CHICAGO – NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, invites you to its popular annual New York Partner Showcase, featuring the latest visual technology solutions to meet business challenges. It will take place on November 1 and 2 at SIR Stage37, just minutes from Times Square and the Javits Center.
TORONTO, ON – A.C. Lighting Inc., distributor of world-class lighting, rigging and video technologies, is pleased to announce the promotion of Tracey Hill to Vice President, Operations. Tracey joins a growing roster of high-profile, dynamic and professional senior management. The position of Vice President, Operations was created to support strategic growth plans providing better service to our customers and employees of A.C. Lighting Inc.
WALLERN, AUSTRIA – The Austrian AV technology manufacturer AV Stumpfl® will present a revolutionary projection screen accessory prototype, a broad line-up of innovative projection screens and high-performance media server products at this year’s LDI exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada. The AV Stumpfl® philosophy applied to each and every product is built around enabling faster set up time, lower maintenance requirements and a lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
ORLANDO –Absen Inc., a global leader in LED display solutions, has collected more than 850 pounds of non-perishable food and supplies to assist in relief efforts for those affected by Hurricane Irma and Maria in South Florida, Key West and Puerto Rico. Recorded as the strongest Atlantic basin hurricane outside of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, Hurricane Irma stretched 650 miles from east to west. Irma left 132 people dead and cost billions of dollars in damage when it made landfall last month. Two weeks later, Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, causing catastrophic damage and a major humanitarian crisis for the island.
ATLANTA – In 1997 race car driver Geoff Bodine put the pedal to the metal and reached 197.479 miles per hour on the famed Atlanta Motor Speedway. No one has ever equaled that speed on the big course since, but the action was probably even more blistering on the weekend of September 22-24, as close to 100,000 fans descended on the site for the Imagine Festival. Nowhere was the action hotter than on the Inferno stage, where Deadmau5, Flux Pavilion, The Floozies and other stars jammed under the intense output of CHAUVET Professional Rogue fixtures supplied by 4Life Entertainment.
OSTRAVA, CZECHIA – Colors of Ostrava is the biggest international music festival in the Czech Republic and one of the largest in Central Europe. With its unique location at the Dolní oblast Vítkovice, an old Czechoslovak mine with UNESCO World Heritage status, the festival draws some of the biggest musical acts from around the globe. This year, it treated fans to performances from the likes of Imagine Dragons and alt-J on five stages.
FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS AND RANDBURG, SOUTH Africa — RUSHWORKS, the well-established provider of cool technology for production, playback and streaming, has appointed Zimele Broadcasting Services (Pty), Ltd, as its distributor in the South African region. Zimele provides tailor made solutions to its customers with value added services from project management to system consulting and implementation, training and after sales support. The partnership marks the latest milestone in RUSHWORKS expansion into new and growing global markets that include many European countries, the UK, Israel, Africa and Australia.
COPENHAGEN – A Kinesys automation system with Vector control is a key player in the cutting edge production of Green Day’s “American Idiot” being staged in Copenhagen at Den Grå Hal (The Grey Hall). Benjamin La Cour’s acclaimed raw, stark scenography features three large scenic ‘slabs’ of concrete which lift, tilt and elevate to change the shape and architecture of the stage throughout the performance. They form a floor, a ceiling and several other shapes and spaces as the punky attitudinal sung-through action unfolds.In terms of visuality, these three set pieces fundamentally define the look and feel of the piece directed and choreographed by Tim Zimmerman.
WICHITA – With a commitment to develop and mentor leaders worldwide, the Global Leadership Summit is a live HD broadcast that is simulcast to more than 600 satellite locations around the globe. On August 10th and 11th, Relevant Audio Visual, (relevantaudiovisual.com, @relevant_av) provided production for a Global Leadership Summit satellite site in Wichita, Kansas, the third largest satellite site in the country, and turned to inspirational lighting from Elation Professional to liven up the environment.
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – Bandit Lites was proud to provide the lighting for Danny Gokey’s performance at the 48th Annual Gospel Music Association Dove Awards. The GMA Dove Award Winner took the stage October 18 with a lighting design by Chris Lisle, with the televised show airing October 22 on Trinity Broadcasting Network. Considering the design had to roll on and off stage as quickly as possible, fit within the allotted stage space all while looking sharp and dynamic for both the audience and for television, Lisle crafted looks by utilizing GT truss with Robe Pointe fixtures mounted on top.
MIDDLETON, Wi. – A new tile has been added to ETC’s Unison Mosaic family, the new Touchscreen interface. The 4.3-inch screen can be added to any Mosaic system running Mosaic software 2.4 or later, giving users a new option for monitoring and control over their installation with virtual faders, buttons, color pickers and more. “With the same user-interface capabilities as the Tessera Controller the new Mosaic Touchscreen provides a simple way in for users to customize access to their Mosaic system,” says Bryan Palmer, Architectural Market Manager at ETC. “This addition provides a fully-configurable interface at a lower price point, making the dynamic control system approachable for anyone.”
SECAUCUS, NJ –. Printhead StudioTM, the newly rebranded digital printing division of Rose Brand Inc., introduces its new direct dye digital printer and expanded capabilities. Executive Vice President Josh Jacobstein says that “Our new state-of-the-art technology, combined with our digital printing experience in theatre and events, is a huge differentiator. We can now provide customers with incredible color accuracy in large format, 16 foot seamless, soft fabric drops.”
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