LOS ANGELES – When a magnet high school for the performing arts in the San Francisco Bay area needed to upgrade its theater it called on DSC Design of Novato, CA to design an upgraded lighting system. DSC Design specified an all-LED lighting design and a new dot2 XL-F lighting console from MA Lighting. A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of MA Lighting products in North America.
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BERLIN, Germany – The recent acoustic tour of German rock band Karat featured an old school rock ‘n’ roll floor package. LD Michael Kiefert used the latest addition to the Philips Strand Lighting line of consoles, the 500ML, for control.
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NEW YORK — The North American Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference (NATEAC) announced the panel lineup for its upcoming conference. The event is set for the Roosevelt Hotel in New York on July 17 and 18, 2016. Session topics range from LED Power Requirements to Gender Issues In Public Assembly Place Bathrooms, Immersive Environments and the 21st Century Audience and Greening Initiatives in Theatres.
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NASHVILLE – With only weeks away until the music industry gathers for the 58th Annual Grammy Awards, Nashville’s Grammy chapter gathered for an evening of celebration with nominees such as Little Big Town, Ashley Monroe, Point of Grace and Mr. Talkbox. Bandit Lites provided a lighting package for the event with Chris Lisle Lighting Design and Erik Parker as programmer.
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AMSTERDAM – tvOne will feature the 1T-MV-8474 4K Multiviewer (pictured here) and 1T-CL-322-EU Control Panel at ISE in Amsterdam (stand 1-M60). The show runs from Feb. 9-12 at the Amsterdam RAI.
Read More »WISCONSIN DELLS, WI – Christmas Mountain Village is teaming up with Blizzard Lighting for “Cyber Tubing,” where the excitement of sliding through 5,000 feet of tubing lanes with dips and valley gets amped up with music and visual effects. A media event on Saturday, Feb. 13 from 6 p.m. to midnight is being paired with a charity fundraiser that’s open to the public.
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NASHVILLE – PixelFLEX named Grif Palmer vice president of sales. Palmer will oversee the day-to-day operations of the PixelFLEX sales team while implementing the sales strategies to support the continued growth of the PixelFLEX LED video technology line of products. Prior to PixelFlex, Palmer worked for High End Systems, Barco, and Martin Professional and founded CORE Systems.
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LONDON – A new TV ad for the Android and iOS-compatible Huawei Watch features projection mapped visuals within a theatre space powered by Avolites Ai S4 servers. UK-based Rhodri Shaw, now director of Transition Video Ltd, created the 3D visuals and projection mapping for Boomerang Television.
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BRONXVILLE, NY – More than 90 years of continual use from graduations, plays, recitals, and assemblies had left the Bronxville Union Free School District auditorium in need of a change. Now, after an extensive renovation by a team that included Theatre Projects, KG&D Architects, and Acoustic Distinctions, the aging 1920s room has been reborn as an intimate, striking, and versatile theatre, capable of meeting every one of the district’s needs.
Read More »LONDON – The conference agenda for the 28th International Live Music Conference (ILMC), can now be perused online at 28.ilmc.com/agenda. An invitation-only event, ILMC is set for the Royal Garden Hotel in London from March 3 to 6, 2016.
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LOS ANGELES – Elation Professional named John Dunn, pictured here, National Sales Manager for Elation’s U.S. Elation also promoted John Lopez, a 15-year veteran with the company, to International Sales Manager – Latin America, and named Raul Fonseca, who has been with Elation for eight years as an Account Executive, has been promoted to Regional Sales Manager – West.
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TEL AVIV, Israel – Gil Teichman, founder of the lighting design company that bears his name, continues to work closely with Robe’s Israel-based distributor, Danor, and expand its range of Robe fixtures. The company’s inventory, which had included 24 MMX Spots, 12 LEDWash 1200s and 24 LEDWash 600s, expanded again in mid-2015 with the purchase of 18 Robe Pointes.
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