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News Archive - May 2012

(5/30/2012)

- Elektralite Introduces eye Kandy Fixture to its Pro Line of LEDs at InfoComm

 Elektralite Introduces eye Kandy Fixture to its Pro Line of LEDs at InfoComm

Elektralite, a manufacturer lighting fixtures, controllers, and effects, announces the addition of the eye Kandy fixture to its Pro line of LEDs. Elektralite will show the eye Kandy fixture at InfoComm in booth C11912, ...More

(5/30/2012)

-Tannoy, Audica, Lab.gruppen, and Lake Prepare for InfoComm 2012

Tannoy, Audica, Lab.gruppen, and Lake Prepare for InfoComm 2012

Tannoy, Audica, Lab.gruppen, and Lake will be exhibiting together again at InfoComm 2012, taking place June 13-15 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Nevada.
With a joint appearance that consolidates their respective ...
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(5/30/2012)

-Clay Paky Shotlight Wash Captures Live Design Product of the Year Honors

Clay Paky Shotlight Wash Captures Live Design Product of the Year Honors

Live Design magazine has named the Clay Paky Shotlight Wash one of its 2011-2012 Products of the Year. The award winners are chosen annually by a panel of designers and programmers in the lighting, sound, and projection ...More

(5/30/2012)

-Vectorworks Cloud Services Launches in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein

Vectorworks Cloud Services Launches in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein

Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. announces the launch of Vectorworks Cloud Services in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein. Vectorworks Cloud Services provides greater convenience, collaboration, and freedom for users to ...More

(5/30/2012)

-Stagestep Introduces New Dancestep II Floor for Direct Application Over Concrete

Stagestep Introduces New Dancestep II Floor for Direct Application Over Concrete

Stagestep introduces Dancestep II, a foamed-back roll-out flooring system for direct installation over a concrete slab or any hard surfaces.
Dancestep II features a non-slip surface and fiberglass lining for better lie flat and ...
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(5/30/2012)

-Theatre in Review: " " The Cockfight Play (The Duke on 42nd Street)

Theatre in Review: "     " The Cockfight Play (The Duke on 42nd Street)

Certainly the new production at the Duke on 42nd Street doesn't lack for attention-getting stratagems. First of all, there's that title, which we dare not mention in the headline, for fear of sending thousands of our email newsletters into ...More

(5/30/2012)

-Thunder Audio Bolsters Inventory with Harman'S JBL Professional VTX Line Array Series

Thunder Audio Bolsters Inventory with Harman'S JBL Professional VTX Line Array Series

Michigan's Thunder Audio is celebrating its 33rd year in business in 2012, having grown from its beginnings as a regional sound company in 1979 to its current status as an international live production and systems integration ...More

(5/30/2012)

-Meyer Sound at the Lied Center of Kansas

Meyer Sound at the Lied Center of Kansas

Consistent audio quality is the rule at the Lied Center of Kansas, the principal performing arts venue for the University of Kansas in Lawrence. Whether attending a headliner concert in the 2,000-seat theatre, an evening of acoustic folk ...More

(5/30/2012)

-ACIR Professional Supports Mother's Day Music Festival in Atlantic City

ACIR Professional Supports Mother's Day Music Festival in Atlantic City

Philadelphia's Patti LaBelle, was part of the third annual Mothers Day Music Festival at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City held on May 13. The concert also featured Johnny Gill and Charlie Wilson. The historic Boardwalk Hall, which seats ...More

(5/30/2012)

-LumenRadio Provides CRMX Technology to One of the Largest Indoor Equestrian Events

LumenRadio Provides CRMX Technology to One of the Largest Indoor Equestrian Events

LumenRadio's CRMX technology was recently part of one of the world's largest indoor equestrian sports events; the Gothenburg Horse Show.
The show draws competitors and spectators from all over the world and is held every year in ...
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(5/30/2012)

-MHA Audio Teams with Martin Audio's MLA System For Sweetlife Festival in Maryland

MHA Audio Teams with Martin Audio's MLA System For Sweetlife Festival in Maryland

The Sweetlife Music and Food Festival combined the best of both worlds for an enthusiastic overflow crowd at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, half way between Washington and Baltimore. ...More

(5/30/2012)

-Line 6 Digital Solves Albuquerque Church Wireless Issues

Line 6 Digital Solves Albuquerque Church Wireless Issues

Faced with audio issues ranging from sound quality to interference, Central Seventh Day Adventist Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico decided to switch from conventional wireless microphones to Line 6 XD-V digital wireless. As Pastor Don ...More

(5/29/2012)

-Executive Vice President of JAM Industries, Michael Golden Passes Away

Executive Vice President of JAM Industries, Michael Golden Passes Away

Michael Golden, VP of Erikson Music/Korg Canada, and son of JAM Industries founder, Marty Golden, passed away Friday, May 11, after a courageous two year battle with cancer. He had just turned 50 in February. ...More

(5/29/2012)

-Heil Sound Introduces Pro Set 3 Headphones

Heil Sound Introduces Pro Set 3 Headphones

Heil Sound announces the introduction of its Pro Set 3 headphones designed for touring pros, musicians, and broadcast/recording studios. The Pro Set 3 features high quality 40mm neodymium magnets and voice coils, a lightweight ...More

(5/29/2012)

-Keira Knightley is New Patron of The Theatrical Guild/First Night Riders Charity Event

Keira Knightley is New Patron of The Theatrical Guild/First Night Riders Charity Event

British actress Keira Knightley is supporting this year's First Night Riders charity motorcycle ride, following the recent announcement that she is the new patron of The Theatrical Guild, alongside fellow patron award-winning actor ...More

(5/29/2012)

-New UAE Distribution Partnership for Outline

New UAE Distribution Partnership for Outline

The United Arab Emirates' Oasis Enterprises and its Professional Products Division (PPD), the electronics wing of the Al Shirawi Group of Companies, announces a new distribution partnership with Outline the the UAE. ...More

(5/29/2012)

-Independent Studio Services Exhibiting at ABTT

Independent Studio Services Exhibiting at ABTT

Independent Studio Services will be exhibiting for the second year running at ABTT, June 13-14, in stand 3, where it will be showcasing its range of services and products. Specializing in the design, supply, and installation ...More

(5/29/2012)

-Compulite Vector Controls The Voice UK

Compulite Vector Controls The Voice UK

The Voice is a multinational singing competition reality show started in the Netherlands as The Voice of Holland in 2010. Since then, many countries have adapted the format and began airing their own national versions adding ...More

(5/29/2012)

-Clay Paky Lights the Dancing on Ice Tour 2012 in the UK

Clay Paky Lights the Dancing on Ice Tour 2012 in the UK

Clay Paky's lighting fixtures are Dancing on Ice at Britain's biggest arenas this spring as the hit ITV show goes on tour. With skating legends Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean headlining, the sixth live UK tour of Dancin ...More

(5/29/2012)

-Victory Tour Productions, Denkark, Adds Six DiGiCo Consoles

Victory Tour Productions, Denkark, Adds Six DiGiCo Consoles

Kim Johansen of Danish audio company Soundware is a proactive professional but, when he visited one of the country's leading tour suppliers one chilly winter morning, even he didn't expect to emerge with an order for no less than ...More

(5/29/2012)

-Jands Vista v2 on Never Did Me Any Harm, Sydney

Jands Vista v2 on Never Did Me Any Harm, Sydney

Never Did Me Any Harm is a new dance theatre work by award-winning director and choreographer Kate Champion (Not in a Million Years, The Age I'm In), exploring the complexities of contemporary family life. It is a co ...More

(5/29/2012)

-7th Sense Design Contributes to the Crown Jewels Display at the Tower of London

7th Sense Design Contributes to the Crown Jewels Display at the Tower of London

Atlas AV has completed a renovation of the extensive audiovisual exhibition surrounding the Jewels at the Tower of London.
In explaining about the technology installed, Alan Williams, operations manager at Atlas AV says: "T ...
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(5/29/2012)

-Magnum Audio Calls on Community to Cover University of South Florida Sporting Venues

Magnum Audio Calls on Community to Cover University of South Florida Sporting Venues

Founded in 1956, the University of South Florida (USF) has grown to become one of the largest universities in the US. USF's sprawling main campus in Tampa is home to a range of varsity sports teams, including football, baseball, soccer, ...More

(5/29/2012)

-Artistic Licence Illuminates the Porthcurno Telegraph Museum in Cornwall

Artistic Licence Illuminates the Porthcurno Telegraph Museum in Cornwall

In the far south-west of Cornwall, within a deep valley, lies a large white building and a small concrete hut -- an incongruous setting for a site of historical national importance. Now forming the Porthcurno Telegraph Museum, this is the ...More

(5/25/2012)

-Meyer Sound to Host Its First AVB Webinars

Meyer Sound to Host Its First AVB Webinars

Berkeley, California-based Meyer Sound has announced the company's first live webinars on AVB (audio video bridging), the non-proprietary IEEE AV networking standards built upon the ubiquitous Ethernet protocols. The newest addition ...More

(5/25/2012)

-Creative Stage Lighting Affirms Commitment to Columbus McKinnon With Lodestar Hoists

Creative Stage Lighting Affirms Commitment to Columbus McKinnon With Lodestar Hoists

Creative Stage Lighting has affirmed its commitment to Columbus McKinnon. The company is now stocking next-generation Lodestar one-ton and half-ton hoists.
New-style Lodestar electric chain hoists improve on the original Lodestar ...
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(5/25/2012)

-Ultratec Special Effects Opens New Distribution Facility in Germany

Ultratec Special Effects Opens New Distribution Facility in Germany

Ultratec Special Effects announces the company's new distribution facility in Frankfurt, Germany for both pyro and special effects products. The Frankfurt facility will serve as the company's central distribution hub for Europe. The ...More

(5/25/2012)

-Allen & Heath to Host iLive / GLD Digital Mixing Education Center at InfoComm

Allen & Heath to Host iLive / GLD Digital Mixing Education Center at InfoComm

Allen & Heath will be featuring free hands-on live training sessions at InfoComm 2012, running June 13-15, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sessions will alternate between the full featured iLive digital mixing systems and the new ...More

(5/25/2012)

-Harman's Studer Hosts Product Seminar in Jakarta

Harman's Studer Hosts Product Seminar in Jakarta

Indonesian distributor for Harman's Studer, PT. Kinarya Swarna Indonesia, recently organized a Studer product seminar for the radio broadcast industry. Held in the Sari Pan Pacific Hotel Jakarta on April 25, the seminar was attended ...More

(5/25/2012)

-Professional Wireless Systems Walks the Red Carpet at the Billboard Latin America Music Awards Show

Professional Wireless Systems Walks the Red Carpet at the Billboard Latin America Music Awards Show

Professional Wireless Systems (PWS), a Masque Sound Company and supplier of wireless systems for live and broadcast events, has been providing wireless solutions and gear onsite at the Latin Music Awards for the ...More

(5/25/2012)

-Outline GTO Line Array Speakers Help Deliver the Word for Joel Osteen's America's Night of Hope Event

Outline GTO Line Array Speakers Help Deliver the Word for Joel Osteen's America's Night of Hope Event

Outline Grand Touring Outline (GTO) line array speakers were used exclusively by Special Event Services (SES) to supply front-of-house sound for the recent Joel Osteen Ministries America's Night of Hope 2012 event. The ...More

(5/25/2012)

-Wholehog Consoles Control the Variant Spectrum

Wholehog Consoles Control the Variant Spectrum

During the darkest days of winter, Helsinki brightens the nights in an event called Lux Helsinki. This year's event featured a series of architectural lighting installations and fine art performances around town designed to enchant the eye ...More

(5/25/2012)

