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  Altman Lighting Rebrands, Adds New Initiatives
Now in its 73rd year, Altman Lighting has unveiled a new brand identity and product family structure. Following a challenging post-pandemic period for the entertainment technology industry, the company says it "has emerged with ...
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RCF to Demo TT+ AUDIO GTX Systems in Los Angeles, August 7
RCF will hold a special demo event at Ace Mission Studios in Los Angeles on Thursday, August 7. Hosted by RCF and Peak AVL, this event will feature the latest systems from RCF's premium TT+ AUDIO brand. Demos will take place at ...
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Zignia Live Invests in a Robe RoboSpot Solution
Zignia Live, a Mexican promoter of large-scale national and international events and operator of three key arena venues in Monterrey, Mexico City, and Guadalajara, has invested in 12 Robe RoboSpot systems and 12 FORTES followspot ...
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Quince Imaging Joins the Stage Precision Service Partner Program as an Authorized Service Provider
Stage Precision announces that Sterling, Virginia-based Quince Imaging has joined its Service Partner Program as an Authorized Service Partner (ASP). The program was created in 2023 to elevate standards across live-event, virtual ...
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Audio Engineering Society Announces Results of 2025 Elections
The Audio Engineering Society announces the results of its 2025 Board of Directors and Board of Governors elections. The Society's membership has elected Cesar Lamschtein as president-elect, and Jayant Datta as AES ...
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NAMM Announces New Leadership Teams For Women of NAMM and NAMM Young Professionals
NAMM (The National Association of Music Merchants), the largest global non-profit music trade organization, announces that NAMM YP and WoN have each elected new members of their leadership teams, effective immediately. Both ...
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Electric Forest Festival Ramps Up Content with Green Hippo's Hippotizer
Visual solutions company Observatory created ambitious new content for this year's multi-genre Electric Forest festival in Michigan, using two Green Hippo Hippotizer Boreal+ MK2 media servers driving two 4k outputs each to deliver ...
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Boulevard Carroll Debuts Manhattan's First Audition Space Dedicated to L-Acoustics
L-Acoustics Certified Provider integrator and distributor Boulevard Carroll Entertainment Group, one of the largest full-service production companies in the country, has opened Manhattan's first-ever L-Acoustics L-ISA demo space. ...
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Will Donbavand Tames Unpredictable Acoustic Instruments with Fourier Audio transform.engine
Acoustic instruments change. Aside from how their timbre can alter according to temperature and humidity, their tonality and resonances can change drastically depending on how they are played. It's a phenomenon that front-of-house engineer ...
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ACT Entertainment's ACPD Makes Donation Through BTS Pledge-of-Support Program
Behind the Scenes received a donation from AC Power Distribution (ACPD), a brand of ACT Entertainment, during this year's CineGear Expo in Los Angeles. ACPD vice president James Davey presented the check to Behind the ...
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PreSonus Launches New StudioLive Series II SE Digital Mixers
PreSonus Audio Electronics, Inc. introduces its new line of StudioLive Series III SE digital mixers, which, the company says, offers a comprehensive solution for effortless recording and fast mixing workflows with features like ...
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David Caulwell Tapped to Lead 4Wall Audio Division
4Wall Entertainment announces the appointment of David Caulwell as vice president of live events. Caulwell joins 4Wall from Riedel Communications, where he played a pivotal role supporting high-profile clients, including the ...
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Changes Announced for the 2025 Excellence in Product Innovation Awards
NSCA announces that entries are now being accepted for the 12th annual Excellence in Product Innovation Awards. This recognition program honors manufacturers and products that have a profound impact on systems integrators, and this ...
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First Baptist Jonesboro First Church to Install DiGiCo Quantum852 Console
First Baptist Church of Jonesboro, Georgia was founded around the same time as its namesake city, now a suburb of Atlanta. You don't last that long without understanding that things change, and that's reflected in the recent installation ...
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Jeremy Roth Evokes Emotion with Elation's SOL Blinders on Nathaniel Rateliff Tour
For their first major arena tour as headliners, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats hit the road this past spring on their South of Here Tour with a soulful, vintage-inspired production design that reflected their signature ...
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PK Sound Expands Offering with Ts15 Compact Intelligent Subwoofer
PK Sound introduces the Ts15 intelligent subwoofer. As the compact low-frequency offering in the Trinity range, billed as the industry's first series of robotically controlled line source systems, this high-output, low-profile ...
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Pharos Unveils Latest Developments at PLASA Show
Pharos Architectural Controls returns to the PLASA Show, to be held at Olympia, London September 7-9. The Pharos team will be available to meet visitors and introduce a series of key updates to the company's lighting control ...
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Professional Wireless Systems Supports Live Broadcast of US Men's National Team Match
Professional Wireless Systems (PWS) supported the US Soccer Federation during the recent US Men's National Team friendly against Turkey. The match was held at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, ...
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Thomas "Church" Christmann Powers Multiple Video-Mapped Looks on KORN Tour with ChamSys
With its towering trim and floating automated light pods, the recently completed KORN world tour immersed fans; although the production design by Rob Lister and his team was majestic, the underlying lighting element behind it was ...
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L-Acoustics L Series Concert Sound System Addresses Sound Control Challenges at Forest Hills Stadium
One person's music is another person's noise, and that dynamic has been playing out ever since guitars were plugged into amplifiers. However, as more venues in densely populated urban settings embrace live music, the conversation around ...
