electronic sounds and beats, Symphoniacs is a ...More

(8/25/2017)

-LDI2017 Adds Two Voters' Choice Awards Categories: Rental & Staging Company and Dealer/Distributor

LDI2017 Adds Two Voters' Choice Awards Categories: Rental & Staging Company and Dealer/Distributor

In addition to its traditional awards categories for Best Debuting Products and Booth Awards, and the annual Paky Award, LDI2017 will also present two new Voters' Choice Awards to be decided by Live Design readers and LDI attendees: ...More

(8/25/2017)

-Theatre in Review: The Suitcase Under the Bed (Mint Theater Company/Theatre Row)

Theatre in Review: The Suitcase Under the Bed (Mint Theater Company/Theatre Row)

"Most people have a crack in their hearts," remarks one of the characters in "Holiday House," one of the sterling quartet of one-acts being presented under the umbrella title The Suitcase Under the Bed. Their author, Teresa ...More

(8/25/2017)

-Theatre in Review: Prince of Broadway (Manhattan Theatre Club/Samuel J. Friedman Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Prince of Broadway (Manhattan Theatre Club/Samuel J. Friedman Theatre)

There's a lot to like in this fond and often vivid scrapbook of numbers from one of the American theatre's most astonishing careers -- which, not incidentally, provides a showcase for some of today's most gifted musical theatre performers. ...More

(8/24/2017)

-All Time Low's Summer US Tour Features Elation Lighting and Video

All Time Low's Summer US Tour Features Elation Lighting and Video

JR Lighting provided the lighting, rigging, and control package for the US leg of American pop punk band All Time Low's The Young Renegades tour, a successful six-week run this summer that featured Elation Professional ...More

(8/24/2017)

-Schertler Expands ARTHUR Adding Three New Modules for the Mixer the User Designs and Builds

Schertler Expands ARTHUR Adding Three New Modules for the Mixer the User Designs and Builds

Schertler Group has released three new modules for ARTHUR, its format 48 modular mixer that users can configure and build themselves. The new Multiple In, Subgroup, and Spring (reverb) modules have been designed for seamless ...More

(8/24/2017)

-Out Board Brings TiMax Back to PLASA for 2017

Out Board Brings TiMax Back to PLASA for 2017

At this year's PLASA Show 2017 at London Olympia, September 17 - 19, 2017, Out Board will present all three of its premium entertainment technology offerings in booth S61 -- across three stands. Visitors to the show will also ...More

(8/24/2017)

-Clay Paky, Robert Juliat, and MA Lighting Hit the Road for US Leg of Paul McCartney's One On One Tour

Clay Paky, Robert Juliat, and MA Lighting Hit the Road for US Leg of Paul McCartney's One On One Tour

Paul McCartney's long-running One on One world tour has added 21 dates in the US this summer and fall. Claypaky and Robert Juliat luminaires and MA Lighting grandMA2 consoles help showcase the evolution of his ...More

(8/24/2017)

-Adamson Adds a Big-Time Sales Partner in Big House Sound

Adamson Adds a Big-Time Sales Partner in Big House Sound

A longtime and proud member of the Adamson Systems network, Austin, Texas's Big House Sound, Inc. has doubled-down on its investment in the brand by officially becoming a sales partner for the Canadian loudspeaker company. ...More

(8/24/2017)

-Alex Kay Revs Up Machine Gun Kelly's Festival with Chauvet Professional

Alex Kay Revs Up Machine Gun Kelly's Festival with Chauvet Professional

The theme of the fourth annual EST Festival, which took place outside Cleveland August 11 - 13, was "1970 Something," a tribute to those unruly, hard-driving days when social inhibitions seemed to be falling like bowling pins. Early ...More

(8/24/2017)

-Green Hippo and mo2 design Hone Skills for 1000th Edition of Beloved Children's TV Show

Green Hippo and mo2 design Hone Skills for 1000th Edition of Beloved Children's TV Show

The 1,000th edition of Germany's hugely popular children's TV show 1, 2, oder 3 aired in July, and Green Hippo and mo2 design helped ensure it looked suitably impressive. Based on the original US version, which was ...More

(8/24/2017)

-Middle Atlantic Leads Power Training at CEDIA 2017

Middle Atlantic Leads Power Training at CEDIA 2017

Middle Atlantic Products today announces that Scott Lowder, Middle Atlantic's director of product management, power, will present a training course at CEDIA 2017, September 7 - 9 at the San Diego Convention Center. The ...More

(8/24/2017)

-Allen & Heath dLive Manages Gala at Budapest Opera House

Allen & Heath dLive Manages Gala at Budapest Opera House

Allen & Heath's dLive S Class mixing system recently managed the gala event for the FINA World Aquatic Championships 2017, held at the prestigious Opera House in Budapest in Hungary.
Hosted in Hungary in 2017, the FINA World ...
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(8/24/2017)

-PreSonus Commercial Division Helps Bellerose Assembly of God Deliver Clarity of Message

PreSonus Commercial Division Helps Bellerose Assembly of God Deliver Clarity of Message

As a non-denominational Christian House of Worship, Bellerose Assembly of God in Bellrose, New York, seeks to impact and renew its congregation with the transforming message of Jesus Christ through words and actions. With a casual ...More

(8/24/2017)

-For HSL It's a Love Thing with Chase & Status

For HSL It's a Love Thing with Chase & Status

Lighting and visuals designer Andy Hurst wanted to make a big impact and keep the "wow" factors flowing for Chase & Status acclaimed Saturday night headliner set at the 2017 Lovebox festival in London's Victoria Park -- so he ...More

(8/24/2017)

-Le Mark PAL Labels Tour the Globe with Laser Specialist, ER Productions

Le Mark PAL Labels Tour the Globe with Laser Specialist, ER Productions

ER Productions is an innovative laser specialist providing cutting-edge laser products and choreography to some of the most iconic shows internationally.
"We use Le Mark because of their good quality products; not just ...
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(8/23/2017)

-d3 Helped Create 360-Degree Immersive Environment at Glastonbury 2017

d3 Helped Create 360-Degree Immersive Environment at Glastonbury 2017

With the theme "re-cycle, re-use, re-sist," the Shangri La field at Glastonbury Festival 2017 drew eager crowds to its rubbish-as-refuge model. A Gas Tower symbolizing a bygone industrial era loomed over the site and served as the ...More

(8/23/2017)

-Chauvet Professional Sponsors Color Immersion Session with Marcus Hammond

Chauvet Professional Sponsors Color Immersion Session with Marcus Hammond

Extending color beyond the stage in a house of worship is an effective way to engage church-goers believes Marcus Hammond. A consultant with Stark Raving Solutions, Hammond knows whereof he speaks. He has helped churches of ...More

(8/23/2017)

-Pivot to Profit: Integrators Learn from Major Technology Players

Pivot to Profit: Integrators Learn from Major Technology Players

The second annual Pivot to Profit event, hosted by NSCA, PSA Security, and SYNNEX, is attracting big names in technology. These companies want to teach integrators how to "pivot" to take advantage of new revenue opportunities ...More

(8/23/2017)

-Robe Summoned for League of Legends in Rio

Robe Summoned for League of Legends in Rio

Brazilian rental company LPL supplied more than 150 Robe moving lights including BMFL WashBeams to the 2017 League of Legends (LoL) Mid-Season Invitationals (MSI) competition staged in the Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro (for ...More

(8/23/2017)

-Britannia Row -- Flying Hans Free

Britannia Row -- Flying Hans Free

What started as a one-off presented by Harvey Goldsmith at London's iconic Hammersmith Apollo in 2015 grew the following year to a seven-week tour through Europe. For 2017, it has been an emphatic trip through the arenas of North America, ...More

(8/23/2017)

-Depeche Mode's Audience Just Can't Get Enough of L-Acoustics K1

Depeche Mode's Audience Just Can't Get Enough of L-Acoustics K1

Formed back in 1980, Depeche Mode has had an incredible career. Since the release of their debut album Speak & Spell in 1981, they have had 50 songs in the UK Singles Charts, 17 top 10 albums in the UK chart, and have sold over 100 ...More

(8/23/2017)

-St. Paul and the Broken Bones Tours with Bandit Lites

St. Paul and the Broken Bones Tours with Bandit Lites

St. Paul and the Broken Bones, the energetic eight piece rock band from Alabama, is bringing their high-voltage soul sound to cities across the nation with a lighting package designed by Chris Lisle and provided by Bandit LitesMore

(8/23/2017)

-White Light Returns to 40th PLASA Show

White Light Returns to 40th PLASA Show

The PLASA Show returns to Olympia London next month for what will be its 40th anniversary. The event will once again present ground-breaking technology and exciting new launches by the world's greatest designers and engineers. As ...More

(8/23/2017)

-Airstar Gets Intimate with Shawn Mendes for his Illuminate World Tour

Airstar Gets Intimate with Shawn Mendes for his Illuminate World Tour

Canadian singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes shot to fame via a clip he posted to Vine in 2014 and has quickly garnered pop royalty status with a social media fan following of millions. At the pinnacle of his career playing sold out arenas ...More

(8/23/2017)

-VUE Spreads the Love in Milan

VUE Spreads the Love in Milan

Now in its 31st year, the annual Arezzo Wave Love Festival showcases emerging Italian live and electronic music talent. Held for the first time in Milan June 23 - 24, in conjunction with the Festa della Musica, the 2017 event featured ...More

(8/23/2017)

-The Sound of Paradise -- Hawaii's HI*Sessions Popular YouTube Channel Relies on QSC TouchMix

The Sound of Paradise -- Hawaii's HI*Sessions Popular YouTube Channel Relies on QSC TouchMix

When a group of friends got together in 2011 to create HI*Sessions, a YouTube music video channel featuring intimate live performances of local Hawaiian musical talent, they had one main goal -- the video and audio had to be absolutely the ...More

(8/23/2017)

-Inter-M Corporation Delivers World-Class Audio for Gangneung Ice Arena with Community

Inter-M Corporation Delivers World-Class Audio for Gangneung Ice Arena with Community

Located in the city of Gangneung on the east coast of South Korea, Gangneung Ice Arena is a new indoor venue which has been built for world figure skating and short track speed skating events in 2018 and as a permanent legacy facility for ...More

(8/22/2017)

-NEXT-proaudio Introduces New LAs418G (Ground Stack Version)

NEXT-proaudio Introduces New LAs418G (Ground Stack Version)

NEXT-proaudio, being aware of the moving heavy loads issue, has added to its subwoofer options, the LAs418G, a new ground stack version of the current well known subwoofer LAs418. The actual version of LAs418 allows the user to ...More

(8/22/2017)

-Experienced Marketer Joins Notch to Help Creators Build Mind-Blowing Interactive Experiences in Real Time

Experienced Marketer Joins Notch to Help Creators Build Mind-Blowing Interactive Experiences in Real Time

