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(9/29/2017)

-PLASA Membership Offers Key Customer Management Training

PLASA Membership Offers Key Customer Management Training

PLASA is offering members the opportunity to attend a one day intensive key customer management training course.
This course will benefit business development managers and sales executives. It aims to build skills in managing and ...
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(9/29/2017)

-Focusrite Announces New RedNet X2P Interface

Focusrite Announces New RedNet X2P Interface

Focusrite announces the RedNet X2P 2x2 Dante audio interface. Compact and robust, the RedNet X2P, featuring two Red Evolution mic pre's, stereo line outs and a stereo headphone amplifier, allows quick I/O and monitoring expansion of ...More

(9/29/2017)

-ADJ to Exhibit at the WFX 2017 Show

ADJ to Exhibit at the WFX 2017 Show

October 11 - 12 the WFX Conference & Expo will take place in Dallas, Texas, when 3,500+ people involved with worship technology will come together to learn, share ideas, and check out the latest equipment. ADJ will feature ...More

(9/29/2017)

-Masque Sound Supplies Custom Audio Equipment Package for Enfield High School Auditorium Renovation

Masque Sound Supplies Custom Audio Equipment Package for Enfield High School Auditorium Renovation

When faculty and students at Connecticut's Enfield High School got their first look at the school's newly renovated auditorium, they were in awe. As part of the school's $103 million construction project, the auditorium was completely ...More

(9/29/2017)

-Robe Supports The Stage Debut Awards

Robe Supports The Stage Debut Awards

Robe was delighted to be lining up on the red carpet to welcome guests at the inaugural The Stage Debut Awards in central London, organized by The Stage, legendary weekly newspaper dedicated -- since 1880 -- to reporting on ...More

(9/29/2017)

-PixelFLEX Takes the Stage at the Scottish Rite Valley of Boston

PixelFLEX Takes the Stage at the Scottish Rite Valley of Boston

As one of the several Scottish Rite Valleys located in the state of Massachusetts, the Valley of Boston is steeped in the rich traditions of the Scottish Rite and Freemasonry dating back to the 17th Century. Dedicated to promoting personal ...More

(9/29/2017)

-Zero 88 Does the Trick for Cirque Enchantment

Zero 88 Does the Trick for Cirque Enchantment

Lighting designer Richard Lambert chose a Zero 88 Orb XF desk -- from Eaton's lighting control brand -- to control lighting for Cirque Enchantment's 2017 UK tour.
He wanted a powerful, physically small, and quick-to ...
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(9/29/2017)

-Fairview Baptist Mixes and Streams with Allen & Heath dLive and ME

Fairview Baptist Mixes and Streams with Allen & Heath dLive and ME

Fairview Baptist Church, a rapidly growing church in Corryton, Tennessee, recently upgraded its audio with three Allen & Heath dLive Digital Mixing Systems and an integrated ME Personal Monitoring System. Jeremy Cummings, ...More

(9/29/2017)

-EAW Works with Charlotte's University City Church to Upgrade Sound Reinforcement System

EAW Works with Charlotte's University City Church to Upgrade Sound Reinforcement System

University City Church (UCC), located in Charlotte, North Carolina, recently moved into a new location to accommodate their growing community. Fortunately for the organization, the new venue was previously home to another church as well as ...More

(9/29/2017)

-Castle-Like Woodland Hills Family Church Rounds Out with Danley Speakers, Subs, and DSP-Enabled Amplifiers

Castle-Like Woodland Hills Family Church Rounds Out with Danley Speakers, Subs, and DSP-Enabled Amplifiers

In any other town, the fact that Woodland Hills Family Church meets in a castle mock-up would have it sticking out like a sore, strange thumb, but not so in colorful Branson, Missouri. Its "sanctuary" is just a few degrees shy of being in ...More

(9/29/2017)

-Products from Auralex Acoustics Lets Derrick Wright, Drummer with Adele, Build a Familiar Drum Setup Anywhere

Products from Auralex Acoustics Lets Derrick Wright, Drummer with Adele, Build a Familiar Drum Setup Anywhere

There was a moment during Adele's 2016-2017 arena tour, which ended on June 29 at Wembley Stadium, where the Grammy Award-winning vocalist and songwriter transitioned from the main stage to a smaller, round stage in the middle of the venue' ...More

(9/29/2017)

-White Light Joins The Band as it Begins UK Tour

White Light Joins The Band as it Begins UK Tour

Written by Tim Firth and featuring music by Take That, The Band tells the story of five 16-year-old friends in 1992, who idolize their favorite band, and follows them as adults as they try to meet their pop heroes. The production ...More

(9/29/2017)

-Theatre in Review: Breeders (New Light Theater Project/Access Theater)

Theatre in Review: Breeders (New Light Theater Project/Access Theater)

Breeders is about Mikey and Dean, gay partners in their early thirties; together since college, they have decided it's time to have kids. (Interestingly, they haven't married, and have no plans to do so.) While they wait for ...More

(9/28/2017)

-Samson Launches SM4 4-Channel Mixer

Samson Launches SM4 4-Channel Mixer

Samson, a provider of professional audio products, announces the new SM4 half-rack, four-channel line mixer designed to easily integrate into installation and commercial sound systems. The SM4 features a balanced microphone channel ...More

(9/28/2017)

-Adamson to Show Latest Products and Present Panel of Experts at WFX 2017

Adamson to Show Latest Products and Present Panel of Experts at WFX 2017

Adamson Systems Engineering is expanding its presence at the 2017 WFX Conference & Expo, showcasing and demoing its latest products, the IS7 sub-compact two-way, full range line array cabinet and IS118 subwoofer, in booth 6. ...More

(9/28/2017)

-Elation Professional to Showcase Latest House of Worship-Optimized Lighting at WFX Expo

Elation Professional to Showcase Latest House of Worship-Optimized Lighting at WFX Expo

Elation Professional invites worship technology professionals to booth 1207 at the upcoming WFX Expo in Dallas, Texas for a look at the company's line of professional lighting and video products optimized for house of worship ...More

(9/28/2017)

-Alcorn McBride's Joy Burke Earns PE Certification

Alcorn McBride's Joy Burke Earns PE Certification

Joy Burke has added PE, Electrical and Computer: Computer Engineering to her title of senior product engineer at Alcorn McBride.
"We are all really proud of Joy, it's quite an accomplishment to receive the PE ...
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(9/28/2017)

-Analog Way Appoints Valérie Gérôme as Global Communications Manager

Analog Way Appoints Valérie Gérôme as Global Communications Manager

Analog Way is a designer and manufacturer of innovative equipment dedicated to the professional audio visual industry. Since 1989, Analog Way has developed and manufactured a wide range of equipment dedicated to professional AV ...More

(9/28/2017)

-Freeman Audio Visual Edmonton wins Consumer Choice Award

Freeman Audio Visual Edmonton wins Consumer Choice Award

Freeman Audio Visual Canada announces that it has been selected by the Edmonton consumers and business community as the Consumer Choice Award (CCA) winner in the category of Audio Visual Services. CCA was established in 1987 and is ...More

(9/28/2017)

-d&b audiotechnik to Present the d&b Soundscape at AES New York 2017

d&b audiotechnik to Present the d&b Soundscape at AES New York 2017

Following crowded demo sessions at InfoComm Orlando the d&b audiotechnik team is heading to New York City for the 143rd Audio Engineering Society's international convention. Between October 18 - 20, demo room 3D04 in the ...More

(9/28/2017)

-Ben Mansfield's Oh Wonder Light Show Flows with ChamSys

Ben Mansfield's Oh Wonder Light Show Flows with ChamSys

There's a good reason why words like "dreamy" and "ethereal" pop up often when critics write about Oh Wonder. The tightly woven male-female voices and lofty synths of this alt-pop duo seem to wrap themselves gently around listeners, ...More

(9/28/2017)

-Avolites Arena Provides Full Control for Tom Misch

Avolites Arena Provides Full Control for Tom Misch

An Avolites Arena lighting console was used to program and operate the striking lighting design for producer and singer-songwriter Tom Misch at his outdoor headline show at the Summer Series music festival held at Somerset House, ...More

(9/28/2017)

-Squeek Lights Warms Up Real Friends Tour with Chauvet Professional

Squeek Lights Warms Up Real Friends Tour with Chauvet Professional

At a time when some bands are using exotic, abstract, and hard to decipher scenic elements on stage, pop punk phenoms Real Friends are taking an entirely different approach. Touring the USA, Mexico, and Australia in support of their second ...More

(9/28/2017)

-Andi Watson Radios in on GLP's Big Guns

Andi Watson Radios in on GLP's Big Guns

Radiohead's long-serving lighting designer, Andi Watson has been using 48 of GLP's powerful X4 L LED spots as well as 14 of the award-winning X4 Bar 20 battens (in addition to several shorter X4 Bar 10) on the band's latest More

(9/28/2017)

-DiGiCo Boxes Clever for Robbie Williams Heavy Entertainment Show

DiGiCo Boxes Clever for Robbie Williams Heavy Entertainment Show

The beginning of June saw Robbie Williams kick off his Heavy Entertainment Show tour on home turf at Manchester's Etihad Stadium. The tour has continued throughout the summer, taking in stadiums, fields, and arenas across the UK and ...More

(9/28/2017)

-Martin Audio Launches New Webinar Training Program

Martin Audio Launches New Webinar Training Program

Martin Audio announces a series of webinars that will kick-start a new monthly education program for its bestselling product ranges and software platforms.
A major development in Martin Audio's training initiative, these live ...
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(9/28/2017)

-Christie Projectors Enhance Expo 67 Live

Christie Projectors Enhance Expo 67 Live

Christie, a provider in creating and delivering the world's best visual and audio experiences, is supplying projectors for Expo 67 Live, a celebration to honor the 50th anniversary of the Montreal World's Fair, produced by ...More

(9/27/2017)

-"Shape the Future of Audio" Series in NYC Provides "Deep Dive" into Emerging VR/3D Audio Technologies

"Shape the Future of Audio" Series in NYC Provides "Deep Dive" into Emerging VR/3D Audio Technologies

Audio specialist Sennheiser announces a collaboration with music and tech education series The Digilogue to host a four-day event: the "Shape the Future of Audio" series. The event will take place at Interface New York City, ...More

(9/27/2017)

-Powersoft's Quattrocanali DSP+D Nominated for NAMM TEC Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement

Powersoft's Quattrocanali DSP+D Nominated for NAMM TEC Award for Outstanding Technical Achievement

Powersoft, a manufacturer of professional power amplifiers, announced that its Quattrocanali DSP+D -- a powerful four-channel rack amplifier designed for installations and featuring built-in digital signal processing -- has received ...More

(9/27/2017)

-Eiki International Announces EK-815U 8500 Lumen Laser Projector with HD-SDI

Eiki International Announces EK-815U 8500 Lumen Laser Projector with HD-SDI

Eiki International, Inc. a provider for over 40 years of projection technology, announces the new EK-815U WUXGA (1920x1200) Laser Projector. Featuring 8,500 lumen brightness, a 100,000:1 contrast ratio, and the superior color ...More

(9/27/2017)

-Apollo Design Technology, Inc. Announces New Hires Ready to Serve Customers

Apollo Design Technology, Inc. Announces New Hires Ready to Serve Customers

Apollo Design Technology, Inc. announces the appointment of Dane Nagy, Brooke O'Mara, and Donald Schmidt.
As an IT Specialist with Apollo, Nagy implements web development and helpdesk assistance strategies and ...
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(9/27/2017)

-A.C. Lighting Inc. Hires Marketing Project Manager

A.C. Lighting Inc. Hires Marketing Project Manager

A.C. Lighting Inc., distributor of lighting, rigging, and video technologies, appoints Kyla Werrett to fill the newly created role of marketing project manager.
Werrett brings with her over 15 years of marketing experience ...
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(9/27/2017)

-Rolling Stones No Filter Tour

Rolling Stones No Filter Tour

Entertainment engineering experts WIcreations has constructed several major set elements and developed associated rigging systems for the spectacular stage architecture designed by Stufish for the Rolling Stones' No Filter< ...More

(9/27/2017)

