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  Drama Desk Nominations Announced
The nominations for this year's Drama Desk Awards were announced this morning. The Drama Desk is the organization of critics, reporters, and editors who regularly cover the New York theatre. The awards are unique in that they take in shows ...
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Winners Announced at Helen Hayes Awards
The winners of the Helen Hayes Awards, which honor achievement in the Washington, DC metropolitan area theatre, were given out on April 23.
In the design categories, Lee Savage won for the scenic design of Much Ado About ...
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Creative Stage Lighting to Host "Green Is A Number"
Creative Stage Lighting has announced the newest addition to their webinar series: Green Is A Number.
The session takes place May 9, starting at 3pm with special guests Richard Cadena and James Bedell. Cadena ...
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American DJ Introduces Four Low-Profile Professional LED Pars
American DJ introduces the Flat Par "Q" Series consists of four low-profile par models, each featuring cutting-edge quad-color technology, with either RGBW (red, green, blue, white) or RGBA (red, green, blue, amber) four-in-one LED ...
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LED Source Launches Financing Program for Energy Efficient Lighting Upgrades
LED Source, a solutions provider who specializes in full-scale evaluations and retrofits utilizing LED lighting, announces the launch of LouMan Money. The private-labeled finance program affords commercial businesses an energy ...
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XTA Electronics Introduces the DS8000 Audio Distribution System
Worcestershire UK-based manufacturer XTA Electronics announces the launch of the DS8000 -- a complete redesign of their famous DS800 mic/line distribution system for the broadcast and touring markets. The DS800, and all XTA products ...
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Trans-Lux Sponsors 2012 Drama Desk Awards Nominations Press Conference
Trans-Lux Corporation sponsored the 2012 Drama Desk Awards Nominations press conference held Friday, April 27, at Feinstein's at the Loews Regency in New York City. Drama Desk winners Donna Murphy and Brian d'Arcy James will host ...
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Paul Kent Rejoins Electrosonic
Electrosonic announced the appointment of Paul Kent as senior consultant to the cultural entertainment and leisure (CEL) team for Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). Kent originally joined Electrosonic in 1996. During his ...
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SysTune 1.2 Release Set for May 1
AFMG, German-based pro-audio software developers, will release the new version of their real-time audio analysis software SysTune on May 1. SysTune's new update will be free for the community of existing users. ...
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Peavey MediaMatrix NION Training Seminar Scheduled for May
Peavey Commercial Audio will host a two-day MediaMatrix NION certification training course in New Orleans during May, where AV designers, consultants, contractors, and end-users can learn the best practices for designing, deploying, ...
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W-DMX on Vangelis Concert in Doha
W-DMX by Wireless Solution Sweden AB helped make the grand opening of the Katara Amphitheatre in Doha, Qatar a truly illuminated evening.
The venue, the largest amphitheatre in the Middle East, played center stage for a special ...
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Robert Juliat FLOs Performs on Cirque Arlette Gruss
L'Autre Monde, the new show from Gilbert Gruss' Cirque Arlette Gruss, is currently touring France with four DMX-controlled Robert Juliat 1,800W MSR FLO followspots to highlight its dazzling, fast moving acts. ...
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4Wall to Purchase Assets of TLS, Inc., Announces Opening of 4Wall Nashville
4Wall Entertainment is pleased to announce the asset acquisition of TLS, Inc. Since its inception in 1981, TLS, Inc. has been at the forefront of theatrical lighting in the Southern United States. The company features ...
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NATEAC Announces Sessions for July 22-23, 2012 Event
The North American Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference's goal is to create a foundation for dialogue among those involved in the creation of theatre spaces, be they new constructions or renovations of existing ...
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Projection Studio Designed Record-Breaking Video on Buckingham Palace
London, UK-based The Projection Studio, headed by visual artist Ross Ashton, designed and created the record-breaking video artwork featuring 32 animated mosaic portraits of HM The Queen that was being projected onto ...
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dbn Installs for the Preston Passion
Manchester-based lighting and rigging rental specialist, dbn supplied three giant truss crucifixes used as a dramatic and eye-catching backdrop for the BBC's live broadcast of The Preston Passion. ...
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Penn Elcom Launches Innovative New CaseDesigner Software
Flightcase and speaker-cabinet solutions specialist Penn Elcom has developed a new software program, CaseDesigner, instigating fully-flexible flightcase construction.
The fully visual graphical interface enables Penn Elcom ...
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Theatre in Review: One Man, Two Guvnors (Music Box Theatre)
That James Corden really is a clown.
This is meant as the highest of praise. Our contemporary theatre does a great many things well, but it lags behind in the regular production of outsized comic talents; there's a pronounced ...
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Harman's AKG HSC and HSD Headsets Recognized as Best Of Show At NAB 2012 by ProSoundNetwork
Following favorable reviews while showcasing its broadcast technology, Harman's AKG HSC and HSD professional headset line has been recognized as the Best Of Show by ProSoundNetwork's team of editors at NAB 2012. The four ...
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Robe Shines in De Effenaar Installation
De Effenaar is a busy live music and multi-purpose venue in central Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Its two very flexible spaces offer capacity for 1,300 people (standing) and 400 (standing) respectively, and a cafe restaurant area can cater ...
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Shroom Lounge Rules the Night with coolux
The new Shroom Lounge and Nightclub in Delhi offers its customers an extremely stylish clubbing experience, which is made possible through a combination of great design and modern projection technology. Shroom has quickly become a favorite ...
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KIVA Installed in Friends University's Sebits Auditorium
L-ACOUSTICS certified partner Event Systems of Wichita, Kansas, reports that it recently designed and installed a KIVA-KILO system at Sebits Auditorium on the campus of Friends University, a private Christian liberal arts ...
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Eristoff Invasion 2012 Pulsates with D.A.S. Audio
On March 10th at Amanora Park Town, the second installment of this year's Eristoff Invasion Festival took place with one the world's foremost music makers, DJ David Guetta, as the show's headlining act. Guetta's pulsating sounds projected ...
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Florence and the Machine Lit by Chris Bushell Using Philips Vari-Lite
Lighting designer for Florence and the Machine, Chris Bushell, is using VL3500 Wash and VL3000 Spot luminaires from Philips Vari-Lite to deliver his evocative and atmospheric lighting design for the band's sold-out world tour ...
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Entec Answers Mayday Call
West London UK-based rental company, supplied full technical production including lighting and sound equipment and crew for a recent high profile show at Wembley Arena by Taiwanese alt rock superstars, Mayday. ...
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Theatre in Review: Don't Dress for Dinner (Roundabout Theatre Company at American Airlines Theatre)
Well, it's no Boeing-Boeing. In 2008, the director Matthew Warchus, aided by Mark Rylance, Christine Baranski, and a supremely gifted cast managed to inject some jet fuel into that antique vehicle; now somebody at Roundabout decided ...
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PR Lighting Announces First Two LED Spots
PR Lighting has launched its first compact moving head LED spot and beam fixtures.
The LED Spot 400 comes equipped with a 16-38-degree wide zoom, while the LED Beam emits an intense 6-degree beam. Both run extremely quietly, ...
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Light Plot Deconstructed, Fourth Edition Now Available from Gregg Hillmar
Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. has released an updated training guide for users of Vectorworks software: Light Plot Deconstructed for Vectorworks Spotlight, Fourth Edition. The book was written by Gregg Hillmar, a ...
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Times Square Lighting Introduces the LED36P
The LED36P from Times Square Lighting delivers the lighting equivalent of a 75W pattern projector utilizing a 36W LED module. The company says the rewards are savings of 10 times the lamp life as well as 70% energy savings. The ...
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PSNI Announces Data Projections as Newest Affiliate
Professional Systems Network International (PSNI) announced that Data Projections, a leading Houston-based audiovisual integrator, has been approved for affiliation by consent of the PSNI stockholders. ...
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Masque Sound's Audio Package on the new Musical Once
Masque Sound, a theatrical sound reinforcement, installation and design company specializing in live concert, television broadcast, corporate, industrial, theatrical, house of worship and sports events, has provided a custom audio ...
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PSG Inc. Implements LIGHTCONVERSE Visualization in its Montreal Studio
PhantomShadow Group Inc. (PSG Inc.), in collaboration with LightConverse North America, has begun employing LIGHTCONVERSE 3D Show Platform software in its studio to create highly realistic pre-show visualization, efficiently ...