-Harley Davidson Factory Transforms and Puts New Life Into Church with NEXO System

Harley Davidson Factory Transforms and Puts New Life Into Church with NEXO System

When LifePointe Christian Church in Elk Grove, California was looking for a sound system to compliment their new location, a converted Harley Davidson showroom, they turned to the expertise of CCI of Olympia, Washington. Project ...More

(5/25/2012)

-Delicate Steps Up With Martin Audio at 20th Anniversary KROQ Weenie Roast

Delicate Steps Up With Martin Audio at 20th Anniversary KROQ Weenie Roast

This year's KROQ Weenie Roast Y Fiesta was both a 20th anniversary musical celebration and a heartfelt remembrance for the Beastie Boys' Adam "MCA" Yauch who passed away from cancer the day before the show. ...More

(5/25/2012)

-Entec Supplies L'Arc-en-Ciel

Entec Supplies L'Arc-en-Ciel

UK lighting and sound rental company Entec provided production to Japanese rockers L'Arc-en-Ciel. Entec provided lighting, rigging, sound equipment, and crew, plus site and local coordination services for shows at Le Zenith in Paris ...More

(5/25/2012)

-Countryman E6 Omni Earset Microphone Works Its magic

Countryman E6 Omni Earset Microphone Works Its magic

Trade shows are a great place to discover the latest, greatest products. While many manufacturers use models or product specialists to present their wares, others want something a bit more unique -- and that's where trade show magician S ...More

(5/24/2012)

-Leprecon Adds New Lighting Console to LPC Family

Leprecon Adds New Lighting Console to LPC Family

Leprecon, LLC is now shipping their new lighting console for production/rental and fixed installation applications. The LPC-24S Lil' Wing is a smaller, more compact design of the LPC series with all the features of the LPC-48V and ...More

(5/24/2012)

-Elation To Unveil Innovative Indoor/Outdoor Lighting, Video, and Control Solutions At InfoComm 2012

Elation To Unveil Innovative Indoor/Outdoor Lighting, Video, and Control Solutions At InfoComm 2012

Whether it's a flexible LED video panel that can bend around curved surfaces, or a powerful ACL beam that gives off the brightness of a 1,200W fixture while using a mere one-third the energy, Elation Professional will be showing ...More

(5/24/2012)

-Lightware's 25G Hybrid Matrix Will Take the Matrix Switch to the Third Dimension at InfoComm 2012

Lightware's 25G Hybrid Matrix Will Take the Matrix Switch to the Third Dimension at InfoComm 2012

Lightware U.S.A. will unveil its groundbreaking 25G Hybrid Matrix router at InfoComm 2012 Las Vegas, Nevada, June 13-15. The company will have the product on hand at its booth, N669, as well as providing an in-depth overview ...More

(5/24/2012)

-Knight of Illumination Awards Announce Gold Sponsors for 2012

Knight of Illumination Awards Announce Gold Sponsors for 2012

Ten of entertainment lighting technology's major companies have confirmed their status as official Gold sponsors for this year's Knight of Illumination Awards (KOI).
Avolites, Cast Lighting, ETC, Green Hippo, Hawthorn ...
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(5/24/2012)

-Panasonic, GoVision Join to Expand Mobile LED Board Rental Business

Panasonic, GoVision Join to Expand Mobile LED Board Rental Business

Panasonic Eco Solutions North America and GoVision LP announce they are joining forces in the LED video screen rental market to expand the modular LED board business. As the firststep, GoVision has entered into a long-term ...More

(5/24/2012)

-Dirty Rigger Lands in New York City

Dirty Rigger Lands in New York City

Expendables and production equipment outfitter Wits End is the latest to join the Dirty Rigger retail and distribution team.
With 10,000 sq. ft. of distribution space spread across two New York City locations, Wits End ...
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(5/24/2012)

-Theatre in Review: Title and Deed (Signature Theatre Company)

Theatre in Review: Title and Deed (Signature Theatre Company)

It happens to everyone, sooner or later. A playwright is received with acclaim, hailed as a fresh voice and the wave of the future, and you are left, purely and simply, baffled. While others are composing rhapsodies, you stand outside, ...More

(5/24/2012)

-Clay Paky Sharpys Deliver New Look to Bruce Springsteen's Wrecking Ball World Tour

Clay Paky Sharpys Deliver New Look to Bruce Springsteen's Wrecking Ball World Tour

Clay Paky Sharpy fixtures, from Las Vegas-based Morpheus Lights, are giving Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's Wrecking Ball World Tour a look that The Boss's previous concert performances have never had before.< ...More

(5/24/2012)

-Charcoalblue's Work on Newcastle's Theatre Royal Wins RICS award

Charcoalblue's Work on Newcastle's Theatre Royal Wins RICS award

One of theatre design consultancy, Charcoalblue's biggest projects of 2011 has won a prestigious Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Award. The hugely successful Newcastle Theatre Royal restoration project was honored with ...More

(5/24/2012)

-Derby University Extends Investment in Chroma-Q Lighting Technologies

Derby University Extends Investment in Chroma-Q Lighting Technologies

The University of Derby has recently purchased a quantity of Chroma-Q Color Force 12 LED fixtures and Chroma-Q Universal color changers, for use on their acclaimed BSc degree course in Sound, Light, and Live Event Technology. ...More

(5/24/2012)

-HSL to Hold Equipment Auction

HSL to Hold Equipment Auction

Blackburn UK-based lighting and visuals rental specialist HSL is holding an auction to clear some ex-rental stock. HSL's move to new premises and the need to make more space for new hire stock has provided an ideal opportunity for ...More

(5/23/2012)

-New Exhibitors and New Seminars - PLASA Focus: Nashville 2012 Gains Momentum

New Exhibitors and New Seminars - PLASA Focus: Nashville 2012 Gains Momentum

Three new sessions have been added to an already stellar line up of speakers due to take the stage at PLASA Focus: Nashville, a new style of regional event taking place, for the first time, at The Nashville Municipal Auditorium, on ...More

(5/23/2012)

-Alcorn McBride Debuts New Products, Sponsors Training, and Educational Seminar at InfoComm 2012

Alcorn McBride Debuts New Products, Sponsors Training, and Educational Seminar at InfoComm 2012

Alcorn McBride Inc. will be making headlines at InfoComm 2012 by introducing three products, announcing a product upgrade, and hosting a manufacturer's training session and cutting-edge technology seminar. InfoComm runs June ...More

(5/23/2012)

-Industry Veterans Form Entertainment Technology Solutions Company Zeehi

Industry Veterans Form Entertainment Technology Solutions Company Zeehi

Danny Abelson announces the formation of Zeehi LLC, a new entertainment technology company dedicated to developing solutions to improve the workflow of global entertainment production professionals everywhere. ...More

(5/23/2012)

-Get Inside the Mackie DL1608 with New Video Podcast Series

Get Inside the Mackie DL1608 with New Video Podcast Series

The new Mackie DL1608 Digital Live Sound Mixer with iPad control has garnered attention from audio pros the world over since the unveiling earlier this year. With availability right around the corner, Mackie wants to inform and ...More

(5/23/2012)

-AES Names Steve Green Business Development Manager

AES Names Steve Green Business Development Manager

Recognizing the importance of engaging directly with its stakeholders, Audio Engineering Society executive director Bob Moses has named Steve Green AES business development manager. An accomplished audio systems and ...More

(5/23/2012)

-Electrosonic Achieves Diamond Recognition in InfoComm's Certified Audio-Visual Solutions Provider Program

Electrosonic Achieves Diamond Recognition in InfoComm's Certified Audio-Visual Solutions Provider Program

Electrosonic is proud to announce that it has qualified at the Diamond level in InfoComm's Certified Audio-visual Solutions Provider Program (CAVSP), the only organizational-level recognition of its kind. Diamond is the ...More

(5/23/2012)

-Steve Decker Joins Milestone AV Technologies as President of Consumer Products

Steve Decker Joins Milestone AV Technologies as President of Consumer Products

Milestone AV Technologies announces that Steve Decker is joining the organization as president of consumer products. With more than 25 years of experience, including 20 years as a consumer electronics executive, Decker will ...More

(5/23/2012)

-DiGiCo's Dan Page Moves to Sales Application Specialist

DiGiCo's Dan Page Moves to Sales Application Specialist

After four successful years in DiGiCo's R&D department, Dan Page moves to the role of sales application specialist. He will be supporting the existing sales team of Ian Staddon, Tim Shaxson, and James 'Digger' Bradley. While ...More

(5/23/2012)

-Hosa Technology Introduces Beatport DJ Series Product Line

Hosa Technology Introduces Beatport DJ Series Product Line

Hosa Technology, a designer and manufacturer of analog and digital connectivity solutions for the musicians, announces the introduction of the new Beatport DJ series product line. Designed to meet the requirements of every DJ -- ...More

(5/23/2012)

-Coachella 2012 Lights the California Desert with LumenRadio CRMX Nova

Coachella 2012 Lights the California Desert with LumenRadio CRMX Nova

At this year's Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Southern California, over 150,000 people enjoyed an eclectic lineup of performers, including Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Radiohead, The Black Keys, and a special holographic appearance by the ...More

(5/23/2012)

-J.R. Clancy wins Live Design Excellence Award for work at Kauffman Center in Kansas City

J.R. Clancy wins Live Design Excellence Award for work at Kauffman Center in Kansas City

J. R. Clancy, a designer and manufacturer of theatre rigging, received the 2012 Excellence Award from Live Design magazine for the company's work at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Missouri.< ...More

(5/23/2012)

-Elite Sound and Lighting Expands With Harman's Soundcraft

Elite Sound and Lighting Expands With Harman's Soundcraft

Elite Sound and Lighting of Canberra and the Australian capital's premier audio-visual production and installation supplier, has a wide variety of clients from dry-hire to rock'n'roll and corporate to conferencing. Consequently ...More

(5/22/2012)

-2012 Obie Awards Winners Announced

2012 Obie Awards Winners Announced

The 57th annual Obie Awards, administered by the downtown newspaper The Village Voice were given out at a ceremony Monday, May 21, 2012 at Webster Hall in Greenwich Village. The awards were presented by Eric McCormack, Grace ...More

(5/22/2012)

-Martin Audio Sounding Out Strategic Options

Martin Audio Sounding Out Strategic Options

Loud Technologies Inc. has appointed Lincoln International to conduct a strategic review of its UK-based division, Martin Audio, with a view to finding private equity backing to support Martin Audio into the next phase of its ...More

(5/22/2012)

-Brainstorm Introduces SR-112 Time Code Distripalyzer at InfoComm

Brainstorm Introduces SR-112 Time Code Distripalyzer at InfoComm

Brainstorm Electronics, a manufacturer of time code and clocking solutions, is introducing for the first time at InfoComm 2012, in booth C11349, running June 13-15, in Las Vegas, Nevada, the new SR-112 Time Code Distripalyzer ...More

(5/22/2012)

-Masque Sound Clients Sweep 2012 Tony Awards Nominations for Best Musical

Masque Sound Clients Sweep 2012 Tony Awards Nominations for Best Musical

When the 66th annual Tony Awards nominations were announced earlier this month, Masque Sound, a theatrical sound reinforcement, installation, and design company, was well represented, as all four shows in this year's Best ...More

(5/22/2012)

-CAD Debuts UHF WX100 Installation-Grade Wireless System at InfoComm

CAD Debuts UHF WX100 Installation-Grade Wireless System at InfoComm

The new UHF WX100 wireless series from CAD Audio/Astatic, providing the A/V installer with simple and intuitive form factors, high performance wireless connectivity, and exceptional audio bandwidth, will be introduced at InfoComm ...More

(5/22/2012)

-The Music People Commit to Line 6 Live Sound Products

The Music People Commit to Line 6 Live Sound Products

Line 6, Inc. announces that TMP Pro, the installation division of The Music People, is now an official distributor of the Line 6 live sound product line. TMP Pro will offer the XD-V family of digital wireless systems, ...More

(5/22/2012)

-First Night Riders Offered Exclusive Tour of London's Royal Albert Hall

First Night Riders Offered Exclusive Tour of London's Royal Albert Hall

Participants in this year's First Night Riders charity motorcycle ride are being offered a unique tour of London's magical Royal Albert Hall.
The annual First Night Riders event -- which raises money for UK industry charity The ...
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(5/22/2012)

-EAW Hits a Grand Slam for the Miami Marlins' New Stadium

EAW Hits a Grand Slam for the Miami Marlins' New Stadium

The Miami Marlins (formerly the Florida Marlins) squared off against the World Champion St. Louis Cardinals on April 4, 2012, inaugurating a new season of baseball and christening the newest page in the history of baseball stadiums. At a ...More

(5/22/2012)

-Baker Audio Installs Harman's JBL VLA Line Arrays at University of North Carolina's Kenan Memorial Stadium

Baker Audio Installs Harman's JBL VLA Line Arrays at University of North Carolina's Kenan Memorial Stadium

Baker Audio of Norcross, Georgia, recently upgraded the audio system at the University of North Carolina's (UNC) Kenan Memorial Stadium, home of Tar Heels football since 1927, with Harman's JBL VLA line arrays. Baker Audio ...More

(5/22/2012)

-Audix Mics Up Recycled Percussion -- Including a Chainsaw!

