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  ESTA Foundation Announces eSET: Essential Skills for the Entertainment Technician
The ESTA Foundation announces the launch of eSET, a web-based source for essential terminology used within the entertainment technology industry. eSET is designed to cut through the jargon and establish clear terminology that will ...
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ETCP Launches Web-Based Practice Exams
The Entertainment Technician Certification Program (ETCP) will launch practice exams for the rigger - arena, rigger - theatre, and entertainment electrician certification exams on July 15. The web-based practice exams will consist ...
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Goboland Offers Free Black Steel Gobo Catalog for iPhone App
The glass and metal gobo specialist Goboland is the first manufacturer to release its full catalog as a free app for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch.
Named Black Steel Gobo Catalogue 1.0, the app is available with immediate ...
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New Customer Care Coordinators at Martin Professional A/S
Martin Professional has expanded its customer care department with three new hires: Adela Güven, Marianne Kirk, and Pernille Rosenkilde.
Located at Martin's headquarter office in Aarhus, Denmark, the new customer ...
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R. Kelly On Tour in Africa with DiGiCo D5 Console
The sound engineer Rob "Cubby" Colby has worked on major musical tours with Prince, Janet Jackson, Phil Collins, Genesis, Shakira; he most recently used the DiGiCo D5 with the rock ban Juanes (on a 18-month-long world tour in 2008 ...
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Vibrant Design's Christopher Landy Lights MTV's Made
MTV's Emmy Award-winning series Made makes teens' dreams come true. Each episode tracks a candidate in his or her effort to transform his or her life, with the aid of professionals selected for the task. For this season's finale, ...
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L-ACOUSTICS KUDO System Tours with Maximo Park
The U.K. rental company SSE has supplied an L-ACOUSTICS KUDO line source system for sellout U.K. academy tour of the rock band Maximo Park.
The system needed to have a small footprint yet provide enough power and headroom for ...
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Norwegian PA Company Purchases Second Allen & Heath iLive System
The Norwegian rental company Sceneservice AS has purchased a second Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system to add to its hire stock inventory.
Based in central Norway, the company originally invested in an iLive system, ...
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Sennheiser RF at Living Word Christian Church, Minnesota
Even with a 2,900-seat auditorium, Living Word Christian Center (LWCC) in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota must hold five services a week to accommodate over 10,000 members. A Wednesday service, a Saturday night service, two Sunday morning ...
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The Dead Tours with Meyer Sound
More than 45 years after their first concert, The Dead (previously the Grateful Dead) continued to set the highest sonic standards on their 22-show, 17-city tour, the band's first tour in more than five years. Known for their unyielding ...
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PLASA09 Education and Learning Program Unveiled
PLASA Events has confirmed some of the industry names that will headline its 2009 PLASA Education and Learning Program, which runs throughout the PLASA Show September 13-16 at Earls Court in London. ...
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New Book Launched on Automation in Entertainment
Mark Ager and John Hastie, of the U.K.-based entertainment technology firm Stage Technologies, have written Automation in the Entertainment Industry - A User's Guide. The book was launched on June 10, after the ABTT Show in ...
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Wybron Launches Redesigned Website
An easy-to-navigate graphical interface highlights the redesigned Wybron web site, launched June 24. With detailed information and photos for every model of each product, the redesigned site should make it easier for customers to ...
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Times Square Lighting Launches New Series of Pattern and Framing Projectors
Times Square Lighting introduces a new series of pattern and framing projectors that incorporates energy efficient metal halide lamps from 39-150W. These miniature fixtures project an intense beam similar to larger, theatrical-type ...
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Theatre in Review: Archbishop Supreme Tartuffe (The Classical Theatre of Harlem/Theatre Row)
I thought I'd seen it all, but Archbishop Supreme Tartuffe may well be the strangest spin on a classic work in my theatregoing experience. In reworking the Molière original, Alfred Preisser and Randy Weiner
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Theatre in Review: Twelfth Night (Public Theatre/Shakespeare in the Park)
Twelfth Night is one of Shakespeare's bipolar plays -- a romantic comedy with a strong undertone of melancholy, a farce hinged on a practical joke that climaxes in an act of flagrant cruelty. It ends in a reconciliation scene ...
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Solaris T-Light and Green Hippo Hippotizer at Eurovision Song Contest
In May this year, contestants from EU nations and beyond gathered in Moscow to compete in the 54th Eurovision Song Contest. Procon Event Engineering of Hamburg supplied lighting, sound, video, and rigging gear and services. Forty trucks ...
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Sennheiser at CMT Music Awards
The 2009 CMT Music Awards from Nashville were a little bit country and a little bit rock 'n roll this year, with guest appearances from the B-52s and Def Leppard among the night's highlight performances. Sennheiser wireless ...
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Wireworks on National Tour of Wicked
Wireworks Corporation was cast to provide fiber-optic cabling for the hit show, Wicked, on its second North-American tour. Wireworks digital cable assemblies and custom interface panels were instrumental to the road show, ...
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Astatic Launches 1600VP Remote Variable Patten Mic at InfoComm
Astatic's 1600VP continuously-variable pattern condenser hanging microphone system with remote polar control design (patent pending) and an anti-rotational positioning mount was launched at InfoComm. ...
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Meyer Sound Launches JM-1P Arrayable Loudspeaker
Meyer Sound has introduced the JM-1P arrayable loudspeaker, a self-powered high-Q system designed to integrate seamlessly in tight-packed clusters where horizontal coverage must be predictably scaled to exacting requirements. ...
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i-Pix on Tour with Oasis
Over 140 i-Pix BB4 wash lights are featuring on the stadium shows of UK rockers Oasis' current Dig Out Your Soul world tour, together with 17 i-Pix BB7s. This is an increase of nearly 100 BB4 units -- the standard touring rig ...
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The Boxmasters Tour with Shure Mics
The Boxmasters (Billy Bob Thornton, J.D. Andrew, and Mike Butler) are back with the album Modbilly. A two-CD set, the record got an introductory boost with the help of a touring schedule that swept through several House of Blues and ...
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EAW Products Chosen for British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Lodge
Queen Charlotte Lodge, at the north end of the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia is billed as being a fisherman's dream spot. Recently, the lodge decided to update its sound system, and Vancouver-based installers/integrators ...
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Stage Research Launches SFX 6.2 Software
Stage Research has introduced SFX6.2, the latest version of its effects playback software. SFX 6.2 allows the soundscape artist/technician to route live audio into the SFX output engine. In addition, a new property window displays ...
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ETC Releases new iPhone iRFR, Sends Profits to Industry Charities
Lighting technicians and programmers love their iPhones -- and they want to use them everywhere. ETC now allows them to turn their Apple handhelds into miniature lighting-controllers with the hew iRFR (Radio Focus Remote for iPhone ...
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Daktronics Introduces New Show Control System
Daktronics has released its new Show Control System (SCS), a display control solution that merges operator software, clip playback, live video, and deep data integration into a fully integrated package. The SCS can function as a ...
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Element Labs COBRA Wins Best LED Product Award at InfoComm 09
Element Labs' COBRA LED display technology has been awarded Best LED Product at InfoComm 09. Presented by Rental & Staging Systems magazine and InfoComm International, the Rental & Staging Systems Product Awards, introduced in 2006, ...
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Shure Solves RF Dilemma at California High School
Monrovia High School Auditorium lies right under the shadow of Mt. Wilson, a 5,715' peak northeast of Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Mountains. Known among astronomy buffs as the location of Southern California's Mt. Wilson Observatory, ...
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Middle Atlantic Releases New PDW Power Strip
Middle Atlantic Products is debuting its new high-density PDW Series power strip, which offers up to 12 circuits for use in environments with multiple power amps or any high capacity power situation. For users wishing to custom ...
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D.A.S. at Ultra Music Festival, Miami
Miami's annual Winter Music Conference attracts professionals from around the globe. This year's show coincided with the 11th anniversary of the Ultra Music Festival -- the biggest electronic music festival in the U.S. The festival ...
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Sennheiser Teams Up with Fox Sports to Find the Next Great Audio Tech
Sennheiser has teamed up with FOX Sports on a trial-by-fire introduction to real-world sports broadcasting for promising students of telecommunications. David Missall, Sennheiser's director of market development for the Eastern ...
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HSL on Britain's Got Talent
HSL supplied substantial quantities of Chroma-Q ColorWeb and ChromaStrip LED products to the latest series of Britain's Got Talent -- the high-profile and super-hyped final of which saw teenage dance troupe Diversity beat the ...
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DiGiCo on Tour with Never Forget, Take That Tribute Musical
After an initial U.K. tour and a run in London's West End, the Take That tribute musical Never Forget is currently on more extensive, tour of U.K. venues with a DiGiCo SD8 console at the front of house. ...
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Guitar Center Extends Reach of Washington Church to Overseas Members
Being cut off from their spiritual communities adds another layer of isolation for those members of the Puyallup, Washington Foursquare Church congregation who are based at one of three military installations in the Seattle area and who ...
