CHANDLER, AZ — For bands performing at the 2017 Ostrich Festival, staged March 10-12 in the Phoenix area, Creative BackStage provided Chauvet Professional fixtures. Featured performers included Gin Blossoms, Spin Doctors, Los Lobos, Eddie Money and Starship with Mickey Thomas.
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Acclaim Lighting’s Aqua Drum high-output, submersible LED fixture has been developed for outdoor façade wash, fountains, ponds, and landscape applications. Its marine grade stainless steel housing, sealed glass top, and in-grade mounting option enable the IP68-rated fixture to operate under up to 20 feet of water.
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BOGATA, Colombia — The Maloka interactive center in Bogotá installed five Christie Mirage 304K stereoscopic projectors to equip its 3D immersive dome for screening educational content associated with science and technology. With 20 million pixels and 8K resolution, Maloka is now one of only seven domes of its kind in the world with this advanced capacity for audiovisual presentations.
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The Vinten Vantage, a compact and lightweight robotic camera head, is the latest addition to VitecEV’s all-new Creative Studio, a fully integrated video capture and streaming solution designed for use in an enterprise setting.
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YORKTOWN, VA — AV providers Whitlock chose an Alcorn McBride A/V Binloop HD multi-channel video and audio player to run the nine-minute presentation in the Siege Theater at the new American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. Five channels of the system feed five edge-blended laser projectors dedicated to the 71-foot curved screen. Cortina Productions designed and produced the content. A second Alcorn McBride A/V Binloop HD feeds a number of other rooms in the museum, including the Introductory Theater and its “Liberty Fever” presentation.
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FRANKFURT, Germany – Philips noted that the 2017 Prolight + Sound expo was the company’s most successful to date, where it launched new stage and studio lighting products and showcased recent releases.
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SWEDEN – The Swedish manufacturer of W-DMX™ has recently supported the students of University of South Wales in the UK, completing BSc. degrees in Live Event and Lighting Design. Wireless Solution provided Wireless technology to the final year students that wanted to integrate W-DMX™ into their final-year projects. The USW degrees encourage students to create a lighting fixture that could be commercialized – this includes specifying, designing and creating a product prototype, before presenting it in a trade-show environment, along with other engineering students.
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CHINA/BEIJING – The multi-award-winning Christie® Boxer 4K30 3DLP® projectors and Christie Pandoras Box media and show control servers are playing a crucial role in delivering eye-catching media contents in the Christie booth #EB1-01 at InfoComm China 2017, April 12-14. “The Space Between” demonstrates the flawless integration of Christie’s acclaimed projection technologies with advanced image processing systems.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. – Continuing to add proven talent to bolster its rapid growth, Atlona has hired Scott Smith as Regional Sales Manager, Commercial, for the Southeastern United States. Based near Atlanta and bringing more than 20 years of experience in the audiovisual industry, Smith will work closely with Atlona’s direct dealers, distributors and representatives to support and expand the company’s commercial business in the territory.
ST LOUIS – Entrants to the 5th annual ASTC USITT Renovation Challenge presented their projects on March 10th at the 57th USITT Conference in Saint Louis, Missouri. The challenge is designed to engage undergraduate and graduate students in real world theatre renovation problem solving. Students work under the guidance of a faculty advisor and a mentor from the American Society of Theater Consultants. Each team selected an existing venue, developed a scope of work for improvements and presented their ideas to a live audience and Jury of ASTC members at a USITT Conference Session.
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COLOGNE, Germany — LD Jerry Appelt designed the lighting for a live broadcast on Feb. 9 that presented the five finalists vying to represent Germany at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Appelt specified 52 of GLP’s new GT-1 hybrid fixtures for the production, which took place in the studios of Cape Cross Studio + Filmlichtgesellschaft GmbH, in Cologne-Mühlheim.
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LAS VEGAS – At this year’s NAB Show, with an exhibition floor open from April 24-27 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Riedel Communications will unveil its latest innovations in real-time signal distribution, networking, and intercom solutions for broadcast and live performance. Riedel’s product line reflects the company’s continued support of standards and interoperability, ongoing development and expansion of software app-based solutions, and groundbreaking concept of decentralized signal routing.
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