LEIGH-ON-SEA, U.K. — SGM has extended its presence in Europe with its SGM UK office. The company’s U.K. director of sales, Phil Price, pledged that “our commitment will focus on providing the right pre- and after-sales assistance.
Read More »NEW YORK—The Entertainment Services and Technology Association (ESTA) has elected its 2010 Board of Directors. Elected to their first terms were Manufacturer Director, Charlie Davidson and Professional Services Director, Jules Lauve. Charlie is the Chief Operating Officer for ARRI Inc. and Jules is an Associate at Theatre Projects Consultants.
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NEW YORK — Scharff Weisberg helped the Guggenheim Museum celebrate its 50th anniversary by providing support for several key events, including artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s Levels of Nothingness.
Read More »LAS VEGAS — Bulbtronics, Inc. has opened its seventh stocking site near the Las Vegas Strip. Bulbtronics expected the facility to serve the hospitality, stage, studio, theatre and live event markets with bulbs, LEDs, expendables and other lighting equipment. The company also announced that Jason Falkenmayer has relocated to Las Vegas and has been named South Western Regional Manager.
Read More »LONDON — Philips Lighting named Graham Eales entertainment controls systems director, Europe. Eales had recently left Cooper Controls, where he had been managing director for the Zero 88 brand.
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LAS VEGAS — If you haven’t yet reserved your spot at the 2009 Parnelli Awards gala, now is the time. The Nov. 20 Awards Dinner (8 p.m.) follows the Neil Diamond Crew Reunion Party at 7 p.m. Both will be held at the Peabody Hotel in Orlando, Fla. For tickets to the gala, go to www.parnelliawards.com/reservations.
Read More »SANTA CLARA, CA — Element Labs recently completed a round of financing led by Expansion Capital, which announced plans to build on its existing Cobra V8 and C11 product offerings with additional products using the Cobra platform.
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LONDON — Entec Sound & Light recently purchased and used the new Martin MAC 250 Beam on a House of Worship event at Wembley Arena, the “Word at Work Conference” hosted by Christ Embassy. The religious service was held five times at Wembley Arena over three days.
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BERKELEY, CA — American Idiot, the rock album by Green Day, is now a rock opera performed at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. LD Kevin Adams is using an ETC Eos lighting control system for the production.
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TMB is launching the first products in the ProMolded Assembly range. 19-pin (six-circuit) stage lighting cables, break-ins and break-outs are now available with TMB’s ruggedized ProCable and premium ProSeries connectors. In-house retrofit services for conventional non-molded 19-pin cables are also available.
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DURHAM, U.K. — HSL supplied over 100 Robe moving lights, including ColorWash 1200E ATs and ColorWash 2500E ATs, for a holiday TV special and DVD shoot staged by Sting in Durham Cathedral. The LD for the show was Manfred “Ollie” Olma.
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JOHANNESBURG — In2Structures (part of the Gearhouse South Africa Group) launched two new Dome structures at the GHSA head office in Bezuidenhout Valley.
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