Notch announces two key appointments today as they continue to grow on the back of powering content creation and interactivity for the world's biggest artists, brands and events -- including U2 and Beyoncé. ...More

(8/22/2017)

-PR Lighting Announces the New Phantom 440 -- Beam, Wash, and Spot Hybrid Moving Head

PR Lighting Announces the New Phantom 440 -- Beam, Wash, and Spot Hybrid Moving Head

The new Phantom 440 from PR Lighting is an astounding beam, wash, and spot hybrid moving head luminaire.
The Phantom 440 is equipped with a high luminance Osram SIRIUS HRI 440W (7,000K, 1500 hours) discharge source which ...
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(8/22/2017)

-Gustavo Casolino Comes on Board at Alcorn McBride as Technical Support Engineer

Gustavo Casolino Comes on Board at Alcorn McBride as Technical Support Engineer

Alcorn McBride, the manufacturer of show control, audio, and video equipment for the themed entertainment industry, has announced that Gustavo Casolino has joined the company as technical support engineer. ...More

(8/22/2017)

-Ayrton Throws Light on The Chainsmokers Memories...Do Not Open Tour

Ayrton Throws Light on The Chainsmokers Memories...Do Not Open Tour

Grammy Award-winning artist producer duo, The Chainsmokers, aka Alex Pall and Drew Taggart, embarked on their first arena tour earlier this year, visiting 36 cities across North America. The multi-faceted show was designed and produced by < ...More

(8/22/2017)

-See Factor Supplies Elation Arena Pars for Foreigner 40th Anniversary Tour

See Factor Supplies Elation Arena Pars for Foreigner 40th Anniversary Tour

A rock staple for 40 years and one of the world's best-selling bands of all time, followers would be hard pressed to find anyone who couldn't sing a string of Foreigner songs. The renowned group recently released Forty Hits from Forty ...More

(8/22/2017)

-LD Systems Uses SolaSpot 1000s to Augment Lollapalooza Stages

LD Systems Uses SolaSpot 1000s to Augment Lollapalooza Stages

Earlier this month, the Lollapalooza Festival rocked Chicago at Grant Park with four days of incredible music and fun. Supplied through LD Systems, High End Systems SolaSpot 1000s helped augment the visuals on the Pepsi Grove ...More

(8/22/2017)

-Lady Antebellum's You Look Good World Tour Heads Out with Claypaky Mythos2 and grandMA2 Consoles

Lady Antebellum's You Look Good World Tour Heads Out with Claypaky Mythos2 and grandMA2 Consoles

Country trio Lady Antebellum is spanning the globe on their You Look Good world tour of arenas and amphitheaters accompanied by Claypaky Mythos2 fixtures and MA Lighting grandMA2 consoles. ...More

(8/22/2017)

-Ashly Audio's New digiMIX24 Digital Mixer Optimizes Smaller Jobs for DeHerrera Event Services

Ashly Audio's New digiMIX24 Digital Mixer Optimizes Smaller Jobs for DeHerrera Event Services

For more than 30 years, DeHerrera Event Services has been working behind the scenes to make the performances, conferences, and celebrations in the area around Pueblo, Colorado come to life. The company's highest profile work ...More

(8/22/2017)

-VER Makes Major Investment in MediorNet Solutions from Riedel

VER Makes Major Investment in MediorNet Solutions from Riedel

Riedel Communications today announces that VER, a supplier of equipment and technical expertise for television, cinema, live music, sports, and corporate production, has invested in an array of products from the Riedel ...More

(8/22/2017)

-Martin Audio Proposes MLA Solution to Replace Big Ben's "Bongs"

Martin Audio Proposes MLA Solution to Replace Big Ben's &quot;Bongs&quot;

Martin Audio has waded into the controversy surrounding Big Ben's Bongs that are currently planned to be silent for an astonishing four years, while essential repair works take place -- and at the same time protect workers from ...More

(8/22/2017)

-CDC seven Mixes Glade Stage at Glastonbury

CDC seven Mixes Glade Stage at Glastonbury

Funktion-One rental house and sound production company, Sound-Services Ltd., worked together with the iconic loudspeaker company to produce the Funktion-One "Experimental Ambisonic Sound Field" for The Glade Stage -- the ...More

(8/22/2017)

-EAW Names Audio Americas as Latin America Sales Representatives

EAW Names Audio Americas as Latin America Sales Representatives

Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) announces the appointment of Audio Americas as their new Latin America sales representatives. Audio Americas, with offices in Santiago de Chile and Mexico City, specializes in professional audio, ...More

(8/21/2017)

-Cheng and McNamara Student Team Wins Richard Diehl Award in 2017 Vectorworks Design Scholarship Program

Cheng and McNamara Student Team Wins Richard Diehl Award in 2017 Vectorworks Design Scholarship Program

Vectorworks, Inc., a global design and BIM software developer for the architecture, landscape, and entertainment design industries, has continued to help students reach their highest potential with its third annual Vectorworks ...More

(8/21/2017)

-ETC Releases New Mobile Remote Apps for Eos Family Consoles

ETC Releases New Mobile Remote Apps for Eos Family Consoles

ETC's Eos family control becomes even more versatile with the release of the newly-upgraded iRFR and aRFR iOS and Android mobile applications. Both remote apps boast fully-redesigned user interfaces, more intuitive connectivity, and ...More

(8/21/2017)

-Corporate Event Marketing Association (CEMA) Showcases Unique Ideas Designed to Transform Events of the Future

Corporate Event Marketing Association (CEMA) Showcases Unique Ideas Designed to Transform Events of the Future

A friendly but intensely competitive contest among leading event marketing and management firms AtlasRTX, Cvent, Hubb, Splash!, PSAV, Xponet, and WorldStage provided attendees of CEMA Summit 2017 with a multitude of ...More

(8/21/2017)

-John Farr Lighting Design Creates Thematic Looks at Smithsonian with Chauvet Professional

John Farr Lighting Design Creates Thematic Looks at Smithsonian with Chauvet Professional

Over two million visitors come to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History every year to view pieces of American culture, from the original Star Spangled Banner, to iconic McDonald's signs, to a pair of Mohammed ...More

(8/21/2017)

-AES@NAMM Pro Sound Symposium -- Offers Innovative Education Program

AES@NAMM Pro Sound Symposium -- Offers Innovative Education Program

To be held concurrently with the 2018 NAMM Show from January 25 - 28 in Anaheim, California, the inaugural AES@NAMM Pro Sound Symposium: Live & Studio is a unique education and training program being presented by the Audio ...More

(8/21/2017)

-STUFISH ASIA Opens in Hong Kong

STUFISH ASIA Opens in Hong Kong

STUFISH announces that the company is joining forces with Activation Group, a Chinese event marketing and sports promotion agency -- establishing STUFISH ASIA, as a permanent presence in China and Asia-Pacific. ...More

(8/21/2017)

-ProPlex "Rock Solid" on TV

ProPlex &quot;Rock Solid&quot; on TV

BBC One's musical show Pitch Battle recently completed a successful opening season with five pre-recorded episodes, plus the live finals. Live broadcasts have zero tolerance for malfunctions and gear must be 100-percent reliable. ...More

(8/21/2017)

-Podium de Vorstin Chooses Robe

Podium de Vorstin Chooses Robe

Podium de Vorstin is a purpose-built live music venue right in the heart of "media city" Hilversum in the Netherlands. Its interesting modern neo-ecclesiastical steel architecture was created by Architekten Cie, and ensures that it ...More

(8/21/2017)

-Prolyte Group Helps Arena Events Dream Big for Untold Festival

Prolyte Group Helps Arena Events Dream Big for Untold Festival

Organizing a range of large-scale festivals in a short timeframe, Romanian production company Arena Events relies on Prolyte products to support the elaborate and signature design of its stages and safety of its audience. ...More

(8/21/2017)

-Bandit Lites Assists Nashville Sideshow Fringe Festival

Bandit Lites Assists Nashville Sideshow Fringe Festival

When the team at Nashville's annual Sideshow Fringe Festival found themselves in need of fast lighting assistance, they turned to the lighting company who happened to be located minutes away, Bandit Lites. ...More

(8/21/2017)

-Harman Professional Solutions Delivers a World-Class Audio and Visual Experience at Cornerstone

Harman Professional Solutions Delivers a World-Class Audio and Visual Experience at Cornerstone

Brad C. Schield and Associates (BSA) recently designed and installed a complete audio and lighting system by Harman Professional Solutions in Cornerstone, a newly opened live music venue, restaurant, and beer garden in ...More

(8/21/2017)

-publitec Invests in AV Stumpfl MonoClip Projection Screen Systems

publitec Invests in AV Stumpfl MonoClip Projection Screen Systems

publitec Präsentationssysteme & Eventservice GmbH recently invested in 52 MonoClip projection screen systems manufactured by AV Stumpfl. publitec, a well-established and successful German AV technology distributor for more ...More

(8/21/2017)

-Theatre in Review: The Terms of My Surrender (Belasco Theatre)

Theatre in Review: The Terms of My Surrender (Belasco Theatre)

"How the f--k did this happen?" So asks Michael Moore at the top of his new Broadway show, a political pep rally-cum-revival meeting for liberals still in shock over the November election. "This," of course, is the election of ...More

(8/18/2017)

-Harman Steps Up Fight Against Counterfeiting with Worldwide Law Enforcement Raids

Harman Steps Up Fight Against Counterfeiting with Worldwide Law Enforcement Raids

Harman International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. focused on connected technologies for automotive, consumer, and enterprise markets, today announced that authorities in Thailand and Brazil ...More

(8/18/2017)

-GLP JDC1 LED Strobe Redefines the Hybrid Paradigm

GLP JDC1 LED Strobe Redefines the Hybrid Paradigm

When evaluating a strobe, the first thing the user looks for is power. GLP's new JDC1 hybrid LED strobe delivers power in excess through a versatile and highly creative design, the likes of which are unparalleled. Already adopted by ...More

(8/18/2017)

-First Proteus Hybrids Land in the Hawaiian Islands to Eggshell Light Company

First Proteus Hybrids Land in the Hawaiian Islands to Eggshell Light Company

Eggshell Light Company of Honolulu, who has handled professional lighting needs on the Hawaiian Islands for decades, continues their reputation for innovation by taking delivery of Elation Professional's new IP65-rated ...More

(8/18/2017)

-Enlarged Recording and Production Zone to Welcome Top-Tier Brands at Prolight + Sound Shanghai 2017

Enlarged Recording and Production Zone to Welcome Top-Tier Brands at Prolight + Sound Shanghai 2017

The Recording and Production Zone at last year's Prolight + Sound Shanghai, running October 11 - 14, proved to be one of the fair's most popular areas, with its success matching the strong market development seen in the recording ...More

(8/18/2017)

