SAN FRANCISCO – WorldStage Inc. expects to acquire Tekamaki, LLC, a 12-year old event technology firm specializing in complex technological solutions, in a deal slated to be close this month. Tekamaki will build on WorldStage’s recent expansion in the Bay area through its WorldStage LAB facility, which opened in 2014.
Read More »Barco’s EC-200, a full-sized hardware controller that’s part of the company’s Event Master series of screen management systems, features new syntax-based programming designed to make the EC-200 easier to use and to allow for faster show programming. The EC-200 event controller will be shipping from mid-February.
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LONDON – British band New Order’s recent UK and European tour in support of their latest album, Music Complete, featured a lighting design from LD Andrew Liddle controlled via an Avolites Arena console..
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MONTERREY, Mexico – One of Mexico’s major full technical production and rental companies, Audio Systems del Norte based in Monterrey, capital and largest city of the north eastern state of Nuevo León, has invested in its first Robe moving lights – 24 x Pointes. Pictured here are, from left, Juan Carlos Jasso (Operations Director), Alberto Garcia (Vari Internacional) and Franco Cinquini (Sales Manager).
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The ADJ COB Cannon Wash Pearl is a version of ADJ’s COB Cannon Wash with a white finish. Much like its sister model, but housed in an off-white metal casing, the new ADJ COB Cannon Wash Pearl pairs COB (Chip On Board) LED technology with a wide but variable beam angle, while blending in with lightly-colored décor for a discreet wash solution. This bright wash/par fixture is designed to work as both a far-reaching color wash unit and, with the use of the included lens kit, a powerful par effect. Utilizing a single 150W quad-color (RGBA) COB LED, the COB Cannon Wash lets users produce even washes with no shadows in vivid crisp colors, for results that are truer than those achieved with regular multi-LED units.
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NASHVILLE — Music City hosted thousands of hockey fans for the recent 2016 Honda NHL All-Star Weekend, which ran from Jan. 28-31. Morris provided lighting for the 2016 All-Star Game and 2016 All-Star Skills Competition at the Bridgestone Arena while also lighting related concerts and VIP areas and events.
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TOWSON, MD – Back on the stage after a motorcycle accident last fall, Fetty Wap is performing with a lighting design by Brett Angstadt of Round Peg Productions. Angstadt is lighting the resurgent hip hop star with 18 Rogue R2 Wash moving LED fixtures from Chauvet Professional.
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BERLIN, Germany – 3YOURMIND GmbH continues to develop new 3D printing plugins for CAD programs. The latest addition is Vectorworks 2016, a line of 2D and 3D software developed by Vectorworks, Inc. that helps designers to communicate effectively and bring their visions to life while keeping building information modeling (BIM) at the heart of the design process.
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MANCHESTER, U.K. – When it comes to throwing a party, there’s no better time than New Year’s! Sankeys Warehouse secured a stellar line-up – including Fat Boy Slim and Basement Jaxx – for a New Year’s Day party at Victoria Warehouse, Manchester (UK), seeking a stunning production to match. It was Liverpool-based production company UK Events Group who were tasked with bringing the performances of two legendary dance acts to life, supplying everything from the awesome pyros and effects to a lightshow that was all ADJ!
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LONDON and DUBAI – Maestra Group, specialist in premium event production, design and solutions, has made a large investment in new sound, AV and lighting equipment for 2016, which also follows the launch of the new Maestra London office on Jan. 4. Pictured here are Justin Hammond and Thomas Clements.
Read More »Barco is broadening its HDX projector portfolio for large venues and events with a 3-chip DLP, 19,000-lumen model that offers 4K UHD resolution with superb image quality. The HDX-4K20 FLEX shares its lens range, ease of use, and modularity with the other HDX models.
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FLORENCE, Italy – The Classical Ballet Moscow recently completed a tour of Italy and Sicily featuring an emotive lighting design from Evgeniy Toma programmed on a Philips Strand Lighting NEO Lighting Control Console. The company performed The Nutcracker, Swan Lake and Sleeping Beauty in cities including Florence, Milan and Palermo over 36 consecutive days.
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