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Elation EWDMX IP Wireless DMX Transmitter/Receiver
EWDMX IP Transceiver is a new wireless DMX transmitter/receiver from Elation Professional. Compatible with all previous Elation EWDMX and W-DMX products, it offers users full RDM support along with an IP65-rated enclosure for outdoor use.
Read More »Cirque du Soleil’s Varekai Updated with Motion-Tracking Technology
MONTREAL — Cirque du Soleil’s touring Varekai production, which debuted in 2002, has been relaunched in an arena show format with an assist from BlackTrax realtime tracking solution from CAST BlackTrax Ltd. The technology helps the production’s moving lights keep in synch with moving performers.
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Rome’s Golden Circus Festival Lit with Robe Fixtures
ROME — An all-Robe moving light rig took its place in the ring for the 2013 Golden International Circus Festival, which ran over three weeks through December and January at the Theater Tendastriscie here. LD Massimo Tomasino specified 24 Robe Robin Pointes and 24 Robe Robin 600 LEDWashes.
Read More »Swedish Rock Band’s Tour of Germany Lit with Futurelight, Eurolite Fixtures
WALDBÜTTELBRUNN, Germany — Swedish rock band Royal Republic as been relying on lighting technology made by Steinigke, based here. The band’s lighting rig for their Save the Nation tour through Germany included Futurelight and Eurolite fixtures.
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ChainMaster Adds Stephan Geidel to its Sales and Support Team
EILENBURG, Germany — ChainMaster added Stephan Geidel, 31, to its sales and support team based here. Geidel, who studied industrial engineering at the University of Applied Sciences in Leipzig, will also work on the design and the development of controllers for special applications.
Read More »Café Tacuba Closes 2013 Tour with Robe Pointes in México
MEXICO CITY — Mexican alternative rock band Café Tacuba wrapped their 2013 El Objeto tour with a gig at the 26,000-capacity Palacio de los Deportes arena here. The band’s producer, Sergio Serrano, added 14 new Robe Robin Pointes, recently purchased by local rental company, Meridian Pro S.A de C.V., to the concert lighting rig for the show. They were positioned right behind the band, forming a line upstage.
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Autosport Live Action Arena Features 90m-Wide XL Video Projection
BIRMINGHAM, U.K. — For the Live Action Arena portion of the 2014 Autosport International exhibition at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre, XL Video returned with the 90-meter-wide projection that debuted with the January 2013 event. The moving backgrounds were made up from a six-way blend of six stacks of two Barco projectors — six Barco HDF-W26s with six Barco FLM HD20s as hot backups.
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