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  Wally Russell Foundation Makes 17th annual $7,500.00 Contribution to the Los Angeles Opera
The Wally Russell Foundation is making its 17th annual $7,500 contribution to the Los Angeles Opera. This donation goes to substantially fund the appointment of the Wally Russell Lighting Intern at the opera. ...
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Lightwright Touch Available for iPad
West Side Systems has announced the release of Lightwright Touch for the Apple iPad, bringing the portability and ease of use of the iPad to the industry standard record-keeping workflow of Lightwright. A Lightwright ...
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DPA to Launch New Groundbreaking Modular Mic Series at Prolight + Sound 2011
DPA Microphones will officially launch its brand new modular series of microphones at Prolight + Sound 2011, stand 8, G40. The Reference Standard mics take DPA's Standard and Compact ranges a step further, building ...
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Arc3design Uses City Theatrical Wireless at the White House
City Theatrical is pleased to announce that on January 19, 2011, SHoW DMX Transmitters and Receivers and SHoW DMX equipped PDS-750 TRX Power/Data Supplies were used in the first ever installation of a wireless DMX system at the ...
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Theatre in Review: The Hallway Trilogy (Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre)
Having spent nearly five hours in one day taking in The Hallway Trilogy, I can say with total confidence that it is a trilogy about... a hallway. I'd like to be more specific, but I'm at a loss. The program notes suggest ...
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Masque Sound Re-Teams with Akustiks for Broadway's New Victory Theatre Upgrade
At 111 years of age, The Victory Theatre on West 42nd Street has staged every conceivable theatrical presentation, from straight plays to live burlesque, even a brief stint as a XXX movie house. In 1992, The Victory became one of ...
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Video Applications Inc. Collaborates with Gorilla Production Group for First US Saisho Homa Fire Rite
In the last several years, Shinnyo-en Buddhists have conducted the Saisho Homa fire rite ceremony in Taiwan, Paris and Berlin. This year, the prayer ceremony for world peace was brought to the U.S. for the first time and documented by ...
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SLJ Field Soundcraft Vi1 Digital Console for French President Sarkozy
Soundcraft digital desks have piloted the sound mix for many leading rock bands over the years, but in the last six months they have also reinforced the speech of two world leaders.
Following the use of Soundcraft consoles ...
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D.A.S. Audio Deployed at the Stage In Miami
Take an old warehouse space, convert it into a contemporary nightspot, toss in two bars, both indoor and outdoor seating areas, a dance floor, and then rotate three bands per night to keep things lively and you have The Stage - ...
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Iconyx Combines Aesthetics with Quality Sound at St. Columb's, Mississippi
The congregation of St. Columb's Church in Ridgefield, Mississippi recently moved into a new facility. The sanctuary itself is traditional in appearance, with high ceilings and large, ornate stained glass windows, but with a ...
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Allen & Heath iLive at World Overcomers Outreach Ministries Church, Memphis
World Overcomers Outreach Ministries Church in Memphis embodies a synthesis of today's contemporary Christian mega-church combined with traditional gospel influences, and has installed an Allen & Heath iLive-T mixing ...
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Lighting&Sound America, PLASA North American offices New Address
Please Note -
As of February 25, 2011, the Lighting&Sound America and PLASA's North American offices are moving:
630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 609 New York, NY 10036 Phone: 212-244-1505 Fax: 212-244-1502 ...
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Lex Products Launches Slim Dimmer Plus with DMX
Lex Products announces the Slim Dimmer Plus, a new portable single 1,800W dimmer with both local and DMX512 control.
The Slim Dimmer Plus is a compact, rugged single dimmer that can operate on its own with an onboard fader, or ...
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GDS LiteWare Transforms New York Sidewalk for Breitling VIP Event
Luxury Swiss watchmaker Breitling recently hosted a VIP event for the grand opening of its flagship store. The event, organized by the global marketing and PR agency Centigrade, saw a host of celebrities and Breitling ...
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Stage2 Productions Invests in Allen & Heath iLive
Stage2 Productions, located in Jersey, the Channel Islands, recently bought an Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system, comprising an iDR-48 MixRack and iLive-T112 control surface, as part of a digital upgrade in its hire ...
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Clear-Com Intercoms on Fox's Culinary Show, Hell's Kitchen
Clear-Com is helping Fox's popular culinary-competition series Hell's Kitchen, which stars celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, with its communication by providing the Eclipse Median digital matrix intercom, V ...
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Martin Audio MLA Ready for New Belgian Festival Sound Limit Proposals
When Flemish CD&V (environment, nature, and culture) minister Joke Schauvliege recently pleaded for clear legislation regarding Belgian pop festival sound thresholds, following the proposal of a 100dB LAeq (15) and 116dB (C) ...
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Clay Paky Alpha Beams Tour the UK with Squeeze
Clay Paky's Alpha Beam fixtures have toured as part of the UK Spot the Difference Tour starring Squeeze, the influential new wave band whose hits include the 1979 single "Cool for Cats." The tour took the reformed ...
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Sound On Stage Keeps VENUE Busy on Stage
Founded in 1973, Sound on Stage has been a driving force in live events in the San Francisco Bay Area for decades. A training camp for some of today's most highly regarded live sound engineers, and a proving ground for several ...
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Theatre in Review: Invasion! (The Play Company at Walkerspace)
When you're in the hands of totally confident, committed theatre artists -- well, there's nothing like it. Invasion! begins with a stunning coup de théâtre -- on pain of death, I wouldn't reveal the details -- that, at the performance I ...
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Lighting&Sound America, PLASA North American offices New Address
Please Note -
As of February 25, 2011, the Lighting&Sound America and PLASA's North American offices are moving:
630 Ninth Avenue, Suite 609 New York, NY 10036 Phone: 212-244-1505 Fax: 212-244-1502 ...
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Raffle Prizes and Swag Benefit Behind the Scenes at USITT
The Long Reach Long Riders and The ESTA Foundation will host their annual raffle to benefit Behind the Scenes at the USITT Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, March 10-12. The Behind the Scenes Boutique ...
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Riedel Joins AVnu Alliance
Riedel Communications, one of the leading manufacturers of real-time networks for video, audio, and communications, becomes a promoting member of the AVnu Alliance.
The AVnu Alliance is an industry forum dedicated to ...
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Multiform Lighting Expands
Due to growing sales of their LED lighting systems Multiform Lighting has moved into a new 24,000-sq-ft manufacturing facility in Guangzhou province, China. With a staff of 70 staff members, the company is about to commence ...
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Upgraded Tim Hunter Digital Website in Operation
Tim Hunter and Bill Groener announce that the website for Tim Hunter Design has been updated with new projects and information. In addition, the firm has launched a new Tim Hunter Digital
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Theatre in Review: Small Craft Warnings (Mother of Invention/Theatre Row)
It's going to be a good year for Tennessee Williams completists. This is the playwright's centennial, and already three of his lesser-known works -- by which I mean flops - are on the boards in New York. The Roundabout has < ...
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Theatre in Review: A World Apart (Creation Production Company at the Flea Theatre)
A nun and a priest teeter on the edge of a forbidden love in A World Apart, a work that is distinguished by its utter lack of reality. Alarm bells start ringing about two minutes into Susan Mosakowski's new drama, ...
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Gearhouse South Africa Invests in Christie MicroTiles
Gearhouse South Africa's AV division has invested in an initial batch of 100 of Christie Digital's MicroTiles, which have already been utilized for a variety of projects.
