LOS ANGELES, CA – 4Wall Entertainment has made a sizable purchase of Clay Paky Mythos fixtures, a highly-advanced hybrid light which serves as an excellent 470-watt spotlight and an extraordinary beam light. A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Clay Paky lighting in North America.
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U.K. / The Netherlands – Lighting and visual control expert Avolites has appointed South Holland-based Improve as its new Digital Media Reseller in The Netherlands.
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KRAKOW, Poland – The biggest live event in Polish Mixed Martial Arts history, KSW 29: Reload, took place this month at Krakow Arena in front of over 16,000 audience members, with thousands more around the globe tuning into the live broadcast in Pay per View. Lighting designer and director Pawel “Spider” Pajak therefore chose the fantastic power and effects of the Clay Paky Sharpy, SuperSharpy and A.leda B-EYE K20 to ensure the tournament packed a huge punch.
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ARLINGTON, TX – Josh Smith knew he had to come up with something extra when he got the call to create the lighting rig for Interstate Hotels and Resorts (IHR) 2014 Food & Beverage Conference at the Hilton Arlington Hotel outside Dallas. The company, with more than 425 hotels and 79,000 rooms under its corporate umbrella, is one of the final arbiters on all things pertaining to the hospitality and conference industry.
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LOS ANGELES, CA – Electrosonic has named Chris Conte as head of the new U.S. Business Development team where he will lead a dedicated group focused on exploring new relationships with key accounts and seeking new business opportunities to support Electrosonic’s future growth.
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CALGARY, Alberta, Canada – Calgary’s Epcor Centre for the Performing Arts has taken delivery of eight Clay Paky A.leda B-EYE K10 Easy fixtures for its 1,800-seat Jack Singer Concert Hall. The fixtures were sourced via A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Clay Paky lighting in North America.
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ISRAEL – Top Israeli technical production and rental specialist Argaman Systems from Rosh Hayain lost no time in investing in Robe’s new BMFL Spot multifunctional moving lights, taking delivery of their first batch of 60 units to service a variety of ongoing and upcoming projects – one of which was the recent Israeli tour of Michael Flatley’s Lord of The Dance’s “Dangerous Games” production.
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NEW YORK – Originally an internationally best-selling novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time made its stage debut in London at the National Theatre and has since made its way to the streets of Broadway. The production, called one of the most fully immersive works to ever appear on Broadway, relies heavily on pixel-mapping technology and uses an ETC Eos Titanium (Eos Ti) lighting system.
Read More »ORLANDO – PLASA Focus: Orlando 2015, set for Feb. 17-18, is seeing pre-registration numbers that are more than 25 percent higher than PLASA Focus: Orlando 2013.
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NEW YORK – As part of an expansion of its equipment inventory, WorldStage has acquired several Barco E2 presentation systems, the first screen management system on the market that can manage a 4K projector blend with refresh rates up to 60Hz.
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AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands – coolux, the creators of the multi award winning coolux Pandoras Box product family, will present the latest version of their highly popular Compact Player system at this year’s ISE in Amsterdam.
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AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands – XL Video supplied impressive 100ft widescreen projection and an IMAG camera system for the final 3 week arena tour of Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds, a show inspired by H.G Wells’ 1898 classic sci-fi novel and based on Jeff’s classic double album which has sold over 15 million copies for Sony Music worldwide.
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