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Hitachi Kokusai to Highlight High-Quality Acquisition for Sports and Mobile Production at 2017 NAB Show

Hitachi Kokusai to Highlight High-Quality Acquisition for Sports and Mobile Production at 2017 NAB Show

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WOODBURY, NY,— Hitachi Kokusai Electric America Ltd. (Hitachi Kokusai) will showcase its extensive range of high-quality, cost-effective acquisition solutions for sports venues and mobile production providers at the upcoming 2017 NAB Show, where the company will exhibit in booth C4309. Hitachi Kokusai’s comprehensive array of HDTV, 4K and 8K cameras has a rich history of delivering extraordinary picture fidelity, reliability and operational versatility for sports and mobile applications ranging from in-venue scoreboard displays to remote broadcast, cable and OTT productions.

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LD Matt Guminski Chooses Elation for JoJo’s 2017 Mad Love Tour

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LOS ANGELES – LD Matt Guminski was called in to design American pop singer-songwriter JoJo’s 2017 Mad Love Tour just a week before the tour launched in February and turned to Elation Professional moving heads and effect lights to light the re-emerging popstar’s show. Touring in support of her Mad Love album which came out last October – her first album release since the mid 2000’s – JoJo is selling out 900-1800 capacity venues at nearly every stop and is clearly on her way back to top star status after charting in 2004 as a 13-year old.

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Robe Helps Slovenia on its Way to Eurovision

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SLOVENIA – It is Eurovision selection season … and one of the 43 hopefuls for this year’s event in Kiev, Ukraine, in May is Slovenia’s Omar Naber whose song “On My Way” was chosen at a spectacular Eurovision Melody (EMA – Evrovizijska MelodijA) show staged in Hall A2 of the Gospodarsko Razstavisce exhibition center in Ljubljana.

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Hunter Hayes Hits the Road with Bandit Lites

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NASHVILLE — Five-time Grammy nominee and multi-instrumentalist Hunter Hayes is performing this year with a lighting package provided by Bandit Lites. LD Mike Marcario is lighting the artist with fixtures mounted on pipes arranged in an arc around the stage. The pipes are mounted with GLP X4S, Chauvet Rogue and Philips Nitro 510C fixtures.

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Brandon Baruch Dramatizes Bataré Tour With CHAUVET Professional

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LOS ANGELES – When Brandon Baruch first heard from a friend about Nick Wylie’s plans to produce the Bataré tour, he realized pretty quickly that this innovative show was something he would like to light. “I tend to gravitate towards projects that require an unconventional design approach,” he said. “So when Nick told me the concept of the piece, I was immediately drawn in by the fusion of styles and genres. I was also intrigued to learn there was a narrative arc for the performers, because it speaks to my theatre background as well.”

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Claypaky Provides Heavenly Theatrical Lighting To Wroclaw’s Closing Capital Of Culture Production “Niebo”

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WROCLAW, POLAND – Nearly 100 Claypaky fixtures illuminated the interior of UNESCO world heritage site, the Centennial Hall in Wroclaw, Poland, for its live production of large-scale theatrical performance ‘Niebo’ as part of the closing celebrations of the city’s year-long status as European Capital of Culture 2016. Creative producer and multimedia lighting designer for Niebo was Pawal ‘Spider’ Pająk, founder of Polish production design company Fish Eye. Spider specified a number of Claypkay Mythos, Sharpy and A.leda B-EYE K20 fixtures from Polish rental outfit TRANSCOLOR to craft the production’s vast spot, beam and wash effects.

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Christie Boxer and Evans & Sutherland help Bangkok Planetarium Visitors Probe The Depths Of The Universe

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CYPRESS, Calif. –  For over 50 years the Bangkok Planetarium has been impressing visitors but more recently, thanks to Christie® Boxer and Evans & Sutherland’s Digistar 5 system, the immersive cosmological experience it now offers has made the planetarium a must-visit destination. Deep space journeys and close-ups of objects in the farthest depths of outer space are attracting new visitors and enticing familiar patrons to return.

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Neutrik USA Announces opticalCON® MTP®24 Fiber Optic Solutions

CHARLOTTE, NC – NAB Booth C9515… Neutrik USA, the leading supplier of robust and reliable professional connectivity solutions for audio, video, and data, is pleased to announce opticalCON MTP24, a 24-channel fiber optic connection system based on MTP data connectors. With its small form factor and robust design, opticalCON MTP24 is an ideal solution for long cable runs and point-to-point wiring where high fiber counts are required. The system, based on Neutrik’s successful opticalCON QUAD, is optimized for broadcast, pro AV, and industrial applications.

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The next Parnelli Awards ceremony will take place Jan. 26, 2018 at the Anaheim Hilton during NAMM 2018.

The Parnelli Awards Move to NAMM 2018 in Anaheim, CA

PLSN Publisher and NAMM in Strategic Alliance

ANAHEIM, CA — NAMM, the National Association of Music Merchants, and Timeless Communications Corp. (TCC), publishers of Projection Lights & Staging News (PLSN), FRONT of HOUSE (FOH) and Stage Directions, have formed a strategic alliance to promote NAMM’s new initiative to better serve the live event production community at its annual trade show in Anaheim. In addition to heavily promoting the event, TCC will be bringing its premier award show for the industry, the Parnelli Awards, to the NAMM show. The Parnelli Awards will take place on Friday, Jan. 26, 2018 in the Pacific Ballroom of the Hilton Anaheim Hotel.

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Nook Schoenfeld, Editor, PLSN

Three Morpheus Guys Walk Into a Bar…

I stopped down at the USITT show last month in St. Louis. I enjoy going to this show for a day every year to watch all the enthusiasm that thousands of kids have for the Arts. Plus, it’s great to see the various vendors giving back their knowledge to the next generation. Since the government seems to care little about the arts during the current administration it’s so much more important to see the other companies that did show up to pass knowledge.

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Significant Other photo by Joan Marcus

Significant Other

Scenic Designer Mark Wendland on the Art of Subtle Transformations

Significant Other is an unusual Broadway comedy. What starts off as a lighthearted tale of an awkward young gay man named Jordan who is lonely in love while his group of close girlfriends start to slowly pair off leads to an existential crisis. As he approaches age 30, he realizes he does not know how to make romantic connections and is in danger of being left behind in the coupling game.

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