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Tim Sauerman Joins Poet Technical Services
PTS (Poet Technical Services) has named Tim Sauerman as its new technical director at their home office in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Sauerman will be managing operations for PTS while it continues to provide acrobatic ...
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The Revolution Reunite for American Heart Association Benefit
The year was 1984 and Prince's soon-to-be-iconic masterpiece, Purple Rain, was released to much fanfare. His backing band, the Revolution, shared the stage with Prince for many years. This past February, the band came together again in ...
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ETC on the Set in Ukraine
The Ukraina and Novy channels are two of the most-watched television outlets in Ukraine. In early 2011, the Ukraina station launched a new HD-capable facility, complete with four television studios. At the same time, the Novy channel ...
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Meyer Sound Raises the Bar at Jay-Z's 40/40 Club
The accolades are nonstop at New York's recently renovated 40/40 Club, owned by hip-hop superstar Jay-Z and partner Juan Perez. As part of the multimillion-dollar renovation, a huge complement of Meyer Sound ...
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Robe Appoints New Argentinian Distributor
Robe announces a new exclusive Argentinian distributor -- Buenos Aires-based the TSD Group.
The company is run by Daniel Lema, and it served all sectors of the professional entertainment technology industry since ...
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Dino Pascarelli Joins ARRI CSC Florida as Digital Liaison
ARRI CSC, a full service equipment rental group in the United States, is pleased to announce the addition of Dino Pascarelli to the office in Florida. In his role as digital liaison, Pascarelli will be responsible for guiding ...
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Lectrosonics Announces Release of Venue V5.1 Firmware
Lectrosonics, a manufacturer of wireless microphone systems and audio processing products, introduces the release of Version 5.1 firmware for the company's highly acclaimed Venue Wideband modular receiver system. The V5.1 firmware ...
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NAMM Foundation Works With White House Committee On New Arts Initiative to Help Low-Performing Schools
The NAMM Foundation will support a new initiative lead by the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities and developed in cooperation with the US Department of Education and the White House Domestic Policy Council. The T ...
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Atlanta Special FX Debuts New Dual-barreled Cryo Gun with Lasers Blasts
Atlanta Special FX introduces a new handheld CO2 cryo gun that sends beams of light through haze/fog with dual high intensity green lasers. The CO2 cyro gun creates two streams of cold cryo fog, via a cool double-barrel design that ...
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Brit Floyd Pays Tribute with Elation
Nothing can match the over-the-top sensory experience of a Pink Floyd show . . . except for a Brit Floyd show. This UK-based tribute group formed by Chas Cole has quickly earned raves among Floyd devotees worldwide, not only for their ...
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Frost Chicago Gives L-ACOUSTICS KARA a Warm Welcome
For over two decades, Frost Chicago has served as one of the Windy City's premier event services companies. Providing audio, video, lighting, staging and fabric design for large-scale private events, social gala functions and ...
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WiSE and Le Mark join forces for Breast Cancer Awareness
Every year entertainment technology trade event, PLASA Focus: Leeds, provides a hub of innovation and valuable industry networking opportunities. This year was no different. However in addition to its usual offerings the show saw ...
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DiGiCo SD8 Stars At The Friendliest Festival On The Planet
Billed as 'the friendliest festival on the planet', Sauti za Busara is the highlight of the annual music calendar in Tanzania. The East African event takes place over five days in February and this year attracted 400 musicians from ...
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C.Vilar Puts Project Energia to the Test
Adamson Systems Engineering announces the addition of the first Energia Beta partner in Latin America. Bogota, Colombia based C.Vilar Amplificacion LTDA, has been a long time Adamson user, with one of the largest Adamson ...
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Powersoft M50Q DSP+ ETH Powers South Hill Seventh Day Adventist Church
The church leaders at South Hill Seventh Day Adventist Church located in Spokane, Washington, had been satisfied with their older, center cluster sound system for years. Used primarily for the spoken word, church members found it adequate ...
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Lighthouse Jumbovision and TS Sports Place Sugar Land's New LED Video Board in the "Heart" of Texas
Lighthouse and TS Sports are completing the installation of four 20mm LED video screens at Constellation Field, home of the Sugar Land Skeeters of the Atlantic League.
The main screen, fitted within a Lone Star State ...
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Natural History Museum of LA County Opens New Dinosaur Hall with Electrosonic
Visitors to the Dinosaur Hall in the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County experience the wonder of the prehistoric creatures in a totally new way with innovative exhibits featuring audio-visual systems provided by Electrosonic
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Intellasound and Electro-Voice Bring Regal Sound to Madison's Majestic Theatre
As a thriving college town, Madison, Wisconsin is fertile ground for an active music scene that caters to high standards and eclectic tastes. As such, it's a fitting location for the Majestic Theatre, a 106-year-old venue whose ...
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ETCP Welcomes Gravitec Systems, Inc. and the PRG Institute to Recognized Training Program List
ETCP announces that Gravitec Systems, Inc. and Production Resource Group (PRG) have joined the ranks of elite training opportunities by becoming ETCP Recognized Training Programs. ETCP certified technicians who attend ...
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Julie's Bicycle and White Light Embark on Three-Year Partnership
Julie's Bicycle announces a new sponsorship deal with entertainment lighting specialist White Light. Julie's Bicycle and White Light have developed a strong relationship over the last five years based on a mutual commitment ...
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Outer Critics Circle Nominations Announced
The nominations were announced today for the Outer Critics Circle Awards. The organization consists of critics and reporters who cover New York theatre for out-of-town newspapers, national publications, and other media beyond ...
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Turbosound Wins Queen's Award for Innovation
Delivering sound quality to a wider concert audience has won West Sussex based manufacturer, Turbosound Ltd., a 2012 Queen's Award for Innovation. This is the third Queen's Award that the company has earned in its 30 year history of ...
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Allen & Heath Wins Queen's Award for Enterprise
Pro audio mixer manufacturer, Allen & Heath, received the Queen's Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category. The honor has been granted for the company's outstanding achievement in export growth between 2008 and 2011, ...
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InfoComm Opens Public Review Period of Draft Energy Management Standard
InfoComm International, the trade association representing the audiovisual and information communications industries worldwide, is opening the public review and comment period for the proposed draft standard, INFOCOMM 4: 2012 DS1 ...
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Best Boy 4000 Spot Shines on American Idol
For 11 seasons, lighting designer Kieran Healy has created "concert" looks for American Idol, balancing the requirements for both the studio and television audiences. To realize his design goals, PRG is providing the lighting ...
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Lex Products' New Six-Circuit Lighting Cable Assemblies Deliver Greater Durability with Proprietary Features
Lex Products Corporation introduces a six-circuit, lighting cable assemblies for the entertainment industry. Lex Products developed the solution to help remedy a long-standing industry problem of cable damage due to broken ...
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Cosmic Truss Launches First Toolbox App for Free Download
Cosmic Truss has announced the release of its first toolbox app through the Apple iTunes store.
Available for the Apple range of iPhone / iPad products -- and soon to be released on the Android platform -- the app is a must have ...
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Kinetic Launches All New E-Commerce Store
Kinetic Lighting, Inc. launched a new e-commerce site: KineticLightingStore.com. The online store sells theatrical lighting equipment and supplies, as well as clothing and tools (the company plans to offer industry publications in ...
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CAST BlackTrax Wins Prestigious IABM Game Changers Award at NAB
CAST Group of Toronto, Canada was awarded an inaugural IABM Game-Changer Award for BlackTrax by the International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers (IABM). The Awards were held during NAB (National Association ...
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DiGiCo's Training Seminars Reach Russia
The latest location added to DiGiCo's roster of training seminars is Russia, with its first seminar for the territory held in February at the recording and performance studios of the famous artist Igor Sandler by its Russian distributor,
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JHS Introduces the HK Audio LUCAS Nano 300 at PLASA Focus: Leeds 2012
Trade distributor John Hornby Skewes & Co. Ltd. presented the HK Audio LUCAS Nano 300 at PLASA Focus: Leeds 2012 at the Royal Armouries, April 17-18, along with the current HK Audio, Studiomaster, Lab.gruppen, Lake, and LA ...
