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  CHAUVET Professional Sets "Enthusiasm Record" For LDI
CHAUVET Professional has enjoyed many successful LDI shows, but the 2014 version set a new standard, not only for leads generated, but also for visitor enthusiasm. "It looks like we had more leads than ever," said Berenice ...
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ETC Source Four LED Series 2 Lustr in All-LED Performing Arts Centre
The Jeanne & Peter Lougheed Performing Arts Centre is a 44,200-sq.-ft. multi-venue building in Camrose, Alberta, Canada. Equipped with nearly 100 ETC Source Four LED Series 2 Lustr luminaires, the venue earned a level-four ...
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Dante Card and New Firmware for Sennheiser's Digital 9000 Series Now Available
Sennheiser has announced the availability of its Dante card for the EM 9046 receiver, enabling the Digital 9000 wireless microphone system to be integrated into Dante audio-over-IP networks. Also available are -- ...
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Clay Paky Helps Commemorate 25th Anniversary of Fall of Berlin Wall
Lighting designer Björn Hermann created a spectacular light show at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate to launch a night of celebrations commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Choosing to use a mix of Clay Paky SuperSharpy ...
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Hawthorn Names DPA as Its Microphone Brand of Choice
Hawthorn, the U.K.'s largest independent supplier of technical production services, has named DPA Microphones as its primary mic brand. Established in 1987, Hawthorn employs over 120 staff from offices around the U.K. and ...
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DiGiCo's Christmas Cheer Now Available on Facebook
DiGiCo is inviting its customer to get some audio cheer with its Twelve Days of Christmas promotion. For the chance to win one of 12 prizes, visit DiGiCo's Facebook page at the URL listed below.
It starts on December and finishes ...
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Joshua Rush Joins Audinate Management Team
Joshua Rush has joined Audinate, the maker of digital network media solutions, as vice-president of marketing. The company says Rush brings over 20 years of experience in business, consumer and channel marketing in a variety ...
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PLASA Announces 2014 Election Results
PLASA's month-long elections to determine positions on its European and North American Regional Boards, together with its central Governing Body, concluded at midnight on Wednesday, November 19. Companies and individuals from PLASA' ...
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Robe Makes Some Noise at LDI 2014
Energy levels were pumped and spirits high on the Robe Lighting booth throughout the 2014 LDI Expo in Las Vegas--which saw three days of great interest in the new products, the company says, especially the new Bright Multi ...
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Clay Paky Pushes the Boundaries on Imogen Heap
For this summer's Camden Roundhouse's Reverb festival, singer-songwriter Imogen Heap curated four days of events, which culminated in a headline show from Heap herself. As per the experimental theme of the festival, twelve Clay ...
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XL Video Supplies Camera Package for Fat Freddy's Drop at Ally Pall
When New Zealand band Fat Freddy's Drop confirmed their headlining show at London's Alexandra Palace, they contacted XL Video to supply live video production for the sold-out one-off gig.
The Alexandra Palace show, in ...
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Rose Brand Awards $10,000 Custom Main Stage Curtain to Brooklyn Theatre Arts High School in Video Contest
Brooklyn Theatre Arts HS wins the new custom main stage curtain valued at up to $10,000 in The Rose Brand "Rags To Riches" video contest. The contest invited any organization with a stage to send in a creative video ...
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Sabina Berloffa Strengthens d&b audiotechnik as Director, Marketing and Product Management
d&b audiotechnik announces it has brought Sabina Berloffa on board as director of marketing. Since August 18, 2014, she has been responsible for global marketing and product management, with the aim of further expanding brand ...
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Chauvet Professional Fixtures Go to the Core for Killswitch Engage
With its powerful crushing riffs, double bass drum patterns and growling vocals, the music of the Grammy-nominated Killswitch Engage is seriously and unmistakably intense. Any light show at a concert by these metalcore icons had better ...
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Advanced Systems Group Adds Ed Chen to Sales Staff
Advanced Systems Group (ASG), a data, video, audio, and film integration firm, announces Ed Chen has joined the company's sales staff, effective October 27. He is focused on storage, archive, asset management, and networking ...
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Fishman Makes ToneDEQ Preamp and Neo-Buster Pickup Widely Available
Fishman is making its ToneDEQ Acoustic Instrument Preamp and Neo-Buster Soundhole Pickup Feedback Buster available to all of its dealers beginning in January 2015.
The ToneDEQ Acoustic Preamp with effects combines a high quality ...
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Argentina's TyC Sports Relies on Variety of FOR-A Switchers for its Sports Production
FOR-A announces that Argentine broadcast sports production company Torneos y Competencias has been using a number of its video production switchers. A longtime user of FOR-A equipment, the sports channel's most recent ...
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W-DMX Teams Up with Dutch Lighting Manufacturer CLF
Wireless Solution Sweden AB and Dutch lighting manufacturer Creative Lighting Fixtures (CLF Europe BV) announces the latest line of lighting fixtures, offering W-DMX as standard or optional OEM installed. ...
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ETC Keeps on Giving
On the floor of the LDI Show, Fred Foster, CEO of ETC, presented a check for $24,909.25 for Behind the Scenes to Rick Rudolph and Mark Heiser, the chair and treasurer of the PLASA Foundation
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Harman's Martin Professional Introduces New LED Video Solutions For Dynamic Designs and Exterior Installations
At LDI 2014, Harman's Martin Professional introduced a range of new LED Video solutions for creating more dynamic lighting designs and exterior installations that include the Exterior PixLine family, the VDO Fenix 6, and ...
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Zylight Debuts Long Throw Black Light Version of F8 LED Fresnel at LDI 2014
Zylight, a manufacturer of LED lighting solutions, unveiled the F8-B, a black light version of its LED Fresnel, at LDI 2014.
The F8-B features a proprietary ultraviolet chip for true black light applications, such as ...
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Chauvet Professional Helps Transform Historic "Scopes Trial Courthouse" For Tokens Special
Greg Persinger of Vivid Illumination has been involved in quite a few lighting projects over the past 20 years, but it's safe to say that none were quite like his recent work at the Rhea County Courthouse in Dayton, Tennessee ...
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Bill Cracknell Joins Sound Image
Touring industry veteran Bill Cracknell has taken over the chair of director of operations at Sound Image's Nashville division. With more than 25 years of experience as a tour manager, production manager, and tour accountant ...
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Corey Lynn Womack joins the Rose Brand Inside Sales Team
Rose Brand announces that Corey Lynn Womack has joined the inside sales team at our West Coast Rose Brand offices. Womack originally hails from San Joaquin county in the Central Valley in California. She relocated to the ...
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Theatre in Review: Our Lady of Kibeho (Signature Theatre)
Just about the last thing one expects to see in the theatre these days is a play about Marian visions. Nevertheless, the very brave Katori Hall takes on the true story of three young Rwandan girls who, in 1981, began to see ...
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Theatre in Review: Side Show (St. James Theatre)
They've given a face lift to Side Show, the 1997 musical now back on Broadway in a heavily revised version, but they might have given more attention to massaging this strange musical's beating heart. Side Show needed serious ...
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Harman's Martin Professional Launches MAC Aura XB Wash Light, and others, at LDI 2014
Harman's Martin Professional introduces the MAC Aura XB wash light, M-Touch lighting console, and RUSH Gobo Projector 1.
"It's an exciting time for us with so many products launched recently and so many new to be launched today ...
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Osram Sylvania Showcases at LDI LED Architectural Downlight and HMI Metal Halide Lamps with New Safety Feature
Osram Sylvania will be demonstrating the latest in lighting innovations at LDI 2014, including the Osram RLD6, a 6" LED architectural downlight which boasts high performance and energy savings up to 65%, and provides a long ...
