SOUTHLAKE, TX – The congregation of Gateway Church got an unexpected Christmas bonus this year. Their new 206,000-square-foot, 4,000-capacity church, which replaced a 60,000-square-foot, 1,600-seat facility, wasn't expected to open until January 2011. Instead, the doors opened a few weeks before Thanksgiving.
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WARSAW, Poland – Aram Multimedia supported an event for DnB Nord bank with a projection spanning nearly 100 meters in length and covering an area close to 500 square meters in size. The projection required 11 projectors, two Catalyst Pro media servers and was controlled via a Barco/High End Systems Wholehog 3 console.
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American DJ has introduced two remote control LED color par cans, Pro38B LED RC and Pro64B LED RC, and two remote control LED color bars, Mega Bar 50RGB RC and Mega Bar LED RC, which can be operated from up to 15 feet (4 meters) with direct line of sight.
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KNOXVILLE, TN – Bandit Lites hasn't completely sworn off non-LED lighting fixtures just yet, but the company began a push toward LED alternatives close to two years ago, and many of the artists it supports now have a significant percentage of their stage illumination coming from energy-efficient alternatives to conventional light sources.
Read More »AMSTERDAM and HONG KONG – Royal Philips acquired privately-owned NCW Holdings LTD (NCW). Headquartered in Hong Kong and with a manufacturing subsidiary in mainland China, NCW is a designer, manufacturer and distributor of LED, conventional entertainment lighting and lighting control solutions for global markets. No financial details on the transaction were disclosed.
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LITITZ, PA – Performance Environment Design Group (PEDG) overcame challenges with performance space, production time and venue versatility for a set design for John Legend and The Roots' "Unstaged" live-stream performance this fall, which helped promote the band's latest album, Wake Up!
Read More »WESTLAKE, TX – The Control Protocols Plug Fest will once again be held in conjunction with the Technical Standards Program meetings at the Marriott Solana in Westlake, TX. The Plug Fest is set for Friday, Jan. 21 (4pm-10pm), Saturday, Jan. 22 (9am-11pm) and Sunday, Jan. 23 (9am-10pm).
Read More »Most jam bands play two or three sets of music each night and have a couple hundred songs in their repertoire. It's tough to program… Read More »Lighting a Jam Band: Two LDs are Better than One
Read More »NEW YORK – ESTA has started work on a new project to write an American National Standard: BSR E1.42 – 201x, Entertainment Technology – Installed Stage Lift Safety Standard.
Read More »NEW YORK – Two draft standards have been posted for public review on the ESTA website through Feb. 7, 2011: BSR E1.6-2-201x, Entertainment Technology – Design, Inspection, and Maintenance of Electric Chain Hoists for the Entertainment Industry, and BSR E1.37-1-201x, Additional Message Sets for ANSI E1.20 (RDM) – Part 1, Dimmer Message Sets, which is part of the BSR E1.37 project to add additional features to RDM.
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DALLAS – LMG, Inc., which also has offices in Orlando, Tampa and Las Vegas, opened a new office in the Dallas area and announced that several team members would relocate to the new facility, including Kevin Kuhlman, executive vice president of live events, and Greg Heflin, senior account executive.
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WEST YORKSHIRE, U.K. – Milos UK designed, manufactured and installed a super grid with three moving sub-grids, a pile winding winch movement system and a full set of blackout drapes for Milton Studio One on the campus of the University of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, U.K.
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