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  USITT 2015 Offerings Attracting Corporate Sponsors
USITT 2015 in Cincinnati March 18 - 21 offers added entertainment value and support opportunities--and some heavy-hitters have already signed on to sponsor key portions of the event.
Cirque du Soleil and L-Acoustics are ...
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High End Systems, AED Distribution Expand Partnership
High End Systems, a Barco company, and AED Distribution have agreed to further expand their existing partnership from the European master distributorship of High End Systems products to South-Europe, Scandinavia, and ...
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Doug Carnell Joins Full Compass as Chief Operating Officer
Full Compass Systems announces the addition of Doug Carnell to its executive staff. Carnell joins the company as chief operating officer, where his wealth of knowledge will help to further future growth and streamline ...
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Riedel Moves Closer to Goal of Offering Standards-Agnostic Solutions
Riedel Communications announces its support for the AES67 standard and the RAVENNA technology framework. Capable of operating in existing network infrastructures, RAVENNA enables real-time IP distribution of audio and other ...
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NEP Acquires Faber Audiovisuals
NEP Group Inc. (NEP) announces that it has acquired Faber Audiovisuals (Faber). Financial terms were not disclosed. The transaction will bring Faber, based in the Netherlands, into NEP's worldwide network of brands. NEP is ...
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Call for Papers: AES Conference on Music-Induced Hearing Disorders
The Audio Engineering Society (AES) has issued a call for papers to be presented at its 58th International Conference on Music Induced Hearing Disorders. This is the second AES conference on the topic, and will continue the ...
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NSCA's Winter 2014 Electronic Systems Outlook Released
NSCA's Electronic Systems Outlook has been updated for Winter 2014, and includes information based upon actual data from January through November 2014, and forecasted information for the remainder of the year and on in to ...
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Clay Paky Mythos Fixtures Make US Debut at "Illumination: The Lights at The Morton Arboretum" Event
Once again suburban Chicago is aglow with the holiday spirit as "Illumination: The Lights at The Morton Arboretum" opens for its annual run, November 21 - January 3. Visitors to The Arboretum follow a magical one-mile paved path lined by ...
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PIX PRODUCTIONS and WorldStage Push Back the Boundaries at Adobe MAX 2014
Adobe MAX 2014--The Creativity Conference unveiled the latest in new technology by using one of the world's oldest staging techniques with projection mapping support from WorldStage, the company says. ...
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Ayrton Magic for Jason Bullock on Wiz Khalifa's Under the Influence Tour
Lighting designer Jason Bullock of Infinity Point Design, Inc., brought a wealth of new Ayrton lighting fixtures to Wiz Khalifa's Under the Influence of Music Tour this year. Under the Influence of Music ...
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Image Production Services Calls On Chauvet Professional For Miss USA State Pageants
Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but when it comes to lighting beauty pageants, getting things right means adhering to an exacting set of standards. So say Darren and Tyler Lussier, who speak from experience. Aside ...
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PlayhouseSquare Adds New NEXO M6 System For Hanna Theatre
The Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio, opened in 1921 and would go on to host such stage and film luminaries as Al Jolson, Katherine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Ethel Barrymore, Ginger Rogers, Helen Hayes, Mary Martin, and Yul Brynner. ...
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K-array Loudspeakers Cohen for Spain-US Chamber of Commerce Event
Loudspeaker specialist K-array supplied the audio for speech at an award ceremony held during the annual gala of the Spain-US Chamber of Commerce in New York, with more than 300 attendees, representing the world of finance, business ...
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Happy Holidays!
Please note the Lighting&Sound America, Protocol, and PLASA New York offices will close on December 24 for the holidays and reopen on Friday, January 2, 2015. We would like to thank all of you for your ...
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NEO Lighting Control Console Live Online Training Dates Announced
Philips Strand Lighting has announced a new series of online training webinars for the NEO lighting control console. Taking place in January and February 2015, the live webinars will be led by product specialist Bobby ...
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CAST Software introduces WYSIWYG R34 Lighting Design Software Suite.
CAST Software announced that WYSIWYG R34 is now available. The product offers many new features:
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Sennheiser Ushers in a New Class of RF Experts
Nine months of hard work have paid off: A total of 19 wireless professionals from the worldwide Sennheiser organization have been awarded RF Expert certificates. The last of three on-site training sessions took place in Delhi; in the ...
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Green Hippo's Conference at ISE 2015
b>Green Hippo will hold a free conference during ISE in Amsterdam in February. With the recent launch of Hippotizer V4 media servers and AViary Video Tools, this is an opportunity to find out more and have live demonstrations ...
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Robe Pointes for 2014 Latin Grammys
The 15th annual Latin Grammy Awards took place in at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, and was attended by some of the biggest names in Latin music and a sold-out audience of nearly 17,000. Almost 10 million ...
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Danley DBH-218 Sub at Dogwood Church, Tyrone, Georgia
Dogwood Church, in Tyrone, Georgia, recently built a new 400-seat youth multipurpose building on its 70-acre campus. The church sought out Chicago-based Advanced Systems & Technologies (AST) to help maximize the impact of ...
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Renkus-Heinz at Grove City Church of the Nazarene, Ohio
Grove City Church of the Nazarene -- known to congregants and locals as The Naz -- has built a large and diverse congregation in this Columbus, Ohio suburb. The church offers a mix of both contemporary and classic worship services, ...
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The Great Christmas Light Fight Winner Creates Holiday Spectacle with Elation Lighting
Each year, Fred Loya's Christmas light show in El Paso, Texas, is one of the h can't miss holiday spectacles and each year he uses Elation lighting to give his light show extra impact. This year, Loya was approached by AB ...
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Eclipse Staging Services supplies Clay Paky lights for Lady Gaga in Dubai
Dubai-based rental houses Eclipse Staging Services and Delta Sound both unveiled new equipment as Lady Gaga made her Middle East debut in Dubai.
Promoted locally by AMI Live and ATW Live in association with Live ...
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L-Acoustics On Tour with Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire, the Grammy Award-winning indie band from Montreal, continues to press the envelope with its sonically adventurous arrangements and tours, which can feature a dozen or more multi-instrumentalists switching between an ...
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Theatre in Review: Beware of Young Girls: Kate Dimbleby Sings the Dory Previn Story (59E59)
Kate Dimbleby has done us a favor in highlighting the neglected song catalog of Dory Previn. Perhaps because she came into her own at a time - the early '70s - when distinctive singer/songwriters cropped up practically every ...
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Theatre in Review: Café Society Swing (59E59)
If you never had the chance to go slumming in Greenwich Village with high society swells, thrilling to Billie Holiday or the young Lena Horne -- and, really, who among us ever did? -- the next best thing is to check out Café Society ...
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Audinate Enhances Dante Virtual Soundcard and Dante Controller
Audinate, inventor of Dante, announces new releases to its Dante Virtual Soundcard (Release 3.7) as well as Dante Controller. Both releases support the latest Apple Mac OS X10.10 Yosemite and Microsoft Windows 8 operating systems.
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ETC Announces New Vice President of Finance
ETC has named the new vice president of its Finance department: Jeffrey Welch. In this role, Welch will manage the financial strategy of the global company.
Welch holds a bachelor of business administration from the ...
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SGA Announces New Hires
SGA, provider of staging and audience risers for corporate meetings and sporting events, recently named Peter Stevens as the new lead scenic to SGA's Scenic Paint Department, and Robert Scott Sodin has recently joined ...
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Harman's JBL Professional Delivers New Intellivox 380 Series Loudspeakers
Harman's JBL Professional introduces the new Intellivox 380 Series. The DC380, DS380, and DSX380 offer control, complex room coverage capabilities, and pinpoint steerability, the company says. ...