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Le Maitre USA Announce New Hazer, Flame Machine Range and VS Pyrotechnics Range at LDI 2014
LDI 2014 will see the unveiling of Le Maitre's new EcoHazer, making a world first preview at booth #2625.
The EcoHazer consumes 100 - 150W, a rate that other haze units on the market with a similar output simply can't ...
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BB&S Lighting Introduces LED Flyer Boom Light Kit at LDI
LDI Las Vegas marks the American debut of the LED Flyer, the first ready-to-go LED boom light kit built to satisfy the demands of camera and lighting professionals shooting video, cine, and news production. Manufactured in Denmark ...
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Prism Projection Launches Profile Junior 2, and Others
Prism Projection's latest entries into the LED luminaire market is the Profile Junior 2, an ellipsoidal unit, and the Studio Fresnel 4. Both feature an extended lamp life. "We're boosting the lifetime to 60,000 hours at 70% ...
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High End Systems puts a Parasol Systems STAR600 center stage for LDI 2014
The recent partnership with industry expert Paul Rabinovitz has resulted in another strong alliance for Parasol Systems, this one with long time industry leader High End Systems. ...
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Announcing: The Finalists for USA Exhibit to PQ 2015
The curators for the USITT-USA National Exhibit to the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space have chosen the finalists for exhibit at PQ 2015. Six primary performance works and several examples of design work in ...
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Nemetschek Vectorworks Announces Spanish-Language Release for Vectorworks 2015
Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc., a provider of intuitive, powerful and practical 2-D/3-D and Building Information Modeling (BIM) software solutions, announces that the Spanish-language release of its Vectorworks 2015 software version ...
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ARX Announces Remote Switcher
ARX Systems announces the Remote Switcher externally controlled stereo input signal switcher, for use in EWIS (Emergency Warning and Intercommunications System) emergency announcements, Console Switching, and remote control of ...
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Theatre in Review: Pitbulls (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater)
You can say one thing for Pitbulls: It features a setting and characters rarely seen in theatre; then again, there may be a reason for that. The action unfolds in a small town near the Ohio River and, especially as rendered in An ...
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Theatre in Review: On a Stool at the End of the Bar (The Directors Company/59E59)
The first few minutes of Robert Callely's new play are purposely devoted to depicting the most banal picture of domestic life imaginable. We are in the kitchen of Tony DeMarco and his second wife, Christine, in Camden County, New ...
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The Inaugural PLASA Focus Glasgow, comes to the SECC
The latest in the successful series of PLASA Focus events will take place at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Center, Glasgow on December 2 and 3, 2014.
Aimed at bringing together audio sound and lighting experts working ...
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High End Systems Announces the Launch of Solaspot Pro 1500 and MMS 100
Following the introduction of the SHAPESHIFTER LED light at Pro Light and Sound, High End Systems has chosen LDI 2014 in Las Vegas to launch several new products. High End Systems' booth 2415 will be the platform for the ...
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elektraLite Shines Spotlight on New Products at LDI 2014
elektraLite, distributed by Group One Limited, is taking advantage of this year's LDI show to launch three new products on its LDI stand: the elektraBar, Dazer RGBA, and MJ Parcan.
The elektraBar is a 43" linear ...
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Pathway Connectivity Solutions to Share Industry Insight and New Technologies at LDI Show 2014
Pathway Connectivity Solutions will demonstrate its latest lighting control consoles and data distribution products for live design professionals and speak about trending industry topics during LDI 2014, November 17 - 23 at ...
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Daktronics to Highlight Integration with Interactive Feature at LDI Show
Visitors to the LDI Show on November 21 - 23 at the Las Vegas Convention Center will experience a new level of integration with live video, graphics, animations, and audio from Daktronics, of Brookings, South Dakota. ...
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Harman's Martin Professional Announces Pre-Order Availability of M-DMX Interface Hardware
Harman's Martin Professional announces the immediate pre-order availability of their new M-DMX interface hardware for connecting lighting software and DMX universes, as well as several new controller solution bundles, including ...
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Megan Duckett, President of Sew What? Inc. Named Stevie Awards Winner
Megan Duckett, president of custom theatrical and stage drapes manufacturer Sew What? Inc. was named 2014 Stevie Awards Silver Winner - Female Entrepreneur of the Year (Business Services of 11 - 2,500 employees) at a ...
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RCF Introduces EVOX Series Portable P.A.
EVOX is the RCF answer to small satellite-subwoofer or column style portable speakers. The EVOX system is a compact package designed for easy portability and set-up. The EVOX package is self-contained with the satellite cabinet ...
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Eventide Announces Strategic Partnership with Yamaha
Eventide announces the formation of a strategic partnership with Yamaha to develop signature effects for a future update to its recently announced flagship live sound console, the RIVAGE PM10. The ...
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Barco Unveils 12K Lumens Single-chip DLP Projector for Medium-sized Venues and Events
Barco expands its projector portfolio with a cost-effective, single-chip DLP projector producing 12,000 center lumens light output. The brand-new RLS-W12 offers WUXGA (1,920 x 1,200) resolution, extended warping and blending, and ...
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Hall Research Announces 8-port HDBaseT Extender
The UHBX-8X is a 1 RU device that converts 8 HDMI inputs to corresponding HDBaseT outputs for extension to 150m (500') using UTP (Cat5e/6) cables. The extender supports HDCP, deep-color, CEC, and 4K (UHD) resolution. The HDBaseT outputs ...
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Schertler Launches New DYN P48 Contact Microphone Series
Swiss manufacturer Schertler announces the release of its new, re-engineered range of DYN contact microphones. The DYN P48 Series features a collection of fully balanced, active, dynamic models with Class A electronics. ...
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Theatre in Review: Allegro (Classic Stage Company)
Among the musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein, Allegro is the ugly duckling, a promising original that never managed to shed its feathers and take flight. One of only two R&H shows not adapted from a novel, play, or film, ...
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Theatre in Review: Asymmetric (Ground Up Productions/59E59)
The term "too clever by half" could have been coined for Asymmetric, a spy drama that stretches one's credulity to the breaking point and keeps going. We are in an undisclosed location belonging to the CIA. Sunny, one of the agency' ...
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Randy Wade Joins Morpheus Lights as Senior Account Manager
Morpheus Lights (Morpheus) has hired industry veteran Randy Wade for the newly created position of senior accounts manager. In his new role, Wade will be responsible for the sale of Ayrton LED products and increasing ...
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Robe Launches New Products and Plans for a Spectacular LDI2014
Robe Lighting Inc. will once again exhibit at LDI2014 on November 21 - 23 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. With an elegant booth design and exciting new products including the recently-launched BMFL Spot, the LDI ...
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ETC Introduces Exciting Changes to the Eos Lighting-Control Family
ETC Eos-family controls have set the bar for professional-quality lighting around the globe. Now ETC is raising that bar even higher with expanded control outputs, new portable controllers, lowered pricing, and a powerful new ...
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Evolutionary Yamaha PM10 Launched Today
In a worldwide announcement made at Inter BEE today, Yamaha Corporation Japan has launched the RIVAGE PM10 Digital Mixing Console, an enormous, evolutionary step for Yamaha PM Series digital live sound consoles. More than ten years ...
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Chauvet Professional Introduces COLORado 1-Quad Zoom Tour
Building on the demand among lighting designers for its COLORado 2-Quad Zoom Tour RGBW wash fixture, Chauvet Professional has introduced a more compact version, the COLORado 1-Quad Zoom Tour. The new PAR-style unit offers the same ...