-Dan+Shay Obsessed with Robe

Dan+Shay Obsessed with Robe

Country music duo Dan + Shay -- vocalists and songwriters Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney -- are engaged in an extensive touring cycle following the success of their second studio album, Obsessed, released in June 2016. ...More

(9/27/2017)

-OSA Overcomes RF Challenges at Chicago's Navy Pier with Shure ULX-D Wireless

OSA Overcomes RF Challenges at Chicago's Navy Pier with Shure ULX-D Wireless

Navy Pier in Chicago is one of the most important civic landmarks in the United States and one of the top-visited leisure and cultural destinations in the world. Since its reopening in 1995, the Pier has welcomed more than 180 million ...More

(9/27/2017)

-Harman Professional Solutions Provide Unforgettable Live Experiences at Whoa! Studios

Harman Professional Solutions Provide Unforgettable Live Experiences at Whoa! Studios

Nestled in Henderson Valley in Western Auckland New Zealand, Whoa! Studios is a state-of-the-art film studio and theatre specializing in live action, puppetry, and miniatures. Its flagship offering is an original, world-class, live show ...More

(9/27/2017)

-Caravan Stage's Theater Ship Stages Multimedia Nomadic Tempest with MA Lighting's dot2 core Console

Caravan Stage's Theater Ship Stages Multimedia Nomadic Tempest with MA Lighting's dot2 core Console

The Caravan Stage Company's theater ship Amara Zee is finishing the two-month run of Nomadic Tempest in British Columbia, Canada where MA Lighting's dot2 core is providing lighting control for the complex shipboard production. A ...More

(9/27/2017)

-Sound Media Upgrades PA Drive System with Optocore

Sound Media Upgrades PA Drive System with Optocore

Event production company Sound Media in Hollywood, Florida has a 20 year history of providing sound, light, and video services for live events of all shapes and sizes. As the needs of their clients become more complex, owner and ...More

(9/27/2017)

-Philips Lighting Moves Opera Sanxay to New Heights of Dynamic Presentation

Philips Lighting Moves Opera Sanxay to New Heights of Dynamic Presentation

Philips Lighting announces that it has worked closely with Opera Sanxay to introduce the first-ever moving light rig for the celebrated Soirées Lyrique de Sanxay opera festival, staged August 10 - 14. The use of the latest stage ...More

(9/27/2017)

-WorldStage's LED Video Inventory Grows with Customized ROE CB5 Screens and ROE Strip Lights

WorldStage's LED Video Inventory Grows with Customized ROE CB5 Screens and ROE Strip Lights

WorldStage recently expanded its large inventory of LED video solutions with the acquisition of customized ROE CB5 LED panels and ROE Strip LEDs to give customers new creative options. Thanks to strong customer interest, ...More

(9/27/2017)

-Theatre in Review: KPOP (Ars Nova/Ma-Yi Theater Company/Woodshed Collective)

Theatre in Review: KPOP (Ars Nova/Ma-Yi Theater Company/Woodshed Collective)

KPOP is such an audacious undertaking that it required three companies to get it on -- and, only a few minutes into it, you'll understand why. Consider this premise: On entering the ART/New York Theatres -- every square inch ...More

(9/26/2017)

-Chorus Line: A Flexible Range of Multi-Talented Performers by Elation

Chorus Line: A Flexible Range of Multi-Talented Performers by Elation

With Elation Professional's new Chorus Line of flexible LED batten luminaires, strip lights have graduated from static, single-purpose wash lights to more maneuverable, adaptable lighting effects that can fulfill a number of ...More

(9/26/2017)

-Shure Designer System Configuration Software for Microflex Advance Now Available

Shure Designer System Configuration Software for Microflex Advance Now Available

Shure announces that its Designer System Configuration Software is now available for download. Originally revealed at InfoComm 2017 in Orlando, the desktop application was developed for integrators and system designers to ...More

(9/26/2017)

-Martin Audio Upgrades Display Software and Increases Accessibility

Martin Audio Upgrades Display Software and Increases Accessibility

Martin Audio announces a significant upgrade to its optimization, control, and monitoring software platforms. Display 2.3 integrates the recently announced Wavefront Precision series featuring scalable optimization, while Vu-Net 2.1 ...More

(9/26/2017)

-EAW Announces Software Updates

EAW Announces Software Updates

EAW's Resolution 2.4 contains a number of usability improvement and bug fixes, greatly improving user workflow in model building and design. Updates include multi-select functionality for surfaces and arrays, massive calculation ...More

(9/26/2017)

-NEXT-proaudio Introduces the New PXH95

NEXT-proaudio Introduces the New PXH95

The new NEXT PXH95 from NEXT-proaudio is the mid-high speaker that belongs to the PX system, a system that can offer high SPL, reliability, an aesthetic design and high sound fidelity throughout the venue. This system reveals to be ...More

(9/26/2017)

-PreSonus Delivers StudioLive Series III Rack Mixers

PreSonus Delivers StudioLive Series III Rack Mixers

The perfect partners for StudioLive Series III console/recorders, StudioLive Series III rack mixers can serve as simple AVB stage boxes, combination stage boxes and monitor mixers, or powerful standalone mixers. The result of ten years of ...More

(9/26/2017)

-Focusrite Announces Red 16Line Interface, Offering Support for Pro Tools | HD and Other Audio Applications

Focusrite Announces Red 16Line Interface, Offering Support for Pro Tools | HD and Other Audio Applications

Focusrite announces the Red 16Line 64-in/64-out Pro Tools | HD and dual Thunderbolt 3 audio interface. The Red 16Line features ultra-low latency A-D/D-A conversion for 16 line level ins and outs and for two Red Evolution mic preamps ...More

(9/26/2017)

-Waves Is Now Shipping Revamped and Reskinned Versions of Three of Its Classic Plugins

Waves Is Now Shipping Revamped and Reskinned Versions of Three of Its Classic Plugins

In honor of its 25th anniversary, Waves Audio, a provider of digital signal processing solutions and digital music production tools, is now shipping revamped and reskinned versions of three of its classic plugins: the Q10 Equalizer, ...More

(9/26/2017)

-Hafler's Two New High-Performance Preamps with Balanced Outputs, the PH50B and PH60B, Are Now Shipping

Hafler's Two New High-Performance Preamps with Balanced Outputs, the PH50B and PH60B, Are Now Shipping

Hafler (a division of Radial Engineering Ltd.) announces the PH50B and PH60B are now shipping.
The PH50B and PH60B are high performance phono preamps that feature both unbalanced RCA and balanced XLR outputs for connection ...
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(9/26/2017)

-Yamaha Promotes Randy Riebe to CIS Sales Manager

Yamaha Promotes Randy Riebe to CIS Sales Manager

Yamaha Professional Audio division (PAD) has announced the promotion of Randy Riebe to the position of sales manager for CIS products. The Commercial Installation Solutions (CIS) product line has enjoyed significant growth ...More

(9/26/2017)

-The Flea Theater's New Home, Designed by Architecture Research Office, to Open September 28

The Flea Theater's New Home, Designed by Architecture Research Office, to Open September 28

On September 28, The Flea Theater will open a new, 11,330-sq.-ft. home at 20 Thomas Street, in New York City, designed by Architecture Research Office (ARO). This stand-alone theater complex for the Off-Off Broadway company ...More

(9/26/2017)

-Beijing's National Center for the Performing Arts Chooses the New Claypaky K-EYE K20 HCR

Beijing's National Center for the Performing Arts Chooses the New Claypaky K-EYE K20 HCR

The National Center for the Performing Arts, one of China's most prestigious and architecturally striking performance complexes, has invested in a large number of Claypaky's latest award-winning LED HCR wash light, the Claypaky K ...More

(9/26/2017)

-Adamson and Atomic Deliver a Taste of Country in the Catskills

Adamson and Atomic Deliver a Taste of Country in the Catskills

Every summer, some of country music's hottest acts head into Eastern New York's Catskill Mountains to perform at the Taste of Country Music Festival, and every summer, the team at Atomic Professional Audio ensures the main stage ...More

(9/26/2017)

-Theatre in Review: A Clockwork Orange (New World Stages)

Theatre in Review: A Clockwork Orange (New World Stages)

There's plenty of sound and fury -- and a potentially star-making performance -- in A Clockwork Orange, but ultimately its effect is as off-putting as Nadsat, the Cold War-inspired slang spoken by Alex, the protagonist, and ...More

(9/25/2017)

-City Theatrical DMXcat Wins PLASA Award for Innovation

City Theatrical DMXcat Wins PLASA Award for Innovation

City Theatrical's DMXcat Multifunction Test Tool recently received the 2017 PLASA Innovation Award at the PLASA Show in London, September 17 - 19. The judges said DMXcat was "A compact multifunction DMX analyzer that ...More

(9/25/2017)

-Fabulous at 40 -- PLASA Show Celebrates Successful Return to West London

Fabulous at 40 -- PLASA Show Celebrates Successful Return to West London

The 40th anniversary of the PLASA Show saw its refocused direction paying dividends, with an increase in visitor numbers, a sold-out show floor, and a 25-percent increase in the number of audio companies exhibiting. Exhibitors ...More

(9/25/2017)

-Deadline to Order Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards is September 29th

Deadline to Order Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards is September 29th

The deadline for ordering 2017 Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards is just one week away. These unique cards were created especially for Behind the Scenes and are a great way to spread holiday cheer while bringing help and hope to ...More

(9/25/2017)

-Leprecon Introduces New APC Star Hub to APC Series Wall Station System

Leprecon Introduces New APC Star Hub to APC Series Wall Station System

First introduced at InfoComm 2017, Leprecon announces that the new APC Star Hub is now available and shipping. The APC Star Hub offers another option for providing integrated power and data distribution for the APC-DMX controlled ...More

(9/25/2017)

-The ALD Recognizes Its Knights of Illumination

The ALD Recognizes Its Knights of Illumination

As co-organiser of the Knight of Illumination (KOI) Awards with The Fifth Estate, The STLD, international lighting designer Durham Marenghi and his wife Jennie, the Association of Lighting Designers (ALD) ...More

(9/25/2017)

-Metallica Rocks Europe with Solaris Flares and ProPlex

Metallica Rocks Europe with Solaris Flares and ProPlex

The more things change, the more they remain the same. Before there was even a European Union, Metallica was bringing aggressive thrash metal into the mainstream. This month the legendary California band begins an extended European tour, ...More

(9/25/2017)

-ETC and Available Light Transform George Washington's Tent

ETC and Available Light Transform George Washington's Tent

Strange to say, but until this year there had never been a museum dedicated to the Revolutionary War. That all changed this past April when The Museum of the American Revolution opened in Philadelphia. And the "rock star" of the museum, ...More

(9/25/2017)

-4Wall LA Provides Gear for Long Beach Opera's Frida Production

4Wall LA Provides Gear for Long Beach Opera's Frida Production

This summer, Long Beach Opera brought Robert Xavier Rodriguez's Frida production to Southern California for the first time. Lighting designer Dan Weingarten and director of production Holly Ahlborn turned to 4Wall ...More

(9/25/2017)

-XYZ Technologie and Chauvet Professional Enhance Classic Beauty of Sainte Famille Church

XYZ Technologie and Chauvet Professional Enhance Classic Beauty of Sainte Famille Church

Walk into Ste-Famille Church and you are not only entering a house of worship, but taking a transformative journey through time. Founded by the first bishop of Nouvelle France over three centuries ago, the church in Boucherville, Québec, ...More

(9/25/2017)

-Robe for Temple of Divine Providence

Robe for Temple of Divine Providence

Robe Actor 6 and PARFect 100 LED luminaires are installed as part of the architectural lighting at the Temple of Divine Providence in Warsaw Poland, one of the most significant Roman Catholic buildings in the country. ...More

(9/25/2017)

-PixelFLEX LED Sets the Tone for the 2017 MLB All-Star FanFest

PixelFLEX LED Sets the Tone for the 2017 MLB All-Star FanFest

As part of the annual Major League Baseball All-Star Game festivities, the FanFest is an indoor baseball theme park experience dedicated specifically to the fans of the game. With opportunities to take photos with MLB Legends, get free ...More

(9/25/2017)