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MUSIC Group Proudly Welcomes Adorama to Dealer Network
Music Group proudly welcomes Adorama, as the newest full-line reseller for its Behringer- and Bugera-branded MI products. As a significant partner in Music Group's dealer network, Adorama will carry all of ...
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Community Professional Welcomes Burcaw Company as Michigan Rep
Community Professional Loudspeakers announces the appointment of Burcaw Company, Inc. as their Michigan Representative. In business since 1952, Burcaw is one of the longest continuously operating manufacturers' rep agencies ...
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Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20 "Perfect Addition" to RÜFÜS tour
Indie dance trio RÜFÜS recently embarked on their latest Australian tour, with lighting designers Matthew James Smith and Lynden Gare of Colourblind incorporating some Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20s into their ...
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Robe CycFX 8s Help Raise The Dead!
US-based Lighting designer Seth Jackson recently used 14 x CycFX 8s, by Robe, on the upstage truss for Alice Cooper's Raise The Dead Tour, which also included a number of dates as special guests on Mötley ...
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Project LA Chooses Harman's Martin Professional to Bring Color and Life to the Party
Project LA, located in the heart of Hollywood BLVD in Los Angeles, installed Harman's Martin Professional VC-Strips to bring excitement and energy to the dance floor. The concept of Project LA is an interactive social ...
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The Wave Builds with Martin Audio Subs
Specializing in audio production, rentals and sales, The Wave recently added a dozen of Martin Audio's WS218X subwoofers to its growing inventory.
Asked about the purchase, owner Scott Fisher says, "We wanted ...
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L7-C LED Fresnel Now 25% Brighter with Light Engine 2
ARRI's L7-C, has just received a brightness increase. Advancements in LED technology have allowed the L7-C to be updated with a new light engine--Light Engine 2--making it more than 25% brighter than previous versions, the company ...
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Robe BMFLs for Oceania Productions
New Zealand's Oceania Productions has invested in 32 of Robe's new Bright Multi-Functional Luminaire (BMFL) Spots.
These are the first BMFL Spots in New Zealand, the company says, and were delivered by the ULA Group, Robe's ...
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Swiss AV Expert Auviso Chooses Barco's High-brightness Projector Range
Auviso audiovisual solutions has purchased 14 high-brightness Barco projectors to raise its rental fleet to new levels of performance. They chose Barco's HDX- and HDF- projectors on account of their exceptional brightness, ...
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Procom Announced as Official UAE Philips Distributor
Dubai-based equipment distributor Procom ME has been named as the exclusive Philips supplier for UAE in a move to further expand its offering to the high profile Middle Eastern market.
"We are confident Philips will ...
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Clay Paky Finishes First at VERVA Street Racing
Poland's fuel injected annual motoring festival, VERVA Street Racing, took place in Warsaw at the National Stadium. To accelerate the already high drama of the mega event, lighting designer Jacek Chojczak specified an array ...
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Chauvet Professional PVP S5 Panels Deliver Brightness For Harford Community College
Lee Kahle never met Pitbull, but the technical director of Harford Community College says he owes the superstar rapper a nod of thanks for helping him enhance the audience experience at the school's arena by replacing its ...
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Harman's AKG Microphones and Headphones Get Their Wings at 2014 Red Bull Air Race World Championship
Harman's AKG microphones were on the scene at the Red Bull Air Race World Championship Finals in Las Vegas to bring spectators the thrills and excitement of the race as it happened, with more than 20 pilots competing at the ...
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Lectrosonics on Location with CBS' Hit Show NCIS New Orleans
As the newest addition to the NCIS franchise, NCIS: New Orleans, starring Scott Bakula as Dwayne Cassius "King" Pride, is one of the hit television shows that debuted this fall on CBS. Like its sibling shows, NCIS: New Orleans ...
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Elation SixPar Series Colors Unique StreetDome Skate Park in Denmark
Elation Professional's new SixPar Series of indoor and outdoor PAR color changers is providing dynamic color wash for skate boarders and other street sport enthusiasts at StreetDome, a skate park in Haderslev, Denmark. ...
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Game Creek Video Ups Its Game with Eight New Grass Valley Kayenne K-Frame 3G Switchers
For more than 20 years, Game Creek Video of Hudson, NH, has built a following by providing technology in the industry for mobile video capture and broadcasting in the sports and event markets. At the center of those modern mobile ...
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Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza Twice Turns to L-Acoustics and Rat Sound
Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza has upgraded its two theaters with L-Acoustics sound systems. The 1,800-seat Fred Kavli Theatre for the Performing Arts has become the first performing arts theatre on the west coast to ...
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ADJ's Introduces its Illusion Dotz 4.4
ADJ's Illusion Dotz 4.4 is a wash fixture which utilizes a powerful COB LED 4x4 matrix mounted on a moving head yoke.
The fixture is Capable of both wash effects and beam effects (thanks to a 15° beam angle), alongside its ...
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Powersoft to Exhibit M-System at ALMA Winter Symposium
Powersoft, a manufacturer of professional power amplifiers, announces that it will exhibit its M-System innovations next month at ALMA's Winter Symposium on January 3 and 4 [Booth 24] at the Tuscany Suites and Casino in Las ...
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Lightfair International 2015 Stages Global Connection for Integrated Design
The worlds of design, technology, controls, and systems integration converge in a global celebration of lighting advancement called Lightfair International (LFI) 2015, May 3 - 7 in New York's Javits Center. ...
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TEDxBroadway Announces Updated List of Speakers
The annual conference that brings together innovative minds and industry experts to help shape the future of Broadway has added six new speakers to the lineup for TEDxBroadway on Monday, February 23, 2015 at New World Stages (340 ...
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Waves Audio to Offer WavesLive Mixing Master Classes at Soundcheck Nashville
Waves Audio, provider of audio DSP solutions for the professional, live sound, broadcast, and consumer electronics markets, will be holding a two-day WavesLive master class event at Soundcheck Nashville, January 12 and 13, ...
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Biamp Systems Releases Tesira 2.3
Biamp Systems, a provider of networked media systems, unveils Tesira 2.3. Part of the company's award-winning line of digital signal processing (DSP)-based products, the platform's newest release introduces IEEE 1722.1 AVB support. ...
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Two Dubai Sound Companies Expand With Adamson
Adamson Systems distributor, Thomsun Trading, continues to expand the reach of Adamson Systems within the United Arab Emirates region. The company recently delivered new line array systems to Stagecraft Events and SA ...
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Pittsburg State University Opens Bicknell Family Center for the Arts
When the Bicknell Family Center for the Arts at Pittsburg State University opened its doors on December 7, those in attendance may have been surprised to know--after looking over the glass edifice, setting foot in the wood-trimmed ...
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PRG Joins The Marvel Experience to Deliver State-of-the-Art Entertainment
Hero Ventures, a Los Angeles-based entertainment company, announces that technical elements for The Marvel Experience, an epic-scale, immersive adventure experience in which guests step into and interact with the world of ...
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Robe BMFLs Make Italian Debut at C2C Festival
Robe's new Bright Multi-Functional Luminaire (BMFL) Spots made their debut on the Italian electronic music and arts scene, featuring prominently on the main stage at the 2-day C2C (Club2Club) International Festival of Music & ...
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Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church Conversion from Projection to Elation LED Video
Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church in Gig Harbor, Washington, recently converted the visual platform in their main worship space from a traditional projector and screen system to Elation EZ Series LED video screens, a high ...
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Clay Paky sStrobes Up a Storm on Katy B
Dubstep/garage star Katy B's current UK tour is bringing a moody nightclub atmosphere to venues up and down the country thanks to Tom Campbell's lighting design, built around the dramatic effects that the new Clay Paky ...