Bhans Sheomangal, Gearhouse AV's ...
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NBC Lights 2011 CES Booth with 4Wall Las Vegas
4Wall Las Vegas teamed up with brand experience agency Jack Morton Worldwide to provide lighting for the NBC Universal CESb booth this year. The 2011 incarnation of NBC's booth was a focal point of the convention as ...
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Philips Selecon on For the Love of God, Damien Hirst's New Work
When internationally renowned artist, Damien Hirst revealed his latest creation - For the Love of God - at London's White Cube Gallery, it was certain that images of it were going to beam worldwide. ...
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MAC III Profiles on Miss America Pageant 2011
The time-honored tradition that is the Miss America pageant celebrated its 90th anniversary on January 15 at the Theatre for the Performing Arts at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. ...
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LightConverse Visualization at Asian Winter Games
Light Converse Ltd.'s LightConverse 3D show platform performed to high expectations at the recent 2011 Asian Winter Games, held between January 30 and February 6 in Astana and Almaty, Kazakhstan. ...
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Sacré-Coeur de Jésus in Saint Aubin, France Adds PR Lighting to Religious Concert Venue
Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf, near Rouen, France has a concert venue particularly noted for its sonority - in the church of the Sacré-Coeur de Jésus (the center of the religious community in Saint Aubin). ...
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LTM and J&C Joel Share Vintage Bath
UK based rigging systems supply specialist Lift-Turn-Move (LTM) joined forces with long-term partner J&C Joel Limited to design and install a moving truss grid solution into the former Victorian Harpurhey Public Baths ...
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L-Acoustics' KUDO Makes the Grade at Chicago State University
Chicago State University (CSU), located on the city's south side, recently hired local concert sound provider and systems integrator Sound of Authority to install an L-Acoustics KUDO loudspeaker system into its Emil ...
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Duel Role in Czech Sports Bar for Anolis
Architect Karel Janca decided on a fresh approach when he was asked to design a new interior scheme for the Duel Sports Bar in the town of Zubri, Czech Republic.
An Anolis LED lighting scheme is an integral part of the ...
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W-DMX Now OEM-Installed in New DTS Fixtures
Wireless Solution Sweden AB has added DTS Illuminazione s.r.l. to its list of OEM partners. DTS is now offering OEM installed W-DMX in two of its newest products: the NICK WASH 600 and the Delta 10 F RGBW. ...
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Milos Concepts Debuts New Products at EuroShop 2011
Milos Concepts will show it latest offerings in space defining structural systems at EuroShop 2011, February 26-March 2 in Dusseldorf, Germany. The company will be found at Hall 9, Stand G15. ...
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Lab X Technologies Promotes Eldridge Mount to Vice President of Advanced Development
Lab X Technologies has promoted Eldridge Mount to the position of vice president of advanced development. The move enables Lab X, which reports having had a record-breaking year in 2010, to place greater emphasis on its ...
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Full Sail University Specifies Hippotizer Media Servers
Full Sail University, the entertainment technology educational institution based in Winter Park, Florida, is adding specialized Green Hippo Hippotizer media server courses to its curriculum. In preparation for the ...
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Clay Paky at 2010 Nobel Prize Banquet
On December 10, Clay Paky played a major role in one of the highest profile events in the world - The Nobel Prize Banquet. Held since 1934 in the Blue Hall of Stockholm City Hall annually on the anniversary of Alf ...
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ATK Audiotek at Super Bowl XLV with JBL VERTEC Line Arrays
ATK Audiotek recently provided audio services for Super Bowl XLV, marking the 14th straight year the company has been involved in the country's biggest sporting event. Once again, the company deployed its custom-designed ...
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projectiondesign at The Malta Experience
Aptly located in the country's capital city of Valletta, The Malta Experience has drawn more than 4.5 million visitors since its inception in 1980.
This 45-minute production has seen constant development throughout its operation ...
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Linkin Park and Laser Design Productions on SNL
Last week, Linkin Park broke out video screens and lasers to create radiant visual scanning effects of imagery on their bodies for a performance on Saturday Night Live. The concept was to turn their live performance into ...
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Robe New Age Friendship Concert, South Africa
Robe moving lights took center stage at the New Age Friendship Celebration Concert in Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban, South Africa, a Bollywood spectacular following the Standard Bank International Pro20 international ...
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The Music Group Installs Audio Precision Analyzers at Production Site
The MUSIC Group, owner of the world-renowned Behringer, Midas, and Klark Teknik brands, has installed 44 Audio Precision APx515 audio analyzers at its newly refurbished Zhongshan, China production facility. The order ...
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Russ Berger Design Group at Sunset Christian Center, California
Sunset Christian Center, in Rocklin, California, has come a long way since it was founded in a small warehouse by Greg and Kathy Fairrington more than 20 years ago. It recently opened the doors to an updated ...
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W-DMX Signs License for Wireless RDM with City Theatrical for US
Wireless Solution Sweden AB has signed an agreement to now offer wireless RDM for sales in the United States, making it the first company outside of the US to do so. W-DMX G4 is covered by U.S. Patent #7,432,803, which ...
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D.A.S. Audio Celebrates 40th Anniversary
D.A.S. Audio, the Valencia, Spain based manufacturer of loudspeaker systems, power amplification, signal processing, and related components, reports that 2011 marks the company's 40th anniversary. Founded in 1971 by a young ...
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Rose Brand Launches "How Did YOU Do It?" Contest
Rose Brand's "How Did YOU Do It?" contest offers set and event designers, scenic artists and technical directors a chance to flaunt their projects to tens of thousands of users on RoseBrand.com and the Rose Brand blog, "Know-How." ...
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Creative Stage Lighting Add PJ Turpin To Sales Team
Creative Stage Lighting has hired Paul "PJ" Turpin for the position of Western business development manager. He will be responsible for servicing CSL Dealer accounts in the Western United States. ...
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Serapid Announces Website Updates
Serapida, Inc. recently updated its website.
. A product-centered focus, technical expertise, and navigational ease were the factors driving the original design concept, the company says. In the updated site, visitors will ...
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projectiondeign Takes Awards at ISE
The Norwegian manufacturer projectiondesign won another InAVation award, given at ISE in Amsterdam, for the second consecutive year. The company won by public vote the 2011 EMEA+ Most InAVative Commercial Projector ...
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Audio-Technica Unveils U851RO Omnidirectional Condenser Boundary Microphone
Audio-Technica brings to market the new U851RO omnidirectional condenser boundary microphone. Featuring what the company says are breakthrough audio and mechanical design innovations, the phantom-powered U851RO offers ...
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Chauvet Europe to Show New Fixtures at Prolight + Sound
Chauvet announces new luminaires to the European market for Prolight + Sound: WELL, COLORado Range IP, and COLORado Ridge IP. Additionally, Chauvet announces the expansion of its year-old branch in the U.K. The ...
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New Single-Channel Cloudlifter Makes Passive Mics Active
Cloud Microphones based inTucson, is now shipping its new single channel Cloudlifter model CL-1 mic Activator. The CL-1 uses any 24-48V phantom powered device to safely supply up to 25dB of initial gain to any passive, low ...
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New iPad App for Allen & Heath iLive
Allen & Heath has released an iPad application for its iLive digital mixing system.
iLive MixPad connects to an iLive MixRack on a wireless network and provides the essential controls for live mixing, including channel ...