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Big Show Construction Management at Beacon Institute's Environmental Center
When The Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries began construction on its new Center for Environmental Innovation and Education (CEIE) it called upon Big Show Construction Management (BSCM) to engineer, fabricate, and install the ...
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Zero 88 Announce ORB UK Training Dates
Zero 88 announces a series of ORB training dates in the U.K. The new console is designed to provide innovative control of the latest LED, moving head and video system technology for those working in theatre environments. ...
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WorxAudio Announces X1M-P Line Array
WorxAudio Technologies, the manufacturer of loudspeaker systems for the pro touring and install markets, introduces the X1M-P line array. A member of WorxAudio Technologies' trademarked TrueLine Series, the X1M-P is a two-way, ultra ...
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TSE Power Clew Systems Now Available
Thern Stage Equipment, the manufacturer of theatre rigging equipment, announces the availability of complete power clew winch systems.
Billed as improving upon the success of the company's manual clew winches systems and built ...
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QSC Launches Q-Sys Processing/Control System
QSC's new Q-Sys technology provides DSP and integration, digital audio signal routing and processing combined with complete system monitoring and control.
"From concept to finished product, Q-Sys was developed every step of the ...
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Peavey MediaMatrix Debuts nTouch Interactive Controllers
MediaMatrix by Peavey announced the new nTouch Series control interfaces, consisting of touch-screen interactive controllers designed for remotely controlling audio systems designed in MediaMatrix NWare software for the NION ...
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SurgeX Appoints Sound Vision and Online as Manufacturers Reps
SurgeX announces the appointment of Sound Vision Marketing and Online Marketing/CRM as its newest independent manufacturers representatives.
Effective immediately, Florida-based Sound Vision Marketing now represents SurgeX in ...
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Oregon State University's Formula SAE Project Gets a Boost from Neutrik
Neutrik USA has donated several of its DL Series XLR connectors to Oregon State University for its Formula SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) project. Formula SAE is a series of competitions open tovstudents across the globe ...
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Harkness Provides Custom Curved Screens for Shuttle Launch Experience
Harkness Screens, the world's leading manufacturer of projection screens for entertainment venues is helping take visitors on a journey into space as part of the Shuttle Launch Experience at the Kennedy Space Center. ...
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Auralex at Peppermil Casino, Reno
Edge, a new club inside the Peppermill Casino in Reno, Nevada has installed Auralex's ELiTE custom fabric system to maintain high audio quality.
Edge's dance floor area features high ceilings and solid surfaces. Controlling ...
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PRG's Scenic Technologies on Tour with Britney Spears
PRG's Scenic Technologies group has joined The Circus Starring Britney Spears. The European leg of the world tour, which began at the O2 Arena in London, was the debut of the overhead automation system and two flying scenic ...
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Sennheiser Supports Ideawerks with Microphones and Headsets
With support from the Hubert H. Humphrey Center for Democracy and Citizenship, Minneapolis' Institute of Production and Recording has partnered with the Jackie Lee Robinson Foundation and the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board to create ...
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Robe at Janikova Stodola Theatre, Czech Republic
Robe's Czech and Slovakian distributor KVS recently specified and supplied Robe moving lights to the Janikova Stodola Theatre, which is an integral part of the "Wooden Townlett," a historical "experience and the oldest area -- ...
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Ultrasone PRO 550, PRO 900 on Crosby, Stills & Nash Tour
Ultrasone's PRO 550 and PRO 900 headphones will be used as reference headphones during the recording of Crosby, Stills & Nash's 50 city summer tour. The sound engineer Michael Klvana will use the PRO 550 as his on-stage reference ...
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Middle Atlantic Products Launches IsoCenter Rack-Mount Isolation Transformer System
Middle Atlantic Products is introducing the new IsoCenter rack-mount isolation transformer system, which is engineered to enhance AV performance by eliminating many issues related to power and grounding. ...
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Scharff Weisberg Provides Audio Support for Veuve Cliquot Manhattan Polo Classic
Scharff Weisberg Inc. provided Overland Entertainment Co. with audio support for the second Veuve Cliquot Manhattan Polo Classic on Governors Island which saw England's Prince Harry, on his first official visit to the U.S., leading ...
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Shure Debuts KSM353 and KSM313 Ribbon Microphones
Many audio veterans don't know that Shure manufactured ribbon microphones from the 1950s through the 1980s, including the 300, 315, 315S, 330, 333, and SM33. Now, the company has added two new ribbon models to its KSM series: The ...
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Digigram Introduces AQONDA Digital Snake
Digigram, the maker of PC audio interfaces and networked audio devices, unveiled AQONDA for the first time in the U.S. at InfoComm 2009. Aqonda is the latest generation of EtherSound equipment from Digigram. ...
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Carl Olson Joins Mountain Light Company as Sales Director
Mountain Light Company announces the addition of Carl Olson to its' executive team. As sales director, Olson will help the company develop new relationships and cultivating existing clients. Before joining Mountain Light ...
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New Web Site Connects AV and IT Professionals
Biamp Systems announces AVConnect.org, a web site that promotes collaboration between AV consultants, integrators, IT professionals, and end users, to ease the transition as the AV and IT fields converge. ...
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RC4 Wireless Wins ABTT Lighting Product of the Year
RC4 Wireless has been awarded Lighting Product of the Year by the Association of British Theatre Technicians (ABTT) in London, for theRC4BlackMagic Wireless DMX and Dimming System.
"We are particularly flattered by this award ...
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Soundcraft's Popular Guide To Mixing Video Now Free On YouTube
Previously available only on DVD, Soundcraft has published its popular Guide To Mixing video series on its own YouTube site, SoundcraftUK.
All 18 chapters from this successful tutorial may be viewed online, including ...
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Angstrom Lighting Hires Online Media Director
Angstrom Lighting has hired Johnny Cho as director of online media to oversee the company's digital engagement strategy, from its web site to its participation in social media and other electronic communication avenues. ...
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Peavey Awards Honor Charley Pride, Pinetop Perkins, and More
Recording Academy honorees Charley Pride, Pinetop Perkins, and Dorothy Moore joined Peavey Electronics in celebrating the "Birthplace of America's Music" at the third annual Mississippi Grammy Legacy and Peavey Awards gala, hosted ...
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RG Jones and Martin Audio Bring Down the Roof at Wimbledon
RG Jones Sound Engineering demonstrated the versatility of its custom Martin Audio AM Series distributed stadium system when Wimbledon's Center Court's new retractable roof received its inauguration during a televisionbroadcast this ...
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Shure Celebrates Two Years of Advanced Wireless Seminars
After two years, almost 2,000 attendees have participated in Shure Incorporated's Advanced Wireless Seminars around the United States, most recently in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
"We consider this a significant milestone for us, ...
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Aviom Pro16 Digital Snake at Scarborough Chinese Baptist Church, Toronto
In response to the growth of its congregation, Toronto-based Scarborough Chinese Baptist Church (SCBC) constructed an entirely new facility with three main spaces for large church-related events and worship services. With its asymmetrical ...
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ADB's Motorized Daylight WARP Profiles at the Avignon Festival
ADB Lighting's Motorized Daylight WARP Zoom Profile Spotlights have been chosen as part of the lighting rig at this year's Avignon Festival in France, the 63rd in the event's history July 7-29.
The War of the Sons of the ...
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Community-Minded Bank Cheers Sports Teams with Chauvet Lights
Four stories above the sidewalk, workers in late May carefully placed lights inside a bank building to illuminate 10'-tall letters that collectively read, "Lets Go Pens."
The PNC Bank, headquartered in Pittsburgh, was again cheering on ...
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MultiDyne Introduces Fiber-Comms Four-Wire Optical Extender at InfoComm
MultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems, the provider of fiber optic-based video and audio transport solutions for broadcast and pro A/V applications, is introduced Fiber-Comms, a four-wire optical extender designed for intercom lines ...
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New Powersoft D-Cell504 Power Amplifier Module Debuts at InfoComm
Powersoft Advanced Technologies debuted its new D-Cell504 amplifier module at InfoComm 2009. The D-Cell504 brings together all the advantages of its patented switch mode power supply and fixed frequency PPM-PWM modulation ...
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Robert W. Wolff Joins Planning Stages
Planning Stages LLC has named Robert W. Wolff as an associate of the firm, concentrating on performance space planning and design. Wolff works from his office in Milton, Massachusetts, near Boston, extending the firm's ...
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Christie DHD700 and DS+750 One-Chip DLP Projectors Debut at InfoComm
Christie announced the launch of two new one-chip DLP projectors, the Christie DHD700 and the Christie DS+750, at InfoComm 2009 in Orlando, Florida. This new generation of single-chip DLP projectors offer an exceptional balance ...
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Powersoft Unveils First Two Models in New Installation Series at InfoComm
Powersoft Advanced Technologies presented the first two models of its new Installation Series at this year's InfoComm 2009: the Duecanali5204 and Duecanali3904. These amplifiers are installation versions of the K-3 and newly ...