Audix Mics Up Recycled Percussion -- Including a Chainsaw!

Recycled Percussion holds the distinction of the highest non-vocal finalists ever on America's Got Talent. They're now playing for audiences at the famed Tropicana Las Vegas Theatre, performing six interactive shows a week. ...More

(5/22/2012)

-A.C. Special Projects Supplies Innovative UK Academy Venue

A.C. Special Projects Supplies Innovative UK Academy Venue

A.C. Special Projects (ACSP) Ltd. has recently completed the design, supply, and installation of a sound, AV, and lighting system at the new Moyes Center at the DYCA (the David Young Community Academy) in Leeds, UK. ...More

(5/22/2012)

-Stage Electrics Installs at Canada Water Library in London

Stage Electrics Installs at Canada Water Library in London

The new Canada Water Library in London's southeast Docklands is an impressive and striking building, with artistic ambitions that take it way beyond the standard repository of books, CDs, and IT services. ...More

(5/22/2012)

-DiGiCo SD11 Installed in Australian School

DiGiCo SD11 Installed in Australian School

Helensvale Primary, located on Queensland's Gold Coast, recently finished a new performing arts center, complete with a full audio-visual solution designed, supplied and installed by Dominica Sound via DiGiCo's Australian ...More

(5/22/2012)

-Theatre in Review: February House (Public Theater)

Theatre in Review: February House (Public Theater)

If you're going to populate your musical with the likes of W. H. Auden, Carson McCullers, and Gypsy Rose Lee -- and that's just for openers -- audiences have every right to expect some fireworks. If February House offers less ...More

(5/21/2012)

-Robe Gets the Party Started at PLASA Focus: Nashville

Robe Gets the Party Started at PLASA Focus: Nashville

Robe continues its long tradition of hospitality and generating social interaction with the announcement of a party to coincide with the upcoming PLASA Focus exhibition in Nashville, Tennessee, taking place July 11-12, at the ...More

(5/21/2012)

-Bob King to Manage XL Video's West Coast Operations

Bob King to Manage XL Video's West Coast Operations

XL Video announces that Robert King has been hired for the newly created position of director of operations for the Los Angeles, California office. King has worked in key technical and management positions over a 30-year ...More

(5/21/2012)

-Ysabel Vangrudenberg and Alex Luthwaite open Tait Office in China

Ysabel Vangrudenberg and Alex Luthwaite open Tait Office in China

Alex Luthwaite joins Ysabel Vangrudenberg in Shenzhen, China, as Tait continues to increase production in Asia. Shenzhen is reputedly considered one of the fastest growing cities in the world with a vibrant economy in ...More

(5/21/2012)

-New French President Welcomed into Office with Innovason's Eclipse

New French President Welcomed into Office with Innovason's Eclipse

The investiture of the new French President, Francois Hollande, on May 15, was a long and solemn affair according to tradition and protocol. The official handover of power from former President Nicholas Sarkozy took place at the ...More

(5/21/2012)

-Milestone AV Holds Grand Opening of New Headquarters

Milestone AV Holds Grand Opening of New Headquarters

Milestone AV Technologies held a grand opening of its new 85,000-sq.-ft. headquarters in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, on May 11. The event was open to invited community guests and the media and was followed by an open house for ...More

(5/21/2012)

-Clay Paky Announces RMB Lights and Sounds as its Philippines Distributor

Clay Paky Announces RMB Lights and Sounds as its Philippines Distributor

Professional entertainment lighting manufacturer Clay Paky has appointed RMB Lights and Sounds as its distributor in the Philippines. Serving the theatrical and television industry for twelve years, RMB is a wholesale ...More

(5/21/2012)

-Brenda Caplen Joins Gearhouse ICS

Brenda Caplen Joins Gearhouse ICS

Brenda Caplen, formerly of Evaluate Interactive Event Systems and Conference Communications, has joined newly-formed ICT solutions provider Gearhouse ICS. ICS offers a complete conference and event solution, from registration ...More

(5/21/2012)

-Altinex Announces Availability of DA1907LX Ditto-Amp One-In / Two-Out VGA Distribution Amplifier

Altinex Announces Availability of DA1907LX Ditto-Amp One-In / Two-Out VGA Distribution Amplifier

Altinex, a manufacturer of signal management solutions, announces availability of the DA1907LX Ditto-Amp one-in / two-out VGA distribution amplifier, another addition to the company's line of dedicated AV solutions. The DA1907LX is ...More

(5/21/2012)

-HSL Supplies Lighting for Wicked Game Tour for Il Divo

HSL Supplies Lighting for Wicked Game Tour for Il Divo

UK lighting and visual rentals specialist HSL's is supplying lighting, Kinesys automation system, and crew to operatic / pop vocal superstars Il Divo. The crossover group has just completed the first full production UK and European ...More

(5/21/2012)

-Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea Uses Christie Visual Solutions for the Signature Big-O Show

Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea Uses Christie Visual Solutions for the Signature Big-O Show

Christie, the official contents sponsor for Expo 2012 Yeosu Expo, announces the Organizing Committee for Expo 2012 has selected Christie Roadie HD+35K projectors for its signature multimedia night show. Set against the natural ...More

(5/21/2012)

-Portland Theatre Sees Energy Savings with ETC Selador LED Luminaires

Portland Theatre Sees Energy Savings with ETC Selador LED Luminaires

Oregon's Portland Center for the Performing Arts (PCPA) recently upgraded the lighting system in its Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall with 36 ETC Selador Classic Vivid-R LED luminaires. By installing the fixtures, the venue expanded ...More

(5/21/2012)

-GDS ArcSystem Illuminates the Bacon Theatre in Cheltenham, UK

GDS ArcSystem Illuminates the Bacon Theatre in Cheltenham, UK

GDS and Gloucestershire-based Chinnick Theatre Services (CTS) recently commissioned a complete re-fit of the Bacon Theatre's house light system.
The impressive Bacon Theatre sits in the grounds of Dean Close School in ...
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(5/18/2012)

-It's All About Listening with Meyer Sound at InfoComm 2012

It's All About Listening with Meyer Sound at InfoComm 2012

The listener's experience comes first and foremost for Meyer Sound, and InfoComm 2012, exhibiting in booth C9717, running June 13-15, in Las Vegas, Nevada, will bring this emphasis into focus. Starting with the immersive ...More

(5/18/2012)

-Martin Audio to Introduce MLA Compact For Installed Sound

Martin Audio to Introduce MLA Compact For Installed Sound

Scheduled to be introduced at InfoComm 2012, running June 13-15, in las Vegas, Nevada, the new MLA Compact will make Martin Audio's Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array (MLA) technology available to a wide range of installed ...More

(5/18/2012)

-db audiotechnik to Exhibit at InfoComm 2012

db audiotechnik to Exhibit at InfoComm 2012

For the user there are a vast number of reasons to visit Vegas. "Making its US debut, the V-Series line array is the heavily anticipated new addition to the Black range of touring loudspeaker systems," said the d&b ...More

(5/18/2012)

-High End Systems Offers Bulk Purchase Specials thru June

High End Systems Offers Bulk Purchase Specials thru June

High End Systems, a Barco company, announces the first of a multitude of promotions aimed at offering customers the best value on lighting products. These current promotions are offered through the end of June 2012 and are available ...More

(5/18/2012)

-Award-winning Calibre UK Launches Two New Processors at InfoComm 2012

Award-winning Calibre UK Launches Two New Processors at InfoComm 2012

Calibre UK will bring a host of new innovations to InfoComm 2012, exhibiting in booth N1153, running June 13-15, in Las Vegas, Nevada, including the brand new HQView530 and LEDView530 scaler, switcher, and scan convertors. ...More

(5/18/2012)

-7thSense Design to Provides Immersive Dome Imagery to projectiondesign at InfoComm 2012

7thSense Design to Provides Immersive Dome Imagery to projectiondesign at InfoComm 2012

7thSense Design will support projectiondesign's six-channel 3D dome display with 220 by 90-degree field of view in the projectiondesign's booth N1351 at InfoComm 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada, running June 13-15. ...More

(5/18/2012)

-A Pair of Danley Jericho Horns Herald a New Speaker Model for Church Audio

A Pair of Danley Jericho Horns Herald a New Speaker Model for Church Audio

The parishioners at First Baptist Church of Goodlettsville, Tennessee are the first churchgoers in the world, according to the company, to enjoy the exacting fidelity, soul-lifting power, and clean, even coverage of a pair of Danley ...More

(5/18/2012)

-Alcorn McBride Supplies Digital Audio and Video Players at the Historic Brooklyn Navy Yard

Alcorn McBride Supplies Digital Audio and Video Players at the Historic Brooklyn Navy Yard

The rich history of the Brooklyn Navy Yard from before the Revolutionary War to its exciting rebirth in the 21st century has found a home in Bldg 92's Brooklyn Navy Yard Center (BNYC). An exhibit and visitors center operated as a program ...More

(5/18/2012)

-Mixing Dream Theater with a MIDAS Touch

Mixing Dream Theater with a MIDAS Touch

Independent front-of-house engineer Nigel Paul is using the MIDAS PRO9 digital live audio system for Dream Theater's ongoing world tour. The band has been on the road almost continuously since July 2011 in support of its 11th ...More

(5/18/2012)

-Drummer Rick Latham's Groove Workshop Tours Europe with Harman's AKG Drumset Groove Pack

Drummer Rick Latham's Groove Workshop Tours Europe with Harman's AKG Drumset Groove Pack

World-renown drummer and "groove" activist, Rick Latham recently wrapped up his 30th year of touring the globe. The artist entertained and educated aspiring and professional drummers in a workshop dedicated to the music business, ...More

(5/18/2012)

-Tony Nominee Leap of Faith Used Neumann Digital Microphone Technology

Tony Nominee Leap of Faith Used Neumann Digital Microphone Technology

Audio specialist Sennheiser announced that Leap of Faith, the Tony-nominated musical that recently closed on Broadway, was the first Broadway production to utilize digital microphone technology from Neumann. The ...More

(5/18/2012)