-Ferrofish A32 Dante AD/DA Converter Now Shipping

Ferrofish A32 Dante AD/DA Converter Now Shipping

Ferrofish, German manufacturer of premium conversion solutions for the professional audio markets, announces that its new A32 Dante interface is now shipping. With a herculean 368-channel capacity that supports AD/DA Dante, ...More

(8/18/2017)

-ETC Embarks on a Voyage with Norwegian Cruise Line

ETC Embarks on a Voyage with Norwegian Cruise Line

This summer, Norwegian Cruise Line welcomed the spectacular Norwegian Joy to its fleet. A custom-built ship for the Chinese cruise market, Joy offers a luxurious experience for up to 3,850 guests. The ship features the first racetrack at ...More

(8/18/2017)

-Danley SM-80 Speakers and Subs Team Up for Texas A&M Basketball and Volleyball Gym

Danley SM-80 Speakers and Subs Team Up for Texas A&M Basketball and Volleyball Gym

Texas A&M Corpus Christi's Dugan Wellness Center hosts all of the Corpus Christi Islanders men's and women's basketball and volleyball games, as well as cheer and dance competitions and campus events and speeches. Its deep bleachers and ...More

(8/18/2017)

-Adamson Provides the Total Package for New Kids on the Block

Adamson Provides the Total Package for New Kids on the Block

Nostalgia sounds mighty sweet on New Kids on the Block's Total Package tour thanks in large part to a high-performance audio system comprised of Adamson Systems Engineering's E-Series and S-Series loudspeakers, supplied by ...More

(8/18/2017)

-Foo Fighters Take Yamaha RIVAGE PM10s on Tour

Foo Fighters Take Yamaha RIVAGE PM10s on Tour

Known around the world, the Foo Fighters are an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1994. Founded by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, it began as a one-man project following the dissolution of Nirvana. Now 23 years later, ...More

(8/18/2017)

-Eiki Projection Technology Brings Clarity of Message to New Hope Presbyterian Church (EPC)

Eiki Projection Technology Brings Clarity of Message to New Hope Presbyterian Church (EPC)

New Hope Presbyterian Church (EPC) of Fort Meyers, Florida, exists to teach and live the Gospel of Christ and be His Kingdom presence to one another throughout the community. With the recent completion of their new sanctuary, worshippers ...More

(8/18/2017)

-Headquarters Beercade Nashville Outfitted with Martin Audio

Headquarters Beercade Nashville Outfitted with Martin Audio

Ayre Productions of Chicago, Illinois recently installed a full complement of Martin Audio CDD speakers in the popular new nightspot, Headquarters Beercade Nashville.
Located in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, right off ...
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(8/18/2017)

-The A.P. Møller Foundation Makes Sound Investment in Education with Meyer Sound Constellation Acoustic System

The A.P. Møller Foundation Makes Sound Investment in Education with Meyer Sound Constellation Acoustic System

With the installation of Constellation acoustic system by Meyer Sound, Copenhagen's new Maersk Building demonstrates a major commitment to world-class dynamic and collaborative 21st century learning. Located at the Panum Institute's ...More

(8/18/2017)

-Theatre in Review: Come Light My Cigarette/Van Gogh's Ear

Theatre in Review: Come Light My Cigarette/Van Gogh's Ear

Maybe we can blame it on the Trump Administration. As I have frequently noted, summertime is the theatre's squirrely season, when all sorts of bizarre fancies are aired and vanity producers come out to play. Sensible theatre fans limit ...More

(8/17/2017)

-Point Source Audio Now Shipping New Microphones with Built-in Backup

Point Source Audio Now Shipping New Microphones with Built-in Backup

Point Source Audio announces it is now shipping the dual element microphones with built-in backup. The CO2-8WL Dual Lavalier Microphone and the EO-8WR Dual Earmount Microphone are patent pending and the world's first fully redundant ...More

(8/17/2017)

-Tunable White Gets a Practical Tune-Up with Meteor's New ColorFlip

Tunable White Gets a Practical Tune-Up with Meteor's New ColorFlip

Meteor reveals the ColorFlip tunable white light engine. The ColorFlip has the highest light output in the market at up to 10,000 lumens throughout 2,700K - - 6,500K. This practical tunable white solution provides flexible lighting ...More

(8/17/2017)

-Glenn Chapman -- RATstands New Managing Director

Glenn Chapman -- RATstands New Managing Director

Having worked for RATstands since 2008, Glenn Chapman has recently taken on the role of managing director and is hoping to expand the company's reach in all corners of the world.
Bringing together beautiful designs and ...
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(8/17/2017)

-Firehouse Productions and Focusrite Serve Up Sound for 2017 International Indian Film Academy Awards

Firehouse Productions and Focusrite Serve Up Sound for 2017 International Indian Film Academy Awards

The annual International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) ceremonies are stadium-filling multimedia and live entertainment extravaganzas. Following the practice of international migration of the event between cities with strong local ...More

(8/17/2017)

-Events United Creates 80' Video Wall Logo For Steubenville East With Chauvet Professional

Events United Creates 80' Video Wall Logo For Steubenville East With Chauvet Professional

Every time Tim Messina sat down at his computer to work on a design for the 2017 Steubenville East Conference, he felt "less than completely satisfied" with the end result. The owner of Events United, Messina has been creating the ...More

(8/17/2017)

-d3 Offered 'Fluidity' Throughout the Design Process on Bieber's Purpose Tour

d3 Offered 'Fluidity' Throughout the Design Process on Bieber's  Purpose Tour

d3 4x4pro media servers played a central role in Justin Bieber's visually-intensive Purpose Tour. Michael Figge, director of Burbank-based POSSIBLE, the tour visuals team, partnered with creative director Nick ...More

(8/17/2017)

-"RME Experience" Training Sessions Arrive in LA on August 22th and 24th

&quot;RME Experience&quot; Training Sessions Arrive in LA on August 22th and 24th

German interface manufacturer RME, now celebrating more than two decades of innovation in audio hardware and software development, announces that it will be hosting two separate 'RME Experience' training sessions in the Los Angeles ...More

(8/17/2017)

-PixelFLEX Takes Creativity Outdoors at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater

PixelFLEX Takes Creativity Outdoors at the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater

As the largest outdoor theater in Western Alabama with a capacity of 7,470 patrons, the Tuscaloosa Amphitheater is a premier location for arts and entertainment along the banks of the Black Warrior River. Originally constructed in 2010, ...More

(8/17/2017)

-Harman Professional Solutions Helps Aston Sentul Lake Resort Offer Guests an Unforgettable Visit

Harman Professional Solutions Helps Aston Sentul Lake Resort Offer Guests an Unforgettable Visit

Located on a scenic lake in the flourishing community of Sentul City, the four-star Aston Sentul Lake Resort and Conference Center offers guests an unforgettable stay with breathtaking views of mountains from lakefront property. In ...More

(8/17/2017)

-OmegaLab Brings Nashville a Unique Venue with Allen & Heath dLive

OmegaLab Brings Nashville a Unique Venue with Allen & Heath dLive

OmegaLab, a Nashville venue, recently hosted a live performance with artists Sam Williams and Tony Tripi using an Allen & Heath dLive S Class S5000 Surface and DM48 MixRack. Created by Nashville recording engineer Ro ...More

(8/17/2017)

-Esther and Carol Patrons Enjoy Great Sound Thanks to Symetrix

Esther and Carol Patrons Enjoy Great Sound Thanks to Symetrix

If you're in New York City's Nolita district, north of Little Italy and east of Lower Manhattan, and you crave American comfort food and good music, wander down to Broome Street and Bowery and check out Esther & Carol. Named for the ...More

(8/17/2017)

-Calvary Orlando Church Enlivens Worship Services with Live Presentation Solutions by Renewed Vision

Calvary Orlando Church Enlivens Worship Services with Live Presentation Solutions by Renewed Vision

Calvary Orlando -- an Assembly of God Pentacostal Church in Winter Park, FL -- has long been an active and engaging house of worship, with a lively main sanctuary that can comfortably seat 5,600 people. In an effort to further enhance the ...More

(8/16/2017)

-Coretronic Acquires British Image Processing Company, Calibre

Coretronic Acquires British Image Processing Company, Calibre

Coretronic Corporation (Coretronic), Taiwan, has completed the acquisition of Calibre, a privately held British image processing technology manufacturer based in Bradford, Yorkshire, UK.
Coretronic manufactures the largest ...
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(8/16/2017)

-LOOP -- Feast Your Eyes on Blizzard's Newest Flavor-Filled Fixture

LOOP -- Feast Your Eyes on Blizzard's Newest Flavor-Filled Fixture

Blizzard Lighting employees sat around reliving the breakfasts of their youth; slurping up multicolored sugary milk and mowing down fruity starch rings by the boxful. Blizzard's affinity for colorful LOOP-shaped stuff remains strong ...More

(8/16/2017)

-Simon Mighall Joins Flare Audio from Bose

Simon Mighall Joins Flare Audio from Bose

The long-standing former financial controller at the Bose Corporation, Simon Mighall, has joined professional and consumer audio manufacturer Flare Audio as chief financial officer (CFO). Mighall's role will include putting ...More

(8/16/2017)

-Aziz Adilkhodjaev Named ChamSys International Business Development Manager

Aziz Adilkhodjaev Named ChamSys International Business Development Manager

ChamSys Ltd. announces that Aziz Adilkhodjaev has been named the company's international business development manager. In his new role, he will be responsible for expanding and strengthening the international distribution ...More

(8/16/2017)

-Italian AV Company Nagrit srl Supplies Lectrosonics for Upcoming Papal Tour

Italian AV Company Nagrit srl Supplies Lectrosonics for Upcoming Papal Tour

Audio-visual sales company Nagrit srl, based in Rome, Italy, recently supplied two recording systems to Vatican City for the purposes of recording the speeches of His Holiness Pope Francis while the Supreme Pontiff is on ...More

(8/16/2017)

-MDG ATMe Gives Perfect Haze Control for Miss Saigon

MDG ATMe Gives Perfect Haze Control for Miss Saigon

Miss Saigon, Messrs Boublil and Schönberg's legendary musical, has recently embarked upon a major UK tour, taking the full West End production to every corner of the UK. The show opened at the Curve, Leicester in July before moving ...More

(8/16/2017)

-Claypaky and MA Lighting Hit the Road with OneRepublic Headlining 2017 Honda Civic Tour

Claypaky and MA Lighting Hit the Road with OneRepublic Headlining 2017 Honda Civic Tour

OneRepublic is headlining the 2017 Honda Civic Tour, the 16th annual edition of the automaker's summer tour, and Claypaky Mythos2, Claypaky Sharpy Washes, and MA Lighting grandMA2 consoles are along for the cross ...More

(8/16/2017)

-4Wall Nashville Lights 2017 Chase Rice Tour

4Wall Nashville Lights 2017 Chase Rice Tour

Chase Rice hit the road this year playing his well-known crowd-pleasing hits along with new songs from his soon to be released album, Lambs & Lions. 4Wall Nashville has a long-standing relationship with Chase Rice and his ...More