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Danley Flows into the River of Life Christian Center
The River of Life Christian Center in Riverview, Florida stepped boldly into the future with a dramatic overhaul, both sonic and scenic, of its new sanctuary. The church hired Christian Sound Installations (CSI) to design and install a ...
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J. R. Clancy Exposes Really Scary Rigging
How bad can rigging mistakes get? That's the question J. R. Clancy answers on a weekly basis with its Scary Rigging Photo of the Week, posted on the company's Facebook page.
The photos of real rigging, sent to Clancy staff ...
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Usher on OMG Tour with Meyer Sound and Major Tom
Usher's globe-trotting OMG Tour is underway as the entertainer delivers more than 50 large arena shows across North America, Europe, and Australia through March. UK audio hire company Major Tom Ltd is providing an all ...
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Renkus-Heinz Helps Bring New Life to Historic Theatre
In 1882, Russell Conwell, a pastor and lawyer from Boston, arrived in Philadelphia to lead Grace Baptist Church. Conwell agreed to tutor a young man unable to afford a formal education. Soon thereafter, others showed up for Conwell's ...
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Prolyte at Asian Winter Games
The Asian Winter Games were recently held in Astana and Almaty, Kazakhstan, and hosted more than 1,500 athletes representing 45 National Olympic Committees of Asia. The best athletes from 27 Asian countries competed for a record ...
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Electro-Voice EVA at Mountaintop Community Church, Alabama
ESB Group, Inc., of Springville, Alabama, a decade-old design/install firm that focuses on houses of worship as well as the education and government sectors, reports that one way it copes with its clients' budget requirements is to ...
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ARX on Tour with Foreigner.
Foreigner is currently out on their first tour of India with 48 channels of ARX MSX 48 mic line splitters, part of the complete audio production package supplied by Mumbai based Audio SOUND.COM.
The five-date tour comprises shows in ...
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Registration Opens for InfoComm 2011
Corporations, government agencies and educational, healthcare and religious institutions around the world are coming to see the newest commercial AV technology at InfoComm 2011. The leading information communications marketplace ...
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TMB Introduces Full LumenRadio CRMX Product Range to North America
TMB and LumenRadio announce the immediate availability across North America of the entire range of CRMX wireless lighting control products.
LumenRadio's proprietary CRMX products are available in a variety of form ...
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L-ACOUSTICS US Hosts KUDO and SOUNDVISION Training Sessions
L-ACOUSTICS US announces that it will be hosting three days of KUDO and SOUNDVISION training in its Oxnard, California office from March 15-17.
Primarily designed for technicians, mix engineers, and sound designers referred by ...
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Senegal World Festival of Black Arts Celebrates History with ETC Gear
ETC supplied a range of fixtures, dimming, and control equipment to the third Festival Mondial des Arts Nègres (World Festival of Black Arts and Cultures) in Dakar, Senegal.
Says Jean Louis Pernette, sales ...
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RC4 Wireless Launches New Website
RC4 Wireless, manufacturer of wireless lighting and motion technology for theatre, film, and television, has launched a completely redesigned website, http://www.theatrewireless.com ...
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Theatre in Review: Compulsion (The Public Theatre)
In Compulsion, Rinne Groff takes one of the juiciest cultural imbroglios of the 20th century -- namely the controversy surrounding the US publication, and stage adaptation, of The Diary of Anne Frank. It's a gripping ...
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Theatre in Review: A Perfect Future (Cherry Lane Theatre)
The title may be A Perfect Future,, but David Hay's new play is a throwback to those days when Edward Albee was all the rage, and everyone and his brother wrote plays about social events where the boozed-up guests ...
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White Light Holds Second New Technology Showcase
The London-based entertainment lighting company, White Light collaborated with students from the Central School of Speech and Drama for the second successive year to create a showcase of the latest in lighting technology ...
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dnp Denmark Opens Supernova Distribution Center In San Diego
dnp Denmark, the specialist in optical screen technology has recently opened a US distribution center in San Diego, California.
"Having product stocked in the US is a huge benefit," says dnp chief US executive Manfred ...
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Elation Releases Upgraded Platinum Spot 5R Pro
Elation Professional has introduced the Platinum Spot 5R Pro, an upgraded version of its Platinum Spot 5R DMX moving head.
Like the original, the new Platinum Spot 5R Pro employs Philips MSD platinum 5R lamp technology, which ...
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Allen & Heath Releases V1.8 iLive Software
Allen & Heath has released the latest version of its iLive firmware and Editor software, V1.8. The software includes support of the new xDR-16 expander hardware, MixPad app, and a range of enhancements, including a new scene safes ...
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First Night Riders Are Revving Up to Ride Again
The First Night Riders -- a group of UK-based motorbike riding theatre professionals and their friends, will once more don their leathers and helmets to raise much needed funds for The Theatrical Guild (TTG), the only ...
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High Resolution Systems Announces UDC 3.2.2 Software Release
High Resolution Systems LLC has introduced a new software release for its Universal Device Controller (UDC). UDC 3.2.2 includes numerous new features and improvements to enhance the user experience. ...
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Analog Way Announces Axion2, Remote Controller for Live Events and Multi-Screen Venues
Analog Way has unveiled Axion2, a new high-end remote controller. It was first shown at Analog Way's booth during Integrated Systems Europe 2011 in early February in Amsterdam.
Axion2 is compatible with the company's new ...
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Green Hippo Chooses B&K Braun as German Distributor
Green Hippo Ltd. has just signed its new German distributor, B&K Braun GmbH. Established in 1977, B&K Braun is a market-leading distributor of high-quality LED products and controllers. In addition to Hippotizer ...
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TOA Promotes Tim Lee to Product Support Supervisor
TOA Electronics, recently announced the promotion of Timothy Lee to product support supervisor.
Lee's new role will be to oversee the technical services group, which includes product support and repair, and to help ...
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LumenRadio Releases CRMX OEM Modules in W-DMX Legacy Form Factor
LumenRadio has announced the immediate release and availability of CRMX OEM modules in the 82 x 46mm W-DMX form factor.
All CRMX OEM modules, as well as all other CRMX products, have always offered W-DMX receiver radio ...
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Barco at World's Biggest Animatronics Show in Singapore
Barco, a global leader in entertainment lighting solutions, has provided the LED screen technology for Crane Dance, one of the most spectacular fixed performances ever put together. The show, located at Resorts World ...
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Grammy Awards Show Relies On Audio-Technica Microphones for 14th Straight Year
For the 14th year in a row, Audio-Technica maintained its status as a hallmark of the Grammy Awards Show. This year, the 53rd Annual Grammys, held February 13, 2011, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, featured a ...
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Paul Normandale Chooses MAC Luminaires for Chemical Brothers 2011 World Tour
Paul Normandale needed a cost-effective LED light, something simple but bright, for the 2011 Chemical Brothers' tour and Martin Professional's MAC 101 LED moving head fit the bill. Normandale placed 56 of the small ...
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Pulsar LED Fixtures Illuminate Bahamian Teen Club
The Bahamas mega-resort, Atlantis Paradise Island, has reinvented the concept of "no grown-ups allowed" with the opening of its teen club, Crush. An unused banquet room was re-imagined by the nightlife architect Jeffrey ...
