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PR Live Invests in d3

PR Live’s Head of Technical Dave Gillett working with the d3 system

PR Live Invests in d3

LONDON – Live event and technical solutions specialist PR Live continues to expand its video division with an investment in d3 server technology. With a large amount of LED screen and high powered projection already in the rental inventory, the capacity for doing widescreen, HD, large-format projections and mapped projects required a powerful control solution to handle super high resolution quality video, and d3 was chosen as the best, most flexible and stable option.

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Show Technology Staff

Show Technology open in New Zealand

AUCKLAND – August 30th 2016 was a significant date in the twenty-six year history of Show Technology, Australia’s leading solution provider for entertainment and architectural lighting applications. The date was the official opening of the Show Technology New Zealand office in Auckland with managing director Emmanuel Ziino welcomed officially onto the land in a Pōwhiri – a Māori welcoming ceremony involving speeches, dancing, and singing performed by a local school ‘Kapa Haka’ group.

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Silbermond tours with Ayrton

Silbermond Travels Light with Ayrton Fixtures

HALLE, Germany — German rock band, Silbermond, has embarked on a live tour in support of its fifth studio album, Leichtes Gepäck (Light Luggage). LD Stephan Aue’s design makes use of Ayrton IntelliPix-R and MagicRing-R9 fixtures supplied by VisionStage of Germany. These fixtures have been playing a central role Aue’s lighting looks as the band travels to major arenas across Germany, Switzerland and Austria, with technical provision from Bottrop, Germany-based TDA Rental.

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Elation fixtures in use

Bandit Lites Adds Elation ACL 360i Fixtures; Gear Lights Shinedown, Other Acts

NASHVILLE — Bandit Lites has once again increased its touring inventory, this time adding Elation’s ACL 360i fixtures. These compact fixtures combine bright LED illumination, continuous 360° pan and tilt rotation, strobe effects and selectable dimming curve effects. The fixtures were recently out with American rock band Shinedown’s “Carnival of Madness” tour, pictured here. For those shows, LD Sooner Routhier used them for accent and back lighting, placed behind Plexiglas.

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The Medusa from Mega-Lite

Mega-Lite Medusa 4x5R

Mega-Lite’s Medusa 4x5R is designed to offer four moving heads on one base that rotates infinitely in both directions. Each head has one 5R lamp and 104-degree tilt. Featuring rotating gobos, color wheel, and 8 facet prism, the Medusa 4x5R promises to give LDs the ultimate in eye- candy effects.

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Christie Phoenix EP

Christie Phoenix EP (Embedded Processor) for Flat Panel Displays

Christie’s Phoenix product line expands with the Phoenix EP (Embedded Processor). Launched at ASIS 2016, the Phoenix AP is designed to serve as a compact, highly scalable solution for managing content on single or multiple panels. The Phoenix EP units install directly into compatible Christie displays – which also provide power – and the units can connect directly to networks using CATx cable.

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New Mexico Showroom

Chauvet Opens New Larger Showroom In Mexico

MEXICO CITY – Responding to the rapidly increasing demand for its lighting and trussing products in Mexico, Chauvet has opened a new office, warehouse, service center and showroom in Lerma, just west of the nation’s capital. Located close to major highway and rail transit channels, the new facility will house an extensive inventory of CHAUVET Professional, ILUMINARC and CHAUVET DJ lighting fixtures, as well truss from the company’s TRUSST division.

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Norman Traino Brian Horner

ETC Rep Firm, Ferrini-Konarski, Prepares for New Opportunities in Upstate New York

ALBANY — Ferrini- Konarski Associates, a manufacturers rep firm with offices in Albany, Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse, NY, has been representing ETC since 1990. Today, a 12-person sales group covers 35 counties in New York State that are beyond the metro New York City area. Partners Norman Traino and Brian Horner, like ETC itself, are retooling to keep up with the shift from traditional incandescent fixtures and dimming systems to more energy-efficient lighting alternatives.

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All Musik stocks Robe

All Musik is First Rental Company in Sweden to Order Robe VIVA LED Fixtures

SKARA, Sweden – All Musik is the first rental company in Sweden to take delivery of Robe’s Viva LED spot fixtures. All Musik’s Alf Kjellson figures the Viva LED spot will be a good fit with the company’s eclectic array of clients covering corporate shows, smaller music festivals and niche events. The new VIVAs, delivered by Robe’s Swedish distribute, Bellalite, join All Musik’s existing inventory of Robe fixtures. The company has previously invested in 12 DLX Spots from Robe’s DL Series and 20 LEDWash 600s, which are all constantly working.

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