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VMB Teams Up with Spotlight
Spotlight, the Italian professional lighting manufacturer, is to be the new exclusive distributor for VMB tower lifts in Italy. Spotlight will be responsible for all the sales in the Italian market and will also be in charge of all ...
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Cuelux Now Shipping from Visual Productions
Cuelux, the new platform-independent software lighting controller from Visual Productions, is now available from stock. The first batch of Cuelux has already been shipped out across Europe to a range of dealers including those ...
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GDS LiteWare Makes U.K. TV debut on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Global Design Solutions' LiteWare range recently made its television debut on the BBC's Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, the talk and comedy show on BBC-1, which featured Lionel Richie and Sparks. ...
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Signature Audio Imparts New RF Wireless Trends
Signature Audio, based in Wixom, Michigan, reports that it is becoming a pioneer of the low-cost "reintegration" movement. Reintegration, although not a new trend, is a growing one that mixes new equipment with old to keep ...
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White Light Supplies and Installs Lighting Equipment and Infrastructure at Lambeth College
When Lambeth College, in southwest, London undertook an extensive building program to create a new 6,000-sq.-m. sixth-form center including new drama and dance studios, the school turned to White Light for advice, equipment, ...
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Prelite Provides Consultation, Training for Sydney Opera House's New Previsualization System
Prelite, which helps lighting designers and programmers use emerging technologies to previsualize lighting for productions, has trained five members of the lighting department at Australia's Sydney Opera House on the venue's new in ...
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ADLIB Audio at Love Music Hate Racism Festival
ADLIB Audio supplied sound for the Love Music Hate Racism Festival 2009, staged at Britannia Stadium, Stoke, U.K., organized by Stoke City Football Club and Stoke-on-Trent City Council.
The artist line up included Reverend and ...
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O.A.R. Tours with Shure
The touring band Of a Revolution (or O.A.R.) is a campus favorite. Formed in 1996 by frontman Marc Roberge and drummer Chris Culos, the band took root within college life in its early years, penning hit songs based on the collective ...
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iLive at the Underglobe
The Underglobe, situated in the depths of the Shakespeare Globe Theatre in London, has recently installed a sound system comprising Meyer Sound loudspeakers and Allen & Heath digital mixing products, including the new iLive-T Series ...
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L-ACOUSTICS Appoints New Sales Staff
L-ACOUSTICS' worldwide headquarters, located just south of Paris, has appointed two new international sales managers: Tim McCall and Peter Owen.
Owen will handle Northern, Central, and Eastern Europe; the Russian ...
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Shure Creates New Business Unit
Shure Incorporated has combined the sales, marketing, and support staff of the company's international Americas business unit with the U.S. business unit to form the new Americas business unit.
"To drive sustained growth for the ...
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ALD Names Two New Honorary Members
The U.K.-based Association of Lighting Designers presented two new honorary memberships at the ABTT show to Brian Croft and John Simpson. This category of membership is to recognize individuals who have supported the ...
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Christie Introduces Spyder X20 Video Processor at InfoComm
The new Christie Spyder X20 video processor debuts this week Infocomm 2009 in Booth # 3845. Available in two models, the Spyder X20 will bring to market the flexibility of a universal routing switcher and the versatility of a ...
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Lexicon Releases PCM96 Surround Version of Reverb/Effects Processor
Lexicon, a Harman International company, is introducing its PCM96 surround reverb/effects processor. The product version delivers 50 new and well-known Lexicon reverbs, delays, and modulation effects, while at the same time offering ...
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dbx Introduces New DriveRack PA+ For Enhanced Speaker Management
dbx Professional Products has introduced the new DriveRack PA, a complete loudspeaker management system that, the company says, provides state-of-the-art audio signal processing and an intuitive user interface. ...
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Stage Research Launches Showbuilder 6
Stage Research has recently unveiled ShowBuilder 6, a complete show management system that assembles procedure notes and numbers (from scenic particulars to equipment specs), that, the company says, helps to make sense of endless ...
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Clay Paky at Hanoi Rocks, Helsinki
Clay Paky's Alpha Beam 300 recently took center stage at the Hanoi Rocks farewell shows in Helsinki, April 7-12. Eight shows in six days at Tavastia Club were all sold out to see the final performances of the 30-year-old Finnish ...
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Studer Vista 5 Digital Console on Mylène Farmer Tour with Dispatch
Stéphane Plisson, lead engineer for French equipment hire and production company Dispatch SA, recently selected a Studer Vista 5-42 digital console for the tour of Mylène Farmer, one of France's most successful recording artists. ...
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G-LEC Acquired by German Light Products
Following speculation regarding the future of G-LEC, the leading innovator of transparent LED video, GLP German Light Products GmbH has announced its acquisition of all assets of the G-LEC business, with immediate effect. ...
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Christie Aims to Deliver a New Dimensions in 3-D Holographic Projection
Christie is playing a key role in demonstrating a new dimension in visual communications at InfoComm 2009. Three Christie Roadster HD18K DLP projectors are being used for the first-ever transmission of live, interactive 3-D ...
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Aviom Introduces PRO64 Network Manager at InfoComm
Aviom is introducing its Pro64 Network Manager PC application at this year's InfoComm (Booth# 6117). While the company notes that the Pro64 Series is designed with a simple, front-panel user interface that makes it possible to ...
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Harman International And NETGEAR To Launch Co-Branded AVB Switches At InfoComm '09
Harman International Industries has made an agreement between its BSS division, and NETGEAR, Inc., a worldwide provider of networking solutions, to launch the world's first AVB (IEEE Audio Video Bridge) switches for ...
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Theatre in Review: Sweet Storm (Alchemy Theatre Company of Manhattan/Labyrinth Theatre Company)
Sweet Storm is the tale of a wedding night in Florida in 1960, in a tree house; it's the first of many unexpected details that decorate Scott Hudson's touching two-hander. The action begins with Bo, the eager young ...
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Wireworks Celebrates 35th Anniversary
Wireworks Corporation (InfoComm Booth# 5221) celebrates 35 years as a maker of professional audio/video cabling products and custom panels. Beginning on Broadway and expanding over the past three decades into the broadcast and ...
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Neutrik Launches XX-HD Series at Infocomm
Neutrik introduces its XX-HD Series, a heavy-duty XLR cable connector designed specifically for outdoor use, at InfoComm 2009 (Booth# 6561). Equipped with hybrid metal/rubber design, the new XX-HD Series is both dust and water ...
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Powersoft Launches New Audio Suite at InfoComm
Powersoft Advanced Technologies, LLC introducing its new Audio Suite control software, dedicated to the live sound and installation market, at InfoComm 2009 (Booth# 6384). Designed by the Powersoft R&D team, the new software has ...
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Litestructures Live Launched
Litestructures (GB)Ltd its new division, Litestructures LIVE, on June 10.
Litestructures Live is a one-stop-shop facility that, the company says, unifies three previously distinct areas of operation, hire, stage and set, and ...
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Midas and Klark Teknik Appoint Midas Consoles North America as New Distributor
Effective July 1, Midas Consoles North America has been appointed as the exclusive distribution channel for Midas and Klark Teknik in the USA and Canada.
Based north of Los Angeles, Midas Consoles North America, a wholly owned ...
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Ashly Celebrates 35th Anniversary
Ashly Audio is celebrating its 35th birthday at InfoComm.
Central to the history of Ashly Audio is Billy Thompson, the maverick engineer who, in 1974, inspired the five owner/operators of a struggling live sound company to ...
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Neutrik Launches XX-HD Series at Infocomm
Neutrik introduces its XX-HD Series, a heavy-duty XLR cable connector designed specifically for outdoor use, at InfoComm 2009 (Booth# 6561). Equipped with hybrid metal/rubber design, the new XX-HD Series is both dust and water ...
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Outline Debuts at InfoComm 2009
Outline North America LLC is taking part in InfoComm, opening today in Orlando, Florida.
On Booth# 6384, units such as the new MANTAS (VLA) and LAB 21 (infra-sub), as well as the compact enclosures of the DVS (8-10) range in ...
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XTA Launches DC1048 Installation Audio Processor at InfoComm
XTA are pleased to announce the arrival of the DC1048 Installation Audio Processor at Infocomm 2009, beginning today in Orlando.
Featuring full matrix mixing and a typical palette of the company's EQ functions, the DC1048 offers ...
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TC Group Americas Announces New CEO
TC Group Americas announced today that Marc Bertrand will succeed John Maier as CEO effective July 31. TC Group Americas Inc., formed in January 2009, distributes Tannoy, Lab.gruppen, TC Electronic, TC-Helicon, Dynaudio ...
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Symetrix Adds New Room Combine 788 to Integrator Series
Symetrix has released the Room Combine 788, the latest addition to its Integrator Series line of products. The Integrator Series now consists of four purpose-built processors, and is based on Symetrix' SymNet platform for ...
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TechnoPro Turns to PR Lighting for GCC Spectaculars
PR Lighting fixtures have recently been out in force at a number of major events and festivals in the Persian Gulf recently.