-W-DMX on Laservision's Wonder Full in Singapore

W-DMX on Laservision's Wonder Full in Singapore

Wireless Solution Sweden AB's Singapore distributor Laservision recently delivered the award-winning creation of Wonder Full -- the largest light and water spectacular in South East Asia. This breathtaking multimedia ...More

(5/17/2012)

-Dataton Launches WATCHOUT Academy at InfoComm 2012

Dataton Launches WATCHOUT Academy at InfoComm 2012

Swedish image processing and control specialists, Dataton will bring their WATCHOUT 5.2 multiple image and display software for the first time to InfoComm 2012, exhibiting in booth N1641, running June 13-15, in Las Vegas, ...More

(5/17/2012)

-Stage Guide Light Available from GAMPRODUCTS

Stage Guide Light Available from GAMPRODUCTS

Laurel Polson, VP of sales at Gamproducts, Inc. announces the new GAM Blinky stage guide light. For personnel backstage who have whacked their head on a low hanging beam backstage, hit their shins against a protruding ...More

(5/17/2012)

-projectiondesign Plans InfoComm 2012 Presence

projectiondesign Plans InfoComm 2012 Presence

The migration of immersive displays to the worlds of enterprise conferencing and collaboration will be a key theme for Norway's projectiondesign at this year's InfoComm 2012, June 13-15, in booth N1351, in Las Vegas, Nevada. ...More

(5/17/2012)

-Full Compass Systems Hosts How-To Sound Workshop for Church Techs

Full Compass Systems Hosts How-To Sound Workshop for Church Techs

Full Compass Systems, a professional audio, video, AV, lighting, and musical instrument retailers, recently hosted a How-To Sound Workshop that brought house-of-worship sound volunteers and technicians to Full Compass' 4,200-sq. ft. ...More

(5/17/2012)

-Chief to Participate in Almo Professional A/V's E4 AV Event in D.C. on May 18

Chief to Participate in Almo Professional A/V's E4 AV Event in D.C. on May 18

Chief, a manufacturer of mounts, racks, and interactive solutions, is hitting the road to participate at the Almo Professional A/V E4 Tour, a training and networking event in Washington, D.C., on May 18. ...More

(5/17/2012)

-Hall Research Designs Fiber-Optic Extender for HDMI, VGA, Audio, and RS232

Hall Research Designs Fiber-Optic Extender for HDMI, VGA, Audio, and RS232

The Hall Research fiber-optic extender, model HR-733, extends uncompressed HDMI, or VGA video with audio and bi-directional RS-232 to over 3,000' using just one multi-mode fiber optic cable.
The HR-733 provides three AV inputs: ...
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(5/17/2012)

-Theatre in Review: Are You There, McPhee? (McCarter Theatre Center)

Theatre in Review: Are You There, McPhee? (McCarter Theatre Center)

In a promotional interview for Are You There, McPhee?, John Guare says, "It's the kind of play I like. We turn on the television to see that which we're going to know and we come to the theatre to see that which we don't know ...More

(5/17/2012)

-Clay Paky Shines a Light on Bahrain's Path of Pearls

Clay Paky Shines a Light on Bahrain's Path of Pearls

Festivities are underway as Manama, capital city of Bahrain, celebrates its appointment as Capital of Arab Culture 2012.
As part of the festivities the city produced a spectacular opening ceremony, Path of Pearls, which was ...
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(5/17/2012)

-TMP Pibrac Theatre Invests in new Harman Soundcraft Vi1 Console

TMP Pibrac Theatre Invests in new Harman Soundcraft Vi1 Console

Built in 1989, the Théâtre Musical de Pibrac (TMP) is a popular concert and music-based theatre, situated 10 minutes from the center of Toulouse, in France. With an amphitheatre-style main auditorium, seating 448 (750 standing) it also has ...More

(5/17/2012)

-Western Carolina University Upgrades Ramsey Activity Center with Harman's JBL Loudspeakers

Western Carolina University Upgrades Ramsey Activity Center with Harman's JBL Loudspeakers

Western Carolina University's Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center hosts the University's basketball and volleyball teams as well as a variety of special events and concerts. Although rich in tradition, WCU's administrators recently ...More

(5/17/2012)

-On the Road with iLive: Gomez

On the Road with iLive: Gomez

British indy band Gomez is hitting the road in 2012 in support of their most recent album, Whatever's On Your Mind. Minding the controls in monitor world is their longtime engineer, Rob Elliott. "We've been using an Allen & ...More

(5/17/2012)

-Vista Spyder X20 Manages Content on Three Sets at China State Broadcaster's New US Hub

Vista Spyder X20 Manages Content on Three Sets at China State Broadcaster's New US Hub

China's state broadcaster CCTV (China Central Television) recently launched its new US hub in Washington, D.C. with the Vista Spyder X20-0808 video processor managing graphics and video content and feeding it to three sets. ...More

(5/17/2012)

-Lighthouse Jumbovision and TS Sports Play a Role in Cal's Stadium Renovation

Lighthouse Jumbovision and TS Sports Play a Role in Cal's Stadium Renovation

Lighthouse and TS Sports are preparing to install Lighthouse HD10 LED video screens and three sets of LED video fascia at California Memorial Stadium, longtime home of the University of California Bears football. ...More

(5/16/2012)

-Richard Pilbrow to Give Keynote Address at NATEAC 2012

Richard Pilbrow to Give Keynote Address at NATEAC 2012

Richard Pilbrow, founder of Theatre Project Consultants (TPC) and one of the world's leading theatre design consultants, will give the keynote address at the North American Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference (NATE ...More

(5/16/2012)

-RC4Magic is Now Available as a Rental

RC4Magic is Now Available as a Rental

RC4Wireless, maker of the RC4Magic wireless dimming system, has launched the RC4 Rental Program. Managed directly by the manufacturer, this new service uses FedEx to deliver rental equipment directly to your door, along with ...More

(5/16/2012)

-Women in AV (WAVE) Support Las Vegas Charity

Women in AV (WAVE) Support Las Vegas Charity

On behalf of the dynamic AV industry, the Women in AV (WAVE) are striving to leave something charitable at the conclusion of InfoComm 2012, running June 13-15, in Las Vegas, Nevada. "We work in a fast-paced technology ...More

(5/16/2012)

-Advanced Systems Group Adds Cullen Quave

Advanced Systems Group Adds Cullen Quave

Advanced Systems Group (ASG), a video and film integration firm, adds Cullen Quave to its inside sales team. In his role, Quave will be focused on researching and supporting sales orders for ASG technicians in the field, as ...More

(5/16/2012)

-Studio Technologies Introduces Live-Link Jr. Remote Camera Interface System at InfoComm 2012

Studio Technologies Introduces Live-Link Jr. Remote Camera Interface System at InfoComm 2012

Studio Technologies, a manufacturer of tailored, high-performance video, audio, and fiber optic products for the professional audio and broadcast markets, will introduce the new Live-Link Jr. remote camera interface system at Info ...More

(5/16/2012)

-Technomad Expands Integrator and End-User Options for PowerChiton Amplifiers

Technomad Expands Integrator and End-User Options for PowerChiton Amplifiers

Technomad will introduce several new product accessories at InfoComm 2012, June 13-15, in booth C12033, in Las Vegas, Nevada, to complement its audio solutions range. These tools give systems integrators and end-users ...More

(5/16/2012)

-Nemetschek Vectorworks Introduces Pedestrian Simulation Software at the AIA 2012 National Convention

Nemetschek Vectorworks Introduces Pedestrian Simulation Software at the AIA 2012 National Convention

Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. will introduce SimTread, a pedestrian simulation software tool, at the AIA 2012 National Convention and Design Expo, May 17-19, in Washington D.C. The SimTread tool is used with Vectorworks ...More

(5/16/2012)

-Renkus-Heinz Takes Center Stage at Poland's Jelenia Góra Spa Theatre

Renkus-Heinz Takes Center Stage at Poland's Jelenia Góra Spa Theatre

Established in 1976 by the Wroclaw actor Andrzej Dziedziul, the Zdrojowy Teatr Animacji (or Spa Theatre) in Jelenia Góra, Poland, is housed in the classically designed Spa Theatre, which was built in 1836. Used mainly for children's ...More

(5/16/2012)

-Ukraine Rocks Out with High End Systems Products and Consoles

Ukraine Rocks Out with High End Systems Products and Consoles

The Ukraine is rocking out with a proliferation of products from High End Systems, a Barco company, on high profile events. Rental company Feyeria, one of the largest owners of HES equipment in the country, is most recently ...More

(5/16/2012)

-Tennessee Performing Arts Center Looks Ahead with Meyer Sound M'elodie after Two Decades with the MSL-3

Tennessee Performing Arts Center Looks Ahead with Meyer Sound M'elodie after Two Decades with the MSL-3

When it was ready to upgrade its venerable Meyer Sound MSL-3 loudspeakers of more than two decades at its 2,472-seat Andrew Jackson Hall, the Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) in Nashville chose Meyer Sound again, this time a ...More

(5/16/2012)

-Jeff Dunham's Controlled Chaos Tours with Adlib

Jeff Dunham's Controlled Chaos Tours with Adlib

Liverpool-based Adlib rounded off a busy April 2012 tour supplying sound, lighting, and rigging equipment plus crew to globally successful comedian Jeff Dunham on his Controlled Chaos tour.
The tour already had a design in ...
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(5/16/2012)

-Look Solutions' Unique Hazer Enhances Services at Indiana's Oakbrook Church

Look Solutions' Unique Hazer Enhances Services at Indiana's Oakbrook Church

Look Solutions' Unique hazer continues to play an important role in weekend services and special events at Kokomo, Indiana's Oakbrook Church.
The Unique hazer is deployed in two different rooms at the church's campus, which was ...
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(5/15/2012)

-Clear-Com Introduces New CC-300 and CC-400 Headsets

Clear-Com Introduces New CC-300 and CC-400 Headsets

Clear-Com introduces the latest additions to its line of professional headsets, the CC-300 and CC-400. The CC-300 and CC-400 offer comfort, performance and flexibility for users who employ intercoms for long hours. They are ...More

(5/15/2012)

-Outline Features FlySub 15 iMode and FlySub 15 Subwoofer Systems at InfoComm 2012

Outline Features FlySub 15 iMode and FlySub 15 Subwoofer Systems at InfoComm 2012

Outline, the makers speaker systems for touring, installation, and studio applications, will feature the new FlySub 15 iMode and FlySub 15 line array subwoofer speakers at InfoComm 2012, June 13-15, in Las Vegas, Nevada, in ...More

(5/15/2012)

-AVnu Alliance Fuels A/V Interoperability with Demonstration and Training Program at InfoComm 2012

AVnu Alliance Fuels A/V Interoperability with Demonstration and Training Program at InfoComm 2012

At InfoComm 2012, the AVnu Alliance will bring the most extensive AVB (Audio/Video Bridging) technology showcase and education offerings to date. Live demonstrations of AVB-enabled devices will show A/V networking simplicity ...More

(5/15/2012)

-CADAC Debuts CDC eight Production Platform in the US

CADAC Debuts CDC eight Production Platform in the US

CADAC is exhibiting and demonstrating its new CDC eight digital production console to the US theatre sound industry as a sponsor of the Live Design Broadway Sound Master Classes, May 19-20, in New York City. It will also be the ...More

(5/15/2012)

-WWE NXT Live Tapings Move to Full Sail University Campus

WWE NXT Live Tapings Move to Full Sail University Campus

WWE and Full Sail University announced today an innovative partnership that moves live tapings of WWE NXT series to Full Sail Live, the university's state-of-the-art performance venue, and creates a new student ...More

(5/15/2012)

-Theatre in Review: Man and Superman (Irish Repertory Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Man and Superman (Irish Repertory Theatre)