-Bring Me The Horizon Goes on UK Arena Tour with d&b J-Series

Bring Me The Horizon Goes on UK Arena Tour with d&b J-Series

Sheffield-based Bring Me the Horizon (BMTH), comprising vocalist Oliver Sykes, guitarist Lee Malia, bassist Matt Kean, drummer Matt Nicholls, and keyboardist Jordan Fish, embarked on their first arena tour of the UK in the latter part of ...More

(9/25/2017)

-Flare Audio Named in Parliamentary Review as PM Celebrates Innovators

Flare Audio Named in Parliamentary Review as PM Celebrates Innovators

Flare Audio Ltd. has received recognition by the government as a leading UK innovator, following the publication of the Parliamentary Review this autumn.
The annual review, published by the Department for Digital, Culture, ...
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(9/22/2017)

-ZerOS RigSync Wins PLASA Innovation Award

ZerOS RigSync Wins PLASA Innovation Award

Eaton's popular Zero 88 lighting control brand continues its winning ways ... collecting a coveted PLASA (Professional Lighting and Sound Association) 2017 Award for Innovation for the cool and inventive "RigSync" ...More

(9/22/2017)

-New Maverick MK Pyxis Creates Unlimited Array of Looks

New Maverick MK Pyxis Creates Unlimited Array of Looks

The Maverick MK Pyxis derives its name from a constellation of stars in the galactic halo of the Milky Way. True to its celestial moniker, the newest member of Chauvet Professional's Maverick family can produce an endless array of ...More

(9/22/2017)

-BASSBOSS DV12 Loudspeaker Provides Throw to Go

BASSBOSS DV12 Loudspeaker Provides Throw to Go

Powered loudspeaker manufacturer BASSBOSS has announced its new DV12 Powered MicroMain, a compact and powerful full-range speaker with impressive dispersion and projection that make it a portable powerhouse for DJs, production ...More

(9/22/2017)

-Lawo mc²96 Grand Production Console Winner of IABM Award at Ceremony Held during IBC

Lawo mc²96 Grand Production Console Winner of IABM Award at Ceremony Held during IBC

The winners of IABM's sought-after Design & Innovation Awards were announced at IABM's Awards reception on September 16, 2017 at the IBC Show. The judging was carried out by a panel of 40 independent, highly experienced industry ...More

(9/22/2017)

-Best Paper Awards Announced for Upcoming AES New York Convention

Best Paper Awards Announced for Upcoming AES New York Convention

The 143rd Audio Engineering Society Convention, taking place October 18 to 21 at the Jacob Javits Center in Manhattan, will feature the presentation of the annual AES "Best Peer-Reviewed Paper Award" and "Best Student Paper Award" ...More

(9/22/2017)

-A.C. Lighting Inc. Announces New Vice President of Human Resources

A.C. Lighting Inc. Announces New Vice President of Human Resources

A.C. Lighting Inc., distributor of lighting, rigging, and video technologies, announces the appointment of Dorothy Brennan as vice president of human resources.
Brennan is A.C. Lightings Inc.'s fourth high-profile hire in ...
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(9/22/2017)

-Le Mark's Leanne Baker Shortlisted for Award

Le Mark's Leanne Baker Shortlisted for Award

Le Mark's UK sales manager, Leanne Baker has been shortlisted for a prestigious local business award in the Employee of the Year category.
Both Baker, along with her partner in crime Hannah, have very much become the face ...
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(9/22/2017)

-Masque Sound's Matthew Peskie Wins 2017 Craftsmanship Award from Metropolitan Baltimore

Masque Sound's Matthew Peskie Wins 2017 Craftsmanship Award from Metropolitan Baltimore

Masque Sound, a theatrical sound reinforcement, installation, and design company, announces that Matthew Peskie, installations department manager, has won the 2017 Craftsmanship Award from the Building Congress & Exchange of ...More

(9/22/2017)

-Fit for Purpose -- Capital Sound and Outline Rock with Justin Bieber

Fit for Purpose -- Capital Sound and Outline Rock with Justin Bieber

Canadian pop megastar Justin Bieber's Purpose world tour made just two stops in the UK during 2017, one of which was a sold-out show at Cardiff's Principality Stadium in June which drew "Beliebers" from throughout the UK and Europe.< ...More

(9/22/2017)

-World Changers Remains Fixed on DiGiCo

World Changers Remains Fixed on DiGiCo

Based in the Atlanta suburb of College Park, Georgia, World Changers Church International (WCCI) has been the home for well-known evangelist Creflo Dollar since its founding in 1986. WCCI's message has remained remarkably consistent ...More

(9/22/2017)

-Dubai Opera Upgrades House Rigs with Claypaky Investment

Dubai Opera Upgrades House Rigs with Claypaky Investment

Dubai Opera, located in what is claimed to be "the most prestigious square kilometer in the world" in downtown Dubai, has recently purchased 37 Claypaky A.leda B-EYE K10s as part of a technical upgrade to the event space's lighting ...More

(9/22/2017)

-Ashly Gear Spotlights New John Varvatos Fashion Location in Westfield World Trade Center

Ashly Gear Spotlights New John Varvatos Fashion Location in Westfield World Trade Center

Fashion designer John Varvatos is synonymous with the rock 'n roll look, and his nearly 30 stores around the world -- from San Francisco to Mexico City to London to Moscow to Bangkok and beyond -- attest to the global excitement for his ...More

(9/22/2017)

-Waste Not Want Not -- from Off-Cut to Flat-Pack for Gearhouse's Sets Drapes Screens

Waste Not Want Not -- from Off-Cut to Flat-Pack for Gearhouse's Sets Drapes Screens

In a world increasingly concerned with sustainability and greening, the South African live events industry continues to evolve to stay in line with this type of demand on our businesses. At Gearhouse Group, several initiatives are ...More

(9/22/2017)

-Protec's Busy Season Boosts Growth

Protec's Busy Season Boosts Growth

Dubai-based Protec already owns one of the world's largest event rental stocks that include the latest equipment in lighting, video, audio, rigging and trussing, scenic and staging, automation and SFX, conference equipment, robotics ...More

(9/21/2017)

-PLASA Awards for Innovation 2017 Winners Announced

PLASA Awards for Innovation 2017 Winners Announced

Organized by LSi magazine, the 2017 PLASA Awards for Innovation took place at the end of a very busy Monday at this year's PLASA Show. Hosted by PLASA's managing director Peter Heath, the awards aim to recognize and ...More

(9/21/2017)

-Art-Net Inventor Wins Gottelier Award

Art-Net Inventor Wins Gottelier Award

Wayne Howell, founder of Artistic Licence and the inventor of the Art-Net ethernet lighting protocol, has been honored with the 2017 Gottelier award at the PLASA London show.
Named in memory of Tony ...
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(9/21/2017)

-Rosco Laboratories Acquires LED Lighting Specialist DMG Lumière

Rosco Laboratories Acquires LED Lighting Specialist DMG Lumière

Rosco, a manufacturer of lighting solutions for the entertainment industry, announces the acquisition of LED specialist DMG Lumière. The acquisition represents a "win-win" situation for customers of both companies, as well as the ...More

(9/21/2017)

-Artiste Dali, Proteus Hybrid Innovation Award Winners at Exceptional PLASA Show for Elation

Artiste Dali, Proteus Hybrid Innovation Award Winners at Exceptional PLASA Show for Elation

It's hard to imagine how the 40th incarnation of the PLASA show could have gone any better for Elation Professional. Capping an exceptional show, the company's new full-featured Artiste Dali LED moving head and IP-rated ...More

(9/21/2017)

-K-EYE Wins at the PLASA Awards, the Industry's Most Prestigious Prizes

K-EYE Wins at the PLASA Awards, the Industry's Most Prestigious Prizes

The Claypaky K-EYE HCR has won the Plasa Award for Innovation, the most renowned and distinguished prize in the entertainment lighting industry. The award is assigned by a strict jury made up only of expert professionals in ...More

(9/21/2017)

-Electro-Voice EVID-S Commercial Loudspeakers for Indoor and Outdoor Use with Time-saving Wall-mount System

Electro-Voice EVID-S Commercial Loudspeakers for Indoor and Outdoor Use with Time-saving Wall-mount System

The EVID-S series is the latest member of the EVID (EV Innovative Design) family of commercial loudspeakers for installed applications. Every aspect of the EVID-S series has been designed from the ground up to ensure efficient ...More

(9/21/2017)

-Lawo Introduced LIME Immersive Mixing Engine for mc² Consoles at IBC 2017

Lawo Introduced LIME Immersive Mixing Engine for mc² Consoles at IBC 2017

Lawo, German manufacturer of pioneering audio, video, and control solutions, introduced at this year's IBC show LIME, a comprehensive solution for mixing and monitoring 3-D immersive productions on mc² consoles. The product ...More

(9/21/2017)

-AES New York 2017's Spatial Audio Track Explores New Horizons in Immersive and 3-D Audio

AES New York 2017's Spatial Audio Track Explores New Horizons in Immersive and 3-D Audio

The state of the art in audio is ever-expanding -- literally, as evidenced by the stunning advances in 3-D audio and immersive sound that attendees of the 143rd International Audio Engineering Society Convention will be able to ...More

(9/21/2017)

-Full Force Ahead - Eisbrecher Creates Fireworks with GLP

Full Force Ahead - Eisbrecher Creates Fireworks with GLP

Ahead of the Sturmfahrt Tour to promote their new album, hardcore fans of Eisbrecher (Icebreaker) flocked to their own festival under the name Volle Kraft Voraus (Full Force Ahead). Billed as "Eisbrecher and Friends" the band ...More

(9/21/2017)

-JD Sound & Video Provides Community Quality Sound for Two New Jersey High Schools

JD Sound & Video Provides Community Quality Sound for Two New Jersey High Schools

It is often said that word-of-mouth is the best form of advertising as it carries an inherent recommendation. It certainly worked for JD Sound & Video, bringing it not one, but two contracts for the design and installation of gymnasium ...More

(9/21/2017)

-Founders Fest Steps Up to Martin Audio MLA

Founders Fest Steps Up to Martin Audio MLA

The Founders Brewing Company recently hosted the 10th annual Founders Fest to celebrate the brewery's 20th anniversary with a Martin Audio MLA system provided by Technotrix, Inc.
Featuring an eclectic lineup including Umphrey's ...
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(9/21/2017)

-Symetrix Radius a Sound Choice for Stella Hotel

Symetrix Radius a Sound Choice for Stella Hotel

The home of Texas A&M, one of the largest universities in the United States, College Station and neighboring Bryan are twin cities, with a combined population of about 190,000. Thanks to the university, the metropolitan area boasts a ...More

(9/20/2017)

-Robe Enjoys Mega PLASA

Robe Enjoys Mega PLASA

PLASA 2017 proved a lively, energetic and vibey hub for meeting the UK's lighting and visual designer community and other creatives commented Robe UK's MD Mick Hannaford, words echoed by the moving light manufacturer's ...More

(9/20/2017)

-AES@NAMM Pro Sound Symposium Program Offers Unique Education Opportunities

AES@NAMM Pro Sound Symposium Program Offers Unique Education Opportunities

The inaugural AES@NAMM Pro Sound Symposium: Live & Studio is a unique education and training program from the Audio Engineering Society (AES) targeted at working professionals in the live sound, recording, and performance-audio ...More

(9/20/2017)

-Martin by HARMAN Introduces MAC Encore Performance-New Benchmark Fixture in Performance Lighting

Martin by HARMAN Introduces MAC Encore Performance-New Benchmark Fixture in Performance Lighting

HARMAN Professional Solutions announces the launch and availability of Martin MAC Encore Performance, a full-featured, LED moving head designed to produce premium white light in a wide variety of applications where critical ...More

(9/20/2017)

-Soundcraft by HARMAN Debuts the Vi1000 Digital Mixing Console

Soundcraft by HARMAN Debuts the Vi1000 Digital Mixing Console

Soundcraft by HARMAN introduces the Vi1000 Digital Mixing Console. Representing the culmination of the achievements and rich feature sets offered by Soundcraft's Vi Series, the new VI1000 is the most compact member of the Vi-000 ...More

(9/20/2017)

-Helene Moberg Appointed General Manager to Atlantic Canada (Freeman)

Helene Moberg Appointed General Manager to Atlantic Canada (Freeman)

David Campbell, executive vice president and chief operating officer, Freeman Audio Visual Canada, is pleased to announce the appointment of Hélène Moberg to general manager for Atlantic Canada. ...More

(9/20/2017)

-Acclaim Lighting Introduces Flex One SO Interior and Exterior LED Circuit Strip

Acclaim Lighting Introduces Flex One SO Interior and Exterior LED Circuit Strip

Acclaim Lighting introduces the Flex One SO Interior and Exterior, offering color rendering, fidelity, and gamut in an LED strip product. Flex One SO Interior features a standard lumen output of up to 250 per foot and Flex One SO ...More

(9/20/2017)

-Undefeated! The PAL Label Challenge at PLASA 2017

Undefeated! The PAL Label Challenge at PLASA 2017

On its first ever public outing at PLASA 2017, Le Mark's new PAL Label Challenge was attempted by some of the shows strongest visitors and exhibitors, but remained completely undefeated. ...More

(9/20/2017)

-Music Inside Rimini - Increasingly Unmissable. The Debut of "Music Week!"