Earlier this year, the territorial distributor and event production company TechnoPro LLC ...
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PixelRange Lights Wave-Shaped Set Design
Kentucky based Goodwin Lighting Services recently supplied a number of PixelRange PixelLine 110s to light an unusual custom wave set design. The concept was realized by event designer Joe Rigotti and consisted of white stretched ...
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Daktronics Shows New Indoor Black-Package LED Technology at InfoComm
Daktronics Shows New Indoor Black-Package LED Technology at InfoComm Daktronics Inc. will unveil the newest indoor addition to its PST product lineup, the Daktronics PST-6i-b modular LED video panel, featuring a black-package, ...
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Theatre in Review: FUBAR, or Interesting, Incredible, Amazing, Fantastic (59E59)
Does San Francisco really have a destabilizing effect on marriages? That's the assertion in FUBAR, which isn't likely to receive an endorsement from the city's chamber of commerce. Perhaps a more accurate summation of Karl ...
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SurgeX Introduces IP Addressable Power Conditioner At InfoComm
SurgeX unveils the SX1120iP, the first in a series of IP addressable power conditioners, at InfoComm, opening in Orlando today.
Designed as a 20A 1U rack-mount unit with eight individually controllable ...
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DK Design Designs Lil' Wayne World Tour
Production designer Daunte Kenner recently created an explosive show for Lil' Wayne's I Am Music World Tour. A collaboration between Kenner and production manager Maceo Price, the brief was to achieve a ...
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i-Pix New BB7s for Orbital
The lighting designer Jonny Gaskell is using 12 i-Pix BB7 LED wash lights -- with 20-degree wide-angle lenses -- on the U.K. dance gurus Orbital's ongoing own shows and festival dates.
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Traxon Technologies / e:cue Joins OSRAM-Philips Cross-License Program
Traxon Technologies, an OSRAM Company, is participating in a cross-license agreement concluded by Osram and Philips for LED-based technology used in luminaires.
The agreement involves the mutual licensing of patents for ...
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A.C. Lighting Inc. Showcases LED Display at InfoComm 2009
The A.C. Lighting Inc. booth (#1453) at InfoComm 2009 will feature the latest range of LED technologies exclusively distributed by the company in North America. Products on show for the first time at InfoComm include the Ch ...
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TOMCAT and InterAmerica Stage at InfoComm09
TOMCAT will be on hand for this year's InfoComm, June 17-19 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida. The company can be found at Booth #1663, with its latest products: Sky, Edge, and (core) ...
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Neutrik Introduces New Sealing Gasket at InfoComm 2009
At this year's InfoComm 2009 (Booth# 6561), Neutrik is introducing a dust- and water-resistant product for use with all D-shaped chassis connectors with its newest Sealing Gasket (SCDP-*). ...
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Wireworks Highlights AV2000 Multimedia Cabling System at InfoComm
Wireworks is highlighting its AV2000 multimedia cabling system at this year's InfoComm show (Booth# 5221)., June 17-19 in Orlando. AV2000 now offers users additional cabling elements such as Cat6, high speed data; ...
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J. R. Clancy Sponsors LHAT Conference in July '09
J. R. Clancy is a four-star sponsor of the 33rd annual League of Historic American Theatres (LHAT) conference in Cleveland, Ohio, July 15-18.
Hosted this year by PlayhouseSquare in Cleveland's downtown theatre district, ...
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Osram Preps Mini Laser Bars for Fiber-Coupled Laser Diodes
The new generation of mini laser bars from OSRAM Opto Semiconductors offers exceptional brilliance in the wavelength range from 910 to 1020nm, the company says. Their output and beam parameters have been closely matched so that the ...
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Nominations Close July 1st for ESTA's Rock Our World Awards
The deadline for nominations for the second annual ESTA Rock Our World Awards is July 1. The awards recognize groundbreaking achievement by ESTA members in new products, product applications, or projects. They were created to ...
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TMB Introduces New Products at InfoComm 2009
This year TMB will launch several new and exciting products at InfoComm.
- UberPan from Green Hippo - An advanced multi-server control system that allows multiple Hippotizer media servers to work as one, creating a single ...
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Sennheiser's MKH 8000 Series Goes Digital
Sennheiser is introducing the MZD 8000 digital module for the MKH 8000 Series at InfoComm 2009. Now, the MKH 8000 series can be digitalized directly at the microphone head, ensuring a natural sound without any loss of quality, the ...
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Clay Paky Alpha Spot HPE 1200 at Eurovision 2009
The 2009 Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow broke records for production days, roof load, and television viewers. Clay Paky Alpha Spot HPE 1200 fixtures were right in the middle of the action, with the highest number of profiles out ...
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Theatre in Review: #9 (Waterwell/59E59)
In the oddly named #9, the members of the theatre company known as Waterwell set out to explore the digital connective tissue that makes up the fabric of our lives today. The piece -- somehow, "play" doesn't seem like ...
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Theatre in Review: Dov and Ali (Playwrights Realm/Cherry Lane Studio)
Dov, a young orthodox Jew, teaches English in a public school. On the job, he fends off the impertinent questions of Ali, a Muslim student who believes in only the revealed truth of the Koran, as interpreted by this father. (Ali has a ...
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Harman Professional Debuts HiQnet System Architect Version 2.0 at InfoComm 2009
Harman Professional is launching HiQnet System Architect Version 2.0 at Infocomm, to be held in Orlando, Florida, June 17-19 .
System Architect 2.0 features a new system design philosophy centered on workflow and the use of a ...
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dbx Offers Free Direct Box With Purchase of Select Compressors
dbx Professional Products is offering a free db10 premium direct box with the purchase of either a dbx 266XL compressor/gate or a dbx 166XL compressor/limiter/gate. The promotion will run through July 31 and is being offered through ...
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SurgeX and LynTec Announce Strategic Alliance
The Pro AV industry AC power protection and control companies SurgeX and LynTec have formed a strategic alliance.
Under the new agreement, LynTec and SurgeX will now be cross-pollinating their software and hardware ...
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PRG's Bad Boy joins the Circus with Britney Spears
The Circus Starring Britney Spears has been touring with notable success this spring. Nick Whitehouse, working with his creative partner Bryan Leitch and their firm Visual Light Ltd., created the lighting collaborated with tour ...
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Lumenradio Wins Top Award in Venture Cup Business Plan Competition
The Swedish wireless manufacturer LumenRadio won first prize in the Venture Cup Business Plan Competition, beating out close to a thousand competitors. According to the competition's jury, "This technology will replace and eliminate ...
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Hosa Technology Inks New Distribution Deals for South Africa, Germany/Austria
Hosa Technology recently granted distribution rights for its product line to Sun Pro-Audio of Cape Town, South Africa and Hyperactive Audiotechnik GmbH of Hünstetten, Germany. The agreements provide for Sun Pro-Audio to distribute ...
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Meyer Sound MILO Line Arrays Reinforce MX Beat in Guadalajara
MX Beat 2009, a popular alternative music festivals in Mexico and encompassing multiple stages across four cities, featured numerous regional and international artists, including Cat Power, Mystery Jets, Sebastian Tellier, and Danger, who ...
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LA Sound Supports "Time for Heroes" Charity Event with Martin Audio
The 20th annual "Time For Heroes" celebrity carnival featuring Disney recording artist Miley Cyrus and an array of Hollywood luminaries at the Wadsworth Theater/Westwood VA Grounds in Los Angeles raised over $3.1 million for the fight ...
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BNW Rigging Consultants Schedules Rigging Seminars for August in New York
BNW Rigging Consultants is holding several days of rigging seminars August 17-20. The event will be held at 55 Wall Street in New York.
Course subjects will include safety, liability, arena rigging procedure and techniques, ...
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Barix Audio over IP and Automation at Nickelodeon Universe at Mall of America
Nickelodeon Universe, a seven-acre amusement park located inside Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota., is now using multiple Barix Audio over IP and automation devices for on-demand audio playback, live music streaming, and ...
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Prolyte Products Group Appoints New Management
Prolyte announces the appointment of Gert Felten as managing director of the Prolyte Products Group.
This appointment is the final step in the gradual transition of the company's management team after the participation ...
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EAW Unveils MicroWedge Series MicroSub
EAW unveils the new MicroSub stage subwoofer, the latest offering in its MicroWedge Series of stage monitor products. The single-15" enclosure is a stage and small venue subwoofer, designed to address the unique environment of ...
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EAW Introduces DX1208 DSP Matrix Mixer at InfoComm 2009
EAW will introduce the DX1208 DSP matrix mixer at InfoComm in June 17-19 in Orlando. The direct result of end-user feedback, the DX1208 represents the next generation of digital signal processin from EAW, the company says. ...
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Total Structures Summer Hoist School
Total Structures announces it summer hoist school. This two-day ETCP- recognized training course is for anyone working with Columbus McKinnon entertainment electric chain hoists. The course will be held on Monday, August 17 and ...
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John Tapster Named ABTT Technician of the Year
The Association of British Theatre Technicians announces that John Tapster has been named ABTT Technician of the Year 2009.
