LITITZ, PA — Upstage Video has moved its headquarters to the Rock Lititz complex in rural Pennsylvania. The company, founded in 2005 in Pottstown, PA, is one of the live event production companies occupying Pod 2, near the main Rock Lititz rehearsal facility.
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TUSTIN, CA — WorldStage notes that its new Southern California office in Tustin doubles the size of both its office and warehouse space. The new 58,000-square-foot location is at 1111 Bell Ave., Tustin, CA, 92780.
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Staging Concepts’ SC Pro Riser is a caster-mounted product with towers that combine both bridging from left to right and front to back. It is designed to be both long-lasting and transportable. Optional accessories include step units, handrail, guardrail, field walls and padding, camera or video platforms, and wind load anchors. This system is well suited for large, flexible venues such as sports stadiums or arenas.
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AMSTERDAM – Digital Projection, a manufacturer of digital imaging solutions and leader in the field of solid state laser projection, will be exhibiting at ISE to stand F44 in Hall 1 where four new solid-state laser projection systems will be launched at the event. It runs from Feb. 7-10 at RAI Amsterdam.
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MUNICH – As its centenary year gets underway, ARRI looks back at its rich history, assesses the values and principles that have helped it reach this milestone anniversary, and sets its sights firmly on the future. 2017 marks 100 years since August Arnold and Robert Richter rented a small former shoemaker’s store in Munich and set up shop as a film technology firm. The two young friends started with just one product: a copying machine they built on a lathe Richter had received as a Christmas present from his parents. Taking the first two letters of their surnames, they christened their new enterprise ARRI.
WILKES-BARRE, PA — Mountain Productions named Simon Franklyn, a veteran who has worked as a tour production rigger for top artists including Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac and The Who, as the company’s Director of West Coast Operations. Along with his touring experience, Franklyn has supported complex events including Lotte World in Seoul, the 1996 Olympic Games, an 80,000 square-foot scaffolding system for Universal Studios’ Jurassic Park, and work on the main stages at Desert Trip, Panorama and Coachella, among other projects.
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ARGYLE, TX – GoVision named Patrick Carlile regional account executives. Patrick Carlile (pictured here, left) will serve as regional account executive for Arkansas, Kansas, parts of Texas and most of the Northeast Region. Mike Renfro (pictured right) will assume responsibility for parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and most of the Southeast Region.
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ORLANDO, FL –– Michael Pagan, a former student at Dr. Phillips High School in Orlando, has been making creative use of GLP’s state-of-the-art X4 series to light school productions including the musical, Rent, pictured here.
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NASHVILLE – Country artist Chris Young’s “I’m Comin’ Over” tour, which started in 2016 and is continuing into 2017, features a lighting packaged provided by Bandit Lites. Video plays a big role, with a scalable lighting design from Chris Lisle that unleashes additional visual punch.
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TORONTO – Cinematographer Christopher Lew recently shot a spec ad for Mini Cooper. The ad called for an overnight, all exterior location shoot of different colored Mini Coopers driving through the Toronto city streets. Because it was shot at night and the Mini Cooper is an ultra-compact car – Chris needed an ultra-compact lighting kit. The RoscoLED Tape Pro Gaffer Kit was his solution. Below, Chris explains how he put the kit to work in the ad.
NORTH CREEK, NY – Creative Stage Lighting has announced it now has inventory of James Thomas Engineering truss. James Thomas Engineering, part of the Milos Group, is one of the leading manufacturers of aluminum trussing, rigging and ground support to North American and international clients since 1977. Its General Purpose, Supertruss and HD truss systems are known throughout the industry as benchmarks for professional outdoor concert, theatre and corporate venue productions.
LONDON– d3 Technologies is proud to announce the introduction of its newest media server, the 2x4pro. The new server, like the flagship 4x4pro, supports d3’s popular interchangeable VFC (Video Format Conversion) cards, enabling users to drive up to 8 outputs as DVI, 3G-SDI or two DP1.2 from a single d3 2x4pro, which future proof the system as the industry continues to rapidly evolve.