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  COVID-19 Update, August 28, 2020: "Everybody is Going to Catch this Thing Eventually"
The quote above is from a senior White House official, commenting on the lack of social distancing measures at the White House during the president's acceptance speech. It also serves as a mission statement for the government's COVID-19 ...
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WeMakeEvents North America Advocates for The Restart Act and ExtendPUA.org In Over 50 Cities On September 1
#WeMakeEvents #RedAlertRESTART #ExtendPUA
It has come to the event organizer's attention that a rumor has been circulated suggesting a postponement, or cancellation, of the highly anticipated #RedAlertRESTART event on Tuesday ...
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WorldStage Introduces Digital Oasis, The Meeting Industry's First End-to-End Solution For Virtual Events
WorldStage announces Digital Oasis (https://www.worldstage.com/digital-oasis/), its new comprehensive online hosting solution for the live-event community. Digital Oasis offers ...
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CSD Group Completes Grace Bible's New Campus with Chauvet Professional
Excitement was in the air at Grace Bible Church on July 10, 2018 when the building committee presented their first official rendering of the house of worship's new 45,000 square foot Creekside campus.
For years, the dynamic church had ...
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Astera Illuminates "One-hundred Unseen" Installation
Bristol, UK-based production manager and lighting designer Tim Smith of TS-TS Productions utilized the power and practicality of Astera wireless lighting to illuminate his "One-hundred Unseen" an innovative high-impact live ...
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Robe Helps put Hands in The Air for L.A.B. Auckland Gig
The first live arena concert in the world since coronavirus silently spread global mayhem, was headlined by sizzling hot rising-stars L.A.B. at Auckland's Spark Arena, New Zealand, a momentous occasion offering the artists, their ...
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Kam Launch the "Quartet Eco" Multi-channel UHF Wireless Microphone System
The new Kam Quartet Eco is billed as a complete, easy to operate, professional multi-channel UHF wireless microphone system.
Four color-coded cardioid hand-held microphones are included in the KWMQ4E - Kam Quartet Eco package. ...
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AES Show Hits a Hip-Hop and R&B Beat
The upcoming AES Show Fall 2020 Convention will continue to break new ground for AES events as this year's presentation formats and programming offer innovative opportunities for all attendees. This year the Hip-Hop and R&B track, ...
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Kiloview MG300 Multi-Channel NDI|HX 4K Decoder Easily Bridges IP Protocols
Kiloview has launched the Kiloview MG300, an embedded, high performance, NDI|HX 4K transcoder UHD multi-channel media gateway.
The MG300 integrates functions such as multi-channel video decoding between NDI|HX, SRT, RTMP, RTSP, ...
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White Light Supplies The Warren's Outdoor Season
Taking place on a purpose-built site on the beach next to Brighton Pier, The Warren Outdoor Season opened earlier this month, offering a range of live comedy, theatre, cabaret, and family shows. Having supported the Brighton Fringe at The ...
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Gig Gear's New Cam-A-Lot Dual-Sided Video Conferencing Screen Features Wide Screen Shape
Gig Gear LLC -- manufacturer of accessories designed for AV techs and live entertainment production professionals -- has released its Cam-A-Lot, a dual-sided video conferencing screen that provides a clean background for gamers live ...
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COVID-19 Update, August 27, 2020: Back-to-School Blues
As the country confronts a series of new developments, including a hurricane, urban unrest, a sports boycott, and the Republican National Convention, the pandemic gets put on the media's back burner. But arguments are flying over the CDC' ...
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Howell Binkley Tribute Coming to 4Wall's Sunday Roundtable Series
4Wall Entertainment's Sunday Roundtable series will air a special episode to highlight the career of Howell Binkley as told by members of his team. Binkley, one of Broadway's most prominent lighting designers and two-time ...
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SAVI Launches SAVI 3 to Transform the Commercial AV Experience
SAVI Controls, designer and manufacturer of commercial AV control and automation solutions, introduces SAVI 3, the next generation AV control and automation solution designed to streamline installation, programming, and expense ...
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David Carroll Associates Appoints Three Key Positions
David Carroll Associates, AV/Technology systems design and integration company, has added three new positions to reflect the company's dramatic growth. Allen Mays has been promoted to the position of senior media engineer,
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AGMA and SDC Release Return-to-Work Playbook
American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) announce the wide release of the AGMA/SDC Return to Stage and Performing Arts Playbook.
"From the onset of this life ...
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Christopher Robin Reflects Emotions at Andy Davis Drive-In with Chauvet Professional
Familiar, comforting sights have often been obscured in the haze of the pandemic, a time of broken plans and lost connections. But like every crisis, the current one is also a great revealer. Forcing people into unfamiliar paths, it can ...
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Clear-Com Performs for MG Stage on Live Events and Sports Productions
Productions Any live event, especially sports where the action is spontaneous and rapid, presents unique communications challenges for technical crews. MG Stage is no stranger to overcoming the challenges of live event production, ...
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WXII Illuminates News Set with Brightline LED Fixtures
Brightline, a manufacturer of energy efficient lighting systems, announces WXII, the NBC affiliate owned by Hearst Television serving North Carolina's Greensboro/Winston-Salem/High Point market (DMA #49), used almost 40 Brightline ...
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Nugen Audio Delivers Unrestricted Creativity and Control for Re-recording Mixer Jonathan Wales
For over three decades, Warner Bros. re-recording mixer Jonathan Wales has created audio magic for numerous feature films, documentaries, and television shows. As content creation and technical specifications change, Wales finds ...
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Allen & Heath Scales New Heights with Dein Sommermoment
Allen & Heath dLive and SQ systems were at the heart of the AV solution for Dein Sommermoment -- a pair of livestreamed events hosted in the vertigo-inducing Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg.
Dominating the skyline over the city of ...
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Rain Pro Media chose Fulcrum Acoustic's CCX Series for The Pentacle Theatre
The Pentacle Theatre is a community theatre that seats just under 200 people. For more than 50 years, they have put together plays and musicals for a devoted community in Salem, Oregon. As live production technology continues to advance, ...
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Point Source Audio Partners with Studio Connections Australia
Studio Connections will be the new home for Point Source Audio's unique range of award-winning microphones and headsets in Australia. The move is a result of Point Source Audio looking to build on its strong reputation in the ...
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COVID-19 Update, August 26, 2020: It Ain't Over
A new government response to the pandemic emerges: Pretend it is over, that the disease is well in hand, and the prosperity is just around the corner. It's a gamble to be sure, but it appears to be where the president is laying all his ...
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West End Stars and Theatre's Technical Entertainment Companies Come Together to Support Industry Family
Each Wednesday from September 9 - 30, a dazzling line-up of the West End's most well-loved singers will perform alongside some of theatre's top musicians in West End Unplugged (live from L-Acoustics Creations), a series of four, ...
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Brompton Technology Provides at-a-glance Performance Assessment for LED panels
Brompton Technology announces the release of its DynaCal Reporting App which generates detailed, multi-language, browser-based reports that offer an objective assessment of a panel's performance based on accurate measurements using ...
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ARISTA Corporation Announces Projection Mapping Partnership with Fallout Zones LLC
ARISTA Corporation and Fallout Zones, LLC of Las Vegas, NV announce the formation of a strategic partnership to address the challenges and misconceptions common in the area of video projection mapping technology. By combining the ...
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Kiriakos Dimitriadis Creates Light Dance with ChamSys at Cavo Paradiso
Happy are those who get to sail the Aegean Sea. Visitors to Cavo Paradiso would have no argument with this sentiment uttered since the time of ancient Athens. Perched atop a granite outcrop overlooking the billowy Mediterranean embayment, ...
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Elation Sets the Scene on Pat McGann Comedy Special
As a light-hearted escape from the tribulations that mark everyday life at present, online comedy shows are experiencing a resurgence of popularity. Comedian Pat McGann's recently released special, Sebastian Maniscalco Presents ...
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Renkus-Heinz Steerable Loudspeakers Helps New York University Law School
New York University School of Law's Vanderbilt Hall is a 1950s-era building that sits along the corner of Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village. Since construction it has become an appreciated landmark of the village -- while also ...
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Sound Recordist Jack Goodman Takes Lectrosonics Skydiving with Hot Air Ballooning on The Tonight Show
When it comes to wireless, Jack Goodman gives "on air" a whole new meaning. One recent gig involved capturing audio for rapper and singer Dominic Fike, who jumped out of a plane to reveal his new album What Could Possibly ...
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EAW Speaker System Upgrade Lights the Lamp at Montreal's Centre Bell
Upgrading its PA system to provide a more unique and memorable experience for its fans and spectators, the Centre Bell, which is home to the NHL's Montreal Canadiens and hosts a range of live events, turned to EAW for the project. ...