Music Inside Rimini - Increasingly Unmissable. The Debut of &quot;Music Week!&quot;

The warm-up has begun for the preparation of the third edition of Music inside Rimini, organized by Italian Exhibition Group SpA (IEG). The staffs of the only event in Europe dedicated entirely to music and entertainment that ...More

(9/20/2017)

-Green Hippo Enters into the Spirit of Depeche Mode Global Tour

Green Hippo Enters into the Spirit of Depeche Mode Global Tour

Depeche Mode, formed in 1980, continues to astound with its epic live performances. The Global Spirit Tour sees the band crossing the globe in support of Spirit, its 14th studio album. During the European leg alone, the ...More

(9/20/2017)

-Philips Lighting Enhances Performance for Arcola's Grimeborn Season While Reducing Power Use by 36%

Philips Lighting Enhances Performance for Arcola's Grimeborn Season While Reducing Power Use by 36%

Philips Lighting announces that its support of London's Arcola Theatre in staging the popular Grimeborn opera festival helped the venue with its ambition to become carbon neutral. At the same time, the lighting rig also provided ...More

(9/20/2017)

-RCF Adds Luxury Sound to Bank of America Stadium

RCF Adds Luxury Sound to Bank of America Stadium

In 1995, an expansion of the National Football League added the Carolina Panthers. A year later, they debuted their new state-of-the-art stadium in downtown Charlotte. Over the years, while there have been minor upgrades, the stadium ...More

(9/20/2017)

-Shure Axient Digital Selected as Go-To Wireless for 11th ACM Honors

Shure Axient Digital Selected as Go-To Wireless for 11th ACM Honors

Taped live at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium, the 11th ACM Honors was broadcast Friday, September 15, as a two-hour special on CBS. Honoring the biggest names in country music through special Academy of Country Music awards and live ...More

(9/20/2017)

-Christie and Applied Electronics Transform Vancouver's Cambie Street Bridge into Virtual Ocean

Christie and Applied Electronics Transform Vancouver's Cambie Street Bridge into Virtual Ocean

Christie and Applied Electronics are bringing the annual salmon run to Vancouver's Cambie Street Bridge in a striking projection mapping display for Canada's 150th birthday celebrations. With content provided by Canada Wild ...More

(9/19/2017)

-Harman Professional Restructures, Lays Off 650 Employees

Harman Professional Restructures, Lays Off 650 Employees

Following reports that Harman Professional has laid off 650 employees, Lighting&Sound America contacted the company for a comment.
David Glaubke, director, public relations for Haman, responded with the following ...
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(9/19/2017)

-PLASA Has Its Eye on Innovation

PLASA Has Its Eye on Innovation

Innovation is the focus of the PLASA Show and audio features highly, with the stands of distribution companies making a particular impact through their mix of complementary products, which is making them a particular draw for ...More

(9/19/2017)

-Ory Brochet Joins LMG as Account Executive

Ory Brochet Joins LMG as Account Executive

LMG, LLC, a national provider of video, audio, lighting, and LED support based in Orlando, Florida, announces the hiring of Ory Brochet as account executive on the firm's show team in the Nashville, Tennessee office. ...More

(9/19/2017)

-TASCAM Promotes Joe Stopka to VP

TASCAM Promotes Joe Stopka to VP

TASCAM, a division of TEAC of America, has promoted former director of business development Joe Stopka to vice president of sales and business development. In his new position, Stopka leads TASCAM's sales, marketing, ...More

(9/19/2017)

-Meyer Sound's New Bluehorn System a Critical Tool for Composer John Powell

Meyer Sound's New Bluehorn System a Critical Tool for Composer John Powell

Meyer Sound announces availability of the Bluehorn System, a technology breakthrough that for the first time achieves flat amplitude and phase response from 25Hz to 20kHz in a large-format loudspeaker. The product of more than six ...More

(9/19/2017)

-PreSonus Announces StudioLive AR22 USB Hybrid Mixer

PreSonus Announces StudioLive AR22 USB Hybrid Mixer

PreSonus introduces the 22-channel StudioLive AR22 USB hybrid mixers, the newest member of the company's StudioLive AR series. Lightweight, versatile, and feature-rich, StudioLive AR-series consoles are musician's mixers, packed ...More

(9/19/2017)

-EAW Expands RADIUS Series with RSX218 Subwoofer

EAW Expands RADIUS Series with RSX218 Subwoofer

Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) announces the debut of the RSX218, a dual 18" subwoofer that has joined the RADIUS family of loudspeakers. Like other RADIUS loudspeakers, the RSX218 is designed for both portable and permanent ...More

(9/19/2017)

-Earthworks Now Shipping DM20 Drum Microphone and Kits

Earthworks Now Shipping DM20 Drum Microphone and Kits

Earthworks announces its newest microphones for drum miking, including the DM20 DrumMic for close miking toms and snare, as well as several multi-microphone kits.
The new DM20 DrumMic is a precision engineered cardioid condenser ...
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(9/19/2017)

-Acclaimed Reporting Capsule Now Available for Sennheiser Wireless Microphones

Acclaimed Reporting Capsule Now Available for Sennheiser Wireless Microphones

The accessory portfolio for Sennheiser wireless microphones has now been further expanded with the MMD 42-1 dynamic microphone head, which is available from yesterday. The omni-directional capsule is well known from the popular MD ...More

(9/19/2017)

-Genelec Unveils Flagship 7380 Smart Active Subwoofer

Genelec Unveils Flagship 7380 Smart Active Subwoofer

Genelec, a provider of active monitoring technology for four decades, introduces the 7380 Smart Active Subwoofer, which delivers both high SPL and an extended low-distortion LF response in an impressively compact enclosure. ...More

(9/19/2017)

-SJP Productions Creates Forest of Light at LOCKN' Festival with ChamSys

SJP Productions Creates Forest of Light at LOCKN' Festival with ChamSys

"Magic is what we do, Music is how we do it," Jerry Garcia once told an interviewer. Had the Grateful Dead frontman been around to see the fantastical transformation of his namesake forest at the recent LOCKN' Festival in Arlington, ...More

(9/19/2017)

-Toby Keith Hits Interstates and Tailgates with Bandit Lites

Toby Keith Hits Interstates and Tailgates with Bandit Lites

County music superstar Toby Keith knows the power of music, whether he is traveling across the United States, or bringing the music of home to more than 250,000 troops in 17 countries. Bandit Lites provided the lighting package for ...More

(9/19/2017)

-Theatre in Review: Small World (Penguin Rep Theatre/59E59)

Theatre in Review: Small World (Penguin Rep Theatre/59E59)

In Small World, Walt Disney is portrayed as driven, deceptive, and egomaniacal -- in other words, an artist. For him, this is a step up. There is, it seems, a burgeoning dramatic sub-genre devoted to Disney as antagonist. It ...More

(9/18/2017)

-Twenty-four Designers Knighted at Tenth Annual Knight of Illumination Awards

Twenty-four Designers Knighted at Tenth Annual Knight of Illumination Awards

Sunday, September 17 marked the tenth anniversary of the prestigious Knight of Illumination (KOI) Awards, held at the Eventim Apollo in London. During the dazzling evening event, 24 respected designers were "knighted" -- and ...More

(9/18/2017)

-PLASA Show 2017 -- Celebrating 40 Years of Innovation and Education

PLASA Show 2017 -- Celebrating 40 Years of Innovation and Education

The PLASA Show has opened the doors of Olympia with a celebratory mood in the air for its 40th show. With Robe once again platinum sponsor, Chauvet Professional gold sponsor, Infinity silver sponsor, and Hawth ...More

(9/18/2017)

-Chroma-Q Appoints Paul Pelletier as Global Brand Manager

Chroma-Q Appoints Paul Pelletier as Global Brand Manager

Chroma-Q, a brand of premium performance LED lighting solutions, manufactured in North America, appoints Paul Pelletier as global brand manager for Chroma-Q.
Pelletier is a 30-year veteran in the performance lighting ...
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(9/18/2017)

-Sennheiser Launches "Ambeo for VR" Partnership Program

Sennheiser Launches &quot;Ambeo for VR&quot; Partnership Program

At IBC, audio specialist Sennheiser has officially announced its "AMBEO for VR" partnership program, which has been created to ensure seamless production workflows for VR and AR productions. The program encompasses ...More

(9/18/2017)

-Get Connected with the DiGiCo S-Series

Get Connected with the DiGiCo S-Series

DiGiCo announces the launch of a new DMI-MIC Pre-Amp Card for its S-Series digital mixing consoles, offering additional connectivity.
The S-Series has already benefitted from an increase from 40 to 48 flexi channels as part of a ...
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(9/18/2017)

-The U 87 Rhodium Edition: Neumann Celebrates 50 Years with the Ultimate Limited Edition

The U 87 Rhodium Edition: Neumann Celebrates 50 Years with the Ultimate Limited Edition

There is an elite category of products that exist outside of the march of time -- transcending their moment to become timeless icons. In the world of recording, the Neumann U 87 is one such legend. For 50 years this professional ...More

(9/18/2017)

-ARRI SkyPanels Go Wireless with New SkyLink

ARRI SkyPanels Go Wireless with New SkyLink

The perfect wireless solution for ARRI SkyPanels is now available; say goodbye to DMX cables with SkyLink. ARRI and Innovative Dimmers have teamed up to create SkyLink: a two-part system that allows for wireless DMX and RDM ...More

(9/18/2017)

-Scott Harkless Promoted to Chief Innovation Officer at Alcorn McBride

Scott Harkless Promoted to Chief Innovation Officer at Alcorn McBride

Alcorn McBride, a manufacturer of show control, audio, and video equipment for the themed entertainment industry, has promoted Scott Harkless to chief innovation officer.
The new title seems particularly apt for someone ...
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(9/18/2017)

-New York City-Based Paramount Events Excels in Both Live and Installed Sound with Powersoft

New York City-Based Paramount Events Excels in Both Live and Installed Sound with Powersoft

While many audio experts specialize in either live sound production or installations, New York City's Paramount Events Inc. handles both ends of the spectrum at a high level. "We handle everything from corporate events to festivals ...More

(9/18/2017)

-Ken Patterson Brings Tradition to Light at Tennessee Church with Chauvet Professional

Ken Patterson Brings Tradition to Light at Tennessee Church with Chauvet Professional

During the early days of World War II, a group of young Methodist scientists and engineers found themselves in eastern Tennessee working on a secret government project. Away from home and yearning for spiritual fulfillment during those ...More

(9/18/2017)

-It's All Danley for Reggae Legend Beres Hammond's Atlanta Performance

It's All Danley for Reggae Legend Beres Hammond's Atlanta Performance

It was a beautiful summer evening in Atlanta, Georgia when legendary reggae innovator Beres Hammond triumphantly took the stage at Clayton County International Park. Already glowing from the heat of the warm-up acts, the sold-out crowd of ...More

(9/18/2017)

-Eiki Laser Projection Technology Brings Clarity of Message to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA

Eiki Laser Projection Technology Brings Clarity of Message to Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA

With a mission to continue developing a place of ministry to fulfill God's vision, Calvary Lutheran Church ELCA offers a considerable variety of programs to reach young children, teenagers, and adults -- all tailored toward helping these ...More

