CHICAGO — When Mowalla Productions was looking to give their client Southern Comfort a new look for their underCOVER concert tour, they contacted UV/FX. The 2009 10-city tour featuring Polyphonic Spree, The Hold Steady, and Ghostland Observatory.
Read More »LONDON — Cooper Controls announced a strategic shift for its LightProcessor (lighting control) and Cogent (LED) brands, which had established their own separate brand identities before they were acquired.
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BELFAST —Northern Irish lighting rental company Production Services Ireland had a busy Bank Holiday weekend, servicing three major events — a gig for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs in St. George’s Market, a three-day Belsonic Festival staged at Customs House Square and “Live at the Castle” in Carrickfergus.
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The Christie Roadie HD+35K shines with 35,000 center lumens (32,500 ANSI lumens) and features Christie’s split-body design with separate lamp ballast. It’s part of the company’s three-chip DLP product line with native 2048×1080 HD resolution and 10-bit image processing.
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AMSTERDAM — Broadcast Pix introduced its new iPixPad application for Apple iPhone and iPod. iPixPad is expected to be available as a free download from the online Apple Store in October.
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FREDERICKSBURG, VA — Harkness Screens named Jeff Samitt as group director, sales & marketing. In his new position, Samitt will create integrated marketing programs, build strategic customer relationships, initiate industry partnerships and develop new products and markets.
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Barco’s DL.3F is a fixed-installation version of High End Systems' DL.3 digital light. It features the same integrated media server and output capabilities as the DL.3, yet with reduced input/output capabilities.
Read More »LONDON — Martin Professional has unveiled their Martin RADAR, an RDM communicational protocol and information system powered by Wybron’s Infogate and Infostore technology, at PLASA 09.
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NEW YORK — Scharff Weisberg has recently added a number of Coemar Infinity Wash XL automated fixtures from Inner Circle Distribution, Sunrise, Fla. Some of the fixtures were used by LD Tom Kenny for the MTV 2009 Video Music Awards, broadcast live from Radio City Music Hall.
Read More »COLUMBIA, MD — Nemetschek North America announced the 2010 release of their Vectorworks line of design software, including: Designer, Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Machine Design, Fundamentals, and Renderworks.
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LAS VEGAS — This year’s Parnelli Awards will be presenting a new group of categories to honor distinguished products that are essential to live event production: the Indispensable Technology Awards. The “IT” Awards were created with the intention of providing recognition for the innovative manufacturers of our industry and their drive to enhance the experience of live events for both audience members and production crews.
Read More »In some areas of our industry, people are using media servers to serve images from a PowerPoint presentation instead of running it directly from a… Read More »Media Servers vs. Powerpoint
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