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Zylight Debuts White Luminaires for Special Lighting Installations at LDI 2014
Zylight, a manufacturer of LED lighting solutions, will introduce versions of its F8 LED Fresnel and IS3c LED large panel lights housed in white luminaires at Live Design International LDI2014, which runs November 21 - 23 at ...
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SHS Global Named the Master Distributor for TourPro Lighting Solutions
SHS Global announces that they are the master distributor of TourPro Lighting Solutions. After huge success at their sister company in Australia, SHS Global North America will start taking pre-orders December 2014. ...
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Lightware Launches Series of Input and Output Boards for 25G Matrix Platform
Lightware Visual Engineering has introduced a new set of boards for its flagship 25G matrix platform. They include the 4K-compliant 25G-HDMI2, the 25G-DVID2, and the 25G-OPTS2 and OPTM2 all of which feature 4K UHD support and handle ...
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Harman's Martin Professional Announces the Immediate Availability of the MAC Quantum Profile
Harman's Martin Professional announces the immediate shipping of the MAC Quantum Profile.
After its successful launch at Prolight + Sound earlier this year, the MAC Quantum Profile has been shown to many customers, rental ...
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Hitachi Adds CP-HD9320 and CP-HD9321 to DLP Projector Lineup
Hitachi America, Ltd., digital media division, business solutions group is introducing two new DLP projectors, the CP-HD9320 and CP-HD9321. Offering advanced functionality with full HD 1080p (1920 x 1080) resolution, Hitachi's CP ...
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New Master Fader v3.0 for Mackie DL Series Mixers
Mackie announces the availability of Master Fader v3.0. With massive upgrades built specifically for professional applications, Master Fader v3.0 not only offers the tools pros need for the all-new DL32R, it delivers huge benefits ...
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Lights! Sound! Projections! USITT 2015 Offers 200+ Sessions
The session schedule for USITT 2015 in Cincinnati is now available online, and it's jam-packed with the latest in live entertainment technology and techniques. See the schedule at the URLs below.
USITT 2015 offers more sessions ...
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Chroma-Q Color One 100 Delivers Above Par Performance from One Source
After being launched at the recent PLASA London international trade show, Chroma-Q will be showcasing PLASA Members' Choice Awards finalist, the new Color One 100 LED Par, at the LDI2014 trade show in booth 2358 at the ...
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New Green-GO App for Apple Devices Launches at LDI
A new app for Apple devices is being launched at LDI for Green-GO, the digital intercom over Ethernet system from ELC Lighting. This is a new development for the product range and demonstrations will be taking place at ...
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City Theatrical Shows New Products at LDI2014
City Theatrical (CTI) will be launching a load of new products at LDI2014 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in booth 2651, November 21 - 23.
A new feature to the multi award-winning SHoW DMX Neo product line is the ...
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ADJ to Debut More Than 25 New Products at LDI2014
Visitors to this year's LDI (Lighting Dimensions International) entertainment technology show -- which runs November 17 - 23 at the Las Vegas Convention Center -- will find ADJ at booth 2816, where they will see the launch of the ...
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Harman's Martin Professional Announces Immediate Shipping of RUSH MH 5 Profile
Harman's Martin Professional announces the immediate availability of the RUSH MH 5 Profile.
The RUSH MH 5 Profile is a compact and bright LED profile moving head with efficient optics to punch out a variety of effects and colors. ...
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44 Designs Takes ArKaos MediaMaster Pro on Thompson Square Just Feels Good Tour
Popular husband-and-wife country duo and reigning ACM Vocal Duo of the Year, Thompson Square, has spent this summer taking their Just Feels Good tour across North America under a canopy of video screens and moving lights controlled ...
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RMB Audio Eliminates Reflections With MLA Compact
Tasked with providing audio for 11 concerts in a row at Dorton Arena featuring artists ranging from Vanilla Ice to comedy artist James Gregory, country stalwart Trace Adkins, Gospel luminary Tamela Mann, and Christian Rock's Newsboys, RM ...
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PixelFLEX's FLEXCurve LED Tiles Designed in Impressive Mobile Stage Setup for 45th Annual Dove Awards
The 45th Annual Dove Awards, recently held in Allen Arena on the campus of Lipscomb University, utilized the PixelFLEX FLEXCurve LED tile as the backbone to all video production.
With 46 categories, the award ceremony was hosted ...
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David Guetta Tours with High End Systems' Hog 4 Console and 44 SHAPESHIFTERs
Since its launch at The Hangar at Global Gathering, DJ David Guetta's latest tour is overwhelming audiences with the additional power and spectacular effects of SHAPESHIFTER automated luminaires from High End Systems. Lighting ...
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Firestone Live! Comes Alive with Chauvet Professional
Things are looking up (quite literally) for the lighting rig at the legendary Firestone Live!, the largest nightclub in Orlando. As part of a remodeling project, the club's stage was lowered three feet to make room to hang additional ...
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Firehouse Productions Supports Global Citizen Festival with JBL VTX Line Arrays and Crown I-Tech HD Amplifiers
Firehouse Productions once again pushed Harman's JBL VTX loudspeakers and Crown I-Tech HD amplifiers to their limits to reinforce the sound for the 2014 Global Citizen Festival. Famous world-renowned artists and bands ...
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Tackling Audio in a Big Tent: Meyer Sound LYON Immerses VIPs at University of Oregon Fundraiser
The University of Oregon recently kicked off its $2 billion fundraising campaign with an AV spectacular under a massive tent, widely known to be a difficult setting to achieve quality sound. With the power and clarity of a Meyer Sound
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Theatre in Review: Major Barbara (The Pearl Theatre Company/Gingold Theatrical Group)
We live in an era of theatrical provocateurs, yet I submit that the most troubling production in town is the Pearl/Gingold revival of Major Barbara. George Bernard Shaw's parable of religion, poverty, and war ...
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Theatre in Review: Straight White Men (The Public Theater)
Okay, Public Theater, out with it: Where is Young Jean Lee and what have you done with her?
Clearly, she is being held hostage in an undisclosed location while an impostor is on the loose. The Young Jean Lee that we know and fear ...
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PLASA Events Announces Partnership with Show Ready Events
PLASA Events announces their partnership with Show Ready Events, an event planning and management organization, who will assist with the 2015 PLASA Focus shows in Orlando, Florida and Kansas City, Missouri. ...
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Application Deadline for the URTA National Unified Auditions and Interviews is November 21
The University/Resident Theatre Association (URTA)'s National Unified Auditions and Interviews (NUAIs) provides a unique and efficient approach to pursuing placement in top graduate programs.
The deadline for candidates in acting ...
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Morpheus Lights Introduces New Ayrton Luminaires at LDI 2014
Morpheus Lights, the exclusive US distributor of Ayrton LED luminaires, says it will present a dynamic 140-fixture display of the new Radical series of beam projectors at LDI2014, in booth 2759, at the Las Vegas ...
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ELC Lighting Brings its Buddies to LDI
ELC Lighting's Buddy is set to make its debut across the Atlantic! Launched in the Netherlands in summer 2014, and receiving its UK debut at PLASA London in October, the pocket sized Ethernet to DMX node has already won rave ...
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CORE Lighting at LDI2014
UK wireless LED lighting manufacturer CORE Lighting is exhibiting at the 2014 LDI expo in Las Vegas, November 21 - 23, for the second consecutive year ... reflecting increased business and a strong interest across its ...