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Universal Event Productions Invests in Newest Robe LED Solutions
Live-event technical-solutions provider, Universal Event Productions (UEP) from Buckinghamshire UK, has invested in the latest Robe LED moving lights to boost its inventory of LED light sources. This is part of an on-going ...
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Theatre in Review: The Lyons (Cort Theatre)
Nicky Silver has imagined a spectacularly dysfunctional family named The Lyons and it's our good fortune that Linda Lavin is the queen of the pride. She is Rita Lyons, nightmare wife and monster mother, a Chanel-clad ...
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PLASA Focus Breaks All Records
Not even the rain could dampen the enthusiasm at the Royal Armouries this week as PLASA Focus: Leeds 2012 opened its doors for two days of unparalleled access to the newest and most innovative products on the market for the live ...
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New DMX Moving Head Video Camera from Elation Projects onto Video Walls and TVs
Now you can put anyone on the "big screen" at nightclubs, corporate events, weddings, and concerts, with the new EVCMH video camera from Elation Professional. A unique compact DMX-512 moving head video camera, the EVCMH is designed ...
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Martin VC-Dots Provide Pixel-Level Video Creativity with Ease
Martin Professional launches the VC Series of creative LED video. Part of the series is formed by VC-Dots, lightweight strings of individually controllable, bright dots useful in creating customized LED video solutions with maximum ...
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Introducing Ilumiline Logic 36 from Iluminarc
ILUMINARC announces the release of a new indoor elegant lighting solution, Ilumiline Logic 36.
Ilumiline Logic 36 is a linear LED wash light that features 36 one-watt RGB LEDs with 25-by-six-degree optics for great wall washing ...
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EAW Launches Powercube Power and Processing Modules
EAW announces the release of their Powercube amplifier racks. Designed to maximize the capabilities of EAW's line arrays, each Powercube amplifier rack includes electrical power distribution, 12 channels of amplifier power with ...
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NAB Show Presents Sennheiser with ACE Award, Recognizing Excellence in Booth Design and Execution
Sennheiser [booth C2632] was presented with an ACE (Awesome Cool Exhibit) Award by the NAB Show on April 18 during a special ceremony. The peer-driven award recognizes NAB Show exhibitors for innovations in booth design and ...
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myMix Appoints Kevin Madden as National Sales Director
Movek LLC, manufacturer and distributor of myMix personal monitoring systems, has appointed Kevin Madden as its national sales director effective immediately.
Madden comes to myMix having served as the US Distributor of ...
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Clay Paky Sharpy Rocks the UK from the 2012 Brit Awards
Al Gurdon, one of the most in demand lighting designers in the industry, employed nearly 200 Clay Paky moving heads for this year's Brit Awards.
Staged for the second year in succession at London's vast O2 Arena, the Brit ...
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GLP Appoints Pacific Lighting for Singapore and Malaysia
Pacific Lighting's Singapore operation has recently been appointed as exclusive distributor for GLP -- in both the Singapore and Malaysian territories.
Pacific Lighting director Hugh Chinnick says, "GLP is a ...
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Chicago's College Church Offers a Landmark Iconyx Installation
Founded in 1861 with close ties to Wheaton College, College Church of Wheaton, Illinois, has achieved a reputation as one of the most influential churches in America.
The stunning Georgian Revival-style building on Washington Street ...
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Philips Strand Lighting and Selecon bring life to Channel 5 News Room in London Bridge
Philips Selecon and Strand Lighting distributor, Architainment has completed an installation project for ITN at the brand new, remote controlled Channel 5 News room in London Bridge.
"ITN recently won the Channel 5 ...
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Altinex Announces TP115-120 / TP115-121 Compact Video Twisted Pair Transmitter / Receiver
Altinex announces the availability of the TP115-120 and TP115-121 compact video twisted pair (TP) transmitter and receiver. The TP115-120 / TP115-121 represent an excellent choice for integrators and AV technology managers looking ...
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Theatre in Review: Clybourne Park (Longacre Theatre)
Oscar Hammerstein said you've got to be carefully taught to hate and fear, but in the 21st century we know better, or think we do. Words can be weapons, we tell ourselves -- and it's a sin to use racial and sexual epithets. Publicly, we're ...
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Theatre in Review: In Masks Outrageous and Austere (Culture Project)
Most of the characters who populate the cast of Tennessee Williams' In Masks Outrageous and Austere don't know where they are, geographically, morally, or psychologically. In a way, this is appropriate, because David ...
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W-DMX Offered New Gear and Seminar at PLASA Focus: Leeds
Wireless Solution Sweden AB exhibited at PLASA Focus: Leeds, April 17-18, 2012 with new products and some innovative advancements to their W-DMX product range. The show was held at the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds, UK. ...
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Here's To You! ADJ and American Audio Sponsor Top Toast Contest
Nuptial toasts to the bride and groom are as much a part of weddings as cutting the cake or saying "I do." No one knows that better than DJs, who are typically involved in hundreds if not thousands of wedding toasts during the course of ...
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Nemetschek Vectorworks and MAXON Computer Seek Entries for 2012 Rendering Competition
Professional and student designers can now submit entries to the 2012 Inspired Visions Global Rendering Competition. This annual competition, which is sponsored by Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. and MAXON Computer GmbH, ...
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Audio-Technica Introduces New System 8 Wireless
Audio-Technica, a manufacturer of transducer technology currently celebrating "50 Years of Passionate Listening," is introducing its new System 8 VHF Wireless Systems. Featuring sleek, stackable, contemporary styling, Audio-Technica' ...
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AC-ET Appoints New Staff and Role Changes to Meet Growth Plans
A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd. announces the appointment of four new members of staff, as well as a number of role changes within the company, in order to service the needs of its growing customer base. ...
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Pyrotek and Laser Design Productions on the 2012 Academy Of Country Music Awards
Las Vegas turned country as the 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards rolled into town April 1, 2012. The awards ceremony took place at the MGM Grand Arena, and with too many wild performances for one venue, Mandalay Bay was also ...
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Second Location for Second City Opens in Chicago with Yamaha
Originally making its debut in 1959, and recently celebrating its 50th birthday, the legendary Second City Comedy Theatre has opened the UP Comedy Club, a new theatre in the Piper's Alley area of Chicago. With resident stages in Chicago, ...
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Shure Wireless Systems Rock the Juno Awards on CTV
Honoring the best of Canada's music industry, the 2012 Juno Awards were broadcast live on the CTV network on April 1. This year's show, hosted by actor William Shatner and featuring a wide range of live performances, was held in a ...
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A Real-World Environment at the USC School for Cinematic Arts
At the USC School of Cinematic Arts, students are given the opportunity to find their specialty in the practices of film, television, and interactive media. For those who choose the studio lighting path, a few trips to the sound stages ...
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Audiolead appointed new TiMax Distributor for France
Out Board, the UK-based manufacturer of the TiMax2 SoundHub and TiMax Tracker audio processor and automation products, has announced that Audiolead is the latest addition to its rapidly expanding global distribution network. ...
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L-ACOUSTICS Creates Skandal in Istanbul
New indie nightclub Skandal! has opened its doors in Istanbul with an L-ACOUSTICS coaxial loudspeaker system supplied by Turkish distributor Elit Light&Sound Technologies.
Run by leading Istanbul venue owners together with ...
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Amon Tobin's ISAM Live Tour Features Barco Projection for 3D Musical Art
Barco recently supplied its FLM HD20 projectors to create a spectacular visual journey enlivening electronica artist Amon Tobin's latest international tour, ISAM Live. The centerpiece of the show was a 25' x 14' x 8' multi ...
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Entec Sound & Light on the Teenage Cancer Trust Show
Entec's sound division again supplied a d&b system to the 2012 Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT) shows at London's Royal Albert Hall (RAH), taking the opportunity to use the new d&b V-Series speakers as part of the main system for ...
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Martin Introduces M2GO and M2PC Lighting Control
The M2GO and M2PC are compact yet highly capable lighting consoles in Martin Professional's M-Series that provide a powerful console in a smaller form.
The ideal lighting control solutions for smaller shows and venues of all ...