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Entec Tours with Brit Rockers, Skunk Anansie
West London-based rental company, Entec is supplying a sound system for the ongoing Skunk Anansie world tour which has just started its latest European leg.
The UK rock band reformed in 2009 to great acclaim and released ...
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Richard Cadena Joins PLASA as Technical Editor and Assistant Technical Standards Manager
Richard Cadena, a respected lighting designer and entertainment technology media professional, has joined the PLASA staff. Cadena will serve as the technical editor for Lighting&Sound America and Lighting&Sound ...
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J. R. Clancy Takes Lead Role in PAMC "Roadie for a Day" Boot Camp
What's so tough about being a roadie? Performing arts venue managers will learn the answer to this question firsthand when they participate in this year's Performing Arts Managers Conference (PAMC) "Roadie for a Day" Boot Camp on ...
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Sennheiser Launches Paintable MKE 1 Clip-on Microphone
In what the company says is a dream come true for costume designers and sound engineers alike: Sennheiser has introduced a paintable version of its miniature MKE 1. For plays, musicals, shows, and televised events, the clip-on ...
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Meyer Sound D-Mitri Wins InAVation Award
D-Mitri, Meyer Sound's new digital audio platform, received an InAVation Award for Most InAVative Commercial Audio Product (non-loudspeaker). The award was bestowed during the fifth annual InAVation Awards ceremonies, held ...
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Anolis to Show New Products at EuroShop
European LED manufacturer, Anolis will show its latest multichip product ranges at the EuroShop show 2011: ArcLine 20 and 40MC, ArcLine Optic 20 and 40MC, ArcLine Optic Outdoor 20 and 40MC, and the ArcSource 2 and 4 MC. ...
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Clear-Com Names Larry Estrin Strategic Technology Specialist
Clear-Com has named industry-veteran, Larry Estrin, as its new strategic technology specialist. As a result of the merger of HME's pro audio division with Clear-Com, Estrin is now joining the Clear-Com team to ...
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Now Logo, Name for UK's PSA Welfare and Benevolent Fund
StageHand has been chosen as the new public-facing name for the UK's Production Services Association (PSA) Welfare and Benevolent Fund after a PSA conference call for ideas by the fund's chairman, Mike Lowe, of Bri ...
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Analog Way Completes its Smart Series with Unveiling of Smart Quad
Analog Way has unveiled Smart Quad (Ref.SQD200), a new high-resolution seamless switcher dedicated to Quadravision. This new release completes the company's Smart Series with a total of six products for to the integration market: ...
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TOA Promotes Josh Srago Senior Consultant Liaison and Trainer
TOA Electronics has promoted Josh Srago to the title of senior consultant liaison and trainer. In this position, he will be responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with consultants and designers to help them ...
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ArKaos Appoints ULA Group as Exclusive Australian and New Zealand Distributor
ArKaos has appointed ULA Group, leading supplier of professional lighting and visual solutions, as exclusive Australian and New Zealand distributor for the ArKaos range of show and lighting media server products. ...
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ARX Release MaxiDrive High Current Line Driver/Distribution Amplifier
ARX, the Australian based manufacturers of USB, digital and analog interface and signal processors, has announced the release of its new MaxiDrive six-channel high current line driver / distribution amplifier. ...
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Traxon Technologies Introduces High Resolution Media Systems
Traxon Technologies, maker of solid state lighting and control systems, has introduced its premier line of High Resolution Media Systems. The newest addition to Traxon and e:cue's innovative product portfolio, High ...
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Pathport Manager 5.1 Release Includes RDM Control
The setup and management of Pathway Connectivity's Pathport line of DMX-over-Ethernet nodes has just gotten easier and more comprehensive, the company reports.
A feature which will appeal to both casual and power users is the ...
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W-DMX Saves Season of LightOver 4,000m of Cable
The third Season of Light event in Helsinki recently wrapped up to huge critical acclaim, with Wireless Solution's W-DMX playing an integral part of one of the major installations. The event, organized by the City of ...
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grandMA2 Makes Its Miss America Pageant Debut
It was the 90th anniversary of the Miss America Pageant, and grandMA2 played a key role backstage. A pair of grandMA2 light's made their debut at the 2011 pageant, which was telecast live on ABC from the Planet ...
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Three Byte Intermedia Controls a Roomful of Apple iPads at Infiniti Leadership Summit
Working with luxury car manufacturer Infiniti, brand-leadership expert AMCI sought out Three Byte Intermedia, a custom software studio specializing in innovative AV solutions, to develop a unique personal presentation ...
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Ben-Ri Announces Onboard CRMX Wireless in New LT-Light Consoles
Ben-Ri, Spanish manufacturer of the LT-Light brand, has added onboard wireless capabilities to the entire range of new Piccolo light boards. The LT-Light Piccolo series, with an integrated CRMX transmitter from LumenRadio, ...
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Production Works, Australia, Upgrades to Midas PRO9
L to R: Production Works' Gareth Kays (digital systems engineer), Nathaniel Collins (ICT specialist), Tony Miller (CEO), Malcolm Battersby (senior audio engineer), Tom Black (digital system engineer) The Australian events company, ...
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Loudness Sonorizacao Provides JBL VERTEC Line Arrays for Rush in Rio
Loudness Sonorizacao, of Sao Paulo, Brazil recently provided a large, multi-array JBL VERTEC line array system for Rush at an outdoor show in Rio de Janeiro. The concert was part of Rush's Time Machine Tour and ...
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GLP Inc. Clarifies Position as Global Truss Distributor in US
GLP German Light Products Inc., based in Sun Valley, California, says it is clarifying its position in regard to its status as an authorized distributor of Global Truss products. GLP Inc. is indeed a fully authorized and ...
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ETC Announces End-user Workshop
For the first time in the company's history, ETC will host an end-user training event at its headquarters. CUE - which stands for Create, Understand, Experience - will be a unique opportunity for lighting professionals of ...
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Martin Professional Launches New Stagebar 2
The new Stagebar 2 LED luminaire from Martin Professional offers twice the lumen output and 10 times the intensity of the Stagebar 54. In addition,
a new and advanced lens design provides a narrower, more concentrated field of ...
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Elation Unveils EPV762 MHHigh-Res LED Moving Head Video Panel
Elation Professional has introduced an indoor LED video panel that, the company says, can move like no other. The new EPV762 MH is a high-resolution 7.62mm pitch moving head video panel that can rotate just like a moving yoke ...
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Wybron Mobile Light Lab Headed to Pacific Northwest in March
Wybron's new Mobile Light Lab, a 48' pop-out-equipped trailer that features all of the company's most crowd-pleasing products, will continue its Visuality 2011 Tour in March with events in Northern California, Oregon, and ...
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New AMX Control Module Available for L-ACOUSTICS Amplified Controllers
L-ACOUSTICS has teamed up with control and automation specialist AMX to provide external control of the LA4 and LA8 amplified controllers from an AMX touch screen panel. "The new AMX module provides L-Acoustics Systems ...
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New Cadac Compact Digital Console to Launch at Prolight+Sound
Cadac is launching a new compact digital console at this year's prolight+sound show in Frankfurt. The Cadac DM1600 is an all-new development based upon a proprietary DSP mix platform. The new mixer marks Cadac's ...
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XL Video Wins 8th TPi Award
XL Video has won its eighth Total Production International Award (TPi) for Favorite Video Services Company of the Year.
