JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Rental company AV Unlimited supplied full technical production to show producers VWV for the finale of the recent Red Bull Beat Battle competition at the downtown live music venue Bassline. AV Unlimited’s technical production manager and LD Victor Vermaak explains that initially the venue would not let them fly any lights off of their roof beams, but with the low weight (4.4 kgs) of the Robe LEDBeam 100, they gave the go-ahead for the fixtures to be installed.
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SANTA ANA, CA – California Stage & Lighting celebrates its 30th Anniversary in October as a key supplier of theatrical stage lighting to the Southern California live entertainment industry. The company was founded by Mission Viejo residents Jim and Irene Hutton in 1982. Along with the company’s day to day operations, the Huttons were among the founding members of the Theatrical Dealer’s Association, which is now PLASA.
Read More »ARMONK, NY — Production Resource Group, LLC (PRG) announced that Showtec, which it acquired in early 2011, would be renamed Production Resource Group AG. PRG also announced management shifts as Showtec operations are merged with those for PRG, with newly-defined roles for Carsten Zwerg, Johannes Wahl, Ralf Richrath, Horst Siefen, Jana Wohlien, Lars Schwarz, Udo Willburger, Morten Carlsson and Wilfried Schiefer.
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LONDON – Hippotizer distributors came together Sept. 6-7 from different countries to preview Green Hippo’s latest software and catch up with the latest developments over the past year. From office refurbishments to version 3.2, distributors went through a two-day run down of all things Green Hippo.
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AARHUS, Denmark – Martin Professional has released a video on YouTube which explains how the company has solved the problem of uneven colors across LEDs. In the video, Product Manager Jonathan Meineke explains how Martin achieves color consistency at the factory using LED color calibration.
Read More »COLUMBIA, MD – Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc, and Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES) have formed a partnership to allow for the collaboration of Vectorworks Architect and IES Virtual Environment software (IESVE). The partnership promises the first significant energy modeling and analysis solution for a major architectural BIM program using the IFC file format, according to Sean Flaherty, CEO of Nemetschek Vectorworks.
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LOS ANGELES – LD Tom Kenny’s big lighting rig for the 2012 Teen Choice Awards included more than 500 moving lights. The event, held at the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal Studios, was hosted by Demi Lovato and Kevin McHale and featured performances by Flo Rida, No Doubt, Justin Bieber, Carly Rae Jepson and others. Among the moving lights: Robe ROBIN 1200 and 600 LEDWashes, MMX Spots and LEDBeam 100s.
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