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Audio-Technica Mics Chosen for the 15th Consecutive Year at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
For the 15th year in a row, a broad range of Audio-Technica microphones was selected to outfit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Audio-Technica supplied over 50 mics to capture the audio for the 27th annual ...
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Harman's Studer Vista Consoles Get Integral Lexicon FX
Users of Harman's Studer Vista consoles can now opt to add up to 24 channels of Lexicon Effects to their console with the release of the Vista FX engine. The Vista FX unit contains eight channels of FX, and three units may be ...
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Introducing a Media Control Protocol for Sennheiser Wireless Systems
With the new firmware version 1.7.0, audio specialist Sennheiser is now providing a media control protocol for its 2000, evolution wireless ew 500 G3 and evolution wireless ew 300 G3 series. This new open protocol enables rack-mount ...
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BASSMAXX Launches Redesigned Website
A manufacturer of professional loudspeakers, BASSMAXX announces the company has launched its redesigned website. Now live, bassmaxx.com boasts the company's new look and feel, adds several new products, and more information pages. ...
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Sew What? and Rent What? Custom Stage Drape Providers Together on YouTube Channel
It's all about "sew and tell" for custom theatrical drapery manufacturer Sew What? Inc. along with sister company, theatrical drapery rental supplier Rent What? Inc. The two entertainment industry firms have established a ...
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Theatre in Review: 4000 Miles (Lincoln Center Theatre)
Mary Louise Wilson doesn't just have great timing; she breathes it. As the heroine of Amy Herzog's 4000 Miles, she turns the simplest remarks -- "I was just making conversation," "You're in Manhattan," and "She's ...
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Theatre in Review: You'd Better Sit Down: Takes from My Parents' Divorce (Civilians at Flea Theatre)
"I hope this doesn't send you, you know, to the psychiatrist," a man tells his son in You'd Better Sit Down: Tales from My Parents' Divorce, but by then surely that boat has sailed for those who helped to create this ...
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LumenRadio Lights Music Centre De Bijloke
LumenRadio, manufacturer of wireless lighting controls, played a key role in the lighting of Music Centre De Bijloke in Ghent, Belgium.
The historic structure, located in the heart of the city, is undoubtedly one of the most ...
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Avicii's High Intensity DJ Shows Dance with High End Systems
Top charting electronic musician Avicii took his DJ-run show on a Texas tour with High End Systems, a Barco company, products lighting and controlling the way. Insomniac Events produced the shows. ...
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WorldStage Maps Video to Moving Walls to Support the Reveal of the New Bell 525 Relentless Helicopter
Everyone was primed to expect a dramatic announcement from Bell Helicopter at HELI-EXPO 2012 at the Dallas Convention Center. So the large-screen video mapping, which helped unveil the company's revolutionary new Bell 525 Relentless Super ...
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Dirty Rigger Heads Down Under
Reaching new depths, this week Le Mark Group's Dirty Rigger product team announced its first distribution deal into the arduous mining industry.
Australia-based MTI Group, market leaders in mining consumables, will be the ...
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Pete's Big TVs Provide for Springsteen's Wrecking Ball World Tour
Pete's Big TVs of New Castle, Delaware, continues its long-running relationship with Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band by providing video production/projection, equipment, and crew for his Wrecking Ball world tour. The US ...
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Harman to Offer Regional HiQnet System Architect and JBL HiQnet Performance Manager Software Training Courses
In association with rep firm Robert Louis Associates, Harman's System Development and Integration Group (SDIG) today announced it is to offer in-person training sessions for its HiQnet System Architect and JBL HiQnet Performance ...
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Christie Announces New 3LCD Projector Platform at NAB 2012
The Christie LX501 and Christie LX601i projectors made their debut at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show in Las Vegas. Both projectors are the first offerings of a new 3LCD product platform: The Christie ...
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Neumann Introduces KK 204 and KK 205 Microphone Capsules
Neumann announces that it will be showcasing its new KK 204 and KK 205 microphone capsules at the Sennheiser, booth C2632, during NAB 2012. The new capsules, which are available in cardioid (KK 204) and supercardioid (KK 205) ...
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EAW Launches Red Certification Training
EAW announces the launch of their Red Certification training program in support of their Powercube power and processing modules. EAW will award the Red Certification status after completion of a two-day seminar conducted at the ...
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PR Lighting's XLED 336 Introduced at Prolight + Sound
XLED 336 by PR Lighting is a 36-LED fast moving, compact, and economically priced moving head luminaire. It generates its power and RGB color mix from 36 x 3W Osram Oslon LED's (12 red, 12 green, 12 blue). With a power consumption ...
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New V4.7 Software for Harman's Studer Vista Consoles Brings Graphic EQ to all Channels
The latest release of software for Harman's Studer Vista digital consoles brings 30-band graphic EQ functionality to all channels on the desk, whether they are inputs, busses, or outputs, in addition to the existing full four-band ...
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Unisson Structures Appointed Exclusive Cosmic Truss Dealer for Canada
Cosmic Truss announces that Unisson Structures has been appointed as its exclusive distributor for the full range of Cosmic Truss products for Canada.
Founded in 1977, Unisson Structures remains a family-run business today ...
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Take the Coemar LEDko Challenge
White Light and Coemar are teaming up to offer the prize of six LEDko units for those needing to retrofit their outdated lighting package. The competition, in which entrants submit a video or storyboard of their current ...
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Adlib Expands with New Warehouse and Added Staff
UK-based sound, lighting, and AV rental specialist, Adlib, celebrated the start of 2012 by moving in to its new warehouse in Speke, following another year of steady growth.
The move has more than doubled their space to over 50,000 ...
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AED Rent Consolidates L-ACOUSTICS Inventory with Further Investment
AED Rent in Belgium has boosted its L-ACOUSTICS inventory with the purchase of a substantial amount of new components. The company has added 96 KARA modular WST line source cabinets, 66 of the new ARCSII constant curvature ...
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Meyer Sound Appoints 44.1 as First EXP Dealer in France
Meyer Sound has announced the appointment of 44.1, based in the Paris suburb of Colombes, as the first French dealer for EXP cinema audio systems. 44.1 is one of four recent additions to the Meyer Sound EXP distribution ...
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More Hippotizer Media Servers in Russia
Green Hippo Ltd. is making a substantial push into the Russian market with their recent sale of ten Hippotizer HD media servers to Big Screen Service in Russia. The Hippotizer HD is the company's top of the range unit and ...
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2012 Olivier Award Winners Announced
The 2012 Olivier Awards, representing the best of London theatre over the last twelve months, were presented in a glittering ceremony at London's Royal Opera House Sunday, April 15th.
In the lighting category, the award went to
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First Yamaha CL Console Demo A Success
With more than 60 audio professionals in attendance, sponsor and Yamaha dealer ACIR Professional, deemed the first field demo of the new Yamaha CL Console series a success.
Yamaha systems application engineer, Kevin ...
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Free Sennheiser Headphone or Lavalier with Purchase of Eligible Evolution Wireless Portable and ENG Systems
Sennheiser announces a mail-in rebate on evolution wireless G3 portable and ENG systems. Consumers can get an ME 2 lavalier ($139.95 value) or HD 429 headphone ($79.95 value) free by mail with the purchase of an ew 112-p G3, ew 122 ...
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Shure Presents National Open Mic Night for Aspiring Performers
In celebration of the company's 87th anniversary on April 25, Shure Incorporated announced its inaugural National Open Mic Night, a week-long observance that will unite and encourage singers, musicians, and spoken word ...
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High End Systems Celebrates a Decade of Digital Lighting
This year marks a monumental milestone for High End Systems, a Barco company. As of February 2012, High End Systems has been selling digital lighting products for 10 years; no other company in the industry has the same level of ...
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Theatre in Review: Evita (Marquis Theatre)
Eva Peron has proven to be a polarizing figure in death as in life -- so why not the actress who plays her? The Broadway revival of Evita has sent show fans into a tizzy, endlessly debating, in chat rooms and bars all over ...
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Theatre in Review: Massacre (Sing to Your Children) (Rattlestick Theatre)
There's trouble afoot when the most interesting character in a play is the murder victim, but that's the case with Massacre (Sing to Your Children).His name is Joe, and he is apparently the evil boss of a New Hampshire town. ( ...
