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(8/2/2011)

-Hall Stage Secure UK Distribution for Maquinas Hoists and Control

Hall Stage Secure UK Distribution for Maquinas Hoists and Control

Hall Stage adds to its product lines the range of hoists and control systems from long-term partners Maquinas Iberica. Maquinas systems complement and extend the Hall Stage catalog to include zero-fleet and wire rope ...More

(8/2/2011)

-AKG Participates in College Battle of the Bands

AKG Participates in College Battle of the Bands

As the winner of the national College Battle of the Bands competition, Land of Pines has received a variety of prizes including a set of Harman's AKG microphones and headphones, helping spur them on to greater ...More

(8/2/2011)

-Jands Staging Get Technical with the State Theatre Centre of Western Australia

Jands Staging Get Technical with the State Theatre Centre of Western Australia

Located on the corner of Roe and William Streets in Northbridge, the State Theatre Centre of Western Australia features the 575 seat Heath Ledger Theatre and the flexible performance space, Studio Underground, capable ...More

(8/2/2011)

-Europe's Biggest Open-Air Festival Gets DiGiCo Treatment

Europe's Biggest Open-Air Festival Gets DiGiCo Treatment

The Donauinselfest -- or Danube Island Festival -- is a huge, free annual event that attracts millions of visitors to Vienna each June. This year, rental company Concept Solutions provided two DiGiCo SD8s for the ...More

(8/2/2011)

-Clay Paky Selected by Global Luxury Brand Billionaire for Exclusive Istanbul Nightclub

Clay Paky Selected by Global Luxury Brand Billionaire for Exclusive Istanbul Nightclub

Istanbul has emerged as one of the world's richest cities, home to the fifth highest number of billionaires, behind Moscow, New York, Hong Kong and London. Now the Turkish metropolis has become home to the latest incarnation of Billion ...More

(8/2/2011)

-TiMax2 SoundHub Helps Sculpt Andromache Soundscape

TiMax2 SoundHub Helps Sculpt Andromache Soundscape

Necessary Angel Theatre Company's production of Racine's Andromache, part of Toronto's prestigious Luminato Festival, was more soundscape design commission than conventional theatrical sound design, and made ...More

(8/2/2011)

-Colour Sound at Secret Garden Party, UK

Colour Sound at Secret Garden Party, UK

West London, UK based lighting rental company Colour Sound Experiment supplied site wide lighting, projection and AV for the Secret Garden Party festival -- one of the UK's original boutique style events, a celebration of ...More

(8/1/2011)

-XL Video Group Holdings Announces New Investor

XL Video Group Holdings Announces New Investor

XL Video Group Holdings has secured major new investment for the XL Group representing 19 million Euros. Gimv-XL, an independent European investment company with over 30 years experience in private equity and venture ...More

(8/1/2011)

-Royal Shakespeare Theatre Shortlisted for RIBA Stirling Prize

Royal Shakespeare Theatre Shortlisted for RIBA Stirling Prize

Earlier this year, the Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RST), along with 97 other architectural projects, won a 2011 Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Award. Six of the 97 projects went on to be shortlisted for the St ...More

(8/1/2011)

-Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas Focuses on Projection Technology

Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas Focuses on Projection Technology

Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas (SILV) recently held Video Projection Week, led by lighting designer Brian Gale, of the firm NYX design. The gear involved in the week's activities included a 12' x 16' LED wall, ...More

(8/1/2011)

-The Week in Review

The Week in Review

Sustainable Theatres at PLASA News of another interactive new feature area at PLASA 2011 has been announced. The Theatres Trust will return to PLASA 2011 with an expanded version of its innovative Ecovenue feature, the area ...More

(8/1/2011)

-Jands Vista V2 at 31st Vienne Jazz Festival

Jands Vista V2 at 31st Vienne Jazz Festival

A Jands Vista T2 lighting console running the new Vista v2 software was used to control all the moving, conventional ,and LED lighting on the main stage at the 31st Vienne Jazz Festival in France. A Vista i3 console, also ...More

(8/1/2011)

-Renkus-Heinz at Alabama's New Von Braun Center

Renkus-Heinz at Alabama's New Von Braun Center

The Von Braun Center, in Huntsville, Alabama, has been a cultural nexus of this city for more than 35 years. The center includes a performing arts complex, a playhouse, multiple exhibit halls and meeting areas, as well as its ...More

(8/1/2011)

-Take That Tours with DiGiCo

Take That Tours with DiGiCo

Take That's Progress Live tour currently features no fewer than four DiGiCo SD7 mixing consoles.
Taking in 36 stadium dates across the UK, Ireland, and Europe, the tour's sound gear has been supplied by Capital ...
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(8/1/2011)

-4Wall Entertainment Invests in Martin Professional LED Panels

4Wall Entertainment Invests in Martin Professional LED Panels

Full-service event equipment company 4Wall Entertainment recently added a large quantity of Martin Professional EC-20 and LC Series LED panels to its lighting inventory, a purchase that also includes multiple Martin P3 ...More

(8/1/2011)

-Iluminarc at Mute Meadow, Art Installation in Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Iluminarc at Mute Meadow, Art Installation in Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Iluminarc has announced the use of its Ilumipod Inground 36 IP in a public art installation in Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Known as Mute Meadow, the installation features sculptures, punctuating a river's edge, that ...
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(8/1/2011)

-CPL Builds Largest Christie MicroTile Wall in Europe

CPL Builds Largest Christie MicroTile Wall in Europe

UK AV specialist Central Presentations Ltd (CPL) created a new record at the 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed, by building the largest Christie MicroTile video wall yet for a temporary installation in Europe. ...More

(8/1/2011)

-Sydney Opera House Chooses d&b for its Drama Theatre

Sydney Opera House Chooses d&b for its Drama Theatre

Replacing old systems and improving capability through employment of new technology is all very well, but when the venue in question is a victim of its own success other considerations take precedence. "I've been doing this job for about ...More

(8/1/2011)

-Hard Rock Chicago Selects Allen & Heath iLive

Hard Rock Chicago Selects Allen & Heath iLive

The Hard Rock Café in Chicago recently upgraded to a full sound system to handle the steady stream of corporate and showcase concert events that are booked into the iconic restaurant and bar. Working with sound provider All ...More

(8/1/2011)

-Abbott Mixes The X Factor on Yamaha DM2000

Abbott Mixes The X Factor on Yamaha DM2000

The X Factor will make its U.S. debut on Fox September 21. The Simon Cowell-created show will be in a search across America to find the next global superstar or group who will ultimately win a $5 million dollar Sony ...More

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