The Irish Repertory Theatre's production of Man and Superman is the theatrical equivalent of one of those package tours that drag tourists through six countries in seven days. There's time only for the most famous highlights, ...More

(5/15/2012)

-Sapsis Rigging Provides Fall Arrest Training to War Horse National Tour

Sapsis Rigging Provides Fall Arrest Training to War Horse National Tour

The national touring company of the Broadway play War Horse selected Bill Sapsis, president of Sapsis Rigging, Inc., to provide fall arrest equipment and training to the company's crew. ...More

(5/15/2012)

-Evita Returns To Broadway -- With FocusTrack and SpotTrack Acclaimed

Evita Returns To Broadway -- With FocusTrack and SpotTrack Acclaimed

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Time Rice's Evita has returned to Broadway for the first time in thirty years, in a sizzling, scintillating new production directed by Michael Grandage, choreographed by Rob Ashford, designed by Christopher ...More

(5/15/2012)

-Full Compass Hosts "Music Biz" Workshop for Young Musicians

Full Compass Hosts &quot;Music Biz&quot; Workshop for Young Musicians

Full Compass Systems, a retailer of pro audio, pro video, AV, lighting, and musical instruments, will host a day-long workshop for aspiring musicians on Saturday, June 23. "Making It in the Music Biz" is a special gathering of music ...More

(5/15/2012)

-Chauvet Washes Paramount Studio in Color

Chauvet Washes Paramount Studio in Color

Almost 100 Chauvet Professional fixtures brought a multi-colored ambience during the opening of Technicolor at Paramount's state-of-the-art post-production sound facility at the Paramount Pictures studio lot. ...More

(5/15/2012)

-Christie Digital Japan Lights up Tokyo Sky Tree East Tower for NHK Documentary with Projection Mapping

Christie Digital Japan Lights up Tokyo Sky Tree East Tower for NHK Documentary with Projection Mapping

Christie Digital Systems Japan in co-operation with NHK Enterprises Ltd., WOW, and Sigma A&V and Rental Corporation, played a key role in creating Sunday's NHK documentary broadcast See Everything That Makes Tokyo ...More

(5/15/2012)

-Alcons Commits to India Office

Alcons Commits to India Office

Dutch manufacturers of audio solutions, Alcons Audio has opened a direct office presence in India, offering customers full factory support. Alcons will be operating out of Mumbai and Bangalore initially, with expansion planned to ...More

(5/14/2012)

-Ishioka, Tsypin, Vanstone win Outer Critics Circle Design Awards

Ishioka, Tsypin, Vanstone win Outer Critics Circle Design Awards

The Outer Critics Circle, the organization of writers and commentators for media covering New York theatre, opted for spectacle in handing out its awards this year.
Among the design winners, Eiko Ishioka and George ...
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(5/14/2012)

-Renkus-Heinz Continues to Expand Engineering Department

Renkus-Heinz Continues to Expand Engineering Department

Renkus-Heinz has announced the continued expansion of their engineering department with the addition of Alejandro Fidalgo to their engineering team.
Fidalgo joins Renkus-Heinz after working in audio electronics firmware ...
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(5/14/2012)

-coolux to release Pandoras Box Version 5.1 at InfoComm 2012

coolux to release Pandoras Box Version 5.1 at InfoComm 2012

coolux will officially release Pandoras Box version 5.1 at InfoComm 2012, June 13-15, in booth N1751, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Following the Pandoras Box version 5.0, the new version will consist of a range of new features, ...
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(5/14/2012)

-T Servis Reinforces Rental Stock with Extra K1 Cabinets

T Servis Reinforces Rental Stock with Extra K1 Cabinets

Czech-based rental company T Servis has purchased additional L-ACOUSTICS K1 WST line source enclosures from local distributor Pro Music. This brings the total of K1 enclosures in T Servis' rental inventory to 64. ...More

(5/14/2012)

-WorldStage Helps Intel Catch The Wave at CES 2012

WorldStage Helps Intel Catch The Wave at CES 2012

With the theme "Connect to Life," Intel's innovative booth at CES 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada featured a giant ecosystem of animated creatures whose interactions reflected the digital world in which Intel operates. Foghorn Creative ...More

(5/14/2012)

-US Tour of Million Dollar Quartet Powers up with Meyer Sound MICA and M'elodie

US Tour of Million Dollar Quartet Powers up with Meyer Sound MICA and M'elodie

Having continued successful permanent productions in Chicago and New York, the Broadway musical Million Dollar Quartet (MDQ) has hit the road with a North American tour. To accommodate venues seating from 1,400 to over 3,000, sound ...More

(5/14/2012)

-Robe Rocks the House in Slovenia with DJ Chuckie

Robe Rocks the House in Slovenia with DJ Chuckie

When the Playboy White Invasion dance event hit Ljubljana's Gospodarsko Razstavisce, 6,000 dance enthusiasts raised the roof and appreciated Dutch mixmaster DJ Chuckie and others including Arty, Thomas Gold, and R.I.O -- all illuminated by ...More

(5/14/2012)

-Drake's Club Paradise Tour Moves with Elation Moving Head Video Panels

Drake's Club Paradise Tour Moves with Elation Moving Head Video Panels

Like the Canadian rapper himself, the stage production for Drake's Club Paradise Tour is bold, strong, and masculine with a commanding presence. The focal point of the set is an industrial-looking backdrop, made up of 40 alloy ...More

(5/14/2012)

-Allen & Heath Flies the UK Flag at SXSW Festival

Allen & Heath Flies the UK Flag at SXSW Festival

Allen & Heath's iLive digital mixing system was selected by promoters, Cato Music, to manage front-of-house and monitors on the British Music Embassy stage at this year's iconic SXSW festival in Austin Texas. ...More

(5/14/2012)

-WorxAudio Technologies Deployed at First Christian Church of Venice, Florida

WorxAudio Technologies Deployed at First Christian Church of Venice, Florida

With three services each Sunday -- two of which are contemporary in nature -- First Christian Church of Venice, Florida has a vibrant worship program that caters to a diverse congregation. Seeking a new sound reinforcement system capable ...More

(5/14/2012)

-White Light Help Launch New Museum for Titanic Belfast

White Light Help Launch New Museum for Titanic Belfast

On the evening of Saturday April 7th, entertainment lighting specialist White Light helped launch the Titanic Belfast building, the world's largest Titanic visitor experience which has been built on the site of the docks where the ...More

(5/14/2012)

-Symnet Composer Now Available for Download

Symnet Composer Now Available for Download

Symetrix announces the release of SymNet Composer DSP configuration software. SymNet Composer is an installed sound DSP configuration software.
When performing basic Edge hardware configuration, Composer automatically identifies ...
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(5/11/2012)

-George Masek Joins A.C.T Lighting in New Post of Vice President, Automated Lighting

George Masek Joins A.C.T Lighting in New Post of Vice President, Automated Lighting

A.C.T Lighting, Inc. has named George Masek vice president, automated lighting for the company. He will be based in Dallas, Texas. A.C.T Lighting is the distributor of Clay Paky lighting in North America. ...More

(5/11/2012)

-Adam Shulman Appointed as EAW Installed Systems Support Manager

Adam Shulman Appointed as EAW Installed Systems Support Manager

EAW, a manufacturer of audio system solutions, announces the expansion of its application support group (ASG) with the appointment of Adam Shulman to the position of installed systems support manager. The announcement was ...More

(5/11/2012)

-Robert Juliat Adds Alan Keen to its American Team

Robert Juliat Adds Alan Keen to its American Team

Robert Juliat announces Alan Keen has joined its American team. Keen joins Robert Juliat with more than twenty years experience in design, sales, and management within the theatrical lighting industry. He will be responsible ...More

(5/11/2012)

-Analog Way Expands its Range of Soft Edge Blending Systems

Analog Way Expands its Range of Soft Edge Blending Systems

Analog Way, a designer and manufacturer of presentation switchers and image converters, announces the extension of its range dedicated to soft edge blending applications. In addition to the Di-VentiX II, a versatile quad scaler ...More

(5/11/2012)

-Hermes Music Lights Up Liverpool Façade with PR Lighting

Hermes Music Lights Up Liverpool Façade with PR Lighting

Mexican distributors, Hermes Music recently supplied 63 of PR Lighting's PR8800 architectural fixtures to light up the façade of one of the Liverpool department store flagship sites in Villahermosa, in the state of Tabasco. ...More

(5/11/2012)

-Morpheus Lights Supports UK Artist Nero's Second Reality Tour

Morpheus Lights Supports UK Artist Nero's Second Reality Tour

Morpheus Lights has been chosen as the lighting vendor for dubstep duo Nero for the first leg of their 2012 US tour, where they will re-introduce their special brand of melodic dance mayhem for American electronic music fans. ...More

(5/11/2012)

-Full Compass Hosts A Night in Casablanca Benefit for Journey Mental Health Center of Dane County

Full Compass Hosts A Night in Casablanca Benefit for Journey Mental Health Center of Dane County

Full Compass Systems, a professional audio, video, AV, lighting, and musical instrument retailers, recently hosted a benefit at their facility to raise funds for the Journey Mental Health Center of Dane County (JMHC). JMHC is a non ...More

(5/11/2012)

-Harman's JBL Loudspeakers Travel the World with DJ Skribble

Harman's JBL Loudspeakers Travel the World with DJ Skribble

Renowned DJ/producer DJ Skribble travels with Harman's JBL PRX600 series portable loudspeakers for monitor use while DJ'ing at some of the biggest clubs in the world.
DJ Skribble entered the DJ world in the early '80s and since ...
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(5/11/2012)

-Vienna's Burgtheater Relies on DPA Microphones' d:fine

Vienna's Burgtheater Relies on DPA Microphones' d:fine

The Burgtheater in Vienna has added five DPA Microphones d:fine omnidirectional headsets to its existing armory of more than 70 DPA microphones. The d:fine microphones were purchased from DPA's Austrian distributor, Studer ...More

(5/11/2012)

-Yotel Honored with IALD Award of Merit -- Lighting Design by Focus Lighting

Yotel Honored with IALD Award of Merit -- Lighting Design by Focus Lighting

Fifteen award winners representing architectural lighting design projects from seven countries comprise the winners of the 29th annual International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) International Lighting Design Awards, ...More

(5/11/2012)

-National September 11 Memorial Honored with IALD Award of Excellence - Lighting Design by Fisher Marantz Stone

National September 11 Memorial Honored with IALD Award of Excellence - Lighting Design by Fisher Marantz Stone

Fifteen award winners representing architectural lighting design projects from seven countries comprise the winners of the 29th annual International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) International Lighting Design Awards, ...More

(5/11/2012)

-Colour Sound Experiment Supplies Orbital's Wonky Tour

Colour Sound Experiment Supplies Orbital's Wonky Tour

West London-based lighting and visuals rental company Colour Sound Experiment supplied lighting equipment and crew for the latest Orbital UK tour Wonky which was designed by Jonny Gaskell from Pinnacle Productions. ...More

(5/10/2012)

-Robe Implements LumenRadio CRMX in ROBIN Series Products

Robe Implements LumenRadio CRMX in ROBIN Series Products

Robe Lighting has implemented LumenRadio's award-winning CRMX (Cognitive Radio Multiplexer) wireless technology on all its current ROBIN series products, and this will now become a standard feature of all future Robe products ...More

(5/10/2012)

-4Wall Systems Team Adds Tommy Green and Kelly Easterling

4Wall Systems Team Adds Tommy Green and Kelly Easterling

The 4Wall Entertainment System & Design team has completed projects throughout the country while being based out of 4Wall's company headquarters in Las Vegas. To facilitate even more nationwide projects, the team has added two new ...More