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Shure Wireless Conferencing Technology Enables In-person Meetings with Social Distancing
The coronavirus pandemic has affected many areas of private and public life, forcing people to rethink established organizational structures and to adopt new working methods. This naturally also includes politicians, who make important ...
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University of Tasmania Chooses API Console
Designed as a state-of-the art learning space for the performing arts in Hobart, the new AU$110 million Hedberg Building at the University of Tasmania (UTas) has chosen a 48-channel API Legacy AXS analog recording and mixing console ...
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Zero 88's "Live at the Congress" Announces Latest Technologies are "Shipping Now"
UK lighting control manufacturer Zero 88 presented "Live from the Congress" a dynamic live stream highlighting the latest technologies in its control, data, and power product ranges and announcing that key products like the ZerOS ...
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COVID-19 Update: August 25, 2020: Warp Speed or Out of Control?
The White House's pedal-to-the-metal approach to delivering a COVID-19 vaccine looks increasingly risky. Meanwhile, the coronavirus spreads into the Midwest and Americans everywhere, without a new stimulus bill, are feeling the pinch. Be ...
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Michael Strickland Speaks Out on CNBC
In a potentially game-changing event, Michael Strickland, founder and CEO of Bandit Lites, took the industry's case nationwide this morning, appearing on CNBC Squawk Box. Appearing with Phil Erhart, for the band ...
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Robe MegaPointes Get Vertical in Kyiv
There is absolutely no lack of creativity or ideas when it comes to artists performing in the world of Covid-19 lockdowns and other restrictions.
In Kyiv, Ukraine, "Vertical Concerts" were initiated by rock band Green Grey who performed ...
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Audio Product Education Institute to Hold Supply Chain and Sourcing Introductory Webinar
The Audio Product Education Institute (APEI), an initiative of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) that is committed to furthering the knowledge and skills of professionals involved in the development of audio products, will present ...
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FloppyFlex LED Neon Tops Up CLUB K
When a client reaches out and tells you that they are tired of going to the club and they want the club to come to them, you obviously drop everything that can be dropped and create an in-home party room the likes of which have never been ...
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Supporting the Industry on the Road to Recovery - Prolight+Sound Guangzhou 2020 Concludes Successfully
Quality buyers and new business opportunities; amid a challenging global business environment and pandemic prevention and control measures in China, these were the key ingredients that exhibitors were pleased to find at Prolight+Sound ...
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DiGiCo's Quantum7 is the Audio Hub for the NBA's Season Restart
The NBA's 2019-2020 season looked like it was going to be one of the most exciting yet. However, it was interrupted on March 11 by the COVID-19-induced sports shutdown, just before its Playoff series was to begin in April. Instead, the NBA ...
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LSM Ambiocreateurs and Chauvet Professional Add Flavor To Montreal's Italian Week Livestream
The mouthwatering tastes and inviting aromas of panzerotti, scaccia, farinata di ceci (and of course, pizza), have been a favorite part of Italian Week for Québécois for over a quarter of a century. This year, COVID-19 restrictions ...
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Historic Warner Grand Theater Receives VUE al-8 line-array upgrade
The Warner Grand Theater, as it is known today, is an historic Art Deco theater that originally opened in 1931 as a Warner Bros. Theater. It was one of three similarly lavish Los Angeles area Art Deco movie palaces that were built for the ...
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Top Line Touring Drummer Jake Hayden Goes "All-In" to Create Home Studio with BAE Audio
Having spent the better part of the last 18 years as a touring musician drumming for artists like Missing Persons, Dorothy, Beth Ditto and many others, Jake Hayden has certainly earned the coveted distinction of "road ...
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White Light Supplies Blindness at Donmar Warehouse
Described as an immersive, socially-distanced sound installation, Blindness is a brand-new adaptation of Jose Saramago's novel which recently re-opened London's Donmar Warehouse. The production is one of the first to be staged post ...
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Tauranga Elim Church Equips New Facility with Stunning Sound Using Harman Professional Solutions
To enhance its new facility with pristine sound for worship services and other events, Tauranga Elim Church selected a Harman Professional audio solution that includes JBL Professional loudspeakers and Crown amplification. ...
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COVID-19 Update, August 24, 2020: The FDA Under Fire
Looking for a political win after a bad week and in advance of the GOP convention, the president mixes in with the FDA, forcing the approval of a new treatment that gets mixed reviews at best; at least it isn't hydroxychloroquine. ...
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Canadian Day of Visibility for the Entertainment and Events Industry
CITT/ICTS shares the following:
"Dear live event workers, event venues, and companies,
"We were the first out of our jobs, and all indications are that we will be the last back. Many people are facing choices between food and ...
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Antari Lighting and Effects USA Releases Air Guard Line, Awarded FDA Registration
Antari Lighting and Effects USA, best known for its extensive lines of fog machines, has recently been awarded FDA registration for its product collection of antibacterial fogging machines, Air Guard. ...
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SurgeX Introduces Line of UPS Solutions with Built-In Isolation Transformers
SurgeX, a provider of advanced power protection, diagnostic intelligence, remote monitoring, and cloud solutions, introduces its new family of UPS solutions with built-in Isolation Transformers ahead of CEDIA Expo Virtual 2020
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Australian Industry Donates Time, Expertise and Gear for Ekka
Brisbane's iconic Ekka show was cancelled this year due to COVID-19 but in a bid to lift spirits, the fireworks show went ahead thanks to the donation of fireworks, audiovisual, lighting, and programming by Skylighter Fireworks, NW ...
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Harford Sound Creates Subtle Livestream for Jazz Great with Chauvet Professional
"Music is the space between the notes," Claude Debussy famously observed. Fans of the legendary Carl Filipiak would readily agree with the 19th Century French composer on that. Since arriving on the scene in the late 1980s, the award ...
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Avolites and RZI Light Up New Orleans Entertainment Showcase
Avolites announces that it recently participated in the New Orleans Entertainment Showcase, a free five-day schedule of product demonstrations and personal training sessions hosted by RZI Lighting at its Euphrosine Street ...
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International House of Prayer of Kansas City Upgrades to Solid State Logic Live Series Consoles
On September 19, 1999, International House of Prayer of Kansas City (IHOPKC) founder Mike Bickle and 20 full-time "intercessory missionaries" began a prayer meeting that has continued around the clock to this day. To help meet the ...
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iHeartMedia Takes Radio Shows to New Heights with Verge Aero
iHeartMedia, the USA's largest radio station owner, called on Verge Aero's industry-leading drone show technology on August 15th to add some high-flying, high-impact visuals to local station Q102's broadcast announcement of its ...
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DPA Microphones: Reliable Sound in the Most Unpredictable Situations
When it comes to erratic documentaries and uncontrollable environments, production sound mixer Ben Nimkin turns to DPA Microphones to deliver clear, consistent audio for a variety of programs. Included among these are Fy ...
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First Bangor Presbyterian AV Upgrades with Martin Audio CDD
Originally dating back to 1623, the present First Bangor Presbyterian Church in Northern Ireland is a superb example of a traditional, early-Victorian Presbyterian meeting house.
When Rea Sound, who is based nearby, was first ...
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Christie Laser Projectors and Image Processing Solutions Transport Visitors at New Xpark Aquarium in Taiwan
Christie laser projectors and image processing solutions have raised the level of excitement and sense of immersion with spectacular projections at the newly opened Xpark Aquarium in Taipei City. ...
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COVID-19 Update, August 21, 2020: Figures in the Carpet
As summer winds down, Congress is stalled, the nation's attention is focused on political conventions, the live events industry gears up for action. But on this Friday, we find a series of developments that may be clues to the future. ...
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Eighth Day Sound Systems Inc. Joins Forces with Clair Global
Two world-renowned touring and sound reinforcement companies are joining forces to focus on building industry capabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic pause. Clair Global (Lititz, PA) has announced the acquisition of Eighth Day ...
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On-Stage Offers Professional-Grade Lighting with New VLD360 LED Ring Light Kit
On-Stage has rolled out the VLD360 LED Ring Light Kit that boasts professional-grade lighting at an affordable price point.
The USB-powered LED Ring Light ensures 360-degree flicker-free lighting and wide-angle light ...
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Robe iPointes for "My Light Shines On" in Edinburgh
"My Light Shines On" was a stunning large-scale light art installation designed by Kate Bonney and Simon Hayes from Lightworks, commissioned by the world's leading performing arts festival, Edinburgh International Festival, ...
