LONDON, ON, Canada — Adrian Segeren, president, and Marnie Styles, vice president, announced that their company, Le Maitre Special Effects, has changed its name to Ultratec Special Effects, part of a strategy to differentiate the company in global markets.
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KNOXVILLE, TN — Bandit Lites is providing lighting for XFC (Xtreme Fighting Championships) mixed martial arts pay-per-view events broadcast on HDNet.
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Chauvet’s COLORdash™ Quad is a wash light with linear output that offers a wide field of color plus numerous options for a modest price. With 3, 4, 10 or 12-channel operating modes and saturated colors created by RGB color mixing, the COLORdash™ Quad includes four pods that can be controlled individually. Each pod contains nine 1-watt LEDs for a total of 36 in the fixture.
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COLOGNE, Germany — LD Manuel Da Costa from mo2 Design used Robe DigitalSpot 7000 and 3000DTs for the final of the latest series of Deutschland Sucht den Superstar, broadcast live on national channel RTL.
Read More »ORLANDO —Medialon will offer a training session on Manager V5 show and media control Software prior to InfoComm 09. The two-day course will be held on June 15 and 16 at Electrosonic’s Orlando-based facility.
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DENVER — Mike Andrews wrote the book on High End Systems technical training. Now he has started a new chapter as the in-house technician for Barbizon Light of the Rockies. Andrews, who has held repair-related positions at High End, Robe and Barco, is certified in Vari-Lite repair as well.
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ORLANDO — LMG, Inc., a national provider of video, audio and lighting support, was recently awarded the contract as the preferred on-site AV supplier for the Orange County Convention Center (OCCC).
Read More »RAS AL KHAIMAH, U.A.E. — Belgian gobo manufacturer Goboland opened its Middle East office here recently to meet demand for its gobo services in the architectural sector.
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TUCSON, ARIZ — Total Lighting Support used 24 Chauvet COLORado 6s lined up end to end for wash lighting at 27th annual International Mariachi Conference, which drew professional Mariachi performers and youth groups from the U.S. and Mexico.
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SYRACUSE, NY— J. R. Clancy announced that its PowerLift automated theatre hoist will now carry the CE Mark, signifying that the product officially meets the CE Mark directives for safety as required by 30 countries in the European Union (EU), making it eligible for sale within the EU and the European Free Trade Area.
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LONDON — LD Chris Bushell lit the recent U.K. tour for the Doves with new i-Pix BB7 wide-angle fixtures. The new fixtures offer a 20-degree angle dispersion, building upon the standard 10-degree version for i-Pix BB7 fixtures.
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HUNTSVILLE, AL — The 68,200-square-foot Davidson Center For Space Exploration, home of the original Saturn V rocket, also hosted a special event for Oakwood College. Sutherland Sight and Sound lit the event with gear from sister companies American DJ, Elation and Global Truss.
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