(8/16/2017)

-Australia's Brolga Theatre Goes Multi-Platinum with Elation Platinum Seven

Australia's Brolga Theatre Goes Multi-Platinum with Elation Platinum Seven

The Brolga Theatre in Queensland's Maryborough in Australia is a typical regional venue -- its 900-seat proscenium arch theatre hosts an international ballet troupe one night, Jimmy Barnes the next, and a local dance school the day after. ...More

(8/16/2017)

-WI Gets Hysteretical for Tiziano

WI Gets Hysteretical for Tiziano

Italian singer/songwriter and producer Tiziano Ferro is known as the modern face of Italian pop music and his phenomenally successful career has seen one chart-busting album and single after another earning him a dedicated fan following. ...More

(8/16/2017)

-Fulcrum Acoustic Appoints Quest Marketing Exclusive Southeast US Representative

Fulcrum Acoustic Appoints Quest Marketing Exclusive Southeast US Representative

Fulcrum Acoustic, creators of high-performance professional loudspeaker technologies, has appointed Quest Marketing as their exclusive representative for the southeast US. The appointment comes as Fulcrum is experiencing ...More

(8/16/2017)

-Harman Professional Solutions Takes Illumination to New Heights at Lotte World Tower in South Korea

Harman Professional Solutions Takes Illumination to New Heights at Lotte World Tower in South Korea

Hansam System, Co., Ltd. recently installed a comprehensive Martin by Harman lighting solution in Lotte World Tower, South Korea's tallest skyscraper and the fifth tallest building in the world. ...More

(8/16/2017)

-Award-Winning Toronto-Based ImagesInSound Moves Up to Yamaha NUAGE DAW

Award-Winning Toronto-Based ImagesInSound Moves Up to Yamaha NUAGE DAW

Award-winning audio post-production facility, ImagesInSound in Toronto, Canada, purchased a 32-fader Yamaha NUAGE Advanced Production DAW System with master section for the facility's largest dubbing stage. Brian Eimer ...More

(8/15/2017)

-Altman Lighting Announces Miles Dudgeon as Its New Northeast Regional Sales Manager for North America

Altman Lighting Announces Miles Dudgeon as Its New Northeast Regional Sales Manager for North America

Altman Lighting announces the appointment of Miles Dudgeon as the company's new northeast regional sales manager for North America. Based in upstate New York, Dudgeon will manage the Altman Lighting sales efforts in Virginia, ...More

(8/15/2017)

-ANSI Approves E1.50-1 Standard for Supporting Video Displays

ANSI Approves E1.50-1 Standard for Supporting Video Displays

On August 14 ANSI's Board of Standards Review approved ANSI E1.50-1 -- 2017, Requirements for the Structural Support of Temporary LED, Video, and Display Systems. It was published by ESTA on the same day. ...More

(8/15/2017)

-10th Knight of Illumination Awards Concert Touring & Events Shortlist Announced

10th Knight of Illumination Awards Concert Touring & Events Shortlist Announced

The 2017 Knight of Illumination (KOI) Awards has announced this year's shortlist of lighting and video designers, recognized for their creative work in the Concert Touring & Events sector. The winners will be announced at the 10th ...More

(8/15/2017)

-PixelFLEX Improves Life on the Road with FLEXTour LED

PixelFLEX Improves Life on the Road with FLEXTour LED

Award-winning LED video manufacturer PixelFLEX announces the introduction of FLEXTour, a new robust, high-definition and curve-able LED video display designed specifically for the high demands of production touring. With its unique ...More

(8/15/2017)

-AES Issues Call for Comment on Media Network Directory Requirements

AES Issues Call for Comment on Media Network Directory Requirements

The Audio Engineering Society standards committee has issued a call for comment on the draft technical document "Media Network Directories Requirements." From this document (which also addresses directory-related services) and the ...More

(8/15/2017)

-ILC Invests in High End Systems SolaFrame 2000s

ILC Invests in High End Systems SolaFrame 2000s

Chicago, Illinois-based lighting production company Intelligent Lighting Creations (ILC) announces that it recently invested in a large number of High End Systems SolaFrame 2000 automated luminaires for their production ...More

(8/15/2017)

-Ayrton IntelliPix-XT Support Heavy Entertainment for Robbie Williams

Ayrton IntelliPix-XT Support Heavy Entertainment for Robbie Williams

Robbie Williams' latest European tour takes in all points east and west of the continent throughout the summer, culminating in two shows in the Russian cities of St Petersburg and Moscow in early September. Touring in support of Williams' ...More

(8/15/2017)

-Jonezy Jones Balances Light for Michael Franti at Red Rocks with ChamSys MagicQ MQ80

Jonezy Jones Balances Light for Michael Franti at Red Rocks with ChamSys MagicQ MQ80

It isn't often that a rock star coming off three successive Billboard Top Ten albums takes time before a big show to hold a yoga class, but then Michael Franti has made a habit of defying expectations, whether it's with his genre-bending ...More

(8/15/2017)

-Spikies Illuminate Shawn Mendes

Spikies Illuminate Shawn Mendes

UK-based creative design practice Okulus -- James Scott and Louis Oliver -- was asked to create a production design the first major production world tour for rising Canadian singer / song-writing star Shawn Mendes. ...More

(8/15/2017)

-Flying Pigs at PLASA!

Flying Pigs at PLASA!

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Wholehog lighting control desk, the Flying Pig Systems team, along with an original Wholehog console, will reunite at the PLASA Show in September.
In 1992, three young, twenty ...
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(8/15/2017)

-Vectorworks, Inc. Opens New Office to Better Serve UK and Ireland Customers

Vectorworks, Inc. Opens New Office to Better Serve UK and Ireland Customers

To best support and grow its rapidly expanding user base, global design and BIM software developer Vectorworks, Inc. announces the formation of a new office in the UK.
To facilitate this new corporate office, Vectorworks has ...
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(8/15/2017)

-Bandit Celebrates Days of Future Passed with the Moody Blues

Bandit Celebrates Days of Future Passed with the Moody Blues

The Moody Blues, the world-renowned British rock band, has been touring since the fabled moment in music history referred to as the British Invasion, and while they have 18 platinum and gold albums, retail sales of more than 70 million ...More

(8/15/2017)

-Peavey Electronics Powers Up for 2017 DJ Expo

Peavey Electronics Powers Up for 2017 DJ Expo

Peavey Electronics returns to this year's DJ Expo with a new featured product and an all-star lineup of booth performers. Attendees can visit Peavey at booth 511, August 15 - 17, at the Atlantic City Convention Center to ...More

(8/14/2017)

-Transcolor Invests in More Robe

Transcolor Invests in More Robe

Transcolor Lucjan Siwczyk, one of Poland's major rental companies, is located in greater Warsaw, since 2010 in a substantial purpose-built warehouse and office complex complete with two large studios which are regularly hired out by ...More

(8/14/2017)

-Iconic Nashville Club Installs d&b and a Full House Reputation

Iconic Nashville Club Installs d&b and a Full House Reputation

Like all living things, reputations have to be nurtured lest they wither away. Since taking ownership of 12th & Porter in 2015, Nathaniel Beaver of Infinity Hospitality Group has burnished the already outstanding reputation of this ...More

(8/14/2017)

-No Sign of Panic -- Udo Lindenberg on Arena Tour with GLP

No Sign of Panic -- Udo Lindenberg on Arena Tour with GLP

When "panic rocker" Udo Lindenberg goes on tour it becomes total art for the eyes and ears. In his locker, Udo Lindenberg has everything that makes a show the absolute highlight: artists, UFOs, sensations, and, as always, his own secrets, ...More

(8/14/2017)

-214 Flares on Bruno Mars 24K Magic World Tour

214 Flares on Bruno Mars 24K Magic World Tour

The North American phase of Bruno Mars' 24K Magic World Tour is now in full swing, with 63 dates from July to November. Opening in Las Vegas after 44 dates in Europe, the tour will continue to Latin America and Australia through ...More

(8/14/2017)

-The G-4 Wash-Beam Invented on Request from Robbie Williams' LD

The G-4 Wash-Beam Invented on Request from Robbie Williams' LD

When creating the plot for the Robbie Williams Heavy Entertainment Show Tour, or for that matter any other lighting design, lighting and production designer Mark Cunniffe is very much driven by the artist, for whom he is ...More

(8/14/2017)

-Dirty Rigger Redefines the Tool Lanyard

Dirty Rigger Redefines the Tool Lanyard

The Dirty Rigger developers have been in the thinking shed again, making an awesome tool lanyard for the industry.
The company says, "the legends that are the Dirty Rigger community was asking for a way of connecting tools with ...
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(8/14/2017)

-TDC Opens Its Doors

TDC Opens Its Doors

Sydney, Australia's TDC - Technical Direction Company is gaining worldwide attention by being first to supply innovative video technologies to high profile live events, light festivals, TV productions, and live performance. ...More

(8/14/2017)

-X-Laser Goes International with Representation Covering Mexico, Central and South America

X-Laser Goes International with Representation Covering Mexico, Central and South America

As a trusted provider of laser hardware for nearly a decade in the US, X-Laser USA is expanding its reach and is now able to capitalize on opportunities in the international laser show market. In other words, the Latin American ...More

(8/14/2017)

-EAW Loudspeakers Offer the Ultimate Worship Solution for First Baptist Burleson

EAW Loudspeakers Offer the Ultimate Worship Solution for First Baptist Burleson

Two Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) sound reinforcement systems have been installed at the First Baptist Burleson, located in Burleson, Texas for use in their traditional sanctuary and their contemporary multi-purpose worship space, ...More

(8/14/2017)

-Horizon AVL Counts on Dante Audio over IP for Networking Worship Audio at Fellowship Alliance Chapel

Horizon AVL Counts on Dante Audio over IP for Networking Worship Audio at Fellowship Alliance Chapel

Horizon AVL, a full service systems design and integration firm specializing in systems for houses of worship, schools, stadiums, and corporate campuses, has installed a Dante Audio over IP network from Audinate to ...More

(8/14/2017)

-Rock City Studios Achieves Audio Goals with Renkus-Heinz

Rock City Studios Achieves Audio Goals with Renkus-Heinz

Live music venue, recording studio, music school, party space, and community treasure -- Rock City Studios does it all, supporting the local music community in Ventura County, California. Much of the action happens in one main room where ...More

(8/14/2017)

-Adlib Laughs Long and Loud with Mrs. Brown and Her Boys

Adlib Laughs Long and Loud with Mrs. Brown and Her Boys

The hilariously funny, successful Brendan O'Carroll comedy creation Mrs. Brown's Boys continues its popular live touring version, leaving a wake of smiles and laughs, with full technical production -- lighting, sound, video, rigging ...More