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Le Mark Labels Help Power London 2012 Olympics
To support the logistics for an expected 1,000km of cable, distributed across 39 venues in seven different locations, global leaders in generator rental Aggreko have selected Le Mark's custom printed heat shrink cable labels. ...
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AC-ET Gears Up for Kinesys DigiHoist Controller
A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd's rigging division, the exclusive UK reseller for Kinesys, is geared up to provide demonstrations of the innovative new Kinesys DigiHoist digital hoist controller range. ...
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Lightfactor at PLASA Focus: Leeds 2012
UK lighting sales company, Lightfactor, will again exhibit at PLASA Focus at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, April 17-18.
A selection of products will be featured, including new moving lights and LED luminaires from Italian ...
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Full Compass Hosts Steampunk Gala for Madison Ballet
Full Compass Systems recently hosted a Steampunk-themed gala celebrating the 30th anniversary of Madison Ballet. The evening was an over-the-top experience for nearly 200 guests lavishly costumed in Steampunk attire. Those ...
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Peavey Loudspeaker Donation Provides Relief for Wounded and Recovering Soldiers
Peavey donated loudspeaker enclosures to the Steven Sillers Tunnel to Towers Foundation for use by Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, one of America's largest and most renowned military medical centers. ...
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GLP Impression Spot One Completes all LED rig for Dillon Productions
Dillon Production Services, based in Norcross, Georgia has added GLP's impression Spot One fixture to their inventory allowing them to offer their customers a full energy efficient LED lighting system. ...
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PLASA Focus: Nashville Announces New Event in July
PLASA Focus: Nashville 2012 welcomes a raft of new exhibitors as the two-day event continues to grow, with over 20 companies now committed to taking part and as many applications being processed. The event takes place July 11-12, at ...
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Registration Opens for AES Conference on Music-Induced Hearing Disorders
The Audio Engineering Society (AES) confirms registration is now open for its 47th International Conference on Music-Induced Hearing Disorders, which will take place at Columbia College in downtown Chicago, June 20-22, 2012. The ...
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XTA Electronics' DS8000 Audio Distribution System
UK-based manufacturer, XTA Electronics announces the launch of the DS8000 -- a complete re-design of their famous DS800 mic/line distribution system. The DS800, and all XTA products, are distributed throughout the US by Group One ...
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PRG Launches TruColor HS Digital Light Fixture for Film/TV at NAB
Production Resource Group, L.L.C., (PRG) announces the launch of its new TruColor HS digital light fixture at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show in Las Vegas, April 16-19. PRG will be exhibiting in booth ...
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Martin at PLASA Focus Leeds 2012 with the MAC Viper
Martin Professional heads to Leeds on April 17th for PLASA Focus 2012 where a new breed of moving head -- the MAC Viper Profile -- and much more will be on display at the Royal Armouries Museum in Martin's S-E16 stand. ...
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Zero 88 to Exhibit at Plasa Focus: Leeds
PLASA Focus in Leeds, April 17-18 at the Royal Armouries, will see the UK launch of Cooper Controls' new network and data distribution products. Designed for compatibility with the RDM standard, these products are ideal for future ...
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Line 6 Ships StageSource L3s
Line 6, Inc. announces the availability of StageSource L3s. StageSource loudspeaker systems are built on a powerful new technology platform that enables a single enclosure to provide best-in-class performance in multiple live sound ...
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Theatre in Review: A Slow Air (59E59)
Meet Athol and Morna, the two halves of the fractured family portrait that constitutes David Harrower's A Slow Air. They're siblings, close in (middle) age; she lives in Edinburgh and he in Glasgow, although they may ...
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Cerwin-Vega! Announces a New Line of Mixers
Cerwin-Vega! (CV) introduces a line of professional audio mixers that are designed for live performance and recording applications. Available in 10-, 12-, or 16-channel versions, the new mixer range offers extensive features such as ...
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Sennheiser Leads the Charge at ACM Awards, Supporting both Superstar and Emerging Country Artists
The ACM Awards are among the most prestigious awards in the music industry and have been recognizing top country artists for over four decades. During the 47th annual ceremony held in Las Vegas last month at the MGM Arena, Sennheiser ...
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DiGiCo Tops fun. Tour
NYC-based indie pop band fun. are on an uphill, seemingly unstoppable trajectory with the release of their second recording, Some Nights. The album reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and Digital Songs charts, and the ...
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Lake Pointe Church Finds Sonic Detail and Envelopment in Meyer Sound MICA
A new audio reinforcement system based around 56 Meyer Sound MICA line array loudspeakers has made a clear difference at Lake Pointe Church in Rockwall, Texas, according to media pastor Wes Hartley. ...
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Peavey Provides Professional Audio for Musikmesse Agora Stage
Peavey sponsored the popular Agora Stage at Musikmesse 2012 in Frankfurt, March 21-24, providing a complete professional audio system during the entire four-day exhibition.
The Agora Stage is Musikmesse's premier ...
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Administration Fee Waived for Organizations Offering ETCP Paper and Pencil Exams During July 2012
In order to keep the ETCP examinations fresh and current, the Subject Matter Experts have written new questions for the Arena Rigging examination. ETCP is set to launch these questions July 1, 2012. To gather the statistical data ...
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NATEAC Offers Conference Sponsorships
Sponsorships are available for The North American Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference (NATEAC) which takes place July 21 - 24 in New York City. The four levels of sponsorship, as well as advertising space in the ...
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Alcorn McBride to Host Show Control Training Session May 4 in Orlando
Alcorn McBride will host a free training session for its show control products at the company's Orlando headquarters on May 4 from 9am to 4pm. Seating is limited, so those interested in attending are encouraged to make a reservation ...
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Countryman Associates Introduces H6 Headset Microphone
Countryman Associates, Inc. announces the H6 headset microphone. This ultra-low profile microphone makes an outstanding choice for a variety of applications.
Available in both omni and directional versions, the new Countryman H6 ...
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Bill Radcliffe Joins Wybron as Sales Director
Wybron announces and welcomes back Bill Radcliffe as the company's director of sales. Radcliffe will be responsible for sales team leadership, driving revenue, providing support, and strengthening customer relationships, as ...
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Meyer Sound Constellation to be demonstrated at Solotech's En Coulisse
For the first time in Canada, the Meyer Sound Constellation acoustic system will be heard in public demonstrations at Solotech's En Coulisse trade show to be held in Montreal May 2-3. This technology enables the acoustical ...
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Artistic Licence Engineering at PLASA Focus: Leeds 2012
Artistic Licence Engineering will show two new ranges of products along with several OEM solutions and a new modular version of the Multichrome Range at PLASA Focus: Leeds, April 17-18, at the Royal Armouries in stand S-D13. ...
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High Resolution Systems Announces New Features for UDC Software to Debut at NAB 2012
High Resolution Systems, which will be attending NAB 2012 April 16-19 in Las Vegas, Nevada, in booth SL6028, introduces a number of new features for its UDC (Universal Device Controller) software. The new variables, logic, and ...
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VUE Audiotechnik Announces Multi-Year Development Partnership with Materion Electrofusion
Following their recent launch at Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt, VUE Audiotechnik announces a development partnership with Materion Electrofusion, a supplier of genuine beryllium and other advanced materials for high-end ...
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Theatre in Review: Magic/Bird (Longacre Theatre)
Attention sports fans: Magic/Bird is a slam-dunk entertainment, packing a few laughs, a few tears, and plenty of basketball lore into a fast-moving 90 minutes. Attention everyone else: The theatre district is packed with fine ...
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Robert Juliat at Prolight + Sound 2012
For the second year running, Robert Juliat's Prolight + Sound stand was almost entirely illuminated by LED fixtures, demonstrating how LED sources can simultaneously offer both cost and environmental benefits. ...
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Stagetec to Introduce New Dante Module at NAB 2012
At the 2012 NAB, Stagetec, a German manufacturer of professional audio technology, will introduce a new interface board for the NEXUS network system which can be used in new and existing networks. The new XDIP board connects NEXUS ...
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Lightware's 25G Hybrid Matrix at ISE 2012 Amsterdam
Lightware Visual Engineering unveiled its 25G Hybrid Matrix router at ISE 2012, January 31 - February 2, in Amsterdam, the largest and best-attended show in ISE history. Lightware also captured the attention of InAVate, the leading ...
