Focus on Austin
This week kicks off PLASA Focus in Austin Texas. I’ll be attending the show, walking the floor and sitting in on some of the sessions. … Read More »Focus on Austin
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PLASA Focus Debuts Feb. 22-23
AUSTIN, TX — More than 50 companies will be at the Renaissance Austin showing their latest wares this Wednesday (10am-6pm) and Thursday (10am-4pm), Feb. 22-23, 2012. More than 900 industry members have registered for the event, which will also include demos and educational sessions both days, including the recently-added “LEDs and Lies” and “Concert LD to Architectural LD.”
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Jands Vista L5 Console
Jands’s new Vista L5 console controls lighting and media. Its highlight feature includes a 21-inch HD Wacom pen tablet, allowing a display of the entire rig on one screen for quick access to moving lights, media servers and LEDs. The L5 has 16 DMX universes and a backlit keyboard for working in dark environments. Linux OS drives an Intel Core i7 processor with 8 GB of RAM.
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Celtic Woman Tours under the Aura of Martin
AARHUS, Denmark – The all-female musical ensemble Celtic Woman’s current tour sees the Irish musicians playing beneath a rig that includes Martin Professional’s new MAC Aura LED wash light. Tom Kenny, longtime LD for Celtic, worked with lighting supplier Upstaging for the first time on this production.
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Stage Electrics Lights Major UK Musicals
BRISTOL, UK – Stage Electrics’ lighting teams are working on four major touring and West End productions across the UK. Oliver!, Phantom of the Opera, Chicago and Singin’ In the Rain sees a broad swathe of lighting technologies from conventionals to the latest-generation digital control.
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Lumenpulse Enters Partnership with Singapore’s Technolite
London – Lumenpulse Inc. signed a strategic partnership agreement with Singapore-based Technolite, which is active in the high-end architectural market. As its exclusive partner, Technolite will supply and support Lumenpulse’s range of LED lighting, giving it greater presence in the region.
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Fantasee Lighting’s Techfest Event Returns April 26-27
BELLEVILLE, MI – Fantasee Lighting will host TECHFEST 2012 April 26-27, showcasing products, services, a few seminars and offering console training. The event is free of charge, but RSVP is needed for the console instruction.
Read More »PLSN Weekend Update
The week can go by so fast. Project after project, phone calls, emails, they all backup. Pretty soon it is Friday and you don’t know what happened to your week. To help catch you up during the weekend, PLSN has put together the top stories from the past week in our Weekend Update. Grab another cup of coffee, put the paper down and see what has been happening around the industry.
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Worldstage Gives Oracle Big Presence at Retail’s Big Show
NEW YORK – Worldstage helped Oracle Retail Group have a commanding presence at the National Retail Federation’s s 101st Annual Convention & Expo at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. The Oracle videowall – with an eye-catching live Twitter feed and large-format graphical content – was comprised of 32 narrow-bezel NEC 46-inch LCD monitors.
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Synthe-FX Luminair iPad v2
Synthe FX’s Luminair for iPad v2 is a full-featured mobile lighting control platform, capable of controlling all DMX compliant gear including LED fixtures, conventional lighting, dimmers, media servers, and more, using any Art-Net or sACN to DMX interface. Via iCloud support, automatically sync Luminair projects, fixures, images, and other documents between multiple iPads. It is now available for download through the App Store on iPad or through iTunes.
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New Ghostlight Society to Support Behind the Scenes
NEW YORK – To kick off the new Ghostlight Society program, John McGraw and Lori Rubinstein have made provisions for ESTA’s Behind the Scenes in their wills. The Ghostlight Society is designed to further help those in the entertainment technology industry needing financial assistance.
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Dataton Takes Visitors on Voyage Through Dutch Maritime Museum
AMSTERDAM – The Netherlands’ Het Scheepvaartmuseum, which reopened last fall after being refurbished, offers visitors a new exhibit, Voyage at Sea. The five-room walk-through experience, which details the Netherlands’ maritime history, includes an oval 360° viewing area lit by 10 projectors.
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