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DPA Microphones Stars in Encore Performance During "Keyboards and Carols at Christmas" Event
The School of Church Music at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SWBTS) is once again getting into the holiday spirit with DPA Microphones for its third annual "Keyboards and Carols at Christmas" event. With 13 ...
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A.C.T Lighting Wraps Another Record-Setting Year and Announces New Leadership Initiatives
A.C.T Lighting, Inc., an importer and distributor of lighting products, is concluding another year of record-setting sales with new leadership initiatives and plans for continued growth.
"A.C.T Lighting is about two things: the ...
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The Long Reach Long Riders Reveal the Route for their 2015 Charity Motorcycle Ride
The Long Reach Long Riders (LRLR) announce the route for their 12th annual charity motorcycle ride. This year's ride has been dubbed "Cruzin the Ozarks, The Dozenth' Year." Riders will gather in Nashville, Tennessee, ride down the ...
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VER Adopts Optocore as Fiber Network Platform
VER (Video Equipment Rentals), one of the top A/V rental companies in North America, with locations in Canada and Europe, recently purchased an extensive Optocore fiber optic audio system in its ongoing commitment to provide ...
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SHS Global Named Exclusive US Distributor for Smoke Factory
SHS Global announces that the company is the exclusive USA distributor for Smoke Factory.
Smoke Factory is based in Germany and has been in business for over 20 years. They are known in the European touring market for their ...
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Deloitte Recognizes Audinate as One of the Fastest Growing Companies
For the second year in a row, Audinate has been recognized by Deloitte as one of the fastest growing technology companies in the prestigious 2014 Asia Pacific Technology Fast 500 with 186% growth. Audinate was also recognized ...
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Powersoft's Deva Messaging System Makes its US Debut at Philadelphia's RiverRink
Each year at the end of November, thousands of tourists and Philadelphians flock to RiverRink at Penn's Landing to celebrate the onset of winter and the holiday season. For over 20 years, the Olympic Size skating rink has been a focal ...
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High End Systems Announces an Expansion to the HedgeHog 4 Range
Following an extraordinary first year for HedgeHog 4, and in order to offer Hog customers and the market in general the ultimate flexibility with the feature set they need, High End Systems is excited to announce the new expanded ...
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LightConverse Shines at LDI2014
LDI2014 provided the perfect setting for LightConverse to showcase its unique features with its release of version 56.
The ability to see your show in a highly realistic 360-degree virtual world was one of the highlights as ...
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Neutrik USA Announces 2014 premierPARTNER Award Recipients
Neutrik USA, a supplier of robust and reliable professional connectivity solutions for audio, video, and data, announces the recipients of the company's 2014 premierPARTNER Awards program. The premierPARTNER Awards recognize five ...
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Riedel Appoints Robert Pennington as US Sales Manager, Broadcast, for East Coast
Riedel Communications, provider of real-time video, audio, data, and communications networks, has named Robert Pennington to serve as its US sales manager, broadcast, for the East Coast. In this new role, Pennington will ...
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InfoComm Launches Staging and Event Management London
An intensive Staging and Event Management course will focus on empowering UK-based entertainment and event professionals with formal project qualifications recognized globally and accredited by InfoComm International, the ...
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The Grammy Museum Adds 200 Harman's AKG Custom Headphones for Exhibits and Programs
In accordance with its commitment to "using world-class technology to educate visitors on the history of all forms of music," The Grammy Museum recently added 200 customized Harman's AKG headphones for its exhibits and programs. ...
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Apollo Design Technology Adds Three to the Team
Apollo Design Technology, Inc. has made three new additions to their team.
Apollo Design Technology announces the appointment of Jeff Salisbury as laser / gobo technician. In this role, Salisbury will operate the high ...
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Theatre in Review: Pocatello (Playwrights Horizons)
"It's sort of hard to know how to live nowadays, isn't it?" So says Eddie, the manager of the generic Olive Garden-style restaurant that is the setting for Pocatello, and he ought to know. Indeed, with its arbor of fake ...
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PLASA Public Review: ANSI E1.23 Up for Reaffirmation
ANSI E1.23 - 2010, Entertainment Technology - Design and Execution of Theatrical Fog Effects, is up for reaffirmation by the PLASA Technical Standards Program. Does it still work? Then say "Yes" to reaffirmation. Does it need ...
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USITT Offers Revised Tenure and Promotion Guidelines for College Theatre Production Faculty
USITT has released new Tenure and Promotion Guidelines for evaluating college theatre production faculty whose primary research and creative activity outlet is performance.
The revision process took three years, involved ...
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The Audio Engineering Society Returns to New York City for AES139 Convention in October 2015
The Audio Engineering Society (AES) is set to bring the AES139 International Convention to the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York City, October 29 - November 1, 2015 (conference October 29 - November 1, exhibits October 30 - ...
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Loud Appoints Jason Tan as Mackie APAC Product Specialist
Loud Technologies music gear group has announced the appointment of Jason Tan to the position of Mackie product specialist for the APAC Region. Based in Singapore, Tan joins Loud after more than 20 years in the professional ...
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Cayman Islands Pirates Week Festival Thrives with D.A.S. Audio
Located due south of Cuba, the British Overseas Territory known as the Cayman Islands is not only well known as an offshore financial center, it's equally regarded for its resort / tourism trade. And for the various concerts, festivals, ...
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SGM G-Spot Takes in the Roller Coaster Capital of the World
Weather conditions have always been the overall challenge and concern for outdoor event providers.
Aside from its impact on visitor attendance, adverse weather conditions impose huge additional costs on lighting equipment deployment -- ...
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Danley Delivers Clarity and Punch at Alabama's Iron City Music Venue
Birmingham, Alabama's Iron City is a new 1,300-capacity music venue that plays host to acts both local and national. It occupies two former automotive warehouses downtown that the owners gutted and renovated to hit the perfect middle ...
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Professional Wireless Systems' RF Package Delivers for Univision's Latin Grammy Awards Broadcast
When the 15th annual Latin Grammy Awards were broadcast live on Univision from Las Vegas' MGM Grand Garden Arena, Professional Wireless Systems (PWS) once again supported Univision's system with a custom RF communications package ...
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Electric Aura Designs Grey Cup Halftime Show with Imagine Dragons
Electric Aura Projects designed the 102nd Grey Cup Halftime Show, starring Imagine Dragons, who rocked the Canadian Football League's championship game November 30 at the BC Place in Vancouver.
This was the fifth consecutive year ...
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Renkus-Heinz Iconyx Tames Bank of China's Auditorium
Hong Kong has long been known for its breathtaking skyline, and the compelling geometric profile of the I.M. Pei-designed Bank of China Tower is a prominent jewel of the city's glimmering urban landscape. Occupying the top floor of this 70 ...
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Historic BandAid30 Projections onto British Parliament is a First!
With just 24 hours notice, London-based large format projection specialists, The Projection Studio (TPS) delivered a full projection design to enable a giant image of the BandAid30 music video to be projected onto the Houses of ...
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Harman's Soundcraft at the Double for La Citrouille
Based in Saint-Brieuc, Brittany, contemporary musical theatre La Citrouille has upgraded its technical infrastructure with the purchase of two new Soundcraft digital desks from Harman distributor Eurolive. The newly released ...
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PR Lighting Scores Heavily at 22nd APEC Banquet in Beijing
PR Lighting fixtures had a major presence at the recent 22nd APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Welcome Banquet, which was held at the Water Cube in Beijing.
This event, whose theme this year was "Shaping the Future through ...
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Theatre in Review: The Invisible Hand (New York Theatre Workshop)
Free market economics meets jihad in The Invisible Hand, a tense and thoroughly original political thriller from Ayad Akhtar. The author gives his ripped-from-the-headlines premise a novel twist that allows for scene ...