(5/10/2012)

-Funktion One Adds Bill Woods as Director of Business Development

Funktion One Adds Bill Woods as Director of Business Development

UK loudspeaker manufacturer, Funktion One has added Bill Woods in the role of director of business development. "Bill's vast experience of working with distributors and dealers worldwide makes him the ideal addition to our ...More

(5/10/2012)

-AC-ET Provides Jands Vista Lighting and Media Control Master Class for BACKSTAGE ACADEMY

AC-ET Provides Jands Vista Lighting and Media Control Master Class for BACKSTAGE ACADEMY

A.C. Entertainment Technologies Ltd. (AC-ET) provided two one-day Jands Vista v2 master class seminars to students taking the lighting module of BACKSTAGE ACADEMY's Foundation Degree in Live Events Production. ...More

(5/10/2012)

-Draper Unveils New Carrying Case for Screens at InfoComm 2012

Draper Unveils New Carrying Case for Screens at InfoComm 2012

During InfoComm 2012, to be held June 13-15, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Draper, Inc. will be unveiling a new carrying case for rental products.
Draper's engineers have redesigned the carrying cases for the company's rental ...
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(5/10/2012)

-LIGHTCONVERSE Shows Ukraine X-Factor Pre-Vis at Prolight + Sound 2012

LIGHTCONVERSE Shows Ukraine X-Factor Pre-Vis at Prolight + Sound 2012

Multiple new features from LIGHTCONVERSE were shown at the recent Prolight + Sound in Frankfurt, Germany, including a virtual TV studio demonstration of how a LightConverse Server Studio hardware platform is used to facilitate the ...More

(5/10/2012)

-Neumann, Sennheiser, and DiGiCo Host UK 'Digi Days'

Neumann, Sennheiser, and DiGiCo Host UK 'Digi Days'

March 2012 saw Sennheiser UK hosting a series of Digital Mic Days at Koolworld Studios in Luton, Bedfordshire. The 'Digi Days', held in conjunction with UK digital console manufacturer, DiGiCo, were designed to demonstrate to ...More

(5/10/2012)

-New Ashly Commercial Mixer/Amplifier Installed in Funeral Home

New Ashly Commercial Mixer/Amplifier Installed in Funeral Home

With increasing frequency, the administrators at Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery in Bedford Heights, Ohio were hearing the same simple request; a request they could not properly fill. During visitation prior to a funeral -- the bereaved ...More

(5/10/2012)

-Danley TH-812S Subs Chosen for Utah's Tuacahn Outdoor Amphitheater

Danley TH-812S Subs Chosen for Utah's Tuacahn Outdoor Amphitheater

Like a "miniature Red Rocks" nestled amid the raw scenic splendor of Southwest Utah, Tuacahn Amphitheater is an outdoor venue that hosts off-Broadway theatrical runs, as well as national and regional musical acts. The nearly 2,000-seat ...More

(5/10/2012)

-1,000+ Pulsar LEDs Illuminate State-of-the-Art Serbian Bridge

1,000+ Pulsar LEDs Illuminate State-of-the-Art Serbian Bridge

The Bridge on Ada spans the river Sava in Belgrade Serbia, crossing the tip of Ada Ciganlija Island and connecting the municipalities of Cukarica and Novi Beograd. Not only is it a designated landmark structure and one of the longest ...More

(5/10/2012)

-National Theatre of Scotland First Touring Company to Purchase ETC Source Four LEDs

National Theatre of Scotland First Touring Company to Purchase ETC Source Four LEDs

Some of the first ETC Source Four LED fixtures have been sold to the National Theatre of Scotland by ETC's Edinburgh-based dealer Black Light. The touring company's technical director Niall Black explains: "ETC's ...More

(5/9/2012)

-Third Annual PLASA Rigging Conference: London 2012 Announced

Third Annual PLASA Rigging Conference: London 2012 Announced

The third annual PLASA Rigging Conference will take place September 10-11 at the Earls Court Conference Centre in London. This unique two-day international event explores and debates all aspects of this specialized industry sector. ...More

(5/9/2012)

-American Lighting Announces Entertainment and Professional Lighting Division

American Lighting Announces Entertainment and Professional Lighting Division

American Lighting, a manufacturer and distributor of lighting technologies for residential, commercial, and specialty markets, has broadened its product portfolio and announced the addition of its entertainment and professional ...More

(5/9/2012)

-Vectorworks Cloud Services Now Offered in the UK, Ireland, Denmark, Portugal, and Spain

Vectorworks Cloud Services Now Offered in the UK, Ireland, Denmark, Portugal, and Spain

Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. announces the launch of Vectorworks Cloud Services in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark, Portugal, and Spain. Vectorworks cloud services provides greater convenience, collaboration, and freedom for ...More

(5/9/2012)

-White Light Supplies the Lighting Rig for the 2012 Olivier Awards Ceremony at London's Royal Opera House

White Light Supplies the Lighting Rig for the 2012 Olivier Awards Ceremony at London's Royal Opera House

For the second year running, entertainment lighting specialist White Light supplied the lighting rig to the Olivier Awards Ceremony, which rewards the best of London theatre created during the previous 12 months. ...More

(5/9/2012)

-DiGiCo SD9 Adds Control to Trinity Theatre Sound

DiGiCo SD9 Adds Control to Trinity Theatre Sound

Built in the mid 19th century, the Holy Trinity was Tunbridge Wells' first parish church. After its final religious service in 1972 its Grade 1 listed status ensured safety from demolition, and by 1975 a public petition had secured ...More

(5/9/2012)

-HSL Supplies Enter Shikari UK Tour

HSL Supplies Enter Shikari UK Tour

UK lighting and visuals rental company HSL supplied equipment and crew to the latest Enter Shikari UK tour, working with lighting designer Steve Bewley.
Bewley produced a light-show to match the band's exciting and ...
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(5/9/2012)

-Community's VERIS Contributes to Classic Pennsylvania Church's Rebirth

Community's VERIS Contributes to Classic Pennsylvania Church's Rebirth

Founded nearly half a century ago in Northampton Township, in Holland, Pennsylvania, Saint Bede the Venerable has grown to more than 10,000 parishioners. The church recently underwent a $5 million renovation and expansion, incorporating a ...More

(5/9/2012)

-Meyer Sound MINA Amplifies Enthusiasm at Yuong-Sang Presbyterian Church in Pennsylvania

Meyer Sound MINA Amplifies Enthusiasm at Yuong-Sang Presbyterian Church in Pennsylvania

The sermons and songs may be in Korean, but the level of passion expressed in worship at Yuong-Sang Presbyterian Church easily matches that of any other dedicated church service in America. The excitement level recently kicked up a notch ...More

(5/9/2012)

-Seeing Eye Lighting Design and 4Wall New York Unveil JCP's New Look

Seeing Eye Lighting Design and 4Wall New York Unveil JCP's New Look

JC Penney recently unveiled a new branding campaign to reinvent the company as JCP, a change not only in name but in the look and feel of their entire retail presence.
To reveal the full scope of this new campaign to the public, JCP ...
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(5/9/2012)

-Inline Stage Equipment Installed at Lone Star College -- Tomball Theatre

Inline Stage Equipment Installed at Lone Star College -- Tomball Theatre

Texas Scenic Company (TSC) has completed installation of stage equipment for the new Performing and Fine Arts Center for the Tomball, Texas campus of the Lone Star College System. This facility replaces a black box theatre, giving ...More

(5/9/2012)

-Irvine Inline Sounds Great with Renkus-Heinz CF-Series

Irvine Inline Sounds Great with Renkus-Heinz CF-Series

As any die-hard fan will tell you, hockey is the Rodney Dangerfield of American sports. Despite a long history and legions of fans, the game has never quite garnered the respect it deserves. But the folks behind the Anaheim Ducks are ...More

(5/9/2012)

-Stanco Productions Covers Motivation Summit with Martin Audio

Stanco Productions Covers Motivation Summit with Martin Audio

Billed as the year's largest event of its kind, the recent National Achiever's Congress meeting brought together entrepreneur/billionaire Donald Trump, peak performance coach Tony Robbins, best-selling authors Robert Kiyosaki, Rich Dad, ...More

(5/8/2012)

-Chief Now Shipping New Interactive Solution for Ceiling-Mounted Projectors

Chief Now Shipping New Interactive Solution for Ceiling-Mounted Projectors

Chief announces its new interactive ceiling-mounted projector solution is now shipping. The CMSI interactive accessory converts an existing ceiling-mounted projector's image into an interactive display. ...More

(5/8/2012)

-GDS ArcSystem Makes its Norwegian Debut at the Olavshallen Auditorium

GDS ArcSystem Makes its Norwegian Debut at the Olavshallen Auditorium

Olavshallen is a multi-purpose venue situated in the north of the city of Trondheim, Norway, close to the river Nidelva. With a total capacity of 1,204 seats on two levels, the venue welcomes a multitude of disciplines including touring ...More

(5/8/2012)

-Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble Tour Relies on DPA Microphones

Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble Tour Relies on DPA Microphones

Yo-Yo Ma's audio engineer Jody Elff relies on DPA Microphones' 4088 cardioid headset and 4061 omnidirectional miniature microphones for the Silk Road Ensemble tour.
The Silk Road Ensemble, featuring the ...
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(5/8/2012)

-Manhattan's LQ Nightclub Upgrades to D.A.S. Audio

Manhattan's LQ Nightclub Upgrades to D.A.S. Audio

The Latin Quarter-commonly known these days as LQ Nightclub-has a storied history that dates back to 1942 when Lou Walters, father of renowned TV journalist Barbara Walters, first founded the popular nightspot. While much has changed over ...More

(5/8/2012)

-XL Video Engages in Wicked Game with Il Divo

XL Video Engages in Wicked Game with Il Divo

XL Video is supplying curved LED screens and special customized touring frames, video playback control, cameras/PPU, an IMAG projection system, and crew for Brit Award winning Il Divo's current Wicked Game world tour which is ...More

(5/8/2012)

-MVP System from Chauvet Displays at the Women's Empowerment Event

MVP System from Chauvet Displays at the Women's Empowerment Event

An impressive video wall of 40 Chauvet Professional MVP 12 panels took center stage during the annual Women's Empowerment event at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina. Specified by Jay Holem, president of Rock Quarry ...More

(5/8/2012)

-Electrosonic Helps the European Parliament Visitors' Center Create a Journey for Visitors

Electrosonic Helps the European Parliament Visitors' Center Create a Journey for Visitors

The Parlamentarium, the new visitors' center at the European Parliament in Brussels, uses a variety of interactive multimedia exhibits to take visitors on a unique and personal journey into the heart of European politics. ElectrosonicMore

(5/8/2012)

-DBN Lights Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Performances

DBN Lights Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Performances

Manchester lighting and visuals rental company, dbn supplied lighting equipment and crew for two major UK shows -- at London's Wembley Arena and Manchester MEN Arena -- for Pakistani singer and megastar Rahat Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.< ...More

(5/8/2012)

-Lighthouse Jumbovision and TS Sports Help Light Up Pittsburgh Riverhounds' New Stadium

Lighthouse Jumbovision and TS Sports Help Light Up Pittsburgh Riverhounds' New Stadium

Lighthouse and TS Sports are set to install a Lighthouse HD10 LED video screen at the Pittsburgh Riverhounds' new stadium, currently being built in Station Square, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's preeminent mixed-use entertainment ...More

(5/8/2012)

-Doctors Hospital at Renaissance Acquires Robert Juliat LED Profile Spots for Auditorium/Conference Center

Doctors Hospital at Renaissance Acquires Robert Juliat LED Profile Spots for Auditorium/Conference Center