Originally planning to teach primary school mathematics, "Tappy" (as he is affectionately known) ...
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Vincent Lighting's Cleveland Office Expands to New Space
The Cleveland headquarters of Vincent Lighting Systems has expanded to a new location.
The company has moved into a new 25,000-sq.ft. office, located at 6161 Cochran Rd Ste D, Solon Ohio 44139, with easy access from the ...
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Theatre in Review August: Osage County (Music Box Theatre)
It's been more than 18 months, but Broadway's most poisonous family reunion has lost none of its rattlesnake vitality. The members of the Weston clan are still convening, in all their sharp-tongued, substance-abusing glory, and, if ...
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Lightswitch Architectural Lights Up Chicago Model City Exhibition
Lightswitch Architectural demonstrates the effects of light in the Chicago Model City exhibition, now at the Chicago Architecture Foundation. The Chicago Model City is a replica of Chicago's downtown, designed to provoke thought ...
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Genelec Launches Online Community and Video Competition
Finland-based Genelec Oy, the manufacturer of active monitoring loudspeakers, has launched an online community on its website. It is aimed at all Genelec users and other audio enthusiasts who want to get in touch with fellow users ...
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Encore Installs at The Fridge
The West London-based audio specialist Encore has designed and installed a brand-new d&b J-Series sound system into the newly revamped Fridge in Brixton -- one of London's best-known and loved live music venues. ...
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API Supports Nashville Engineer Relief Fund
The Nashville Engineer Relief Fund's annual AudioMasters benefit golf tournament, now in its 12th year and held at Nashville's Harpeth Hills Golf Course, drew over 200 participants. Established 13 years ago by the Nashville chapter of AES, ...
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D.A.S. Audio at Cosquín National Folklore Festival
The Cosquín National Folklore Festival was recently held at Plaza Próspero Molina in Cosquín, Argentina). The plaza, which can hold 12,000 people, saw some 110,000 spectators during the nine-day-long event. In addition, the extensive media ...
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NMR Adds Business Development Team to Accelerate its Growth
NMR Staging & Events, a full service technology company, has introduced a new management team, responsible for spearheading the national roll-out of several new technology offerings as well as growing NMR's installation department ...
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PufferSphere Planets at Eurovision 2009 Moscow
The Eurovision stage at this year's contest transformed itself with a different look for each act. The sheer quantity of LEDs, pyrotechnics and lighting may have attracted much interest, but there were some equally unique elements ...
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Wybron CXI Scrollers at Le Poisson Rouge, New York Club
The Village Gate, the famous New York club closed in 1993, but today it's alive again in the form of an eclectic venue called Le Poisson Rouge. As a "multimedia art cabaret," according to club's Web site, LPR strives to highlight a variety ...
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Mackie Celebrates Birthday with the 20 Years Running Contest
t's been 20 years since Mackie first introduced the CR-1604. Over the course of two decades, Mackie has released countless. Now the company wants to celebrate the past 20 years by asking Mackoids to submit their Mackie stories and ...
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Sennheiser Introduces K-Array at InfoComm 2009
Sennheiser Electronic Corporation will introduce K-array, the newest addition to its family of distributed brands, at InfoComm 2009. K-array manufactures thin, lightweight loudspeakers that deliver impressive power and sound quality ...
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Stage Research Announces LightFactory 2
Stage Research presents LightFactory 2 software. A PC-based lighting control system, LightFactory 2 can control complex fixtures with any number of attributes, as well as multiple kinds in arbitrary mode. The software employs ...
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Compulite Vector V.3.17 is Now Available
Compulite's flagship console Vector has a new major software release. Among the new features.
Organize your editing and playback screens in multiple workspaces. Each workspace allows you to customize a whole environment with ...
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George Mueller, Color Kinetics Co-Founder, Launches New LED Company
EcoSense Lighting, Inc., the new lighting company from the co-founder of solid-state illumination pioneer Color Kinetics, made its industry debut during Lightfair International 2009 in May.
EcoSense products are designed to be ...
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LMG Systems Integration Hosting Technology Showcase, June 15-19
LMG Systems Integration will be hosting a technology showcase at the firm's Orlando corporate headquarters from June 15-19, with demonstrations from industry manufacturers showcasing new audio, video, lighting and broadcasting tools ...
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Sennheiser Implements New Affordable RF Support Services
Sennheiser Electronic Corporation announces several new RF consultation and support services, which are intended for Sennheiser's end users and dealers. The array of premium, yet affordable, services include transmitter ...
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New Martin Lighting Solutions at Infocomm 2009
Martin Professional will feature its expanding range of LED lighting solutions at InfoComm 2009 in Orlando. On display at Booth# 1267/1367 will be the new generation LC Plus Series of LED video panels and innovative P3-100 System ...
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Theatre in Review: Into the Hazard (Henry V) (New Feet Productions/Walkerspace)
There are a couple of very good ideas at the heart of Jessica Bauman's slightly updated version of Shakespeare's King Henry V. First and foremost is the casting of Nick Dillenberg as Henry. Without the least bit of ...
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Distribution Manager of Neutrik USA, Inc. Appointed
Neutrik USA has appointed Thomas Chudyk as distribution manager of Neutrik USA Inc. as of June 9.
Before joining Neutrik, Thomas (Tom) Chudyk had been responsible as regional sales manager of Panasonic Industrial (Centenn ...
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Royer Labs Initiates Microphone Seminar Program
Royer Labs, the manufacturer of ribbon microphones, recently launched an ongoing series of microphone seminars designed to provide aspiring audio engineers with a comprehensive view of the microphone, including its historical ...
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Soundcraft Vi6 On Tour Down Under at New Zealand Summer Concerts
College Hill Productions, Ltd. a sound rental company based in Auckland, New Zealand, has recently selected a Soundcraft Vi6 digital console for mixing a diverse lineup of summer concerts and music festivals. The most recent tour, ...
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Robert Juliat at Eurovision 09
The 2009 Eurovision Song Contest took place in Moscow's Olympiyski Indoor Arena this year with 17 Robert Juliat followspots as part of the rig.
The show's lighting designer, Al Gurdon, of Incandescent Design, says, "The show ...
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AVL Concept Purchases the First Clay Paky Alpha 700s
The Dutch rental company AVL Concept was the first in the world to buy the new Clay Paky Alpha 700. This young company, based in Leek, the Netherlands, specializes in the design, supply, and installation of audiovisual and lighting ...
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D.A.S. at Festival de Acció Cultural, Valencia, Spain
A large outdoor festival organized by Acció Cultural del Pais Valencià recently took place in the city of Valencia, Spain. Acció Cultural del Pais Valencià is a Valencia based cultural organization structured within the city's university ...
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Danley Loudspeakers at Miami's Aero Bar
Located in the Miami Beach's club scene, Aero Bar has been inspiring rumors of revolution in club design and philosophy since it opened less than a year ago. Alex Caballero, principal of southern Florida's Audio Systems Consulting, ...
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No. 5 Cavendish Square, Top London Club, Opts for Martin Audio
One of London's most beautiful buildings, No. 5 Cavendish Square, has long been a landmark for upscale dining and clubbing. Formerly the Spanish Embassy, the membership venue, which includes an eight-room boutique hotel, recently underwent ...
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dBTechnologies Hosts Second Prosonic Distributor Convention
The Italian loudspeaker manufacturer dBTechnologies is hosting its second distributor convention at its European headquarters in Cologne this month. The two-day event entitled Prosonic, is set to showcase the new models from the ...
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Britannia Row, SSE Are First U.K. Rental Companies to Join L-ACOUSTICS K1/KUDO Pilot Program
The U.K. rental companies Britannia Row and SSE have joined L-ACOUSTICS' new K1/KUDO pilot program. Both have simultaneously taken delivery of 48 K1 line source cabinets, which form their K1/Kudo systems, together with K1-SUB and ...
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Outline Lands in North America
Outline North America LLC has opened for business.
A few months ago, the Brescia, Italy-based pro audio manufacturer Outline inaugurated its American branch, Outline North America LLC. Led by Thomas Bensen - who for several ...
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Audinate Announces Availability of Ethernet AVB Solution
Audinate has announced that the next major release of the Dante digital media networking solution will be compliant with the standards emerging from the IEEE 802.1 Audio Video Bridging (AVB) task group. ...
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PRG Supports Tannoy at InfoComm
This year at Infocomm - to be held June 17-19 in Orlando - PRG Distribution will support the audio company Tannoy in its demo room with products from Clay Paky and ChamSys control. PRG will be showing the Alpha 300 series Spot and ...
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Neutrik Makes a Connection with HDMI at InfoComm
To accommodate the rising trend of HDMI connections in the AV industry, Neutrik introduces its new HDMI 1.3 feedthrough in its universal D-style chassis connector at InfoComm 2009 (Booth# 6561). Corresponding with its newest USB ...
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Martin LightJockey Version 2.9.1 Now Available
A new version of Martin Professional's Windows-based LightJockey lighting controller is now available - LightJockey v.2.9.1. Notable changes in the new version include Vista 32-bit compatibility and new fixture updates, as well as ...