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WYO Theater is First Performing Arts Center in Wyoming to Install Auri, Powered by Listen Technologies
Listen Technologies announces that WYO Performing Arts & Education Center (the WYO) in Sheridan, Wyoming, has installed Auri, powered by Ampetronic and Listen Technologies, for assistive listening in its Main Stage, known as "Sophie' ...
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Theatre in Review: Gene and Gilda (Penguin Rep Theatre at 59E59)
Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner were two of the most indelible, outsized comic personalities of the 1970s -- he an explosive bundle of nerves that made him a star in the Mel Brooks universe, and she a deadly accurate sketch comedy ...
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ER Productions Announces Laserblade 2
ER Productions announces the release of Laserblade 2, billed as its most advanced laser array fixture to date. Purpose-built for high-impact touring and installation environments, Laserblade2 is said to combine cutting-edge ...
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Sightline Commercial Solutions Celebrates 35th Anniversary
Founded in 1990, Sightline Commercial Solutions is celebrating its 35th anniversary. "For 35 years, we've been engineering solutions that not only meet structural needs but also elevate the visual and functional experience of the ...
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64 Audio Celebrates 15th Anniversary
In-ear monitor manufacturer 64 Audio is celebrating its 15th anniversary. What began as a family-driven passion project has evolved into a global presence. "64 Audio extends its deepest gratitude to every artist, engineer, and ...
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Justin Casey and CHAUVET Professional Gear on Tash Sultana Tour
Justin Casey and his team at HELM Projects express delight in working on the Return to the Roots Tour starring Australian singer/songwriter Tash Sultana. Their lighting, lasers, and video are designed to seamlessly reflect ...
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Papadosio Employs Allen & Heath Avantis Solo on Latest Tour
Jon Chadwick, front of house engineer for the acclaimed band Papadosio, recently put the Allen & Heath Avantis Solo digital mixing console to the test on the group's latest tour.
Chadwick had extensive prior experience ...
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d&b SL-Series Meets a Mix of Demands for Tate McRae
Front-of-house sound engineer Curtis McKenna has worked with the Canadian singer/songwriter Tate McRae since 2022, supporting her rise from playing clubs to her current Miss Possessive arena tour across South America, Europe, ...
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JBL SRX Series Delivers Scalable Audio for High-Energy Fitness Competition Tour
When HYROX, the global fitness racing competition, launched its US tour in 2021, the production setup was modest: a few events, smaller venues and one JBL VRX rig. But just four years later, HYROX has exploded in popularity, with ...
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MEGAVIEW Introduces the Quick Aspect LED Panel
MEGAVIEW announces the launch of the Quick Aspect, a large-scale MicroLED module panel designed to deliver consistent performance and reliability in a variety of video wall display applications.
The Quick Aspect offers a high ...
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Shure Launches Wireless Workbench App
ShurePlus Channels is now Wireless Workbench Mobile, a next-generation tool for audio professionals seeking seamless management of Shure wireless systems while on the move. The app, available for free on Android and iOS, delivers ...
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CHAUVET Professional Lights The Darkness Tour
"An album for people who love hard rock of bygone eras..." That was how one admiring music critic described Dreams on Toast, the album from The Darkness, released in March. Indeed, for this British band, it has always been all ...
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Sensaphonics Celebrates Safe Listening in 2025 with Education and Engagement
Now in its fourth decade as the only custom in-ear monitor manufacturer founded and operated by a practicing audiologist, Sensaphonics says it is continuing to promote safe listening through a combination of the right equipment ...
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Pete's Big TVs Adds YesTech, ROE Visual Gear to Inventory
Pete's Big TVs has added to its LED screen rental inventory. The company has just taken delivery of 150 sq. m. of YesTech 1.9mm LED panels. They come in two sizes, 500mm by 500mm (which is typical) and 500mm by 750mm, allowing for ...
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Siyan Leads the UK Charge for GLP's Next-Generation JDC Burst 1 Hybrid
When Mark Baruch, managing director of gear rental house Siyan, and his colleagues saw GLP's new JDC Burst 1 at last autumn's LDI, they felt the strobe hybrid would make a significant impact on the lighting rental company's ...
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Robe at Park Stage, Glastonbury Festival
Production lighting gear for the Park Stage at the 2025 Glastonbury Festival was once again supplied by Bristol, UK-based SWG Events. A design by Mat Spencer -- also lighting chief for the project -- which included nearly 70 Robe ...
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Broadweigh Delivers Rigging Confidence on Lana Del Rey's UK Tour
Broadweigh's wireless load monitoring technology played a key role in ensuring rigging safety on Lana Del Rey's UK tour dates this summer. Partnering with Load Cell Rental, the production deployed 83 Broadweigh 4.75-ton wireless ...
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d&b audiotechnik V-Series Elevates Monroe Nightclub to a State of "Collective Effervescence"
Monroe, a celebrated Art Deco and Mod-inspired nightclub in San Francisco, has raised its guest experience to a state of "collective effervescence" with the recent installation of a d&b audiotechnik sound system featuring V ...
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Bandit Lites Supplies Kansas & 38 Special Summer 2025 Tour
The Kansas & 38 Special Summer 2025 Tour is supplied by Bandit Lites. Production manager Chad Singer and lighting designer/director Scott Pearson led the charge for Kansas' headlining production, crafting a ...