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Epsilon to Feature the Mini Z-Beam at LDI2014
Epsilon, a manufacturer of professional lighting equipment, unveils the Mini Z-Beam at booth 2451 at LDI2014, November 17 - 23, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Epsilon Mini Z-Beam is an ultra-compact, high-intensity zoom LED ...
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Doughty Engineering Launches Modular Rigging System at LDI
Doughty Engineering will introduce its award winning Modular Rigging System in the US for the first time at LDI, November 21 - 23, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Offering faster rigging of stage sets, combined with ...
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Kinesys Further Expands US Operation with Appointment of David Bond
UK motion control specialist Kinesys is continuing to expand its Kinesys USA Inc. operation by welcoming David Bond to the team in the role of head of sales for North America.
Kinesys USA has received huge interest ...
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'Tis the Season to Donate to Behind the Scenes
Behind the Scenes UK, the newly launched charity that aims to provide financial support to entertainment technology professionals when they are ill or injured, is calling on companies and individuals to send their annual Christmas ...
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Usher gets Radical with Ayrton on the UR Experience Tour
Eric Wade, of FOHShow LLC, is the first US lighting designer to put Ayrton's Radical new MagicPanel-R out on a major tour -- that of American R&B/Hip-Hop artist Usher as he embarks on a 50-date tour across America and ...
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Robe is Mutually Beneficial for Kilowatt AV
Cape Town, South Africa-headquartered event production specialists Kilowatt AV recently specified 36 Robe LEDWash 600s and 12 LEDBeam 100s for a nationwide five-city FLS (Financial Lifestyle Solutions) roadshow by South ...
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Renkus-Heinz and First Baptist Church of Shawnee -- Keeping Tradition Alive
Shawnee, Oklahoma's First Baptist Church was founded in 1892, 15 years before Oklahoma gained statehood. After their main sanctuary was damaged by a tornado in the 1930s, the church rebuilt, and that structure serves as the main sanctuary ...
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Classic Rock Hits the High Seas with L-Acoustics
Classic-rock artists, elder statesmen of the genre, have certainly seen sound reinforcement systems emerge over the decades, and many have become accustomed to enjoying the very best in modern stadium concert sound. In recent years, those ...
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Theatre in Review: Tamburlaine, Parts I and II (Theatre for a New Audience/Polonsky Shakespeare Center)
Drums pound, armies assemble, and blood comes raining down -- quite literally -- in Michael Boyd's staging of Tamburlaine, Christopher Marlowe's epic melodrama of conquest and revenge. It has been nearly 60 ...
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Theatre in Review: The River (Circle in the Square Theatre)
The producers of The River have asked that we not reveal anything about the last few minutes of The River. That's fine with me; it's the other 85 minutes I'm worried about.
Jez Butterworth's play is loaded ...
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Tony Awards Committee to Review Sound Design Award Ban
Having received a petition with 32,495 signatures, including strong comments from dozens of Broadway luminaries, the Tony Awards administration committee says it will review the decision to drop the sound design category, The New ...
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Clear-Com Brings New Communications, Connectivity, and Transport Solutions to LDI2014
At the upcoming LDI2014 exhibition in Las Vegas, Clear-Com will demonstrate its continued commitment in linking communication groups together with its latest intercom, signal transport, and intercom connectivity (ICON) ...
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High End Systems Announces Staff Changes
High End Systems, Inc., a Barco Lighting Systems company, announces recent staff changes.
HES veteran, Ruediger Haeming joins the NA sales team for High End Systems, transferring from the HES European sales team. ...
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Comedy of Errors Ties in Design at Theatre Bay Area Awards
The winners of the Theatre Bay Area Awards honoring the San Francisco Bay Area theatre community, were announced November 10, 2014 at American Conservatory Theater's Geary Theater. The Comedy of Errors took two awards in ...
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Epsilon to Unveil PixBeam at LDI2014
Epsilon, a manufacturer of professional lighting equipment, announces the PixBeam has been added to the their lineup, and will be displayed for the first time at booth 2451 at LDI2014, November 17 - 23 in Las Vegas, Nevada. ...
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Empire PRO to Host QSC, Shure, and Yamaha Commercial Audio Training Day
On Thursday, December 4th, QSC, Shure, and Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc., will present a powerful day of live-sound training at Empire PRO, 5675 Mansfield Way, Bell, California. A professional production of the ...
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A.C. Lighting Inc. Appoints Canadian Sales / North American Prolyte Representative
Entertainment technology reseller, A.C. Lighting Inc. announces the appointment of experienced industry veteran, Adrian Plant, as the company's Canadian Sales / North American Prolyte representative -- with immediate ...
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BenQ Introduces Market's First TI DLP Projector with True-to-Life sRGB Color Accuracy
BenQ America Corp., an international provider of visual display solutions, introduces the newest addition to its high-brightness Colorific professional and home theater projector lineup: the HC1200. BenQ's new HC1200 is purpose ...
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Elation Sniper Makes German Debut on Comedian Marc Metzger's Televised Anniversary Show
LichtUnit GmbH was commissioned to design the stage and lighting concept for German comedian Marc Metzger's recent 25th anniversary show and incorporated Elation Professional's award-winning Sniper multi-effect and laser ...
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Clay Paky Sharpys and grandMA2s Help Deliver Stand Up to Cancer Special
When the fourth biennial Stand Up to Cancer special aired in the US and Canada on September 5 it raised more than $109 million for its groundbreaking collaborative research efforts. Some 60 Clay Paky Sharpy luminaires were ...
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Church of the Highlands Delivers High-Energy Worship Experience for 20,000 Members with Martin Professional
With ten campuses and more than 30,000 active members throughout Alabama, the Church of the Highlands delivers a unique style of prayer that utilizes professional production elements to create a high-energy, high-worship atmosphere. Now in ...
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Route 91 Harvest Reaps Bountiful Sound with L-Acoustics
MGM Resorts International and Live Nation teamed up this fall to produce the inaugural Route 91 Harvest country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip over October's first weekend. Staged on a huge lot across the famed boulevard from ...
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Elite Multimedia Productions and Gospel Music Association Create Adaptable Video Design for the Dove Awards
At the 45th annual Dove Awards held at Lipscomb University, the Gospel Music Association partnered with Elite Multimedia Productions to provide all of the video aspects for the diverse family of gospel and Christian music artists. ...
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Chauvet Professional LED Fixtures Opens New World of Color to First Baptist Milford
There is an old saying that goes, "Experience is what you get when you were expecting something else." The worship leaders at First Baptist Church in Milford, Ohio can certainly appreciate this lesson. A very well-known and appreciated ...
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McCallum Theatre Adds VL4000 Spots from 4Wall
Since its opening in 1988, the McCallum Theatre has stood by the charter of its founders to serve as a completely state of the art performing arts center in Palm Spring, California. The venue's production team, led by production and ...
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Robe Lighting Appoints Craig Burross as Western Region Sales Manager
Czech Republic-based lighting manufacturer Robe Lighting has appointed Craig Burross as regional sales manager of the western United States, effective November 17, 2014.
Burross, based in Austin, Texas, was most recently ...
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RC4 Wireless LumenDim2 Micro to Make World Debut at LDI2014
In a combination of technology from two PLASA London 2014 Award for Innovation winners, RC4 Wireless will show the all new LumenDimM2 Micro at LDI2014 in booth 1562 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, November 21 - 23.< ...
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Petition Submitted to Reinstate Tony Sound Design Award
A petition signed by 32,495 people has been submitted to the Tony Awards committee, asking for the reinstatement of the award for best sound design. The committee voted last summer to eliminate the award, sparking an industry-wide ...
