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Vectorworks and PRG Partner to Add Content and Capabilities to Vectorworks Spotlight Software

As a part of their shared commitment to empower today's entertainment designers, Vectorworks, Inc. and Production Resource Group (PRG) announce that they will collaboratively develop and implement new features for Vectorworks ...

Eurotruss Names A.C.T Lighting Exclusive Distributor of its Product Line in North America

Eurotruss has named A.C.T Lighting, Inc. as the exclusive distributor of its family of products in North America. Eurotruss is a supplier of aluminum truss systems worldwide. Its new Knoxville, Tennessee facility supplies ...

SGM Increases Its Presence Across Latin America

In November 2014, Spanish lighting designer, Ben Díaz joined SGM as area manager and global product trainer. Since then, in an effort to rearrange SGM's distribution network to match its growing presence in the architectural ...

Double Award Win for AV Stumpfl at ISE 2016

As well as launching nine new product innovations at ISE, AV Stumpfl brought home two awards in recognition of their design, innovation, and manufacturing excellence.
The AV Stumpfl Avio Manager 2 won the InAVation Award ...

PLAYdifferently Announces International Tour to Launch New Mixer Project

A series of world-leading artists and DJs have confirmed to be a part of the first international tour for PLAYdifferently -- a series of events to showcase the final prototypes of the brand's new mixer. ...

GoVision Acquires Assets of Custom Design and Fabrication, LLC

Marking its fifth strategic acquisition since the beginning of 2014, GoVision LP announces that it has acquired the assets of Custom Design and Fabrication, LLC, adding decades of experience in the design and ...

Globull Glows with Chauvet

The picturesque town of Bulle in the Canton of Freibourg is nestled in the rocky hills that separate the French and German-speaking regions of Switzerland. Bulle, a regional economic hub, is also home to Globull, one of Switzerland's most ...

The Observatory North Park Upgrades to Adamson

The Observatory North Park in San Diego has quickly gained recognition for both the eclectic assortment of well-known and up-and-coming bands that it hosts as well as the quality of their sound reinforcement. The new Adamson Systems ...

Theatre in Review: Insignificance (Defibrillator/Langham Place)

In Insignificance, the playwright Terry Johnson has put Albert Einstein, Senator Joe McCarthy, Marilyn Monroe, and Joe DiMaggio in a hotel room. In the production by the London-based theatre ...

Avid Supports Full Sail University's Seventh Annual Hall of Fame Week

Avid announces its support for the 2016 Full Sail University Hall of Fame Week, an annual event honoring university alumni in entertainment, media, and the arts, which took place February 15 - 19, 2016. As part of its ongoing ...

Powersoft Electrifies 58th Annual Grammy Awards with 72 K10 Amplifiers

At the 58th Annual Grammy Awards, held at Los Angeles' Staples Center last week, amplifier manufacturer Powersoft delivered 720,000W of reliable, clear audio to more than 18,000 attending music fans, in addition to a ...

Rogues Welcome Pope Francis to Mexico

The people of Mexico enthusiastically welcomed Pope Francis to their country with a warm reception that included traditional songs and dances, heartfelt tributes, and richly colored light from a collection of 24 Rogue R1 Wash fixtures from ...

Clair Takes First Two Yamaha Rivage PM10s

Clair Global of Lititz, Pennsylvania has taken delivery of the first two Yamaha Rivage PM10 Digital Audio Consoles to hit US soil. Both consoles are currently being used at front-of-house and monitors for Carrie Underwood's

d&b audiotechnik Installed in Amsterdam Muziekgebouw Concert Hall

d&b audiotechnik's column loudspeakers featuring mechanical beam steering have been installed in Amsterdam's famous Muziekgebouw aan het IJ by Ampco Flashlight Sales.
The Foyer Deck of the Muziekgebouw, which resembles a ...

Huge Success for BMFL in the French Market

Over 300 Robe BMFL luminaires were sold to the French market in the few months since the formation of Robe's new French subsidiary, Robe Lighting France SAS.
The BMFL was launched in autumn 2014, by which time French ...

Wireless Spectacular at Marina Bay Singapore

It has become tradition to celebrate New Year's Eve at the Marina Bay in Singapore -- in fact, each year it attracts 100,000 people to this festivity. For 11 years it has been Esplanade's job, together with the Urban ...

dLive Manages European Premiere with Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra

Allen & Heath's dLive digital mixing system was selected to manage front-of-house duties for the European premiere of Pokémon Symphonic Evolutions presented by Princeton Entertainment and U-Live, performed by ...

Theatre in Review: Smokefall (MCC Theater/Lucille Lortel Theatre)

Smokefall is a poignant family saga, an ontological vaudeville show, and a time-bending, reality-twisting discussion of predestination versus free will, not to mention a meditation on the meaning of life. Before you click off ...

Theatre in Review: The Body of an American (Primary Stages/Cherry Lane Theatre)

The Body of an American is about a reporter who gets his story and a playwright who doesn't -- and neither of them is very happy about it. Paul Watson is a real-life Canadian photojournalist who has spent the vast ...

[LITE]COM Named Official Supplier for Eurovision Song Contest 2016

SVT Swedish Broadcaster has awarded [LITE]COM Group the contract to be the official supplier of all lighting, control, truss, rigging, and automation for Eurovision Song Contest 2016. The event will be taking place at ...