LADSON, SC – When LD Freddy Thompson of JDI Productions put together the rig for the recent national tour for heavy metal band Killswitch Engage, he chose Rogue moving fixtures, Nexus panels, Legend 230SR Beams and Vesuvio foggers from Chauvet Professional. Killswitch Engage completed their North American tour in late April and will be heading to Europe this summer.
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BenQ added to its line of BlueCore laser light source projectors with the LU9715, which promises an output of 8,000 lumens. The projector featues a dual color wheel system plus 360-degree and portrait projection. The LU9715 debuts in North America at InfoComm 2016, June 8-10 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas.
Read More »One of the perpetual challenges facing Fred Bock, LD for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, is to give the NYC studio where the show… Read More »Giving a Small TV Studio a Big-Venue Feel
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LAS VEGAS — Each year, PLSN honors regional lighting companies with our Hometown Hero awards. These awards honor the best small companies in six regions across North America: the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Northwest, Southwest and Canada. PLSN readers — the people who actually work with these companies — get to decide who’s really the best. We are looking for your ideas on the best regional lighting production company in the U.S. and Canada. Let us know your faves (and, yes, you can nominate your own company).
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LAS VEGAS – Barco will showcase its latest 4K and laser projection, image processing, enterprise collaboration, digital signage, and video wall solutions at InfoComm 2016 in Booth C8720 at the Las Vegas Convention Center from June 8-10. Pictured here is Barco’s new laser phosphor HDF-W30LP Flex projector.
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KNOXVILLE, IA — Fluorescent lights may “get the job done” in illuminating a room, but they can certainly be unforgiving in terms of setting a mood, something especially important in a house of worship setting. With that in mind, Celebrate Community Church of Knoxville, Iowa recently upgraded its lighting facilities with the addition of a new system comprised of 24 elektraLite Dazer LEDs controlled by a new Avolites Titan Mobile desk.
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ERLANGER, KY – tvOne, a designer and manufacturer of video and multimedia processing equipment, will feature its ONErack at InfoComm in Las Vegas (booth C6818). ONErack is a universal, powered mounting system designed to improve rack installation of small devices. tvONE’s patent pending design converts randomly sized, externally-powered devices from ANY manufacturer into slide-in modules that can be installed quickly and cleanly and then serviced easily.
Read More »AUSTIN, TX. High End Systems’ Hog Factor 2016 competition is open for enrollment to all qualifying college and university students, and Phase One of the contest will close on June 30, 2016.
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NASHVILLE – At Summer NAMM 2016, Brooklyn, NY-based Gig Gear LLC’s Gig Gloves line will expand to include a new cold weather glove called Thermo-Gig Gloves. These new gloves will include all of the same features that made the Original Gig Gloves a favorite, but also include an internal fleece lining to provide warmth for outdoor, cold weather gigs and events.
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LAS VEGAS — Morpheus Lights, the exclusive U.S. distributor of Ayrton LED products, will exhibit at InfoComm 2016 at the Las Vegas Convention Center June 8 through 10 in Booth #C4750. The company will be featuring new products including Ayrton’s video-equipped DreamPanel Twin, the CosmoPix R, NandoBeam S and MagicDot R. The company is also debuting the MagicDot XT (pictured here) and IntelliPix XT.
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RALEIGH, NC – For Art 2 Wear, an annual fashion show featuring the work of North Carolina State Design School students, LD Daniel Thibault of Alpha Production Group used Ovation E-190WW fixtures, Rogue R2 Wash moving lights and COLORado 2-Quad Zoom Tours, all from Chauvet Professional.
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