TORONTO — Frischkorn Audiovisual Inc. and Mediaco AV Inc. announced that Frischkorn will acquire Mediaco. Bill Brown, CEO of Frischkorn Audiovisual, will lead the merged company, Frischkorn-Mediaco, as its CEO.
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ENNS, Austria — Every summer, the Theater im Hof, based here, produces a classical production, such as Faust, Cyrano de Bergerac and pieces by Shakespeare. This year, the company presented The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) by Long, Singer and Winfield, which contains all 38 stage works and 154 sonnets in a rollicking Cliffs Notes-style blitz. The ambitious show was programmed with the help of ETC Eos software on the new ETC Nomad controller.
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ATLANTA — Online registration is open for LiNK, the new grad school interview weekend for aspiring theatre students presented by USITT and SETC November 14 and 15 at the Atlanta Airport Hilton Hotel. LiNK is an opportunity where potential candidates for graduate degrees can connect with graduate school theatre and conservatory programs. LiNK is designed as an affordable event offering interviews, auditions, networking and socializing early in the school year.
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d3 Technologies opened up a web shop through which d3 USB keys and software licenses can be purchased directly. d3 Designer is used by designers, project managers and technicians to collaboratively design, build, simulate and sequence shows. First launching in USD, GBP and EUR shops will be rolled out shortly.
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ANN ARBOR, MI — TLS Productions, Inc. announced plans for their first annual Open House & New Product Showcase. The event, set for Sept. 23-24, 2014, will include lighting, rigging, AV and special effects product demonstrations from ETC, Creative Stage Lighting / High End Systems, American DJ, Elation, A.C.T. Lighting, Stagemaker and The Light Source, among others.
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LONDON — When New Zealand band The Naked and Famous were set to play their first major U.K. headline showcase at Shepherds Bush Empire, Stage Techniques’ Liam Griffiths— their LD for the past three years — wanted to provide a visual treat. So he commandeered 12 of GLP’s new impression X4 XL LED washlights from equipment vendor TSL Lighting, knowing he would be giving them their exclusive UK debut.
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SINGAPORE – Singapore’s 49th National Day celebrations, staged Aug. 9, 2014 at the floating platform at Marina Bay, included ample visual support from Hexogon Solution Pte Ltd, which provided a total of 40 Christie projectors for the occasion. The six Roadster HD18K and 34 Roadster HD20K-J 3-chip DLP projectors were used for a wide range of multimedia content including 3D effects on an 80 by 40 meter projection area. The accompanying show segment featured 5,000 performers.
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GREENWICH, CT – For a concert pairing guitarists Carlos Santana and Buddy Guy here recently, JDI Productions of Johnston, RI provided a rig that included 22 Legend 230SR Beams from Chauvet Professional. Derek Iorfida served as LD and lighting crew chief for the show.
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GOTHENBURG, Sweden and TORONTO, Canada — LumenRadio, the Sweden-based provider of wireless lighting controls, named Toronto-based A.C. Lighting as exclusive distributor of its CRMX product portfolio in North America. The full LumenRadio product portfolio is now available to the extensive A.C. Lighting customer base.
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PILTON, U.K. — Production technician Andy ‘Fraggle’ Porter incorporated 33 Showline SL NITRO 510 luminaires in an arch array that framed the Pyramid Stage at this year’s Glastonbury festival. The stage was used by Metallica and other top acts. Neg Earth provided the gear.
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FERNANDINA BEACH, FL – For Main Beach Park here, the town of Fernandina Beach, on the Atlantic just north of Jacksonville, FL, updated the lighting with turtle-friendly LEDs. The project, which makes use of lighting gear from LEDtronics, was completed in partnership with Amelia Island Sea Turtle Watch. Along with energy savings, the new lighting design still provides ample illumination so that there would be no compromises in terms of the park-going public’s safety at night.
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