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  Acoustician Rodolfo Montero-Murillo Joins Theatre Projects Paris Office
This summer, acoustic engineer and designer Rodolfo Montero-Murillo joins Theatre Projects as an acoustician in their Paris office. The addition of Montero-Murillo comes hot on the heels of other excitement in the acoustics ...
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A.C. Lighting Inc. Named Exclusive Distributor for LumenRadio
A.C. Lighting Inc. is honored to announce the expansion of our partnership with LumenRadio. Effective immediately, A.C. Lighting Inc. is the single, exclusive distributor across the US and Canada for Wireless Solutions and ...
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POLAR Appoints Duncan Peberdy to the Role of Business Development Manager, Integrated Solutions
POLAR announces the expansion of its team with the appointment of Duncan Peberdy to the post of Business Development Manager, Integrated Solutions.
Peberdy has wide-ranging experience of both the IT and AV worlds ...
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Snap One to Distribute LEA Professional In North America
As the demand for product continues to increase, LEA Professional partners with US technology distributor, Snap One. The collaboration will expand sales opportunities for the LEA Professional product portfolio and growth ...
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DiGiCo SD9 Pair Helps Dylan Scott Keep it Lean and Mean on the Road
This summer, Dylan Scott celebrated the seventh anniversary of his first number one hit on Billboard's Country Airplay chart, 2016's "My Girl" on Nashville's Curb Records. He's the quintessential country music story: a young ...
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Robe Makes a Splash with Dubioza Kolektiv
A largely Robe lighting rig was specified and used by leading Slovenian lighting designer Crt Birsa from design studio Blackout for Dubioza Kolektiv's closing set of the 2023 Velenje Summer Splash open air festival, staged ...
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Controllux BV New Distributor for Obsidian Control Systems in the Netherlands
Obsidian Control Systems announces that Controllux BV has been named the exclusive distributor of Obsidian products in the Netherlands. The agreement, which went into effect on July 1, 2023, covers Obsidian's full range of ...
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Maxime Chotard Lights Historical Journey in Le Mime et l'Étoile with Chauvet Professional
"We are all voyeurs to some extent when we see an intimate film," said director Martin Scorsese. The stage production Le Mime et l'Etoile at Puy du Fou takes matters to another level, as the audience is not only drawn into an ...
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The Design Program at David Geffen School of Drama at Yale Welcomes Jill BC Du Boff and Mikah Berky
Jill BC Du Boff has been appointed to the faculty at David Geffen School of Drama at Yale and head of the Sound Design Concentration and will also serve as sound design advisor at Yale Repertory Theatre. She joins the ...
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Theatre in Review: The Tempest (New York Shakespeare Festival/Delacorte Theater)
The isle is full of magic, along with a faint hint of sadness, in this musical production that bids farewell to the Delacorte Theater in its current form. (It is closing for an eighteen-month renovation; next summer, we must contend with ...
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Hall Technologies Names Ken Eagle as CEO
Hall Technologies announces a leadership reorganization naming VP of technology Ken Eagle as CEO.
An industry veteran, Eagle has been with Hall Technologies since July 2021 and has helped enhance the company's product ...
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Amy Kerestessy Joins Bandit Lites as Director of Human Resources
Bandit Lites announces the hiring of Amy Kerestessy as the director of Human Resources. She will be responsible for implementing policy and procedures, onboarding new hires, managing employee engagement, assisting with record ...
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PLASA Show Returns to Showcase the Future of Live
PLASA Show once again returns to Olympia London to showcase the future of live entertainment technology. From September 3 - 5, the expanded show will set the stage for 239 brands, 112 educational sessions, and thousands of industry ...
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Ayrton Launches IP65 Argo 6 at PLASA 2023
Ayrton chooses PLASA Show 2023 for the official launch of its new IP65-rated Argo 6 fixtures on September 5, 2023. Argo 6 FX will be exhibited on Stand C11 by Ayrton's exclusive UK distributor, Ambersphere Solutions, ...
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Neutrik Americas Awards Master Electronics Distributor Partner of the Year
Neutrik Americas, announces it has awarded Master Electronics its 2022 Distributor Partner of the Year. The award represents Neutrik's appreciation for the company's exemplary performance and noteworthy efforts in the areas of ...
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Master Tour Launches Industry-First Standardized Tech Packs for Venues
Master Tour launched its online official venue tech pack as part of its staged release of Master Tour Venue. This critical record will provide touring production teams online access to the latest verified information for all venue ...
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Eagle Brook Church Soars With L-Acoustics Professional Audio Systems
Based in the north Minneapolis suburb of Centerville, Eagle Brook Church is a continuously-expanding Baptist megachurch whose mission is to reach people for Christ. Hosting a weekly audience averaging 20,000, plus another 25,000 online, ...
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Over 100 Electro-Voice EVID Speakers Help Meehan's Chophouse in Mansfield, Texas
As part of the revitalization of downtown Mansfield in the south Dallas suburbs, local construction entrepreneur Tony Meehan purchased an abandoned grist mill building from the city that had also served as a local jail. After a ...