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Theatre in Review: Our House (Playwrights Horizons)
"I hate modesty," says Wes, the head of the fictional SBS television network and the chief exhibit in the beastarium that is Our House. Not that anybody in Theresa Rebeck's new satire shows the slightest ...
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Vibrant's Christopher Landy Provides Lighting for Logo Network NewNowNext Awards
Vibrant Design's Christopher Landy created the lighting design for the 2009 NewNowNext Awards, an awards show unlike any other on the broadcast calendar. Celebrating "fresh, freaky,and up-and-coming pop culture and celebrities," the ...
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UVLD Spotlights Women in Food at Annual James Beard Foundation Awards
Women in food were in the spotlight at this year's James Beard Foundation Awards and Unlimited Visibility Lighting Design (UVLD) helped put them there. The annual awards ceremony and chef-filled gala reception, held May 4 in ...
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Bosch Communications Systems Adopts Audinate's Dante Networking Solution
Audinate, Inc. announces that Bosch Communications Systems has entered into a company-wide license agreement to implement Dante audio networking solution into their products. The agreement allows all Bosch brands ...
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JaffeHolden Launches Chicago Office
JaffeHolden, the acoustical, audio, and video design firm, has expanded operations to the Midwest by opening an office in Chicago. Veteran consultant Jonathan Laney is heading up the new office as principal. This new office ...
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Zeb Cochran Joins Morpheus Lights as Technical Services Manager
Morpheus Lights has hired industry veteran Zeb Cochran as its new technical services manager. Cochran will be responsible for overseeing all new equipment purchases, equipment maintenance programs, production safety programs ...
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Rose Brand Receives Platinum Award -- New Jersey 2009 Smart Workplaces
For the second year in a row, the State of New Jersey has awarded Rose Brand with the top honor for providing excellent commuting solutions for its employees. The Platinum Award was presented by the New Jersey Commissioner of ...
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Auralex to Participate in Technologies for Worship Acoustics Seminar at InfoComm
Auralex Acoustics has teamed up with Technologies for Worship magazine to offer an educational seminar on acoustics at InfoComm 2009. Gavin Haverstick, lead acoustical engineer at Auralex, will discuss the process ...
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Theatre in Review: Things of Dry Hours (New York Theatre Workshop)
In Things of Dry Hours, Naomi Wallace throws together three characters in a situation fraught with racial, political, and sexual tensions -- and fails to capitalize on any of them. To take such an incendiary premise ...
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I. Weiss Completes Work on Broadway's New Henry Miller Theatre
I. Weiss recently completed work on the new Henry Miller Theatre on Broadway. The project included a new stage rigging system with a motorized line shaft-operated fire curtain, 56 single-purchase counterweight linesets, and ...
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Electrosonic to Show Video and Graphics Over IP Products at InfoComm
At InfoComm Booth# 4719, Electrosonic will show its video and graphics distribution over IP networks with virtual switching. The company's line of HD video players and a new multi-image display processor will also be on ...
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Liberty Wire & Cable Expands Technical Services
Liberty Wire & Cable will announce a significant expansion of its technical services for professional A/V installers at InfoComm International 2009.
Liberty's Technical Services provide expertise in signal management solutions ...
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Hall Research Launches VGA, Bi-Directional RS-232 Extension on Single UTP Cable
Hall Research's UB232-B VGA and bi-directional RS-232 sender and receiver kit will be launched at InfoComm09 in Orlando, Florida.
The UV232-B is used to send high-resolution video and full-duplex RS-232 over a single Cat5e/6 ...
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Midas PRO6 Stars on Maximo Park Academy Tour
The U.K. rental company SSE has supplied a Midas PRO6 live audio system for U.K. academy tour of the rock band Maximo Park. A Klark Teknik DN9696 was used to record all shows, including support bands, which were ...
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Avolites Tours with N-Dubz
The new MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Award-winning hip-hop band N-Dubz recently promoted its first album Uncle B on a five-week tour designed and operated by Pete Watts, from DPL Production Lighting on an Avol ...
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Medialon at Tivoli Park Illuminations
Created in the mid-19th century, Tivoli is one of the world's oldest amusement parks and Denmark's most popular tourist attraction located in the centre of Copenhagen.
Since 2002, the "Tivoli Illuminations" bring light and color to The ...
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Brian Ruedy Selects Ashly Mixer for Tour
Brian "Head" Welch recently announced he is embarking on his first solo tour since leaving Korn in 2005. Faced with an itinerary of tour dates across the U.S. and potential tour dates in Australia and Europe, Welch's ...
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TransAudio Group Supports Nashville Engineer Relief Fund
The Nashville Engineer Relief Fund (NERF) hosted the 12th annual AudioMasters Benefit Golf Tournament on May 21 and 22 at the Harpeth Hills Golf Course. In excess of 200 audio professionals showed up. ...
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Elation LED Screen at Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
Held in this seaside city's downtown area, the three-day Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is billed as the "world's fastest beach party," drawing 180,000 spectators and featuring live concerts and a lifestyle expo with over 270 ...
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Aviom 6416M Mic Input Modules Installed at Northwestern State University, Louisiana
Northwestern State University in Nachitoches, Louisiana, added the Aviom Pro64 digital snake system, including one of the first installations of the new 6416m mic input module, as part of a renovation and upgrade of ...
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Robe on Jesse Clegg Tour
The lighting designer Tim Dunn used 30 Robe ColorSpot and Wash 700E AT moving lights to light the first live performances of the South African music star Jesse Clegg at the Johannesburg Civic Theatre. ...
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ASL Intercom Appoints New Distributor for Korea
ASL Intercom recently appointed Dai Kyung Vascom Co. Ltd as a full distributor for ASL products.
Dai Kyung Vascom was established in 1987, is a major distributor of high-profile audio brands and one of the region's most ...
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CT Provides LED for Lionel Richie Tour
Lionel Richie's recent European arena tour, his first since the sell-out Coming Home tour of 2007, also marked the artist's first collaboration with Lars Brogaard, who took on overall production management duties as ...
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Billy Elliot Dances Away with Multiple Tony Design Awards
The musical Billy Elliot took home several design Tony Awards at last night's ceremony. In another Tony Awards dominated by British designers, the smash hit musical - which, among other things, was also named Best Musical - took ...
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ESTA's RDM Plugfest Back by Popular Demand
The RDM Plugfest held in January was successful enough that ESTA has been requested to hold another one at the July meetings at the Dallas/Ft. Worth Solana hotel in Westlake, Texas. The Plugfest will run three days: Friday ...
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A.C.T. Lighting Now Exclusive U.S., Canadian Distributor for GDS' Liteware
A.C.T Lighting and Global Design Solutions are proud to announce that effective immediately A.C.T Lighting is the exclusive U.S. and Canadian distributor for GDS' LiteWare stand-alone, battery-powered, DMX-controllable ...
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InfoComm Seminars to Reveal SysTune 1.1 DSP Control and EASE 4.3
At this year's InfoComm in Orlando, Florida, Stefan Feistel, of the Ahnert Feistel Media Group will deliver two seminars on the company's latest software updates. The new release of SysTune, Version 1.1, will ...
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Global Truss Releases F31 Single Tube Truss
Global Truss reports that it brings greater versatility to trussing with is new F31 Single Tube Truss. Since it's made of a single 2" beam, this truss can be used to form a clean, thin frame, making it useful for framing ...
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Pathport 3.2.0.1 Firmware Upgrade Available
Pathway Connectivity announces the release of firmware upgrades for its entire line of Pathport products. "This release continues our commitment to improving the Pathport line and to maintaining inter-operability with other control ...
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Service Pack 4 Now Available for Vectorworks 2009
Nemetschek North America has released its fourth service pack for the Vectorworks 2009 product line. Many quality improvements have been added, including improvements related to stairs, performance, and overall stability. ...
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Goboland U.K. Ltd. to Launch at ABTT Show in London
Goboland has chosen the ABTT Show, to be held in London later this week, to launch Goboland UK Ltd., a newly formed U.K.-based company.
The creation of Goboland UK reunites Wyatt Enever and Vicky ...
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Stage Technologies Hosts Training Event at the Curve, Leicester, England
On May 12, the Curve Theatre, in Leicester, England, welcomed students of technical theatre from across the country for the first of a planned series of educational open days at the venue. The event follows the ABTT Open Day, also hosted ...
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Jamie Schnakenberg Joins Communications Systems Division, Bosch Security Systems
Jamie Schnakenberg has accepted the position of key accounts manager for sports communications in the communications systems division of Bosch Security Systems.
Schnakenberg has been associated with the sports industry for ...
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Peter Hoy New Factory Manager at Martin Professional A/S
Peter Hoy has been appointed Martin Professional's new factory manager at its 12,500 sq. m. facility in Frederikshavn, Denmark.
Hoy, who started in the position on May 4, brings with him more than 20 years of experience ...
