ROTTERDAM – After a gap year forced by the Covid-19 pandemic, the 65th Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) was staged with semifinals (May 18, 20) and finals (May 22) at Rotterdam, Netherlands’ Ahoy arena. More than 183 million saw the visuals created with an arsenal of gear that included Robe lighting fixtures and disguise media servers.
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LAS VEGAS – Timeless Communications, publisher of PLSN, FRONT of HOUSE and Stage Directions, is looking beyond the pandemic to a strong future for the industry and its publications. To that end, they announced on June 21 that Stage Directions magazine will merge into PLSN.
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NEW YORK – Longtime touring stage manager Andy Pollard passed away on June 18. He had been scheduled to work the Foo Fighters Madison Square Garden show over the weekend to mark concerts returning to the NYC venue after almost 500 days. The band honored Pollard with the tribute in NYC pictured here.
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LOS ANGELES – The 2021 Pollstar Awards pivoted to honor artists, venues and events of the decade while paying tribute to individuals who went above and beyond to support an industry devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Bandit Lites owner and chair Michael T. Strickland, the first “Heroes of Live” recipient of the night, was honored for his activism on behalf of the live events industry.
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VALENCIA, Spain, June 2021: Spanish AV equipment manufacturer Equipson has praised ISE for delivering its first post-Covid trade show in Barcelona in an extremely… Read More »Equipson Praises ISE For Delivering a Safe and Successful Post-Covid Trade Show In Barcelona
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DENMARK – Elation Professional is pleased to announce that Atendi A/S has been named the exclusive distributor for Elation products in Denmark. Effective immediately,… Read More »Elation announces Atendi as exclusive distributor in Denmark
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Session information: Schedule: MVR HELIOS processing on June 23, US PST 10:00am-11:30am Q&A session on June 23, US PST 2:00pm-3:30pm Lecturer: Mike Smith is a seasoned AV… Read More »ROE Academy New Session – Online processing training MVR HELIOS/ Online Q&A June 23, PST
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CZECH REPUBLIC – The largest performance space of Brno City Theatre (Městské divadlo Brno), The Music Theatre, is a 680-seat venue that hosts a… Read More »Robert Juliat SpotMe for Czech Republic’s Brno City Theatre
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LONDON – Taking place from 5-7 September at Olympia London, the show will meet the needs of the industry by delivering future-facing technology and essential… Read More »PLASA Show, the London event for entertainment technology, returns in 2021
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ROTTERDAM – A newly formed group of Hippotizer™ Media Servers worked in total harmony for this year’s spectacular Eurovision final, feeding lighting and visual data… Read More »Hippotizer™ Media Servers Drive Eurovision LED Set Strips
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June 21, 2021—Timeless Communications, publisher of Projection, Lights and Staging News (PLSN); Front of House (FOH); and Stage Directions (SD) magazines, is looking beyond the pandemic to a strong future for the industry and its publications. To that end, they today announced that Stage Directions magazine will merge into PLSN magazine. This will both expand the comprehensive coverage offered by PLSN, the industry’s indisputable leading publication and will better reflect today’s entertainment technology business sector.Read More »Stage Directions to Merge into PLSN Magazine