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Ambience Without an Audience: Crossfade Design Lights Top Rank Boxing with Chauvet Professional
Crossfade Design was looking for a good audience wash last year when the firm redesigned the lighting for Top Rank Boxing's highly rated ESPN series. Shots of the crowd in the background, dressed in their finery, their faces animated with ...
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MultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems Certifies Neutrik's opticalCON DRAGONFLY
MultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems is an industry leader in signal conversion and fiber-optic-based transport systems for the broadcast, digital cinema, teleconferencing, Pro-AV, and related markets. With a rich assortment of offerings ...
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Riedel Managed Technology Staff Maintains Safe Social Distancing With New DisTag Distance Monitors
Riedel Communications' all-new DisTag distance monitoring device is playing an essential role in the company's gradual resumption of on-site operations. As employees of the Managed Technology Division return to work at Riedel's ...
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Bandit Illuminates Caylee Hammack's Debut Album Event at the Steel Mill
Caylee Hammack is used to making the most of a hard situation, so she wasn't about to let a pandemic stand in the way of her first album's debut. After experiencing heartbreak, losing a college scholarship and later her belongings ...
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ADJ Lighting and Video Sets The Stage For Diplo Show In Tahiti
At the end of November last year, thousands of people from across the Polynesian island of Tahiti gathered for the first annual Tiki Fest. Featuring an extensive line-up of performers, the event was headlined by international DJ and ...
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Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Church Dramatically Improves Intelligibility with Danley
After holding services in makeshift spaces for literally decades, the parishioners of Ascension of Our Lord Catholic Church were elated to finally have a 700-capacity church of their own in La Place, Louisiana. The year was 2001, but there ...
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Astera Announces Four New Nordic Distributors
Astera announces four new exclusive distributors for Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden reflecting the dynamics, diversity, and potential of these four key Nordic nations.
In Denmark, Astera will be represented by Light Partner ...
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Ayrton Appoints LSystemsPro LLC as its Exclusive Distributor for Armenia
Ayrton welcomes LSystemsPro LLC as its new exclusive distributor for Armenia. The new appointment takes place with immediate effect.
Based in the Armenian capital of Yerevan, LSystemsPro is the country's leading company for ...
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COVID-19 Update, August 20, 2020: Red Alert
It's getting tougher out there. People, deprived of enhanced unemployment, are having to choose between food and paying the rent. We hear that negotiations continue in Congress, but a solution is, at best, weeks away. We've urged you to ...
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Meyer Sound MAPP 3D Software Tool Adds New Dimensions to Audio System Design
Meyer Sound announces the release of MAPP 3D, the most extensive upgrade to its industry-standard system design tool since the original MAPP Online software program was introduced in 2001. MAPP 3D works on both the Mac and Windows ...
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Set the Stage with New Vantis Pendant Controller
J.R. Clancy's Vantis Pendant Controller is the newest rigging motion controller from Wenger Corporation.
"This is part of our new generation of rigging controllers," says Patrick Finn, product manager for Wenger ...
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Remee Wire & Cable Introduces Cat6A Cables with Reduced Diameters
Remee Wire & Cable, a manufacturer of electronic wire and cable, introduces new Category 6A cables with reduced diameters that meet or exceed all TIA standards. The smaller size provides a number of advantages for installation, ...
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Verotec's Versatile EMC and Standard 19" Rack Cases
Rack cases are a key building block of rack mounting systems, enabling electronic, electric and electro-mechanical sub-systems and assemblies to be mounted easily in any standard 19" enclosure. For non-adjustable requirements they will be ...
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Rafael Mendoza and Artiste Picasso Light Ballet's Premiere Dancers
Mexican ballerina Elisa Carrillo, principal dancer at the Staatsballett Berlin and 2019 winner of ballet's top prize, the Prix Benois de la Danse, traveled to her country of origin to present a series of ballet performances called " ...
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AES Show Fall 2020 Convention to Feature Marquee Event with Imogen Heap
The Audio Engineering Society (AES) announces that audiological innovator Imogen Heap will present the featured Marquee Event: "An Intimate and Compelling Journey to the Amazing World of Imogen Heap" at the upcoming AES Show ...
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Warner Grand Theatre Gets Grander with Dynamic DiGiCo Duo
Golden Age Hollywood movie mogul Jack L. Warner called it "The Castle of Your Dreams." The Warner Grand Theatre is the last of a series of classic Southern California Art Deco-Moderne cinema palaces from the 1930s designed by ...
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Successful Virtual Production Showcase Uses ROE Visual LED Screens
With the demand for virtual production space steeply rising, ETC and MMC Studios organized an informative event to update their clients on the latest available technology and hardware, involved in creating successful virtual film ...
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Creative BackStage Lights "Livestream Learning Lab" with Chauvet Professional
Accustomed to lighting and supplying production to large festivals and live music venues, John Garberson was concerned that the smaller livestream production area he put together in his company's warehouse after the COVID-19 ...
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Zero 88 Live at The Congress
UK lighting control manufacturer Zero 88 stages a product awareness live stream airing on Monday, August 24 which will be broadcast from The Congress Theatre, Cwmbran which is the nearest local theatre venue to the manufacturing ...
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The New Reality of Live Events and Virtual Studios Heightened by LED Video
Technology developments in filmmaking have deeply broadened the spectrum of what is visually possible and have also taken the live event experience to all new heights. With the implementation of high-resolution LED video environments that ...
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COVID-19 UPDATE, August 19, 2020: The Do-Over
The Senate isn't back in session, but the GOP moves to restart negotiations on a stimulus bill; the plan on offer isn't likely to excite the Democrats, but stay tuned, as anything can happen. Meanwhile leading Democrat Chuck Schumer ...
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NEW DATE: #WeMakeEvents #RedAlertRESTART to Light 1,500 Buildings in Red on Tuesday, September 1, 2020
#WeMakeEvents #RedAlertRESTART and #ExtendPUA represent a major call to action on Tuesday, September 1, 2020, imploring the US Congress to pass the RESTART Act (S.3814) as quickly as possible, offering economic relief to the ...
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In Memoriam: Sally Jacobs
Noted British theatre production designer Sally Jacobs has died of cancer, Lighting&Sound America has learned. She was 87.
A longtime associate of the director Peter Brook, she designed (among others) two of his most ...
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City Theatrical Track Tamers and Safer Sidearms Hardware Achieve CE Compliance
City Theatrical hardware products, Track Tamers and Safer Sidearms, are now CE certified and RoHS compliant. The safe working load (SWL) for all Track Tamers is 250lb when used in straight down position. The SWL for Safer Sidearms ...
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Ashly Audio Speaker Lineup Now Shipping Worldwide
The Ashly Audio is now shipping its two newest product lines, the AW Series and IS Series speakers.
"We introduced the speakers earlier this year as a response to the feedback we received from our integration partners," says ...
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Available Now: ADJ's Professional LED-Powered Ellipsoidals
ADJ introduces its new range of Encore Profile Pro professional LED-powered ellipsoidal fixtures, complete with a wide selection of lens options. Well suited for theatres and other performance spaces looking to embrace the power ...
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Visionary Solutions Introduces DUET 2 Encoder and Decoder
Visionary Solutions announces the release of the PacketAV DUET 2 Encoder and Decoder, the world's first AV-over-IP endpoints with built-in USB-C connectivity for distributing 4K UHD Video and Dante/AES67 over Gigabit Ethernet. ...
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Join members of Ed Sheeran's Live Touring Crew in Sennheiser's #DontStopTheEducation Series
Sennheiser's live Crew Calls continue with four members from Ed Sheeran's live touring crew: On September 8 at 2pm Eastern Time, Sennheiser hosts Andy Egerton and Tim Moore will welcome Chris Marsh (produc ...
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Environmental Lights Named to Inc. 5000 List Eight Years in a Row
Environmental Lights has been named to the Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America for the eighth year in a row.
The Inc. 5000 list recognizes the fastest-growing companies in America within the ...
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DiverZe Brings Color to Life at JumpSky Inflatable Park with Chauvet DJ
Colors, especially those that are unapologetically bright and bold, hold a special sway over the hearts and imaginations of children. Repeated scientific studies have shown that this is true. But one doesn't need to rely on high-powered ...
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BlacklineX Solution for Albania's Posh Lounge Party Venue
Prosound has equipped Albania's Posh Lounge with a Martin Audio BlacklineX loudspeaker solution.
Situated in Durrës, Albania's second city, on the Adriatic coast, the 400-capacity party venue was recommended to Martin Audio's ...