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Vincent Lighting Systems Launches New Web Store
Vincent Lighting Systems (VLS) announces the launch of a new web store at https://shop.vls.com. Completely redesigned from the ground up, the new shopping platform offers expanded descriptions, more powerful search results, and ...
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PR Lighting Extends LED Family with XLED 3007
PR Lighting has extended its XLED series with the release of the XLED 3007.
Containing seven LEDs (four-in-one RGBW), each rated at 20W, this is a larger version of the XLED 2007 and features a 6:1 zoom -- one of many similar ...
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Artistic Licence Launches Dedicated Art-Net Website
Artistic Licence has launched www.art-net.org.uk, a website dedicated to the Art-Net protocol. Offering a wealth of technical information, practical tips, downloads, and registration portal, the website provides the ...
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Harman's AKG Introduces APS4 Antenna Power Splitter
Harman's AKG is introducing the new APS4 antenna power splitter. The APS4 antenna power splitter can be operated in an extended frequency range of 470 to 952MHz for maximum flexibility and is available for DMS700, WMS4500, WMS470, ...
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NSCA Early Bird Discount for BLC Expires January 2
NSCA is offering an early-bird discount rate for all 2015 Business & Leadership Conference (BLC) registrations through January 2, 2015. Gold and Platinum NSCA members will receive an additional 10% discount on registration. ...
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Shaped Music Goes with FBT
Nestled in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains in north central Colorado is an a audio industry gem. Shaped Music of Fort Collins, Colorado is situated two miles west of Fort Collins historic "Old Town" district, which is fabled ...
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Vortex Lighting Joins SGM's Growing UK Rental Portfolio
British sales and rental companies are "falling under the spell of SGM's groundbreaking IP65-rated LED portfolio." High up in the north east of England, Graeme Sewell first started lighting local bands around the Durham area more ...
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DPA Microphones Appoints New Distributors in South East Asia and Taiwan
DPA Microphones has reorganized its distribution channels in South East Asia by appointing new distributors in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Taiwan. The appointments reflect the company's ongoing commitment to develop ...
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Clay Paky Delivers Spectacular Signature Looks on Lady Gaga
Renowned lighting designer LeRoy Bennett has painted Pop megastar Lady Gaga's ice-themed ArtRave / Artpop Ball world tour set with beat perfect layers of dancing light and his medium of choice is Clay Paky. ...
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Long Island's Vavoom and Breakdown Go Digital with Soundcraft Si Expression 1
Looking for a compact audio console with value, Steve Jaworowski recently acquired a Harman's Soundcraft Si Expression 1 digital console for his classic rock band Vavoom and Tom Petty tribute band Breakdown, both of which ...
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Oliveto Restaurant and Cafe Collaborates with Meyer Sound to Create Exceptional Dining Experience
Oliveto Restaurant and Cafe, the innovative, Italian-inspired dining destination in the heart of Rockridge in Oakland, California, unveiled a new look -- and sound -- last week. Addressing the industry-wide issue of noise pollution in ...
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Creative Audio Provides Sound for Alice In Chains Tour with JBL VTX Line Arrays and Crown Amplifiers
With two headline shows in Ontario, Alice In Chains recently completed its North American tour, where the band performed in theaters and arenas with capacities ranging from 1,500 to 4,000 seats. Having stocked Harman inventory for ...
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Martin Audio Is System of Choice at the Line Hotel
A fashionable new stopover in Koreatown, the Line Hotel is a 12-story modernist tower originally designed by the respected architecture firm Daniel Mann Johnson & Mendenhall which retains a midcentury look combined with an industrial chic ...
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Chauvet Professional's Nexus Panels Anchor "Power Towers" on Machine Gun Kelly Tour
Red-hot rapper Machine Gun Kelly lives up to his name with a rapid fire delivery and crackling stage presence that, in the words of one of his trademark songs, get crowds to "lace up," for a spiky, hard-edged experience. Any light show at ...
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Selador Desire Luminaires Illuminate Worship Services at New Venture Christian Fellowship
In 2012, New Venture Christian Fellowship in Oceanside, California, experienced a full makeover, complete with over 129 brand new Selador Desire D40 and D60 luminaires. CCI Solutions helped achieve their goal of creating an ...
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Theatre in Review: The Elephant Man (Booth Theatre)
There are at least three moments in Scott Ellis' revival of The Elephant Man that are marked by the kind of silence that occurs only when an audience is listening, intently, with every ounce of its collective ...
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PLASA's Behind the Scenes Happy Hour a Massive Success
The Behind the Scenes Happy Hour, hosted by PLASA, was the biggest pre-LDIBehind ...
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Harman's dbx AFS2 Advanced Feedback Suppression Processor Now Shipping
Harman's dbx is now shipping its AFS2 Advanced Feedback Suppression Processor, designed to completely eliminate feedback from a PA system. The AFS2 is ideal for bands, DJs, live sound, and fixed installation applications and offers ...
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ModTruss Enjoys Successful LDI
ModTruss and Showman Fabricators teamed up to introduce the ModTruss product line at LDI2014 in Las Vegas last month. The company says the show was a resounding success; with ModTruss taking home two LDI Awards: Best ...
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LDI Gets "Lased Out" with Nearly All Laser Companies Powered by Pangolin
The 2014 LDI conference and trade show witnessed a massive increase in the number of laser equipment manufacturers and show companies exhibiting this year, providing evidence that the laser entertainment industry as a whole is ...
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Talamas Sound Celebrates 35th Anniversary with Sennheiser by its Side
Dave Talamas started Newton, Massachusetts-based Talamas Sound in July 1979. The company says Talamas wasted no time building on its foundation of now time-tested principles: an unwavering commitment to customer service, a ...
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Clay Paky B-EYE K20s Get the Thumbs Up at The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor Hotel and Casino
Caesars Windsor Hotel and Casino in Windsor, Ontario has added 26 Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20 LED-based moving lights to the inventory of its concert venue, The Colosseum. A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of ...
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Masque Sound Custom Audio Package Resonates at the US Premiere of The Hunchback of Notre Dame
When five-time Tony and Laurence Olivier winning/nominated sound designer Gareth Owen was presented with the task of ringing up a spectacular and captivating sonic landscape for the US premiere of Disney's The Hunchback of Notre ...
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Multi-Level Fort Lauderdale Club Creates Depth with Chauvet Professional Rogue Beams and Spots
Virtually every new club lighting project has its own challenges, whether they involve dealing with limited power draw or trying to accommodate some unusual architectural limitation. For Jay Krause of Sound and Lighting Solutions< ...
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New Audio System from Community Adds Excitement at Yager Stadium
With the success of its football program, Miami University of Oxford, Ohio, began a series of upgrades to Yager Stadium in 2003. The improvements included a new artificial turf playing surface, a broadcast-quality field lighting system, ...
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Ashly Processors and Amplifiers Installed in New Bourbon Square Casino
Formerly called The Silver Club, Bourbon Square Casino recently reopened in the Reno-Sparks area of Nevada. In addition to a fresh New Orleans theme, Bourbon Square now sports a new eight-zone sound reinforcement system centered on an As ...
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Robe Tours Capital Cities
Chart-topping Los Angeles-based indie pop duo, Capital Cities, have completed the first North American leg of their In a Tidal Wave of Mystery tour, together with a highly flexible lighting design created by Chris Smith. ...
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ArKaos PRO MediaMaster PRO 4.0 for Addison Theatre Center
The Addison Theatre Center (ATC) in Texas, home of the WaterTower Theatre, has invested in ArKaos MediaMaster Pro 4.0 software which it recently utilized on the WaterTower Theatre Company's production of Bonnie and Clyde. ...
