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Ghost Rockers in the House Tonight

Ghost Rockers in the House Tonight

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BELGIUM – The band at the heart of popular Belgian TV series Ghost Rockers – produced by Studio 100  and syndicated throughout Europe – hits the road for a series of gigs around Belgium this autumn … complete with a fresh rock-tastic lighting design by Belgian design studio Painting with Light’s Paco Mispelters. One of Paco’s starting points was the practical consideration of different sized venues on the tour, so from the outset, the look and the lighting rig had to be scalable.

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ETC Adds Features to Unison Echo systems

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MIDDLETON, WI – ETC’s Unison Echo family just got more powerful. A new operating software adds customer-requested features to the architectural control system, including tunable white and sequence control for the Echo DMX Scene Controller, and more. “The latest Echo software expands the functionality of Echo in exciting directions and includes new features that our customers have directly asked for,” said Lowell Olcott, ETC Networking and Architectural Controls Product Manager.

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Tyler Wise joins Westview Productions as Vice President

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DENVER, COLORADO — Westview Productions welcomes Tyler Wise to the team in the role of Vice President; Sales and Marketing.  Wise will oversee sales efforts, manage marketing and brand image, and also cultivate and implement corporate business development strategies. “I’ve known and worked with Eric and the team at Westview throughout the last decade, and having an opportunity like this align was the right path both for me and for Westview.” says Wise of his new role.

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CHAUVET Professional Wins 5th WFX New Product Award

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DALLAS – The CHAUVET Professional Ovation B-565FC carried on a proud tradition at WFX 2017, when it won Worship Tech Director magazine’s New Product Award for Lighting. The groundbreaking batten luminaire, which was introduced earlier this year, joins four Ovation ellipsoidal LED fixtures that have received the prestigious honor. “We’re humbled and very gratified to receive this award,” said Albert Chauvet, CEO of Chauvet. “Our team has worked extremely hard to understand the needs of the church market, so we can develop products that address those needs in a way that makes economic sense for a house of worship.”

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Acclaim Lighting Introduces Universal Dimming Module

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LOS ANGELES — Acclaim Lighting, a leader in innovative and advanced lighting technology, unveils the Universal Dimming Module (UDM), a multi-protocol driver designed to allow conversions between popular control protocols that allow for maximum control flexibility and integration with fixtures. The new Universal Dimming Module features digital line voltage dimming ability.

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Global Church Hillsong Relies on FOR-A’s HVS-2000 Video Switcher

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CYPRESS, CA,– Founded in Sydney, Australia, in 1983, Hillsong Church is a contemporary Christian worship organization that has launched churches in some of the most influential cities around the world. With locations in 19 countries and on five continents, Hillsong’s worldwide attendance approaches 100,000 people weekly. The popular global church has been relying on FOR-A®’s HVS-2000 video switcher for weekly services at its Los Angeles, California, and Cape Town, South Africa, locations, as well as for production of its conferences held around the United States. 

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Expanding Outside Broadcast Horizons with Harting

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ELGIN, Il. – As the demand for high-definition broadcasting signal transmissions has increased and the transition to DTV/HDTV has been fully realized, the role of fiber optics as the signal transmission medium continues to grow. Fiber-optic infrastructures offer the advantage of higher bandwidth, optical signal clarity and more reliable real-time transmissions, enabling providers to service even more applications for emerging technologies such as 4K and 8K ultra high-definition television (UHDTV), Internet-protocol television (IPTV) and multi-channel audio.

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WorldStage Helps Transform Hammerstein Ballroom into a Dynamic Club Venue for Philipp Plein’s New York Fashion Week Show

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NEW YORK– Switzerland-based designer Philipp Plein presented his spring and summer 2018 men’s and women’s collections at New York Fashion Week in a runway spectacle that combined A-list entertainment with Plein’s edgy designs.  WorldStage provided lighting for the event that transformed the mammoth Hammerstein Ballroom into a club-style venue for some 3,000 attendees.

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MegaPointes Brighten Celine Dion’s Las Vegas Show

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LAS VEGAS – Celine Dion’s LD, Yves Aucoin, added Robe MegaPointe multi-purpose moving light fixtures to the rig for the artist’s show at Caesars Palace Colosseum in Las Vegas. This is the first live concert show using MegaPointes in North America, according to Robe. The hard-working Grammy Award winning artist and top selling recording star who offers an accessible mix of pop, soul, rock and R&B is currently playing around 70 shows a year in Las Vegas in a series of three-week stints, and tours other territories in between.

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Artiste DaVinci WH™ Wins “Best Moving Light” Award at 2017 WFX

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DALLAS – Elation Professional’s new Artiste Dali™ LED moving head won a PLASA Award for Innovation only a short month ago. Now another in the company’s Artiste series, the Artiste DaVinci WH™, has been honored with a New Product Award as the “Best Moving Light” at the WFX Conference & Expo in Dallas. “We are very excited about the Artiste product series and are delighted with the recognition it is getting,” stated Elation Sales Director Eric Loader. “With Artiste DaVinci we put all the design features that creative LDs ask for in a small package.”

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Stone Sour Tours with Bandit Lites-Supplied Rig

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NASHVILLE – American heavy metal band Stone Sour is touring the nation with a lighting package provided by Bandit Lites. The Grammy nominated group recently released its sixth studio album, Hydrograd, which debuted at No. 8 on Billboard’s 200 chart, and appeared at No. 1 in three categories. Lighting designer Julie Cox fashioned a rig that would fit the direction of simple and clean while still packing a powerful punch. By choosing fixtures that would balance truck space, multiple effects and budget, she crafted a multilayered and emphatic design that could complement the powerhouse band’s sound.

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