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Crest Audio Celebrates Inaugural Installation of Versarray PRO Line Array System
Crest Audio, a Peavey Commercial Audio brand, celebrates the inaugural installation of the Versarray PRO at The Mill on Etowah in Canton, Georgia. The fully articulating line array system with ribbon drivers provides a customized ...
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Adamson Welcomes Michigan's Allen Audio as Latest E-Series Partner
Based in the Metro Detroit area, Allen Audio Systems has offered client- and artist-focused sound reinforcement solutions for indoor and outdoor events in and around the state of Michigan for over 30 years. Now, with the addition of a ...
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COVID-19 Update: August 18: #WeMakeEvents
As the pandemic is largely obscured by the Democratic convention, the most interesting event is the appearance on those shores of #WeMakeEvents, the initiative started in the UK by PLASA and other industry organizations. Plans are ...
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City Theatrical RadioScan Now Shipping, and Training Webinar Registration Available
City Theatrical RadioScan Spectrum Analyzer, a 900MHz and 2.4GHz spectrum analyzer that allows users to easily visualize radio energy, is now available through City Theatrical dealers worldwide. RadioScan software program is ...
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JBL Professional Announces New VTX B28 Subwoofer
Harman Professional Solutions announces the JBL VTX B28 subwoofer. The VTX B28 is JBL Professional's next-generation dual 18" subwoofer, designed to complement the company's flagship VTX full-range sound reinforcement systems, and ...
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Audio-Technica Releases Limited-Edition AT2020V and AT2020USB+V Cardioid Condenser Microphone
Audio-Technica announces two limited-edition iterations of its AT2020 Cardioid Condenser Microphone featuring a reflective silver finish: the AT2020V (standard) and the AT2020USB+V (USB model). The visually striking finish is meant ...
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Tyler Introduces Lite Video Truss
Tyler Truss' introduces its Lite Video Truss. Features include metric lengths that correspond to LED specifications and a recessed, continuous backbone/chord that allows level, seamless rigging connections. ...
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Robe Gets UNLOCKED in Perth
Smiles and high spirits abounded at the HBF Stadium in Perth, Australia at the country's first large scale live music event since March!
UNLOCKED, staged mid-July, was possible due to the Western Australian state lockdown entering Phase ...
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The Elation Coffee Break Launches on Facebook Livestream
Elation Professional's European office recently launched The Elation Coffee Break on Facebook Livestream, an online presentation series that takes an up-close look at some of the company's most popular product series. ...
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CODA Pops up in The Living Room
The Studio 100 Pop-Up Theatre in Puurs, Belgium is the world's largest temporary show venue, and regularly plays host to large scale musical spectaculars. A flexible space with mobile seating for around 2,000, the 7,000 sq.m. auditorium ...
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Studio le 25 Creates Balanced Rig with Chauvet Professional
There is an elegant simplicity to the name "Studio le 25," since the tidy, bustling livestream production space, which has been in operation since April, is located at 25 Route de Jouy. A harmonious and balanced economy also ...
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LD Systems Presents Indoor Celebration of Houston's Shell Freedom Over Texas
How do you take a city-wide Independence Day festival -- with several stages, vendors, and exhibitions -- and move it inside a black-box theatre, and then attract more viewers on television and live streaming than in its 30-year history? < ...
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Anolis Illuminating the Base
Over 160 Anolis -- a Robe business -- LED luminaires have been used to illuminate public and connecting areas of the Les Bassins de Lumières, an imposing former World War II U-Boat bunker in Bordeaux, France. Originally known as "Bet ...
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Guitar Center Hires Mohit Parasher as President of Business Solutions
Guitar Center announces the hiring of Mohit Parasher to the position of president of Guitar Center's Business Solutions. In this new role, Parasher will be responsible to help drive both top- and bottom-line growth and ...
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COVID-19 Update: August 17, 2020: Return to DC
Speaker Nancy Pelosi reconvenes the House of Representatives to deal with the US Postal Service mess. Anyone for bringing back the Senate to deal with unemployment relief? Alas, no. But, as you can read below, plenty is going on -- much ...
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#WeMakeEvents #RedAlertRESTART to Light 1,500 Buildings in Red on Thursday, August 27
#WeMakeEvents #RedAlertRESTART and #ExtendPUA represent a major call to action, imploring the US Congress to pass the RESTART Act (S.3814) as quickly as possible, offering economic relief to the live events industry, which ...
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In Memoriam: Howell Binkley
Howell Binkley, one of the most distinguished theatre/dance lighting designers of his generation, died on Friday in Jacksonville, North Carolina, of lung cancer. He was 64. "He was just a special spirit," his widow, Joyce ...
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In Memoriam: Danny Franks
Danny Franks, a veteran lighting designer, who began his career during television's Golden Age, died from natural causes on July 13 at his home in New York, surrounded by his family. He was 96.
Born in 1923 in Mobile, Alabama, ...
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Fuze Wash FR LED Fresnel on August 19th Elation Innovation Hour
Elation Professional resumes its Innovation Hour virtual product launches August 19th with a look at a new automated LED Fresnel in the company's high-value Fuze series, the FuzeWash FR
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Environmental Lights' Scenic Sales Manager Rob Dempsey Selected for LEDs Magazine 40-Under-40 Class of 2020
Environmental Lights, a provider of LED lighting solutions, celebrates the selection of scenic sales manager Rob Dempsey to LEDs Magazine first 40-Under-40 Class.
The LEDs Magazine 40 Under 40 recognizes up ...
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Evolve Technology Launches Immerse to Develop xR, Immersive, and Interactive Solutions
Orlando, Florida-based Evolve Technology, which partners with clients to provide an extensive range of customized video rental, sales, and training solutions, has launched Immerse to develop immersive technology solutions and ...
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SiPA Reports "Clear Drive" for Sustainability after Webinar Success
A webinar designed to unite the live production industry in developing new working practices for a more sustainable approach has shown a "clear willingness" for change, according to The Sustainability in Production Alliance (SiPA) ...
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Westview Makes the Inc. 5000 List Second Year in a Row
Inc. magazine has again included entertainment, energy, and immersive technology solutions firm, Westview Productions, on its annual Inc.5000, the most prestigious ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies ...
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Chauvet Professional Lights Code Orange's Convergence of Time in Under The Skin Livestream
Time and place bend in unexpected, often unfathomable ways during the uncertain days of a pandemic. Cut off from the "normal" flow of events, people look to the future, exploring new forms of expression. Yet, as the pace of life slows, ...
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Robe at the #LightSARed Campaign
The South African entertainment industry unified
en mass for their August 5th #LightSARed "Code Red" activation ... to shout out the critical state of the live entertainment industry and its support infrastructure, which ...
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White Light Expands Its Full Technical Production Services
Following the recent announcement of a strategic partnership with SFL, alongside its appointment of several new roles, White Light (WL) is continuing to expand its production department, offering its customers the highest ...
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Rider Friendly Meets Eco-Friendly, d&b audiotechnik Announce Sale of Certified Pre-Owned Systems
German audio technology and solution company d&b audiotechnik announces its new Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) program offering customers the chance to purchase remanufactured d&b systems.
The program allows customers to reap the ...
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PRG's Annual Equipment Auction to be Held Online
Production Resource Group LLC (PRG), a global provider of entertainment and event technology solutions, announces that its annual auction of production equipment will be held on August 26 and 27. The auction, which is being ...
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Crew Nation Presenta Fundraising Concert Series Reinforced with L-Acoustics Audio
On July 15, Live Nation kicked off Crew Nation Presenta, a series of concerts at Madrid's famous Sala La Riviera featuring a lineup of renowned local artists. The concert series is raising funds for the Crew Nation Global ...
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COVID-19 Update: August 14, 2020: Playing Post Office
Congress adjourns without passing a stimulus bill, leaving millions of Americans dangling -- by which we mean subject to food and medicine shortages and the possibility of eviction, among other things. Meanwhile, the issue of stimulus ...
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Elation Expands High-value Fuze Series with Fuze Wash FR LED Fresnel
Designed as the perfect fusion of performance, features and value, Elation's Fuze series of LED fixtures has found a niche in the market whenever outstanding price:value is high on the list. Elation announces it is expanding the ...
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Brian Sullivan Joins NEP Group as Chief Executive Officer
NEP Group announces that Brian Sullivan will join the company as chief executive officer starting August 31. Sullivan brings more than 30 years of broadcast industry experience to NEP, having previously served in executive ...
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Calgary Performing Arts Center Recently Installing a d&b Loudspeaker System in Spectacular Lobby Areas
Arts Commons is one of Canada's largest and most vibrant arts centers. Located in the heart of Calgary's Cultural District in the downtown core, the center occupies a full city block and is home to five theatres and the world-class Jack ...