(8/11/2017)

-Vectorworks Announces Seven New Speakers for 2017 Design Summit

Vectorworks Announces Seven New Speakers for 2017 Design Summit

Vectorworks, Inc., a global design and BIM software developer for the architecture, landscape, and entertainment design industries, announces the addition of seven new speakers to the schedule for the 2017 Vectorworks Design ...More

(8/11/2017)

-Colorado's Sonic Bloom Delivers Unique EDM Experience with Elation Lighting

Colorado's Sonic Bloom Delivers Unique EDM Experience with Elation Lighting

Sonic Bloom, Colorado's premier EDM festival, is something people need to experience to fully grasp. Held at Hummingbird Ranch in the spectacular surroundings of Colorado's Spanish Peaks, Sonic Bloom is a unique mountain festival ...More

(8/11/2017)

-Powersoft Offers Four New Instructional Videos to Help Customers "Tune In" to Armonia 2.10

Powersoft Offers Four New Instructional Videos to Help Customers &quot;Tune In&quot; to Armonia 2.10

Powersoft, the world leader in lightweight, energy-efficient amplifier technology, has released four brand new videos to its YouTube channel that further explore the capabilities of its Armonía 2.10 software platform. These latest ...More

(8/11/2017)

-Pointing Out the Premios Max Awards

Pointing Out the Premios Max Awards

The annual Premios Max Awards celebrate Spanish individuals and organisations that have made outstanding contributions to the performing arts and are organized by the General Society of Authors and Publishers (SGAE). This year they ...More

(8/11/2017)

-ABCOMRENTS Debuts Indoor 2.6mm X2v Absen LED Tile for Rental and Resale

ABCOMRENTS Debuts Indoor 2.6mm X2v Absen LED Tile for Rental and Resale

ABCOMRENTS, a provider of IT and digital signage solutions, has expanded their inventory once again. This time, the company has added the latest Absen LED tile: the indoor 2.6mm X2v from Absen's Mobile Indoor/Outdoor Xv ...More

(8/11/2017)

-Harman Professional Solutions Sound System Featured at Mega Star Arena in Kuala Lumpur

Harman Professional Solutions Sound System Featured at Mega Star Arena in Kuala Lumpur

When installing a new sound system in their multi-use facility in Kuala Lumpur, The Mega Star Arena (MSA) team turned to Harman Professional Solutions to help implement a solution which would offer flexibility to produce a variety ...More

(8/11/2017)

-Jeff Hinton Creates Concert Looks for Puddle of Mudd and Saving Abel with Chauvet DJ

Jeff Hinton Creates Concert Looks for Puddle of Mudd and Saving Abel with Chauvet DJ

A pair of legendary grunge rock heavies teamed up for a once-in-a-life one-off at a music hall 150 miles outside Chicago this July, and were support by some punchy looks from an equally powerful duo: The Intimidator Beam 350 LED and ...More

(8/11/2017)

-Allen & Heath Welcomes Audio Geer as Southern California and Southern Nevada Rep

Allen & Heath Welcomes Audio Geer as Southern California and Southern Nevada Rep

Allen & Heath USA and its distributor, American Music and Sound, welcome AudioGeer as their distributor for Southern California and Southern Nevada.
AudioGeer serves system integrators, pro audio retailers and e ...
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(8/11/2017)

-Adamson Adds House-of-Worship Specialists WAVE as Integration Partner

Adamson Adds House-of-Worship Specialists WAVE as Integration Partner

Boasting an award-winning design team and an extensive portfolio of major installations at worship facilities around the world, Harrisburg, North Carolina-based AVLA design and integration firm WAVE has a reputation second-to-none. ...More

(8/11/2017)

-ils medientechnik from Leipzig Invests in Alcons LR18

ils medientechnik from Leipzig Invests in Alcons LR18

For 26 years, ils medientechnik has been supporting events of all sizes and with all technical activities. After the Leipzig German company had already invested in the smaller Alcons Audio LR7 system at the beginning of 2016, ...More

(8/11/2017)

-RCF Boosts Fan Experience at Bridgestone Arena

RCF Boosts Fan Experience at Bridgestone Arena

For the first time in 20 years an NHL hockey team has won all their consecutive NHL home games during the playoffs. That team -- the Nashville Predators. The venue -- Bridgestone Arena. The excitement is building for the team, and much of ...More

(8/11/2017)

-Products from Auralex Acoustics Used on Brian Wilson's Pet Sounds 50th Anniversary World Tour

Products from Auralex Acoustics Used on Brian Wilson's Pet Sounds 50th Anniversary World Tour

The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, released in 1966, is considered a timeless pop classic, and beginning in March 2016, Brian Wilson's Pet Sounds 50th Anniversary World Tour set out to perform the entire landmark recording live one ...More

(8/10/2017)

-Ex-Offenders and Unemployed Youth Gain New Skills as Stage Technicians

Ex-Offenders and Unemployed Youth Gain New Skills as Stage Technicians

Live event production companies in Las Vegas soon will be able to fill the void with newly trained employees. The Stage Technician Education and Development Intensive (STEADI) certificate program and entertainment electrics course ...More

(8/10/2017)

-Control Freak Systems First in US to Debut d3 gx Media Servers

Control Freak Systems First in US to Debut d3 gx Media Servers

Lititz, Pennsylvania-based Control Freak Systems LLC (CFS) is first in US to debut d3 technologies gx range of media servers.
A d3 rental partner, CFS has been at the forefront of entertainment technology for more than a ...
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(8/10/2017)

-Gerriets Duvetyne and Commando Masking Fabrics -- Broadway Quality Fabric on a Summer Stock Budget

Gerriets Duvetyne and Commando Masking Fabrics -- Broadway Quality Fabric on a Summer Stock Budget

Gerriets, known for its European fabrics, has recently expanded its line to include what the company calls affordable, high-quality duvetyne and commando cloth available in 8-, 12-, and 16-ounce weights. These single sided, brushed ...More

(8/10/2017)

-Milos Announces New Video Available on the PA5030 PA Tower

Milos Announces New Video Available on the PA5030 PA Tower

Milos has just released a technical video about its new MT-PA5030 PA Tower. In this video, Dipl.-Ing. Norbert Tripp (Area Four Industries technical director) gives an overview of the unique features of this new 5m (16 ...More

(8/10/2017)

-ADJ to "Light Up" DJ Expo 2017 with 13 Brand New Products

ADJ to &quot;Light Up&quot; DJ Expo 2017 with 13 Brand New Products

The annual DJ Expo event is always an important date on the ADJ calendar, and this year is no exception. The ADJ team is preparing to demonstrate a total of 13 brand new products at the show (five of which are new product ...More

(8/10/2017)

-Masque Sound Gives Audiences Nationwide the Royal Treatment for The King and I

Masque Sound Gives Audiences Nationwide the Royal Treatment for The King and I

Masque Sound recently provided Tony award-winning sound designer Scott Lehrer with a custom audio package to bring his vision to the road for the highly anticipated North American tour of the Lincoln Center Theater Production ...More

(8/10/2017)

-Spencer Lavoie Gives Elements Lakewood Big Looks with Chauvet Professional

Spencer Lavoie Gives Elements Lakewood Big Looks with Chauvet Professional

The tranquil heavily wooded mountains of northeast Pennsylvania bear no resemblance to the gritty streets of Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood, where BangON! NYC made its name throwing all-night EDM warehouse parties and ...More

(8/10/2017)

-Philips Lighting's LED Innovations Show Denim Couture in the Best Light at Royal Fashion Event

Philips Lighting's LED Innovations Show Denim Couture in the Best Light at Royal Fashion Event

Philips Lighting, a global provider of lighting, announces that its lighting technology was used for the Global Denim Awards Triennale in Milan, an annual celebration of the very best of denim couture. Visited by His Majesty King ...More

(8/10/2017)

-Galileo and TiMax: Commanding Circles in Space

Galileo and TiMax: Commanding Circles in Space

In keeping with Galileo's lifetime preoccupation with circles, ellipses, and their spatial movement, the Young Vic's recent interpretation of Bertolt Brecht's Life of Galileo was also staged in-the-round. Central to the sound design ...More

(8/10/2017)

-New Martin Audio MLA Floating Design Deployed at Henley Festival

New Martin Audio MLA Floating Design Deployed at Henley Festival

The five-day Henley Festival, featuring a celebration of UK and international music, comedy, and the arts, continued its ascendancy by pulling in over 25,000 people this year.
The event itself dates back to 1983, and as its longest ...
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(8/10/2017)

-Penn & Teller Not Fooled: LED Screens from WorldStage Picked for Penn & Teller: Fool Us Season Four

Penn & Teller Not Fooled: LED Screens from WorldStage Picked for Penn & Teller: Fool Us Season Four

Penn & Teller: Fool Us returns to The CW in July to intrigue TV audiences with season four of the magic competition in which guests attempt to baffle Penn & Teller with tricks they can't figure out. WorldStage showed off its ...More

(8/10/2017)

-Starlite Goes to the Beach

Starlite Goes to the Beach

The Boardwalk in Ocean City, New Jersey is a popular summer destination for thousands of families and the sights, sounds, and activities keep people coming back year after year.
However, city officials recognized that the existing sound ...
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(8/10/2017)

-API Legacy Plus Console Installed at MacEwan University in Canada

API Legacy Plus Console Installed at MacEwan University in Canada

API's commissioning team has recently returned from Canada where they installed a 32-channel Legacy Plus console at MacEwan University's new studio.
"As an educational facility, MacEwan wanted to choose a brand that fits with ...
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(8/10/2017)

-Stampede Big Book of AV Tour & Conference US Series Resumes in Columbus, Ohio on September 14th

Stampede Big Book of AV Tour & Conference US Series Resumes in Columbus, Ohio on September 14th

Returning from its first transatlantic tour in the UK and Ireland, Stampede, the world's leading value-added distributor of proAV solutions, is kicking off its Second Half 2017 North American Big Book of AV Tour & Conference Series ...More

(8/9/2017)

-Electrosonic Provides AV Support for Philadelphia's New Museum of the American Revolution

Electrosonic Provides AV Support for Philadelphia's New Museum of the American Revolution

The Museum of the American Revolution recently opened just a few blocks from Philadelphia's historic Independence Hall. The new red brick building boasts 32,000-sq.-ft. of galleries and theaters winding around a central atrium. Immersive ...More

(8/9/2017)

-The Audio Engineering Society Announces 2017 Election Results

The Audio Engineering Society Announces 2017 Election Results

The AES has released the list of winning candidates from the balloting in the 2017 Audio Engineering Society international elections. The newly elected officers will assume their roles in October, shortly after the end of the 143r ...More

(8/9/2017)

-High End Systems Announces HOG Factor 2017 Finalists

High End Systems Announces HOG Factor 2017 Finalists

High End Systems announces the finalists for the 2017 HOG Factor National Collegiate Lighting Show Programming Competition. The competition finals will be held on High End Systems' booth at the 2017 LDI trade show. The ...More