(9/18/2017)

-Theatre in Review: Loveless Texas (Boomerang Theatre Company/Sheen Center)

Theatre in Review: Loveless Texas (Boomerang Theatre Company/Sheen Center)

We've seen his works performed in almost every conceivable time frame and context, but Shakespeare and Texas, I fear, make for strange bedfellows. About a decade ago, we had The Merry Wives of Windsor, Texas, a boisterous, yet ...More

(9/15/2017)

-PLASA Show Returns this Sunday for 40th Anniversary Edition

PLASA Show Returns this Sunday for 40th Anniversary Edition

As the PLASA Show's second year at London Olympia and its 40th anniversary approaches this Sunday, September 17, there is much to look forward to. It may be 40 years old, but the show has moved with the times, adapting its offering ...More

(9/15/2017)

-LumenRadio -- Selected Technology Partner for ARRI's New Wireless Platform

LumenRadio -- Selected Technology Partner for ARRI's New Wireless Platform

Film and broadcasting provider, ARRI, has selected LumenRadio as its technology partner for its wireless offer going forward. The first products to be released are the SkyLink and the SkyPanel S360-C, both debuting at IBC ...More

(9/15/2017)

-Nominations Are Open for USITT Young Designers, Managers, and Technicians Awards

Nominations Are Open for USITT Young Designers, Managers, and Technicians Awards

Students and early-career technical theatre artists can gain recognition, cash, and a trip to USITT Conference and Stage Expo 2018 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida if chosen for one of 14 Young Designers, Managers, and Technicians ...More

(9/15/2017)

-Ayrton Appoints Zane Cretten as Regional Sales Manager for Africa and the Middle East

Ayrton Appoints Zane Cretten as Regional Sales Manager for Africa and the Middle East

Ayrton announces the appointment of Zane Cretten as the latest member of its expanding sales team. Based in South Africa, Cretten will take on the position of regional sales manager, with responsibility for sales across ...More

(9/15/2017)

-Robe Colors Ostrava

Robe Colors Ostrava

Robe moving lights made a major contribution at the 2017 Colours Of Ostrava (COO) festival with nearly 100 luminaires utilized to light the ArcelorMittal Stage in a stylish and flexible production design created by Kamil KruzikMore

(9/15/2017)

-LeRoy Bennett Takes 500 GLP Luminaires on Tour with Lady Gaga

LeRoy Bennett Takes 500 GLP Luminaires on Tour with Lady Gaga

The Joanne world tour is the fifth headlining tour by Lady Gaga, in support of her fifth studio album, Joanne. When the curtain was raised for the opening show in Vancouver last month, the audience was awed by a spectacular ...More

(9/15/2017)

-Yamaha Launches the MMP1 Studio Monitor Management System

Yamaha Launches the MMP1 Studio Monitor Management System

Yamaha Corporation of America, professional audio division, has announced the international release of the MMP1 Studio Monitor Management System. With advanced audio routing capabilities and DSP features that are ideally suited to ...More

(9/15/2017)

-3G Supports Gloria Trevi-Alejandra Guzman Tour with Martin Audio MLA

3G Supports Gloria Trevi-Alejandra Guzman Tour with Martin Audio MLA

Gloria Trevi and Alejandra Guzman, two iconic Mexican singer-songwriters, have been co-headlining a US tour to support their collaborative album Versus backed by a Martin Audio MLA speaker system supplied by 3G Productions< ...More

(9/15/2017)

-ProPlex Takes UK and Europe by Storm

ProPlex Takes UK and Europe by Storm

Storm Ltd. of the UK has optimized its large inventory of ProPlex Data Distribution units, installing them in rugged, touring racks, the perfect solution for their work on productions throughout the UK and Europe. To ...More

(9/15/2017)

-KLASSIK PICKNICKT with Alcons LR18

KLASSIK PICKNICKT with Alcons LR18

With the jubilee edition of "Klassik Picknickt" ("Classic Picknicks"), the Saxonian Staatskapelle ("State Capelle ") Dresden and the Gläserne Manufaktur ("Glass Factory") celebrated their ten-year partnership on June 17, 2017. Plácido ...More

(9/15/2017)

-Flume Plays Red Rocks with Claypaky Fixtures, grandMA2 Consoles, and MDG Atmospheric Generators in Support

Flume Plays Red Rocks with Claypaky Fixtures, grandMA2 Consoles, and MDG Atmospheric Generators in Support

When electronic music producer Flume returned to Red Rocks in July, a large complement of Claypaky Sharpys and Sharpy Washes, grandMA2 light consoles and MDG theONE atmospheric generators helped the Grammy winner light up the iconic ...More

(9/15/2017)

-WorldStage Provides LED Support for Clifford Ross' Light | Waves Installation at the Parrish Art Museum

WorldStage Provides LED Support for Clifford Ross' Light | Waves Installation at the Parrish Art Museum

WorldStage has once again collaborated with multi-media artist Clifford Ross, this time providing LED support for his mixed media installation, Light | Waves, at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, New York. Two ...More

(9/15/2017)

-Altman Lighting Guides Attention through Light at the Arkansas Children's Hospital

Altman Lighting Guides Attention through Light at the Arkansas Children's Hospital

Located in Little Rock Arkansas, Arkansas Children's Hospital is the only hospital system in the state solely dedicated to children, giving them a unique ability to shape the landscape of pediatric care. As part of their dedication to the ...More

(9/15/2017)

-Green Hippo Does Ballet

Green Hippo Does Ballet

Set, lighting, and AV designer, Wilhelm Disbergen, relied on a Green Hippo Hippotizer Boreal Media Server and a giant mirror to create something utterly extraordinary for the ballet production Big City, Big Dreams, ...More

(9/14/2017)

-Adamson to Showcase S-Series and IS-Series at 2017 PLASA Show

Adamson to Showcase S-Series and IS-Series at 2017 PLASA Show

Adamson Systems Engineering, in collaboration with its UK distributor, The Warehouse Sound Services, will be exhibiting at this year's PLASA Show at Olympia in London September 17 - 19, 2017, in booth V11. The company ...More

(9/14/2017)

-Introducing the New ARRI SkyPanel S360-C

Introducing the New ARRI SkyPanel S360-C

The ARRI SkyPanel has always been known for its tremendous output and large light aperture. The new S360-C has expanded ARRI's LED soft light range with the largest and brightest SkyPanel to date. Not only is the S360-C powerful, ...More

(9/14/2017)

-Cerwin-Vega Releases New CVE Series "Technology Simplified"

Cerwin-Vega Releases New CVE Series &quot;Technology Simplified&quot;

Now releasing, and designed for applications where portability and light weight are paramount, Cerwin-Vega's CVE Series loudspeakers are ideal for performing musicians, DJs, houses of worship, corporate events, and rental and ...More

(9/14/2017)

-Arista Corporation Introduces the AVC-100-VH Video Converter with Scaler

Arista Corporation Introduces the AVC-100-VH Video Converter with Scaler

Arista Corporation, a manufacturer of video wall LCD displays, AV extenders, matrix switchers, AV MultiViewers, and related products for the AV installation and industrial markets, announces the AVC-100-VH video converter with ...More

(9/14/2017)

-LMG Wins Contract as Onsite Audiovisual Provider at Washington State Convention Center

LMG Wins Contract as Onsite Audiovisual Provider at Washington State Convention Center

LMG, LLC, a national provider of video, audio, and lighting support, was recently awarded the contract as the onsite, preferred audio-visual supplier for the Washington State Convention Center (WSCC) in Seattle, Washington. The ...More

(9/14/2017)

-InfoComm International Is Now the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association

InfoComm International Is Now the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association

InfoComm International, the trade association representing the $178 billion commercial audiovisual industry worldwide, has changed its name to the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association (AVIXA). The change reflects ...More

(9/14/2017)

-Easton Corbin Takes Bandit Lites on the Road

Easton Corbin Takes Bandit Lites on the Road

American country singer Easton Corbin has spent the majority of 2017 performing his hits such as "Girl Like You" and "A Little More Country Than That" to audiences across the country. The Academy of Country Music Award winner is currently ...More

(9/14/2017)

-FragmentNine Delighted by the Power of Real-Time on the alt-J Global Tour

FragmentNine Delighted by the Power of Real-Time on the alt-J Global Tour

UK indie band alt-J released their much anticipated third album RELAXER this year. Described by the The Daily Telegraph's Neil McCormick as "deeply gorgeous" the release was backed up by a European and US tour in over ...More

(9/14/2017)

-Chauvet Weathers Hurricane Irma

Chauvet Weathers Hurricane Irma

Chauvet reopened its Florida facility on Tuesday September 12, resuming operations in its warehouse as well as its support, sales, service, and product development departments following Hurricane Irma. "Fortunately, our associates ...More

(9/14/2017)

-Elite Multimedia Brings LED Video to the Young Living National Conference

Elite Multimedia Brings LED Video to the Young Living National Conference

As a full-service production company with the ability to design an immersive attendee experience, Cornerstone AV prides itself on allowing their imagination to be the driving force behind their designs. Known for developing the ...More

(9/14/2017)

-White Light Invests in Philips VL1100 LED Range

White Light Invests in Philips VL1100 LED Range

Philips Entertainment Lighting is among the leading manufacturers for stage and television lighting. Earlier this year, the company launched the Philips Vari-Lite VL1100 LED which sets a new standard in high quality LED ...More

(9/14/2017)

-Lawo Is in the Mix at the Aspen Music Festival and School

Lawo Is in the Mix at the Aspen Music Festival and School

The Aspen Music Festival and School, for decades the presenters of one of the world's most renowned orchestral music festivals, celebrates its 68th year in 2017. The just-completed Aspen Music Festival and School (known as "AMFS") ...More

(9/14/2017)

-Theatre in Review: For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday (Playwrights Horizons)

Theatre in Review: For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday (Playwrights Horizons)

If anyone could convince me to run off to Neverland, it would be Kathleen Chalfant. Stepping out in front of the attractive blue show curtain at the beginning of Sarah Ruhl's wry and rueful little charade, the actress ...More

(9/13/2017)

-GLP Promises Unique PLASA Show Product Presentation

GLP Promises Unique PLASA Show Product Presentation

GLP arrives at this year's PLASA Show riding the crest of a wave. The burgeoning UK operation, now under the stewardship of the experienced Simon Barrett and David Stewart, will be presenting a portfolio of ...More

(9/13/2017)

-Film Technology Company ARRI Celebrates Centennial

Film Technology Company ARRI Celebrates Centennial

Exactly 100 years to the day after ARRI's inception, the film technology company held an exclusive centenary celebration for select guests at the Isarforum of Munich's famed Deutsches Museum. On September 12, 2017, ARRI's executive ...More

(9/13/2017)

-Vectorworks Releases Version 2018 and Entertainment Rigging Analysis Module

Vectorworks Releases Version 2018 and Entertainment Rigging Analysis Module

Global design and BIM software developer Vectorworks, Inc. announces the English-version release of its 2018 Vectorworks software. The release includes Vectorworks Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Designer and Fundamentals, as well ...More

(9/13/2017)

-BackStage Pass: Reflections on Life in the Theatre

BackStage Pass: Reflections on Life in the Theatre

Bill Sapsis is proud to announce the launch of BackStage Pass, a series of interviews with leading professionals in the live event entertainment industry. BackStage Pass videos offer a look back into the careers of people who ...More

(9/13/2017)

-Elation Platinum FLX and SixBar Light Major Product Presentation for Broadcast

Elation Platinum FLX and SixBar Light Major Product Presentation for Broadcast

When one of Germany's top lighting designers for broadcast, Thomas Gerdon, needed a multi-purpose luminaire to fulfil a number of roles for a major product presentation in TV show format, he looked no further than Elation ...More

(9/13/2017)

-Detroit Lions Roar at Ford Field with Meyer Sound's LEO Family

Detroit Lions Roar at Ford Field with Meyer Sound's LEO Family

A 178-loudspeaker Meyer Sound LEO family linear reinforcement system is the keystone audio component of a $100-million off-season renovation of Ford Field, the 65,000-seat enclosed stadium that hosts home games for the National ...More