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Astera Gets COLOSSAL
COLOSSAL is a lively, dynamic, and inventive street theatre and performing arts company based in Wellington, New Zealand, founded by three highly creative individuals, brothers Zane and Degge Jarvie and Imogen Stone, ...
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TechLED Signals Production Park's Allegiance to the #WeMakeEvents Campaign Day of Action
As event professionals took to the streets of every major city across the UK on August 11, in support of the PLASA-led #WeMakeEvents campaign, TechLED Ltd. once again bathed Production Park, including the Studio and ...
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Custom Microphone Package is Sure-Fire Hit for Broadway's Hadestown
Anaïs Mitchell's spellbinding hit musical Hadestown has drawn world-renowned attention since making its highly anticipated Broadway debut at the Walter Kerr Theater last April. Directed by Rachel Chavkin, the show ...
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Alabama Church Upgrades Auditorium With New ADJ Lighting and Video System
Thriving and growing Daystar Family Church in Western Alabama hadn't improved their video and lighting system since moving into their current facility well over a decade ago. That changed this year when AVL integrator Narrow Road Pro ...
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Evan Antal Evokes Memories On Twiddle Roots Virtual Tour with Chauvet DJ
Twiddle has come a long way since the free-flowing jam band formed at Castleton State College fifteen years ago. Nurturing the quartet's growth on its trek to national prominence were frequent stops at Vermont's legendary live music venues ...
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Funktion-One's F5 Delivers at Prague's The Irish Times Bar
The Irish Times Bar in Prague's Old Town has become one of the first venues in the world to be installed with a Funktion-One F5 sound system. With residents all around, including directly above, owner Sean Curran sought a ...
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Christie Brings Cultural Artifacts to Life at the National Museum of Korea
The National Museum of Korea (NMK), the largest museum in Korea with over 220,000 objects in its collection, has chosen Christie's projection, image processing and SDVoE solutions to bring cultural artifacts to life in a new ...
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AudioPros Reps EAW Throughout Northeast Including Update and Metry NY
Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) has appointed AudioPros as its manufacturer's representative serving Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and both metro and upstate New York. This provides dealers, ...
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COVID-19 Update, August 13, 2020: Curtains?
There's no word from either side in the Congressional stimulus bill negotiations, but the president is pronouncing it dead, for reasons that are, shall we say, highly personal. Meanwhile, the number of US deaths is probably higher by 25% ...
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Jon Chavez Joins Amazing Industries as President
Systems polymath and entertainment industry veteran Jon Chavez has joined the Amazing Industries family as president, taking the wheel in Sales and New Business Development for the company. Chavez is a career technical ...
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Hydra Measurement System Starts Shipping Globally
Following the successful launch and positive feedback from the industry on its new Hydra measurement tool for LED panels, Brompton Technology announces that the highly anticipated system is now shipping globally. Among the first ...
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Prolyte Goes Red!
On August 11, Prolyte participated in the Nationwide Red Alert Campaign #WijMakenEvents (#We Make Events). Various buildings in the Netherlands lit their buildings bright Red, including municipalities, town halls, and ...
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SLLFX Helps The Hub at St. Mary's Go on Red Alert
Teams from SLLFX, JK Entertainments, and Pfphotographics joined forces to light The Hub at St. Mary's in Lichfield red. The event was part of a day of action from the UK live entertainment industry to highlight the challenges the ...
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Clearwing Systems Integration Installs Ayrton Diablos and Robert Juliat Roxies in Wisconsin High School
Clearwing Systems Integration (systems.clearwing.com) provided systems design and integration for the LED lighting upgrade, featuring Ayrton Diablo profile luminaires and Robert Juliat Roxie ...
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Fireworks by Grucci Spells it Out for MrBeast with Verge Aero Drone Show
Fireworks by Grucci, the latest partner company to invest in Verge Aero's high performance drone show technology, recently completed a project with a difference for YouTube superstar MrBeast when he decided to have a ...
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Meyer Sound Powers Extensive Upgrade at Australia's Adelaide Convention Centre
Widely recognized as one of the world's most flexible and technologically advanced meeting facilities, the Adelaide Convention Centre (ACC) in South Australia recently completed a AU$397 million redevelopment which included a major ...
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Music & Youth Initiative Outfits Remote Studio Setups with Focusrite for Distance Learning Programs
Music & Youth Initiative is a Boston-based nonprofit offering resources to afterschool programs (including Boys & Girls Clubs and others) to outfit their spaces with music facilities and curricula, with the goal of using music as a vehicle ...
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Genelec Delivers Premium Audio to New Headquarters of Renowned Nordic Consultancy Miltton
Miltton is a dynamic, forward-looking consultancy that has grown since its origins two decades ago to become a leading Nordic advisor in communications, leadership, marketing, insight, and stakeholder relations. The company has recently ...
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Ayako Yamauchi Calls on Nugen Audio Post Bundle for Gaming and Streaming Projects
Recording, editing, mixing, and mastering engineer Ayako Yamauchi is best known for her work in gaming, streaming, and TV/film. Having won multiple awards for her audio post-production work, Yamauchi's credits are filled with some ...
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NS Home Shopping Delivers Visually Stunning Consumer Experiences with Martin by HARMAN Lighting Solutions
NS Home Shopping Co., Ltd. recently collaborated with Hansam System and Harman Professional Solutions to uprade the existing lighting systems in their broadcast studios.
NS Home Shopping is a popular home shopping channel on ...
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Theatre in Review: Love, Noël: The Songs and Letters of Noël Coward (Irish Repertory Theatre Online)
"Strange how potent cheap music is." This line of dialogue, one of Noël Coward's most famous -- it's from Private Lives -- hardly applies to his own output, which long ago took its place among the crown jewels of the musical ...
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COVID-19 Update, August 12, 2020: Crickets on Capitol Hill
As the excitement over the choice Kamala Harris as the Democratic vice-presidential pick highjacks the news cycle, millions of Americans have run out of government relief and negotiations on a new bill remain stalled. And, at the moment, ...
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UK Event Industry Comes Together in Solidarity Under the #WeMakeEvents Campaign
Yesterday's #WeMakeEvents call to action focused on raising awareness for over a million professionals working in the technical side of the entertainment industry who have either lost, or are at imminent risk of losing their jobs -- ...
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Chauvet Takes a Holistic Approach to Online Demos
Chris Hale is working out of his garage in Ashford, Kent. Ritchie Reed is 180 miles away. Yet, both are coming together (virtually) every day to offer a valuable service to designers, programmers, event specialists, and integrators ...
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J4 Design Certified Repair Depot for A.C. Lighting Inc.
A.C. Lighting Inc. announces that J-4 DESIGN is now a Certified repair and warranty depot.
A.C. Lighting Inc. understands that there is a need for a United States based Repair Depot for their products. J-4 DESIGN is as committed ...
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Lowel Launches Professional Grade Century Stands
Lowel, a division of The Tiffen Company, has launched the Lowel 40" C-Stands, a motion picture and photography industry standard for go-to accessories in the studio or on location. The 40" double-riser shaft is outfitted with ...
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On-Stage Puts Safety First with Line of Microphone Cleansers
On-Stage, manufacturer of solutions for professional musicians, audio engineers, and touring professionals, has released the DSA8000 Microphone Cleanser and the DSA3200 Multi-Surface Cleanser Refill. ...
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Elation Lighting, Obsidian Control on American Ninja Warrior Season 12
On March 12, Season 12 filming of NBC's primetime series American Ninja Warrior was postponed in the middle of production in Los Angeles, and just one day before the reality competition was set to get underway beneath an Elation ...
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Martin Audio Lends Support to #WeMakeEvents Campaign
Martin Audio has been supporting the PLASA led #WeMakeEvents campaign which highlights the plight of the UK live events industry and the desperate need for additional Government support to this highly technical and specialized ...
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E2i Design Selects LynTec Power Control for New Northstar Church in Tennessee
LynTec is the chosen power solution provider for E2i Design's most recent houses of worship technology design and install, Northstar Church in Knoxville, Tennessee. Serving as the second facility and main worship center, the new ...
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The Gogue Performing Arts Center Pushes Boundaries with Pliant Technologies CrewCom
During the construction of The Jay and Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center at Auburn University, Taylor Dyleski, director of production, was searching for a coms partner to deploy and install an intercom solution for the large ...
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Bandit Lights Elvie Shane Virtual Radio Tour
Launching a national radio promotional tour in the midst of a pandemic is not an easy task, but rising country newcomer Elvie Shane is no stranger to hard work. With his blue collar upbringing and Gospel-bred roots, the BBR Music ...