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Lightware Matrix Router Failsafes the Set for Innovative Rise Against Music Video
Lightware Visual Engineering's MX8x8DVI-Pro matrix router played a key role on the set of the new Tragedy + Time music video from the American punk rock band, Rise Against. Lightware USA is the US distributor of ...
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Jörg Sennheiser Hands Over Chairmanship -- Frank Heinricht to Chair the Sennheiser Supervisory Board from 2015
Having recently turned 70 years old, Prof. Dr. Jörg Sennheiser is handing over the chair of the supervisory board of Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG to Dr. Frank Heinricht, as of January 1, 2015. Since joining the ...
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LiNK for Theatre Grad Schools, Students to Continue in 2015
Extremely positive feedback from participants in LiNK has ensured that the first theatre grad school recruitment event in Atlanta won't be the last. LiNK brought 80 students and 48 schools together for two days of theatre grad ...
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New Executive Management at Berlin-Based Stage Tec
Berlin-based Stage Tec Entwicklungsgesellschaft has appointed two new managing directors: Stefan Laubereau (52) and Rainer Weiß (52) will assist Wolfgang Salzbrenner with managing the audio technology specialist ...
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Derek Barnwell Extends the Reach of Available Light
Available Light senior associate, Derek Barnwell, is returning to his southern roots and opening up Available Light Raleigh in the process. Creative director Steven Rosen reports, "We've done work in Raleigh before ...
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RC4 Series 3 Patent-Pending Wireless Dimming Wins Honorable Mention at LDI Debuting Product Awards
Just over a month ago, the all-new, patent-pending RC4Magic Series 3 DMX4dim from RC4 Wireless wowed judges at PLASA London and received a PLASA Award for Innovation. Two weeks ago, that same four-channel wireless dimmer made ...
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Avolites Quartz Console Excites US Market at LDI2014
Avolites' US partner Group One Ltd. reports that the two companies are "seeing the fruits of our labors" in a dramatic way, as Avolites' new products -- including the compact Quartz console - lit up the US market following ...
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Epsilon Wins "Best Product Presentation" in Launch of 40 New Products at LDI2014
After their 2013 launch into the professional lighting market, The Epsilon Group of Companies, a 32-year-old company, announced that they are ready to become the next leading manufacturer of professional lighting products for small ...
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Two New 4K Ultra HD Extenders from Gefen Offer Advanced Features and an Expanded Distance for Signal Delivery
Digital connectivity solutions provider Gefen announces the addition of two new extension solutions. Both products use HDBaseT to deliver resolutions up to 4K with various methods of control supported. In addition, the maximum ...
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Listen Technologies Loop Induction Assistive Listening Systems Nominated for Awards
Listen Technologies Corporation, a designer, manufacturer, and supplier of assistive listening products for over 16 years, announces that its Loop Induction Assistive Listening Systems (ListenLoop) have been nominated, along with 28 ...
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Clay Paky Roadshow: A Success in South Africa
Clay Paky's Massimo Bolandrina and Giovanni Zucchinali spent two weeks in South Africa carrying out demos everyday as they introduced The Projectors, to the market. In fact, a photo taken during this roadshow of a ...
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ArKaos PRO Appoints Music & Lights as Exclusive Distributor for Italy
ArKaos PRO, a provider of technology for live visual performances, announces the appointment of Music & Lights (M&L) as its exclusive distributor for Italy.
With immediate effect, Music & Lights will handle the full ...
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Robe Unwinds in the Backspace
It's amazing what can be done with just 11 Pointes, some foresight and plenty of imagination ... and so lighting designer Mark Wynn-Edwards is blazing a trail across Europe with UK electronic duo Lamb and a lighting rider comprising ...
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Halloween Goes EDM with Elation Rig at Fear Fest in Tucson
Creative BackStage of Phoenix turned to an Elation lighting and video package as a main element of their visual design for Fear Fest, Arizona's ultimate Halloween EDM festival that took place November 1 at The Slaughterhouse ...
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Alcons Delivers Audio Artistry at Brooklyn's BRIC House
Brooklyn Information and Culture (BRIC) is the cultural heart of New York's most populous borough. Over the past two years, the City of New York has invested millions of dollars in transforming the former Strand Theater into the multi ...
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Pantano Christian "Makes Good Better" With Chauvet Professional
Pantano Christian Church already had a good lighting system, when its leaders concluded that "good" lighting wasn't quite good enough when it came to creating the kind of engaging worship experience they wanted to offer their congregation. ...
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In Memoriam: Industry Innovator Bob Boston
Genius inventor and industry legend Bob Boston passed away earlier this month at age 52. As founder and co-owner of Lido Systems, Boston created HITS, the software-based inventory management system that revolutionized the ...
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New Osram Ostar Stage LED for Even Brighter Stage Lighting
Osram Opto Semiconductors has introduced a new LED for stage lighting. Compared with previous members of the product family, the new Osram Ostar Stage offers more than twice the lumen output with a component surface that is only 30 ...
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Avid to Relist on NASDAQ
Avid (OTC: AVID) announces that it has received approval to list its common stock on The NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC effective with the open of trading on Monday, December 8, 2014. The company will continue to trade under the symbol ...
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SGM Announces New Sales Structure for the Americas at LDI
SGM was not only able to introduce a number of new products at this year's LDI show in Las Vegas but attracted equal interest by announcing the restructuring of their sales and service operations in the Americas. This was ...
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AVnu Alliance Announces First Certified Audio Endpoint Reference Platform
XMOS and AVnu Alliance, the industry consortium driving open standards-based deterministic networking through certification, announce the first AVnu-certified Audio Video Bridging (AVB) audio endpoint reference platform. The ...
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Chauvet Professional Unveils Rogue RH1 Hybrid Moving Head
Taking its game-changing Rogue Series to new levels, Chauvet Professional has added -- the multi-use Rogue RH1 Hybrid. Combining a powerful beam and spot effect in one compact unit, the Rogue RH1 Hybrid is an amazingly versatile ...
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ADJ Launches Two New Compact Mirror Scanners
Adding to the Inno Series of LED lighting fixtures -- a range that is continually growing -- ADJ has recently released two new compact mirror scanners. The Inno Pocket Scan and Inno Pocket Roll are highly portable versions of their ...
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Flex Rental Solutions Announces Release of iOS App Flex Mobile 1.0
Flex Rental Solutions announces the release of Flex Mobile, a native iOS application built for Flex users. Now, Flex customers can take the warehouse technology wherever they go. Scanning no longer is limited to within reach of the ...
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Philips Entertainment Conducts a Noteworthy Performance at LDI 2014
At LDI 2014, Philips Entertainment enjoyed one of its most noteworthy trade shows during a full week which included "The Symphony of Light," VL4000 Spot technical training, NEO lighting control console training, and the well ...
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Riedel Names Jake Dodson Head of Product Management
Riedel Communications, provider of pioneering real-time video, audio, data, and communications networks, announces the appointment of Jake Dodson as the company's director of product management. In this role Dodson will be ...
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Pacific Coast Entertainment Invests in GLP X4 LED impressions
When Pacific Coast Entertainment (PCE) provided lighting designer Jean-Yves Tessier with 12 of their GLP impression X4 LED fixtures to light the 3-D Theatricals' stage production of E.L. Doctorow's classic book Ragti ...
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d&b audiotechnik Supplies New Y-Series to Neumann&Müller Five-year Cooperation Agreed
d&b audiotechnik is boosting its cooperation with Neumann&Müller (N&M) Event Technology with a five-year agreement. N&M bring to life high quality events with state-of-the-art equipment. The agreement between the companies ...