(9/13/2017)

-MegaPointe Makes Mega Impact at Mysteryland

MegaPointe Makes Mega Impact at Mysteryland

Robe's much-anticipated brand new MegaPointe was launched globally last week ... and the preceding week, 20 MegaPointes were in action on the Main Stage at Mysteryland 2017, one of the Netherlands' best established and most popular ...More

(9/13/2017)

-MDG is theONE for Adele and Phil Collins

MDG is theONE for Adele and Phil Collins

When it comes to some of the biggest names in the business, performing at some of the largest stadiums and venues across the globe, MDG know a thing or two about providing the perfect haze and atmosphere -- for both the lighting and ...More

(9/13/2017)

-The AES Announces "The Power of Sound" -- AES Milan 2018

The AES Announces &quot;The Power of Sound&quot; -- AES Milan 2018

Embrace "The Power of Sound" with the Audio Engineering Society in Milan, Italy, at the 144th International AES Convention and Exposition, to be held at the spacious and modern NH Hotel Milano Congress Center. The four-day ...More

(9/13/2017)

-Chauvet DJ Intimidators Brighten Up Uncle Kracker's Eclipse Concert

Chauvet DJ Intimidators Brighten Up Uncle Kracker's Eclipse Concert

Everyday life came to a halt in the US for a few moments on August 21, as people stopped whatever they were doing and forgot about whatever cares were on their minds to marvel at the first solar eclipse to be visible across the entire ...More

(9/13/2017)

-Winning Chef from Chopped Chooses FBT for Restaurant

Winning Chef from Chopped Chooses FBT for Restaurant

Those who have heard of Christian Petroni, already know he's a winning chef from the popular show, Chopped. What readers may not know is that, prior to becoming a master of creating great food, he made a living as a DJ who ...More

(9/13/2017)

-Ebullition Celebrates 25th Birthday with DiGiCo SD12

Ebullition Celebrates 25th Birthday with DiGiCo SD12

This year is Centre Culturel Ebullition's 25th birthday and the club's owners decided to celebrate this milestone by upgrading its audio equipment, which included investing in a DiGiCo SD12.
Situated in Bulle in the southwest of ...
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(9/13/2017)

-Theatre in Review: On the Shore of the Wide World (Atlantic Theater Company)

Theatre in Review: On the Shore of the Wide World (Atlantic Theater Company)

Most psychologists will tell you that the healing process following a terrible loss is a slow one. This is undoubtedly true, but surely it often moves faster than the glacial pace maintained in On the Shore of the Wide World. ...More

(9/12/2017)

-Ayrton to Exhibit at PLASA 2017

Ayrton to Exhibit at PLASA 2017

Ayrton continues its 15th anniversary celebrations with the launch of exciting new products at the 40th PLASA London show where it will exhibit on stand K32 alongside its exclusive UK distributor, Ambersphere Solutions ...More

(9/12/2017)

-Eaton Launches Zero 88 FLX S Lighting Consoles

Eaton Launches Zero 88 FLX S Lighting Consoles

Eaton expands its award-winning Zero 88 FLX range with two powerful, all-new lighting control consoles designed for applications where space, time, ease of use, and flexibility are key factors. ...More

(9/12/2017)

-Shure ANIUSB-Matrix and ANI22 Audio Network Interfaces Now Shipping

Shure ANIUSB-Matrix and ANI22 Audio Network Interfaces Now Shipping

Shure announces two of its newest audio network interfaces, the ANIUSB-Matrix and the ANI22, are shipping. Originally announced at the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2017 show in Amsterdam, the audio network interfaces are designed ...More

(9/12/2017)

-Sound Space Vision Appoints New Director

Sound Space Vision Appoints New Director

Mike Elliott has joined Anne Minors and Bob Essert to become a director of Sound Space Vision (SSV), a theatre planning and acoustics consultancy formed from Anne Minors Performance Consultants and Sound Space ...More

(9/12/2017)

-Ken Truong Named President of FOR-A Corporation of America

Ken Truong Named President of FOR-A Corporation of America

FOR-A Corporation of America, a manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, announces that Ken Truong has been named president of FOR-A Corporation of America, effective August ...More

(9/12/2017)

-PixelFLEX LED to Demonstrate the Power Behind LED Video at WFX 2017

PixelFLEX LED to Demonstrate the Power Behind LED Video at WFX 2017

When the 2017 WFX Conference and Expo opens the show floor at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas, Texas, Nashville, Tennessee-based PixelFLEX LED will be on-hand to showcase the true power of LED video to ...More

(9/12/2017)

-Point Source Audio and Autograph Sales and Installations Announce Distribution Partnership

Point Source Audio and Autograph Sales and Installations Announce Distribution Partnership

Point Source Audio (PSA) and Autograph Sales and Installations announced today a distribution agreement whereby Autograph Sales and Installations has been appointed the exclusive UK distributor for Point Source Audio's ...More

(9/12/2017)

-Chauvet Professional Rejuvenates Berlin's "Stars in Concert" Series

Chauvet Professional Rejuvenates Berlin's &quot;Stars in Concert&quot; Series

Since 1997, Berlin's "Stars in Concert" at the Estrel Hotel and Convention Center has brought a wide range of musical theatre acts to over four million spectators, making it one of the most successful live shows in Germany's history. To ...More

(9/12/2017)

-RC4 Wireless Commander Software Put the User in Control

RC4 Wireless Commander Software Put the User in Control

RC4 Wireless revolutionizes the configuration of its expansive line of wireless DMX devices with its RC4 Commander software program. RC4 Commander allows users big and small to easily configure systems with the click of a button. ...More

(9/12/2017)

-Fire Spews from Stufish Set as Rolling Stones Open No Filter European Tour

Fire Spews from Stufish Set as Rolling Stones Open No Filter European Tour

STUFISH has designed the Rolling Stones new No Filter European stadium tour -- which will take 59 articulated-lorries to travel the show to each stadium on its tour! The 13 shows kicked off in Hamburg on September 9, 2017. ...More

(9/12/2017)

-Largest L-ISA System Yet Immerses Spectators in Natural Sound for Verdi's Requiem

Largest L-ISA System Yet Immerses Spectators in Natural Sound for Verdi's Requiem

On July 12th at Lille's Stade Pierre-Mauroy, L-Acoustics deployed an L-ISA Live hyperrealistic sound system for the singular performance of Verdi's Requiem by the Orchestre National de Lille (ONL) and the Choeur Régional ...More

(9/12/2017)

-BLUMANO Launches Stage DB

BLUMANO Launches Stage DB

UK-based international entertainment industry engineering design and safety specialists and consultants BLUMANO Ltd. launches Stage DB ... a unique new multi-lingual software tool for coordinating and collating all the ...More

(9/12/2017)

-Danley Weatherized Speakers and Amps Return Crisp County High School Football to Grandeur

Danley Weatherized Speakers and Amps Return Crisp County High School Football to Grandeur

Crisp County High School serves 1,100 students in Crisp County, which is located in south-central Georgia. Seeing a Crisp County Cougar football game on a fall Friday night is the main event in town, and its football field seats upwards of ...More

(9/12/2017)

-Renkus-Heinz Wins Converts at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church

Renkus-Heinz Wins Converts at St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church

St. Mary Magdalene Parish's first mass was held at the Apex Middle School in 1999, and until recently, the school gymnasium remained the congregation's makeshift sanctuary. While grateful to its host, the congregation needed a home of its ...More

(9/11/2017)

-Robe to Exhibit at PLASA 2017

Robe to Exhibit at PLASA 2017

Robe is delighted to be back in London at Olympia for the 2017 PLASA exhibition -- which sees the event and the organization celebrating 40 years at the forefront of the vibrancy and innovation of the entertainment technology ...More

(9/11/2017)

-Elation Adds Innovative World Premiere Product Launches to PLASA Line-Up

Elation Adds Innovative World Premiere Product Launches to PLASA Line-Up

Elation Professional has added two world premiere product launches to its list of innovative product offerings at the upcoming PLASA Show in London. Showing at stand H40 for the first time anywhere, Elation will be debuting ...More

(9/11/2017)

-High End Systems to Launch SolaFrame 750 at PLASA 2017 Show

High End Systems to Launch SolaFrame 750 at PLASA 2017 Show

High End Systems will launch its new SolaFrame 750 automated luminaire at the upcoming PLASA 2017 trade show in London. The company's Sola Series range of products, which includes the Spot, Frame, Wash and HyBeam lines, is ...More

(9/11/2017)

-RC4 Wireless Takes DMX Dimming to the Next Level

RC4 Wireless Takes DMX Dimming to the Next Level

RC4 Wireless, a provider of wireless dimming for entertainment, introduces their new Series 3 SX product line. The RC4 Magic Series 3 SX innovations cross the entire RC4 family line: the popular RC4Magic 2.4GHz products, the new ...More

(9/11/2017)

-City Theatrical to Exhibit at PLASA 2017

City Theatrical to Exhibit at PLASA 2017

City Theatrical will be demonstrating their new technology at PLASA on stand H50 in the Olympia, London, September 17 - 19, 2017.
DMXcat makes it easy for anyone to control, analyze, or test any DMX lighting fixture, ...
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(9/11/2017)

-Robert Juliat Launches New Followspots at PLASA London 2017

Robert Juliat Launches New Followspots at PLASA London 2017

Robert Juliat will be exhibiting at the 40th PLASA Show at London's Olympia, September 17 - 19, on stand K38 alongside its exclusive UK distributor, Ambersphere Solutions.
The company's latest followspot releases ...
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(9/11/2017)

-Artistic Licence Promises an Electrifying Experience at PLASA London

Artistic Licence Promises an Electrifying Experience at PLASA London

Artistic Licence will be exhibiting at PLASA London, Olympia, September 17 - 19, in stand C32.
This year, the company's new set design promises an electrifying experience, as visitors can attempt to blow up Artistic ...
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(9/11/2017)

-CODA Audio Recruits David "Webby" Webster

CODA Audio Recruits David &quot;Webby&quot; Webster

CODA Audio announces the appointment of David "Webby" Webster to the position of director of global marketing. A comprehensive understanding of live performance and production, forged as a musician and sound engineer in his ...More

(9/11/2017)

-Dante AV Networking World Offers Extra Level of Training at PLASA Show 2017

Dante AV Networking World Offers Extra Level of Training at PLASA Show 2017

Audinate is hosting the popular Dante AV Networking World at the PLASA Show on Tuesday, September 19, and will bring together manufacturers who have integrated Dante, Audinate's industry leading audio-over-IP solution.< ...More

(9/11/2017)

-SparkBlaster -- the Non-Pyrotechnic Spark Generators

SparkBlaster -- the Non-Pyrotechnic Spark Generators

The new SparkBlaster indoor fountain machine creates a cold spark fountain from a special granulate. The sparks exit the SparkBlaster unit at a very low temperature, so this does not cause any fire hazard, unlike similar pyrotechnic ...More

(9/11/2017)

-Royer Labs Announces R-10 Ribbon Microphone

Royer Labs Announces R-10 Ribbon Microphone

Royer Labs, a manufacturer of high quality ribbon microphones, announces the R-10 ribbon microphone. Ideal for both studio and live use, the R-10 is a warm, full-bodied and extremely natural sounding microphone that serves as the ...More

(9/11/2017)

-Cleveland Metroparks Celebrates Centennial with W-DMX

Cleveland Metroparks Celebrates Centennial with W-DMX

This summer, the centennial celebration of Cleveland Metroparks featured fireworks, events, and activities honoring the past and celebrating the future of Cleveland's green urban landscapes. On a July evening, city dignitaries hosted a ...More

(9/11/2017)

-Video Release: New Milos Products Launched in 2017

Video Release: New Milos Products Launched in 2017

Milos has just released a new video about the company's exciting range of products that were introduced on the market this year. The video gives an overview of the features these new products offers the user and how they make Milos ...More

(9/11/2017)

-Theatre in Review: The Baroness: Isak Dinesen's Final Affair

Theatre in Review: The Baroness: Isak Dinesen's Final Affair

The writer Karen Blixen (aka Isak Dinesen), arguably best known for the book Seven Gothic Tales, gets the gothic treatment herself in Thor Bjørn Krebs' biographical drama --- produced by the Scandinavian American Theatre ...More

