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Robe Shows Its Metal for VR Steel in Las Vegas

Lighting and set designer Tim Dunn from Gearhouse South Africa specified Robe Robin 600 LEDWash and PureWhite moving lights to illuminate VR Steel's new booth, that premiered at the recent Mine Expo International 2012 ...

New Sennheiser iPad app "Blue Stage" Delivers Inspiring Stories on the Subject of Sound

Audio specialist Sennheiser showcases its passion for sound through its new digital magazine, the "Blue Stage" iPad app, which offers interactive storytelling coupled with explorative navigation. A new edition is released every ...

Williams Sound Names Pro Tech Marketing as New Rep Firm

Williams Sound announces the appointment of Pro Tech Marketing as the company's representative for Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Eastern Montana, Southeast Idaho, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Southwest Texas. ...

The Super Powers of DiGiCo's SD7T Propel Batman Live Production

A superhero and cultural icon operating out of the fictional American Gotham City, Batman is assisted by various characters including his crime-fighting partner, Robin in his continuous war on crime. Armed with a keen intellect, detective ...

Clay Paky Sharpy Fixtures Help Fans Get Blown Away on Carrie Underwood's World Tour

Country music superstar Carrie Underwood continues her Blown Away tour with a large inventory of Clay Paky Sharpy fixtures on hand to accent the video components of the show. The singer's first worldwide tour is in support of ...

Theatre in Review: Midsummer [A Play with Songs] (Theatre Row)

Not too far into Midsummer [A Play with Songs] the characters imagine the Hollywood version of their story, all jacked up with clichés. There is even a brief discussion of whether Hugh Jackman or Russell Crowe would make the better ...

Bose RoomMatch Sound System Chosen for Blessed Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Church in Washington

When construction began on Blessed Teresa of Calcutta (a new Catholic church in Woodinville, Washington), church leadership and the architect, Seattle-based Broderick Architects, turned to Olympia, Washington's CCI Solutions ...

Lightning-Struck Monastery Blessed by Ashly Amplifiers

Mount Saint Benedict Monastery in Erie, Pennsylvania is the spiritual center of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie and a nursing facility for elderly women. Its main chapel seats approximately one hundred individuals, and the sisters hold two ...

Chameleon Touring Lights Brisbane Festival with LumenRadio

To celebrate Australia's annual 30-night Brisbane Festival last fall, 3,000-sq.-m. of brilliant lighting, visible for over 10km, lit up downtown Brisbane's business district. Sponsored by Santos GLNG City of Lights and designed by John ...

UEP Boosts its LED Lighting and Video Inventories

Buckinghamshire, UK-based rental and technical design services specialist Universal Event Productions (UEP) has added to its LED lighting inventory with the purchase of i-Pix i-Line 6 fixtures and MilTec MTC Batten 2s. ...

Harman's Soundcraft "Mixing with Professionals" Tour Rolls through Alexandria, Virginia

Harman's Soundcraft is kicking off 2013 with new dates for its popular "Mixing with Professionals" (MwP) series, starting with two sessions in Alexandria, Virginia on Wednesday, February 6. Hosting the sessions will be James ...

CAST's Revolution Rolls on at Event Live Expo

CAST Group is set to make its mark at Event Live Expo in Los Angeles next month, with a raft of new products to showcase alongside a keynote presentation by CAST's product manager and resident lighting design expert, Jim ...

The LTM Motor School Returns to Liverpool for 2013

The LTM Motor School is back with two course dates in February 2013 at Adlib Audio in Liverpool, UK. The Lift Turn Move (LTM) team will be teaching a two-day course on hoist maintenance and general theory. The course offers ...

Atlona to Present Educational Session on HDMI Standards at ISE 2013

Atlona, a digital connectivity solutions provider, announces that Bill Schripsema, the company's commercial product manager, will deliver an educational session on HDMI standards at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2013 ...

Symetrix Expands Global Reach in the Middle East

In response to growing global demand, Symetrix announces an expanded partnership with World Representation Inc. for direct-to-dealer sales in the Middle East. The arrangement was launched at a very successful InfoComm MEA in ...

AV Networking Congress 2013 Just Weeks Away

For the third straight year, the AV Networking Congress will be in session Tuesday, 29 January, at the Holiday Inn Amsterdam. This daylong event will feature real-world use cases and presentations, as well as interactive ...

IATSE Training Trust Reimburses Cost of ETCP Certification/Recertification

ETCP announces the IATSE Entertainment and Exhibition Industries Training Trust Fund has initiated a program to offer reimbursement to those who take and pass any of the three ETCP examinations: rigger - arena, rigger - ...

Studio Gear Expands Offerings For 2013

Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based Studio Gear is a rental, installation, and sales company offering audio, video, and lighting equipment. The company has recently expanded their equipment with new purchases. The audio department expanded ...

Kramer Electronics and Women in AV (WAVE) Unite to Launch Monthly Webinars in 2013

Kramer Electronics, Inc. a provider of audio and video signal management products announces it will sponsor monthly webinars in partnership with the Women in AV (WAVE) organization to educate, support, and inspire women in ...

Japanese Version of Vectorworks 2013 Software Now Available

Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc., a provider of intuitive, powerful, and practical CAD and Building Information Modeling (BIM) software solutions, announces its Tokyo-based distributor, A&A Co., Ltd., has released the Japanese ...