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Norwood Productions Invests in Robe Fixture Ranges
"It's all about the people," states Chris Norwood of Norwood Productions, explaining his people-first management style, and echoing a phrase actively embraced and promoted by Robe's South African distributor, DWR. ...
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Robe to Launch New Products at PLASA Show
Robe will attend the PLASA expo at Olympia, London, September 3 - 5, where it will be launching three new products and debuting a brand-new live performance concept on Stands A70 and C28.
Robe's partner companies Anolis and ...
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New Elation Proteus, Fuze, and KL to Show at PLASA 2023
Elation will present a line-up of new lighting tools September 3 - 5 at the PLASA tradeshow at Olympia in West London. Visitors to Elation, Stand D50 will be some of the first in the UK to see the latest cutting-edge ...
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Robert Juliat to Exhibit at PLASA Show
Robert Juliat will be exhibiting at PLASA 2023 with its exclusive distributor for the UK (England, Scotland, and Wales), Sound Technology on Stand C22.
The stand will feature Robert Juliat LED products, focusing on RJ's award ...
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Modular NX1, New NETRON Devices Highlight PLASA Offerings for Obsidian Control Systems
Obsidian Control Systems invites lighting control professionals to Stand D50, September 3 - 5 at the 2023 PLASA show at Olympia in West London. Sample a host of new products including the modular NX1 lighting console and latest ...
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Full Color Blinder from ROXX Lights Up the Audience at this Year's Smukfest
For this year's Smukfest, the ROXX CLUSTER B2 FC was used on the festival's main stage as a blinder with countless possibilities.
The mood was high at Smukfest in Skanderborg when Denmark's perhaps most beautiful festival took ...
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Tyler Veneziano Mixes Subtlety And Color For Breaking Benjamin with Chauvet Professional
Sometimes, less is indeed more. Tyler Veneziano has no problem with that theory. The talented designer is a huge fan of the Chauvet Professional Rogue R1 FX-B with its five individually controlled RGBW moving heads. He ...
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ROE Visual Selected for KBS' 1st XR Studio
In April, KBS (the Korean Broadcasting System), the national broadcaster of South Korea, has successfully launched its next-generation XR Studio. KBS's trusted partner, Ark Ventures, chose ROE Visual and Brompton Technology to ...
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Theatre in Review: How to Steal an Election (York Theatre Co./Theatre at St. Jean's)
In How to Steal an Election, Calvin Coolidge sings. I'm not sure how I feel about that.
First, the good news: In another sign of life returning to normal, York Theatre Company has brought back its popular Musicals in ...
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Genelec Congratulates 2023 AES Educational Foundation Scholarship Recipients
Underscoring its commitment to audio education, Genelec Inc. congratulates the recipients of two scholarships awarded in association with the Audio Engineering Society Educational Foundation (AESEF). Emily Kuo has received ...
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The Speedometer for Your Ears, Sensaphonics dB Check Pro, is Now Available
Sensaphonics announces its all-new dB Check Pro in-ear sound level analyzer is now shipping. This product is the long-awaited answer to the question of how loud you're listening to your IEMs, with both earpieces in place. This ...
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Dynacord and Electro-Voice Provide Unique Sound System Solution for Historic King William County Courthouse
Originally built in 1725 and most recently expanded with a new building in 2004, the King William County Courthouse in Virginia is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. During the pandemic, the county added new remote ...
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EUMETSAT Delivers Bird's Eye View of Weather and Climate Conditions from Space With AMX Control Solutions
EUMETSAT recently worked closely with SWiCA Conference Technology and long-term Harman distributor Audio Pro Heilbronn Elektroakustik GmbH to upgrade its LEO Mission Control Center with state ...
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Bandit Lites and Datum Creative Illuminate DISPATCH
Indie folk rock band DISPATCH is back touring with a lighting package from Bandit Lites. Comprised of Chadwick Stokes and Brad Corrigan, the Boston-based band were ready to release an album and tour when the COVID-19 ...
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Travon Snipes Gives Post Malone the DiGiCo Quantum Treatment
In June, Post Malone joined a short list of musical artists -- Drake, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, and others -- by being presented with the Hal David Starlight Award at the 2023 Songwriters Hall of Fame ...
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Guido Schütz and Patrick Hirt get Versatile with Chauvet Professional at Monheim City Festival
Can anything be all things to all people? Probably not, but that hasn't stopped Monheim am Rhine from trying. Situated between Cologne and Düsseldorf, this community of under 50,000, bills itself as the "town for everyone," and backs up ...
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Lighting Designer Juanjo Llorens Illuminates the Award-winning Musical with Adam Hall's Cameo
The Spanish musical Los Chicos del Coro (The Choir Boys) production is based on the Oscar-winning film The Children of Monsieur Mathieu and premiered at the Teatro La Latina in Madrid in late 2022. The multi-award ...
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Christie Pandoras Box Powers Maxin10sity Mapping Spectacle at Schlosslichtspiele Festival
Christie Pandoras Box Software Version 8.8 technology is powering the projection mapping at Schlosslichtspiele Festival at Karlsruhe Palace, Germany. Technical team AV Active GmbH has deployed two Pandoras Box licenses two ...