(9/11/2017)

-Theatre in Review: The Rape of the Sabine Women, by Grace B. Matthias

Theatre in Review: The Rape of the Sabine Women, by Grace B. Matthias

It's a brave thing for a male playwright -- even a gay one -- to take on rape and what has come to be known as rape culture, and in The Rape of the Sabine Women, by Grace B. Matthias, produced by The Playwrights Realm at The ...More

(9/8/2017)

-Steve Warren Working with Avolites and Chroma-Q

Steve Warren Working with Avolites and Chroma-Q

After 34 years in the entertainment lighting industry and 33 years with Avolites, Steve Warren has changed his role within Avolites, moving away from day to day operational tasks and is now focusing on business development ...More

(9/8/2017)

-New Format PLASA Rigging Conference Gains Momentum

New Format PLASA Rigging Conference Gains Momentum

This year, the PLASA Rigging Conference will move away from its traditional format of a series of presentations to a new structure that encourages conversation, allowing opinions to be voiced and the most current of topics to be ...More

(9/8/2017)

-Newly Updated Gel Swatch Library Now Available

Newly Updated Gel Swatch Library Now Available

Gel Services, Inc. announces an update to Gel Swatch Library. GSL was originally released in May of 2008 by Wybron, Inc. Since then the lighting world has changed significantly, GSL is also changing. Part of this is credited ...More

(9/8/2017)

-Cineo Lighting Introduces the Standard 410 with Full-Gamut Lighting Technology at IBC 2017

Cineo Lighting Introduces the Standard 410 with Full-Gamut Lighting Technology at IBC 2017

Cineo Lighting, a creator of production of lighting systems for the motion picture, television, and broadcast industries, announces the Standard 410 (S410), premiering at IBC 2017 in stand 12.D39, September 14 - 19 in ...More

(9/8/2017)

-Avlex and MIPRO Introduce the TA-80 Digital Plug-On Transmitter

Avlex and MIPRO Introduce the TA-80 Digital Plug-On Transmitter

Avlex Corporation, the North American distributor of MIPRO products and the name audio professionals turn to for wireless technology and microphones, introduces the TA-80 Digital Plug-On Transmitter. The TA-80 is a true ...More

(9/8/2017)

-Robe Encouraged by Chance

Robe Encouraged by Chance

Cool, credible, and creative, Chance the Rapper is enjoying plenty of popularity and critical comment in general, and on his past US tour in particular, which featured an eye-catching show designed by Michael Apostolos. ...More

(9/8/2017)

-Prolyte Group to Showcase New Products at LDI 2017

Prolyte Group to Showcase New Products at LDI 2017

Prolyte Group will be showcasing the new Verto truss and debuting the new Prolyte ARC roof system at the LDI2017, November 17 - 19 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Visitors are invited to stop at stand 1961 for a in-person look and ...More

(9/8/2017)

-Powersoft and BOSE Professional Amplify Pershing Square Downtown Stage Concert Series in Los Angeles

Powersoft and BOSE Professional Amplify Pershing Square Downtown Stage Concert Series in Los Angeles

Each summer in the heart of Los Angeles, the City's department of recreation and parks hosts a series of free concerts at the Pershing Square Downtown Stage. The high profile concert series, which ran this year between July 12 and August ...More

(9/8/2017)

-Black Peaks on the Rise with Sennheiser

Black Peaks on the Rise with Sennheiser

Formed in 2013 in Brighton on the UK south coast, Black Peaks is a four-piece progressive rock band that is going places. Their debut album Statues has been described by The Independent as "an exceptional combination of ...More

(9/8/2017)

-Dierks Bentley Rolls with First AVB-Networked Meyer Sound Touring Rig

Dierks Bentley Rolls with First AVB-Networked Meyer Sound Touring Rig

On his What the Hell world tour, country superstar Dierks Bentley is packing arenas and amphitheaters across North America, energizing fans with rousing concerts while also setting a technical milestone. The Meyer Sound LEO ...More

(9/8/2017)

-Mark Carver and Bandit Light Black Music Honors

Mark Carver and Bandit Light Black Music Honors

It was a glamorous evening of icons, legends, and laughter at The Black Music Honors, where attendees at the Andrew Jackson Hall celebrated African American artists who have made significant music contributions to African American culture ...More

(9/8/2017)

-Allen & Heath's dLive and ME Installed in Ecuadorian Church

Allen & Heath's dLive and ME Installed in Ecuadorian Church

Ecuador's Centro Cristiano de Guayaquil (CCG) recently installed an Allen & Heath dLive S Class mixing system and ME personal monitoring system as part of an upgrade to the church's audio equipment. ...More

(9/7/2017)

-Columbus McKinnon Donates Online Training Seats to ESTA's TSP

Columbus McKinnon Donates Online Training Seats to ESTA's TSP

ESTA announces that Columbus McKinnon Corp. (CMCO) has donated 100 seats to their popular Lodestar Maintenance Training Course with the full registration fee going to support ESTA's Technical Standards Program (TSP)< ...More

(9/7/2017)

-Chauvet Professional Expands Maverick Series with MK2 Profile

Chauvet Professional Expands Maverick Series with MK2 Profile

The Chauvet Professional Maverick series has been making its presence felt on tours and festivals, as well as at clubs, with its moving spots, beams, washes, and hybrids. Now the line will be turning up at an even wider variety of ...More

(9/7/2017)

-Barbizon Uses ETC to Pixel-Map Philadelphia Skyscrapers for NFL Draft

Barbizon Uses ETC to Pixel-Map Philadelphia Skyscrapers for NFL Draft

Regular season games for the 2017 NFL start tonight, but the season really began in April at the NFL Draft. The 2017 draft took place in Philadelphia for the first time since 1961, and to commemorate its return, the NFL supersized the ...More

(9/7/2017)

-Bose Professional Now Shipping MB210 Compact Subwoofer

Bose Professional Now Shipping MB210 Compact Subwoofer

Bose Professional is now shipping the MB210 compact subwoofer, designed for background/foreground music and small sound-reinforcement systems that require low-frequency extension down to 37Hz. The MB210 subwoofer features two 10" ...More

(9/7/2017)

-Soundmirror Creates with Lectrosonics at the Santa Fe Opera for The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs

Soundmirror Creates with Lectrosonics at the Santa Fe Opera for The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs

Soundmirror, a Massachusetts-based classical music recording and production company, recently recorded Santa Fe Opera's world premiere production of Mason Bates and Mark Campbell's The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs for release ...More

(9/7/2017)

-X4 Bars Boost 3D "Volumetric Video" on Tour with Alt-J

X4 Bars Boost 3D &quot;Volumetric Video&quot; on Tour with Alt-J

Having completed the American leg of their tour in support of their new album Relaxer, Alt-J has arrived in Europe for theatre and arena dates -- and a full production inventory that includes multiples of GLP's award-winning ...More

(9/7/2017)

-New Church Journeys from Adversity to ArrayProcessing with d&b audiotechnik

New Church Journeys from Adversity to ArrayProcessing with d&b audiotechnik

The 2012 collapse of an integral steel frame structure during the building of City Gates Church in Ilford, Essex UK, made the regional news headlines. The dramatic incident -- which fortunately resulted in no injuries despite 20 ...More

(9/7/2017)

-Alphabet City and Symetrix Empower Exiled Creatives

Alphabet City and Symetrix Empower Exiled Creatives

Cities of Asylum began with European cities providing temporary support for endangered writers in exile. Inspired by author Salman Rushdie, famously persecuted for writing The Satanic Verses, Pittsburgh artist Diane Samuels and ...More

(9/7/2017)

-D3D Signs with Papalote Museo del Niño to Outfit New Giant Dome Theater in Mexico City in 2018

D3D Signs with Papalote Museo del Niño to Outfit New Giant Dome Theater in Mexico City in 2018

D3D Cinema announces that its pioneering giant dome laser projection technology has been selected for integration at the new Papalote Museo del Niño, Iztapalapa in Mexico City. The museum is presently under construction and on ...More

(9/7/2017)

-Claypaky Lighting Fixtures and grandMA2 Consoles Support the Four Stages of Moonrise 2017 in Baltimore

Claypaky Lighting Fixtures and grandMA2 Consoles Support the Four Stages of Moonrise 2017 in Baltimore

Although the recent total eclipse of the sun dominated headlines, another celestial-themed event also attracted crowds in August. Moonrise, the annual EDM festival held at Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course, drew fans to its four stages where ...More

(9/7/2017)

-BlackTrax in the Spotlight with The Weeknd on Starboy World Tour

BlackTrax in the Spotlight with The Weeknd on Starboy World Tour

BlackTrax realtime motion tracking system kept the spotlight in focus for the Starboy: Legend of The Fall worldwide tour for Grammy award-winning singer, songwriter, and record producer, The Weeknd. Solotech, Montreal ...More

(9/7/2017)

-Hippotizer Rocks John Peel Stage for Ninth Glastonbury Music Festival

Hippotizer Rocks John Peel Stage for Ninth Glastonbury Music Festival

Hippotizer was again the media server of choice for the John Peel Stage at the Glastonbury Festival. A Hippotizer Karst unit fed the setting's main upstage LED wall, making it nine years in a row for Green Hippo technology ...More

(9/7/2017)

-Freeman Audio Visual Canada Launches an Innovative Event Opportunity Management System

Freeman Audio Visual Canada Launches an Innovative Event Opportunity Management System

David Campbell, executive vice president and chief operating officer, Freeman Audio Visual Canada, announces the upcoming release of an Event Opportunity Management System that will interface with Ungerboeck (formerly EBMS), ...More

(9/7/2017)

-Technotrix Covers Taste of Chicago Festival with Martin Audio MLA

Technotrix Covers Taste of Chicago Festival with Martin Audio MLA

The world's largest food festival, Taste of Chicago is held for five days in Grant Park. In addition to classic local dishes, specialty cuisines from ethnic neighborhood restaurants and unique chef creations, the festival offers live music ...More

(9/6/2017)

-ETC's Ion Gets an Upgrade: Introducing Ion Xe Consoles

ETC's Ion Gets an Upgrade: Introducing Ion Xe Consoles

For nearly a decade, ETC's Ion consoles have brought powerful control to theatres, concert venues, studios, and events around the world. Now, with the release of two Ion Xe consoles and two new fader wings, the small but mighty ...More

(9/6/2017)

-Shure Releases Super 55-BLK Deluxe Vocal Microphone Pitch Black Edition

Shure Releases Super 55-BLK Deluxe Vocal Microphone Pitch Black Edition

Shure Incorporated, a microphone manufacturer, announces the release of a limited quantity of the Super 55-BLK Deluxe Vocal Microphone Pitch Black Edition, in time for the upcoming holiday season. The new Super 55 Pitch Black ...More

(9/6/2017)

-Broadway Green Alliance's Fall E-Waste Collection Drive Set for September 20th

Broadway Green Alliance's Fall E-Waste Collection Drive Set for September 20th

The Broadway Green Alliance (BGA) is sponsoring an e-waste drive for the theatre industry and fans on Wednesday, September 20th from 11:00am - 2:00pm in Duffy Square (46th Street between 7th Avenue and Broadway). The event is open ...More

(9/6/2017)

-Creative Stage Lighting Launches New UL-Listed Portable Power Distribution Rack

Creative Stage Lighting Launches New UL-Listed Portable Power Distribution Rack

Creative Stage Lighting announces a new addition to their Entertainment Power Systems power distribution lineup. The company has recently released a UL-Listed portable power distribution rack best suited for powering LED video walls ...More

(9/6/2017)

-RC4 Plays Key Role in the National Theatre's Productions of Angels In America

RC4 Plays Key Role in the National Theatre's Productions of Angels In America

Tony Kushner's epic two-part drama Angels In America was first seen at Britain's National Theatre back in 1992. Now to celebrate its 25th anniversary, the plays have returned to the National, in a new production directed by Marian ...More

(9/6/2017)

-Riedel Communications North America Appoints Phil Stein as Vice President Strategic Accounts, Eastern US

Riedel Communications North America Appoints Phil Stein as Vice President Strategic Accounts, Eastern US

