Christie expanded its 3LCD digital projector with its D Series fixtures, designed to be whisper-quiet yet still offer brightness ranges of 6000-8000 lumens with a single lamp and an optional* 0.38:1 Ultra Short Throw lens. The five new 3LCD digital projectors, featured at NAB 2015 in mid-April, includes the new LWU701-D, pictured here.
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FRANKFURT, Germany – Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands marked five years of Platinum lamps at PL+S 2015 in mid-April, crediting the range’s razor-sharp light beams for having a positive effect on entertainment lighting in a relatively short amount of time. Philips featured the full range at the trade event in Frankfurt.
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Riedel Communications’ MicroN, an 80G media distribution network device for the company’s MediorNet line of media transport and management solutions, is designed to work seamlessly with the MediorNet MetroN core fiber router.
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NEW YORK – Broadway and regional scene designer Douglas W. Schmidt will be in New York City on Thursday, April 30, to celebrate the release of a new book on his work, The Designs of Douglas W. Schmidt, at The Drama Book Shop, 250 W. 40th St. Schmidt will participate in a Talk Back interview at 5 p.m., followed by a book-signing and wine and cheese reception with the book’s authors, Annie and Barry Cleveland. Schmidt, who was recently awarded USITT’s 2015 Distinguished Achievement Award in Scene Design, is pictured here at the awards presentation last month in Cincinnati with USITT’s Michelle Harvey.
Read More »NEW YORK, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO and BOSTON — Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design promoted six of its associates recently. They include Mike Rubinfeld, promoted to Senior Associate; RJ Guillermo, promoted to Associate, West Coast Marketing Manager; Simi Veit, promoted to Senior Designer; Barrett Newell, promoted to Senior Designer; Alicia Persaud, promoted to Accounting Assistant; and Jaime Wisniewski, promoted to Marketing Assistant.
Read More »KANSAS CITY, MO – PLASA recently announced additional seminars for its PLASA Focus event set to take place at the Kansas City Convention Center on May 20 and 21. The seminars, “A Life Untethered” and “Upgrading to LEDs,” are sponsored, respectively, by RC4 Wireless and Barbizon Lighting.
DAPHNE, AL – To support contemporary services at the new 1,500-seat worship center at the Malbis campus of Bay Community Church, ESB Group of Springville, AL provided a comprehensive AV assist that included eight each of Clay Paky’s Mythos and B-EYE K10 fixtures, both of which are distributed by A.C.T Lighting.
Read More »SINGAPORE — For Monkey Goes West – a pantomime take on the Chinese classic novel Journey to the West – Singapore theater company W!ld Rice used ETC Source Four LED Series 2 luminaires and Source Four LED CYC adapters to carry more than 10,000 spectators along on an engaging visual journey.
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LAS VEGAS – Anchored by the Christie Freedom laser illumination system, the Christie CP42LH (Cinema), Christie D4K60LH (ProVenue) and Christie Mirage 4KLH (Immersive Environments) models are now available for widespread adoption, having been field proven with key Christie customers in 2014/2015 in both publicly-announced and non-disclosed installations.
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HASSELT, Belgium – Capping a 16-year run with two of the three original band members, Flemish/Dutch girl band K3 toured with a lighting and video design by Painting With Light’s Luc Peumans that included a bold, bright, poppy and positive vibe that has characterized the band since they first rose to prominence in 1998.
Read More »HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, U.K. — XL Video’s UK operation announced an expansion of their warehousing and distribution for their LED department, with the opening of a new 20,000 sq ft warehouse near the company’s existing Hemel Hempstead location. The 50 percent increase in total warehouse space enables XL Video to create a dedicated space for preparation and dispatch of the company’s wide and varied range of indoor and outdoor rental LED screens and other LED products.
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Ultimate X Festival uses all-Robe moving light rig.
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