BIRMINGHAM, AL — Student Life, an inter-denominational ministry offering Gospel-centered summer camps and youth conferences, has taken PixelFLEX’s LED curtain video wall on the road during its recent conference. On the tour, Student Life uses 16 PixelFLEX panels across the stage as an accent to the production’s main 17 ft projection screen.
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AARHUS, Denmark – Tried, tested and used internally by Martin Professional for years, Pro Clean Supreme maintenance fluid for haze and smoke machines is now… Read More »Martin Pro Clean Supreme Maintenance Fluid
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BRUSSELS – ArKaos Pro, a provider of real- time visual processing technologies for live visual performances, has appointed ESL as its new exclusive distributor for France. Says ArKaos Business Development Manager, Agnes Wojewoda. “We chose ESL because they understand the technology behind ArKaos products and have a strong presence in the French market.”
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INDIANAPOLIS – The NBA’s Indiana Pacers have unveiled a new center-hung video board at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse designed to deliver an experience fans just can’t get at home – and a Spyder is a big part of it. ANC Sports Enterprises integrated the Vista Systems Spyder X20 to feed the new displays with entertainment, informative content for Pacers fans. The display is more than five times larger than the previous video board.
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AUSTIN, TX – High End Systems National Sales Manager Craig Burross was recently presented an award from his peers and company founders for his achievement of $200 million in sales of High End Systems products. Burross joined High End Systems in March 1991, and was instrumental in the company’s sales of Intellabeam HX, Trackspot, Cyberlight, Studio Color and other products in the US. Burross says he is continuing to work on his next $200 million for the company.
Read More »LONDON – Lighting control company Artistic Licence has announced that incumbent Managing Director, Simon Hobday, is moving on to explore new opportunities. Following an internal company reorganization, company founder Wayne Howell will take over as CEO.
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LOS ANGELES — The 6,000-plus capacity Gibson Amphitheatre, which opened as an outdoor venue within Universal City in 1972 before being enclosed in 1982, is set to close as its lease expires in September. Universal Studios is undergoing a major remodeling and will use the site for a Harry Potter-themed ride, according to reports.
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FINLAND – Finnish rockers Sunrise Avenue used Robe LEDWash 600s and MMX Spots on their recent “Big Band Theory Tour 2013” European tour, specified by LD Timo Saarinen.
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PRAGUE – Milos QuickTruss is currently in use in the “Tutankhamen – His Tomb and Treasures” exhibition, showing at the Holesovice Exhibition Centre in Prague. Smart Production SRO invested in substantial quantities of Milos QuickTruss M390L Quatro to outfit the exhibit. The truss structure measures 318 feet long by 105 feet deep and 16 feet high and uses M390 multicube junctions and 40 truss legs.
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INDIO, CA — Chauvet Professional Nexus 4x4s were shining on the Outdoor Theater stage at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival during the event’s two weekends in April. There were 48 Nexus 4×4 fixtures placed in vertical columns onstage, chosen for their pixel-mapping capabilities to accompany hip-hop group/headliner Wu-Tang Clan, and performances of Jurassic 5, Puscifer, Two Door Cinema Club and more.
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ATLANTA – Contemporary Christian artist Chris Tomlin and his band embarked on a 36-date US arena tour, taking with Renewed Vision’s ProPresenter 5 lyric and media presentation software. ProPresenter 5 enables them to set up video cues in advance that can be triggered by playing a predetermined note. They can also display audience Tweets and can customize the live video to match the show’s pre-recorded content.
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NEW YORK – “Motown: The Musical” charts the journey of Berry Gordy from featherweight boxer to heavyweight music mogul responsible for launching the careers of Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye and more. Accompanying the musical numbers are bold video and graphic effects, which required an automation-tracking solution by WorldStage.
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