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Nemetschek Vectorworks Named to The Baltimore Sun Top Workplaces List
Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc., a provider of intuitive and practical CAD and Building Information Modeling (BIM) software solutions, announces that it has been selected as one of The Baltimore Sun's Top Workplaces for 2014. ...
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Hall Research Launches VGA, HDMI, MHL Auto-Switching Wall-Plate with HDBaseT
The UHBX-SW3 by Hall Research is a kit comprised of a multi-input wall-plate sender and an HDBaseT receiver. The wall-plate accommodates two HDMI and one VGA inputs with audio. It also supports MHL (Mobile High-Definition Link) with ...
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BTS Calls for Support During Holiday Season
A growing number of people have agreed with friends and family to make donations to charity rather than exchange holiday gifts. Now, companies are making the decision to contribute to charity rather than send out yet another gift package ...
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LDI2014 Brings Success for Parasol Systems with Sale of Demo Unit at Show
Parasol Systems announces the sale of the demonstration STAR600 unit that was showcased in the High End Systems booth at LDI. For those who attended LDI, the STAR600 system was hanging dead center of the High End Systems ...
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Grass Valley Names Andrew Thornton VP, Asia Pacific
Grass Valley, a Belden Brand, announces the appointment of Andrew Thornton to the position of VP, Asia Pacific, effective immediately. With nearly 35 years of experience in the broadcast industry, Thornton will assume ...
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12 SGM G-Spot LED Heads for Greenpeace Campaign on Renewable Energy
For the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's gathering in Copenhagen, Greenpeace saw an ideal opportunity to emphasize the need for the world to change into 100% renewable energy in the future and demonstrate how this is actually ...
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Arup Celebrates Grand Opening of Orlando's Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
Arup, a multidisciplinary engineering and consulting firm, announces the grand opening of the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando, Florida. Arup provided structural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing ...
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First Robe BMFLs Tour UK with Gaslight Anthem
The first of RobeJeff Maker for the recent Gaslight Anthem tour -- for which they were purchased by Leeds-based rental company Zig ...
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Mandylights Deploy Ghostbands to Transform G.E.M. and her Audience
Performer G.E.M. is a Hong Kong-based singer-songwriter, dancer, musician, and actress. Her stage name is an acronym for Get Everybody Moving and she is massive in Asia.
G.E.M. is currently touring her G.E.M. X.X.X. Live world ...
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ICONYX Brings Clarity to Landmark Massachusetts Buddhist Temple
In the late 1990s, a group of Theravada Buddhist faithful in the Boston area came together with the goal of forming a temple and meditation center. The community hunted for nearly a decade to find a suitable facility, locating briefly in ...
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Clay Paky is "Perfect Fit" for Nine Inch Nails
This summer saw industrial rockers Nine Inch Nails (NIN) on their first European tour in six years, with an array of Clay Paky Sharpy and Sharpy Wash 330 fixtures delivering striking brightness and moody colors to help bring the ...
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University of Georgia Improves Game Day Sound at Sanford Stadium with Danley Sound Labs
The University of Georgia Bulldog football team plays all of its home games in Sanford Stadium on the school's main Athens, Georgia campus. Georgians have long stood behind the Bulldogs, and Bulldogs football is a distinguishing feature of ...
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NASA Headquarters Adds Vista Systems' Spyder to Multi-Purpose Auditorium
NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. has upgraded its main auditorium with a Vista Systems Spyder image processor installed by Whitlock, a global AV and unified communications solutions provider headquartered in Richmond, ...
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Theatre in Review: Send for the Million Men (HERE)
Send for the Million Men begins with a striking image of a young man playing catch with his father under rather unusual circumstances: He must toss the ball over a stone wall, where it is caught and thrown back; the two ...
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Theatre in Review: Rollo's Wild Oat (Metropolitan Playhouse)
With all the discussion about the dearth of women playwrights (on Broadway, anyway), the time is ripe to take another look at Claire Beecher Kummer. An altogether forgotten figure, she was a one-woman industry, grinding out light ...
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Announcing PLASA Focus: Kansas City 2015
PLASA Events announces that it will be making its first trip to the mid-west for PLASA Focus: Kansas City 2015. This will be the second PLASA Focus event to occur in 2015, and will take place on Wednesday, May 20 and Thursday ...
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Alcorn McBride Launches Two New Products at IAAPA 2014
Alcorn McBride, a manufacturer of show control, audio, and video equipment for the themed entertainment industry, introduced two new products at the recent IAAPA (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions) 2014< ...
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Robert Juliat Launches New Followspots at LDI2014
LDI2014 in Las Vegas saw double-fold excitement around Robert Juliat this year, the company says, as two booths promoted the latest products from the French manufacturer of followspots, profiles, and Fresnels. ...
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Adamson Systems Expands with New Canadian Sales Reps
Adamson SystemsBG Media Solutions and MM Technologies as sales representatives for the Ontario and Quebec, Canada territories respectively.
Ontario's BG Media Solutions was founded ...
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Kramer VS-211HA: More Efficient, Reliable Auto Switching
Kramer Electronics announces the release of the VS-211HA, an auto switcher that allows flexible, active switching based on real signal detection.
VS-211HA can switch inputs while keeping the output active and HDMI links alive, ...
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Waves Audio and DiGiCo Are Now Shipping DiGiGrid IOS
Waves Audio and DiGiCo expand their DiGiGrid line of advanced audio interfaces with DiGiGrid IOS, an audio interface with a built-in SoundGrid DSP server for plugin processing. DiGiGrid IOS features eight mic/line inputs with ...
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Joe Bocchiaro III Joins The Sextant Group
Joseph Bocchiaro III, Ph.D., CStd, CTS-D, CTS-I, ISF-C joins the national independent technology consulting firm, The Sextant Group, as principal consultant. An accomplished audiovisual professional, Bocchiaro holds a Ph.D. ...
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Eartec's ComStar Wireless System Adds Capability
The ComStar full duplex wireless system by Eartec is designed specifically for teams that need to communicate and work with their hands. These intercoms are not voice activated and there is no delay when transmitting. ...
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Chauvet Professional WELL Fixtures at Fort Adams
As far as event venues go, there aren't many that cast the evocative spell of Fort Adams. Steeped in history (it began life as a military installation in 1799), and sitting on a bluff where the North Atlantic meets Rhode Island's ...
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Firehouse Productions Scores Big at 2014 NFL Kickoff Event with JBL VTX Line Arrays and Crown Amplifiers
Featuring free performances by Pharrell Williams and Soundgarden, the 2014 NFL Kickoff Event scored big with sonic capabilities provided by New York-based Firehouse Productions. Held outside Seattle's CenturyLink Field, the annual ...
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Dutch Live Music Venue Refurbishment Features Elation LED Lighting
Volt is a new night spot in Sittard, The Netherlands that opened in March after a refurbishment that transformed the previous venue into a top quality, professional live music venue. A key element of the refurbishment project was a ...
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Chroma-Q Inspire House Lights Provide Immersive Environment for Valley Creek Church
Texas-based Valley Creek Church is utilizing over 120 Chroma-Q Inspire color-changing LED house lights in its 1,400-seat Flower Mound auditorium, to provide an "immersive" environment during its worship services. ...
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Robe is Magnifico in Ljubljana
Popular Slovenian singer Magnifico gave a special performance at the Križanke venue in Ljubljana, featuring an innovative collaboration with the Serbian Army Orchestra which was completely sold out.
The show was part of the annual Druga ...
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Theatre in Review: A Christmas Memory (Irish Repertory Theatre)
No theatre company likes to celebrate Christmas more than the Irish Rep, and, to the credit of one and all at this fine company, they don't repeat themselves. No hauling out of a certain Dickens war horse for them: Each season features a ...
