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DJ Bobo Journeys Through Time with GLP’S GT-1

Thomas Gerdon and Thomas Dietze lit DJ BoBo’s performances at Europa-Park in Germany with 65 of GLP’s hybrid GT-1 fixtures.

DJ Bobo Journeys Through Time with GLP’S GT-1

RUST, Germany – Swiss artist DJ BoBo is celebrating his 25th anniversary on stage by touring the grand new show, Mystorial. From April 2017 it will visit Switzerland, Austria and other parts of Europe, including 24 arenas in Germany, before heading down to South America. But it has already received its world premiere during a two-week opener at the vast Europa-Park amusement park in the town of Rust in southwest Germany, where a new arena has been built specially to host the production.

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USITT and ESTA Announce Plans for Innova, A New Platform for Online Learning

ST. LOUIS, MO – USITT and ESTA announced Innova, a platform to provide online learning to professionals in entertainment technology and design. Innova, launching in April, will offer on-demand training in a wide variety of disciplines and levels and will include renewal credit courses for the Entertainment Technician Certification Program (ETCP) and American Institute of Architects (AIA). Both non-profits have been seeking to offer constituents educational opportunities that allow them to learn at their convenience.

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Sohail e. Najafi Lights LA’s Broadway with Chauvet Professional

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LOS ANGELES – For one night late last month, the stretch of Broadway between Third Street and Olympic Boulevard in downtown LA, glittered just as brightly as its New York City counterpart, as the City of Angels celebrated the third annual Night on Broadway Festival.  The dazzling lighting display that covered the seven-block area was created by Sohail e. Najafi of Najafi Design Group, supported by a team of nine lighting directors, using an impressive rig supplied by 4Wall Entertainment Lighting of Orange County, CA, for interior venues, and Aspect Lighting of Santa Fe Springs, CA, for exterior stages.

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Group One to Display Lighting Gear at USITT

ST. LOUIS, MO – Group One Limited, supplier of professional audio and lighting is pleased to announce they will be participating in the 2017 USITT convention this week in St. Louis. Group One represents the brands Avolites, DTS Lighting and elektraLite. They will be on hand to talk with everyone and show off their latest products from each of these manufacturers at Booth 2213

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University of Warwick in U.K. Making Use of tvONE CORIOmaster for 16K Video Wall

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UK – tvONE’s CORIOmaster mini video wall processor drives a spectacular 16K video wall in the foyer of the Oculus, a new £19 million flagship building at the University of Warwick in the UK. Entering The Oculus, visitors are greeted by a stunning four-screen 16K resolution video wall with a range of art displays, timetables of upcoming activity in the building and live-streams of lectures and other events in the main lecture theatres as well as acting as the ‘building dashboard’. 

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Nominations Now Open for 10th Knight of Illumination Awards

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UK – Knight of Illumination (KOI) Awards is powering up in preparation for its luminous tenth anniversary event this September. Billed as the ultimate showcase of lighting and video design achievement in the UK, the Awards is already receiving outstanding nominations in lighting and video design as international creatives and industry supporters push to see their favorite works of 2016/17 take home a KOI sword this landmark year.

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Broadcast Pix Upgrade Adds Native Facebook Live Support to Integrated Production Switchers

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CHELMSFORD, MASS.– Broadcast Pix™ today announced its integrated production switchers now offer native support for Facebook Live. Available this spring, the upgrade will be included in all new switchers and as a free upgrade for switchers currently under warranty.

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WorldStage Provides Behind-the-Scenes Lighting Support for Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show

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NEW YORK CITY – Always a favorite of TV viewers, the 141st Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show took center stage at Madison Square Garden recently.  But not all the action happened on the floor of the Garden.  WorldStage provided lighting support to lighting designer Ben Carlson who was busy behind the scenes with the broadcast desk, the “Ready Ring” for dogs preparing to enter the arena, and a multitude of remote interviews.

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Showlight 2017 Announces that Exhibitor Spaces are Sold Out!

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FLORENCE, Italy – The tenth Showlight quadrennial, the full speaker program of which was announced last month, takes place in just three months (20-23 May) at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Florence, Italy. It is with delight we report that all exhibitor spaces have sold out – we even managed to squeeze in a few more due to popular demand! The latest exhibitors to be welcomed on board are AED, Elation Professional BV, PRG, SGM and Music & Lights. The full list of confirmed exhibitors can be found on the Showlight website at http://www.showlight.org/it/exhibitor-list/

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PAG to Debut New Battery Reader at NAB

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LONDON —At NAB 2017, PAG, an innovator of portable power solutions for the broadcast industry with almost 5 decades of experience, will debut its new Battery Reader for the PAGlink Gold Mount System of compact, lightweight, intelligent linking batteries. The Battery Reader will be exhibited by PAG America, a division of the Carr Distribution Group on booth #C9518.

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ETC SC1008 BCELTS Switch

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The SC1008 is a branch circuit emergency lighting transfer switch (BCELTS) designed for installations that require emergency control of a single, 20A circuit. 2017 changes to the National Electrical Code (NEC) article 700 clearly define requirements for devices that can be used for emergency transfer of branch circuits. Most existing products do not meet these fault-current rating and endurance requirements. The SC1008 does. This BCELTS is designed to transfer one or more lighting loads from one power source to another during a power failure or other emergency situation. ETC’s rugged construction and fail-safe circuitry are UL 1008-approved for any North American emergency lighting application where life safety is an issue. 

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