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Boston Light &Sound Gets Film Festival Assist from Alcorn McBride DVM 8400/HD

Boston Light &Sound Gets Film Festival Assist from Alcorn McBride DVM 8400/HD

BOSTON – Boston Light & Sound, which supports numerous film festivals including The Doha Tribeca Film Festival, The Turner Classic Movies Film Festival and The Traverse City Film Festival, had "been looking for a device that could be encoded for screen washes, sponsor tags and trailers" for years, according to company president Chapin Cutler, who also serves as technical director of the Sundance Film Festival.

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ADB Lighting Names Electrosonic Distributor for South Africa

ZAVENTEM, Belgium – ADB Lighting Technologies has appointed Electrosonic SA as their new distributor for South Africa. ADB's sales manager for Africa, Dirk van Nieuwenhuysen, visited South Africa in early January this year for discussions with Electrosonic, and signed a contract following a tour of clients and facilities.

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Alcorn McBride Delivers for Boston Light & Sound At Numerous Film Festivals

ORLANDO, FL – Alcorn McBride's Digital Video Machine DVM 8400/HD continues to meet the demanding schedule of numerous high profile Film Festivals, where Boston Light & Sound is responsible for all feature and non-feature content in scores of venues for hundreds of screenings. The Boston-based specialty projection company has employed the machines at numerous film festivals including The Doha Tribeca Film Festival, The Turner Classic Movies Film Festival and The Traverse City Film Festival.

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Qube Cinema Launches Qube KeySmith at NAB

LAS VEGAS, NV – Qube Cinema is demonstrating Qube Keysmith, its new digital key management and reporting application, at NAB 2011. Built on technologies proven in years of use by parent company Real Image, Qube Keysmith allows filmmakers, production companies and post houses to encrypt Digital Cinema content with Key Delivery Messages (KDMs) for exhibitors. As a result, a new generation of companies and facilities can now offer full Digital Cinema distribution services for anything from film festivals to full theatrical releases.

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GDS Appoint Nick Read to Head Up New GDS Specials Division

UK – GDS announces that Nick Read has joined the company as Head of its newly created special projects division – ‘GDS Specials'. Nick has over 22 years experience in the entertainments industry and brings with him wide range of skills, working recently as the head of hire and events for Northern Light and previously running his own successful hire company. With an electrical engineering background he also boasts experience as a project manager, overseeing the €1m technical-build of Wexford opera house. He has worked around the UK and Europe as a freelance engineer and lighting designer, toured with and brought numerous shows into the West End and worked as a production electrician for major theatre companies, on many of the largest show in London.

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Staying (and Tweaking) the Course

Thank you to everyone for the warm welcome to PLSN. It is an honor to take the helm of one of the industry's most respected magazines and news sites. As the new editor, I want to introduce myself and tell you a little about what we have in store for you.

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The Belasco Theatre: Pushing Past 80, Gracefully

David Flad of Q1 Designs recently teamed with 4Wall Los Angeles to light the interior of downtown LA's Belasco Theatre. The lighting design and implementation was one of the final stages of the three-year renovation of the 80-year-old venue. Set in a central location not far from Staples Center, the Belasco was renovated so that it could host variety of entertainment events. The challenge for Flad and his team was in making sure the lighting was versatile enough to support a variety of needs.

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