LIVERPOOL, U.K. – Lighting, sound and AV specialist Adlib opened a new office in Glasgow, Scotland. The new facility, which will support the company’s expansion in the area, is headed by Graham Cochrane, pictured here..
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BELFAST – LD Steven Douglas included a full complement of Clay Paky fixtures supplied by NegEarth for The Killer’s festival tour dates in the U.K. and Ireland last August. NegEarth provided Clay Paky Sharpys, A.leda B-EYEs and SuperSharpys to unleash a bevy of eye-catching lighting effects described by newspaper reviewers as “a fittingly over-the-top display of lights, fireworks and explosions.”
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UK/Italy – Avolites has announced that its industry-leading range of lighting and Ai video and multimedia control technologies will be distributed in Italy by Music & Lights.
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The AirPower3 (AP3) is a new battery powered wireless MIDI/USB radio/transceiver system promising up to 600 feet of 2-way wireless long distance MIDI communication. AP3 comes equipped with a fully integrated rechargeable 3600 mAh Li-ion power cell that is designed to offer up to 36 hours of uninterrupted BUS power and long distance communications for MIDI controllers.
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NUREMBERG, Germany – When Gunther Hecker’s name is on the design credits for a show, you know it’s going to be visually interesting, idiosyncratic and a bit ‘out-of-the-box’ with a few flourishes of the unexpected … and so Gunther has created another epic stage, set, lighting and video design for maverick German hip-hop band Die Fantastischen Vier’s latest – and current – “Record” tour.
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UK – Tony Award winning tenor Alfie Boe completed a very successful UK arena tour just before Christmas with video designed by Stuart Merser of Vis-A-Vis Video and the camera / projection package supplied by XL Video.
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USA – The Jands Vista system was used to control the lighting & visual media elements for Texas-based WaterTower Theatre’s spectacular production of ‘Bonnie and Clyde’.
Read More »Creative Technology (CT), one of the world’s leading suppliers of Audio Visual and technical staging services announce the recruitment of Tom Casey to its Asia Pacific operation on 12th January 2015.
Read More »Green Hippo’s Hippotizer Taiga offers uses a 6x Display Port 1.2 or 6x DVI Dual Link outputs and the ability to drive at least three 4K displays at full frame rate. Taiga makes use of Hippotizer Version 4, which features front panel indication of system status, removable hard drives as part of the STRATA Caddy System, all Solid State Drives as standard and new graphics technology.
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LOS ANGELES, CA – Electrosonic has promoted Bryan Hinckley to head of the worldwide Entertainment business, which includes the museum, theme park, visitor center and retail markets. The post was previously held by Chris Conte, who was recently named head of the new U.S. Business Development team.
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PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas – New Year’s Eve revelers often have cold weather and sometimes snow to content with when they celebrate. Not so for guests who welcomed 2015 at the Atlantis, Paradise Island, Bahamas. Surround by crystal blue waters, clear skies and a NYE temperature in the comfortable 70s, Paradise Island more than lives up to its name. Still, Atlantis Resort didn’t become world-famous just because of its natural amenities; the popular destination also offers an array of activities, dining and entertainment options, which on New Year’s Eve included a stellar party that featured a high-impact lightshow designed by Kinetic Lighting.
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