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NAMM Announces the Creation of Member Services
This month, NAMM (www.namm.org/news), the world's largest not-for-profit music trade organization representing the $17 billion music industry, introduced Member Services, a strategic initiative ...
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Sound Devices Announces LA Wireless Workshop Event
Sound Devices announces that they will be holding a free wireless training event at the Group One headquarters in Chatsworth, CA on Wednesday, August 30 from 10am PST to 3:00pm PST. The event will be hosted by Sound Devices' RF ...
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Adam Hall Group at PLASA Show 2023
At this year's PLASA Show from September 3-5 in London, the Adam Hall Group will present the latest product highlights of its two brands Cameo and LD Systems on stand B13. The focus will be on the lighting solutions from Cameo, ...
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HOLOPLOT Announces Addition of James Bobel as Sales Manager
HOLOPLOT, the Berlin-based pro audio company and global pioneer in 3D Audio-Beamforming and Wave Field Synthesis, announces the expansion of its US presence with the appointment of James Bobel as sales manager for North ...
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CAST Group Announces BlackTrax BT-1 Now Shipping World-wide
CAST Group of Companies announce the immediate availability of their latest hardware solution, BT-1 (BlackTrax One).
BT-1 is a compact tracking solution that delivers impressive effects, tracking, and automation capabilities, ...
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Genelec Further Elevates Customer Experience with Creation of MyGenelec Portal
Genelec announces the creation of the MyGenelec customer portal. At the time of launch, this free online resource provides customers with a single unified access point for all Genelec products, services, software downloads, and more ...
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Dan Michie Reflects Many Moods on Beartooth Tour with Compact Chauvet Professional Floor Package
Things never got "routine" for the Beartooth production crew this summer. The Loudwire and Metal Hammer award winners' 37-city tour has included a wildly mixed bag of shows, as they've moved from headlining their own appearances, to ...
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Key Digital Shows "How to Play Nice with Others"
Unified control of disparate brands of AV and other facility infrastructure devices can be a challenge for integrators. Award-winning developer and manufacturer of leading-edge digital video processing and video signal distribution ...
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Number Nine is a Ten with E11EVEN Sound by DAS Audio
Like most international capitals, Washington, DC is a vibrant and diverse city, with restaurants and nightlife to cater to everyone across the political and lifestyle spectrum. And while the city has long been home to a number of stoic old ...
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Allen & Heath AHM Makes Things Easy for Cornerstone Tavern
Cornerstone Tavern in Raleigh, North Carolina is a unique bar and music venue, made up of three separate houses connected by a large shared patio. The communal patio space can be separated or combined using a central bar area. ...
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Adam Hall Group Appoints Acoustic & Lighting System as Exclusive Distributor for Vietnam
The Adam Hall Group continues to expand its international sales network. With Acoustic & Lighting System, the event technology provider headquartered in Neu-Anspach, Germany, has gained an experienced distribution partner in ...
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New Update to Vari-Lite Vision.Net Gateway Allows Users to Monitor Lighting Network from the Enrterprise LAN
Vari-Lite announces a software update to the Vision.Net Gateway that enables the "WAN" network port on the popular architectural lighting management device ...
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Clear-Com's Arcadia Provides Immensely Streamlined Functionality for Oregon Shakespeare Festival
Established in 1935, the (OSF) is home to three theatres, including the oldest full-scale Elizabethan stage in the Western Hemisphere, the 1,200-seat Allen Elizabethan Theatre. A longtime Clear-Com client, OSF recently added the ...
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Zac Coren Lights Morgan Wallen One Night at a Time Stadium Tour with Elation Proteus
Morgan Wallen has become a country music superstar in an unbelievably short time. Just years from debuting, he dominates the country music charts with a pair of albums that remain in the Billboard Top 10. His 2023 release ...
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The Santa Fe Opera Re-Imagines Orfeo Opera Production with Lectrosonics Wireless
Throw away your stereotypical stuffy ideas about opera. The Santa Fe Opera is no ordinary opera company, and the company's home, the open-air Crosby Theatre, is no ordinary opera house. The opera's new production of Orfeo, directed ...
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Peavey Electronics Opens Multifunctional Showroom in Bali, Setting the Stage for Increased Market Share
Peavey Electronics announces the opening of its state-of-the-art showroom in Bali, Indonesia. Peavey unveiled the new showroom with an opening gala in May, marking a turning point in Peavey's presence in Indonesia and its commitment ...
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In Memoriam: Tim Healy
It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that the ADJ Group says goodbye to valued colleague and treasured friend, Timothy (Tim) P. Healy. Having worked with ADJ for over 20 years as a manufacturer's sales representative on ...
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Behind the Scenes' 2023 Holiday Cards Available for Purchase
The 2023 Behind the Scenes Holiday Cards are available for purchase online at the BTS Boutique. This year's collection features six different designs ...