(8/9/2017)

-New York City's Intimate Arka Room Dazzles with Elation Lighting

New York City's Intimate Arka Room Dazzles with Elation Lighting

Arka Lounge operated for 16 years as one of the more successful nightspots in the Washington Heights area of upper Manhattan. Rebranded last December as Arka Room, owners of this sophisticated, intimate place to party are hoping for the ...More

(8/9/2017)

-Electronic Systems Outlook Summer 2017 Report Says: Healthy Business Climate

Electronic Systems Outlook Summer 2017 Report Says: Healthy Business Climate

NSCA's Electronic Systems Outlook report has been updated for Summer 2017, and now includes construction outlook information based upon actual data from Q1 and Q2 of 2017, as well as a forecasted outlook for the remainder of ...More

(8/9/2017)

-Central Lakes College Theatre Adds Versatility with Chauvet Professional

Central Lakes College Theatre Adds Versatility with Chauvet Professional

Located in the geographical heart of Minnesota, Central Lakes College embodies the state's long-standing tradition of supporting community involvement in the arts. This spirit is very evident in the college's two theatres, which not only ...More

(8/9/2017)

-Bandit Supplies Lollapalooza Festival Site Lights

Bandit Supplies Lollapalooza Festival Site Lights

Bandit Lites once again worked with C3 Presents, providing the site and structure lighting for the fourth year in a row at Lollapalooza in Chicago's Grant Park.
Working closely with C3 Presents production manager Tyler ...
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(8/9/2017)

-Here Comes the Sun -- with Support from WYSIWYG

Here Comes the Sun -- with Support from WYSIWYG

When light architects Cochavi & Klein were engaged by "The Tripping" production group to create spectacularly different lighting for a special sunset party in the Gan Haslaim (Rock Garden) of Tel Aviv's famous Yarkon Park, they came ...More

(8/9/2017)

-Avolites Arena Console Rocks for Dutch Rock Giants Kensington

Avolites Arena Console Rocks for Dutch Rock Giants Kensington

An Avolites Arena console was recently used as part of an extensive Avolites lighting control network for Dutch rock giants Kensington, at Pinkpop, the world's longest-running pop festival, in Landgraaf, Netherlands. ...More

(8/9/2017)

-Australia's Leading Softball Center Upgrades to Community

Australia's Leading Softball Center Upgrades to Community

Originally developed as the playing and training venue for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Softball competition, Blacktown International Sportspark's Softball Center remains the finest softball facility in Australia, hosting a wide program ...More

(8/9/2017)

-Ashly Amps, DSP, and User Controls Tame Wild Florida

Ashly Amps, DSP, and User Controls Tame Wild Florida

Wild Florida offers two big attractions: guided airboat rides into Florida's famed Everglades and an exotic animal park that houses lemurs, tropical birds, giant snakes, over fifty alligators, and much more. The airboats take half-hour and ...More

(8/9/2017)

-Green Hippo Sees Armin Deliver Grade A Tour Finale at the ArenA

Green Hippo Sees Armin Deliver Grade A Tour Finale at the ArenA

Superstar DJ Armin van Buuren played two solo shows at the Amsterdam ArenA and Dutch lighting creative Art of Light relied on a Hippotizer Karst media server to control a series of LED setups during the show. ...More

(8/9/2017)

-ArKaos Offers Back to School Discount

ArKaos Offers Back to School Discount

ArKaos offers 50-percent off on all software licenses for all qualified students, schools, and educators.
Companies, students, or educators working or participating in an educational system, simply need to send official ...
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(8/8/2017)

-Shure Names Ahren Hartman Vice President of Quality

Shure Names Ahren Hartman Vice President of Quality

Shure Incorporated announced the appointment of Ahren Hartman as vice president of quality. In this role, Hartman will be responsible for all of the company's quality activities, including corporate and supplier quality, ...More

(8/8/2017)

-Lady Gaga Gears Up for 60-Date Joanne World Tour with TAIT

Lady Gaga Gears Up for 60-Date Joanne World Tour with TAIT

After announcing the Joanne World Tour six months ago, Lady Gaga stayed mum on the details of this major production, leaving her little monsters on the edge (of glory, of course). As the Rogers Arena doors opened on August 1st, 2017 ...More

(8/8/2017)

-Winners of New York Musical Theatre Festival Awards Announced

Winners of New York Musical Theatre Festival Awards Announced

The New York Musical Festival (NYMF), the annual festival of new musical theatre works, has announced the 2017 NYMF Awards for Excellence, which were awarded on August 6, 2017 at Hudson Terrace. The best musical award, sponsored by ...More

(8/8/2017)

-Columbus McKinnon Introduces CM Rocket Universal Pendant Control

Columbus McKinnon Introduces CM Rocket Universal Pendant Control

Engineered for operator comfort, the new CM Rocket universal pendant control from Columbus McKinnon Corporation, a designer, manufacturer, and marketer of material handling products, systems and services, delivers precision control ...More

(8/8/2017)

-Acclaim Lighting Introduces Powerful XMT-350 for DMX/RDM Measurement

Acclaim Lighting Introduces Powerful XMT-350 for DMX/RDM Measurement

Acclaim Lighting, a provider of innovative and advanced solid-state lighting technology, introduces XMT-350, a powerful DMX / RDM measurement and test tool for RDM addressing and monitoring of products. The XMT-350 can test all ...More

(8/8/2017)

-VER Provides Global Lighting Services to Bruno Mars 24K Magic World Tour

VER Provides Global Lighting Services to Bruno Mars 24K Magic World Tour

Producer, singer-songwriter Bruno Mars is on a massive 24K Magic World Tour cross-continent tour which started in the Europe and is now entering North America. Dates for South America and Australia were just added with additional ...More

(8/8/2017)

-Small-Footprint, Huge-Output Danley Speakers and Amps Visually Disappear at Second Baptist Church

Small-Footprint, Huge-Output Danley Speakers and Amps Visually Disappear at Second Baptist Church

Founded in 1885, Second Baptist Church in Springfield, Missouri has moved, built, and rebuilt numerous sanctuaries in the 130-plus years of service to the Springfield community. It completed its current 1,000-seat sanctuary in the mid ...More

(8/8/2017)

-Robe Spiiders Welcomed Home for Zac Brown Band Tour

Robe Spiiders Welcomed Home for Zac Brown Band Tour

Multi-platinum, Grammy-Award winning artists Zac Brown Band (ZBB) is on the road again with a new album Welcome Home and a brand-new production lighting and visuals design created by James Scott and Louis Oliver from ...More

(8/8/2017)

-WestJet Sets World Records with 21st Birthday Light Effects Featuring Claypaky Mythos

WestJet Sets World Records with 21st Birthday Light Effects Featuring Claypaky Mythos

When WestJet Airlines Ltd., Canada's second-largest air carrier and the number one international carrier into Las Vegas, wanted to celebrate its 21st birthday, the company decided to go all out and set some Guinness World Records in the ...More

(8/8/2017)

-d&b Y-Series Fits the Bill at Historic Arcade Theatre

d&b Y-Series Fits the Bill at Historic Arcade Theatre

Home of Florida Repertory Theatre, the Arcade Theatre Fort Myers was rescued from obscurity in the 1990s. "Would you believe it," said John Kiselica, "at one point there was a wall right down the middle of the auditorium to make it ...More

(8/8/2017)

-Sabrina Carpenter De-Tours with Allen & Heath dLive

Sabrina Carpenter De-Tours with Allen & Heath dLive

Following last fall's sold-out headline tour, Sabrina Carpenter's ongoing The De-Tour is taking the American singer, songwriter, and actress to over thirty venues across the USA and Canada this summer. The tour utilizes venue ...More

(8/8/2017)

-Long Line Arrays from K-array Create Distributed Audio for Grand Central Bar

Long Line Arrays from K-array Create Distributed Audio for Grand Central Bar

The theme at the posh bar and cocktail lounge Campbell Apartment, located in Grand Central Terminal in New York City, centralized on the history of its landmark status. The space was once the office of American financier John W. Campbell, ...More

(8/8/2017)

-Curvaceous Solutions from WI for FINA Opening Ceremony

Curvaceous Solutions from WI for FINA Opening Ceremony

A spectacular opening ceremony in downtown Budapest marked the start of the 17th FINA World Aquatic Championships, with 14 days of world class aquatic sports following the elegant, eye-catching event directed by Olivier Feracci from ...More

(8/8/2017)

-Theatre in Review: A Real Boy (Ivy Theatre Co. in association with Athena Theatre/59E59)

Theatre in Review: A Real Boy (Ivy Theatre Co. in association with Athena Theatre/59E59)

A Real Boy is a real muddle, a weird tale about the plight of marionettes that gets thoroughly tangled in its own plot strings. It begins with Miss Terry, a kindergarten teacher, worrying that something is wrong with Max, one ...More

(8/7/2017)

-PLASA Show Promises a Leading Line Up for 2017 Seminar Program

PLASA Show Promises a Leading Line Up for 2017 Seminar Program

Each year the PLASA Show seminar program goes from strength to strength, promising unique insights, specialist knowhow, and the latest innovations, direct from the industry. The free-to-attend sessions, including the new Fast Track ...More

(8/7/2017)

-25 Years of the ETC Source Four Fixture

25 Years of the ETC Source Four Fixture

This November marks the 25th anniversary of the birth of the Source Four fixture at ETC. Between now and this year's LDI trade show, the company is taking a look back at this product that has become such a major part of ETC's ...More

(8/7/2017)

-Chroma-Q Introduces the New Inspire XT

Chroma-Q Introduces the New Inspire XT

The award winning Chroma-Q Inspire range welcomes its newest and eagerly anticipated addition: the Inspire XT.
Incorporating all of the features of the popular Inspire range of luminaires, including: fully homogenized beam, ...
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(8/7/2017)

-Six ESTA Standards in Public Review

Six ESTA Standards in Public Review

Six ESTA Technical Standards Program standards are available for public review on the ESTA website at http://estalink.us/pr. Five have comment deadlines of September 25, 2017, but one is a week later, October2, 2017. People ...More

(8/7/2017)

-Nominate a "Rising Star" for Theatrical Design Award

Nominate a &quot;Rising Star&quot; for Theatrical Design Award

USITT is seeking nominations for the 2018 Rising Star Award sponsored by LDI/Live Design. The award honors early-career professional designers in lighting, sound, scenic, or projection for outstanding work in one or ...More

(8/7/2017)

-ProPower "Old Faithful" for iWeiss Theatrical Solutions

ProPower &quot;Old Faithful&quot; for iWeiss Theatrical Solutions

At iWeiss, ProPower means continuity in more ways than one. Their oldest ProPower Rack Power Distribution (RPD) rack has been in continuous service for 17 years, in the most challenging and hostile theatrical conditions. With ...More