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"Introduction to AV Networking" Session Set for Wednesday, November 19, in New York City
Audinate and Bose Professional are gearing up for their next session of the AV Networking Roadshow -- focusing on Dante technology -- taking place at the Holiday Inn Midtown's Embassy Ballroom in New York City on ...
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Avid Presents New Live Sound Webinar: Mixing Massive Attack
Over the past two decades, Massive Attack has established itself as one of the UK's most successful bands, selling more than 11 million albums and gaining countless fans around the world. Now participants can get an exclusive, behind-the ...
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Artistic Licence to Show the nanoScope pocket DMX tester at LDI2014
Artistic Licence will exhibit at LDI2014 in their distributor, TMB's booth 2293, showcasing the nanoScope pocket-sized tester for DMX512 and RDM. LDI runs November 21 - 23 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. ...
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WorldStage Makes Big Tech Staff Expansion to Support Continuing Growth
WorldStage announces five new hires, across a wide range of departments, at its east and west coast offices. Coming on board are Susanna Harris-ReaRussell Cowans as audio engineer, Gus ...
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Midas Releases Major PRO Series Firmware Update
Midas announces the G2.5 firmware release for the company's PRO Series digital live performance consoles and select DL15x and DL25x fixed-format I/O devices. The new firmware adds an array of new features, and provides more than 100 ...
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SynAudCon "OptEQ Workshop" Offers Hands-On Sound System Tuning Training
SynAudCon's "OptEQ Workshop" -- an optimized sound system tuning process -- takes place in Dallas, Texas, on January 5 - 6, 2015. The two-day seminar offers attendees a comprehensive approach to sound system tuning that combines ...
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The Linq's High Roller Observation Wheel Enhances the Las Vegas Skyline with Martin Professional Lighting
In March 2014, The Linq Resort by Caesars Entertainment altered the Las Vegas skyline when it completed the world's tallest observation wheel. The High Roller, shaped like a giant floating hoop, now rises above the cityscape of Las Vegas, ...
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Award-Winning New Sound System in Historic Orpheum Amplifies Patron Experience
The Memphis, Tennessee, Orpheum Theatre has partnered with sound engineering company Meyer Sound to install a new sound system in the Orpheum Theatre. This collaboration provides audiences with the most advanced listening ...
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The Design Oasis Adds Nexus Aw 7x7 to Inventory for America's Got Talent
The cross rental company, The Design Oasis has more than doubled in size over the past two years. Along the way, it's been involved in some plum projects like The Orange Bowl Halftime Show, the Bonnaroo Music Festival, and concerts ...
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High End SHAPESHIFTERs Shine On NBC's Sunday Night Football
This season's opening introduction for NBC's Sunday Night Football once again starred Carrie Underwood in an extravaganza fans are calling the best SNF intro yet. Directed by Tripp Dixon with production design by Evan Rohde, ...
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Culture Club Kicks Off Reunion Tour with Soundcraft Vi3000 Console and the Realtime Rack
More than 30 years since winning the world over with pop classics like "Karma Chameleon" and "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me," Culture Club is reuniting for a string of concerts throughout North America, to be followed by a multi-arena tour ...
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Philips Entertainment Conducts "The Symphony of Light" at LDI2014
At LDI2014, in booth 2115, Philips Entertainment will be showcasing the award-winning products from Philips Selecon, Showline, Philips Strand Lighting, and Philips Vari-Lite through "The Symphony of Light." ...
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The New York Festival of Light Celebrated the Wonders of Light for Three Nights
For three nights -- November 6 - 8, The New York Festival of Light (NYFOL), illuminated DUMBO, Brooklyn, with a curated collection of lighting installations from renowned artists working in the medium of light from all over the ...
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Apollo Design Technology Announces a New Product Design Company
Apollo Design Technology, a manufacturer and distributor of gobos and related equipment and accessories for the lighting industry, announces the launch of a new sister company, AVID Labs LLC. The new industrial design company ...
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coolux to Present New Pandoras Box Version 5.7, and New QUAD ID Tags at LDI
coolux will present their new Pandoras Box Software version 5.7 at this year's LDI in booth 1329 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, November 21 - 23, in addition to showing their new QUAD ID Tags for the first time. ...
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DiGiCo Releases SD App
The Digico SD app is compatible with all consoles in the SD Range and allows users to take advantage of both Apple and Digico's touch screen technology.
The advent of the Digico SD app means that the user's iPad becomes a remote ...
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Music Group Awards Sweetwater "Dealer of the Year"
Sweetwater was recently honored by Music Group with the "Dealer of the Year" award.
This prestigious award is given to the best performing retailer that includes sales performance, customer relationships, and product ...
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Double Dutch for TSD Group with Prolyte
By bringing in an expert product team from Prolyte to perform a Prolyte Campus training as well as executing the necessary installation training to become a ProLyft Service point, TSD continues to invest in the promotion of ...
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Chauvet Professional Adds Punch to NYC's Pier of Fear Halloween Festival
Manhattan's Pier 94 has seen a lot of history pass through its 135,000-sq.-ft. of space since it opened in 1935 as an ocean liner terminal, but it's doubtful that this venerable structure, which was later remodeled as an exhibition center, ...
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Bastille Storms the States with Thunder Audio and L-Acoustics K System
British breakout band Bastille burst onto the American scene less than a year ago, and has grown from a band with one hit single to a certified concert headliner due largely to its electrifying live shows. The Virgin Records-signed group ...
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Encompass AV Outfits Irish Alehouse with Martin Audio
The product of a complete renovation and remodeling on the site of an old restaurant near Orland Park Mall in suburban Chicago, Illinois, the Square Celt Alehouse and Grill features an extensive Martin Audio sound system courtesy of ...
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Cosmo Wilson Breaks from Tradition as GLP X4 Joins Foreigner Set
Experienced production designer Cosmo Wilson fondly remembers the first time he used GLP impression fixtures: it was on AC/DC's 2008-2009 Black Ice tour, where he lit the memorable giant train set-piece, an iconic ...
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Masque Sound Struts Its Stuff for National Tour of Six-Time Tony Award-Winning Musical, Kinky Boots
Kinky Boots, winner of six Tony Awards including Best Musical, sings and dances its way across the United States for its year-long national tour with the help of Masque Sound, a theatrical sound reinforcement, installation, ...
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Theatre in Review The Seagull/Sense and Sensibility (Bedlam Theatre/The Sheen Center)
Bedlam, the young company that won so much acclaim in 2012 and 2013 for its productions of St. Joan and Hamlet, is back, with a new two-play repertory; catching them for the first time, I can confirm that these talented ...
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Theatre in Review: Grand Concourse (Playwrights Horizons)
In Grand Concourse, the playwright Heidi Schreck seemingly assembles her characters as if pitching a sitcom pilot to one of the networks -- but hang on, for she has some real surprises in store, each of them ready to ...
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Hemsley Internship Program January 1-15, 2015 Applications Deadline
Applications for the 32st annual Hemsley Internship Program are now being accepted from January 1, 2015 through January 15, 2015. Interviews for finalists will be held in New York mid March, 2015.
Candidates should submit a ...
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Lycian Stage Lighting Introduces Two New Followspots at LDI
Lycian Stage Lighting introduces its two newest followspots, the model 1274 Superstar 1.2 Short and the 1276 Superstar 2K, 2,000W MSR.
The Lycian 1274 was unveiled at PLASA London 2014 and is now available for sale. The ...
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d3 Technologies to Exhibit at LDI2014
d3 Technologies is working to liberate show designers from yesterday's limitations. Join them at booth 1275 for LDI2014 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, November 21 - 23, kick the tires on their new hardware, and see what ...