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JBL VERTEC at New Factory Launch in India
While other automakers have been cutting production and slowing down expansion plans, Volkswagen India has moved to ramp up its production in that region. The recent Volkswagen (VW) factory launch at Chakan, 18.6 miles from the city of ...
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Jeff Dunham, LIVE! Technologies choose Electro-Voice for Spark of InsanityTour
The comedian Jeff Dunham's latest tour, Spark of Insanity, features an Electro-Voice sound system from LIVE! Technologies.
The tour's extensive run includes stops at American Airlines Arena in Dallas and ...
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Fishman Supports Merlefest 2009
Held on the campus of Wilkes Community College during four days in late April with a reported attendance of close to 70,000 fans, Merlefest 2009 is considered by many to be one of the premier U.S. showcases for bluegrass, country, ...
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Meyer Sound Constellation, Dallas Symphony at Florida's Northland Church
In March 2009, guest conductor and violinist Pinchas Zukerman led the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in a concert at Northland, a Church Distributed in Longwood, Florida. Meyer Sound's Constellation electroacoustic ...
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Snowmasters Adds Michael Cerbelli to Flogos Team
SnowMasters announces that the celebrity event planner Michael Cerbelli, of Total Entertainment, has joined the team to become the U.S. Northeast distributor of Flogos. Flogos is a sister company of SnowMasters ...
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Ed Peterson is Dead at 77
The noted lighting consultant Edward "Ed" Peterson, 77, of Los Angeles and Las Vegas, passed away at home, May 21, following complications from surgery.
Peterson was born in Forest Hills, New York., to Edward E. Peterson Sr. and ...
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George MacPherson, Masque Sound Executive, Dies at 78
George MacPherson , one of the last of the old school Broadway producer/general managers, died Wednesday, June 3 of lung cancer in Orangeburg, South Carolina. He was 78 .
MacPherson, who most recently served as president and ...
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Wireworks to Show BG Unisex XLR Cords at InfoComm
Wireworks debuts its adaptable BG unisex XLR cords at InfoComm 2009 (Booth# 5221). Th e new cords match up Wireworks MusiLUX microphone cable or AES/EBU digital cable with Neutrik's convertCON connectors, ...
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More Riders Added to Long Reach Long Riders
The number of bikes registered to ride in the sixth annual Long Reach Long Rider charity motorcycle ride has reached an all-time high. The addition of Randy "Pop-Pop" Whitcomb, Wayne "Razz" Rasmussen, Jim "Con Man" Niesel, and Larry "Pastor ...
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Chauvet Dealer Specializes in La Quinceañera Parties
Entertainment lighting is becoming a must-have feature for a La Quinceañera, the grand celebration of a Latina girl's 15th birthday, which marks the young lady's foray into adulthood.
Ben Espana , owner of Miami-based Ultr ...
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Outline Butterflies for P.C. Richard & Son Theatre, New York
SIA Acoustics has recently completed the design and commissioning of the P.C. Richard & Son Theatre in the Tribeca section of New York. The 5,500-sq.-ft. theatre will serve as a live performance, recording, and ...
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Chroma-Q Color Web Gets Theatrical for Elaine Paige Tour
The U.K. rental house Amber Lites (Scotland) Ltd. invested in Chroma-Q Color Web 125 LED panels to provide scenic elements for the recent Elaine Paige 40th-anniversary U.K. tour and other client events. It is ...
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Universal Studios Hollywood Goes Live with Clear-Com CellCom
Universal Studios Hollywood has installed Clear-Com 's CellCom digital wireless intercom system at its popular Terminator 2:3D and WaterWorld shows. It will also use CellCom on a new ...
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Chester French on Tour with Electro-Voice Microphones
With an original sound that is equal parts indie rock and hip-hop, the duo known as Chester French has been on the fast track to fame ever since its first hit single, "She Loves Everybody," debuted on November 18. ...
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Compulite Vector on Israeli Edition of Survivor
The Israeli edition of the television reality show Survivor concluded with a record-high rating. The 40-episode series, which ran for six months, concluded in the 3,000 seat Roman amphitheatre in Caesarea, nestled on the ...
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Thorburn Associates to Present Seven Sessions and a Blog at InfoComm
"Successful placemaking demands spaces that nurture human community through the integration of technical systems design and modern building design -- in facilities, campuses, offices, leisure attractions, museums, and performing arts ...
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ETC Eos debuts in Japan
The first ETC Eos lighting control system to be sold in Japan just hit the road with singer-songwriter and pianist Angela Aki. It is the first time that an ETC console has been selected as the main console to control moving lights ...
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Barco Debuts New Wash Light on Tour
Barco announces that three concert tours -- No Doubt, The Crystal Method, and the upcoming Aerosmith tour -- are all debuting the new High End Systems' SHOWBEAM 2.5 in their shows.
The Showbeam 2.5 is a new 2,500W automated wash ...
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RC4 Wireless Debuts RC4 Black Magic at ABTT in London
RC4 Wireless will introduce the latest in its RC4Magic series -- the new RC4 Black Magic system -- at London's ABTT Theatre Show, presented by the Association of British Theatre Technicians.
"When we first introduced the ...
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Scharff Weisberg Has Busy Season On and Off Broadway
Scharff Weisberg, Inc. (SWI) had a busy season on and off Broadway supplying three productions -- 33 Variations, Impressionism, and Distracted -- with comprehensive video system packages. ...
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Sennheiser Supports Bowling Green State University's Vocal Jazz Camp
The 2009 Bowling Green State University (BGSU) Vocal Jazz Camp features instruction from members of the premier vocal jazz quartet of our time, New York Voices. Sennheiser and Neumann will support the camp by providing a ...
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LSE Creates a Spectacle at the Mardan Palace Hotel
The end of May saw the spectacular opening ceremony of the five-star Mardan Palace hotel in Antalya, Turkey drawing an illustrious international presence of celebrities and press. LSE, the Belgian based multi-media show company, ...
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Martin Audio at John Barleycorn, Chicago
The Chicago-area installer Sound & Lighting Designs was hired to equip John Barleycorn, a 20,000-sq.-ft./two-story new-build club with the latest in audio, video, stage and club lighting, and surveillance. ...
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Aviom Appoints New Sales Director in the Western U.S.
Aviom, developer of the audio transport protocol, A-Net, announces that Denny McLane will now act as the company's sales director for the Western U.S. McLane will be on hand to meet with customers in the installation market ...
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Liberty Wire & Cable Publishes Product & Services Guide
Liberty Wire & Cable has published The Liberty Advantage, a full-color guide to the dozens of product categories and services it offers; the guide will be available at InfoComm International 2009, the annual convention of the ...
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Earthworks Introduces High-Definition MicrophonesT for Toms and Snares
Earthworks announces the introduction of its DP25/C and DP30/C tom and snare microphones, which are now shipping to retail outlets and sound contractors on a worldwide basis.
The DP25/C and the DP30/C are able to capture an ...
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Martin Professional A/S and Lighting Science Group Sign Distribution Agreement
Lighting Science Group Corporation, a global developer and integrator of intelligent LED lighting solutions and Martin Professional A/S have made a distribution agreement that will give Martin access to Lighting Science's X16 DOTZ ...
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Stage Research to Distribute Instasnake and SDS887 Video Distribution Hub from ETS
Stage Research is distributing two new products, the InstaSnake and the SDS887, from Fremont, California-based Energy Transformation Systems, Inc. ETS is the manufacturer and supplier of audio and video connectivity devices, data ...
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Mark Johnson Joins Guesthouse Projects
Guesthouse Projects, a PR and artist-relations firm based in Palm Springs, California, has announced the addition of Mark Johnson to the firm. Johnson comes to Guesthouse Projects from Church Production magazine, where he ...
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Guitar Center Professional Unveils New Website
Guitar Center Professional, the outside sales division of Guitar Center that focuses on professional users, recently went live with its new website, which features a streamlined interface, straightforward navigation, and new market ...
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Auralex to Showcase Ecotech Acoustical Panels at InfoComm
Auralex Acoustics, Inc. will introduce EcoTech, the company's first green acoustical panel, at the InfoComm show (Booth# 5278). This follows last year's announcement of the eco-friendly Studio Foam, the company's first green ...
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Liberty Wire & Cable Introduces Unique Inventory Services to Streamline Warehouse Workflow
At InfoComm, Liberty Wire & Cable will introduce a special package of inventory services that allow customers to turn their warehouses into Liberty facilities custom-stocked for each customer's specific needs. ...
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Robe at Miss Universe Slovakia 2009
Over 100 Robe lighting fixtures appeared at the 2009 Slovakian Miss Universe Pageant, an event on which the company has a history, along with lighting designer Martin Kubanka.
The show was staged at the Sibamac Arena in ...
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Meyer Sound on High School Musical and Beauty and the Beast in South Africa
Things can get complicated enough when one musical has to travel to multiple venues. When two concurrently running productions had to swap venues in South Africa in spring 2009, Meyer Sound MICA and M'elodie line array loudspeaker ...