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Theatre in Review: Ginger Twinsies (Orpheum Theatre)
Am I glad I did my homework: The Parent Trap, the 1961 version with Hayley Mills, was probably the first film I ever caught in a theatre. (It was either that or The Guns of Navarone, and now you have my childhood in a ...
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Theatre in Review: Rolling Thunder (New World Stages)
The thunder is muted in this new attraction at New World Stages. On paper, I suppose, it must have seemed a likely proposition. After all, no less an authority than the US military newspaper Stars and Stripes called the Vietnam ...
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Behind the Scenes Launches Tools for Exploring Career Changes
Behind the Scenes' Mental Health Initiative announces a new program to assist entertainment industry workers in exploring career expansion or transitions to new careers when work is not plentiful enough or it's simply time to make ...
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ETC Expands Apex Lineup with Release of Apex FP
ETC has a new addition to the Eos Apex family: Eos Apex FP. Featuring the same programming surface and software as an Apex 5, minus the built-in display, it allows users to incorporate their displays, using the two 5/8" baby pin ...
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dBTechnologies Academy Launches in the US
dBTechnologies marked a major milestone in professional audio education with the US debut of its dBTechnologies Academy, delivering the first-ever stateside VIO Operator Level 1 and Level 2 certifications. ...
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MA Lighting's grandMA3 Platform Supports Bob Marley Hope Road at Mandalay Bay
Bob Marley Hope Road, a musical journey through settings inspired by the pioneer reggae artist, is utilizing a grandMA3 system to drive its concept. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of MA Lighting ...
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ROE Visual Supplies LED Volumes at Ireland's Studio Ulster
ROE Visual announces it supplied gear to Studio Ulster, Northern Ireland's most advanced virtual production studio. The studio selected ROE Visual's LED solutions to build several LED volumes in their extensive studio complex. ...
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Masque Sound Provides AV Installation for PAC NYC
Masque Sound deployed a successful AV infrastructure installation for The Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC), a multi-space performing arts center located at the World Trade Center in New York City. ...
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ADJ Lighting and LED Video Gear Chosen For Alive Church's New Tampa Campus
Alive Church is a rapidly growing multi-site nondenominational church based in Florida. Its latest expansion is a new campus in Tampa, created through the renovation of a former event space and banqueting hall. Before Alive Church Tampa's ...
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Elation Launches PROTEUS RADIUS with LILI Technology
New from Elation is the PROTEUS RADIUS, a compact, high-intensity IP66 beam effects fixture powered by a LILI (Laser Illuminated Lighting Instrument) light ...
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L-Acoustics Advances Sustainability Effort with MagREEsource Partnership
L-Acoustics has made a strategic investment in France-based metallurgy enterprise MagREEsource. It has also established exclusive partner rights in the professional audio industry for sustainable and sovereign, European-based rare ...
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Neutrik Celebrates 50 Years
Neutrik Group announces the 50th anniversary of its iconic brand, NEUTRIK. The company celebrated this milestone with an event at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina, just minutes from the company's Americas ...
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Brompton LED Processing Transforms Education at Detroit Country Day School
Brompton Technology's LED processing solutions are at the heart of a virtual production studio recently installed at Detroit Country Day School, believed to be the first professional-grade VP and VFX studio in any PreK-12 ...
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elektralite Makes Inroads in School Market with PureTek Group
If Broadway and London's West End are the ultimate stops on theatrical career paths, then the many K-12 schools throughout the country are the first steps to reaching those stages. Boonton, New Jersey-based PureTek Group, whose tag line "En ...
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TiMax Celebrates Spatial Studio Launch
Sound designers, engineers, and industry friends gathered at London's Tileyard last week to raise a glass to the launch of the new TiMax Spatial Studio -- the TiMax London HQ, R&D space, and training facility. ...
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Theatre in Review: ta-da! (Greenwich House Theatre)
The new show at the Greenwich House has a cast of one, but it's the story of a close, even tortured, relationship -- between a man and his screen. "Standup is bullshit," Josh Sharp announces, sweepingly dismissing the epidemic of ...
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K-array Launches e-learning Platform Including CTS-accredited Courses
K-array announces the launch of its new online e-learning platform, enabling on demand access to training on K-array products and technologies. The courses are AVIXA certified, meaning learners can collect Certified Technology ...
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ETC and the Comedic Highlights of Oh, Mary!
If stage lighting can be said to have a sense of humor, then designer Cha See exploits it to the full in the current production of the hit Oh, Mary! now playing at New York's Lyceum Theatre until January 2026. Described by ...
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Go Behind the Scenes of Metallica's M72 World Tour with AV Stumpfl's PIXERA
Go backstage with the video crew behind Metallica's M72 World Tour.
In a new behind-the-scenes documentary, now available on YouTube, the M72 video team share how they are tackling the creative and technical challenges of ...
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Two DiGiCo Quantum338 Pulse Consoles Join Maluma for Worldwide Tour
Maluma is a Columbian reggaeton rapper with an eye for detail, and the first choice for his 2025 Maluma+Pretty+Dirty worldwide arena and stadium tour was DiGiCo. Mix engineers German Tarazona and Rudy Rosales ...
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The Playground Celebrates Disturbed's The Sickness Anniversary with CHAUVET Professional
Celebrating the 25th anniversary of its five-time platinum debut album The Sickness. The band Disturbed kicked off a 51-date tour at Ford Center Idaho Arena on February 12.