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LUMINEX Shows Latest Product Developments at LDI2014
LUMINEX Network Intelligence, a Belgium-based developer of lighting control, pro audio, and video data distribution equipment for the entertainment industry, will showcase its latest product developments, GigaCore 16RFO, GigaCore ...
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PR Lighting Extends LED Range with Multi-Purpose XLED 3019
PR Lighting has made an important addition to its popular XLED range.
The new XLED 3019 (PR-8127), which begins shipping in December is a hybrid beam projector which also has the capability of delivering a beautiful saturated ...
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ALPS Adds New Sales Associate
ALPS, a Boston, Massachusetts-based theatrical and entertainment lighting company, announces that SeifAllah Salotto-Cristobal has taken a new role as sales associate.
Salotto-Cristobal began working in the lighting industry at a ...
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Music Group Adds PSSL as Full-Line Dealer
Music Group welcomes PRO Sound Stage and Lighting (PSSL) as the newest full-line reseller for its Behringer-branded MI products. As a significant partner in Music Group's expanding dealer network, PSSL will carry all ...
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Renkus-Heinz Names PacificAV New SoCal Rep
Renkus-Heinz announces the appointment of PacificAV as the company's new representatives for the Southern California region.
Based in Oceanside, California, PacificAV is a rep firm run by industry veteran Scott Wrege
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Zylight Demonstrates Improved F8 LED Fresnel -- Exhibits at CCW 2014, SATIS Expo
Zylight, a manufacturer of LED lighting solutions, will showcase its improved F8 LED Fresnel at Content & Communications World (CCW) 2014, which runs November 12 - 13 in New York City (USHIO America booth 647), and SATIS ...
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Namibian Production Company Invests in Robe
Mikel-Jes Productions is one of the top three rental companies in Namibia -- well known for its breath-taking arid desert scenery, beautiful coastline, enormous skies, wildlife, and vibrant sense of community -- which has recently ...
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Audio Precision Releases APx500 v4.0 Software
Audio Precision, the standard in audio test, announces the availability of the latest release, version 4.0, of their popular APx500 audio test software. The release coincides with the commencement of APx555 shipments, AP's newest ...
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Elation Lighting Keeps the Atmosphere Stimulating at Exclusive Drai's Nightclub in Las Vegas
Clubbing in Sin City is running in high gear with several high-profile club openings in Las Vegas this year and Victor Drai's new Drai's Beach Club & Nightclub atop the Cromwell Hotel is perhaps the hottest of them all. Elation ...
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Nexus Wins Friends on Bet On Your Baby Set
Successful TV producers have a knack for spotting and locking up budding talent, be it a performer, writer, designer, or other creative type. Nothing out of the ordinary about that -- but it is highly unusual when the "talent" that's ...
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Theatre in Review: You Got Older (Page 73/HERE)
When it comes to identifying fresh new theatrical voices, Page 73 has one of the higher batting averages around and the winning streak continues with You Got Older. The premise of Clare Barron's comic drama -- an at ...
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W-DMX Debuts New Products at LDI
Wireless Solution Sweden AB will unveil its three latest products at LDI2014, November 21 - 23 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in the A.C.T. Lighting booth 1715. The company says these innovative products will make ...
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Elation's New Platinum BX a Powerful Fat Beam Luminaire
When an extremely powerful fat beam effect is required for those impactful aerial looks, the new Platinum BX from Elation Professional delivers in a big way. Featuring new lamp technology from a Philips MSD Platinum 17RA 350W ...
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TRUSST Introduces New CT Clamp for Rigging Lights and Audio Gear Inside Tents
The new TRUSST CT-Tent Clamp attaches firmly to the slots on clear span tent Keder beams, so lighting fixtures, audio gear, and decorative elements can be suspended from it securely without requiring extra trussing. ...
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Alcorn McBride and Oceaneering Team on New AmpTraXX DSP-Enabled 16-Channel Ride Vehicle Amplifier
Alcorn McBride and Oceaneering Entertainment Systems have collaborated on the development of AmpTraXX, a DSP-enabled 16-channel ride vehicle amplifier. It will be shown at IAAPA Attractions Expo, November 18 - 21, in ...
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Roland Announces HDMI / HDBaseT Transmitter and Receiver to Compliment Their New XS Series Matrix Switchers
Roland introduces two HDBaseT products to augment its pro video product lineup including the XS Series of Matrix Switchers.
The two new models -- HT-TX01 HDBaseT Transmitter and HT-RX01 HDBaseT Receiver -- convert HDBaseT signals ...
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I DJ NOW Adds FBT to Inventory
For the holiday season of 2014 and beyond, I DJ NOW has elected to add FBT loudspeakers to the list of speakers they offer. I DJ Now, a music industry retail supplier, has specialized in DJ related products since their ...
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Robe BMFLs Are Pretty in Pink
Full production and solutions provider Hawthorn was the first UK company to invest in Robe's new Big Multi-Functional Luminaire (BMFL) Spot moving light fixture ... and the first event for their newest lighting purchase was ...
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Sight and Sound Technologies Chooses StudioLive 315AIs -- First Dante-Enabled Loudspeaker Installation
When nonprofit global ministry and Christian resource provider David C. Cook needed a high-quality sound system for its eponymous publishing building in Colorado Springs, Colorado, they called on Sight and Sound Technologies, ...
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute Gets Double Coverage with ICONYX
Founded in 1865, Worcester Polytechnic Institute was one of the first engineering and technology universities in the United States. Today, the private research university ranks with schools like Princeton, Stanford, and MIT as one of the ...
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Furman Helps Delano High School Protect Its Investment in a New Sound System
The motto for Delano High School, in Delano, Minnesota reads "Educational Excellence is our Foremost Goal," an outlook that has helped propel the school to be ranked in the Bronze category by US News & World Reports' annual listings ...
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Theatre in Review: Lips Together, Teeth Apart (Second Stage Theatre)
In Lips Together, Teeth Apart, Terrence McNally places two troubled married couples in alien territory: Fire Island Pines. I was about to write the words "enemy territory," for it is 1990, the AIDS epidemic is raging, ...
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Theatre in Review: The Oldest Boy (Lincoln Center Theater/Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater)
In The Oldest Boy, Celia Keenan-Bolger plays a nice, ordinary woman who answers the doorbell and finds a pair of Buddhist monks on her doorstep. As it happens, they believe that her three-year-old son is the ...
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ETC to Turn the Lighting World Upside-Down at LDI2014
At the LDI2014 trade show, November 21 - 23, in the Las Vegas Convention Center, the company says ETC will definitely turn heads, thanks to a variety of new products and a gravity-defying stand design in booths 2891 and 2991.< ...
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GLP US Inc. Bring a Full Range of New Products to LDI 2014
GLP continues to celebrate its 20th anniversary at this year's LDI2014 show in Las Vegas, running November 21 - 23.
As at Prolight+Sound and PLASA London earlier in the year, the company will present a museum, displaying ...
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Cosmic Truss Shows New Product Ranges at LDI
Cosmic Truss will be bringing a number of new products to the forthcoming LDI trade show that runs at the Las Vegas Convention Center from November 21 - 23, including the world premiere of its new U-Torm system. ...
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USITT 2015 Registration is Open
Online registration for USITT's 2015 Annual Conference & Stage Expo in Cincinnati, Ohio is now open.
The big event runs March 18 - 21 at Cincy's Duke Energy Center. Register by December 4 to get the early bird discount. Hotel ...
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Allen & Heath Adds Wireless Personal Monitoring for Qu
Allen & Heath has added wireless personal mixing to its Qu series mixer ecosystem in the form of the new Qu-You app. Qu-You allows up to seven performers to control their monitor mixes using an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, and frees ...
