DALLAS – On Aug. 1, 2017, InLight Gobos will reach its 15-year milestone, said company founder and president Rick Hutton (pictured here, right). He noted that 2002 was “a challenging time to start a new business,” but credited his wife, Adriana (pictured here, left), for helping make the business a success. Hutton also announced a promotion that ties in with the 15-year milestone.
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ST. PETERSBURG, FL – For the St. Petersburg Opera Company’s current production of the Jacques Offenbach classic, Tales of Hoffmann, LD Keith Arsenault provided a balanced and colorful design using Chauvet Professional Rogue R2 Wash moving lights supplied by Barbizon.
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VESTAL, NY – FOR-A, which recently became the exclusive U.S. distributor for ClassX graphics solutions, noted that WICZ-TV, based in Vestal, NY, near Binghamton, NY, has become its first ClassX graphics solutions customer.
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ADELAIDE, Australia – For Australian Pink Floyd’s elaborate show, which honors the British band’s stagecraft and gags as well as their music, LD Tom Mumby has been relying upon ChamSys’ MagicQ MQ500 Stadium console for the tribute band’s nine universe lightshow. The tribute band kicks off a string of U.S. dates this summer starting July 20 in Detroit.
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ST. LOUIS, MO – Scottrade Center, home of the St. Louis Blues hockey team, upgraded its broadcast setup within the arena’s video control room with Grass Valley gear prior to the recently concluded 2016-2017 hockey season.
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ORLANDO, FL — Roland is highlighting its expanded line of professional AV accessories at InfoComm booth #4053. They include the ATA case (model RRC-V1200), pictured here with the company’s V-1200HD multi-format video switcher.
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ORLANDO – At InfoComm Booth #3601, Barco is presenting four new LED display products, with a 6.1-million pixel wall featuring four pixel pitches animated with moving imagery. Pictured here is the company’s new X-Series product, which comes with pixel pitch options of 1.29, 1.58, 2.5 and 4mm.
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ORLANDO – At Booth 3635, InfoComm 2017, British image processing manufacturer Calibre is previewing their first multi-channel 4K seamless scaler-switcher, the HQUltra4000. The unit promises to enhance image quality, perform fast and reliable switching and allow for routing flexibility within a single 3RU box. The company is also featuring its HQView600, LEDView700 and HQUltra700 range of 4K scaler/switchers.
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NASHVILLE – Bandit Lites is providing the lighting package for Jason Aldean’s They Don’t Know tour, which features five automated, hexagonal pods that move to various positions. Production designer Chris Lisle began working on the production in late 2016, where he sat down with the Aldean’s management to coordinate the looks of the show.
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LONDON – For Steel Yard London, a two-day dance music event staged in a temporary venue erected within Victoria Park, Hackney, HSL-supplied lighting gear lit Swedish DJ duo Axwell^Ingrosso’s set. Show designer Andy Hurst specified a floor-and-roof lighting package with more than 180 fixtures.
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SINGAPORE – Christie is showcasing its MicroTiles along with its Mystique projection-mapping capabilities at Asian Attractions Expo 2017, taking place at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore from June 14-16, 2017. The company’s MicroTiles are also featured at other exhibitors’ booths at the show, including the Falcon Treehouse and TEA booths.
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MIDDLETON, WI — ETC recently broke ground on the latest expansion to their headquarters building in southern Wisconsin, a multi-story 75,000-square-foot addition. A rendering of the project is included here. The new addition is scheduled to be fully operational by spring of 2018.
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