The 2011 TPi Awards -- which recognize the industry's most innovative and ambitious technical, ...
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Analog Way's Eikos Awarded at the InAVation Awards 2011
Analog Way's Eikos multi-layer mixer seamless switcher was awarded Most InAVative Commercial Video Processing or Distribution Product at the InAVation Awards 2011, held during Integrated Systems Europe in Amsterdam. < ...
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Audio Precision Celebrates a Successful 2010
The board of directors at Audio Precision, the maker of audio testing and measurement products, completed its review of 2010, and concluded that 2010 was AP's best year on record in terms of both sales and unit volume shipped. ...
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TOA Promotes Bob Tamburri Marketing Director
TOA Electronics, Inc., the manufacturer of commercial audio and security products, has promoted Bob Tamburri to the position of marketing director. He will be responsible overseeing product marketing, product management, ...
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Audio-Technica Offers U855QL Cardioid Dynamic Gooseneck Microphone
Audio-Technica has unveiled the new U855QL cardioid dynamic gooseneck microphone. Designed for use as a high-quality talk-back, paging, and dispatch microphone in commercial, industrial and entertainment applications, the U855QL ...
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EAW KF740 Loudspeakers Are Latest Addition to Eurohire Sound and Light
Eurohire Sound and Light, a turnkey supplier for Europe's events and entertainments industries, recently expanded its EAW inventory with the addition of 16 KF740 three-way line array modules. The Basingstoke, Hampshire, ...
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Philips Selecon PL1s for Lady Gaga Exhibit, Madame Tussauds, London
In December 2010, the wax figure of one of the world's most flamboyant and individual performers -- Lady Gaga -- simultaneously took to the stage at eight Madame Tussauds attractions around the world. ...
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Chroma-Q Expands HSL's Web of Clients
The Blackburn, UK -based lighting rental company, HSL has added 200 Chroma-Q Color Web 125 visual effects panels to its hire inventory, now giving the company the largest rental stock in the UK of this LED product. ...
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Lighthouse LED Video Screens at Chrysler's "Dealership of the Future"
Custom-designed Lighthouse LED video screens introduce a new fixture on the Los Angeles skyline: Motor Village, Chrysler's "dealership of the future." Motor Village is a prototype, multi-floor, multi-brand dealership rising ...
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Slash Hits the Road with DiGiCo SD8
Master guitar player Slash is on tour through the spring - on some dates opening for Ozzy Osbourne. His sound wig will include a DiGiCo SD8 at the hands of longtime audio vet, Martin Walker, of Audio ...
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Midas PRO6 on Manic Street Preachers' Tour
A Midas PRO6 making its touring debut with the Manic Street Preachers so impressed Chris Trimby, the band's Emmy-award winning engineer, he has declared it his preferred console above all others. "It'll be ...
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Sennheiser Supports Thinking Schools Ethiopia
The Thinking Schools Ethiopia project, supported by the not-for-profit Thinking Foundation, is on a mission to implement the most advanced, student-centered approach to educating students throughout Ethiopia --- the 14th-most ...
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Rat Sound Takes Delivery of L-ACOUSTICS KARA System
Deepening its dedication to L-ACOUSTICS' K Standard, Oxnard, California-based Rat Sound Systems, Inc. has now taken delivery of 18 small-format KARA line source elements.
"As we move further into the new technologies and ...
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ADLIB's Ian Tomlinson Wins TPi Lighting Designer of the Year Award
Liverpool, UK-based ADLIB Solutions' Ian Tomlinson won the 2011 Total Production International (TPi) Award for Lighting Designer of the Year. The 2011 TPi Awards -- which recognize the industry's most innovative ...
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Sight & Sound Productions, Jacksonville, Adds Sanyo Projectors to Inventory
Sight & Sound Productions, the Jacksonville, Florida-based event production company announce has purchased of two brand-new SANYO PLC-XF1000 projectors. The PLC-XF1000 features the exclusive QuaDrive optical engine for ...
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Pandoras Box Receives InAVation Awards at ISE
coolux GmbH's Pandoras Box Version 4.7 received a "highly commended" distinction at this year's InAVation Awards, held at the ISE's Diamond lounge on February 2 in Amsterdam The media server system missed the ...
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Theatre in Review: The Whipping Man (Manhattan Theatre Club/City Center)
It's always a pleasure to meet a new playwright with a real gift for narrative, and, based on the evidence of The Whipping Man, Matthew Lopez has it in spades. From the minute the lights come up on a ruined, rainswept ...
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Robe in Fast Lane at Autosports 2011 Live Action Arena, UK
Lighting designer Nathan Wan used Robe moving lights at the core of his rig for the FIFTH GEAR Live Action Arena at the 2011 Autosports International show, staged in Hall 5 of Birmingham's National ...
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Martin EC-20 LED Display Highlights Tiësto's Latest Tour Design
As the creative director for international producer and DJ sensation Tiësto; Koen De Puysseleir, of Belgian company Light in Motion, is in charge of everything visual during a Tiësto production. Recently, De Puysseleir ...
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Make a Difference Tour 2010 with Midas PRO6
Hitting 20 US cities in a month, the recent Make a Difference Tour 2010 featured Grammy-winning Christian recording artists TobyMac, Michael W. Smith, and Third Day, along with best-selling author Max Lucado. To ...
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Clay Paky at Parma's Christmas Celebrations
Clay Paky VIP 300s were used to create a new concept in illumination along the streets of Parma, Italy during its 2010 Christmas celebrations.
The project was first conceived when Alessandra Toscani made an offer to a ...
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GLPs on Judd's Last Encore Tour
Lighting designer, John Featherstone (of Lightswitch) has recently been working with both Kid Rock and The Judds -- providing media and content for the former while designing a sensitive set blending lighting ...
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Audio-Technica Mics Chosen for Pittsburgh's New Club AE
The Club AE music venue located within the new Stage AE indoor/outdoor concert facility in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, will open in early 2011 with a full complement of microphones from Audio-Technica. Stage AE, a joint ...
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Tim Hunter Design/Tim Hunter Digital Now Located in Stamford, Connecticut
Tim Hunter and Bill Groener announce the relocation of Tim Hunter Design and Tim Hunter Digital from New York City to Stamford, Connecticut.
Tim Hunter Design specializes in experiential design and is the ...
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Jeff Ravitz Consults on Lighting for Justin Bieber's 3D Film Never Say Never
Jeff Ravitz of the design firm Intensity Advisors, consulted on and designed theadaptation of Justin Bieber's tour lighting for the 3D taping of the teen star's first concert movie, Paramount Pictures' Never ...
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Elation Launches New Vide Tiles at ISE 2011
Elation Professional launched a new range of high-resolution LED video panels -- the Elation Pro Video (EPV) series -- into Europe, taking ISE 2011 as its platform. The range is especially bright, compact and easy ...
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Show Production Services Appoints New Head Of Audio Sales
Show Production Service, based in Dublin and London, has appointed Rob Bailey as head of audio sales. The new position is the result of the recently formed partnership between Show Production Services and the ADJ Group ...
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Audinate's Dante Virtual Soundcard Wins Readers Choice Award
Audinate's Dante Virtual Soundcard was awarded the 2010 Pro Sound Web/Live Sound International's Readers Choice Award for best networking technology. ProSoundWeb and Live Sound International announced the winners of the ...