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Hippotizer Brands Vanity Fair Party at Tribeca Film Festival
Each spring, New York's Tribeca Film Festival celebrates the latest in filmmakers. A party sponsored by the magazine Vanity Fair was held on April 21 at the State Supreme Court building in downtown Manhattan. At the top of the ...
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ETC Introduces Unison Mosaic Show Control Line
ETC is expanding its extensive Unison control system family again, introducing the Mosaic line of show controllers. In an agreement with Pharos Architectural Controls Limited, ETC's Unison Mosaic show control system is based on the ...
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IESNYC Releases 2009 NightSeeing Map of New York City
Just introduced to thousands of attendees at the 2009 Lightfair, the new 2009 NIGHTSEEING Map, presented by the Illuminating Engineering Society, NYC Section, in association with the Designers Lighting Forum of New York, is now ...
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Neutrik to Introduce New USB/FireWire Chassis Connector at InfoComm
At InfoComm 2009 (Booth# 6561) Neutrik will introduce a redesigned and upgraded USB/FireWire Chassis Connector to meet the increasing demands for lockable and watertight digital interface connections. The new chassis connector ...
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Hosa Technology Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Hosa Technology marked its Silver Anniversary June 1st, 2009.
The company opened for business on June 1, 1984. It was conceived and started by Sho Sato for the purpose of distributing Hosa-brand musical instrument cables, ...
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Sabine Ships 915MHz Wireless Microphone Systems
Sabine is now shipping its new SWM6000 Smart Spectrum wireless microphone dystems, another in its series of wireless solutions that are immune to a whole host of problems associated with the recent dramatic shrinkage of available ...
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Yamaha PM5D on CMT's Can You Duet
Now in its second season, this year's taping of the CMT Television series Can You Duet is being broadcast from the Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville. Lance Smith hosts the show, which sets out to find country music's next duo, and singer Naomi ...
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LSC Lighting Systems at Bondi Pavilion, Sydney
The Bondi Pavilion building, set on the edge of Sydney's Bondi Beach, has had its theatre refurbished--including new lighting control, acoustic upgrades, and new seating. LSC Lighting Systems supplied the lighting control system ...
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Dual Allen & Heath iLives Manage Israeli Orchestral Festival
Two Allen & Heath iLive digital systems were used at the recent Noshfim Bakikar festival in Kfar-Saba, Israel. Now in its 20th year, the annual event is a celebration of the town's musical heritage, featuring performances from many ...
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Total Structures and Epic at Club NOKIA L.A. LIVE
Building on their prior joint experience at The Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE, Total Structures recently provided Epic Production Technologies with over 500' of its Element 12 and Element 20 truss for Club Nokia L.A. Live, the ...
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A Line Array Solution for Production Plus
Production Plus, based in Burr Ridge Illinois has upgraded its audio inventory with new digital consoles, front end processors, wireless systems, and other equipment. The company, which specializes in business theatre, corporate ...
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grandMA on Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of The Desert in the West End
The spectacular new musical production of the Oscar-winning Australian film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of The Desert is now playing London's Palace theatre,with a grandma full-size console controlling the moving ...
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Peace Bridge Shines with LED Lighting Transformation by Philips
The Peace Bridge, which connects the U.S. and Canada, has undergone a 21st-entury transformation made possible by advanced LED technology.
The $1.2 million project was funded by the federal government's Transportation Enhancement ...
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Announcing the 2009 Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards
The ESTA Foundation announces the 2009 Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards created by some of the industry's most talented designers. Four designs are offered this year.
Scenic designer Douglas Schmidt has created an elegant stage ...
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ABTT Show Reports Full House of Exhibitors
The ABTT Theatre Show, sponsored by the Association of British Theatre Technicians and scheduled for June 10-11 in London is reporting a "full house" of over 100 exhibitors; also, the show's new online pre-registration system ...
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Symetrix Announces SymNet Designer 9.0 with SymVue
Symetrix announces that SymNet Designer 9.0, the latest upgrade to its SymNet platform of network audio solutions, is now available for download. The key feature of this new version is SymVue, a real-time user control panel ...
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Snowmasters Purchases Funland Water Park
Snowmasters, the special effects company based in Lexington, Alabama, has purchased the Funland water park in Florence, Alabama. The company intends to use the park as a test lab for its products, which include artificial snow, and ...
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Ravitz Reunites with Styx for Summer Tour
Jeff Ravitz, a partner at the design firm, Visual Terrain, Inc., is working with one of his earliest clients, Styx, designing the group's segment of the Can't Stop Rockin' tour. The co-headline tour with REO Speedwagon ...
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Sennheiser 3 935s Tour with Tinted Windows
Tinted Windows, a new group made up of members of Cheap Trick, Hanson, Smashing Pumpkins, and Fountains of Wayne, played South by Southwest 2009, followed by a short promotional tour.
Mike Fanuele (Dashboard Confessional, Fountains of ...
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Liberty Wire & Cable Offers Expanded Palette of Project Services for Professional A/V Installers
Liberty Wire & Cable is offering an expanded line-up of Project Services for professional A/V installers.
The new services allow for complete installations to be kitted, labeled, packaged, palettized, and delivered to any single ...
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Signature Audio Performs Install at new Put-in-Bay, Ohio Hot Spot
Last year Signature Audio transformed The Boardwalk, a popular bar-restaurant in Put-in-Bay, Ohio, into a full-service entertainment venue. The Wixom-based company ships back to the Lake Erie island this summer to install another ...
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Martin Audio at Isle of Man TT Motorcycle Races
Innovation Productions, the U.K.-based gear supplier, is, for the first time, giving prominence in its rental fleet to a new Martin Audio W8LC system and control.
Andrew Pygott, the company's managing director, purchased 16 of ...
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Robe at Melbourne International Motor Show
Robe moving lights got right into the fast lane for the 2009 Melbourne International Motor Show, where they were used on several stands for which lighting equipment was supplied by Victoria-based Clifton Productions, one of the ...
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Robert Juliat at U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships
When Capron Lighting & Sound Company's David Gruber was looking for a powerful light with which to project the Jake Burton logo at the 27th annual U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships, he chose Robert Juliat's 4000W HTI Lancelot. ...
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PRG's Bad Boy at American Idol Finale
When American Idol crowned singer Kris Allen the season eight winner in a star-studded two night finale on May 19 and 20, Production Resource Group (PRG) again supported lighting designer Kieran Healy. Healy's design ...
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Martin LC Series LED Backdrop for Eurovision 2009
Martin Professional again appeared at the Eurovision Song Contest, this year with 1,120 sq. m. of LC Series LED panel backdrop specified by the lighting designer Al Gurdon, of Incandescent Design. ...
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DiGiCo D5T on Broadway's Billy Elliot
The stage adaptation of Billy Elliot scored a record 15 Tony nominations including Best Musical and Best Sound Design, tying with The Producers for the most nominations ever. The show also took home 10 2009 Drama Desk Awards, ...
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G-LEC Solaris at May Day Rave in Dortmund, Germany
May Day celebrations started early in the German city of Dortmund this year. The cavernous Arena in the Westfalenhalle opened its doors to 25,000 partygoers on the 30th of April, with most leaving, bleary-eyed, at 9am the following morning ...
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Elation at WNYC's Greene Performance Space
As the nation's most-listened-to public radio station, WNYC wanted to create more than a broadcast studio when it relocated to a new Manhattan facility earlier this year. So the station devoted the ground floor of its building to a multi ...
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ADLIB Audio on U.K./European Tour of The Fray
Following its supply of sound gear to The Fray's 2007 tour, ADLIB Audio was again asked to provide FOH control and a stage system for the band's recent U.K. and European tour, plus a lighting specials package from ADLIB Lighting. ...
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HSL Suppliers Gear to O and 1, Welsh TV Show
HSL supplied moving and digital lights plus LED elements to the latest series of 0 and 1, a Welsh-language travel quiz show produced by Boomerang for S4C. The rig was specified by lighting designer Martyn Rourke and the eight ...
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Listen Technologies Rep Firm Adds New Sales Representative
Listen Technologies Corporation announces the appointment of M. Michel Morrow as sales representative for EGLE Marketing, a Listen Technologies representative firm for Eastern Canada.
Gaetan Laniel, owner of EGLE Marketing, ...
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Lightswitch's Charles Foster is a LEED Accredited Professional
The New-York based designer Charles Foster, of the firm Lightswitch, has earned his LEED accreditation, assuring his understanding of green building practices and principles, as well as familiarity with LEED requirements, ...
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Artistic Licence'S Rack-Split RDM Now Available with RJ45 Connectors
Following its RDM Splitter upgrade last year, Artistic Licence has made further improvements within its range of DMX splitters with the introduction of the Rack-Split RDM RJ45.
With all the technical specifications of the ...
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Harkness to Showcase Full Array of RP Screens at InfoComm
Harkness Screens will feature its entire line of rear projection event screens at InfoComm 2009 (Booth# 2935). Harkness' rear-projection screens are designed with PVC surfaces that can be used where a specific screen size or shape ...
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