Setting the stage for the celebration of this ...
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Funktion-One Delivers Sound System to Glastonbury's Glade Stage
For many years, Funktion-One founder Tony Andrews has used The Glade Stage at the Glastonbury Festival as the playground for the company's latest technological developments. Fifty-four years after the festival's debut, ...
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Theatre in Review: Joy (Laura Pels Theatre)
Betsy Wolfe could sell snow to the Inuit. She can charm the birds from the trees. Her singing makes strong men weep. I resort to such cliches because she is the riveting still center of Joy, a musical exercise in ...
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SGM Lighting Adds Scott Kinnebrew as Southeast Regional Sales Manager
SGM Lighting has appointed Scott Kinnebrew as regional sales manager, Southeast US. He has more than 30 years of experience in the lighting industry, having worked for several leading companies, including Ayrton, Elation, and ...
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AVIXA TV Honored with Five Awards in the 46th Annual Telly Awards
AVIXA announces AVIXA TV received five awards in the record-breaking 46th Annual Telly Awards, which saw the highest number of entries in its history. The Telly Awards honors excellence in video and television across all screens ...
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Brown Note Productions Handles Audio and Lighting Integration at Tulsa Performing Arts Center
Brown Note Productions, Inc. reports the completion of a new AV system at Tulsa Performing Arts Center (TPAC) in Oklahoma.
The multi-phase project, designed by Schuler Shook, included the installation of a comprehensive immersive ...
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JBL Professional and Epic Deliver Audio for KultureBall Annual Gala
Every year, KultureCity, the world's leading nonprofit for sensory accessibility, hosts KultureBall, a black-tie evening where celebrities and philanthropy walk hand-in-hand to promote acceptance, inclusion, and raise funds for ...
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LAVO Mexico City Installs 1 SOUND Audio System
The newest LAVO restaurant in Mexico City marks another collaboration between 1 SOUND and Tao Group, with this project and the recent LAVO Las Vegas coming to life around the same time.
A total of 30 Cannon C5i loudspeakers were ...
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Church Unlimited Elevates Worship Experiences with an EAW Adaptive Sound System
For years, Church Unlimited has sought to create powerful worship experiences that resonate with every person in the room. But as its Corpus Christi campus grew, the church found itself working around the limits of a 20-year-old PA ...
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TiMax TrackerD4 Monitoring Featured in Buena Vista Social Club Sound Design
Jonathan Deans recently won his first Tony Award for the musical Buena Vista Social Club. Deans' sound design made use of TiMax's TrackerD4 stage-tracking product to follow the movements of musicians onstage, providing each ...
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NEXO STM Powers a Salsa Festival for 200,000 People in Boca del Rio
One of the largest salsa festivals in Latin America, Salsa Fest takes place each year at the Salsodromo in the city of Boca del Rio in the Mexican State of Veracruz.
A free event enjoyed by locals and tourists alike, this year's ...
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Elation Launches New Website, First Step in Broader IT Modernization
Elation has launched a new ElationLighting.com, which officially went live on June 10. In a statement, the company says, "The completely redesigned site serves as a dynamic product showcase ...
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Companhia de Luz Invests in Robe
The Rio de Janeiro-based rental and production company Companhia de Luz, headed by lighting designer/DP Arthur Farinon has invested steadily in Robe moving lights for some years, starting with LEDWash 600s over ten years ago ...
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DAS Doubles Down on US Expansion with New Hires, Rep Firms
DAS Audio announces it is expanding in the US, backing up the claim with new hires and new rep firms. "This is the moment to grow," says Jaime Villegas, general manager of DAS Audio of America. "We just celebrated our 30th ...
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Void Acoustics Celebrates The Void Experience at London's Studio 338
Void Acoustics debuted its flagship event, The Void Experience, at London's iconic superclub Studio 338. The event brought together global partners, media, and industry insiders for a full-scale showcase of the company's latest in ...
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MA Lighting's grandMA3 at the Vina del Mar Festival
The largest and oldest music festival in Latin America, Chile's Vina del Mar International Song Festival took place over six days in February this year -- with help from MA Lighting's advanced grandMA3 lighting control platform. ...
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J Balvin Heads Into the Future with L-Acoustics on Back to the Rayo Tour
Colombian singer J Balvin has been called "one of the greatest Latin artists of all time" by Billboard, as well as heralded as "the face of modern Reggaeton" by Pitchfork. Having sold more than 35 million records worldwide ...
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Theatre in Review: Polishing Shakespeare (59E59)
Brian Dykstra's cockeyed, often hilariously cankered view of the American theatre, begins with a modest proposal. Janet, a young playwright, is summoned to a not-for-profit theatre company where the artistic director, Ms. Branch, ...
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3G Productions Launches UsedGear.com
Las Vegas-based gear supplier 3G Productions LLC is now making some of its inventory available for purchase through the launch of 3G's new website: UsedGear.com. ...
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Katie Kudrick Appointed Northeast Territory Manager for AC Americas Representing the Lighting Brands
AC Americas announces Katie Kudrick's appointment as the northeast territory manager for all lighting brands.
Reporting to Chris Souza, Kudrick will be responsible for expanding AC Americas' presence across the ...