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Creative Conners Launches New Show Control Consolette
Creative Conners announces the new Showstopper 3 Consolette.
Creative Conners has launched the long anticipated Showstopper 3 Consolette. The company says this powerful and modular emergency stop and cue control system is a ...
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Philips Vari-Lite VL4000 Spot Luminaires Now in Stock at ELS
Philips Vari-Lite announces that lighting and staging equipment supplier ELS is now stocking the VL4000 Spot luminaire at their Sun Valley, California, headquarters. Serving a wide range of industries including film and ...
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Roland and Waves Partner on SoundGrid Option for the New M-5000 Live Mixing Console
Roland, a manufacture of pro A/V products, announces a joint partnership with Waves in the development of a SoundGrid expansion card for the new Roland M-5000 Live Mixing Console.
SoundGrid is a digital audio-over-Ethernet ...
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Nemetschek Vectorworks Releases Localized Versions of Vectorworks 2015 in Europe
Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc., a provider of intuitive, powerful, and practical 2D/3D and Building Information Modeling (BIM) software solutions, announces the availability of localized versions of Vectorworks 2015 in German, French, ...
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Ralph Stockley New Commercial Director for the Prolyte Group
Prolyte Group announces that, with immediate effect, Ralph Stockley is appointed as commercial director for the Prolyte Group.
In this role Stockley will be responsible for all commercial activities within the Group. ...
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Robe Paints it Red for SA Guide Dogs Association Ball
Leading South African technical production company MJ Event Gear from Johannesburg supplied full technical infrastructure including over 75 Robe moving lights to the prestigious 2014 South African Guide Dogs Association (GDA)' ...
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Theatre in Review: The Real Thing (Roundabout Theatre Company/American Airlines Theatre)
Several reviews of the current revival of The Real Thing have suggested that Sam Gold's production manhandles a modern classic. I'd like to suggest an alternate version: It is a middling production of a play that may ...
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PixelFLEX Builds on Innovation with LDI Release of FLEXUltra LED Tile
LED screen manufacturer PixelFLEX will release the FLEXUltra, a 2mm curveable LED display, at LDI2014 show in Las Vegas, November 17 - 23.
Capable of creating convex or concave curves up to +/- 10 degrees per tile, the FLEXUltra ...
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ArKaos Grand VJ Training at LDI2014
DJ lighting designer, Arnoldo Offermann, in conjunction with American DJ, will be conducting a full day of training on ArKaos GrandVJ at the LDI show in the Las Vegas Convention Center, November 17 - 23, 2014. ...
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Parasol Advanced Systems Partners Up with PMRi Consulting and Premier Sales Agencies in the US
After eight years of operating their business in Canada, Parasol Systems has secured a few key partners in the USA, such as Bandit Lites, CPR, DPS, and Upstaging. The company has seen tremendous sales growth in the ...
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Roland Partners with Audinate Offering Dante with New M-5000 Live Mixing Console
Roland announces their support for Audinate's Dante audio networking solution as an optional expansion card in their new M-5000 Live Mixing Console.
Roland is a pro audio and video manufacturer and is most notable in the ...
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Kramer VP-427 Receiver/Scaler Reduces Complexity, Increases Reliability
Kramer Electronics announces the release of the VP-427 Receiver/Scaler, a cost-effective two-in-one HDBaseT receiver solution with a built-in scaler.
The compact Kramer VP-427 reduces complexity while increasing reliability. The ...
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Over 300 Robe Fixtures for Adha Festival in Doha
Milad Masaad, a well-known TV and live event lighting designer in the Middle East, recently used over 300 Robe fixtures to light the 2014 Adha Festival staged at the Souq Waqef in Doha, Qatar in Doha. ...
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Masque Sound Custom Audio Equipment Package Helps Audiences Discover New Musical Found
When the ambitious and original new musical Found opened at the Atlantic Theater Company's Linda Gross Theater on October 14, sound designer Ken Travis enlisted the services of Masque Sound, a theatrical sound ...
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Michael Feinstein and the Pasadena POPS Take to the Stage with DPA Microphones for Summer Concert Series
Michael Feinstein and the Pasadena POPS recently concluded their 2014 Sierra Acura Summer Concert Series at the LA County Arboretum to an audience of nearly 5,000 people. DPA microphones was among the star-studded lineup, not only ...
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CDC eight Mixes Block Party for WFX
CADAC exhibited at the recent WFX - Worship Facilities Conference and Expo in Dallas, Texas. Moreover, the company supplied its latest CDC eight-32 digital mixing console for use by AE Global Media on sound production ...
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VL4000 Spot Luminaires Take the Stage with Train at Radio City Music Hall
On September 25th, the multi-platinum artists Train pulled into the historic Radio City Music Hall for an album release show in support the band's seventh studio album Bulletproof Picasso. As the production teamed prepared the ...
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Ricky Martin Brings One World Tour to Mexico with Adamson Systems
Ricky Martin has sold over 85 million albums and has had 95 platinum records, six number one Billboard albums, six number one hit songs, and received too many awards to keep track of. He has performed in more than 60 countries across the ...
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Chauvet Professional Used to Create New Design at River of Life Church
Located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Elk Rivers, the community of Elk River, Minnesota has been called the "City of Energy," a reference to its long history of harnessing the power of its two mighty waterways. This tradition ...
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Theatre in Review: Sticks and Bones (The New Group/Pershing Square Signature Center)
Sticks and Bones is a political cartoon that elicits not laughter but a death rattle. In his savage portrayal of the denial that many Americans felt regarding the Vietnam War, the playwright David Rabe scored a direct ...
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Avolites' Compact Quartz Console Makes US Debut at LDI
Following its well-received launch at the PLASA London show in October, Avolites' compact-yet-powerful Quartz console will make its debut at LDI2014 in Las Vegas. Entertainment technology distributor and Avolites' US ...
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Roland Announces M-5000 Live Mixing Console Based on New O.H.R.C.A. Platform
O.H.R.C.A. represents "Open," "High Resolution," and "Configurable Architecture" bringing the power of adaptability to the world of live audio mixing. The O.H.R.C.A. platform conforms to the needs of both the application and the operator ...
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USITT Obtains GuideStar Gold Rating
USITT is now a GuideStar Gold organization, a designation that increases USITT's public transparency and encourages donor support.
GuideStar provides data on non-profits to help people make informed decisions in their charitable ...
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George Feldstein, Crestron Founder, Passes Away
George Feldstein, founder of Crestron Electronics, died on November 4 of brain cancer. He was 73.
The company has issued the following statement:
"It is with great sorrow that we announce the death of Crestron's ...
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Robe Cyclones Join Pittsburgh Penguins Fans for Season Opener
Robe's unique Cyclone combined LED washlight / fan fixtures literally joined thousands of excited fans of Pittsburgh's National Hockey League (NHL) team -- the Pittsburgh Penguins -- for the all-important players entrance at their ...
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Elation Platinum SBX Shows Power and Versatility on OutKast Atlanta Concerts
Hip hop fans rejoiced when OutKast decided to hit the road for the first time in a decade for a 20th anniversary tour and rejoiced some more when the duo decided to play three nights at Centennial Olympic Park in hometown Atlanta, Georgia. ...
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Designer Robert Sondergaard and Martin Professional Create Unique "Reverse Collaboration" Dance Production
Unlike any dance show ever produced, Robert Sondergaard's Reverse Collaboration project is a reversal of the typical production and creative processes -- developing the lighting and environment design first and then adding in ...