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AV Concepts Expands Inventory and Staff
AV Concepts has acquired more than $1million in new equipment and has launched an aggressive recruiting campaign - due, the company says, to exceptional growth already contracted for 2011. In 2010, it enjoyed a strong performance ...
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Bruce Jackson: Public Memorial
Australia's Sydney Opera House has offered its facilities to the family, friends and colleagues of the late Bruce Jackson for a public memorial. The event will take place on February 25 in the Concert Hall, beginning at 10 ...
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James Thomas Engineering Launch X Truss
James Thomas Engineering Ltd has launched X Truss -- billed as the truss that "will not only save at least 60% of space and cost, but will save the earth."
X Truss was designed in direct response to the call to create more ...
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D.A.S. Shows New Road Monitors
D.A.S. Audio exhibited the new Roads Series stage monitors at the recently concluded ISE in Amsterdam. This was the first European showing of the new products, which will replace the SM and SML Series stage monitors that ...
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AFMG Appoints New Director of Marketing and Sales
In the course of restructuring and taking over sales of all its software products in German speaking countries, Berlin-based AFMG, manufacturer of the simulation platform for room acoustics EASE and audio measurement tools ...
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LSC Releases Redback Wallmount Range
LSC Lighting Systems has released new Redback Wallmount range, which previewed at PLASA last year. Billed as being more than just a dimmer, the Redback sports a number of new features including, optional relay channels, RDM, ...
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Theatre in Review: Black Tie (Primary Stages/59E59)
For someone whose great subject is the decline and fall of an entire way of life, A. R. Gurney has provided us with steady amusement for the better part of three decades. He shows no sign of flagging invention in Black Tie
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Lightware Debuts Series of HDMI Optical Extenders
Lightware U.S.A. the US distributor for Budapest-based, Lightware Visual Engineering, has announced the introduction of its 100, 100R, and 200R series of HDMI optical extenders. The new HDMI-OPT series devices extend HDMI 1 ...
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Brilliant Stages Rate in Pollstar's Top 50 Worldwide Concert Tours 2010
Brilliant Stages, UK-based fabricators of specialist staging, was delighted to discover that its work was internationally represented in three of the top five tours of 2010.
According to Pollstar's recent listings of ...
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Renovated Grand Ole Opry House Gets Vari*Lite Units
When Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House was struck by a devastating flood last May, the damage to the entire facility was extensive. With less than six months to get the venue back up and ready to go for the Opry's 85th anniversary ...
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K-array Makes Audio History at Verona Opera Festival
The Verona Opera Festival is famed for its historic venue -- a 2,000-year-old Roman amphitheatre, built in 30 AD. Since the opera's inception in 1913, performances at the Festival at the Arena di Verona have been ...
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Pyrotek Special Effects Supplies Pyro for Rush's Time Machine Tour
Working on his third world tour with Rush, Pyrotek Special Effects' long-time pyrotechnician John Arrowsmith, worked with the production designer Howard Ungerleider to accomplish the various effects, and specific ...
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Bavarian Film Awards Places Trust in Martin Pro Lighting, LED Displays
On January 1h, the 32nd Bavarian Film Awards (Bayerischer Filmpreis) ceremony was held at Prinzregententheater in Munich. The event, one of the biggest live productions carried out by the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation< ...
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Tokyo's New National Theatre Gets Aviom Personal Mixing System
Aviom's personal mixing system has become the perfect partner to the orchestras that play at New National Theatre Tokyo (NNTT). The quick and simple setup associated with the Aviom system allows the theatre's technical crew ...
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Squeeze Tours with Bandit
Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, otherwise known as Squeeze, reissued many of their hits in a new album titled Spot the Difference, challenging fans to notice the one detail changed in each new version. ...
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WSDG-E Upgrades Audio at Swiss Music Hall
Commonly known as "'tis" to six generations of fans, the Atlantis Basel's has been one of Switzerland's largest and most popular music halls for 63 years. Founded as a café in 1947 by explorer Paul Seiler, 'tis moved to ...
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Projection Studio at NewcastleGateshead Initiative's 2010 Enchanted Parks
London-based, The Projection Studio was commissioned to create a magical work on the Almond Pavilion in Saltwell Park, Gateshead for the NewcastleGateshead Initiative's 2010 Enchanted Parks event. This occasion ...
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Martin Audio Backs Up Showcase Gospel Concert
Founder-owner Harold Cummings and his company, Drummer Boy Productions, recently provided an entire Martin Audio system for a concert by leading Gospel artist Fred Hammond at the Jesus People Ministries ...
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Simon Productions Provides SLS Ribbon Driver Line Arrays for 2011 NAMM Show Concert
NAMM Samson featured a lineup of musicians that included Peter Erskine, Victor Wooten, Alex Acuna, Billy Sheehan, Stu Hamm, Steve Vai and Jack Bruce. Simon Productions, a Los Angeles-based, sound reinforcement ...
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30% Increase in Visitor Registrations for PLASA 2011
Over 6,500 visitors have confirmed their attendance at London's entertainment and installation technology trade show, PLASA 2011, one month after registration opened on January 1. The unprecedented surge in visitor registrations ...
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4Wall Los Angeles Adds Rental Executive Joel Sherman
The newest of 4Wall's four locations is adding another member to its rentals and sales team. Joel Sherman, a veteran of the lighting industry in California, joins 4Wall LA this month as a rentals and sales agent. ...
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Clearwing Productions Adds Nancy Tallman to Phoenix Staff
Clearwing Productions has added Nancy Tallman to its Phoenix, Arizona staff as a lighting project manager.
She brings to Clearwing over 20 years experience in the entertainment industry. Before joining Clearwing ...
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JoeCo Ships New BlackBox Player
BlackBox Recorder manufacturer, JoeCo has announced that its new BlackBox Player is now shipping. Able to replay 24 channels of high-quality audio at up to 24 bit/96kHz, the BlackBox Player is the first dedicated multi-channel ...
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Christie Steals the Show at the InAVation Awards 2011
Christie's MicroTiles product was awarded Most InAVative Digital Signage Product in the Technology Awards category at the prestigious 2011 InAvation Awards, presented at this year's ISE exhibition in Amsterdam. Last ...
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Void Acoustics to Launch New Products Prolight + Sound
Void Acoustics, designer and manufacturer of advanced professional audio systems for the installed and live sound markets, will showcase its new products at Prolight + Sound 2011 in Frankfurt, April 6-9. The company will ...
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D.A.S. Appoints Claus Behrens Business Development Manager
B>Claus Behrens has recently joined the D.A.S. Audio team. In this new chapter of his career at the Spanish company, he will have the new position of business development manager.
Behrens' broad professional background ...
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Studiotec New Martin Professional Distributor in Finland
Martin Professional Scandinavia has appointed Finnish company Studio Tec as its new distributor in Finland. Effective February 1, Studiotec is the exclusive representative of Martin Professsional products across the country ...
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Robe LEDWash 600s for Roncalli Circus
Newly purchased Robe ROBIN LEDWash 600 moving lights were one of the star attractions for the seventh Circus Roncalli Christmas season, staged at the Tempodrom Möckernstraße, Berlin. The venue becomes one of the ...
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W-DMX Lights Brazil's Xaixa Econômica Federal Bank
W-DMX, from Wireless Solution Sweden AB, made Christmas a colorful event for the Caixa Econômica Federal Bank in Brazil during a special installation running December 10- January 1.
