AARHUS, Denmark – Martin Professional named Jessica Allan as new Business Area Manager – Touring & Production for Martin's Danish-based EMEA sales organization, which expands her focus from the U.K. to LDs and key customers throughout Europe.
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BROOKINGS, SD – Special Event Production (SEP), a Daktronics rental partner and communication technology provider for the event industry, has added two trailer-mounted video displays to their fleet. The trailers, equipped with Daktronics DVX LED video displays, have been used for several events already.
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LONDON – After scoring the #52 slot in the Microsoft-sponsored Sunday Times Tech Track 100 last year, which tallies the 100-fastest-growing private technology companies in the U.K., Stage Technologies scored a #48 on the newspaper's International Track 100 in July 2010, which compares private British companies with the fastest-growing international sales.
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L'ASSOMPTION, Quebec, Canada – Long before the first vuvuzela stadium horns accompanied cheers in South Africa for the world's best soccer teams, Stageline mobile stages were called in for various events related to the FIFA World Cup.
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MINNEAPOLIS – The Minnesota Supreme Court's Courtroom 300, the larger of two courtrooms visible to the public via KTCA in St. Paul and the Internet, recently upgraded with a new Vaddio ProductionVIEW FX switcher and three WallVIEW PRO 300 PTZ camera systems. AV integrator MSpace also updated the audio system.
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ARLINGTON, WA – Video may have killed the radio star, but its breathing new life into the fortunes of a 30-year-old Washington State lighting/staging company. Earlier this year, lighting industry veteran Mark Steneide (Steneide Illumination) added the capability to install video walls at music concerts and shows, using EVLED 1024SMD panels from Elation Professional.
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LOS ANGELES – Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 tour visuals have gotten an assist from PRG's Mbox Extreme v3 media server, with screens director Drew Findley and video director Dirk Sanders using the five-server system provided by PRG for multiple video surfaces that are part of the city skyline video wall set designed by UVA's Matt Clark.
Read More »Some of the loads we use every day exhibit high inrush currents when they are first turned on. An incandescent lamp with a cold filament… Read More »Consider Inrush Currents for Power Load Calculations
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Mega Systems offers three different splitters to meet individual lighting installation needs – Mega, Disco and Enlighten Splitters.
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Drivecon's LoadLock, a free feature available on all Drivecon closed loop hoist inverters, is designed to minimize the effects of operator-induced shock loading, which can result in cumulative fatigue on the crane's mechanical and structural components.
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PC Wing is a compact training tool from Stage Technologies. The console enables students and automation technicians to learn to program and operate automation technology off-line in a classroom environment.
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LONDON – In early June a group of bikers, hailing from all sectors of the entertainment technology industry, swapped their blacks for leathers and their hard hats for helmets and embarked on an eight-day sponsored motorcycle tour of U.K. theatres to raise money for The Theatrical Guild (TTG).
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