San Antonio-based Spectrum Lighting Inc. recently sold 16 Robert Juliat 634 LED profile spots for use in the teaching auditorium/conference center at Doctors Hospital at Renaissance in Edinburg, Texas. ...More

(5/8/2012)

-Robe Announces New Mexican Distributor

Robe Announces New Mexican Distributor

Robe lighting has a new Mexican distributor -- Mexico City based Vari Internacional.
The announcement was made during the recent 2012 Soundcheck Expo trade show, also in Mexico City, at a launch party at the Polyforum ...
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(5/8/2012)

-Hippotizer Conducts Seminars in Switzerland

Hippotizer Conducts Seminars in Switzerland

Green Hippo's Swiss distributor, IQunlimited attract yet more people with another set of popular training sessions.
After the successful training sessions organized in conjunction with Green Hippo at Theatre Basel in the ...
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(5/7/2012)

-Announcing the 2012 Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards

Announcing the 2012 Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards

The ESTA Foundation announces its 2012 Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards, created by an impressive lineup of all-star designers -- John Lee Beatty, Michael Curry, Ralph Funicello, Andrew Hefter, Cindy White, and David Zinn. ...More

(5/7/2012)

-Winners Announced for Lucille Lortel Awards

Winners Announced for Lucille Lortel Awards

The 2012 Lucille Lortel Awards, which honor achievement Off Broadway, were announced last night.
In the design categories, the winners included Lauren Helpern, for the scenic design of 4000 Miles, at Lincoln Center ...
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(5/7/2012)

-Avolites Media AiS-T Now Shipping From Creative Stage Lighting

Avolites Media AiS-T Now Shipping From Creative Stage Lighting

Avolites Media AiS-T is now shipping from Avolites Media distributor Creative Stage Lighting.
The AiS-T is the first dedicated Ai media server from Avolites Media. The AiS-T media server is designed to streamline workflow ...
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(5/7/2012)

-Forman and Associates Represents Altman Lighting

Forman and Associates Represents Altman Lighting

Forman and Associates announces they now represent Altman Lighting in Los Angeles and adjacent counties. For over fifty years, the Altman name has served the theatrical, architectural, film, and video lighting markets. Harr ...More

(5/7/2012)

-Harman's Crown Audio Begins Shipping I-Tech 4x3500HD DriveCore Multichannel Power Amplifiers

Harman's Crown Audio Begins Shipping I-Tech 4x3500HD DriveCore Multichannel Power Amplifiers

Harman's Crown Audio is now shipping its new flagship I-Tech HD 4x3500HD DriveCore series four-channel power amplifier. The four-channel I-Tech 4x3500HD incorporates Crown's sixth-generation Class I engine with DriveCore technology ...More

(5/7/2012)

-Renkus-Heinz Expands Sales Management

Renkus-Heinz Expands Sales Management

Renkus Heinz announces two major changes to their sales management force.
Industry veteran Phil Van Peborgh has joined the company as eastern regional sales manager, while technical sales manager Ladd Temple has ...
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(5/7/2012)

-Theatre in Review: Leap of Faith (St. James Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Leap of Faith (St. James Theatre)

The word on Leap of Faith, which got mixed-to-negative reviews, is that it is sentimental and predictable. The titles The Music Man and 110 in the Shade were bandied about in many a review, and for good reason. ...More

(5/7/2012)

-Smart Monkeys, Inc. Provides Show Control for Batwin + Robin at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Smart Monkeys, Inc. Provides Show Control for Batwin + Robin at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

When the new Nature Research Center (NRC) wing of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences held its grand opening, the SECU Daily Planet dazzled visitors with its immersive, three-story multimedia space. Smart Monkeys, Inc. was ...More

(5/7/2012)

-Drape Kings Carpets the 2012 Bike New York Expo

Drape Kings Carpets the 2012 Bike New York Expo

Drape Kings carpet division installed over 7,700 yards of black and grey event carpet and Astro turf for the 2012 Bike Expo New York at Basketball City in Lower Manhattan that opened May 3. This epic set up took two months of ...More

(5/7/2012)

-Pete's Big TVs Rocks R&R Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies

Pete's Big TVs Rocks R&R Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies

Pete's Big TVs provided the video production package to make the musicians larger than life during their induction into the 27th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Held April 14 at Cleveland's Public Hall, the event premiered May 5 ...More

(5/7/2012)

-The Black Keys Maneuver First Headlining Arena Tour With DiGiCo

The Black Keys Maneuver First Headlining Arena Tour With DiGiCo

The Black Keys, aka Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, have had a big underground following for over a decade but with the success of 2010's Grammy awarded Brothers and last year's wildly successful El Camino, they're in the ...More

(5/7/2012)

-Coemar Adds Korean Distributor C&C Lightway

Coemar Adds Korean Distributor C&C Lightway

Coemar and C&C Lightway have now strengthened their business relationship. C&C will distribute Coemar products in Korea as an exclusive supplier and dealer.
"I'm delighted with this agreement with C&C," comments Salvato ...
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(5/7/2012)

-High End Systems Pumps Up the Action at Istanbul Sinan Erdem Arena

High End Systems Pumps Up the Action at Istanbul Sinan Erdem Arena

Istanbul Sinan Erdem Arena has installed products from High End Systems, a Barco company, to add fanfare to its basketball games. Prior to showtime, 4 Showgun 2.5s and 4 DL.3 Digital Lights pump up the crowds in the opening ...More

(5/7/2012)

-Theatre in Review: Lonely, I'm Not (Second Stage Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Lonely, I'm Not (Second Stage Theatre)

Paul Weitz wastes no time in letting us know that Porter, the hero of his new comedy, Lonely, I'm Not, is a first-class basket case. He wakes up in his dreary-looking apartment and heads to the local coffee shop; he ...More

(5/4/2012)

-Harman's Soundcraft Continues "Mixing with Professionals" Program Featuring Monty Lee Wilkes

Harman's Soundcraft Continues &quot;Mixing with Professionals&quot; Program Featuring Monty Lee Wilkes

Harman's Soundcraft is continuing its "Mixing with Professionals" program this May with new dates in New York City and Reading, Pennsylvania. Veteran front-of-house engineer Monty Lee Wilkes will host the workshops, scheduled ...More

(5/4/2012)

-The Rose Brand and Fan Choice Awards are Accepting Nominations for Event and Scenic Designers

The Rose Brand and Fan Choice Awards are Accepting Nominations for Event and Scenic Designers

Inspired by their involvement with the creation of the 2012 Academy Award main stage drapery, Rose Brand will develop their own awards program this year. They are now accepting nominations for the Rose Brand and Fan Choice Awards< ...More

(5/4/2012)

-Chief Road Show Tour Brings the Latest Solutions to AV Partners Across the United States

Chief Road Show Tour Brings the Latest Solutions to AV Partners Across the United States

Chief, a manufacturer of mounts, racks and interactive solutions, is bringing its latest product offerings and service solutions to AV partners across the country with the 2012 Chief Road Show tour. ...More

(5/4/2012)

-Chauvet Tours With Coldplay

Chauvet Tours With Coldplay

Chauvet announces that during Coldplay's recent European tour, 25 Chauvet DJ LED Shadow blacklight wash panels flashed and strobed as the band played songs from their recent release, Mylo Xyloto. Supplied by TMB and ...More

(5/4/2012)

-VUTEC Launches the Retracta-Vu Traveller Series at InfoComm 2012

VUTEC Launches the Retracta-Vu Traveller Series at InfoComm 2012

VUTEC Corporation, a manufacturer of projection screens for commercial, professional, and home theatre, will introduce the advanced Retracta Vu Traveller Series at InfoComm 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 13-15. This is a ...More

(5/4/2012)

-Line 6 Ships New XD-V55 Digital Wireless Microphone Systems

Line 6 Ships New XD-V55 Digital Wireless Microphone Systems

Line 6, Inc. ships the new XD-V55 digital wireless handheld, lavalier, and headset microphone systems. Featuring sophisticated microphone modeling technology, the company says the XD-V55 systems deliver the sound of the world's most ...More

(5/4/2012)

-Theatre in Review: Nice Work If You Can Get It (Imperial Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Nice Work If You Can Get It (Imperial Theatre)

In Nice Work If You Can Get It, director/ choreographer Kathleen Marshall and company have set out to brew a Jazz Age cocktail with a bathtub gin kick. If the result is more like a Shirley Temple, that's not entirely ...More

(5/4/2012)

-LumenRadio appoints Sofitlight for Russia

LumenRadio appoints Sofitlight for Russia

LumenRadio announces Moscow based Sofitlight will distribute its CRMX wireless DMX/RDM products in the rapidly growing Russian market. LumenRadio and Sofitlight will present the entire CRMX product portfolio to the Russian ...More

(5/4/2012)

-iLive Selected for New German Cultural Center

iLive Selected for New German Cultural Center

The conversion of Britz Castle in Berlin-Neukölln, Germany, into a new cultural center, was recently completed, and includes a 300-capacity concert and theatre hall, installed with Allen & Heath's iLive digital mixing system. ...More

(5/4/2012)

-Full Points for Robe in Estonian Eurovision Selection

Full Points for Robe in Estonian Eurovision Selection

An impressive rig of 70 Robe moving lights designed by Rene Jõhve and Meelis Lusmägi of Cuu Club provided a stunning visual setting for the final round of Eesti Laul, Estonia's 2012 Eurovision national qualifying competition.< ...More

(5/4/2012)

-Sea Odyssey for Adlib Solutions

Sea Odyssey for Adlib Solutions

Liverpool-based Adlib's audio division participated in the "Sea Odyssey Giant Spectacular" event, an epic street theatre production created by French large-scale puppeteers, Royal De Luxe, to coincide with the 100th anniversary of ...More

(5/4/2012)

-Lighthouse Jumbovision and TS Sports Open Uni-Trade Stadium with the Laredo Lemurs

Lighthouse Jumbovision and TS Sports Open Uni-Trade Stadium with the Laredo Lemurs

Lighthouse and TS Sports are completing the installation of a 20mm LED outfield video screen at Uni-Trade Stadium, new home of the Laredo Lemurs.
The main Lighthouse video screen is built from 70 individual 20mm LED video ...
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(5/3/2012)

-NSCA to Offer Digital Marketing Boot Camp

NSCA to Offer Digital Marketing Boot Camp

The National Systems Contractors Association (NSCA) is hosting a two-day boot camp featuring keynote speaker, Scott Klososky, from the 2012 NSCA Business and Leadership Conference (BLC). The boot camp will be held June 11-12 ...More

(5/3/2012)

-Creative Stage Lighting Celebrates 35 Years

Creative Stage Lighting Celebrates 35 Years

Creative Stage Lighting marks its 35th year in business.
Founded May 2nd, 1977 in Mount Arlington, New Jersey by George B. Studnicky III, the company began as a production source and retailer of lighting and theatrical products. ...
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(5/3/2012)

-Lectrosonics Introduces ASPEN Dante Network Processor

Lectrosonics Introduces ASPEN Dante Network Processor

Lectrosonics has developed the SPNDNT network processor to expand the ASPEN digital matrix processor family. The new network processor is more than a simple network interface, the company says. It is a full featured DSP processor ...More

(5/3/2012)

-Epson PowerLite 1900-Series Projectors Deliver High Brightness and Connectivity

Epson PowerLite 1900-Series Projectors Deliver High Brightness and Connectivity

Epson announced the expansion of the Epson PowerLite 1900-series. Designed for small- to medium-sized boardrooms, classrooms, and houses of worship, the six new PowerLite 1900-series projectors provide outstanding image quality, a ...More

(5/3/2012)

-Peavey Introduces IPR 1600 DSP and IPR 3000 DSP Power Amplifiers With Built-In Waves MAXXBASS Processing