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Integrated Production Solutions at CMA Fest 2025
With over 60 performances scheduled across four days, the Hard Rock Stage at CMA Fest 2025 demanded speed, precision, and problem solving from its audio team. The production approach emphasized efficiency, consistent sound, and flexible RF ...
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Paragon 360 Completes Renovation Project for Edmond's First Baptist Church in Edmond, OK
Edmond's First Baptist Church in Edmond, Oklahoma, reached out to Paragon 360 in May 2023 to discuss a video upgrade project. Over the next several months, the conversation expanded to include a full sanctuary renovation, with ...
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Squeek Lights and Ben Jarrett Light Coheed and Cambria Tour with Elation's PARAGON
For the recent US leg of Coheed and Cambria's 2025 tour, lighting designer Ben Jarrett, of Squeek Lights, made use of Elation's new PARAGON moving head as his ...
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Robe Lights Up Carnival Sunshine
A new Robe moving light rig has been installed in the 800-capacity Liquid Lounge main theatre space aboard the Carnival Sunshine cruise ship, which stages a host of large-scale production shows, themed performances, and other ...
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Elation Unveils New Vision, Mission, and Values
Elation has unveiled its refreshed vision, mission, and core values, designed to guide the organization's evolution and align global operations around innovation and customer experience. The new strategic framework, the company ...
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DPA Microphones Welcomes Chris Kontopanos
Chris Kontopanos has joined DPA Microphones as the company's new regional sales manager for the Mid-Atlantic territory, which includes Washington DC, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Eastern Pennsylvania, South ...
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Green Hippo Ships TEKA MX Hippotizer Media Server
Green Hippo announces the shipment of its new 1U Hippotizer MX Series media server, TEKA MX.
TEKA MX is billed as a compact and cost-effective product, designed for smaller live productions, which can drive up to 4K worth of ...
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Concert Stuff Group Welcomes Loud & Clear, Inc.
Concert Stuff Group, a collective of live event production companies, announces that Loud & Clear, Inc., a full-service production company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, is joining its portfolio of brands. This strategic move further ...
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Midwich and Audinate Announce Strategic Distribution Partnership
Midwich, a provider of professional AV solutions in the US, and Audinate, the creator of Dante, announce a new US distribution partnership aimed at accelerating access to scalable, networked AV solutions. ...
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Integrated Systems Europe Wins 2025 Sammy Sales and Marketing Award
The international trade show Integrated Systems Europe has been named a winner in the 2025 Sammy Sales and Marketing Awards, presented by the Business Intelligence Group. The award was given in recognition of outstanding performance ...
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Theatre in Review: Berlindia! (The Tank)
In this odd little comic anxiety dream, everything is slip-sliding away, leaving the characters stuck on constantly shifting ground. In one case, they even crash-land onto it, but that's only to be expected in the faintly treacherous ...
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Theatre in Review: Memnon (Classical Theatre of Harlem)
The playwright Will Power has sometimes drawn on classical material in works like The Seven, based on Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes, and Seize the King, a contemporary riff on Richard III. In Memno ...
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Read Lighting&Sound America's July 2025 Issue
Check out LSA's July 2025 issue!
link.lsamedia.com/july2025
Special LSA Features this month include:
LSA Cover Feature: Broadway's Stranger ...
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In Memoriam: Jeremy Railton
Jeremy Railton, a highly accomplished production designer whose work embraced, film, television, themed entertainment, and more, died July 9 at his home in Three Rivers, California. He was 80.
Railton was born in Zimbabwe (then ...
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ER Productions Launches FABER Entertainment Engineering Division
FABER, the fabrication division of the laser/special effects firm ER Productions, is open for business. It aims to create solutions for live shows, film, and immersive experiences.
"We don't just build, we innovate," says Ryan ...
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Audio-Technica Launches Dedicated System Solutions YouTube Channel to Support Pro AV Integration Professionals
Audio-Technica announces the launch of its official System Solutions YouTube channel, a dedicated resource designed to serve the needs of system integrators and AV ...
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Professional Wireless Powers Communications for Universal Orlando's Epic Universe Opening Broadcasts
Professional Wireless Systems (PWS) played a critical behind-the-scenes role at the grand opening of Universal Orlando Resort's Epic Universe. The massive, multi-day media event included coverage from NBC's The Today Show, < ...
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The 1975 Headlines Glastonbury with Largest-ever Deployment of GLP JDC2 IP
Choosing the Glastonbury Festival for its only live performance of the year, Friday headline band The 1975 relied heavily on its long-standing production designer, Tobias Rylander, and his team, to bring something special out of ...
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ChamSys at Glastonbury
"Glastonbury can be brutal. Glastonbury can be magical." So said Gibson guitarist Noel Gallagher, who performed there multiple times over the past three decades. The 2025 edition of the iconic festival was a bit of both. A collection of ...
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Entourage Pro Launches Updated Market Intelligence Platform for Live Entertainment Technology Manufacturers
Entourage Pro, the freelance crew network and market intelligence consultant, announces the launch of Entourage Pro: Insights, a comprehensive market intelligence platform designed exclusively for manufacturers in the live ...
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Summer/Fall Virtual Trainings Announced by Behind the Scenes Mental Health Initiative
The Behind the Scenes (BTS) Mental Health Initiative is offering a variety of upcoming virtual trainings to help people with the information and skills to identify and assist when their colleagues are struggling with a mental health ...