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Theatre in Review: On the Other Side of the River (New Worlds Theatre Project/HERE)
New Worlds Theatre Project is devoted to reclaiming works from the Yiddish theatre and presenting them in English. It's a fascinating, laudable mission and if its stated goal -- "to see these plays produced on mainstream stages across the ...
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CORE Lighting Announces US Operation
CORE Lighting -- UK-based battery powered LED lighting specialist -- announces a new operation in North America.
Core is establishing a branch office in Virginia Beach, Virginia headed by Martin Lawrence, and will be the ...
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"Introduction to AV Networking" Session Set for Wednesday, December 17, in Los Angeles
Audinate and Bose Professional are gearing up for their next session of the AV Networking Roadshow -- focusing on Dante technology -- taking place at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center in Los Angeles on ...
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New Radio Active Designs UV-1G Wireless Intercom System Now Shipping
The new Radio Active Designs (RAD) UV-1G wireless intercom system, featuring proprietary enhanced narrow band technology to overcome the ongoing overcrowding of the RF spectrum while delivering high audio quality and operational ...
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Electrosonic Provides Audio-Visual Systems Expertise for Trio of Thea Award-Winning Projects
The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) has announced the winners of the prestigious 21st annual Thea Awards, honoring creative excellence in theme parks, museums, and other attractions. Electrosonic has once again taken ...
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ISE 2015 Offers Rich Learning Experiences for Attendees
A wide range of events, presentations, and training sessions being hosted before and during ISE 2015 will make next year's show, according to the company, the most compelling event so far in its 11- year history. ...
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Matrix AVE Makes a Pointe with Robe
Matrix AVE was the first technical solutions company in Dubai to invest in Robe's Pointes shortly after the fixture's launch last year... which certainly set the ball rolling for a run of sales on the immensely popular multi ...
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GLP X4 Plays Major Role in "Fall of the Wall" 25th Anniversary
To celebrate 25 years of the Berlin Wall being torn down, a massive day of festivities took place on November 9, culminating in a major ceremony in front of the iconic Brandenburg Gate.
Some 8,000 helium balloons were released into the ...
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Clay Paky Fixtures and grandMA2 Hit the Road with Fleetwood Mac
The iconic rock band Fleetwood Mac never stops thinking about tomorrow -- and planning their next tour to delight fans. For their current On With the Show tour a complement of Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K20 LED-based moving ...
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Hope Lutheran Church Finds New Ways to Engage with Chauvet Professional
In its vision statement, Hope Lutheran church proclaims its commitment to reaching out "in increasingly innovative ways" to members of its community in North Dakota's largest city of Fargo. This promise is reflected in the church's ...
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Hitachi CP-WX8255 Projector Provides Tremendous Benefits to Olive Branch Community Church
After a less than satisfactory projection setup in Olive Branch Community Church in Corona, California, director of technology services Brian Norwood set out to upgrade the church's system. The solution was found in the Hitachi
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Audio-Technica Names Millar Electronics New Rep Firm for Southeastern US
Audio-Technica, a provider of transducer technology for over 50 years, appoints Apex, North Carolina-based Millar Electronics as its new manufacturer's rep firm for the southeastern US, including the region encompassing ...
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elektraLite Dazers Foster "Natural Warm Feeling" at Oklahoma Church
Many worship leaders these days well understand the benefits of turning to newer lighting technologies to enhance the moods of their audiences and help them be moved by the message. The staff of Enid, Oklahoma's Emmanuel Baptist Church -- ...
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Avolites Packs a Punch at Mayweather-Maidana Vegas Title Fight
Prize fights require a massive level of bombastic pomp and circumstance to fill a large sports arena and, of course, lighting provides a major role in delivering that in-the-moment sensory experience. For the recent WBA welterweight and ...
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USITT 2015 Architecture Awards: Best New Theatres are in Bahrain, London, and Portland
The stunning National Theatre of Bahrain is the top winner of USITT's 2015 Architecture Awards for exceptional performance spaces. USITT also chose new performing arts buildings at theatre schools in London and Portland, ...
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PRG Showcases New Products at LDI2014
Attendees at the LDI2014 show in Las Vegas, November 21 - 23, found a range of new lighting products from Production Resource Group, LLC (PRG) that were all developed to provide practical yet innovative solutions to the ...
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ETC Celebrates Award-Winning LDI Show
LDI2014 was a very successful trade show for ETC. The company's gravity-defying booths were visited by record numbers of visitors, a lot of buzz surrounded its debuting products, and ETC walked away with several awards. ...
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Truss UK Acquire AJB Precision Fabrication
Truss UK Ltd, sister company to Hoist UK Ltd, announces that effective October 1, 2014 the company has acquired 100% shareholding of AJB Precision Fabrications Ltd. From this date, the combined companies will conduct ...
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JVC Launches New BLU-Escent Laser Hybrid Projector Line
JVC visual systems division is introducing its new BLU-Escent laser hybrid illumination projector technology at I/ITSEC 2014, the leading event for training and simulation, this week in Orlando, Florida. The company is displaying ...
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Matrox to Showcase New Products at Integrated Systems Europe 2015
Matrox Graphics Inc. and Matrox Video will be sharing stand 11-F68 at ISE 2015 in Amsterdam RAI, February 10 - 12. Matrox Graphics Inc. will demonstrate the new C-Series multi-display graphics cards, the Matrox Maevex ...
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Shure Unveils Model 5575LE Unidyne Limited Edition Microphone
Shure Incorporated has designed and manufactured many innovative products for the audio industry over the past nine decades. However, the company says none have been more impactful or iconic than the Unidyne microphone. In January ...
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NSCA Accepting Applications for Excellence in Business Awards
Systems integrators are encouraged to apply for NSCA's 2015 Excellence in Business Awards. Submissions will be accepted through January 23, 2015. Winners will receive one free admission to NSCA's 17th annual Business & Leadership ...
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Waves Audio to Present Waves SoundGrid at the Resolution Magazine Audio Networking Forum
Waves Audio, a provider of digital signal processing software and hardware solutions, is presenting Waves SoundGrid at the Resolution Magazine Audio Networking Forum, taking place December 12, 2014 at the Royal Institute of ...
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Philips Vari-Lite Continues VL4000 Spot Training at RADA
Philips Vari-Lite is currently rolling out training for the VL4000 Spot, with one of the most recent workshops taking place at London's RADA.
Highly experienced Vari-Lite trainer for EMEA, Coral Cooper, was hosting the ...
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Paragon 360 Completes Total Audio Overhaul with Crown Amplifiers, BSS Audio Processing, and JBL Loudspeakers
Since its founding in the early 1980s, Emmanuel Baptist Church in Enid, Oklahoma, has grown into a strong congregation that hosts three worship services on Sundays alone and activities that serve a broad range of adults, youth, students, ...
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Outline GTO C-12 Line Source Sound System Rocks the House at Summit Music Hall
An Outline GTO C-12-based line source sound system, recently installed in the Summit Music Hall in Denver, Colorado, by DSI Event Group (formerly Dowlen Sound), rocks the house for such high-power musical groups as Anberlin, ...
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Jands Vista T2 Controls Huge Rig on Dierks Bentley's RISER Tour
Lighting designer, Chris Reade is back on the road with his Jands Vista T2, S1 and M1 consoles, controlling an even more technically ambitious rig for the latest tour by Platinum-selling singer-songwriter, Dierks Bentley. ...
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Early Registration for USITT 2015 Ends December 4
Early-bird registration for USITT's 2015 Annual Conference & Stage Expo in Cincinnati is Thursday, December 4, so register now to get the lowest rate.