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Portable Remote Control for Harman Studer Vista Consoles to be Unveiled at NAB
At NAB 2012, Studer is unveiling its new Studer Compact Remote Bay, a portable controller hardly larger than a laptop, but containing 12 motorized Penny & Giles faders and 40 rotary controls which link to a 19" touch-screen running ...
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Free, Live Online Training Now Available for High Resolution Systems' UDC Software
In the run up to its participation at NAB 2012, High Resolution Systems announces it is now offering free, live online training for users of its popular UDC (Universal Device Controller) software. The two-way, hosted training gives ...
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CadFaster Collaboration Software Now Available for Vectorworks Users
Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. and CadFaster have joined together to offer CadFaster|Collaborate for users of Vectorworks software. This announcement comes on the heels of the launch of Vectorworks Cloud Services, and will ...
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Middle Atlantic Releases Designer Version 4.0
Middle Atlantic Products has updated its Designer 3D layout and specification software to include new product groups, enabling more complete room configurations. In addition to consoles and video walls, Designer can now facilitate ...
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Shure Wireless on the Academy of Country Music Awards
The 47th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards (ACMA) show was broadcast live from Las Vegas on CBS. Hosted by country greats Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton, the show boasted two venues and a dazzling array of 24 musical performances, ...
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Channel Vision Joins Crestron's Integrated Partner Program
Channel Vision announces its membership into Crestron's Integrated Partner Program. This program is designed to allow manufacturer's products to operate seamlessly in a Crestron systems environment. ...
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Kramer Introduces the MV-6 3G HD-SDI Multiviewer
Kramer Electronics introduces the MV-6, a versatile, high-performance multiviewer for 3G HD-SDI video signals. The device can display up to six inputs in any combination, and output the image in multiple formats supporting either ...
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Theatre in Review: End of the Rainbow (Belasco Theatre)
"I could throw up in their laps and they'd still think I was glamorous." So says Judy Garland in End of the Rainbow, a play designed to put that proposition to the severest of tests. It's doubtful there's another show in town ...
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ADLIB Installs Sound System for BMX Center at National Cycling Center
UK-based ADLIB's installation division has completed the design and installation of a new CODA Audio sound system at the BMX Centre, part of the country's National Cycling Center in Manchester.
It follows on from the highly ...
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DK Vascom Upgrades Donam-Dong Catholic Church With Iconyx
Dai Kyung Vascom, Renkus-Heinz distributor for South Korea, recently installed a pair of Iconyx digitally steerable array loudspeakers as part of an overall audio system upgrade for the Donam-dong Catholic church in Donam-dong, ...
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By Design Day 2012 - It's Almost Here!
If you haven't signed up yet for By Design Day, the annual fundraising day for Behind the Scenes in the US and Canada and Light Relief in the UK, don't worry -- you still have time!
Taking place this year on Tuesda ...
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Lectrosonics Announces WM Watertight Transmitter
Lectrosonics, a manufacturer of wireless microphone systems and audio processing products, introduces the WM Watertight Transmitter, the company's newest addition to its line of Digital Hybrid Wireless microphone systems offering ...
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Gerriets International Introduces OPTIBLACK Projection Screen
Gerriets International announces the immediate sales and rental availability of its new OPTIBLACK rear projection screen.
The result of an intensive R&D process, the company says Optiblack is a unique projection screen tailor-made ...
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Lex Products Delivers New Enclosed Rack Mount Power Distribution Modules
Lex Products Corporation announces a new line of portable enclosed rack mount power distribution modules, which allow convenience receptacles to be added to standard 19" permanent or portable rolling racks. Modules can be added or ...
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White Light Displays at PLASA Focus: Leeds 2012
Entertainment lighting specialist White Light will be exhibiting at PLASA Focus: Leeds, April 17-18, at the Royal Armouries, in the North of England. Equipment from White Light's exclusive family of lighting and visual ...
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Traction Sound Invites PLASA Focus: Leeds Visitors to Ramp Up The Volume
Traction Sound and its distributor RWS Prosound will show off Traction Sound's PLASA Innovation Award nominated SDS range of loudspeakers on Stand S-C19 at PLASA Focus: Leeds. They will also be running demonstrations ...
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Rope Assemblies Launch a New Concept in Lighting Ladder at PLASA Focus: Leeds
PLASA focus Leeds will see rigging designers Rope Assemblies launch a new super lightweight Lighting Ladder aimed at riggers and lighting teams working in venues and on tour.
PLASA Focus, to be held April 17-18 at the Royal ...
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Sensaphonics Announces "3D/3Free" Demo Promotion
Sensaphonics announces a new demo program for its patented 3D Active Ambient IEM System. The "3D/3Free" program enables artists to obtain a universal-fit version of the system for trial or demonstration purposes. Demo participants ...
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Theatre in Review: Regrets (Manhattan Theatre Club at City Center Stage I)
Matt Charman is a very imaginative playwright -- possibly too imaginative at times. In Regrets, he asks the audience to accept a great many things, seemingly unaware that the smart playwright doles out his ...
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Gold Sharpys From Clay Paky Shine at Academy Awards
Gold was everywhere at the 84th Academy Awards ceremony last month in Hollywood: Gold glitzed from the red carpet, gold Oscars were handed out to lucky winners, and gold Sharpy lighting fixtures from Clay Paky helped illuminate the ...
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Charcoalblue Project Wins USITT 2012 Architecture Honor Award
London-based theatre design consultant, Charcoalblue's work is clearly making waves on both sides of the pond, as the multi-award winning transformation of the Royal Shakespeare and Swan Theatres wins the prestigious USITT 2012 ...
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Construction Begins on Goddard Group-Designed "Ring of Harmony" in "Shenfu New Town" China
Hollywood, California-based Gary Goddard and his company, The Goddard Group, announces construction has begun on their latest project, "Shenfu New Town," and, specifically, on its monumental "Ring of Harmony," the iconic ...
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Mark Haney Succeeds Phil Mercer at XL Video
XL Video announces today that Mark Haney will succeed Phil Mercer as head of concert touring in North America. Mercer recently completed a three -- year commitment in the US, and now moves to head the international ...
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ADB Lighting to Show New Products on PLASA Focus: Leeds Début
ADB Lighting will exhibit at PLASA Focus: Leeds, for the first time in its own right, on April 17-18, at the Royal Armouries Museum, in stand S-D1.
ADB will show its latest lighting and lighting control systems, including ...
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Nemetschek Vectorworks Congratulates Karyn Lawrence, Winner of the 2012 Student Lighting Design Competition
Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. extends congratulations to Karyn Lawrence, winner of the iSquint.net and Stage Directions Student Lighting Design Competition (SLDC), sponsored by Nemetschek Vectorworks, City Theatrical, ...
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MILOS Enjoys Successful Prolight + Sound
European trussing, roofing, and staging manufacturer, MILOS continued its schedule of trade fairs and exhibitions, enjoying a busy and successful Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt, last month.
The company showed many new products, ...
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New Upgrades to Heil Sound's PR 35
Heil Sound announces an upgrade to the PR 35 handheld dynamic microphone. The PR 35 was first introduced in 2008 and quickly found favor with artists such as Joe Walsh, Charlie Daniels, Stevie Wonder, and others. ...
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Theatre in Review: The Best Man (Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre)
Some critics have dismissed The Best Man as a potboiler. To them, I say, what's wrong with that? Not every play need be a revelation of the playwright's soul, if he or she has a cracking story to tell. Gore Vidal is ...
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Theatre in Review: The Morini Strad (Primary Stages at 59E59)
Mary Beth Peil has been on a roll lately. She is responsible for many a crackling confrontation as Julianna Margulies' imperious, meddling mother-in-law on the excellent CBS series The Good Wife. Earlier this season, slipping ...
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MTV'S Punk'd Pulls Off Punks with Clear-Com
MTV'S Punk'd, the groundbreaking hidden camera series, is utilizing Clear-Com's Eclipse-PiCo digital matrix intercom, V-Series user control panels, and Encore partyline along with the Optocore interfaces V3R-FX-Intercom and ...
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COLORado Tour Stars in New Tyler Perry Movie
More than 60 Chauvet Professional fixtures make their big-screen debut in Tyler Perry's new romantic drama, Good Deeds.