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CHAUVET Professional was Everywhere at Glastonbury
The 2025 edition of the celebrated five-day Glastonbury Festival was among the most diverse musically in its 55-year history. Charli XCX, Gracie Abrams, Doechii, The 1975, Raye, Sir Rod Stewart, Four Tet, Tom Odell, Gary Numan, and The ...
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Moonlight Productions Expands PK Sound Robotic System Inventory
PK Sound had advanced its longstanding partnership with Moonlight Productions, a production technologies provider based in Montana. Moonlight recently expanded its inventory of PK's robotic line source technology with an investment ...
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Dante Dominates the Pitch at Portland's Providence Park
Thunderous sounds of the crowd greet every eventgoer at Portland's fabled Providence Park. Completed in 1926, Providence Park is the oldest facility configured as a soccer-specific stadium for use by an MLS team and is one of the most ...
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Telemundo Center Deploys JBL Professional Across Install, Broadcast and Live Spaces
Walk through the front doors of Telemundo Center in Miami, and the sound of JBL is everywhere. Literally. From the glass-walled atrium to the broadcast control rooms, post-production suites, and live event spaces, NBCUniversal's ...
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City Theatrical, Environmental Lights Launch Eluxtra 360 Degrees LED Neon Lighting Solution
City Theatrical, an Environmental Lights company, now offers Eluxtra 360-degree LED neon lighting solutions to complement the Eluxtra family of accent lighting products. The product is billed as providing seamless illumination ...
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ETC Announces 2025 Fred Foster Student Mentees
ETC introduces the students who are participating in the 2025 Fred Foster Student Mentorship Program, hailing from the US, Canada, and the UK. Through the program's online ...
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3DS Spotrack Press Release Lauds New ETC Product
In an unusual case of one industry company congratulating another, Ireland-based 3DS Spotrack Ltd has issued a statement applauding the RigPOV video technology rollout just announced by Electronic Theatre Controls (ETC). ...
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Braxtin Pieper at Red Rocks with CHAUVET Gear
Braxtin Pieper went through an array of different looks to support the Red Dirt music of Shane Smith & The Saints when the band appeared at Red Rocks Amphitheatre recently. Moving seamlessly from soft monochromatic color washes, ...
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Twenty One Pilots Unveils The Clancy World Tour Backed by Cohesion
In support of their genre-smashing seventh hit album Clancy, Twenty One Pilots launched their most expansive tour yet: a 73-date, four-continent tour that debuted in Denver last August and continued through Oceania and Central and ...
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Ville Kauhanen Relies on DirectOut for Every System design Backbone
DirectOut has been chosen by system designer and engineer, Ville Kauhanen to provide fail-safe stability for all his complex stadium-touring audio system designs.
Kauhanen has worked non-stop in the industry for nearly 30 ...
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Theatre in Review: Heathers (New World Stages)
According to our modern playwrights, high school is a living hell; abandon all hope ye who enter there. Musicals such as Mean Girls, The Prom, and Dear Evan Hansen depict life in grades nine through 12 as a maze of ...
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2025 Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards Now On Sale
The 2025 Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards are now on sale at the BTS Boutique. This year's collection features a mix of six different designs created ...
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Lukas von Arx Appointed CEO of Neutrik Group
The Neutrik Group announces the appointment of Lukas von Arx as its new chief executive officer. He officially took on the leadership of the globally active company, headquartered in Liechtenstein, on July 1. ...
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Audio Engineering Society Educational Foundation Announces Awardees for 2025/2026 Academic Year
The Audio Engineering Society Educational Foundation announces the recipients of AES scholarships and grants for graduate and undergraduate Studies in audio for the 2025/2026 academic year. These awards are funded through generous ...
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1 SOUND Partners with JS Audio Solutions Expanding to Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania
The New Jersey-based loudspeaker manufacturer 1 SOUND is partnering with New Zealand-based JS Audio Solutions, naming it the official 1 SOUND distributor for New Zealand, Australia, and the Oceania region. This collaboration marks 1 ...
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Highlite International Launches Infinity Furion FX402 Bar
Highlite International has launched the Infinity Furion FX402 Bar, a new addition to the Infinity Furion Series. This company says the fixture merges the capabilities of high-performance moving heads with the creative potential of a ...
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Luz Studio Lights The Way On Rascal Flatts' Life is a Highway Tour with CHAUVET Professional
There is a reason why physicists have defined time and distance in terms of light. Given that it appears to be everywhere at once, light is uniquely qualified to reflect the passage of time over remarkable journeys. Matthieu Larivee ...
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AI Glasses with Real-Time Subtitles and Dante Debut at Holland Festival
Last week, the Het Nationale Theater, based in The Hague, introduced AI-powered smart glasses capable of converting dialogue spoken by actors into subtitles in 223 languages. Visitors to the Holland Festival -- the largest international ...
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TELEFUNKEN Sponsors Capitol Groove Festival; Braiden Sunshine at TELEFUNKEN Live From The Lab
Festival sponsor TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik presented the TELEFUNKEN Soundstage Live, an original side stage experience featured at the Capitol Groove Festival on June 28-29 at Bushnell Park in Hartford, Connecticut. The annual ...
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Sam Tozer Chooses Ayrton for Chase & Status Live Tour
Sam Tozer, lighting designer and creative director of Plymouth-based Vision Factory, created the lighting for the Chase & Status Live Tour using a combination of Ayrton's Domino LT and, taking center upstage, over ...