The challenge: to send a reliable ...
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Clay Paky Alpha Beam 700s on Usher's OMG Tour
Usher has followed the release of his new album Versus with the OMG Tour, his first big-budget spectacle since 2004. Embarking on a 25-date tour of America, the platinum-selling artist remarked that his show would ...
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The Pasadena Symphony and POPS, Performing with Audio-Technica Microphones
The Pasadena Symphony and POPS is using microphones from Audio-Technica. Complete Production Rentals, a local provider of rentals, sales, and service of sound and video equipment, uses Audio-Technica microphones ...
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More Acts Go Green with Bandit
In 2010, Paramore, Diversity, and Pixie Lott all went green with Bandit Lites in the UK, moving toward more environmentally friendly, LED based equipment. In keeping with the Bandit goal of being 80% green by the end of ...
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Ashly Audio at St. Joseph University Church, Buffalo
St. Joseph University Church, located in Buffalo, is 160 years old; its current building, dedicated in 1925, holds 800 congregants. Above its traditional cross-shaped stone floor soar pillars and walls of gorgeous white stone and ...
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GoVision Screens at Super Bowl Events
Everywhere you looked during Super Bowl week in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area, you'd find NFL-sponsored festivities, star-studded parties, and fans from around the world basking in the aura of the world's biggest ...
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DBN Helps Launch Turku's European Capital of Culture Year
Stephen Page, from Manchester, UK-based company DBN Lighting, designed the lighting scheme for the opening ceremony of Turku, Finland's year as 2011 European Capital of Culture.
Page was asked to work aboard the ...
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Robe LEDWash 600s at Russian Orthodox Christmas Services in Moscow
Moscow-based lighting rental company, Light Logic supplied Robe LEDWash 600 and ColorWash 1200 moving lights for the Orthodox Christmas Ceremonial Service held at the Cathedral of Christ The Savior in Moscow on ...
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Buffalo Bills Kick Off with Clear-Com Gear
Clear-Com reports its longtime customer the Buffalo Bills has upgraded its production team's communications to Clear-Com's Eclipse-PiCo digital matrix with V-Series panels and Tempest 2400 digital wireless intercom systems ...
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Lynx Pro Audio Goes Solo
Former VMB sound engineers and workers have set up Spanish professional audio manufacturer Lynx Pro Audio, with its own dedicated sales, marketing, and R&D team focusing solely on acoustical and electronic professional ...
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Theatre in Review: Gruesome Playground Injuries (Second Stage)
Gruesome Playground Injuries is a nearly perfect title: Like Rajiv Joseph's play, it's original, unsettling, and more than a little off-putting. Apparently gripped by the desire to subvert the two-character romance ...
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The Week in Review
In Memoriam: Bruce Jackson: the audio world was shocked to hear that Bruce Jackson, the Australia-born sound engineer and product innovator, was killed in an airplane accident on January 29. He was alone on board, flying a plane ...
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Serapid Stage Lift At The New World Symphony In Miami Beach
The recently opened New World Center in Miami Beach is home to the New World Symphony, America's orchestral academy. The building is designed by Frank Gehry and Partners and features a stage lift utilizing Serapi ...
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New Ft. Worth Science and History Museum Taps MediaMation for 4D Motion Effects Theater Technology
MediaMation (MMI) a supplier of 4D motion effects seats, theatres and related technologies to the museum marketplace, was subcontracted to A/V integrators Technomedia Solutions, of Orlando, Florida, to supply major ...
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Studer Vista 5 Digital Console at Famed Great Festival Hall in Austria
The Grosses Festspielhaus (Great Festival Hall), home to the Salzburg Festival--one of the most famous performance spectaculars in the world--has revamped its main audio system for the first time in two decades. The ...
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Bandit Lights Arcade Fire
Susanne Sasic, together with production manager Steve Gordon, called upon Bandit Lites in London to service the European segment of the 2010 Arcade Fire tour.
The show was heavy on video and lighting, with ...
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PLASA Launches Facebook Pages
PLASA has announced the launch of its Facebook pages. Visitors to PLASA Focus, the PLASA Show, and members of PLASA can now join their Facebook pages. Members will be the first to find out about industry news, ...
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TC Group Joins AVnu Alliance
TC Group -- parent company of leading audio manufacturing brands TC Electronic, Tannoy, Lab.gruppen, Lake and TC Helicon -- announced on Tuesday at the opening of Integrated Systems Europe 2011 that it is to ...
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Sennheiser Canada Presents Live Mixing Workshop This Month in Toronto
Audio specialist Sennheiser Canada announced that it will be hosting a very special live mixing workshop February 21-23 in downtown Toronto. The workshop provides audio engineers with a complete overview of how to set up and run ...
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Boston Conservatory Chooses PowerLifts for Major Renovation
When the Boston Conservatory began the Hemenway Project, a $30-million renovation and expansion of its instructional and performance space at 31 Hemenway Street, one directive was clear: The theatre would be equipped with ...
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Theatre in Review: Three Sisters (Classic Stage Company)
A friend of mine often remarks it is God's mercy that there has never been a perfect production of Three Sisters. He says that Anton Chekhov's vision is so powerful, his character insights so penetrating, that, ...
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Theatre in Review: The Road to Qatar! (York Theatre Company)
The Road to Qatar! has an irresistible comic premise: Two struggling musical theatre writers are hired to create a 90-minute tuner for the opening of a soccer stadium in the title country. (Astonishingly, it's a true story, ...
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GLP Inc. Launches Scenex Lighting Division
GLP (German Light Products) Inc. has launched Scenex Lighting, a new company division focused on the scenic elements of today's entertainment lighting industry.
Using LED technology at its core, Scenex Lighting is ...
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Barco Launches Compact 14K Lumens 3D Events Projector
Barco has launched a newly designed three-chip DLP platform for mid-sized event venues. The HDX-W14 is a 3D projector with advanced image processing, increased and easy control options, and a compact design. ...
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Bandit Lites Invests $5 Million in Green Technology
Bandit Lites has made several strategic investments on a global basis to further the push into green technology and to provide their clients with leading edge services. Total expenditures were over five million dollars. ...
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Pulse Stage Lighting Named Preferred Lighting Vendor for SIR Stage37
Pulse Stage Lighting, LLC has been named the preferred lighting and video vendor for SIR Stage37, SIR's new event space in New York City.
Located at West 37th Street between 10th and 11th Avenues in Manhattan and owned ...
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Extended Warranty and End User Rebate Spur CAD Growth
As part of an aggressive effort to grow brand and product awareness, sales and profit, CAD Audio now offers an extended five-year warranty on its recording, live performance and Astatic Commercial microphones (CAD Personal Audio ...
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Earthworks, Inc. Introduces The SR40V High Definition Vocal Microphone
Featuring a 9mm back electric condenser-type transducer with a diaphragm measuring five microns, Earthworks, Inc's SR40V is said to produce fastest transient response of any vocal microphone on the market. Combined with a Hyper ...
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Hosa Technology Recognizes The Peter E. Schmitt Company as Rep of the Year
Hosa Technology, the maker analog and digital connectivity solutions for the modern musician and distributor of Da-Cappo Micro microphones throughout the Americas, announces its Biggest Cheese Award (Rep of the Year) has ...
