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HARMAN Professional Solutions Brings Premium Lighting to the Sufi Route Festival in India

HARMAN Professional Solutions Brings Premium Lighting to the Sufi Route Festival in India

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NEW DELHI, INDIA—HARMAN Professional Solutions recently partnered with HARMAN Global Brand Ambassador and Grammy Award-winning artist A.R. Rahman to produce The Sufi Route—India’s first folk, poetry and Sufi music festival. HARMAN Professional Solutions was the official technology partner of the concert, which was held on November 18, 2017 at Qutub Minar, one of New Delhi’s most iconic and historic monuments.

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The Birchmere Adds Flexibility To Rig With CHAUVET Professional Maverick MK1 Spot

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ALEXANDRIA, VA –  On April 4, 1966 a local bluegrass band stepped up to the makeshift stage at a small suburban Washington DC restaurant/bar called The Birchmere. Few took notice of it at the time, but their performance on that cold April evening marked the start of an American music hall legend, giving rise to a venue that would count Bob Dylan and Bill Clinton as audience members and play a pivotal role in the careers of stars like The Indigo Girls, Alison Krauss, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Lyle Lovett, Jerry Jeff Walker, Dave Matthews, Vince Gill, and k.d. lang.

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Micro Studio Camera 4K and Teranex AV Used on Fall Out Boy’s MANIA World Tour

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FREMONT, CA – Blackmagic Design today announced that Grammy-nominated American rock band Fall Out Boy’s worldwide MANIA tour is using a complete Blackmagic Design live production workflow for IMAG and AV. Blackmagic Design’s Micro Studio Camera 4Ks and Teranex AV standards converters are being used for image capture and signal conversion on the tour, along with several other products, including an ATEM 2 M/E Broadcast Studio 4K live production switcher, MultiView 16 monitor, Smart Videohub 40×40 and Smart Videohub CleanSwitch 12×12 routers.

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A New Generation Of Scalers

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CINCINNATI – tvONE’s evolutionary development of our renowned CORIO®2 scaler technology continues to provide commercial integrators with unsurpassed image quality in nearly any installation situation. Now, to further improve upon the core technology, we are introducing a new generation of scalers that are extremely intuitive & user-friendly and provide greater flexibility. These new designs have more input/output flexibility than any other previous tvONE scaler.

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HARTING Han® Ex connectors for explosive environments now available in North America

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ELGIN, IL ,– HARTING’s Han® Ex connector series have been certified to the National Electric Code’s NEC 500 standard for use in Class I, Division II hazardous locations, making them available for use across North America. An ideal alternative to hard-wiring electrical connections, the Han® Ex range is particularly well-suited for applications in the oil and gas, mining and chemical industries and in process automation. When compared to hard-wiring electrical circuits, Han® Ex connectors increase installation speed and safety while reducing downtime for maintenance downtime and trouble-shooting.

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Welcome the Wink -Blizzard’s New Slick, Sophisticated Mini Moving Head

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WAUKESHA, WI. – Sometimes, the smallest most subtle things are the ones that hit where it counts. Proof: Blizzard Lighting’s newest LED moving head, WINK™ will get your rig noticed from across the room in the blink of an eye. Well endowed with a 60W 4-in-1 RGBW LED in the center plus a 4x segment pixel mappable LED ring with a total of 8x 0.5W RGB LEDs, WINK™ packs slick moves and eye candy effects into a tour-ready-but-tiny housing. WINK™’s 5-45° motorized zoom creates exceptionally bright beams and stunning wash effects that will really reel ‘em in.

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Tales of the Tripping in 360

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TEL AVIV – The cavernous Shlomo Arena in Tel Aviv was  brought to life – for the first time ever with the buzz of dance music – as the fantastic sounds and musical distinction of Tale of Us swirled around the environment in a limited-entry show presented by The Tripping, the country’s most discerning electronic music promoters. The event was atmospherically engineered by visuals designer Eran Klein who utilized Robe Pointes and Spiiders and PixelPATTs at the core of his design.

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PR Lighting Introduces XPAR 1012

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HELOTES, TEXAS- PR Lighting introduces the XPAR 1012 a bright and colorful IP67 rated luminaire that is perfect for both indoor and outdoor production. Equipped with 12 bright RGBW LEDs the XPAR 1012 is a powerful, compact, color changing luminaire. Its unique ability to withstand inclement weather allows the unit to be used in permanent or temporary exterior applications. The RGBW color mixing delivers a smooth, beautifully mixed color wash effect ideal for theaters.

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drs. Down! Gets Assist from Painting with Light

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NETHERLANDS – drs. Down! is part musical, part drama, part medical case study and the brainchild of Dutch TV presenter and chat show host Ivo Niehe, making his debut as a playwright. He boldly tackles some of the complex, dramatic, delicate and serious issues associated with Down Syndrome: judgements, prejudices and how it can shape and define lives, told through the true story of Pablo Pineda-Ferrer, who overcame the odds to gain a university degree in psychology.

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Miss Moneypenny’s Night at the Proms Lit with Elation Rig

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BIRMINGHAM, UK – On Friday, November 24th, England’s infamous club and house music brand, Miss Moneypenny’s, finally got their Night at the Proms with a lavish party celebration marking 25 years since the internationally recognized club brand began in Birmingham. Held at Symphony Hall in Birmingham, full service production company, Stage Production Co., were called on to produce all the technical elements of the show and used an Elation Professional lighting system as an important element of the lavish visuals.

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WorldStage Provides Technology and Support for Multi-Part Glamour’s Women of the Year Awards and Live Summit

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NEW YORK – Glamour magazine celebrated its 27th Women of the Year Awards at a gala ceremony at Brooklyn’s landmark Kings Theatre, which was preceded by an all-day Women of the Year Live Summit at the Brooklyn Museum of Art.  WorldStage marked its twelfth year working with Overland Entertainment supporting the multi-part event with audio, video and lighting.

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ESTA and USITT announce the initial sponsors for the New World Rigging Symposium

NYC – The New World Rigging Symposium, taking place March 13-14, 2018 is in conjunction with the USITT Conference and Stage Expo 2018 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Signing up as the Platinum Sponsor is Stage Rigging, Inc. a diversified theatrical rigging company that provides a full range of specialized rigging services on a global basis for tours, corporate and special events, and expositions. Chris Schmidt, Vice President and General Manager of Stage Rigging, states, “For over 40 years Stage Rigging has been an advocate of rigging standards and education, the New World Rigging Symposium is the perfect event for both.”

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