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Loteria: Game On! Lights Up the Stage with MEGA-LITE
In May, San Antonio-based Magik Theatre brought the beloved Mexican game Loteria to life in a bilingual, family-friendly stage adventure. Loteria: Game On! follows siblings Sam and Kris as they journey into the enchanted world of ...
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TAIT Acquires Gallagher Staging and Productions
TAIT has acquired Gallagher Staging and Productions.
Starting as a rock and roll company, TAIT has pushed the boundaries of concert production for the world's biggest artists since 1978. Today, the company has grown its services ...
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Pro Integration Future Europe Celebrates Launch in London
Pro Integration Future Europe (PIFE) made its official debut with a launch party held at the event space Aures London on July 2. Positioned as the latest addition to the Safety and Security Series of events in 2026, PIFE aims to be ...
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Adam Hall Group Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2025, the Adam Hall Group held a big staff party in the Experience Centre at its headquarters in Neu-Anspach, Hesse, on July 4.
One highlight was parked right outside the door: the restored ...
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Live Events Productions Invests in Elation PARAGON and PROTEUS
Earlier this year, Live Events Productions was one of the first production and rental houses to invest in Elation's PARAGON moving head and has been using the ...
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TAF Launches TC45 Truss
The new TC45 truss line from TAF is designed to support big LED screens, heavy light fixtures, and other higher-capacity loads at large live events. Featuring a central C-profile tube with a channel for mounting hanging eyes, the ...
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Ear Trumpet Labs Launches Wanda Mic
Boutique microphone company Ear Trumpet Labs' latest product Wanda, is available for order. Unveiled in January at the NAMM Global Media Day in Anaheim, the mic was named by Front of House magazine as one of the hit products ...
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TiMax Launches Scaling Surfaces for SoundHub
TiMax, has expanded the audio capabilities of TiMax SoundHub with a progressive new feature named, Scaling Surfaces. The new tool's exclusive feature-set allows users to rescale a spatial show file from a studio playback environment ...
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Immersive Fulldome Show Sensitive Abstraction Celebrates Real-time Success with SMODE
SMODE, Smode Tech's media server and real-time compositing platform, is powering Sensitive Abstraction, a new fulldome graphic and sound art performance by visual artist Yannick Moreteau and electronic music composer ...
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12th Knot Bar Upgrades Audio with a 1 SOUND System
12th Knot, the rooftop bar at London's Sea Containers hotel, is known for its sweeping views, striking design, and vibrant atmosphere. Working with 1 SOUND's UK distributor CUK Group, London-based integrator Tateside brought in a ...
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Lambda AV Elevates Church Lighting with Chroma-Q and Luminex
Lambda Audio Visual's approach to upgrading Covenant Presbyterian Church's lighting infrastructure with Chroma-Q house lights and Luminex LumiNodes is a reflection of the Monument, Colorado-based AV design/install firm's emphasis on ...
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Astera QuikPunch Hits the US Rental Market
Astera's newly launched QuikPunch has officially entered the US rental market, says the company's exclusive US partner Inner Circle Distribution (ICD).
Designed as a dual-duty fixture, QuikPunch is billed as delivering a ...
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ADJ Launches WiFi NET 2 Wireless-Enabled DMX Node
ADJ's compact and portable new WiFi NET 2 wireless-DMX-over Ethernet node allows streamlined DMX signal distribution for both fixed installations and temporary event applications. It receives a control signal via Ethernet cable or ...
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Harlequin Floors Announces First US installations of Harlequin Liberty Switch
Harlequin Floors announces the first US installations of the Harlequin Liberty Switch, a patented, award-winning stage floor system that is said to transform between a solid stage floor and a sprung dance floor in seconds. ...
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Laserworld Releases Purelight IP65 Series
The new Laserworld Purelight series has been developed for tough outdoor use. It includes models from 5W to 70, featuring an IP65 rating. Laserworld designed the systems as a direct solution for the increasing number of outdoor ...
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Xenia Lappo Joins ESTA as New Program Manager for Membership & Events
ESTA has named Xenia Lappo as its new program manager for membership and events. Lappo comes to ESTA from the world of film and television production with a background in marketing and events. She first encountered ESTA ...
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Studio School of Design Launches New Lighting Design Fundamentals Course
Studio School of Design (SSD) announces its first in-person course: Lighting Design Fundamentals.
SSD has offered online courses, in-person workshops, and seminars since its inception in 2021. This autumn, in partnership with ...
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Springboard to Design Partners with New York Public Library at Harvey Fierstein Theatre Lab
Springboard to Design, a tuition-free theatrical design mentorship and education program for students from underrepresented communities, will be hosted at The Harvey Fierstein Theatre Lab housed in The New York Public Library for ...
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AVIXA Foundation Announces 2025 Brad Sousa Impact Fund Grant Recipients
The AVIXA Foundation announces the 2025 grant recipients for the Brad Sousa Impact Fund. Honored at InfoComm 2025 in Orlando, Florida, the recipients are Rosie Riveters, Tech25, and WorkSource Montgomery (WSM). Named to honor the ...
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LEA Professional Partners with AVA for Support in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa
LEA Professional is partnering with Audio Visual Associates (AVA), a manufacturer's representative based in Missouri. This partnership will bring LEA's technology catalog to Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Southern ...