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Thai Bank's Impressive Auditorium Sees Returns from Dante-Backed Audio System
The Bangkok headquarters of TMB -- previously known as the Thai Military Bank -- is a 33-story building located in the Chatuchak district of the city. Inside the facility is a 500-seat, multi-purpose auditorium on its seventh floor that ...
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COVID-19 Update: August 11, 2020: Disunited States
The president's executive orders regarding pandemic relief are looking more and more like mirages, impossible to implement and of little real value. Indeed, their main effect has been disunion and dissatisfaction. Meanwhile, the effects of ...
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Call to Action: Congress Needs to Hear from You Now
Attention Industry People:
It's time to act, and we mean now.
As you probably know, Congressional negotiations over the new stimulus bill are stalled. The executive orders signed by the president over the weekend are most likely ...
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Calling All Southern Californians: Take Part in an Industry Day of Action August 12
Calling All Southern Californians: Take Part in an Industry Day of Action August 12 Attention all live events industry members in Southern California:
Join your colleagues in One Voice: A Day for Action in Los Angeles, August 12 from 5 ...
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Elation's Artiste Mondrian Now Available
Now in stock and shipping is Elation's Artiste Mondrian LED profile FX luminaire, billed as a high-impact lighting solution for any application requiring powerful beam ...
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Waves Now Shipping the WRC-1 Wi-Fi Stage Router
Waves Audio is now shipping the WRC-1 WiFi Stage Router, an advanced rack-mountable wireless router, designed specifically for pro-audio applications such as on-stage IEM control. The WRC-1 is ideal for use with the Waves MyMon in ...
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Tekvox Launches ShareView Video Conferencing PC
Tekvox has introduced the ShareView Video Conferencing PC (P/N 78402), a one-box solution that combines a powerful videoconference-ready PC, Tekvox's ShareView software, and the TEK-PC software-based system controller in a compact ...
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Matthews' Intro's Gobo Plate Mounting Adapter
Matthews Studio Equipment solves another real world issue with the new Gobo Plate. The versatile mounting adapter offers a quick, practical and inexpensive solution that's sure to save time and energy when attaching various grip ...
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AVDG Appoints Timothy Hill as General Manager of AVDG's Eastern US Operations
AVDG announces the appointment of industry veteran Timothy Hill, CTS-I, CTS-D, CCDA, to the position of general manager of the company's Eastern US operations. The announcement was made by Doug Carnell, vice president ...
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TSE Trainee Project Highlights New Talent
Berlin, Germany-based full service live event and technical production specialist TSE AG has been utilizing the unexpected downtime of the pandemic in a number of constructive ways including professional development and launching a new ...
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Studio Lab Recreates Historic Palace Theatre Virtually With Chauvet Professional
Stepping inside the Palace Theatre with its sweeping curves and imposing balcony has long been a special treat for New Englanders. On July 15, thousands of them got to enjoy this experience again on a virtual level during a livestreamed ...
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Bespoke Martin Audio Upgrade for Armagh Planetarium
Occupying around 14 acres of landscaped grounds known as the Armagh Astropark, and flanked by the Armagh Observatory, Armagh Planetarium, is presently undergoing a major multi-phased renovation as part of the Education Authority Northern ...
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DPA 4097 Core Micro Shotgun Finds Additional Role as a Plant Mic
DPA Microphones' new 4097 CORE Micro Shotgun Microphone is being widely adapted into the television and film production world as a plant mic solution. Featuring the same sonic qualities as the brand's supercardioid 4097 CORE Choir ...
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LEA Professional Makes a Big Splash at New Swim, Sports, and Recreation Center in Poland
The town of Tomaszów Lubelski in south-eastern Poland is home to a new, state-of-the-art sports and recreation center. The center includes a large swimming pool, smaller recreational pool, 60m slide, multiple exercise rooms, and a café. ...
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Thai Metropolitan Electricity Authority Elevates Its Meeting Spaces with Harman Professional Solutions
To elevate experiences of its meeting spaces with world class AV solutions, the Metropolitan Electricity Authority collaborated with Mahajak Development Co., Ltd to install Harman Professional Solutions networked AV and lighting ...
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COVID-19 Update: August 10, 2020: Cognitive Dissonance
Now what? Congressional negotiations over the stimulus bill come a crashing halt. The president issues executive orders that are a) incomplete, b) probably impossible to implement, and c) almost certainly unconstitutional. Meanwhile, the ...
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NAMM Announces Believe in Music Week, The Global Gathering to Unite and Support the Industry
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, and with the health and safety of NAMM members as the first priority, NAMM is reimagining how to connect all facets of the industry while benefiting those most deeply impacted by COVID-19 with ...
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Chauvet Expands US Operations with New Las Vegas Facility
Chauvet has doubled its capacity to serve customers in the west region of the US by opening a 35,000-sq.-ft. satellite facility in Las Vegas. The new office-warehouse-service center complex is twice the size of the company's West ...
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"Throw Us a Line" on Tuesday, August 11
On Tuesday, August 11, the live events industry across the UK will come together in solidarity to host a series of creative action to help save the live events and entertainment sector, which is on the verge of collapsing without ...
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The Nashville Engineer Relief Fund and AES Nashville Section Present "Shine On"
The Nashville Engineer Relief Fund (NERF) and AES Nashville Section announce "Shine On -- The Making of And We All Shine On: A Tribute to John Lennon from Music City" -- a free online event rediscovering the music ...
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New EcoFlex Four-in-One LED Neon from Environmental Lights
Environmental Lights, a provider of LED lighting solutions, announces the launch of EcoFlex Four-in-One LED Neon.
EcoFlex Four-in-One LED Neon is an LED-based replacement for traditional neon that provides more color options ...
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Harman Professional Solutions Elevates Ben Payne to Lead Martin Professional Lighting Sales in EMEA
Harman Professional Solutions appoints Ben Payne as the head of sales for Martin Professional Lighting in EMEA. Payne will draw on his expertise to strengthen long-term relationships with distributors, customers and ...
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Hock Thang Joins Visionary Solutions
Visionary Solutions, a provider of high-quality network AV solutions, has appointed industry veteran Hock Thang to the newly created position of APAC regional sales manager.
Thang joins Visionary Solutions after more ...
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Lights to Showcase Appreciation: Westview Light Show Encourages Message of Hope and Gratitude
"The Loop", a public architectural feature in downtown Long Beach, California, recently joined the nightly neighborhood celebration to honor first responders with a spectacular light show.
With original content design by Ryan ...
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Musica in Giro Orchestra Concert in the Streets of Florence
On Saturday August 1, 2020, the first concert of the Musica in Giro was held behind closed doors at the Verdi Theater. The format, created by Luigi D'Amico, was in collaboration with Stefano Zaccaria VP global sales and marketing of K ...
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Trinity Broadcasting Network Turns to Bandit Lites for Five Shows in Five Days
Producing fresh content this summer has proved to be a challenge for some networks, but Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN) the world's largest Christian television network and America's most-watched faith-and-family channel had faith it ...
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"Hold Tight" Taking Chinese Man 360 Audio with Dual Solid State Logic System T S500 Control Surfaces
Since 2004, Chinese Man has been one of the most innovative bands on the French trip hop scene. Originally from Aix-en-Provence, the now Marseille-based band blends a potent mix of hip-hop, funk, dub, reggae and jazz together with a big ...
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Steve 'N' Seagulls Traveling Light and Playing Hard with dLive Wings
With Finland allowing live events within government restrictions, the nation's favorite country artists, Steve 'N' Seagulls continue to do what they do best, touring the country with the bluegrass reworkings of rock and metal anthems ...
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Love Joy Church Finds a Lot of Love and Joy in Its New Danley Sound System
Love Joy Church has been serving the spiritual needs of its Buffalo, New York congregants since the early 1980s. It has grown considerably from its modest living-room-based, Bible-Study roots and today occupies a beautiful 600-person ...
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Hi-Tech Media Partners with Renkus-Heinz to Bring Premium Loudspeakers to Russia
Renkus-Heinz, manufacturer of professional loudspeakers, is partnering with Hi-Tech Media to bring premium sound offerings to Russia. The move puts Renkus-Heinz solutions in the hands of more integrators and end users -- ...
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COVID-19 Update: August 7, 2020: On Deadline
The self-imposed deadline for an agreement on the pandemic stimulus bill arrives, and it looks like Congress will have to cool its heels in DC, because the parties remain far apart. The economy shows more troubling signs. And the ...
