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Active Production and Design Honored with Three Allie Awards in Atlanta Ceremony

Best Audio Visual Design, Best Event Innovation and Best Use of Media and Technology

Active Production and Design Honored with Three Allie Awards in Atlanta Ceremony

ATLANTA – Active Production and Design, Inc. was awarded three Allie Awards on March 6: Best Audio Visual Design, Best Event Innovation and Best Use of Media and Technology. The event took place at the Georgia Aquarium. The Allie Awards were founded in 1991 to honor those in the catering and special event industries in the Atlanta area. They were conceived by Tim Lundy, CSEP, who was on the boards of the Atlanta regional chapters of National Association of Catering Executives (NACE) and the International Special Events Society (ISES).

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Barco Acquires Medialon

Barco Acquires Medialon

KORTRIJK, Belgium — Barco NV has acquired all shares of Medialon Inc., according to a joint letter to Medialon customers from both George Stromeyer at Barco and Alex Carru at Medialon. The announcement follows several other big M&A deals among companies in the AV technology sector recently, including H.I.G. Capital’s acquisition of AVI-SPL, Diversified Systems’ acquisitions of Technical Innovation and The Systems Group and Mitel’s acquistion of Polycom.

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Tom Grant and Nathan Wan worked with more than 80 Robe fixtures for the event.

2016 Bhangra Showdown, U.K. Dance Competition, Lit with Robe Fixtures

BIRMINGHAM, UK – The 2016 Bhangra Showdown (TBS) event produced by Kudos AV and the Imperial College Punjabi Society is a major Bhangra dance competition. This year the event moved to Birmingham’s Barclaycard Arena. The event featured an impressive lighting design created by Tom Grant and Nathan Wan, which used 80 Robe moving lights at its core – 16x BMFL Wash XFs, 18x MMX Spots, 24x LEDWash 600s and 12xPointes.

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ADJ Stinger II

ADJ Stinger II

ADJ’s Stinger II builds on its predecessor, combining an upgraded UV LED strobe feature with red/green laser beams. The Stinger II’s features list starts with six 5W hex-color (RGBA + White + Pink) LEDs. Next is the 30mW red/green laser. Then there’s the circle of eight atmosphere-enhancing UV 3W LEDs, replaces the original Stinger’s white LEDs. Along with strobe effects, these can be used for UV washes and color-embellishment. The Stinger II also offers 15 pre-set colors and stepper motor technology (1.8°) for accurate positioning and dynamic movement.

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'Circle of Light' Festival in Moscow

‘Circle of Light’ Festival in Moscow Lit with Martin Lighting Fixtures

MOSCOW — Harman’s Martin fixtures illuminated the 5th International Circle of Light festival in Moscow for nine days last fall. Several architectural landmarks of the capital city were used in a variety of multimedia and lighting installations aimed at transforming urban spaces into canvases for innovative works of art. Russian company LBL developed the concept of the festival, and the team collaborated with designers from gst.moscow to deploy a range of modern lighting solutions, including Martin fixtures, in order to implement their creative ideas.

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Univision's La Banda

Univision’s La Banda Includes Chauvet Professional LED Fixtures

MIAMI – For La Banda, the Simon Cowell/Ricky Martin TV singing competition in search of teen talent for the next big Latin boy band, LD Tom Sutherland and lighting director/programmer Craig Caserta included fixtures from Chauvet Professional in the rig. There are 16 Nexus 4×4 COB LED panels, 40 COLORdash Accent RGBW fixtures and 20 COLORado 1-Tri Tour par style units, as well as a variety of hybrids, moving beams, spots and washes.

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NW Group Equipping New Zealand Venues with HES Hog Consoles

NW Group Equipping New Zealand Venues with HES Hog Consoles

AUCKLAND – New Zealand’s theatres, venues and hire companies have embraced the High End Systems Hog platform, with multiple units installed around the country by NW Group. The latest addition, a Road Hog 4 in Auckland’s SKYCITY Theatre, joins a flagship Hog 4 in Tauranga’s Baycourt Theatre, a Road Hog 4 in Auckland’s Bruce Mason Theatre, multiple Hog models across the seven council-run Positively Wellington Venues, and Hogs for hire across the country.

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Elite Sound and Lighting’s Darren Russell on the left with Andrew Tweedie, CTC’s Head of Lighting

Canberra Theatre Center Invests in Robe

CANBERRA, Australia – Canberra Theatre Centre (CTC) has three main venues – the 1,244 seat Canberra Theatre; The Playhouse, which holds 614; and The Studio, a black box space with 100 capacity. Last year, the CTC invested in its first moving lights. Head of lighting Andrew Tweedie opted for Robe fixtures, which were delivered by Elite Sound and Lighting. Pictured here is Elite Sound and Lighting’s Darren Russell on the left with Andrew Tweedie, CTC’s Head of Lighting.

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