CYPRESS, CA – At Northern Kentucky University’s College of Informatics, a Christie MicroTiles interactive video wall installation takes education and gaming to a whole new level. The 25-feet wide by 15-feet high installation lights up the Digitorium at Griffin Hall, lining the ‘BigWall’ with projections from live video, HDMI and display footage, and cable TV, among other sources.
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LONDON – White Light continues its long association with The Royal Shakespeare Company by supplying the rig for the RSC’s production of Matilda The Musical at the Cambridge Theatre in London. The show was first created on the thrust stage of the RSC’s Courtyard Theatre; some re-thinking was therefore required for the show’s transfer into the proscenium-arch Cambridge Theatre. LD Hugh Vanstone was able to revamp and reshape the show a bit, including the late addition of lasers for dramatic effect.
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SECAUCUS, NJ – Rose Brand’s Rigging Project Manager, Jesse Adams, is now an ETCP (Entertainment Technician Certification Program) Certified Rigger for Theatre, now making Rose Brand an ETCP Recognized Employer.
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TEMPE, AZ – Precise Corporate Staging promoted Dan Arends from director of operations to national director of sales, a new position. The company also added Dash Cooper, a musician and band founder, as digital media marketing manager.
Read More »DALLAS – Philips Vari-Lite has appointed Svetlost Teatar as its new distributor for Serbia. Svetlost Teatar has operations in Moscow, Skopje and Belgrade and already represents Selecon and Strand Lighting across Serbia. The company has 20 years of specialization in entertainment technology installs for theatres and other related venues.
Read More »BALLARAT, Australia — George Langley Jr., 47, who was nearly electrocuted in a Jan. 6 accident while setting up outdoor speakers in Buninyong for the… Read More »George Langley Jr. Recovering from Near-Electrocution in Australia
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AARHUS, Denmark – A production of traditional song, dance and art, “Holy Heimori,” premiered in the Shanghai Temple in Inner Mongolia with Martin lighting incorporated into the design. LD Sha Xiao Lan, world renowned for his lighting design of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, helped the show come to life. Lighting supplier was Beijing Constellation Digital Technology Ltd., the sole distributor of Martin lighting in Northern China.
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GLENDALE, CA – Kinetic Lighting has become the first Southern California company to add the new VARI*LITE VL880 Spot luminaire to its rental inventory. “Demand has been strong for a fixture that was brighter than mid-range alternatives, but without the size and weight of larger units. And from the standpoint of rental flexibility, the VL880 auto-ranging power supply is huge for us,” said Kinetic Lighting President David Rosen.
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RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, CA – Rent What? has adapted its portable Pop-Up! Dressing Room into a portable shadow box. By adding height onto the Pop-Up! Dressing Room and fitting it with a translucent panel, the unit can be backlit for shadow effects onstage. The unit comes with a light fixture to make the system self-contained. A privacy panel then turns it into a portable dressing room as well.
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HIGH WYCOMBE, UK – Jands Vista consoles, running the new Vista v2 software, have been installed in the two TV studios at Lincoln University’s Media Broadcast Production Centre. The studios were recently upgraded to offer students the opportunity to learn on the latest lighting and camera technologies. Jands exclusive UK dealer A.C. Entertainment Technologies Ltd (AC-ET) supplied the Jands Vista consoles – a T2 and an I3 – to the University.
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OOSTENDE, Belgium – At the start of this year, Pixled became the official distributor for LED display manufacturer Radiant’s Linx range of products in key European countries. Pixled and Radiant have been involved in an on-going ‘co-development’ agreement for the past two years. Pixled has now renamed its four current L-Series products to all have the suffix ‘by Radiant.’
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