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Legislative Update: Negotiations Continue for a Stimulus Bill
Even as Congressional negotiations for a new stimulus bill seems to have stalled, Representative Nancy Pelosi and Senator Mitch McConnell are doubling down on their determination to get something that will pass both houses.< ...
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#DontStopTheEducation: Panel on Virtual Concert Production with Steel Panther's Crew
The Sennheiser SoundAcademy will host a new roundtable session with American rock band Steel Panther's team on August 11, 2020. The "Rockdown in the Lockdown" panel will discuss the band and crew's approach to planning, production, ...
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QSC Announces Quantum Level 1 Training Course
QSC announces it is adding a new course to its robust training portfolio -- Quantum Level 1 Training. This advanced course goes beyond the basics of QSC system design and equips the system integrator with best practices and ...
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Soundstar Makes Robe Investment
Swedish full production and rental company Soundstar, based in Skövde, invested in some of Robe's MegaPointes and Spiiders at the end of last year as they needed lighting fixtures with "more punch" than their rental stock at the ...
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Prolight + Sound Guangzhou 2020 Adds "Safe Event Reopening" Topics to its Program
The safe reopening of large-scale entertainment events will be a major challenge facing AV and events professionals going forward. New regulations will influence the way we create live event experiences in the future. In addition to health ...
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L-Acoustics K2 a Home Run for Dodger Stadium
Recently wrapping up a multi-faceted renovation, its most significant project since 2013, Dodger Stadium has now become one of the best-sounding sports venues in the country thanks to the new L-Acoustics K2 line source array sound ...
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Astera Titan Solution for Hozier Comic Relief Video Shoot
Peter Canning from Dublin-based lighting and visual design specialist High Res specified 24 x Astera Titan Tube wireless LED fixtures to provide highly atmospheric lighting for an eye-catching video featuring singer Hozier ...
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"Good Guys" Invest In ADJ AV4IP LED Video Screen System
At the beginning of the summer, long-established entertainment and event technology supplier Good Guy Productions invested in a significant number of ADJ's AV4IP LED video panels. Part of a long-term plan, and the next step in the ...
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City Folk Festival, Ottawa Relies on Broadweigh for Load and Windspeed Monitoring
Broadweigh is once again the load monitoring system of choice for City Folk Festival 2020. The event is currently scheduled to take place on The Great Lawn at Landsdowne Park in Ottawa between the September 17 - 20 but the situation ...
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Agstafa Agro Benefits from Martin Audio WPM
Based in Azerbaijan, PROAV recently carried out a new sound design at the Agstafa Agro Industrial Complex in Agstafa City, specifying Martin Audio's Wavefront Precision Mini (WPM) line array.
PROAV managing partner, Elshan ...
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Clear-Com Issues Refresh Kits for Sanitization of High-Touch Headsets
Clear-Com has developed comprehensive kits for the effective sanitization of five of their most popular headset models, including CC-300, CC-400, CC-110, CC-220, and CC-26K. Cleaning and disinfecting high-touch equipment is ...
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CQUniversity Introduces Unified AV Streaming Experience with Systems from Harman Professional Solutions
To future-proof classroom AV technology at CQUniversity, Videopro, have installed a state-of-the-art Harman Professional AV solution that includes AMX SVSI Networked media systems.
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COVID-19 Update, August 6, 2020: Behind Closed Doors
Congressional negotiations over the stimulus bill continue, but progress is elusive, and nobody seems to know what is happening in the room with Mark Meadows, Steven Mnuchin, Nancy Pelosi, and Chuck Schumer. A Friday deadline looms, and ...
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Registration Now Open for #WeMakeEvents Day of Action on August 11
The #WeMakeEvents campaign, which is raising the alarm for the live events and entertainment sector, has organized a day of action across London and the UK on August 11. A series of events will call on the government to "Throw us a Line" ...
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Elation Professional Launches New Online Learning Center
Although the Covid-19 pandemic has had a dramatic effect on our lives and industry, lighting professionals are taking the downtime as an opportunity to educate themselves and prepare for the eventual reopening. Elation Professional ...
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Show Sage Now Shipping Display Servers
Great news for video display server and WATCHOUT users wrestling with long cable runs or tight spaces. Show Sage is now shipping display servers with native HDBaseT outputs in 4- and 6-output versions. Using HDBaseT Alliance ...
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Hosa Announces New SuperSpeed USB-C Cables
Hosa Technology, Inc., provider of analog and digital connectivity solutions for the modern musician, introduces two new cables featuring USB-C connectors. The USB-306CC USB 3.1 Gen 2 Cable features USB-C connectors on both ends ...
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Two More ESTA Draft Standards Now in Public Review
Two more ESTA draft standards, BSR ES1.7-202x, Event Safety - Weather Preparedness, and BSR E1.4-2, Entertainment Technology - Statically Suspended Rigging Systems, are now available for public review until September 21, ...
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G.I.S. Sound and Light Brings Rijeka's Town Center Back To Life with Help from ChamSys
For centuries, Trg Rijecke Rezolucije has stood as the "town square," and cultural hub of this bustling port city, hosting events, concerts, and rallies. But with the outbreak of COVID-19 and the ensuing ban on public gatherings, the ...
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Prolyte Delivers Arc Roof to E2 Event Engineering in Austria
Prolyte announces it has set a new record, taking only 14 days to fulfill an order; from order to shipping, the product was a new arc roof delivered to E2 Event Engineering in Austria.
More or less spontaneously, E2 Event ...
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Damian Taylor Employs Focusrite Red and RedNet Products at His New LA Facility
When six-time GRAMMY-nominated record producer, engineer, mixer and remixer, songwriter and programmer Damian Taylor relocated from Canada to Los Angeles, he took the opportunity to streamline his production workflow. At Studio ...
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PWL Gets Lucky with Wheel of Fortune
Entertainment design specialist Painting with Light (PWL) created and supplied a spectacular lighting and video design plus lighting control including programming and operating, together with bespoke integration of lighting / ...
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Nodeul Live House Enhances Events by Upgrading to Harman Professional Audio Solution
To offer guests an unforgettable experience during concerts and other live events, the Nodeul Live House upgraded its sound system by hiring integrators, TechDataPS Co., Ltd. and All That Sound, to design and install a Harman ...
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Audio-Technica Launches New Redesigned Website
Audio-Technica announces the launch of its newly redesigned website at www.audio-technica.com. The site creates a completely new user experience for the Audio-Technica brand and was ...
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CT Middle East Invest In The Latest Communication Technology
CTME now have a fully established Integrated Networks team who are on hand to deliver specialist event communications across their wide range of projects. The department which is headed up by Rob Turner has some of the Middle ...
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COVID-19 Update, August 5, 2020: Waiting for Stimulus
Negotiations continue for a stimulus bill; we hear that progress if being made, if slowly, with enhanced unemployment as the biggest bone of contention. Meanwhile, infections rise up in some places and decline in others, deaths continue ...
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LDI 2020 is Canceled; Dates Announced for 2021
In a move that will surprise very few, LDI 2020 has been canceled. The trade show was scheduled for October 23 - 25. The 2021 edition is scheduled for November 19 - 21, 2021, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. ...
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Jazmin Moreno Joins 64 Audio as Chief Marketing Officer
64 Audio, a provider of custom and universal fit in-ear monitors, announces the appointment of Jazmin Moreno as chief marketing officer. Moreno will lead 64 Audio's worldwide marketing, sales, and communications ...
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Acclaim Lighting Introduces Second Generation, High Output Dyna Accent Color and White
Acclaim Lighting, a provider of innovative and advanced lighting technology, introduces Dyna Accent Color and Dyna Accent White, high output, outdoor rated, LED floodlights with an onboard DMX+RDM driver. Each unit carries Acclaim ...
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How a Technology Firm Pivoted During Unprecedented Times
Moorestown, New Jersey-based Starlite Productions International, Inc. is making the most of the challenges presented by the coronavirus pandemic. The company -- a local tech firm providing commercial audiovisual and lighting ...
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Shure Expands Axient Digital Portfolio with New AD3 Plug-On Transmitter
Shure's Axient Digital Wireless System has established itself as the go-to industry standard for premium, flawless audio. Whether it's a live, on-stage performance or a high-stakes broadcast to millions of viewers, Axient Digital ...
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ESTA's Second Event Safety Standard Approved by ANSI's Board of Standards Review
On July 6 ANSI's Board of Standards Review approved another ESTA Technical Standards Program standard: ANSI ES1.9 - 2020, Crowd Management. This standard -- the second to be published in a series of event safety guidance ...
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Meyer Sound Summer Webinar Program to Wrap with Grateful Dead Round Table
Meyer Sound's Summer Webinar Program will wrap with a final "Festival Friday" round table session featuring the decades-long sonic explorations of Meyer Sound with the Grateful Dead and their related bands. The round table ...
