POMONA, CA – San Francisco rockers Train continue their Bulletproof Picasso tour with the current two month US leg playing a selection of major arenas and sheds. A prominent feature of the design are 10 lighting pods – that move into different positions during the show. LD Brock Hogan has specified 90 x CycFX 4s, 40 x Pointes and 15 x LEDBeam 1000s from Robe for the tour. LMG provided the gear.
SERIATE, Italy — LD Paco Toscano, who was part of the production team for Renzo Arbore’s performances with his Orchestra Italiana in 2009, updated the lighting looks with a rig that included both Vari-Lite fixtures and Clay Paky Alpha Spot HPE 700s.
Read More »NEW YORK — Eight PLASA draft standards are in public review through Sept. 28, 2015. The draft standards are associated with PLASA’s Control Protocols, Electrical Power, Floors and Rigging working groups.
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ARRI Pro Camera Accessories (PCA) now include an expanded array of products designed specifically for Canon’s latest Cinema EOS cameras – a new cine plate for film set environments, an adjustable broadcast plate for documentary-style filming and a handy top-mounted support plate. The Broadcast Plate for Canon C300 / C300 Mk II / C500 and Cine Plate for Canon C300 / C300 Mk II / C500 are pictured here.
SECAUCUS, NJ and ORLANDO, FL – Rose Brand acquires Swag Décor of Orlando, FL to establish a local market presence for event and venue décor services. Rose Brand Executive VP Josh Jacobstein says, “We’re exceptionally pleased to combine forces with Swag Décor, the Florida market leader in providing décor design, décor products and setup services for social and corporate events. This represents a significant opportunity for us given the growth of the Florida market and the expansion of our service offerings for this geography.”
Read More »COPPELL, TX – Alford Media Services, Inc. has added eight Luminex GigaCore 16Xt switches to its inventory. The systems are currently used to manage two Yamaha CL5 console packages and the Dante protocol for projects on the road. Video Village inputs and outputs are tied in with another pair of cat5 connections to the backstage GigaCore switches. The system manages Yamaha Rio Ri8-D and Ro8-D input and output boxes in the FOH rack; a Rio 3224 I/O box and Ri8-D input box in the backstage rack; and a Rio 1608-D I/O box in the Video Village rack.
Read More »NX Distributed Lighting Controls now have added day lighting capability. The NXDS daylight sensor auto-configures with the NX Room Controller.
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Clay Paky noted that the Lighting Designer sessions it sponsored at the biennial Mediatech Africa 2015, held in July, were well attended. Presented by multi award winning theatre and opera designer Paule Constable and large-scale arena spectacular lighting designer Durham Marenghi, both sessions were quickly over subscribed from the moment they were announced and two further sessions were scheduled to absorb the overflow. Pictured here, from left, are Clay Paky’s Giovanni Zucchinali, Durham Marenghi, Paula Constable and Clay Paky’s Massimo Bolandrina.
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BEAVERTON, OR — Biamp Systems named Sally Blank sales development director with a specific focus on the company’s Unified Communication (UC) and Collaboration sector. Based in Minneapolis, Blank will report to Vice President of Global Sales Ron Camden and oversee Biamp’s continued growth within the UC marketplace.
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Christie is expanding its influential 1DLP laser phosphor projector lineup with today’s official launch of the Christie Captiva Series. Previewed at Campus Technology 2015 and at InfoComm 2015 where it earned a Best of Show award, the super-quiet Christie Captiva Series provides 20,000 hours of high performance lamp-free operation with the ability to achieve full brightness within seconds with the capacity to move instantaneously into standby mode with no cool down period.
Read More »WAYNE, NJ – JVC Professional Video, a division of JVCKENWOOD USA Corporation, today announced the SR-HD2700, its most advanced professional Blu-ray/hard disc drive combo deck, with the ability to record a live HDMI signal from a video camera or DSLR without HDCP encryption. Also new for the SR-HD2700 is the ability to record to the upgraded 1TB internal hard drive and an optical disc simultaneously, which provides redundancy and eliminates the need to copy video files to another disc after recording.
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