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Ayrton Dominos and grandMA3 Hit the Road with Counting Crows' Summer Banshee Season Tour
Independent lighting designer Joel Reiff has tapped 28 Ayrton Domino Profiles as his "workhorse" fixture for Counting Crows' 56-date summer tour across the country, which he programmed on a grandMA3 console. ACT Entertainment ...
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The Playground Set Mood for Matchbox 20 Slow Dreams Tour with Help From Chauvet Professional
Back in 1975, two New York inventors came up with the idea of creating a ring that changed colors depending on the wearer's mood. Technically, crystals in the ring's stone were responding to fluctuations in body temperature and other ...
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Robe LEDBeam 350s are Ultra Popular in Cape Town
Cape Town-based rental and production company Ultra Event Technical Solutions has been extremely busy since the industry re-energized post-covid, a challenging time that nonetheless saw them retain their complete staff through ...
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Elation IP Luminaires Help Hungarian City of Veszprém Celebrate European Capital of Culture
In 2023, the city of Veszprém in Western Hungary and the Bakony-Balaton region is holding a year-long program of events and celebrations as the European Capital of Culture. The Grand Opening of the festivities took place on January 21 ...
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Theatre in Review: Pay the Writer (Pershing Square Signature Theatre)
As a novelist, Tawni O'Dell has scaled the best-seller list and been welcomed into the golden circle of Oprah's Book Club. As a playwright, she has a long way to go before similar accolades come her way. Her 2019 drama, When It ...
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Starting October 1, Canto USA Appoints Shawn Harmon as North American Sales Manager
Canto USA announces that Shawn Harmon has been appointed as its North American sales manager. A graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Lighting Design, Harmon has been working professionally in ...
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Audio-Technica Honors Online Marketing with its President's Award
Audio-Technica announces that Wadsworth, Ohio-based Online Marketing has been presented with A-T's prestigious President's Award, for their work representing Audio-Technica professional audio products during the 2022/2023 fiscal ...
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Vectorworks 2024 to Unleash Limitless Creativity for Designers
Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. is preparing to release the 2024 version of its product line, dedicated to providing comprehensive solutions that automate processes and let designers tackle more complex ...
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FOR-A Announces First Alfalite Sale to Live Event Production Company in the US
Premier live event production company, White Tie Productions, purchased 120 Alfalite Litepix Series panels, making them the first live event company in the US with Alfalite LED panels. It marks the second sale in the US for the new FOR ...
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Environmental Lights Announces the Launch of Continuous Side View RGB PixelControl Strip Light in Black Finish
Environmental Lights announces the launch of Continuous Side View RGB PixelControl Strip Light in black finish.
Continuous Side View RGB PixelControl Strip Light emits a continuous line of light from the strip's edge. The neon ...
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Shure KSM11 Cardioid Condenser Capsule Now Available with Axient Digital and ULX-D and Wireless Transmitters
Shure announces the KSM11 wireless vocal cardioid condenser microphone capsule is now available for purchase, with either an Axient Digital or ULX-D wireless handheld transmitter.
Designed specifically for digital wireless ...
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LPS Production Lights Lionel Messi Celebration with 100+ Chauvet Professional Fixtures
It was like something out of a movie. World Cup champion Lionel Messi, widely regarded as the best soccer player in the world, created giant shock waves when he passed up offers from better-known clubs to sign with the struggling ...
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Martin Illuminates the Luxurious Tokyo Riverside Apartment Complex
To provide the new Tokyo Riverside Apartment with vivid and engaging lighting, architectural firm PT Chayolite deployed a selection of Martin lighting solutions.
Located in the Pantai Indah Kapuk 2 precinct (PIK2) within ...
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Painting with Light Delivers Happy Belgium Finale Spectacular
Creative visual practice Painting with Light (PWL) was asked by the Agoria Sports and Entertainment Technology club -- a networking hub for Belgian technology leaders -- to show direct and design lighting for an epic mixed media ...
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Waves Audio to Be Awarded with Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy
Waves Audio will be among the recipients of the upcoming 75th Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Awards, held Wednesday, October 18, 2023. The award will be presented by the Television Academy to Waves Audio's Meir Shashoua
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Neutrik Americas Announces Fernando Manfrini as Technology Business Manager for Latin America
Neutrik Americas announces the appointment of Fernando Manfrini to the position of technology business manager for Latin America. Manfrini started with Neutrik Americas on August 1, 2023, and is stationed in Miami, Florida ...
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Clear-Com Accelerates Global Growth With Several Key Appointments
Clear-Com announces the appointments of several key members to its US team: Jeremy Thelen and Greg Wolf join as applications engineers and JP Torres joins as senior product training specialist. Torres assumes ...
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Nominations Announced for Jeff Awards
The nominations are out for the 2022 - 2023 Equity Jeff Awards, which honor achievement Chicago's Equity theatre community. The nominees include 214 theatre artists across 32 categories of excellence in theatre production among ...