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Shure Acquires Informationsteknik
Shure Incorporated has acquired Informationsteknik, of Copenhagen, Denmark, a provider of discussion systems and creative audio/video communication solutions. "This acquisition is beneficial to both organizations," said S ...
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projectiondesign Names Åsmund O. Fodstad as Executive Vice President
Åsmund O. Fodstad has been named executive vice president of projectiondesign, effective February 1.
Fodstad has more than 15 years of sales, marketing, management, and operations experience in the energy, software and ...
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The Judds Go Martin for The Last Encore Tour
Grammy award-winning country music duo Naomi and Wynonna Judd bid their fans a final farewell on an 18-city tour that saw the reunited mother-daughter act performing beneath a large rig that included 17 Martin Pro
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Creative Technology The North American International Auto Show
Prospects are looking bright for the automotive industry as seen at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) held in Detroit, January 10-23. Major car manufacturers such as Audi, Bentley, BMW/MINI, Ford Motor Company ...
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Aviom Pro64 Network at Sultan Qaboos University's New Multipurpose Hall
The new multipurpose hall at Sultan Qaboos University, located in the Sultanate of Oman, features a fully equipped sound, lighting, and video system. Included in this setup is an extensive Aviom Pro64 audio network, which ...
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University of the Cumberlands Upgrades With Yamaha Installation Series Speakers
The University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Kentucky is a private liberal arts institution founded in 1888. With an enrollment of 3,300 students, the school is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Church. Recently, < ...
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Bruce Jackson, Sound Pioneer, Dies in Plane Crash
Bruce Jackson, the Australia-born sound engineer and product innovator was killed in a airplane accident on January 29. He was alone on board, flying a plane that crashed about six miles from Furnace Creek, Death Valley National ...
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Audinate Debuts the Dante Brooklyn II Audio Networking Module
Audinate has announced the availability of its new Dante Brooklyn II audio networking module, a high-performance yet cost-effective product implementation of Dante.
The Dante Brooklyn II module is a low-height, small mini-PCI ...
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Audio-Technica Offers ATW-CHG2 Two-Bay Recharging Station for Newly Designed 2000 Series Wireless
Audio-Technica offers the ATW-CHG2 two-bay recharging station for its new 2000 Series wireless transmitters. This versatile unit charges ATW-T220a handheld transmitters and/or ATW-T210a UniPak transmitters (in any combination). ...
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Lab X Technologies Unveils 1Gig AVB Ethernet Switch, Titanium 411 at ISE
Lab X Technologies is introducing the Titanium 411 1GB AVB Ethernet Switch at ISE in Amsterdam this week, Supporting IEEE 802.1 Audio Video Bridging standards, the Titanium 411 is specifically designed for the demanding ...
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BSS Audio Introduces Full-Bandwidth Acoustic Echo Cancellation Algorithm for SL Conferencing Processors
BSS Audio, a Harman International Company has introduced a new full-bandwidth acoustic echo cancellation (AEC) algorithm for its Soundweb London conferencing processors. The new full-bandwidth AEC algorithm is released with ...
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Andrew Nagel Named L-ACOUSTICS Installation Support Manager
L-Acoustics US announces the appointment of Andrew Nagel to the new post of installation support manager.
Effective February 1, Nagel reports to Cédric Montrezor, global head of installation support for L ...
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Peavey Wins Sound Reinforcement Line of the Year at MMR Dealers' Choice Awards
Peavey won the Musical Merchandise Review (MMR) Dealers' Choice Award for Sound Reinforcement Line of the Year, an honor the company has received from retailers in four of the past six years for advancements in technology ...
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Sapsis Rigging, Inc. Installs Truss for Peter Greenway's Leonardo's Last Supper Multimedia Exhibit
Sapsis Rigging, Inc. (SRI) designed and installed the truss system for the multimedia exhibit Leonardo's Last Supper: A Vision by Peter Greenway recently on view at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City. ...
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JBL VERTEC at Robsham Theatre, Boston College
The Robsham Theatre Arts Center (RTAC) is a focal point of Boston College in Massachusetts, USA. Built in 1981, the facility houses the 591-seat Robsham Theatre, along with an exhibit space, a studio theatre and other ...
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Chauvet at Bing Bar, Sundance Film Festival
Chauvet reports the installation of 100 fixtures inside Bing Bar, an exclusive Microsoft-sponsored lounge in the historic Claim Jumper Hotel, during this year's Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah ...
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February 15th Deadline for Hemsley Lighting Programs Internship Applications
The Hemsley Lighting Programs is now accepting applications for the 2011 Hemsley Internship in Lighting.
Applications for the 28th annual Hemsley Internship Program with the New York City Ballet, New York City Opera, ...
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Barco Introduces "Most Energy-efficient" Indoor 7mm LED Display on the Market
Barco has developed the C7, a 7mm tile for use in a multitude of display applications where image quality is critical. With 2,000 nits calibrated brightness and 7mm LED pitch, the C7 is suited for presenting sharp, sophisticated ...
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Show Production Services and ADJ Group form Partnership
The sales division of Show Production Services has been appointed as the new partner for the ADJ Group in Ireland.
The British lighting and production rental company has two outlets in Ireland, in Dublin and Portlaoise, ...
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Harman Professional Appoints Aaron Simon Director of Licensed Products
Harman Professional has appointed Aaron Simon to the position of director of licensed products. Simon will be responsible for spearheading an ongoing range of new and existing initiatives specifically designed as part of a ...
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Clearwing Productions Opens California Office
Clearwing Productions announces the opening of Clearwing Productions California, Inc. located in San Diego. Jason Schwartzel, previously the project engineer for the Clearwing Productions Arizona design/build department, ...
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Martin Professional Now on Facebook
Martin Professional's Facebook page is dedicated to communicating with Martin fans around the world. Become an active participant in discussions, share ideas and experiences, and connect with your fellow Martin friends. ...
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LOUD Recognizes Outstanding North American Sales Partner Performance
LOUD Technologies Inc. awarded North American sales firms for outstanding 2010 sales and service performance. The following firms received an award in these respective categories:
Ampeg Best Performance, North America - ...
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Robe CitySkape Xtremes at Australia's Hanging Rock Concert
Robe CitySkape Xtreme and CitySource 96 LED wash lights were used to illuminate the picturesque and iconic Hanging Rock, a rare volcanic formation located near the townships of Woodend and Mount Macedon in Victoria, ...
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PR Lighting Goes High Profile with TechnoPro In Doha
PR Lighting fixtures featured heavily in two high-profile, but completely diverse, events in Qatar recently. December proved a busy month as nearly 150 of the Chinese manufacturer's flagship products were deployed by local ...
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Status Quo and Bandit on Tour
Bandit Lites and rock legends Status Quo have both been in the concert touring game for 40 years The band, led by Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt, continued its relationship with Bandit in 2010 as it toured the ...
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ISHQ-e-DILLI, First Indian Video Son et Lumière, Goes Live
India's first permanent full moving image son et lumière, ISHQ-e-DILLI -- The Love of Delhi, installed at Purana Quila, a 16th-century fort founded by Mughal Emperor Humayun in 1533- - was officially opened by India's Vice ...
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Midas PRO6 at Tennessee's World Outreach Church
A Midas PRO6 emerged the clear winner for the World Outreach Church in Murfressboro, Tennessee, when selecting a console for its new 2,800-capacity main sanctuary. "The sound quality and navigation are unbeatable," ...
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