 The Knight of Illumination Awards 2016 Is Off to a Flying Start
The Knight of Illumination Awards (KOI) 2016 has launched and submissions are already coming in for its Television and Concert Touring and Events categories. This year marks the ninth KOI Awards, which celebrates the creative ... 
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 Avid and Focusrite -- A future Alliance in the Making
Avid and Focusrite have a history of industry-shaping collaborations, from the world's first plug-ins to feature a fully skeuomorphic GUI (D2 and D3), to the original Focusrite-designed Mbox interface that brought Avid Pro ... 
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 MNA at ISE Reflects Growing Importance of Network Interoperability in AV
With the ever-increasing pace of adoption of IP-based networking in AV, there is a mounting lobby for standardization and interoperability based on open standards. Consequently, the Media Networking Alliance (MNA) -- the ... 
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 New ILDA Competition Looking for Laser Show Talents
With laser projectors becoming more affordable, there are many enthusiasts and laser artists creating laser light shows. The International Laser Display Association has announced a new contest to find and publicize non-ILDA members ... 
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 Experience the World of Harman Professional Solutions at ISE 2016
Visitors to ISE 2016, February 9 - 12 in Amsterdam RAI, are invited to experience the world of Harman Professional Solutions. As a professional audio, lighting, video and control systems company, Harman is proud to ... 
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 Theatre in Review: The Burial at Thebes (Irish Repertory Theatre/DR2 Theatre)
I've never been so happy to see Tiresias in my life. As usual, whenever the blind poet shows up, it signals bad news for the members of the House of Oedipus -- The Burial at Thebes is a new version of Antigone by the ... 
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 Theatre in Review: Wide Awake Hearts (Birdland Theatre/59E59)
The film director at the center of Brendan Gall's new play is an uncompromising artist: In pursuit of his muse, he doesn't spare himself, his wife, his leading man -- and certainly not the audience at 59E59. He's making a film that ... 
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 Open Control Architecture is Standardized as AES70
Open Control Architecture (OCA) -- an open control and monitoring standard for professional audio and AV media network devices -- has been officially standardized on January 4, 2016 by the Audio Engineering Society Standards ... 
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 Chauvet Professional Introduces Church Tech Talk with Greg Persinger
Chauvet Professional's latest introduction doesn't emit any light, but it is filled with some very bright ideas that will help churches of all sizes get more benefits out of their lighting systems and extend the useful life of their ... 
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 Elation EMOTION Digital Light Wins Innovation Award at CUE Show
Elation Professional's cutting-edge EMOTION moving head digital light won an award for innovation in the video category at an awards ceremony held Tuesday, January 19th at the CUE show in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Held ... 
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 Freeman Audio Visual Vancouver Wins Consumer Choice Award for AV Services for Third Consecutive Year
Freeman Audio Visual Canada announces that it has been selected by Vancouver consumers and business community members as the Consumer Choice Award (CCA) winner in the category of Audio Visual Services for the third year in a ... 
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 USITT Launches eSET Skill Tests for Entertainment Technicians
USITT announces the launch of eSET, Essential Skills for Entertainment Technicians. This new proficiency program for entry level technicians has launched its first online skills and safety tests in three disciplines -- ... 
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 The MIDI Association Launches to Expand Music Industry Reach
More than 30 years after establishing an international alliance of companies who develop MIDI products, the MIDI Manufacturers Association (MMA) has launched a new initiative focused on people who use MIDI to create music and art. ... 
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 SynAudCon to Host "Sound System Design" Seminar in Houston
System designers interested in understanding room acoustics, loud-speaker characteristics, and how they act in enclosed spaces are encouraged to attend SynAudCon's "Sound System Design" in-person seminar scheduled for February 22 - ... 
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 Powersoft to Sponsor AV Academy, Comprehensive InfoComm CTS Accredited Training Coursework
Audio manufacturer Powersoft announces that it is sponsoring AV Academy, a comprehensive InfoComm Certified Specialist (CTS) training track organized by AV Magazine and RH Consulting. AV Academy -- a ... 
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 AV Stumpfl Returns to ISE 2016 with Its Biggest Trade Show Presence Ever
While the exact nature of several technology launches are a closely guarded secret, Austrian engineering company, AV Stumpfl will release new feature updates to Wings Engine Raw. Wings Engine Raw offers uncompressed 4K media serving ... 
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 Avid Awards Westlake Pro Top Channel Partner for 2015
Avid, an audio and video technology manufacturer, has named Westlake Pro "Americas Audio Top Channel Partner for 2015" during the global sales conferences at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles from January 16 - 19 ... 
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 Theatre in Review: Our Mother's Brief Affair (Manhattan Theatre Club/Samuel J. Friedman Theatre)
In the early stretches of Our Mother's Brief Affair, I thought, Linda Lavin should be grateful for playwright Richard Greenberg. A little later, I realized I had it backwards. As Anna, an aging and rather frail ... 
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 4Wall New York Reschedules Mini Classes for January 30th
4Wall New York is inviting all students, parents, and teachers who are interested in the stage/theatrical lighting field to the company's informative mini classes on LEDs, moving lights, consoles, color theory, and more. Originally ... 
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 White Light Launches ShopWL
Following a year which saw UK-based White Light expand both its expertise and resources, the company is now launching a new platform from which its extensive range of lighting, audio, rigging, and video equipment will all be ... 
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