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Vari-Lite VL1600 Profiles Bring Rock Energy and Theatrical Drama to Musical Aida
VL1600 Profiles from Vari-Lite, originators of the modern moving head light fixture and the Signify entertainment lighting brand, brought a blend of rock and roll energy and theatrical dramatics for Herrick Goldman's design ...
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LD Eric Price Leans on All-Purpose Elation Proteus Lucius for Sad Summer Headliners Taking Back Sunday
Lighting designer Eric Price turned to Elation's Proteus Lucius as the feature light of an all-purpose floor package for rock band Taking Back Sunday as they ...
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Key Digital Serves Restaurants and Bars AV with a Free Side of Control
The customer experience is paramount with AV systems deployed in restaurants and bars, with cost-effectiveness and ease of control running closely behind. Key Digital's modular AV over IP systems are delivering the quality and cost ...
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1 SOUND at Washington, DC's District E Powered by Ticketmaster
District E Powered by Ticketmaster is a state-of-the-art esports venue situated in the heart of downtown Washington, DC. Adjacent to the iconic Capital One Arena, this premier venue spans nearly 14,000 sq. ft .and stands as a hub for ...
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Jordi Vandekerkhof Creates Harmonious Looks for Happy Belgium with Chauvet Professional and Splendit
There were over 230 Chauvet Professional fixtures at the Happy Belgium concert in the Cinquantenaire Arcade, but it's doubtful that any of the 60,000 people who were there to celebrate the National Day of Belgium on July 21, noticed ...
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ESTA Announces a Dozen Draft Standards in Public Review
ESTA announces a dozen draft standards in public review: 11 in development, one to be withdrawn.
Twelve public review action items came out of the recent July Technical Standards Program working group meetings held in Westlake, ...
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Brompton Technology Wins Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering, Science & Technology
Brompton Technology has been recognized by the Television Academy with an Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering, Science & Technology. The Emmy was awarded for its Tessera SX40 LED video processor, which has played a ...
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Atlona Opens New EMEA Training Center in Germany
Atlona, a Panduit company, has opened its freshly updated EMEA Training Center in Schwalbach, Germany, just outside Frankfurt at the Panduit European headquarters. Originally opened in 2020, the facility has been completely ...
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1 SOUND Releases New Version of C4 Loudspeaker with Marine-Grade Connector
1 SOUND has officially released the Cannon C4, the fully IP55-rated and saltwater-resistant version of the 4" Cannon coaxial model. The new C4 differs from the original C4i version because of its marine-grade cable gland connector ...
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Christie Introduces New RGB Pure Laser Projectors
Christie introduces two new RGB pure laser projectors: the M 4K15 RGB and M 4K+15 RGB. Part of the award-winning M 4K RGB Series, they deliver 15,750 lumens and are designed for the most demanding applications, including staging and ...
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Blaze Audio Introduces the Constant Directivity Device (CDD) Series Loudspeakers
Blaze Audio introduces the Constant Directivity Device (CDD) Series loudspeakers. With a compact form factor designed to minimize line-of-sight considerations, the CDD Series is comprised of three models: the CDD528-BA Bi-Amped, ...
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Robe T1 Profiles Enjoy the Silence at Bijloke Music Centre's Concert Hall
The striking and unique Concert Hall venue, which is part of the Music Centre de Bijloke in Ghent, Belgium, was once a 13th century civic hospital and now offers a vibrant and interesting blend of music often embracing additional ...
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Theatre in Review: The Shark is Broken (Golden Theatre)
To give you a sense of what Broadway is like these days, last week I saw back-to-back productions based on Steven Spielberg films; clearly, pre-existing IP rules. First up: Back to the Future (which SS executive-produced in 1985) ...
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Key Digital Joins Q-SYS Technology Partner Program
Key Digital announces the release of the first plug-in resulting from joining the Q-SYS Technology Partner Program. This program enables software and hardware technology ...
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Record Number of Gottelier Award Nominees
Voting is now in process for this year's Gottelier Award, which has received a record number of nominees.
Named in memory of renowned industry innovator and commentator Tony Gottelier, this special award recognizes the ...
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Nordlite Opts for GLP's impression X5 Series
Nordlite Veranstaltungstechnik GmbH is a leading regional provider of event technology and set construction solutions. The Hamburg-based company offers various complete solutions in the event sector, from conception and design through ...
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Winter Solstice for Astera
"SOLSTICE: Reflections on Winter Light'" is a multimedia and meditative art experience celebrating the shortest, darkest day of the year, created by MASARY Studios from Boston, and presented at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge and ...
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Fall Out Boy Visuals Fly High with Green Hippo's Hippotizer
Fire blasts, frenzy and rock and roll bombast is bolstering American emo-pop-punkers Fall Out Boy's current US tour, which is playing amphitheatres across the country backed with LED and projection driven by Green Hippo ...
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Chauvet Professional Helps Kat Borderud Create Intimate Moments on Lizzy McAlpine Tour
Every artist hopes to connect to fans by creating a sense of intimacy on stage that extends throughout the entire venue to embrace the audience. Rapidly rising folk and indie star Lizzy McAlpine does this with her music, which is ...