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Meyer Sound SB-3F Holds Key to Long-Distance Audio Clarity at Nebraska Memorial Stadium
To project utmost audio clarity to the furthest of its 87,000 fans, Memorial Stadium at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has installed 16 SB-3F sound field synthesis loudspeakers, the Meyer Sound technology for projecting mid-high ...
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Kenneth Posner Taps Chauvet Professional LED Pars for Kinky Boots Tour
More than a few critics have compared the Broadway hit Kinky Boots to another Tony Award-winning production, Hairspray. The two musicals do indeed share much in common beyond their exhilarating music and spangly costumes -- ...
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Acentech's Studio A Provides Acoustics, IT, and AV System Design for Deerfield Academy's Hess Center
Acentech's Studio A, a specialized acoustics, audiovisual system design, and vibration consulting group for the performing arts, announces that it has completed the acoustics, information technology, and audiovisual system design ...
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Design One Chooses 4Wall New York for Delpozo Fashion Week Event
Madrid-based designer brand Delpozo cited the use and perception of color as the focal points of their Spring/Summer 2015 collection. For the New York Fashion Week unveiling of the collection, the brand turned to Design One New York ...
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Clay Paky Sharpys and B-EYEs and grandMA2 Consoles Amp Up the Energy at "Nights by Absolut"
Clay Paky Sharpy and B-EYE K20 fixtures and grandMA2 consoles helped light up the New York City sky when "Nights by Absolut" launched on September 12 with a high-volume, high-energy twist on the club scene. Clay Paky and MA ...
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Meyer Sound Names John McMahon New VP of Solutions and Strategy
Meyer Sound has appointed John McMahon to the newly created position of vice president of solutions and strategy.
Working closely with CEO John Meyer and executive vice president Helen Meyer, McMahon will ...
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SHS Global Acquires over 200 Mac 2000 Wash XB from Upstaging
SHS Global, distributors of new and used lighting, video and audio equipment, announces the acquisition of over 200 Mac 2000 Wash XB from Upstaging.
The company says SHS Global works hard to provide their client with a ...
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Everything You Touch Leads Design at 2014 Ovation Awards
The 2014 Ovation Awards, honoring Southern California theatre, announced its winners on November 2, at the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse. Everything You Touch proved to have the golden touch in the design categories, with J ...
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Music Group Goes Live with Industry First SAP HANA "In-Memory" Technology
Music Group says it is the first company in the audio industry to have successfully implemented SAP's HANA "in-memory" processing technology to run all company transactions on RAM versus conventional hard disk. In comparison to ...
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ARRI Rental in Atlanta and Miami Announce New Management
ARRI Rental, a provider of camera, grip, and lighting equipment to the feature film, television, advertising, broadcast, and events markets, announces that Ed Stamm will oversee the new ARRI Rental office in Atlanta, Georgia. ...
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LumenRadio and NAN Audiovisuais Announce Distribution Partnership
The four-time PLASA Award for Innovation winner, LumenRadio, continues the expansion of their global distribution network with the announcement of NAN Audiovisuais as appointed distributor for Portugal. With immediate effect, ...
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Prljavo Kazalište at Pula Arena
Legendary Croatian rock band Prljavo Kazalište recently played a sold-out concert at the prestigious Pula Arena -- a historical landmark only made available for performances to a handful of selected artists -- and this gave their regular ...
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Edmonton Church Upgrades West Campus Sound System with Yamaha
Founded in 1887 by Albert Benjamin Simpson, a Canadian preacher, theologian, and author as part of the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA), the Beulah Alliance Church recently upgraded its West Campus sanctuary sound system. The ...
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Studio 33 Chooses FBT for the Holidays
When tasked to create an outdoor ice rink in beautiful, sunny southern California, audio professionals at Studio 33 (www.studio33.net) knew this would be a monumental undertaking for numerous reasons. On the audio front, ...
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XL Video and Il Divo Affair Continues
XL Video, the UK's live music video production specialist, is supplying LED screens, and IMAG projection system and camera / PPU for the continuing Il Divo A Musical Affair tour, now on its final leg through the UK and Europe ...
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iLive Chosen for Hungary's Largest Protestant Church
An Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system has been installed in the Great Reformed Church in Debrecen, Hungary. The historic neoclassical church has a footprint of some 1,500sqm and a capacity of 5,000, including 3,000 seated. ...
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Jeremy Ruggles Joins 5 Star Cases
European flightcase manufacturer 5 Star Cases announces the appointment of new account manager Jeremy Ruggles who joins Keith Sykes and the team.
Ruggles will spend his time between a desk at 5 Star's headquarters in ...
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Mario De Sisti, 1941-2014
The De Sisti organization has announced, with deep regret, that the company's founder, president, and CEO, Mario De Sisti passed away on Friday, 31 October 2014. His funeral takes place today in Rome. ...
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Gantom, Formerly Darklight, Rebrands and Expands with Two New Products to Launch at LDI2014
Darklight Precision Lighting System announces the company's name change to Gantom Lighting & Controls. Gantom is now a global company with representation in Europe, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, and Canada in addition ...
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New Atmospheric Effects from Antari to Launch at LDI2014
Atmospheric effects manufacturer Antari will be launching a number of new products across its extensive product range at this year's LDI show, at booth 2931 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, November 21 - 23, including the ...
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Analog Way to Exhibit at LDI2014
Analog Way announces the company will exhibit at LDI. From November 21 - 23 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Analog Way will showcase a selection of its latest mixers seamless switchers, including the remote controller Vertige. ...
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Eighteen Sound Announces New CEO
Eighteen Sound SRL of Reggio Emilia, Italy, has appointed Pierpaolo Marziali as the new CEO. Marziali, a native of Macerata, Italy, and a graduate of the Alma Graduate School in Bologna, Italy, with a master degree in finance ...
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Robe for Black Veil Brides
Black Veil Brides brought their loud flourishing and highly visual neo-glam metal and rambunctious rock to the UK on the first leg of their The Black Mass world tour 2014-15 including a touring specials rig of 14 Robe Pointes ...
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Ward Church Makes a Joyful Noise with Renkus-Heinz
In today's fast-changing society, many churches have taken creative steps to grow their congregations by diversifying their offerings. Ward Church, a Presbyterian house of worship located in this Detroit suburb, is a case in point. The ...
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Community Provides Consistent Sound in Diverse Environments
Frequent referrals from existing customers helps integrator Site on Sound win a wide variety of AV system projects. Recently, the company provided systems for four businesses located in Fargo, North Dakota's historic Loretta ...
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Flag Systems Delivers Balanced SPL to HARD Summer Festival with JBL and Crown
As an audio system provider with a 40-year history of working with world-class audio equipment, Flag Systems was again contracted to provide sound reinforcement and personnel for this year's HARD Summer Festival. Having used Harman's ...
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Lectrosonics Aspen Procesors Integral to Chicago's The Second City Theatre Sound Reinforcement Upgrade
Operating since the 1950's, The Second City is an improvisational comedy enterprise, best known as the first ever on-going improvisational theater troupe in the United States. It is known also for the inclusion of live, improvised music ...
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East Shore Sound Uses Riedel Gear to Enhance Production of A Capitol Fourth Extravaganza
Riedel Communications, provider of real-time video, audio, data, and communications networks, announces that East Shore Sound used Riedel equipment to provide multiple layers of communications for A Capitol Fourth -- ...
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Theatre in Review: Barb Jungr: Hard Rain (59E59)
Barb Jungr doesn't interpret songs; she moves in, takes possession, and thoroughly renovates them, somehow making them into deeply personal statements without betraying their original intent. In her new program, Hard Rain
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