NEW YORK – New Year’s Eve performances in New York’s Times Square – seen on ABC, FNC, NBC, and Univision – all featured lighting from 4Wall New York. LD Paul Miller and his team, including programmer Paul Sonnleitner, were brought in to light the two main performance stages by Paladin Entertainment and the event organizers. Limited power, traffic, weather and other elements were factors in the design challenges.
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ORLANDO – Alcorn McBride, a manufacturer of AV system control, A/V and lighting equipment for themed entertainment, is preparing for growth in international markets. In the past year, Alcorn McBride has restructured distribution in Asia, and built up its Paris office. Alcorn McBride is in talks with several companies to distribute products in the remaining European markets and is now interviewing new companies at the ISE show in Amsterdam.
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LAKE ORION, MI – High Resolution Systems has moved from Clarkston, MI, to much larger quarters in Lake Orion, MI. The new 12,000-sq. ft. location combines office and warehouse space for all three companies under the High Resolution banner: High Resolution Engineering, HRS Control and Lightware USA.
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ATLANTA – Bandit Lites worked again with LD Mark Carver in lighting The Annual Trumpet Awards. The special event honoring the accomplishments of African-Americans took place Jan. 26 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre. Carver was challenged with designing an elegant space that would render well on television. House lights were eliminated, and as award winners made their way to the stage from the audience, Carver paid special attention to lighting the audience in addition to the presenters and performers.
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LINKOPING, Sweden – Swedish AV company Dataton introduces its first dedicated media server, Watchpax, with built-in Dataton Watchout multidisplay software. Users will be able to orchestrate stills, 3D objects, interactive elements, animations, graphics, video and sound across multiple displays. Watchpax can also be used in information points or to drive content in kiosks in corporate showrooms, digital signage and visitor center applications.
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DAVIE, FL — PTT of Florida, a supplier of temporary live event labor for large arena shows and events, has moved three doors down from its current location at 10388 West SR 84 to Suite 106 at the 595 Corporate Park of Commerce. Previously in Suite 109, PTT General Manager Maria Munro said the company needed a more spacious conference room and more offices for its growing staff of events industry employees.
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WAKEFIELD, UK – Prolyte Products UK has appointed Alex White as trainee project manager. Smith has a Foundation Degree in Live Events Production from Backstage Academy. He worked on The X Factor Live Tour 2012 and the Goodwood Festival of Speed, as well as with Avolites.
Read More »SANTA MARIA, Brazil — Authorities have detained four people in connection with a fire that ripped through the packed Kiss nightclub in this southern Brazil city in the early morning hours of Sunday, Jan. 27, killing 237. A small pyro display is being implicated as the cause. Early reports suggest that some kind of pyro device ignited foam sound insulation material on the ceiling, and that a crowd of college-aged revelers stampeded and were suffocated within minutes by the resulting smoke and fumes.
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UPLAND, CA – The Baldy View Regional Occupational Program (BVROP) provides career technical education to high school students who are interested in improving their preparation for higher education and the workforce. When the BVROP allocated lottery funds, Technical Director Bill Cox upgraded his lighting system in the Highlander Auditorium with 16 PLCyc LED luminaires from Philips Strand Lighting and Philips Selecon.
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Roland Systems Group is debuting the next-generation product in the V-4 and V-8 lineup of Roland live performance video mixers. The Roland V-4EX advances the Roland V-4 four channel video mixer by incorporating HDMI inputs/outputs, USB streaming, HDCP support, built-in touch multiviewer and audio embedding. The Roland V-4EX’s features are designed for many markets including clubs, concerts, worship, events, meetings, trainings, weddings, education and sporting events.
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Optocore – a provider of fiber-optic networks for the transmission of audio, video and data – is launching its new range of MADI (Multichannel Audio Digital Interface) switches. Developed specifically for professional audio and video users, Optocore’s new MADI switches have reduced power consumption, latency and setup time. The switches allow distribution over Cat5 cabling, in addition to MADI over fiber and MADI over BNC.
Read More »SYRACUSE, NY – Up-and-coming entertainment designers from colleges around the nation will receive USITT Awards for Young Designers & Technicians in the Performing Arts, the United States Institute for Theatre Technology announced this week. The awards will be presented at USITT’s 2013 Annual Conference & Stage Expo in Milwaukee March 20-23, an event that draws more than 5,000 people. For a full list of winners and more details, visit the USITT website.
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