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Robe at Marillion Convention in Berlin
UK-based Rock band Marillion has built up a formidable and near cult-like following over a career spanning five decades that has spawned 20 studio albums plus a string of top 40 hits since their formation in 1979. For the last 21 years, ...
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Theatre in Review: Back to the Future (Winter Garden Theatre)
Back to the Future represents the state of Broadway today. Is that good or bad? It depends.
Even as Hollywood discovers that the shelf life of intellectual property may not last beyond the seventh or eighth sequel, ...
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Avid Technology Enters into Definitive Agreement to Be Acquired by an Affiliate of STG for $1.4 Billion
Avid announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of STG in an all-cash transaction valuing Avid at approximately $1.4 billion, inclusive of Avid's net debt. Under the terms of the ...
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Vari-Lite Removes Need to "Unlock" Neo Series Consoles, Brings New UI to Rest of Line
Vari-Lite announces Neo 4.1 software for all current and legacy Neo Series products. The new update brings features first seen on the Neo X Series consoles to the entire Neo family, eliminating the need to "unlock" universes and ...
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Meyer Sound PANTHER Delivers a Sizzling Show for TLC and Shaggy's Hot Summer Nights Tour
Just when it seemed like this summer's temperatures couldn't climb any higher, R&B legends TLC and Jamaican icon Shaggy brought the heat to stages throughout North America with the TLC & Shaggy: Hot Summer Nights Tour 2023. ...
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Claypaky Xtylos Hit the Road with Peter Frampton
Las Vegas-based independent lighting designer Gregg Maltby is using 15 Claypaky Xtylos laser-source compact beam moving lights on Peter Frampton's Never Say Never Tour.
The legendary artist's North American ...
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The Design Oasis Calls on Chauvet Professional To Punch Up Excitement for Mayweather Bout
At 46, Floyd Mayweather still packs a punch, even five years after the former champ retired undefeated from professional boxing. This was plain to see during his recent exhibition bout against John Gotti III. But the Boxing ...
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Over 90 ADJ Fixtures Create Ambiance For Pennzoil VIP Party In Las Vegas
Serving as the opening party of the SEMA automotive industry trade show, Pennzoil's "Dare To Perform" VIP party featured a carefully curated program of entertainment that included a variety of mesmerizing performances. Guests were given a ...
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Queen Sirikit National Convention Center Receives Major Technological Upgrades by Harman
To provide the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center (QSNCC) with versatile audio and control solutions, Mahajak Development, Stonehenge Inter and Atkris Co. Ltd collaborated with Harman Professional Solutions to develop a ...
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ISE Commemorates Two Decades of Pro AV and Systems Integration Excellence
Integrated Systems Europe (ISE), the world's premier global exhibition for professional audio visual (pro AV) and systems integration, announces that the 2024 edition of the show will mark its 20th birthday. Since its inception in ...
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Adam Hall Group Receives the BSFZ Seal of Innovation Competence
Every innovation begins with an initial idea. At the Adam Hall Group, these ideas emerge anew every day -- and they are developed step by step in the Experience Centre at the company's Neu-Anspach headquarters into finished ...
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Best-Tronics Relies on RF Venue Essential Wireless Audio Accessories for Major Touring Acts
Best-Tronics Manufacturing has kept Chicago-area musicians connected for half a century now. Since 1973, the family-owned company has been the go-to firm for musicians who needed rock-solid on-stage audio components -- including cables, ...
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Robe Spills onto Backseat Lovers Tour
The Backseat Lovers are on the road with a production and lighting design created by Meagan Metcalf, who has been working with the indie rockers from Utah since 2022, with 22 Robe ESPRITES and 24 Tetra2 moving lights at the ...
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Brown Note Productions and Elation Proteus Weather Wild Summer Conditions
By any measure, summer 2023 in the US has been extreme with intense heat, severe rainfall, and unrelenting smoke. So when a number of outdoor festivals and events are on the program, the challenge for any production company is immense. " ...
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Allen & Heath AHM at Heart of Staring Lake Amphitheatre Upgrade
Staring Lake Amphiteatre is a 400-seat outdoor performance space in Eden Prairie, MN. The city-owned venue is used for theatrical productions, concerts, weddings, and special events.
When the amphitheatre's previous audio system ...
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Christie RGB Pure Laser Projection Solutions Help Bring Creative Vision to Life at Palmaz Vineyards
Christie announces that its projection solutions are illuminating the ceiling of Palmaz Vineyards' fermenting room. Six M 4K25 RGB pure laser projectors display real-time data from each of the 24 fermentation tanks. ...
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Christien Methot Debuts His Light:Bridge Across the Seine in Paris with ACT Entertainment
International light artist Christien Methot enabled Parisians to see their beloved Seine River in a new light when he created the world's first Light:Bridge with Ayrton Cobra phosphor laser source luminaires. ACT Entertainment
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Bandit Lites Promotes John Cameron Carter
Bandit Lites announces the promotion of John Cameron Carter to Integration Solution Sales. Carter first joined the Integration team seven years ago and has since grown as a technician, project manager and sales member. ...
