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CHAUVET DJ To Showcase New Eve Series Fixtures, Along With Atmospherics and Washes At LDI

CHAUVET DJ To Showcase New Eve Series Fixtures, Along With Atmospherics and Washes At LDI

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LAS VEGAS – A collection of powerful new par washes and atmospheric effects designed to offer cost-effective design solutions for the event lighting market are among the innovative offerings that will highlight the CHAUVET DJ booth (1415) at LDI 2017. Covering a range of color options, the new Eve units include the 130W tri-color Eve P-130, the 140W variable white Eve P-140 and the 150W ultraviolet Eve P-150 UV.

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FLEX Theatre at Carroll College Upgrades to Elation LED Lighting System

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HELENA, MONTANA – The theatre program at Carroll College in Helena, Montana, has been producing wonderful productions for the last 35 years, in spite of entertainment technology that is at least that old. The program recently updated their 120-seat FLEX Theatre with a state-of-the-art, energy-efficient Elation Professional LED lighting system that opens up all new possibilities for student creativity in the new theatre space. Formerly housed in an old gymnasium with a lighting rig made up of antiquated Fresnels, scoops, and ellipsoidals, the theatre department’s move to a new location gave the program the opportunity to reimagine the space using new technology.

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TMB Celebrates 400+ Years of Pro Cables Assembly Experience

LOS ANGELES – In a modest ceremony this week at TMB Los Angeles, the 10-year anniversaries of three of the company’s cable assembly technicians were celebrated.  All three are part of a distinct companywide group of professional, highly-skilled cabling technicians, of whom TMB is justifiably very proud.  Also a matter of great pride at TMB is its Pro Cables division’s worldwide cabling staff of over 50, with an average tenure of close to eight years, representing over 400 years of combined experience!

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HARTING Media Event 2017

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Elgin, IL – HARTING held its annual media event on Thursday, October 26, 2017 at North Central College in Naperville, IL. This year’s event focused on a business update from the company and several key initiatives – including IIoT initiatives, a new industry-changing campaign, and a special announcement from HARTING and the college.

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Luxium Launches Ziba, a Wireless PAR Fixture

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Portland, OR-based Luxium Lighting is introducing Ziba, a compact, battery-powered, long-life, and wire-free luminaire created for event producers. Equipped with a Luxium six-channel LED engine, Ziba is designed to offer both full-color adjustment and selectable white CCT settings with the best efficacy available resulting in a small and smart 3.5 pound event light that can run at the full brightness of over 1500 lumens for more than 11 hours.

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TV Academy Honors ARRI ALEXA Camera System with Engineering Emmy®

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LOS ANGELES – At the 69th Engineering Emmy® Awards Ceremony in Hollywood, the Television Academy recognized ARRI with the most prestigious television accolade for outstanding achievement in engineering development for its ALEXA digital motion picture camera system. On October 25, 2017, at the Loews Hollywood Hotel, actress Kirsten Vangsness, who presented the award, said: “The ALEXA camera system represents a transformative technology in television due to its excellent digital imaging capabilities coupled with a completely integrated postproduction workflow.

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Venuetech New Elation Professional Distributor for the Middle East

MIDDLE EAST – Elation Professional is pleased to announce that Venutech Audiovisual & Lighting Systems (www.venuetech.ae) has been appointed the exclusive distributor for Elation Professional products in the Middle East. Venuetech has been a leading provider of professional products and services to the entertainment industry in the Middle East since 2003 and has seen immense growth since its founding. Headed by one of the Middle East market’s most experienced and esteemed personalities, Nour Assafiri, Venuetech’s team of industry professionals is focused on all aspects of the audio, video and lighting market, from sales to technical support.

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CHAUVET Professional Showcases Expanded Ovation Series At LDI

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LAS VEGAS – CHAUVET Professional’s Ovation series is taking the color mixing magic of its RGBA-Lime LED system to new places. At the upcoming LDI show, the company will be debuting the industry’s first full-color RGBAL Fresnel and house light fixtures. Joining them at the Ovation booth (1415) will be other groundbreaking products, including a variable white Fresnel and ellipsoidal.

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De Effenaar Upgrades with Robe DL Series Fixtures

NETHERLANDS – In the fiercely competitive world of moving lights, Robe offers a range of quality solutions for a diversity of applications. The DL series of refined and elegant LED luminaires was developed with theatre and television applications in mind, however these powerful fixtures have become popular across a number of different installation genres. Popular live music venue De Effenaar in Eindhoven, Netherlands, is a great example. De Effenaar has recently updated its lighting rig with the addition of 12 x DL7S Profiles, 12 x DL4X Spots and four DL4F Fresnels, together with 42 x Robe PARFect RGBW LED PARs.

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Tash Sultana Takes Bandit Lites On The Road

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – Bandit Lites is proud to be lighting Tash Sultana, the Melbourne singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who is bringing her exceptional vocals and beatboxing skills to audiences around the world.Following a viral video performance that garnered over a million views in five days, the self- taught artist launched her Homecoming Tour this summer with a lighting design crafted by Cam Anderson designed to be both compact and powerful, with upright trusses providing the backbone and Chauvet Rogue FX-B’s utilized as the main force.

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Mega-Lite Introduces New Matrix Video Panels

HELOTES, Texas- The Mega Matrix Video Panel is a newly designed panel perfect for production and installation with a vivid display constructed for both indoor and outdoor use. This panel is IP65 rated with a 6.25mm pitch and is assembled with an aluminum casting body that gives it the protection and capability to withstand vigorous elements. It is Equipped with an IP rated Ether-con and Neutrik PowerCon True1 in and out which allows the panels to be connected in series. Although this panel is small, it is able to pack a punch due to its ≥5,100 NIT output. A built-in test pattern generator also gives the user the ability to test it without signal.

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Old Town Temecula Community Theater Installs elektraLite SLA Retinas

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TEMECULA, CA – Old Town Temecula Community Theater sits in the heart of the historic district of Temecula in Southwestern California. Surrounded by antique shops and quaint cafes, the theater is housed inside the old Mercantile Building on Main Street, dating from the 1890s. But the theater is just 12 years old, and its production is led by a concert touring veteran who steers the venue toward new technology. Its newest purchase of 12 elektraLite SLA Retina LED fixtures is testament to that.

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