(8/7/2017)

-Ai Media Servers Are a Dream for Coldplay at Global Citizen 2017 Event

Ai Media Servers Are a Dream for Coldplay at Global Citizen 2017 Event

Knight of Illumination award-winning video designer Ben Miles has praised the Avolites Ai R6 media servers in their performance for festival opener Coldplay at the star-studded Global Citizen Festival in Hamburg, Germany, ...More

(8/7/2017)

-Three JTE Roofs in a Row at Kent State University

Three JTE Roofs in a Row at Kent State University

Kent State University chose three, side-by-side James Thomas Engineering PRT roof structures for their recent commencement ceremony. PRT systems are James Thomas Engineering Pre-Rig Super Truss roof systems with 15" towers. They ...More

(8/7/2017)

-14th Annual Premios Juventud Bets on the Future with Radio Active Designs

14th Annual Premios Juventud Bets on the Future with Radio Active Designs

The 14th Annual Premios Juventud Awards Show, presented by Univision, recently took place at the Watsco Center in Coral Gables, Florida. Show communication was aided by Radio Active Designs (RAD) wireless intercom systems provided ...More

(8/7/2017)

-OSA Installs Martin Audio in Lagunitas Brewery

OSA Installs Martin Audio in Lagunitas Brewery

OSA International, Inc. recently deployed a Martin Audio CDD speaker system for the Tasting Tour at the Lagunitas Brewery in Chicago's Douglas Park neighborhood in North Lawndale, Illinois.
Founded in 1993 in the town of ...
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(8/7/2017)

-X4 Bars Star in Ambitious Production of ENO's The Dream of Gerontius

X4 Bars Star in Ambitious Production of ENO's The Dream of Gerontius

An ambitious production of Sir Edward Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius -- a collaboration between the English National Opera, Royal Festival Hall and BBC Singers, was described by lighting designer Lucy Carter as "dramatic, ...More

(8/7/2017)

-The Roland XS-82H Video Switcher Simplifies Workflow for the Life-Center Church in Tacoma

The Roland XS-82H Video Switcher Simplifies Workflow for the Life-Center Church in Tacoma

The Life-Center Church in Tacoma, Washington, asserts that "It's all about the people," and a recent addition to its AV infrastructure underscores exactly that. The church's Central campus, one of three in the Tacoma area, recently had a More

(8/7/2017)

-Bandit Lites Purchases P1 Retro Lamps

Bandit Lites Purchases P1 Retro Lamps

Bandit Lites' touring inventory continues to grow with the addition of Portman Custom Lights' P1 Retro Lamps, the striking fixture that can function both as an incandescent light source and a bold set piece. ...More

(8/7/2017)

-Theatre in Review: Summer Shorts, Series B (59E59)

Theatre in Review: Summer Shorts, Series B (59E59)

Neil LaBute has been one of the mainstays of the Summer Shorts series, so it's good to see him in fine form with "Break Point," the highlight of this year's B program. As the title suggests, the action unfolds in the ...More

(8/4/2017)

-Theatre Projects' Senior Consultant, Dawn Chiang, Joins Tony Awards Nominating Committee

Theatre Projects' Senior Consultant, Dawn Chiang, Joins Tony Awards Nominating Committee

Theatre Projects announces that senior consultant Dawn Chiang has been named to the Tony Awards Nominating Committee-one of 12 new members of the 50-person committee. The group is responsible for seeing each new Broadway show ...More

(8/4/2017)

-60K+ Standards Downloaded from ESTA's Technical Standards Program, Thanks to ProSight Specialty Insurance

60K+ Standards Downloaded from ESTA's Technical Standards Program, Thanks to ProSight Specialty Insurance

Since April 15, 2013, ESTA, the Entertainment Services and Technology Association, has been able to offer all of its American National Standards and other published documents for download at no cost on their website at More

(8/4/2017)

-Congestion Relief from RC4

Congestion Relief from RC4

Driving on the wireless 2.4GHz highway can be difficult, and crowded wireless roads can result in signal loss and signal degradation. Even in the best situation, wireless congestion can lead to a less than perfect show; in the worst case, ...More

(8/4/2017)

-Robe Lights Scuttlers at RADA

Robe Lights Scuttlers at RADA

The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) staged the London premiere of Scuttlers in its city center GBS Theatre, an intense drama about the struggles and power politics of 19th century Manchester street gangs set against a steaming, ...More

(8/4/2017)

-Sennheiser Offers Upgrade Path for 600MHz Wireless Users Following FCC Decision

Sennheiser Offers Upgrade Path for 600MHz Wireless Users Following FCC Decision

Audio specialist Sennheiser announces a trade-in program in the US region following the decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to phase out use of the 600MHz band for wireless audio over the next few years. For ...More

(8/4/2017)

-Beanstalk Festival Gets Holistic Looks With Rogues

Beanstalk Festival Gets Holistic Looks With Rogues

When Tim Farquhar took his first look at the site of the Beanstalk Music and Arts Festival, he described it as "a lighting designer's dream." Not only was the setting breathtakingly beautiful with its panoramic view of the Rocky ...More

(8/4/2017)

-Sound Media Turns to Powersoft to Power '70s Rock Concert at Pompano Beach Amphitheater

Sound Media Turns to Powersoft to Power '70s Rock Concert at Pompano Beach Amphitheater

An avid user of Powersoft amplifiers since 2009, Lennox Foster, president of Sound Media, turned to the brand when he needed the right amplifiers to power 1970s rock bands Firefall, Poco, and Pure Prairie League during a ...More

(8/4/2017)

-L-Acoustics Catches Another Tour Wave With Jack Johnson

L-Acoustics Catches Another Tour Wave With Jack Johnson

Following the completion of his From Here To Now To You Tour in 2013-2014, Jack Johnson has only played a handful of shows over the past three years. However, with his new album, All The Light Above It Too, slated to ...More

(8/4/2017)

-Nashville's Spectrum Sound Joins Adamson Sales & Rental Network

Nashville's Spectrum Sound Joins Adamson Sales & Rental Network

Spectrum Sound Inc., one of Music City's most revered production rental houses, has joined the Adamson sales and rental network with a significant investment in a new E-Series and S-Series audio system. ...More

(8/4/2017)

-Eclectic Alhambra in Paris Upgrades with Meyer Sound LEOPARD

Eclectic Alhambra in Paris Upgrades with Meyer Sound LEOPARD

Under the guidance of producer/owner Jean-Claude Auclair, the Alhambra Theatre and Music Hall in Paris has flourished by serving up an eclectic mix of diverse musical genres intermingled with comedy shows and children's productions. ...More

(8/4/2017)

-Cozy Seaside Village Winery Upgrades with Yamaha CIS

Cozy Seaside Village Winery Upgrades with Yamaha CIS

Cape May Winery has grown over the past two decades to produce some of South Jersey's most distinguished wines. With four different vineyards, the winery produces over sixteen grape varieties. From Cape May's sandy soil to mild climate, ...More

(8/4/2017)

-Bart Kresa Projection Maps Walt Disney Concert Hall for Game of Thrones Premiere with WorldStage

Bart Kresa Projection Maps Walt Disney Concert Hall for Game of Thrones Premiere with WorldStage

It may have been a hot summer evening in Los Angeles but a winter-is-coming theme marked the gala seventh-season premiere of Game of Thrones at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. The after-party, staged on the roof level of Classic ...More

(8/3/2017)

-RCF Introduces the HDL 30-A

RCF Introduces the HDL 30-A

RCF announces the HDL 30-A. Following the success of the RCF HDL 50-A, the HDL 30-A expands the HDL family with mechanical, network, and phase compatibility. HDL line arrays on RDNet network are now the HDL System. ...More

(8/3/2017)

-Ivan Dryer, Laserium Founder and Laser Show Pioneer, Dies at 78

Ivan Dryer, Laserium Founder and Laser Show Pioneer, Dies at 78

Ivan Dryer, founder of Laserium planetarium shows -- the first continuously running laser shows in the world -- passed away July 27, 2017 at the age of 78.
The International Laser Display Association recognizes Dryer as "the ...
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(8/3/2017)

-Airstar Strengthens International Reach with New Export Manager Role

Airstar Strengthens International Reach with New Export Manager Role

Airstar announces the appointment of Clément Guittet as export manager to strengthen its international presence.
With 80% of its lighting turnover generated abroad, the company is focused on supporting and growing its ...
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(8/3/2017)

-Elation Lighting on Daryl Hall & John Oates / Tears for Fears Tour

Elation Lighting on Daryl Hall & John Oates / Tears for Fears Tour

Two iconic bands, American duo Daryl Hall & John Oates and English pop band Tears for Fears, united for a joint tour that had the trans-Atlantic pairing touring North America through July beneath a rig that included Elation ...More

(8/3/2017)

-InLight Gobos Celebrates 15th Year Anniversary

InLight Gobos Celebrates 15th Year Anniversary

As the developer of the first laser-ablated gobo in 1994, founder and president Rick Hutton of InLight Gobos, is celebrating the 15th year since his company launched in August of 2002. Hutton had always wanted to be part of ...More

(8/3/2017)

-Emmanuel Baptist Church Upgrades its Sound Reinforcement Capabilities with New PreSonus WorxAudio Loudspeakers

Emmanuel Baptist Church Upgrades its Sound Reinforcement Capabilities with New PreSonus WorxAudio Loudspeakers

With its relaxed atmosphere, casual dress code, and vibrant music program, Emmanuel Baptist Church prides itself in providing worshippers a place to grow, connect, learn, serve, love, and laugh. Music plays a vital role in the church's ...More

(8/3/2017)

-Sennheiser and Neumann at IBC: Camera Sound Meets Studio Audio

Sennheiser and Neumann at IBC: Camera Sound Meets Studio Audio

At this year's IBC in Amsterdam, Sennheiser and Neumann will be presenting audio solutions for all levels of media production. "Good audio technology is the basis for a successful production. This is true whether it's being created ...More

(8/3/2017)

-National Theatre Meets Growing Demand for GLP's X4 Bars

National Theatre Meets Growing Demand for GLP's X4 Bars

The National Theatre on London's South Bank has invested heavily for the second time in GLP's award-winning impression X4 Bar 20's.
Lighting resources manager, Paul Hornsby, has added to the initial tranche of 18, which ...
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(8/3/2017)

-Tom Mumby Counts On ChamSys MagicQ MQ500 Stadium On Australian Pink Floyd Tour

Tom Mumby Counts On ChamSys MagicQ MQ500 Stadium On Australian Pink Floyd Tour

On Sunday October 29, 1994, Pink Floyd performed the final show of their Division Bell Tour at Earl's Court in London. It was the last time they would tour together. Some of the band's members have since passed away. Earl's Court ...More

(8/3/2017)