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Key Digital Brings the "Wow" to Atlanta
The Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurship (RICE) in Atlanta, Georgia: part incubator, part accelerator, part innovation lab, and part Black entrepreneurship museum, RICE is the largest not-for-profit center in the Americas focused ...
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Dream Theater Takes North America's First L-Acoustics L Series System on Tour
Originally formed by three students attending Boston's Berklee School of Music in 1985, New York-based Dream Theater is regarded as one of the "big three" -- along with Queensrÿche and Fates Warning -- of the progressive-metal genre, ...
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Here in Camelot, d&b Loudspeakers Add to the Broadway Revival
"The decision to use d&b loudspeakers on the Camelot revival was based on the extensive knowledge and years of experience having worked with these speakers; we are both familiar with the quality and performance of d&b ...
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TRANSCOLOR Invests in First Robe iFORTES for Poland
Poland's largest lighting rental company, TRANSCOLOR, has invested in Robe iFORTES, currently the highest-powered LED fixture from Robe's expanding iSeries of IP rated products, the company says. ...
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Austria's Schauspielhaus Graz Theater Upgrades with Claypaky Fixtures
With the goal of achieving a more environmentally friendly, energy efficient, and sustainable lighting rig, the Schauspielhaus Graz in Graz, Austria has upgraded its main stage with an array of Claypaky fixtures. ...
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PLASA Show Announces Classic Gear Live
At this year's PLASA Show (September 3 - 5, London Olympia), LSi magazine's popular column Classic Gear will be brought to life on the show floor via a new attraction called Classic Gear Live. In association with CH ...
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RZI Lighting Expands Large Inventory of Elation Gear
RZI Lighting of New Orleans has stocked Elation Professional lighting gear for much of its 24 years in the stage lighting business and again has added Elation products to inventory. The additions --
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Industry Veteran Jeff Taylor Joins DAS Audio
DAS Audio, a provider of high-performance loudspeaker systems, power amplification, and audio processing, announces the appointment of Jeff Taylor as the company's new senior sales engineer - pro audio for the North ...
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Rene Garcia and Chris Fernandez Accent Natural Beauty for Univision Show with CHAUVET Professional
Savy swimmers at Condado Beach know to keep an eye out for red flags. When they're flying, it's best to stay out of the water, because the area's rip tide, though calm much of the time, can pull the unwary bather out to sea. ...
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Dinos Gives Robe MegaPointes Thumbs Up!
Dynamic French rapper Dinos played a special high-profile one-off gig at Paris's famous Accor Arena to celebrate the launch of his latest studio album, Hiver à Paris. For his first show at this prestigious venue, lighting designer < ...
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MLA Makes Its Mark with Marisa Monte and Coolritiba
Already recognized for its high-profile appearance at Brazil's famous Rock in Rio festival, Martin Audio's MLA multicellular loudspeaker array also provided main stage artists at the annual Festival Coolritiba in Curitiba, nearly ...
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PROLIGHTS Illuminates the Arcades of the Sanctuary of San Luca in Bologna
PROLIGHTS Sunblast 3000FC transformed the arcades of Bologna, a worldwide symbol of the city and UNESCO heritage site, into a magnificent light show. The project, conceived and promoted by singer Cesare Cremonini, involved ...
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Mike Wood Lighting Design Partners with Borealis Solutions LLC to Expand Software Accessibility
Borealis Solutions LLC, a software company, announces its partnership with Mike Wood Lighting Design, offering all participants in the Student Apprenticeship Program free access to Borealis Solutions' flagship product: Vo ...
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Theatre in Review: The Half-God of Rainfall (New York Theatre Workshop)
The last time we encountered playwright Inua Ellams, the occasion was Borders and Crossings, a modest, but pointed and powerful, collection of poems, featured in an online presentation at the Under the Radar Festival in the ...
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Inner Circle Distribution Appointed as Exclusive Distributor of ROXX
ROXX, a renowned manufacturer of innovative lighting products, designed and developed in Germany, announces its exclusive partnership with Inner Circle Distribution (ICD), a distributor of cutting-edge lighting solutions. ...
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L-Acoustics Expands Its Global Education Team
From its inception nearly four decades ago, L-Acoustics has consistently highlighted the importance of education with the understanding that an amazing sound system is only as good as the technicians and engineers entrusted with ...
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Riedel Appoints Kevin Collins as Senior Vice President of Sales, North America
Riedel Communications announces that Kevin Collins has been appointed to the position of senior vice president of sales, North America. In this role, Collins will leverage the many contacts he gained in his varied experience ...
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Ayrton Takes to the Stage at the Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company with its permanent home in Stratford-upon-Avon needs little introduction. Its main house, the 1,018-seat Royal Shakespeare Theatre underwent an enormous rebuild and refurbishment between 2007 - 2010, ...
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Celebrating the Production of "Happy Belgium"
Jordi Vandekerkhof from production specialist More To Show worked closely with Frank Anthierens and Nathalie Rasschaert from event agency Alice Events and DDMC Event Design to deliver a world ...
