BUDAPEST, Hungary – A range of Mojo Barriers aluminum crowd safety barriers are now based in Budapest with the announcement of a new Mojo distributor giving convenient, cost effective barrier rental for festival organizers and tours coming to Eastern Europe on Nov. 17, 2017.
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RIO – Four Robert Juliat Lancelot 4K HTI followspots took pride of place front-of-house at Brazil’s Rock In Rio Festival this summer. Held over two weekends at the Cidade do Rock at Rio de Janeiro’s Parque Olímpico da Barra, this amazing festival saw headliners Aerosmith, Guns ‘n’ Roses, Bon Jovi, Maroon 5 and the Red Hot Chili Peppers play to over 700,000 during seven fantastic nights.
LAS VEGAS – ER Productions has achieved the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS title for the Largest Laser Show with a spectacular display at Live Design International (LDI) in Las Vegas. In celebration of its tenth anniversary, laser specialist ER Productions held the 30-minute laser showcase on 18th November that culminated in a seven-minute recording-breaking finale that incorporated 314 individual laser fixtures. An adjudicator from GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS was present to confirm the world record-breaking achievement.
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LAS VEGAS – The 2017 LDI Show started on a high note for Robe Lighting, with the company’s new MegaPointe moving light awarded a 2017 PLSN Gold Star Product Award for “Best New Hybrid Light” – an auspicious start for what Robe North America CEO Bob Schacherl described as “our busiest and most energized LDI to date. The turnout of clients was amazing and validates our sales and marketing approach for the North American market.”
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DUBLIN, Ireland – Mountain Productions, a leading North American supplier of staging and event production, continues to expand with the launch of their e-commerce website, MTN Shop, in Europe.
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LONDON, UK, – The new Hippotizer + range of Media Servers, launched at LDI today, brings a host of added benefits to the maker’s powerful machines, and the first UK outfit to take delivery of the latest models is Anna Valley. Anna Valley has provided both fixed installation and rental services to the event, retail, corporate and entertainment sectors in the UK for over 25 years.
LAS VEGAS – ACT Lighting, Inc., a leading importer and distributor of technology to the entertainment industry, has completed the acquisition of RHC Holdings Corp. (“RapcoHorizon”). This move follows ACT Lighting’s recent acquisition of AC Power Distribution, a manufacturer of UL-listed portable power distribution for film, video, touring and exterior event venues. The RapcoHorizon acquisition further solidifies ACT Lighting’s position as the market-leading value-added distributor of premier entertainment technology products.
Read More »LONDON, UK,– The new Hippotizer + range is literally just out of the blocks, but it has already broken Green Hippo sales records. The announcement of the new product line, which builds on Green Hippo’s Hippotizer family of Media Servers, produced an unprecedented number of sales enquiries, and dealers and distributors have been (delightedly) overwhelmed by early orders.
CYPRESS, CA – Ushio America, Inc. is acquiring Zylight LLC, a manufacturer of innovative lighting products for the entertainment production industry. Both William F. Mackenzie, president and CEO of Ushio America, Inc., and Charlie Collias, co-founder and SVP of Worldwide Sales of Zylight, lauded the deal.
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Elation’s Artiste Picasso, featured at LDI Booth 2315 this week, uses a 600W cool white LED engine with an advanced optical system to promise a powerful, crisp output of over 22,000 total lumens. Exceptionally quiet for use in noise-sensitive applications, Elation has packed a full list of features including zoom, framing, CMY, CTO, gobo wheels, animation, prisms and more, in a discreetly compact design, making the Artiste Picasso ideal for stage environments of all types. The Elation Artiste Picasso joins other featured products in the company’s Artiste line, including the Artiste Dali and Artiste DaVinci fixtures, also featured at LDI booth #2315.
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Robe’s BMFL LightMaster accessory, which includes a control panel with two individual faders that help lighting crews make use of BMFL fixtures in follow-spot mode — when using the externally mounted programmable followspot handles — is available for sideways or back-mounted operation.
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Chauvet Professional’s Maverick MK2 Profile is the company’s first profile light in its Maverick series of fixtures. A 440W LED fixture with a high (90+) CRI, the fixture has been designed to perform a wide variety of functions in theatrical, house of worship, touring, and event applications. With an illuminance of up to 14,981 lux at five meters and a zoom angle of 14° to 36°, the new fixture also has the output needed for large venues and the ability to produce a range of beam sizes. For applications when less output is needed, the fixture has a low-volume “Eco Mode.”
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