USITT's 2015 Annual Conference & Stage Expo runs March 18 - 21 at Cincy's Duke ...
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PLASA Announces Winners of 2014 Members' Choice Product Awards
On November 22, 2014, PLASA announced the winners of the 2014 Members' Choice Awards during the LDI Awards ceremony. These awards recognized newly released outstanding entertainment technology products. Voting on these ...
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One Month Left to Lock in ETCP Application Rate
For technicians thinking about testing to become ETCP certified, now is the time to apply, as fees will increase $50 per exam on January 1, 2015. Applicants have up to one year from their acceptance date to take the examination -- ...
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Busy Show, Best Booth for Elation Professional at LDI2014
LDI2014 in Las Vegas lived up to pre-show expectations for LDI premier partner Elation Professional with an extremely busy booth, a Best Large Booth accolade, and more industry recognition for the award-winning Sniper. ...
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Solotech Sets Up in Toronto
Solotech announces a key step in its expansion plan of its Canadian activities with the acquisition of the Toronto-based company Midnite Hour Productions.
According to François Ménard, CEO of Solotech, this ...
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Winners of the Live Design Awards Announced
The Live Design Awards were given out on Saturday, November 22, at LDI, the annual trade show, held at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The winners were as follows:
A new award, the Paky Award, named for Pasquale ...
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Es Devlin Takes Evening Standard Design Award
The Evening Standard Awards, which honor achievement in the London theatre, were given out on Sunday, November 30. The awards are sponsored by the newspaper The Evening Standard.
This year, production designer Es Devlin
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WorxAudio Debuts XL3i and XL3T Line Array Systems
WorxAudio Technologies, a division of PreSonus Audio Electronics introduces the XL3i (installation) and XL3T (touring) line array systems. A new addition to the TrueLine Series, the company says the new XL3i and XL3T's throw ...
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StudioLive AI-series Mixers and Nimbit Add 96kHz Support
PreSonus announces the availability of HD mode for StudioLive AI-series mixers. Once updated, any StudioLive AI-series mixer can record and play back audio streams at sample rates up to 96kHz over the onboard FireWire 800 interface. ...
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Fireman's Fund Insurance Company Sponsors Inaugural Event Safety Summit for Live Event Production
Fireman's Fund Insurance Company announces its sponsorship of the first Event Safety Summit put on by the Event Safety Alliance (ESA) December 2 - 4 at Tait Towers in Lititz, Pennsylvania. The three-day ...
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PixelFLEX Wins Parnelli Award for Innovative FLEXCurve LED Screens
One year after releasing the PixelFLEX FLEXCurve at Live Design International (LDI) annual trade show, the versatile LED rental product capable of +/- 10-degree convex or concave curves won the Parnelli Award for ...
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Vaddio Announces a New and Enhanced PTZ Camera for the ClearVIEW Line of Solutions
Vaddio has combined the best features and functions of its' ClearVIEW HD-18, HD-19, and HD-20 line of cameras into the all-new ClearVIEW HD-20SE. This new PTZ camera features an advanced image signal processor (ISP) and encompasses ...
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Middle Atlantic Welcomes Konopelko to Product Management Team
Vlad Konopelko has joined Middle Atlantic Products as product manager, power. Tasked with driving the strategy of a rapidly growing category for Middle Atlantic, Konopelko will work with the product development team to bring ...
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Impact Joins the Growing Roster of SGM P-5 Customers
Impact Production Services (IPS) has joined the growing list of hire companies who have added SGM's P-5 wash light to their inventory.
Owner James Mason, who set up the Milton Keynes, UK-based company 16 years ago, ...
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Outline Names Pan Asia as its Exclusive Distributor for Singapore and Malaysia
As part of its ongoing process of preparing for the next step of growth in the Far East, Outline recently appointed Pan Asia Integrated System as its exclusive distributor for the territories of Singapore and Malaysia. ...
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Solotech Appoints Jean-Louis Blanchard and Ron Morissette to Key Positions
François Ménard, president and CEO of Solotech, a provider of solutions and professional audio, lighting, and video equipment, announces the appointment of Jean-Louis Blanchard as the vice president of the integration ...
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W-DMX Debuts the UglyBox MK2
Wireless Solution Sweden AB introduces the newest product to its award-winning W-DMX line, the UglyBox MK2. This is a compact new wireless signal tester, which is a valuable tool for users of wireless products, providing proof of a ...
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CAST Software Launches Vivien2015
CAST Software Ltd. announces Vivien2015 virtual event designer available for immediate download from Vivien's member's only area.
Bruce Freeman, chairman of CAST Group said: "Vivien2015's many new features, ...
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Waves Audio Unveils the OneKnob Pumper Plugin
Waves Audio announces the new Pumper plugin, the newest addition to the successful Waves OneKnob Series. Designed for achieving an instant ducking effect, OneKnob Pumper simulates sidechain compression, saving users the need to ...
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Clay Paky Excels at LDI2014
"Clay Paky's success this year at the LDI show was resounding from every point of view," Pio Nahum, Clay Paky CEO, did not mince his words to describe their accomplishments at the LDI lighting show in Las Vegas, November 21 - ...
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High End Systems Enjoys Successful LDI
With the worldwide launch of SolaSpot Pro 1500 and MMS-100, as well as the US debut of the SHAPESHIFTER range, High End Systems had another banner year at the LDI2014 trade show. The mix of powerful LED moving lights, along ...
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Ayrton Dazzles at LDI2014
Against Las Vegas' glittering backdrop, the company says Ayrton's display of technical innovation on the booth of its exclusive US distributor, Morpheus Lights, shone as brightly at LDI2014 as in any casino or show on ...
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d3 Technologies Takes Home Best Debuting Product for Projection at Successful LDI
d3 Technologies has returned from a highly successful Live Design International (LDI), held November 17 - 23, in Las Vegas. Next to demonstrating d3's Dynamic Blend and BlackTrax' realtime motion tracking solution as well as ...
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InfoComm Announces Education Line Up at ISE 2015
InfoComm International, a trade association representing the audiovisual and information communications industries worldwide and co-owner of the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE 2015) trade show, announces its most ...
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Vectorworks 2015 Service Pack 2 Now Available
Nemetschek Vectorworks has released the second service pack for the Vectorworks 2015 product line. This service pack includes multiple fixes in the following areas:
• Publish command: Information is no longer missing when ...
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Event Enterprises Supplements NEXO M28 Arsenal, Adds Yamaha QL5 and DSRs
Event Enterprises is a full-service production company focusing on meeting their customers needs with professionalism and quality service. With offices in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Bellevue, Kentucky, the company maintains a vast ...
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Germany Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Fall of Berlin Wall with Meyer Sound LEO
To commemorate 25 years since the collapse of the Berlin Wall, German Chancellor Angela Merkel led rock legend Peter Gabriel and the Staatskapelle Berlin orchestra in a celebratory spectacle that drew more than 100,000 people to the ...
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This is All Great for Robe and Alt-J
Indie rockers Alt-J's new album "This is All Yours" rocketed straight to number one in the UK and number four on the US charts, and the band has embarked on an international tour in support of this second studio work, complete with a ...
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Theatre in Review: Lost Lake (Manhattan Theatre Club/City Center Stage I)
There are more sensational entertainments in town right now, but if you want to experience the sheer pleasure of professionals at work, you could do a lot worse than Lost Lake. David Auburn's new play is just a slip of ...
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Theatre in Review: A Particle of Dread (Oedipus Variations) (Signature Theatre/Field Day)
There's more than a particle of dread to be found late in Sam Shepard's new play, when Stephen Rea's Oedipus is at long last confronted with the truths that he has spent all evening denying. One of the oldest scenes in ...
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