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Brompton Technology Processing Helps TDC Deliver Australia's First Full Virtual Production for TV Commercial
Australia's leading supplier of video technology and production for the live events and entertainment industry, TDC - Technical Direction Company, was approached by production company Exit Films to work together on ...
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4Wall Provides Lighting and Video Gear for GUM Studios' Virtual Production Studio
GUM Studios is an established multi-location film stage and equipment rental facility with production capabilities in the New York Metropolitan - Tri State Area area. GUM Studios caters to production companies, advertising ...
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Houserasten's Forest Showcase in Germany Showcases DJ Morten Heuer with Claypaky Mini-B LED Moving Lights
Cube Entertainment in Rostock, Germany selected Claypaky Mini-B fixtures for the Forest Showcase with psytrance DJ Morten Heuer at the Housersten electronic dance music club tour in northeast Germany. Due to COVID-19, this ...
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API Consoles Chosen for Prestigious New Clive Davis Institute Campus in Brooklyn
The Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts has purchased a 32-channel API Legacy AXS console with Final Touch automation, plus two The BOX consoles, for its new campus in ...
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Harlequin Floors Opens New European Distribution Center
Harlequin Floors has launched its new manufacturing plant and distribution center in Liège, Belgium.
The new 2,000 sqm plant based in Liège will manufacture Harlequin Liberty sprung floor panels and will ensure an even faster ...
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COVID-19 Update, August 4, 2020: Holding Patterns
There's no agreement on a stimulus bill. Schools are reopening -- bumpily at best -- or they aren't but the president insists they must. And, in a shocking interview, he reveals how little he understands about the pandemic. Today, real ...
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Stimulus Update: Corporate CEOs Push for RESTART Act
Michael Strickland, of Bandit Lites, reports to LSA that a letter, written by former Starbucks chairman and CEO Howard Schultz and signed by more than 100 CEOs from businesses large and small, may help cause a ...
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#LightItInRed Supports #WeMakeEvents Red Alert Campaign
UK-based grassroots campaign initiative #LightItInRed is part of the August 11th "Red Alert" day of action being organized and coordinated by #WeMakeEvents and PLASA (the Professional Lighting & Sound Association).< ...
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LEDucation 2020 Provides Valuable Platform with First-Ever Virtual Trade Show and Conference
The LEDucation 2020 Virtual Trade Show and Conference begins in a few weeks. New registrants still have time to sign up for the lighting industry's first-ever virtual trade show and conference. ...
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Gena Buhler Joins Theatre Projects as Head of New Business Development for North America
Theatre Projects is excited to announce the addition of Gena Buhler in the new position of head of new business development, North America. Buhler brings over 20 years' experience in event production, venue management, ...
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Geoff Stock Joins the IWEISS Team
IWEISS announces that Geoff Stock has joined the company's team as a project manager. Stock has held tenure at both Grand Stage and J.R. Clancy and he brings over 20 years of experience in entertainment rigging to IWEISS. ...
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Ewan Smith Appointed President of Electrosonic Inc. and Bryan Hinckley Global VP of Immersive Experiences
Electrosonic Group announced that Ewan Smith had been appointed president of Electrosonic Inc. and Bryan Hinckley as global vice president for immersive experiences.
Smith will be joining Electrosonic from ...
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Shure Introduces SLX-D Digital Wireless System
Whether it's a high-school theatre production, corporate meeting, or a Sunday service, live events need to deliver flawless audio and require products that are straightforward to setup and use. Wireless microphones face additional ...
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Renkus-Heinz' Iconyx Compact Series Adds ICC 24/3 -- More Power and Flexibility for Medium-Sized Integrations
Renkus-Heinz, manufacturer of professional loudspeakers, announces the latest product in its new Iconyx Compact Series: the Iconyx Compact 24/3-RN -- a solution bringing the benefits of Renkus-Heinz' Iconyx family to a smaller ...
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Powersoft Pledges Percentage of Profits to Crew Nation Fund
Live music inspires millions around the world, but while artists have been able to embrace the new possibilities afforded by social media and streaming sites in the wake of COVID-19, the talented men and women who so often stand behind ...
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Robe Supports NeFestival in Ostrava
Colors of Ostrava is usually the largest multi-genre live music and performance festival in the Czech Republic and one of the most popular events on the European festival calendar, offering 22 stages of diverse and vibrant ...
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How to Improve Audio in AV Installations: Waves Commercial Audio Webinar on August 10
On Monday, August 10, 2020 (11:00am and 10:00pm EDT), Waves Audio will be hosting a webinar showing how users can improve audio quality dramatically in AV installations with Waves' new Commercial Audio (CA) products, the Waves ...
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Thanks to Its New DAS Audio Sound System, Services at Taylor Church are More Engaging than Ever
As an interdenominational, full gospel, pentecostal church where everyone is welcome, Taylor Church offers a series of innovative ministries designed to help everyone gain a meaningful worship experience. Recognizing the value of a ...
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COVID-19 Update: August 3, 2020: The Comeback
Despite faint rays of hope, the pandemic rages through the US and elsewhere. Here, the government seems paralyzed as hopes are pinned on the development of the vaccine in the foreseeable future. Congressional negotiations for new ...
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Attention Crew Members: Action Needed for Targeted Senate Outreach
Just as NAMM has organized to lobby the industry to obtain government relief for live events workers, the National Independent Talent Organization (NITO), representing those who work in the live music industry, has also ...
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#WeMakeEvents Enters Red Alert with Backing of Leading Industry Organizations
The #WeMakeEvents campaign, which is raising the alarm for the live events and entertainment sector, now has the collaborative support of 17 trade bodies and several more production companies and manufacturers. Together, they have ...
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PERG Releases Safe Return to Work Guidelines
A message from Harry Box, manager of the ESTA Production Equipment Rental Group (PERG):
"PERG is pleased to announce the release of version 2.0 of the PERG Safe Return to Work Guidelines, Precautions for Preventing ...
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Southard Audio Brings Harrisonburg's Divine Unity Church Outdoors with Martin Audio WPS
Virginia's Southard Audio recently overcame the challenges of lockdown when it deployed its brand new Martin Audio WPS system for the first time, helping the congregants of Harrisonburg's Divine Unity Church to move ...
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WHO Criteria Rate ISE 2021 COVID-19 Risk as "Low"
A risk assessment carried out to World Health Organization guidelines has rated the overall risk of transmission and further spread of COVID-19 at ISE 2021 as "low." The assessment takes into account the risk factors associated ...
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Green Hippo Performs for Don Giovanni
Hippotizer Media Servers from Green Hippo, the specialist creator of tools for the real-time manipulation of video for the AV industries, were used recently to drive the visual content for a unique production of Mozart's opera,
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Tyler Truss Adds Manufacturing Specialties Division
Tyler Truss LLC, a truss manufacturers for the entertainment industry, has added a new division ... TTS Specialty Products. Services include custom design, build-to-spec, and engineering for schools, parks, stadiums, ...
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Fineline Lighting Creates Light It In Red Message on Pyramid Stage with Chauvet Professional
Like a ghost ship at bay, the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury stood eerily silent when Rob Sangwell and his team from Fineline Lighting visited in early July. Outlined against a gray sky, its stark metal frame shorn of all ...
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ETC Lights Taipei 101 with French-Style Elegance
Recognized as the world's tallest building in 2004, Taipei 101 is the landmark building of Taiwan. The building recently created a French-themed art installation in the 4/F atrium, featuring an exquisitely designed garden in the style of ...
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DiGiGrid -- Supplying the Home Front
Since its launch as an independent business in 2013, DiGiGrid has established itself as a benchmark for advanced audio interfaces. A collaboration between DiGiCo, manufacturers of professional mixing consoles, and Wave ...
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LEA Professional Makes Strides in EMEA with New Rep Partner
LEA Professional, manufacturer of innovative, high-quality, pro-audio amplifiers with cloud- and IoT-based technologies, today announced a partnership with Blue5 Technology to serve their growing presence in the EMEA ...
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Trident Technology Services Appointed as Atlona Representative Firm Serving the MEA Region
Atlona, a Panduit company, has appointed Trident Technology Services as its manufacturer's representative across the Middle East and Africa, effective immediately. Trident will focus on growing Atlona's increasing ...
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ITV Charts IP-based Future with Clear-Com
Getting 11 separate regional studios to communicate seamlessly with zero disruptions to on-air time is no small feat, but ITV has accomplished that with help from Clear-Com's IP-based wireless communications systems. Working with ...
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