Southeast Staging, Inc. set up the runway and brought in lighting for the design team's "Club ...
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Singapore's Switch by Timbre Rocks with D.A.S. Audio
From its dazzling airport and cityscape to a wealth of fashion emporiums along Orchard Road, Singapore sizzles with excitement. Nowhere is this high level of energy more evident than at Switch by Timbre, the latest live music restaurant ...
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White Light Helps Mark 200 Years of Charles Dickens
Entertainment lighting specialist White Light supplied equipment and support services to Mr. Dickens and the Actors, the recent production marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens, held at London's ...
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Travis Rogers Takes Harman's Soundcraft Vi6 With Return To Forever
While on tour with jazz-fusion group Return To Forever, chief sound engineer Travis Rogers relies on a Harman Soundcraft Vi6 digital console for front-of-house mixing.
Return To Forever, led by pianist Chick Corea, was founded in ...
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Barco Expands Range of Super Silent Three-Chip DLP Projectors
Barco has added a new member to its RLM family of very silent three-chip DLP projectors. Similar to its smaller W6 and W8 cousins, the new RLM-W12 offers WUXGA resolution (1920x1200) combined with low operating cost and power ...
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JBL Introduces Flight Cases for your JBL Pro Speakers
JBL Cases' new line of JBL Flight Cases provide a rugged transport solution for JBL Pro portable speakers.
JBL Flight Cases feature PVC laminated 1/2" thick plywood with industrial-strength handles and latches built on a sturdy ...
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RG Jones Invests in Martin Audio MLA System
After testing Martin Audio's active Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array (MLA) on a series of high profile events, UK rental company, RG Jones Sound Engineering Ltd. has invested in the new award-winning system. ...
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4Wall New York Supports Hemsley Lighting Portfolio Review
For the third consecutive year, 4Wall New York hosted students participating in the Hemsley Lighting Portfolio Review for a night of moving light demonstrations and "shoot-outs."
Over 30 students from around the country ...
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Harman Appoints Paul Shorter to Technical Services Manager for Soundcraft, Studer, and AKG
Harman has appointed Paul Shorter to the position of technical services manager for its Soundcraft, Studer, and AKG brands. A 22-year veteran of the pro audio industry, Shorter joined Harman in 2009 as field applications ...
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DiGiCo SD9 Satisfies Ukrainian Taste At STB
Currently ranked first in the country by audience share, Ukraine television station STB, needed a digital console that would withstand the rigors of moving around the country to regional heats of the Ukrainian version of Masterchef.< ...
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Arts Centre Melbourne Chooses PRG V676 and V476 Consoles
Arts Centre Melbourne, Australia's largest performing arts centre and the focal point of Melbourne's cultural precinct, has chosen to purchase PRG V676 and V476 control consoles to meet their lighting control needs. PRG will be ...
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Robe LEDWash 600s on Pointless
Robe LEDWash 600 moving lights were used by lighting designer Tom Kinane to highlight the set of the latest series of the BBC's popular quiz show Pointless, recorded in Studio 8 of the BBC TV Centre in west London, UK.< ...
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Clay Paky's Shotlight Wash Rocks on Sort Sol's Live Spectacular
Danish lighting designer Kasper Christiansen of VisuaLies has used Clay Paky Shotlight Washes and Alpha Profile 1500s to delight the fans of pioneering punk band Sort Sol on its recent Danish tour. ...
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Howard University's Cramton Auditorium Upgrades to KUDO
For just over 50 years, Cramton Auditorium on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. has welcomed world leaders, key political figures, and countless entertainers to its renowned stage. As part of an extensive renovation ...
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Theatre in Review: Newsies (Nederlander Theatre)
"I don't need the limp to sell papers; I've got personality!" So says Crutchy, a gimpy-legged newspaper boy in Newsies -- and, oddly enough, he could be speaking about Disney Theatrical's new musical, too. ...
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ETC Presents Check to Behind the Scenes during USITT
At the recent USITT Conference & Stage Expo, ETC CEO Fred Foster presented a check for nearly $26,000 to Behind the Scenes, which reflected ongoing proceeds from sales of ETC's iRFR and aRFR (Radio Focus Remote) ...
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Dirty Rigger Introduces New Comfort Fit Gloves
Designed with feedback from Dirty Rigger's Facebook and international research campaign, the Dirty Rigger development team has launched the new Comfort Fit workman's glove.
Now offering more durability, the gloves feature a new ...
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MDG Presents cast c. Adolph & RST Distribution with Symbol of Brotherhood and Solidarity at Prolight + Sound
On Thursday, March 22, in the MDG stand at Prolight + Sound, a celebratory gift was presented by Martin Michaud of MDG to Heinz and Sabine Siller of cast C. Adolph & RST Distribution. The statue was an Inukshuk, a ...
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Opera on Sydney Harbor a Resounding Success with Help from Norwest Productions
When Opera Australia's fearless artistic director Lyndon Terracini announced that they would be staging an open-air opera on Sydney Harbor there was much skepticism from opera buffs who furiously pursed their lips in anticipation of a ...
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ShowTex Presents a New Acoustic Solution at PLASA Focus: Leeds
The Acoustic Baffle from ShowTex proves ecology and noise level control can go hand-in-hand. The new acoustic fabric panels are made from 100% recycled material compressed together to optimize sound conditions. The Acoustic Baffle ...
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Chicago's Enclave Adds Elation LED Video Wall
Chicago's renowned Enclave has shown a remarkable ability to change with the times, keeping itself at the top of the Windy City's nightlife scene for seven years. During that time, some of the biggest music artists have rocked the 15,000 ...
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Meyer Sound MILO Weathers Sandstorm to Elevate Dubai Jazz Festival 2012
The 10th Skywards Dubai International Jazz Festival moved to a spacious new site this year. From February 16-24, 2012 at Dubai Festival City, a robust Meyer Sound MILO-based line array loudspeaker system covered the site with ...
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One Direction for HSL
HSL supplied lighting equipment and LED screens to the first production tour for One Direction. The band has just completed a totally sold out six-week UK arena/theatre tour.
HSL worked with Production North, who asked Da ...
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Vivid Lighting Solutions Chooses Reflection LEDko
Reflection LEDko by Coemar, an LED profile that delivers both soft and hard edge profile optics, is the newest product to be added to the inventory at VIVID Lighting Solutions, a company that provides environmentally-friendly ...
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Yale Repertory Theatre's New TINY FX and Viper NT Foggers Debut with World Premiere of Good Goods
Good Goods, a new play written by Christina Anderson and directed by Tina Landau, made its world premiere at Yale Repertory Theatre recently with fog and smoke effects created by Look Solutions' TINY FX and Viper NT foggers. ...
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Harman's JBL Professional Earns MIPA Award in "PA System" Category for VTX Line Array Series
The Harman JBL Professional's VTX line array series earned a 2012 MIPA Award in the PA System category at the Prolight + Sound show in Frankfurt.
"Since its introduction in January, the VTX line array series has received ...
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Middle Atlantic Debuts Quiet, Powerful Thermal Management Options
Middle Atlantic Products introduces two new quiet, powerful options for effective thermal management of heat-producing equipment and the smaller spaces they occupy.
Built to remove heat from credenzas, lecterns, and entertainment ...
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Philips Selecon to Demo PLCyc LED and Studio Panel at PLASA Focus: Leeds
The team at Philips Selecon is looking forward to showing off its latest developments in entertainment LED lighting technology at industry trade event, PLASA Focus: Leeds. Held at the Royal Armouries Museum April 17-18, PLASA ...
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L-ACOUSTICS Debuts LA Network Manager 2 Software
In addition to the Prolight + Sound 2012 launch of its new ARCS WIDE and ARCS FOCUS systems, L-Acoustics announced the release of the new LA Network Manager 2 software and its suite of interactive tutorials. ...
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J.R. Clancy Receives Lifetime Achievement Award at USITT Conference
J.R. Clancy, Inc. was honored at USITT's 2012 annual conference in Long Beach, California, with the USITT Award for a lifetime of contributions to the performing arts.
J.R. Clancy president, Mike Murphy, received the ...