Peavey Introduces IPR 1600 DSP and IPR 3000 DSP Power Amplifiers With Built-In Waves MAXXBASS Processing

Peavey announces the availability of the IPR 1600 DSP and IPR 3000 DSP power amplifiers. Loaded with an exclusive digital signal processing suite, the company says the IPR DSP series amps are innovative, high-powered live production ...More

(5/3/2012)

-AVW-TELAV and Ottawa Convention Centre named Partnership of the Year by Ottawa Tourism

AVW-TELAV and Ottawa Convention Centre named Partnership of the Year by Ottawa Tourism

AVW-TELAV Audio Visual Solutions and the Ottawa Convention Centre (OCC) have been awarded Partnership of the Year by Ottawa Tourism for their collaborative efforts and commitment to bringing new business to Canada's capital. The ...More

(5/3/2012)

-Theatre in Review: The Columnist (Manhattan Theatre Club at Samuel J. Friedman Theatre)

Theatre in Review: The Columnist (Manhattan Theatre Club at Samuel J. Friedman Theatre)

At this time of year, producers, aiming for awards glory, roll out their big guns, unleashing stage-devouring performances and musicals top-heavy with digital visual thrills. At moments like these, it's important to remember the value of ...More

(5/3/2012)

-National Theatre of Scotland Embraces LED with Chroma-Q Color Force

National Theatre of Scotland Embraces LED with Chroma-Q Color Force

The National Theatre of Scotland (NTS) has recently invested in seven Chroma-Q Color Force 48" / 1.2m LED battens to provide wash lighting effects for their various stage productions, including Knives in Hens and An ...More

(5/3/2012)

-Martin Audio's MLA Compact Debuts With Chris Rea

Martin Audio's MLA Compact Debuts With Chris Rea

The first UK rental company to purchase Martin Audio's MLA (Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array), RG Jones Sound Engineering, also found themselves in the unique position of being the first to debut the scaled down version of ...More

(5/3/2012)

-Ashly Audio Hires Gary Jones to Newly-Created Central Regional Sales Manager Post

Ashly Audio Hires Gary Jones to Newly-Created Central Regional Sales Manager Post

Ashly Audio, a manufacturer of professional and commercial grade, network-ready amplifiers and digital signal processors, announces the hire of Gary Jones to the newly-created position of central regional sales manager. Jones ...More

(5/3/2012)

-RCF TT+ Supports Papal Visit to Havana

RCF TT+ Supports Papal Visit to Havana

When Pope Benedict XVI recently visited the Cuban capital of Havana, the government of Cuba chose RCF TT+ (Touring & Theatre) series to broadcast the Papal Mass.
Hundreds of thousands of Cubans from the capital and neighboring ...
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(5/2/2012)

-Nominations Open for the Fifth Annual PLASA Rock Our World Awards

Nominations Open for the Fifth Annual PLASA Rock Our World Awards

Nominations opened May 1, 2012 for PLASA's fifth annual Rock Our World Awards, which recognize groundbreaking achievement by PLASA members. Designed to acknowledge the genius of both the creator of technology and the designers or ...More

(5/2/2012)

-Tait Towers and Fisher Technical Services Management Team Adds Kevin Taylor

Tait Towers and Fisher Technical Services Management Team Adds Kevin Taylor

Tait Towers announces that Kevin Taylor has joined the Tait Towers and Fisher Technical Services management team as president of automation, alongside Scott Fisher, CEO and president, Fisher Technical Services. This ...More

(5/2/2012)

-Stage Technologies Founding Managing Director Relocates to Las Vegas

Stage Technologies Founding Managing Director Relocates to Las Vegas

Stage Technologies Limited group CEO Mark Ager is relocating to the company's Las Vegas office, effective April 30, 2012. Having established a group of operating companies worldwide, Ager's move to the US will ensure the ...More

(5/2/2012)

-First Exhibitors Sign Up for Showlight 2013

First Exhibitors Sign Up for Showlight 2013

The next Showlight may still be a year away, but companies are already signing up to participate at the 2013 event, taking place May 18-21, 2013, in Ceský Krumlov. The latest exhibitors to sign up include ADB, Anolis, ARRI Lighting ...More

(5/2/2012)

-Creative Stage Lighting Brings On Rental and Production Account Representative

Creative Stage Lighting Brings On Rental and Production Account Representative

Creative Stage Lighting has hired Kevin Parsley as an account representative for the company's rental and productions operations.
Parsley comes to Creative Stage Lighting after over a decade of concert touring. He has ...
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(5/2/2012)

-Enter to Win an Apple iPad from American Harlequin Floors

Enter to Win an Apple iPad from American Harlequin Floors

American Harlequin Corporation is sponsoring a Facebook sweepstakes from May 1-31, 2012. The company is having a drawing for an Apple Wi-Fi 4G 32GB iPad. Three lucky winners will be drawn.More

(5/2/2012)

-Acclaim To Unveil Dyna Series Linear Fixtures At Lightfair

Acclaim To Unveil Dyna Series Linear Fixtures At Lightfair

After debuting at the Light + Building 2012 Show in Frankfurt, Germany, Acclaim Lighting will officially launch its high-output Dyna Graze HO and Dyna Cove HO indoor and outdoor white linear wall and cove fixtures at Lightfair ...More

(5/2/2012)

-RE:BE Design Awarded Production Design Position for Debut H20 Music Festivals

RE:BE Design Awarded Production Design Position for Debut H20 Music Festivals

Univision Radio, a radio network serving Hispanic America, will debut the H2O Music Festivals this summer with the help of production designer, Stefan Beese of RE:BE Design.
The series, kicking off on June 9 ...
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(5/2/2012)

-Theatre in Review: Ghost (Lunt-Fontanne Theatre)

Theatre in Review: Ghost (Lunt-Fontanne Theatre)

A sign outside the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre quotes a reviewer from The Faster Times, saying, "Ghost is the future of theatre!" If that's true, dystopia is imminent.
Here at Lighting&Sound America, we are usually ...
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(5/2/2012)

-Theatre in Review: A Streetcar Named Desire (Broadhurst Theatre)

Theatre in Review: A Streetcar Named Desire (Broadhurst Theatre)

If you're going to get on that streetcar named Desire, you've got to ride it to the end of the line. Half-measures simply won't do. There are a great many fine things about Emily Mann's production of the Tennessee Williams ...More

(5/2/2012)

-Clay Paky Alpha Spotlight 800 QWO for Rock-Service

Clay Paky Alpha Spotlight 800 QWO for Rock-Service

RS Rock-Service GmbH has just extended its range of lighting products with 24 Clay Paky Alpha Spotlight 800 QWOs. The Italian company's 800W moving head was recently presented at ProLight+Sound in Frankfurt, where it met with ...More

(5/2/2012)

-Loren Robinson Joins Community Pro

Loren Robinson Joins Community Pro

Community Professional Loudspeakers has announced the appointment of Loren Robinson to the position of regional manager for Western US and Canada.
Robinson, a veteran pro audio manufacturers' representative and ...
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(5/2/2012)

-Sennheiser Appoints Alexander Schek Vice President Sales, Latin America

Sennheiser Appoints Alexander Schek Vice President Sales, Latin America

Audio specialist Sennheiser announces Alexander Schek has been promoted to vice president sales, Latin America, effective immediately. In his new position, Schek will be responsible for Sennheiser's sales strategy across each ...More

(5/2/2012)

-Chief Launches New Freestanding Video Wall Solutions

Chief Launches New Freestanding Video Wall Solutions

Chief, a manufacturer of mount, rack, and interactive solutions, is now shipping its Fusion series freestanding video wall solutions. The new LVM mounts make it possible to construct video walls in prominent locations for temporary ...More

(5/1/2012)

-Tony Award Nominations Announced

Tony Award Nominations Announced

The nominations for this year's Tony Awards were announced this morning; the design nominations were spread over a wide variety of productions.
In the category of scenic design for a play, the nominees are John Lee ...
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(5/1/2012)

-Free Professional Development Program Announced

Free Professional Development Program Announced

Free registration is now open for the PLASA Focus: Nashville 2012 Professional Development Program, a two-day program of free educational seminars and workshops, running alongside PLASA Focus: Nashville, on July 11-12. ...More

(5/1/2012)

-Registrations Rocket in Important Year for PLASA 2012

Registrations Rocket in Important Year for PLASA 2012

There has been a massive increase in visitor registration for PLASA 2012 at Earls Court Exhibition Center, September 9-12, 2012. Over 11,000 people have already signed up, representing a whopping 40% increase in registrations so far ...More

(5/1/2012)

-4Wall NY to Host Annual Vendor Showcase in May

4Wall NY to Host Annual Vendor Showcase in May

Once again this May, manufacturers of the top lighting instruments in the industry will descend upon 4Wall New York for the annual 4Wall Vendor Showcase event. The event is planned for May 17 from 3-7pm at 4Wall New York at 2 Empire ...More

(5/1/2012)

-A.C.T Lighting Canada Opens in Toronto

A.C.T Lighting Canada Opens in Toronto

A.C.T Lighting, an importer and distributor of lighting products, announces the opening of A.C.T Lighting Canada in Markham, Ontario. The new office will be headed by general manager Andrew Beck, known in the Canadian ...More

(5/1/2012)

-Meyer Sound Appoints Jason McCarrick to Education Program Coordinator

Meyer Sound Appoints Jason McCarrick to Education Program Coordinator

Meyer Sound has appointed Jason McCarrick to the position of education program coordinator. Based at the Meyer Sound Nashville office at Soundcheck, McCarrick will assume the responsibilities for scheduling and coordinating ...More

(5/1/2012)

-Philips Selecon PLCyc LED Luminaires are Now Shipping across North and South America

Philips Selecon PLCyc LED Luminaires are Now Shipping across North and South America

Philips Strand Lighting announces that the Philips Selecon PLCyc LED luminaire is now shipping across North and South America. The PLCyc delivers smooth and even color in a compact, light-weight design, while using only 150W to beautifully ...More

(5/1/2012)

-PRG TruColor HS a Winner at NAB 2012

PRG TruColor HS a Winner at NAB 2012

Production Resource Group, L.L.C. (PRG) debuted its new digital light fixture, the TruColor HS at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show in Las Vegas. The innovative product created a buzz and received accolades ...More

(5/1/2012)

-Theatre in Review: An Early History of Fire (The New Group at Theatre Row)

Theatre in Review: An Early History of Fire (The New Group at Theatre Row)

David Rabe has been absent from the theatre recently, devoting his time instead to writing novels. Possibly as a result of this experience, his new play, An Early History of Fire, has a digressive quality, a ...More

(5/1/2012)

-Theatre in Review: Pratfalls (Ground Up Productions at Abingdon Theatre Complex)

Theatre in Review: Pratfalls (Ground Up Productions at Abingdon Theatre Complex)

Every so often, I hear someone wonder why there are so few romantic comedies in the theatre anymore. The answer is a complicated one, but one simple answer is that such plays -- so airy and effortless-seeming when they work -- are much ...More

(5/1/2012)

-Mackie's DL1608 in the Field with Dierks Bentley and Brad

Mackie's DL1608 in the Field with Dierks Bentley and Brad

When Mackie launched the DL1608 Digital Live Mixer with iPad Control at NAMM earlier this year it turned more than a few heads in the industry. This full featured, 16-channel mixer introduced an entirely new take on live sound with ...More

(5/1/2012)

-Hall Research Adds to their Sales Team

Hall Research Adds to their Sales Team

Hall Research, a manufacturer of audio/video distribution and control systems, has expanded their sales team. Wayne Childs and Kirk Lane will serve as business development managers for the Eastern and Western United ...More

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