-Peavey Days at Guitar Center Stores Kick Off Aug. 5, Offering Hottest Deals on Coolest Gear

Peavey Days at Guitar Center Stores Kick Off Aug. 5, Offering Hottest Deals on Coolest Gear

Peavey Electronics is turning the dog days of summer into "deal days" with Peavey Days at select Guitar Center stores across the nation. This special promotion will kick off on Saturday, Aug. 5 from 10 am to 8 pm, and will offer ...More

(8/3/2017)

-BASSBOSS to Debut DV12 Powered Micromain at DJ Expo 2017

BASSBOSS to Debut DV12 Powered Micromain at DJ Expo 2017

Powered loudspeaker manufacturer BASSBOSS (Booth #431) will return to DJ Expo this year to showcase its versatile loudspeaker offerings, including its new DV12 Powered MicroMain - a compact and powerful full-range speaker with ...More

(8/3/2017)

-Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers 40th Anniversary Tour Travels with Telefunken

Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers 40th Anniversary Tour Travels with Telefunken

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are celebrating their 40th Anniversary this year with an extensive tour schedule including shows across America, Canada, and in London, England. The tour continues through September 25. Veteran FOH ...More

(8/3/2017)

-Theatre in Review: Curvy Widow (Westside Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Curvy Widow (Westside Theatre)

For more years than I care to remember, the presence of Nancy Opel in a production has been a gilt-edged guarantee of fun, no matter her surroundings. Her technique is as faultless as it is minimalist: A quarter turn of her head, ...More

(8/2/2017)

-Shure GLX-D Advanced Digital Wireless Now Shipping

Shure GLX-D Advanced Digital Wireless Now Shipping

Shure announces that its suite of GLX-D Advanced Digital Wireless products is currently shipping. Originally launched at the 2017 Winter NAMM Show, the new suite of products and accessories is the latest addition to the GLX-D ...More

(8/2/2017)

-In Memoriam: Marty Sklar, Imagineer and Intimate of Walt Disney

In Memoriam: Marty Sklar, Imagineer and Intimate of Walt Disney

Marty Sklar, a key figure in the history of themed entertainment and a founding father of Disney Imagineering, died on July 27 at his home in Hollywood Hills, California. He was 83. No cause of death was announced. He had attended ...More

(8/2/2017)

-Stratford Festival Unveils Design Concepts for Proposed New Tom Patterson Theatre

Stratford Festival Unveils Design Concepts for Proposed New Tom Patterson Theatre

The Stratford Festival unveiled design concepts for a new Tom Patterson Theatre, which it hopes to build over the coming year.
"Our dream is to build a new facility that will be a jewel on the Avon, and that will rival some of the most ...
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(8/2/2017)

-Blizzard Lighting Introduces Cyc Out

Blizzard Lighting Introduces Cyc Out

Meet Cyc Out. Now, meet "CYC-OUT." By day, a flexible, graceful cyc light. By night, a punch-your-lights out, fully-loaded RGBW color mixing strobe.
The Cyc Out's multi-mode strobe functions include dual zone control and individual ...
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(8/2/2017)

-Mega-Lite Introduces Color Pac 150 Series

Mega-Lite Introduces Color Pac 150 Series

Mega-Lite introduces the Color Pac 150 series, a battery operated and compact series that can be used in several different settings. The series includes the Color Pac 150 Narrow, Color Pac 150 Wide, Color Pac Ion, and the Color Pac ...More

(8/2/2017)

-Hoist UK Announces Appointment of New General Manager

Hoist UK Announces Appointment of New General Manager

Lifting equipment manufacturer and supplier Hoist UK announces the appointment of new general manager John Ball with immediate effect.
Ball will manage the business's sales and marketing teams, contribute to overall ...
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(8/2/2017)

-Tribute Concert at Renovated Communist-era Circus Building Features Elation Lighting

Tribute Concert at Renovated Communist-era Circus Building Features Elation Lighting

Elation dealer Eventika Grup SRL of Moldova recently finished an interesting project that the company worked long and hard to complete. After the USSR collapsed, the circus in the town of Chisinau, Moldova, disintegrated along with ...More

(8/2/2017)

-ADJ Introduces Flexible New Range Of Battery-Powered, Long Distance Wireless DMX Up-lighting Fixtures

ADJ Introduces Flexible New Range Of Battery-Powered, Long Distance Wireless DMX Up-lighting Fixtures

ADJ introduces the Element Series, a new collection of elegantly-designed battery powered, long distance wireless DMX (2,500'/700M line of sight) par fixtures specifically created for up-lighting. Featuring models that utilize both ...More

(8/2/2017)

-MDG ATMe Generates Drama for RADA

MDG ATMe Generates Drama for RADA

MDG was happy to see the students of London's premier drama school, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), taking full advantage of the capabilities of one of its ATMe haze generators during their recent production of Rona ...More

(8/2/2017)

-Lighting the Starboy

Lighting the Starboy

Canadian singer / songwriter The Weeknd is currently rocking plenty of style and enjoying success, critical acclaim, multiple awards, and several hits from his chart-topping third studio album Starboy .... propelling him a ...More

(8/2/2017)

-10th Knight of Illumination Awards Theatre Shortlist is Announced

10th Knight of Illumination Awards Theatre Shortlist is Announced

After much deliberation, the Theatre judging panel for the 2017 Knight of Illumination (KOI) Awards announces this year's shortlist of lighting and video designers, recognized for their creative work in theatre. The winners will ...More

(8/2/2017)

-Fulcrum Acoustic Helps Bring New Energy to Church by the Glades

Fulcrum Acoustic Helps Bring New Energy to Church by the Glades

Church by the Glades (CBG) revitalized an aging house of worship with a dwindling congregation when it acquired the First Baptist Church of Lake Worth, Florida in the fall of 2016. CBG turned to ShowPro of South Florida to design and ...More

(8/2/2017)

-Mötley Crüe Rocks its Final Tour with a Custom-Built Playback Control Rig

Mötley Crüe Rocks its Final Tour with a Custom-Built Playback Control Rig

By November of 2014, Mötley Crüe's epic Final Tour was attended by over 1.3 million people. Throughout the duration of the band's 158-show journey across six continents, they relied on a custom-configured rig by Playback ControlMore

(8/2/2017)

-Theatre in Review: A Parallelogram (Second Stage)

Theatre in Review: A Parallelogram (Second Stage)

In plays like Clybourne Park, Domesticated, and The Qualms, Bruce Norris delighted in breaching social norms, putting in his characters' mouths words that would normally be unsayable in polite company. A ...More

(8/1/2017)

-Latest Eos Family Software Unlocks Output Upgrades and Empowers Element

Latest Eos Family Software Unlocks Output Upgrades and Empowers Element

When Eos family console users install software v2.6, they may find that their systems get a serious boost. As announced at CUE, ETC's professional development conference, Eos v2.6 brings major upgrades for Element consoles, and ...More

(8/1/2017)

-Freeman Audio Visual Canada Promotes Heidi Welker

Freeman Audio Visual Canada Promotes Heidi Welker

David Campbell, executive vice president and chief operating officer, Freeman Audio Visual Canada, announces the promotion of Heidi Welker to senior vice president, business development and industry partnerships. ...More

(8/1/2017)

-SolaSpot 1500s Illuminate The Drowsy Chaperone

SolaSpot 1500s Illuminate The Drowsy Chaperone

Part of the Hog Factor 2016 winning team from Webster University, designer Natali Arco recently used High End Systems SolaSpot 1500s to illuminate The Drowsy Chaperone. Produced by the Conservatory of Theatre Arts at ...More

(8/1/2017)

-Harman Professional Solutions Brings Modern Sound and Lighting to a Historic Setting at TempleLive

Harman Professional Solutions Brings Modern Sound and Lighting to a Historic Setting at TempleLive

TempleLive, a unique performance venue with a prohibition-era aesthetic in Fort Smith, Arkansas, recently installed a complete Harman audio and lighting solution comprised of JBL VTX V20 loudspeakers, Crown amps, Sou ...More

(8/1/2017)

-Rogues for Nile Rodgers

Rogues for Nile Rodgers

It's been said that "experience is what you get when you were expecting something else." John Garberson, owner of Creative BackStage, picked up some valuable experience recently when he worked a Hello Arizona-produced show by ...More

(8/1/2017)

-Robe for WinDays 17 Conference

Robe for WinDays 17 Conference

Lighting designer Miro Hrg from top Croatian rental company Promo Logistika chose Robe BMFL Spots, CycFX8s, LEDWash 600s, and MMX WashBeams to light the main conference plenary session for the Microsoft WinDays 2017 ...More

(8/1/2017)

-L-Acoustics Proves Its Mettle at Brooklyn Steel

L-Acoustics Proves Its Mettle at Brooklyn Steel

Leading New York City-based national concert promoter The Bowery Presents (TBP) recently opened its latest live music venue, Brooklyn Steel, a new 20,000-sq.-ft. space in East Williamsburg, New York that is outfitted with L-Acoustics ...More

(8/1/2017)

-Bespoke Audio Visual Turns to BroadWeigh for Prestigious Canada Day Event

Bespoke Audio Visual Turns to BroadWeigh for Prestigious Canada Day Event

Ontario's Canada Day celebration at Queen's Park has been a tradition since 1967 and commemorates the formation of Canada as one country on July 1 1867. The event draws audiences in their thousands, offering music and dance performances, ...More

(8/1/2017)

-Trojans Dance to the Sound of Renkus-Heinz

Trojans Dance to the Sound of Renkus-Heinz

Housed in a new, 70'-tall, 54,000-sq.-ft. building designed by local architect William Murray of Pfeiffer Partners, Inc., University of Southern California's $46 million Glorya Kaufman International School of Dance features a ...More

(8/1/2017)

-Green Hippo Puts on the Red Lights at 2017 Polar Music Prize Ceremony

Green Hippo Puts on the Red Lights at 2017 Polar Music Prize Ceremony

The Polar Music Prize is recognized as one of music's most prestigious international honors and this year's ceremony saw Hippotizer Media Servers playing a key part in Sundin Designers Sweden's lighting and image display for the ...More

(8/1/2017)

-Avolites Ltd. Appoints Fairlight as Exclusive Distributor for Belgium

Avolites Ltd. Appoints Fairlight as Exclusive Distributor for Belgium

British lighting console and media server manufacturer, Avolites, has recently appointed Fairlight as the exclusive distributor of its lighting and video network control products in Belgium. The exclusive partnership, which ...More

(8/1/2017)

-Theatre in Review: A Midsummer Night's Dream (The Public Theater at the Delacorte Theater)

Theatre in Review: A Midsummer Night's Dream (The Public Theater at the Delacorte Theater)

There are so many delightfully mad, moonstruck people running around in Lear deBessonet's new production of Shakespeare's comedy that I almost hesitate to single out any of them. And yet, in this company of equals, three ...More

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