Riedel Communications today announces that Phil Stein has joined the company as vice president, strategic accounts for the eastern United States. Reporting to Joyce Bente, president and CEO, Riedel North America ...More

(9/6/2017)

-BenQ LK970 4K Laser Projector Delivers Flawless, Long-Lasting Color Performance

BenQ LK970 4K Laser Projector Delivers Flawless, Long-Lasting Color Performance

BenQ America Corp., an international provider of visual display solutions, announces the availability of the LK970 4K UHD BlueCore laser projector. Delivering breathtakingly realistic image quality thanks to a unique combination of ...More

(9/6/2017)

-GoboPlus.com and Cut Colour Plus take part in PLASA 2017 for PLASA London's 40th Anniversary

GoboPlus.com and Cut Colour Plus take part in PLASA 2017 for PLASA London's 40th Anniversary

Occupying the same position as for PLASA's inaugural return to Olympia in 2016, GoboPlus.com, will be exhibiting at the 40th PLASA 2017 on stand B2 in London Olympia, September 17 - 19. GoboPlus.com is the one-stop ...More

(9/6/2017)

-Platinum Punch on Justin Bieber Dominican Republic and India Shows

Platinum Punch on Justin Bieber Dominican Republic and India Shows

When Justin Bieber's Purpose world tour played the Hard Rock Hotel in the Dominican Republic earlier in the year, Dominican-based rental company and Elation Professional dealer BM Eventos was there to supply Elation's ...More

(9/6/2017)

-LiNK 2017: Where Master's Candidates and Recruiters Connect

LiNK 2017: Where Master's Candidates and Recruiters Connect

A dream graduate school awaits attendees at LiNK 2017! Candidate and recruiter registration is now open for LiNK 2017 to be held November 13 - 15 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Presented in partnership by SETC and USITT and ...
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(9/6/2017)

-Laura McElmurray Joins Bandit Lites Team

Laura McElmurray Joins Bandit Lites Team

Bandit Lites, a concert lighting provider, announces the hiring of Laura McElmurray to its global headquarters. McElmurray will be taking on the role of accounts payable manager.
McElmurray received degrees in both ...
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(9/6/2017)

-Robert Juliat Lancelot and SpotMe Perform Swimmingly at FINA World Aquatic Championships

Robert Juliat Lancelot and SpotMe Perform Swimmingly at FINA World Aquatic Championships

Four Robert Juliat 4000W HTI Lancelot luminaires were the followspots of choice for Frédéric "Aldo" Fayard, the lighting designer behind the prestigious opening ceremony of the 17th FINA World Aquatic Championships, which ...More

(9/6/2017)

-Calrec Connects at IBC2017

Calrec Connects at IBC2017

Calrec Audio will use IBC2017 as a platform for showcasing real-world solutions that enable users to overcome the challenges of remote live productions. Along with key technology partners and clients, Calrec will demonstrate ...More

(9/6/2017)

-Premier Event Technology Expands to New 50,000-Sq.-Ft. Facility

Premier Event Technology Expands to New 50,000-Sq.-Ft. Facility

Premier Event Technology, a full-service provider of audiovisual support, scenic design, and technical services, announces the relocation of its corporate and warehouse operations to a new address at 2871 Research Drive, Rochester ...More

(9/5/2017)

-Robe Launches New MegaPointe Worldwide

Robe Launches New MegaPointe Worldwide

Robe goes Mega today with the global launch of its much anticipated new multi-functional moving light fixture ... the MegaPointe!
This hugely innovative new "reference point" and landmark product is revealed worldwide on More

(9/5/2017)

-Sennheiser Announces the IE 80 S Earphones with Enhanced Fit, Customization, and High-End Style

Sennheiser Announces the IE 80 S Earphones with Enhanced Fit, Customization, and High-End Style

At this year's IFA, Sennheiser is launching an enhanced version of one of its highest-performing earphone models. Created for the discerning music enthusiast, the new IE 80 S offers a brilliant lifelike sound with outstanding sonic ...More

(9/5/2017)

-Katie O'Connell and Jason Perry Take on New Roles at ETC

Katie O'Connell and Jason Perry Take on New Roles at ETC

Two ETC employees -- Katie O'Connell and Jason Perry -- are moving to new positions within the company.
Following a decade of service in ETC's project management department, working on many high-profile ...
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(9/5/2017)

-Luminex GigaCore 10 Ensures Pro-Networking for All Applications Is a Piece of Cake

Luminex GigaCore 10 Ensures Pro-Networking for All Applications Is a Piece of Cake

Since Luminex's soft launch of the super-flexible GigaCore 10 Gigabit switch -- at Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt earlier this year -- it has fast established itself as the manufacturer's most versatile plug-and-play Gigabit ...More

(9/5/2017)

-RCF HDL 30-A Compact Bi-Amped Two-Way Active Touring System Now Shipping

RCF HDL 30-A Compact Bi-Amped Two-Way Active Touring System Now Shipping

RCF announces the HDL 30-A: a highly anticipated addition to the successful HDL family. Following the success of the bestseller RCF HDL 50-A, the HDL 30-A expands the HDL family with mechanical, network, and phase compatibility. HDL ...More

(9/5/2017)

-MDG Celebrates 40 Years of PLASA London 2017

MDG Celebrates 40 Years of PLASA London 2017

At 37-years old, MDG knows all about longevity and the value of creating high quality products for its clients. With this in mind, MDG UK will be celebrating PLASA's milestone 40th anniversary with a selection of its award ...More

(9/5/2017)

-Mary Shabatura Conveys Changing Moods of The Secret Garden with Rogues

Mary Shabatura Conveys Changing Moods of The Secret Garden with Rogues

Love, hope, and beauty have a way of transcending time, place and culture. This eternal alchemy is at the heart of The Secret Garden, the Tony Award-winning musical that follows the transformational journey of Mary Lenox, a young ...More

(9/5/2017)

-SRae Productions and 4Wall Nashville Light Jill Scott's 2017 Summer Tour

SRae Productions and 4Wall Nashville Light Jill Scott's 2017 Summer Tour

Three-time Grammy award-winning artist Jill Scott kicked off her 25-city summer tour in June. Designers Sooner Routhier and Robert Long of SRae Productions were tasked with creating a lighting design for the singer ...More

(9/5/2017)

-MNA Joins Leading Broadcast Industry Bodies in Staging IP Showcase at IBC

MNA Joins Leading Broadcast Industry Bodies in Staging IP Showcase at IBC

The Media Networking Alliance (MNA) -- the non-profit trade association, established to promote the adoption of the AES67 standard -- is a visible presence at IBC2017; the key activities of the alliance and its members ...More

(9/5/2017)

-Electric Youth Tours Europe with dB Technologies' MOVING D

Electric Youth Tours Europe with dB Technologies' MOVING D

"Electric Youth," a dynamic group of singer dancers from the Franklin School for the Performing Arts (FSPA) in Franklin, Massachusetts, recently completed a highly-successful tour of Europe supported by an 18-channel dB Technologies' ...More

(9/5/2017)

-Ryerson University's RE/Lab Explores the Senses with Renkus-Heinz

Ryerson University's RE/Lab Explores the Senses with Renkus-Heinz

A collaborative effort that combines the efforts of Ryerson University's Faculties of Communication Arts and Design, Community Services, and Engineering, the Responsive Ecologies Lab (RE/Lab) explores a wide variety of issues involving ...More

(9/5/2017)

-Alejandro Sanz at Vicente Calderón Stadium with Wicreations

Alejandro Sanz at Vicente Calderón Stadium with Wicreations

Multiple Grammy and Latin Grammy Award winning Spanish singer / songwriter and musician Alejandro Sanz performed a "once-in-a-lifetime" show at the Vicente Calderón Stadium in Madrid to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his best-selling ...More

(9/1/2017)

-Knight of Illumination Awards to Exhibit at PLASA Show 2017

Knight of Illumination Awards to Exhibit at PLASA Show 2017

The Knight of Illumination (KOI) Awards -- the industry's largest event to celebrate the achievements in lighting and video design seen in the UK -- is delighted to announce a special collaboration between KOI Awards, Hawthorn ...More

(9/1/2017)

-d&b audiotechnik Reaffirms Future Technology Focus and Strengthens Its Management Team

d&b audiotechnik Reaffirms Future Technology Focus and Strengthens Its Management Team

d&b audiotechnik is expanding its research and development department and has appointed a new member to its management team. With effect from August 1st, Jan Biermann takes over from Frank Bothe as head of research and ...More

(9/1/2017)

-Elation Offers DiGidot C4 an Advanced LED and Pixel Tape Driver

Elation Offers DiGidot C4 an Advanced LED and Pixel Tape Driver

Elation Professional announces the DiGidot C4, a small and powerful LED controller and pixel tape driver that has use in all kinds of applications.
"DiGidot is a powerful, innovative solution for pixel control and is one of the ...
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(9/1/2017)

-Events United Holds Learning Session at WFX: How to Balance Stage Lighting and Video for Live Events

Events United Holds Learning Session at WFX: How to Balance Stage Lighting and Video for Live Events

From Soulfest to the Awakening Conference, Tim Messina and his team at Events United have designed lighting and video for some of the largest faith-based events in the US. They will be sharing the knowledge gained from these ...More

(9/1/2017)

-Robe VIVA CMY Moving Lights for Hoevenaars

Robe VIVA CMY Moving Lights for Hoevenaars

Twenty-four of the latest Robe VIVA CMY moving lights -- launched at Prolight + Sound in April -- were delivered to Dutch rental company Hoevenaars based in Nuenen, together with 24 Spiider LED wash beams. ...More

(9/1/2017)

-Danley Jericho Horns, Subwoofers, and Amps Rock at Glastonbury

Danley Jericho Horns, Subwoofers, and Amps Rock at Glastonbury

Almost every year, for what is fast approaching half a century, tens of thousands and, in recent years, capacity crowds of 135,000 have descended on the tiny village of Pilton in southwest England to attend the Glastonbury Festival. The ...More

(9/1/2017)

-Six New SD12s Join the DiGiCo Range at Spectrum Sound

Six New SD12s Join the DiGiCo Range at Spectrum Sound

Since 1979, Nashville, Tennessee-based Spectrum Sound has been providing concert production and rental services to some of the biggest names in country, Christian, rock and beyond. Certainly one of the reasons for its success over ...More

(9/1/2017)

-EST Fest IV Gets Sound Assist from NPi AV

EST Fest IV Gets Sound Assist from NPi AV

EST Fest is now in its fourth year and, in mid-August, the event was held for its second time at The Ohio Dreams Action Sports Camp in Butler, Ohio. The two-day festival welcomed 5,000 attendees who were treated to non-stop music. ...More

(9/1/2017)

-Ashly nXp-1504 DSP Amp Plus Free Ashly iPad App Rejuvenates Missouri's D. Rowe's Restaurant and Bar

Ashly nXp-1504 DSP Amp Plus Free Ashly iPad App Rejuvenates Missouri's D. Rowe's Restaurant and Bar

For a sizable fraction of greater Columbia, Missouri, D. Rowe's Restaurant and Bar is a regular go-to for great meals in a casual atmosphere. Owner David Rowe opened its doors more than 15 years ago and is proud of the cultural ...More

(9/1/2017)

-Kinesys USA Appoints New Office Manager

Kinesys USA Appoints New Office Manager

Kinesys USA expands its team with Tracey Anderson joining as office manager. This reflects a successful couple of years in North America and Canada for the motion control and automation brand. ...More

(9/1/2017)

-Nine Inch Nails Provides Industrial Scale Debut for GLP's LED Hybrid Strobe

Nine Inch Nails Provides Industrial Scale Debut for GLP's LED Hybrid Strobe

Legendary industrial rock pioneers Nine Inch Nails (NIN), led by the charismatic Trent Reznor, are back on the touring circuit, with a series of summer and fall festival dates.
Their long serving lighting designer, Paul "Arlo" ...
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(9/1/2017)

-Alcons Is the Gold Standard for RSB Cinemas

Alcons Is the Gold Standard for RSB Cinemas

While large multiplex cinema chains compete on quantity, smaller independent venues are finding a new market by specialising in quality. An example is RSB Cinemas, a Dutch company that has recently opened its second venue where cinemagoers ...More

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