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d&b audiotechnik Announces Jocelyne Buckner as Vice President of Marketing
d&b audiotechnik announces Jocelyne Buckner as new vice president of marketing, starting from July 1. In her new role, Buckner will lead the company's global marketing strategy, driving brand growth and market expansion. ...
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Grupo ROA Adds Robe Fixtures to its Inventory
Grupo ROA, an event production supplier and equipment rental company based in Zinacantepec, near Toluca in Mexico State, Mexico, recently took delivery of its first Robe moving lights.
Grupo ROA is run by Rodolfo Oropeza, ...
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Rodger Pugh Creates Range of Classic Rock Looks on Halestorm Tour with CHAUVET Professional
Asked to describe the kind of lighting look his client Halestorm wants, Rodger Pugh spells it out in four unambiguous words "classic rock show aesthetic." Pugh, the owner of Dveus Designs is delivering that for the award-winning ...
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ESTA's Midwest Rigging Intensive Returns with Touring Rigging Theme
ESTA's Midwest Rigging Intensive (MRI) returns August 14-16, offering a hands-on training experience for rigging professionals in the entertainment industry. Registration is now open for the event, which will take place at ...
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ETC Releases RigPOV, New Camera Accessory for Automated Luminaires
ETC announces the new RigPOV camera accessory option, compatible with multiple automated luminaires from ETC. The RigPOV camera attaches directly to a fixture, streaming live video from the rig to Eos v3.3 and other third-party ...
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Adam Hall's DEFENDER Presents Maintenance Spray 400 ml
Adam Hall's DEFENDER introduces the new Maintenance Spray 400 ml, a specially developed maintenance spray for the professional care of cable protectors and other rubber components in the event, industrial and infrastructure sectors. ...
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CHAINMASTER, MOVEKET Name John van Look as Global Technical Trainer
The LIFTKET Group has named John van Look as the new global technical trainer for its CHAINMASTER and MOVEKET brands. With decades of international experience in event rigging and extensive technical expertise, he will be ...
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NEUTRIK Marks Two-Billion Connectors During 50th-Anniversary Celebrations
NEUTRIK recently celebrated reaching the creation of the two-billionth connector with a civic reception at Neutrik Group headquarters in Schaan, Liechtenstein. A guest list of 45 included invitees from national and local ...
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Soundmirror Fully Conceals Lectrosonics Transmitters on Nude Singers in HGO's Breaking the Waves
"How can we mic two nude opera singers?" was the provocative challenge posed to Soundmirror, a renowned Massachusetts-based classical music recording and production company, in the live recording of the Houston Grand Opera's (HGO) ...
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John Garberson and Creative BackStage Celebrate Phoenix Fan Fusion with CHAUVET Professional
Let it never be said that the organizers of Phoenix Fan Fusion don't have a sense of humor! How could it be otherwise, given the nature of this wild, wonderful, and wacky pop culture celebration? For proof, look no further than the public ...
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Theatre in Review: Angry Alan (Studio Seaview)
Think of Angry Alan as an act of cultural spelunking: It follows Roger, its lead character, into a psychological cave darker than the one that trapped Floyd Collins, hemmed by grievance and a distorted world view, and unable ...
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3G Productions Acquires Main Light's Nashville Operations
3G Productions LLC has acquired Main Light's 70,000-sq.-ft. location in Nashville as part of its ongoing initiative to expand into a coast-to-coast, full-service production and systems integration provider. ...
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RCF to Hold Two Days of TT+ AUDIO-focused Demos at Cottonwood Creek Church in Allen, Texas, July 10-11
RCF will be holding two days of demo events at Cottonwood Creek Church in Allen, TX, on Thursday, July 10, and Friday, July 11. Hosted by RCF and Cowser Marketing, these events will feature the latest systems from RCF's premium TT+ ...
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Registration Opens for AES' West Coast Return
The Audio Engineering Society announces its return to West Coast events with the upcoming AES Show 2025 -- Long Beach, taking place October 23 - 25 at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center. The show will offer a full ...
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Dates Set for URTA Auditions and Interviews
Sponsored by the University Resident Theatre Association, the URTA auditions and interviews - aka "the URTAs" -- have been connecting prospective students with top graduate programs for over 50 years, and are the most ...
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Masque Sound Delivers Integrated Solution for Broadway's Call Me Izzy
Masque Sound provided a fully customized audio package to sound designer Beth Lake for the Broadway premiere of the darkly comedic solo show Call Me Izzy, starring Jean Smart, which recently opened at Studio 54. ...
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STRAY Production Services Turns To Elation's All-purpose PARAGON for WJTL Fest
Christian radio station WJTL returned to Cherry Crest Adventure Farm near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on May 17 for WJTL Fest -- a day filled with inspiring music, fun activities, and uplifting moments. STRAY Production Services brought its ...
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ASG-Produced Video, "Against All Odds," Wins Gold Telly Award
Advanced Systems Group, LLC (ASG) received national recognition winning the Gold Telly in the 46th Annual Telly Awards. It's video "Against All Odds - ASG Builds Cutting Edge Pac-12 Network's Studio, was named Best Branded Content ...
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Theatre in Review: Trophy Boys (MCC Theater)
"What are we pretending to be experts on today?" That's the question before the title characters of Emmanuelle Mattana's often delightfully barbed new play. Members of the debate team from a private school for overprivileged boys, ...
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