ATLANTA – Allure and its affiliate, Christie Experiential Network (CEN), named Brett Resnick as Vice President of Studio Relations. Resnick, a veteran theatrical distribution executive, will guide CEN strategies and activities as a key part of its continuing national rollout.
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CAMBRIDGE, UK — For e-Luminate, a week-long lighting festival aimed at connecting art and technology through the medium of light, lighting designer Simon Cox used Iluminarc fixtures from Chauvet to set the facade of Guildhall, a historic building, aglow. Cox used Iluminarc Colorist Pod 7Qa and Colorist Panel 8Q RGBA LED fixtures to draw attention to the building during the event.
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LAS VEGAS, NV — RushWorks, a Texas-based provider of low cost, high performance TV production, automation and presentation capture and streaming systems, is expanding its portfolio of production solutions with the addition of three new products being unveiled at its Booth SL 11808 during NAB 2016. They include the company’s Remo UbeRemote, Remo IsoTower and Talk-Take video switching software. Talk-Take, pictured here, automatically determines PTZ camera preset selection based on active microphone detection, without the need for a video operator to be present.
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EXETER, U.K. – To support the expansion of its LED portfolio in general and its successful impression LED fixtures in particular, GLP has established a new base of operations just outside Exeter, U.K. GLP alson named Noel ‘Roly’ Smith as head of the U.K. operation.
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FRANKFURT, Germany – In a post-show recap, Robe detailed the theatre environment concept it brought to the 2016 Prolight+Sound expo. The Czech manufacturer invested in a space three times larger than at any of its previous booths at the show to present show-goers with a raft of new products.
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LumenRadio says its new CRMX Nova TX USB, a wireless DMX transmitter launched at the Prolight +Sound show in Frankfurt, could open up new market segments, serving as an ultra-compact and easy to use solution that builds on the success of the company’s CRMX TiMo.
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FRANKFURT, Germany – Elation noted that close to 20 new products were featured at its booth at Prolight + Sound 2016. New products included the ZCL Series, DTW Series, Fuze Series, Platinum Seven, Sniper Pro and Protron 3K Colors. Also on display was a new cyclorama wash luminaire, the TVL CYC RGBW, a floodlight for TV, film, theatre and broadcast applications.
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CARDIFF, U.K. – Dance band Underworld recently completed a short U.K. and European tour to kick off the live campaign supporting their new album, Barbara Barbara We Face A Shining Future. Lighting was designed by Haydn Cruickshank (H) from Colour Sound Experiment, with the company also supplying all lighting equipment and the LED screen.
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LONDON – Mariah Carey is a musician that rarely needs any introduction after two decades in music and a collection of much-loved classics. At the start of March, the singer began her European tour, Sweet Sweet Fantasy, by returning to the UK after 13 years away. Working for the production team behind the tour, Creative Technology (CT) supplied seven Panasonic projectors which were used to feed playback content onto a number of upstage panels, all driven by Photon. The panels were able to move across the stage with the projection tracking and following the movements.
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Blizzard Lighting’s Solar Cell LED blinder eatures 2x 100-watt mega bright 3200-3500K warm white LEDs that are capable of high impact 2-pixel strobe effects along with its 80° beam angle, making this fixture perfect for concert audience abuse and crowd blinding. With a CRI of 92, the Solar Cell is also well suited for theatre and house of worship use. This pro fixture features a 4-button LED control panel that allows total control over the fixture. Auto, master/slave, and sound active modes are just the tip of the iceberg along with full DMX control. The Solar Cell features PowerCON “TRUE”power connections and 3-pin DMX input and output connections.
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