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PRG Institute Offers Product Training
Production Resource Group, L.L.C. (PRG) has announced it will host its PRG Institute May 16 - 18 in Secaucus, New Jersey. The Institute offers introductory training on the VX76 lighting control consoles, Mbox Extreme media server, ...
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NSCA's Adapt.Evolve.Compete v2.0 During InfoComm12
At InfoComm12, NSCA will continue its theme to Adapt.Evolve.Compete, offering 19 new education classes, specific networking opportunities, and business resources exclusive to NSCA members.
NSCA University is offering more than 20 ...
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LumenRadio Rocks at Prolight + Sound 2012
LumenRadio's stand at Prolight + Sound, which was a part of the German distributor LMP's extremely busy village, was framed by eight up-light cubes and contained elements from a typical Swedish forest. All lighting in the ...
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PSNI Congratulates First Graduation Group of "Rainmaker" Sales Associates
Professional Systems Network International (PSNI) announced the first graduating class of the PSNI Rainmaker education program. This online sales course, offered exclusively to employees of PSNI affiliate AV integrators, is the ...
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Full Compass Hosts Madison Music foundry Recital and Student Jam
Full Compass Systems recently hosted a Madison Music Foundry student recital, filling the 4,000-sq.ft. theatre to capacity for the daylong event. Those attending enjoyed an impressive display of talent by students aged 5-60 ...
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Robert Juliat Aledin LED Profile Spots Solve Power Needs of Silverdale Baptist Church
Mankin Media Systems Inc. (MMS) of Franklin, Tennessee helped Chattanooga's Silverdale Baptist Church find a cost-effective lighting solution for the renovation of existing space into a 2,000-seat auditorium, which includes ...
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XL Video Supplies Florence + The Machine
XL Video supplied a projection system, Catalyst media servers and control, cameras, and crew to the latest Florence + The Machine UK tour, working with visuals designer and video director, Richard Stembridge. ...
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Harman's Soundcraft Vi1 Delivers on Dire Straits for Matthew Manasse
When members of Dire Straits got back together for a one-off charity event at the Albert Hall, sound engineer Matthew Manasse was asked to look after the front-of-house mix. Having previous connections with keyboard player Alan ...
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DiGiCo Helps St Matthew UMC Church Goes Fully Digital
After years of research, St. Matthew United Methodist Church in Belleville, Illinois, undertook a major renovation of its technology systems in 2009, including making the leap from analog to digital installing a DiGiCo SD8 as its ...
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Behind the Scenes Raffle Winners at USITT Conference
The Long Reach Long Riders and The ESTA Foundation announced the results of their joint raffle and live auction to benefit the Behind the Scenes program at the USITT conference in Long Beach, California. Sales of ...
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Forman and Associates Expands Sales Team with the Addition of Peter Rogers
Forman and Associates announces that Peter Rogers has joined their sales team. Rogers was most recently the global marketing director for Philips Entertainment managing marketing activities for Philips Vari-Lite, Strand ...
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Vectorworks Cloud Services Provides Added Computing Power and Design Freedom
Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. today announced the launch of Vectorworks Cloud Services, which will provide greater convenience, collaboration, and freedom for users to access their designs from any location, at any time. Vectorworks ...
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ETC Announces Winners of Show Us Your ETC Student-Video Challenge
"You made us laugh, you moved us, you amazed us, and inspired us. You proved that the entertainment-technology world can look forward to an infusion of enthusiasm, talent and creativity from your generation. It was very tough to choose the ...
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Clearwing Productions hosts the Meyer Mixing Workshop
As part of Clearwing Productions' ongoing training series, the company announces the Meyer Mixing Workshop, instructed by Buford Jones, to be held at the Clearwing Productions' Phoenix office April 24-25. ...
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Philips Vari-Lite Exhibits at PLASA Focus: Leeds
PLASA Focus: Leeds, at the Royal Armory in North of England, April 17-18, will see Philips Vari-Lite show-off its latest developments in automated lighting technology.
Entertainment professionals visiting stand S-C15 can shoot ...
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First Night Riders' Charity Motorbike Ride Attracts International Attention
The annual First Night Riders charity motorbike event is attracting international attention from industry professionals as more bikers sign up for the event.
Organizers have just announced that theatre consultant George ...
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GoVision Celebrates Ten Years
GoVision LP, a supplier of customized modular LED walls and turnkey mobile LED units, marked its first decade at its Argyle, Texas, headquarters on March 23. More than 300 invited guests -- including clients, equipment vendors, ...
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Electrosonic's Shanghai Office Receives Corporate Status to Conduct Business in China
Electrosonic's Shanghai office has been designated a Wholly Foreign Owned Enterprise (WFOE), an officially registered limited liability corporation. This important step forward allows Electrosonic to continue to pursue new business ...
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Grund Audio Design Announces Two New Floor Monitors
Grund Audio Design, a manufacturer of loudspeaker and signal processing products for the audio professional, announces the GT-1220M and GT-1520M floor monitors --- the company's latest additions to their GT Series floor monitor ...
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ChainMaster Opens Consulting Office in North America
ChainMaster, a manufacturer of electric chain hoists and control systems, has established a ChainMaster consulting office for the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
The ChainMaster consulting office will be operated by Robert ( ...
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Shure Powers Latin Superstar Cristina on Telemundo
It was about one year ago that Latin talk show host Cristina rocked the Latin broadcast world with her move to Telemundo to start a new weekly entertainment program, Pa'lante con Cristina. The two-hour show is staged at Miami's Blue ...
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Philips Selecon launches PLCyc LED and Studio Panel
Following the success of the PL1 LED spot and PL3 LED wash lights, Philips Selecon launched two new LED lighting products, in the same range, at Prolight + Sound 2012, including the Studio Panel and the PLCyc. ...
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Avolites and Avolites Media at PLASA Focus: Leeds 2012
Avolites, accompanied by Avolites Media, will be exhibiting at PLASA Focus: Leeds on stand RA-B10 to offer visitors a selection of lighting and video solutions. On show will be the Sapphire Touch with a preview of Titan ...
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Audinate's Dante at Prolight + Sound 2012
Eight Audinate OEM partners announced a total of 13 Dante-enabled products at this year's Prolight + Sound, the international trade fair for the event-technology sector, held in March in Frankfurt. ...
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Truss Cover Range now Available from Cosmic Truss Range
GLP German Light Products Inc. has added a range of stylish and practical truss covers to the Cosmic Truss range of products.
Available to fit any size and length of truss, including the full range of Cosmic Truss, the range of ...
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Keith Westpy Joins the Drape Kings and Media Services Team
Keith Westpy has joined the Drape Kings team as their chief financial officer. Westpy, who is from Bloomfield, New Jersey, came to Drape Kings directly from his position as controller at Sixth Sense Media, headquartered in ...
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Le Mark Grows Dealer List in the US
Following the outstanding response from Le Mark's recent LDI exhibition, export manager Matt Every returned to even more success on his follow up visit to the US last month. Set to gain eight new distributors in the little ...
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W-DMX Gains New OEM Partners and Distributors at Prolight + Sound
Wireless Solution Sweden AB had one of its most successful Prolight + Sound shows in Frankfurt, last month, showing both new products and some advancements to their product range while signing new OEM partners and distributors. ...
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MVP 18 from Chauvet Glows During Dayglow Tour
One hundred Chauvet MVP 18 video panels take on the stage as central part of an elaborate show, which features high-energy music, art, dance, and its main attraction: paint. The MVP 18 video panels travel with the Dayglow Tour for a ...
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'KK' Tan Strengthens Renkus-Heinz APAC Support Team
Renkus-Heinz has added to its APAC international application support team, with the addition of Singaporean national, Tan Kheng Keong ('KK').
Technically trained and fluent in Chinese, Indonesian, and English, KK joins ...
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Calibre UK Introduces the New HQView530
Calibre UK announces the launch of the HQView530 all-in-one scaler, switcher, and scan converter.
The new HQView530 addresses the latest trends in AV systems design and integration of projection systems for use in the studio ...
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SurgeX International Joins Growing List of SynAudCon Sponsors
Synergetic Audio Concepts, SynAudCon, announces that SurgeX International has joined the organization's sponsorship program.
SurgeX International was created by the original SurgeX founders after the North American ...
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