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Copenhagen-Based Rental Company, Comtech, Adds to Robe Fixtures in Inventory

Jes Christiansen from Comtech with Johan Kvartborg from LightPartner in the Comtech warehouse

Copenhagen-Based Rental Company, Comtech, Adds to Robe Fixtures in Inventory

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Danish rental company Comtech added Robe fixtures to its inventory for two consecutive years.  The initial purchase, and the company’s first in Robe, was for 40 Pointes in 2014. In 2015 they made a further investment with 50 BMFL Spots, which have been equally as well received, according to project manager Jes Christiansen. Christiansen is pictured here, left, with Johan Kvartborg from LightPartner in the Comtech warehouse

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Flex 4.14.1 from Flex Rental Solutions

Flex 4.14.1 from Flex Rental Solutions

Flex Rental Solutions released Flex version 4.14.1 to customers on Feb. 17-18, 2016. The newest release includes several new features, performance improvements, and bug fixes. Release 4.14.1 includes a new notes tab with highlight functionality for contact records, a bulk edit feature when editing selected serialized items, and an increased character limit on the Raw Printer Template, and more.

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Marc Beaudry

Niscon Inc. welcomes Marc Beaudry on its team

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Canada — Niscon Inc., a company specializing in the design, engineering and implementation of motion control systems for the entertainment industry, announced that Marc Beaudry, a 30+ years manager in the planning and delivery of technically complex and large-scale live entertainment in both touring and permanent facilities, has joined its project management and sales department.

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Steve Land

Morris Adds Four New Team Members

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Morris is pleased to announce the addition of two new team members to its Integration division and two new team members to its Light & Sound division. The Integration division has named Steve Land (pictured here), CTS, as Director of Business Development & Sales and Wade Russell as Relationship Manager. In the Light & Sound division, Chris Malmgren will serve as Audio Department Manager and Frank Heinrich as Operations Manager.

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The production design is by Rob Sinclair

Colour Sound Experiment Supplying Martin VDO Sceptron 10 LED Battens for Hurts’ European Tour

LONDON – Colour Sound Experiment is supplying lighting equipment and crew  to the current European tour by synthpop duo Hurts, riding high on the success of their third album ‘Surrender’ with a production design by Rob Sinclair. Colour Sound invested in 100 x new Martin VDO Sceptron 10 LED battens for the tour for which lighting is being directed and operated on the road by Matt Arthur.

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Vectorworks and PRG Partner to Add Content and Capabilities to Vectorworks Spotlight Software

COLUMBIA, MD – As a part of their shared commitment to empower today’s entertainment designers, Vectorworks, Inc. and Production Resource Group (PRG) announce that they will collaboratively develop and implement new features for Vectorworks Spotlight software. More specifically, PRG will work with Vectorworks’ research and development team to develop new tools and object libraries for Spotlight, the standard for CAD software in entertainment design, as well as drive efficient workflows that are crucial to the industry.

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Banda el Recodo Perform with 140+ Fixtures from Chauvet Professional

Mexico’s Venerable Banda el Recodo Performs with 140+ Fixtures from Chauvet Professional

MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s Banda el Recodo has been making its distinctively engaging brand of music since 1938. The band’s lighting rig, controlled by LD Arturo Guevara, includes fixtures that are considerably younger. Guevara lights the 17 musicians with more than 140 fixtures from Chauvet Professional, including 84 Rogue RH1 Hybrid and 16 Rogue R2 Wash moving fixtures, 40 Next NXT-1 moving LED panels, six Atmos high-output fog machines, and 16 Data Stream 4 optical splitters.

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Mumford & Sons

Mumford & Sons Gets Blackmagic Design Assist for Shows in South Africa

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Blackmagic Design has today announced that Mumford and Sons six show tour of South Africa, directed by Steve Price, featured a live to screen fiber optic workflow incorporating Blackmagic’s studio cameras, ATEM 1 M/E Production Studio 4K and HyperDeck Studio Pro. For the band’s first ever tour of South Africa, promoter Hilltop Live approached local specialists Militia Broadcast, with nearly 150 live shows under their belt, about supplying the IMAG projection, PPU, camera packages and crew during the band’s Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria gigs.

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Belmont University and Morris see the partnership as a win-win

Morris Supports Real-World Production Experience at Belmont University

NASHVILLE, TN – Belmont University’s Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business (CEMB) stages its Showcase Series five times a year, showcasing the talents and technical skills of the students who run the shows. The first one for 2016 took place Feb. 13. Nashville-based Morris, a full service production and integration company, once again provided crew and equipment, offering students a chance to put their hands on real-world gear in an actual arena concert environment.

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Nikita Bazalo and Matthew Drozdn

d3 Technologies Adds Nikita Bazalo and Matthew Drozdn to Marketing Team at London Headquarters

LONDON – d3 Technologies added two new members to its marketing team. Nikita Bazalo is the company’s marketing manager, and Matthew Drozd was hired as a digital designer.  Nikita, who hails from New Zealand, has extensive experience working in marketing and design for household brands in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. Matthew comes to d3 from ThreeFourSnap, where he served as marketing manager. They come on board at the company’s London headquarters.

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