DALLAS – Philips Strand Lighting is now shipping the Philips Selecon PLProfile4 LED luminaire. The fixture uses four 120-watt RGBW LED chips which create more than 6,000 lumens of output. Features include pattern projections and interchangeable lens options. Variable color temperatures range from 2300K to 9970K in white.
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MIDDLETON, WI – Theater-technology expert Harvey Sweet has retired from ETC (Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.), after four years as ETC Rigging’s senior product manager. His career spanned 59 years in the theatrical production and equipment manufacturing industry. Sweet was a fundamental part of ESTA’s E1.6 – 1 Rigging Task Group, recognized for developing the motorized-rigging standard, and served on many industry committees. Dr. Sweet is also the published author of three theater-technology textbooks and taught theater technology, scenic design and theater aesthetics for more than 30 years at several universities.
Read More »KORTRIJK, Belgium – Barco appoints Baranday as its distribution partner in Switzerland for Barco’s projection and image processing products. This new partnership will offer Swiss resellers, system integrators and others easier access to Barco’s full projection product line and support services.
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MONROVIA, CA — Event structure company Brown United will exhibit at Event Live Expo, Feb. 5-7 at the Event Deck, L.A. Live in Los Angeles. Brown United’s CEO John Brown is also a founding member of the Event Safety Alliance and will participate in unveiling the group’s first Event Safety Guide for America. The Event Safety Alliance is a group of entertainment industry leaders gathered to address the immediate need for universal safety standards for live event productions.
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LOS ANGELES – Electrosonic has promoted Rob Smith to sales manager of the Cultural Entertainment and Leisure (CEL) business for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Smith joined Electrosonic in 2010 as client account manager for the CEL team. Smith has spent 20 years in the AV industry. Before that, he served in the Royal Air Force as an avionics engineer.
Read More »PITTSBURGH, PA – Vincent Lighting Systems, Mainstage Theatrical Supply and Production Advantage have announced that they are merging to form a new lighting, rigging and staging company, MainStage, LLC, with locations in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, Houston, Memphis, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Pensacola, Pittsburgh, Tampa and Burlington, VT. Paul Vincent will serve as the president of the newly-formed company. All three companies will continue service as normal until the merger is completed.
Read More »SYRACUSE, NY – The United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) is providing free rigging inspections and safety training at high schools around the country through its Rigging Safety Initiative. It selects 10 schools twice a year – spring and fall – for its service, and the newest list of schools was just announced. Deadline is April 1 to apply for consideration in spring.
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LONDON – British rockers Level 42 celebrated the 25th anniversary of their hit-producing album Running in the Family with a performance at London’s Royal Albert Hall. LD Yenz Nyholm’s design included 12 Clay Paky Alpha Spot HPE 700s.
Read More »Last November, Kelso & Co., the holding company for PSAV, which provides AV and related services to more than 800 hotels in the U.S. and… Read More »Corporate AV Focus Turns to New Technologies
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LAKE ORION, MI – High Resolution Systems introduces UDC Pro ECS-Raptor, a UDC Pro Embedded Control Server designed for permanent AV installs. Raptor teams up with the company’s UDC software to offer a cost-effective, stable hardware/software solution for long-term installations in a range of environments. A Linux-embedded server, Raptor significantly lowers costs to users over full-blown Windows servers while significantly lowering power usage. It begins shipping in February.
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand—LightFactory, the PC-based control system, is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Founder/CEO Martin Searancke says he developed LightFactory out of a passion for the industry and a knack for writing code. LightFactory blends traditional theatrical dimmer controls with a full-featured, interactive moving lights suite and the latest in multimedia capabilities.
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OSLO – Lighting director Nick Collier chose Philips Vari-Lite VL3000 Spot luminaires for the annual Nobel Peace Prize Concert to honor Nobel laureates on Dec. 11 at the Oslo Spektrum Arena. Collier has taken over the lighting design duties from original designer Al Gurdon. Performers included Jennifer Hudson, Kylie Minogue and others.
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