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Prolights Illuminates the show Sky Above Elefsina for Eleusis, European Capital of Culture 2023
Prolights illuminated the captivating cultural event Sky Above Elefsina held at the ship cemetery of the port of Fixia in Eleusis, Greece. This event marked the culmination of a series of events organized to celebrate ...
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TiMax SoundHub and Tracker4D Naturally Clarifies Nixon in China
Contrasting with the postmodernity of its theme, the recent stage interpretation of Nixon in China for the Teatro Real in Madrid presented a wonderfully traditional production. Adhering to the operatic principle of "clarification ...
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1 SOUND Partners with Melodia Sound and Lighting Systems in Indonesia
Melodia Sound and Lighting Systems, a music instrument and pro audiovisual retailer, has partnered with 1 SOUND to be the latter's official (and exclusive) distributor in Indonesia. In a statement, 1 SOUND says that it "and ...
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Theatre in Review: The Cottage (Hayes Theatre)
Plays, like buildings, need solid foundations, the very thing The Cottage so obviously lacks. Playwright Sandy Rustin has concocted a farcical spoof of early twentieth-century British comedies, but she hasn't noticed ...
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Announcing John Greene Mentorship Award
NSCA, the not-for-profit association representing the commercial integration industry, announces the establishment of the John Greene Mentorship Award.
This honor will be bestowed upon an industry professional who ...
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PAMA Shares Member Profiles in New Blog Series
The Professional Audio Manufacturers Alliance (PAMA) recently kicked off a new blog series that shines a spotlight on the audio professionals working for PAMA member ...
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Crest Audio Unveils Enhanced ClimateGuard Series Speakers for Extreme Weather Conditions
Crest Audio, a subsidiary of Peavey Electronics, launches the new ClimateGuard series speakers. The ClimateGuard series offers enhanced weather-resistant features, ensuring optimal sonic performance even in the most demanding ...
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Chauvet Professional Helps Clifford Michael Spulock Evoke Mood of Newsies
The deepest purpose of art is "not to convey, but to evoke," the great novelist Jerzy Kosinski once observed. Clifford Michael Spulock demonstrated the power of this principle when lighting the Slow Burn Theatre Company's ...
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Pioneer PRO AUDIO Takes Five at Extrema Outdoor
First staged in 1996, the Extrema Outdoor festival is one of Europe's most popular electronic music events. Staged in the beautiful grounds of De Plas in Houthalen-Helchteren, Belgium, the festival features seven stages on a site that ...
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The City Recital Hall Receives Major Lighting Upgrade with Prolights
Tucked within the charming laneways of Sydney's Angel Place, the City Recital Hall is a purpose-built live performance venue with world-class acoustics located in the heart of Sydney's CBD.
After twenty-two years and as part of a major ...
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AVIXA Partners with Object Management Group to Produce "Transform! @ InfoComm 2024"
AVIXA, the Audiovisual and Integrated Experience Association, has partnered with Object Management Group (OMG) to co-locate a new digital transformation event with InfoComm 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Under the brand "Transform! @ ...
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Lectrosonics Promotes Wes Herron to President & Karl Winkler to Executive VP of Product Design & Distribution
The Board of Directors of Lectrosonics, Inc. announces two new appointments: the appointment of Wes Herron as president of Lectrosonics, and the promotion of Karl Winkler to executive vice president of product design ...
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Zachary Borovay Joins Luna Lux as it Expands its Services to Include Media Production
Luna Lux LLC, a lighting design, AV design, media production, equipment rental, and procurement company, announces the addition of Zachary Borovay as their director of media production. Borovay is an award-winning media ...
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4Wall, ZeroSpace, and disguise Host First Successful Virtual Production Accelerator In New York
The synergy of innovation and creativity took center stage in New York as 4Wall Entertainment joined forces with ZeroSpace and disguise, to deliver an unprecedented Virtual Production Accelerator training program this month. ...
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Ayrton Dominos Go Royal for Shania Twain's Queen of Me Tour
Ayrton Domino fixtures have hit the road with country music royalty accompanying multi Grammy-winner Shania Twain on her Queen of Me global tour. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton lighting in North ...
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High End Systems' Halcyon Gold Illuminates Miss North Carolina Pageant
High End Systems Halcyon Gold fixtures were the workhorse moving framing fixtures on the Miss North Carolina and Miss North Carolina Teen Beauty Pageants, held last month in High Point, NC. Platinum Live Productions handled the ...
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Green Hippo's Hippotizer Boreal+ MK2 Pumps Up Puerto Rico's Latin Urban Music Awards
Two Green Hippo Hippotizer Boreal+ MK2 Media Servers powered the visuals for multiple wraparound LED screens which formed the backdrop for this year's televised Premios Tu Música Urbano. The Awards, which celebrate Latin Urban music ...
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Robe for Offer Nissim at Pride Tel Aviv
Elad Cohen is a lighting designer based in Tel Aviv, Israel who has a huge zest for music, lights, and creative activities. Since the early days of his career as a club lighting operator, he has always been a big user and fan of
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