FREMONT, CA – Blackmagic Design today announced the immediate availability of ATEM Switcher 6.9 update which adds new multi-view output features including VU meters, the ability to swap program and preview windows and more. ATEM Switcher 6.9 update is available for download now from the Blackmagic Design website and is free of charge for all Blackmagic ATEM switcher customers.
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BOSTON – Journalists from far beyond New England are used to coming to Westin Copley Place to cover news. US presidents and Supreme Court justices have frequently given speeches here, and one would-be Commander and Chief, Mitt Romney, used it as his primary election night headquarters. Recently, members of the fourth estate visited the hotel on the banks of the Charles River to make news, rather than cover it, by participating in the 39th annual Boston/New England Emmy Awards.
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EWING, NJ, – Gerriets International is proud to introduce G-GAFF Gaffer’s Tape. Gaffer’s tape has been a staple in the entertainment field for years, used for many purposes such as holding down cables, securing dance floor, temporary labelling and even quick on-the-spot repairs to sets and props. Gaffer’s tape is intended to leave a clean surface behind, but many brands leave surfaces sticky after a long term application. Gerriets worked with German adhesive experts to develop a new line of gaff tape, G-GAFF, that can be trusted to pull off clean.
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SAN ANTONIO, TX, – The X-Panel 2.84 is Dicolor’s highest resolution LED Display offering. Recently displayed at InfoComm 2016 at the Mega Systems Booth, the product has an ultra-high definition 2.84 mm pitch, perfect for viewing at closer distances. Equipped with black-face LEDs that cut down on glare, the X-Panel 2.84 has beautiful contrast and clarity.
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LAS VEGAS — For Garth Brooks’ “Man Against Machine” tour, the artist is actually working with machinery, including an automated truss setup launched with the latest redesign of the show in late 2015. As part of that redesign, the size of the video screens increased and with that came the need to move them faster. The tour is now using a full Kinesys automation system which was specified by Atlanta Rigging Services (ARS), brought on-board by production to take care of all rigging requirements.
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KONIGSWINTER, Germany – System integration and event technology company Kuchem Konferenz Technik has added 110 of Elation Professional’s SixBar 1000 LED battens to its inventory. The Elation SixBar 1000 is a color-changing batten featuring a 6-color LED multi-chip that can be used for a variety of purposes such as general purpose wash/strip lighting, uplighting, cyc wash, accent lighting or as a pixel strip.
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LAS VEGAS – The Electric Daisy Carnival returned to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway June 17-19, 2016. The event marked 20 years of Electric Daisy Carnivals, and the sixth year in Las Vegas. For the circuitGrounds stage, LD Steve Lieberman and SJ Lighting presented a new visual concept that incorporated lighting, video and set / structural design. The architecture was based on a 360 degree coliseum look – classical lines with industrial attitude. The lighting setup included close to 350 Robe fixtures – 212 Pointes, 83 BMFL Spots and 38 BMFL WashBeams.
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CARSON, CA— Wango Tango, held at the Stub Hub Center May 14, once again presented audiences with an all-star lineup, as the event’s organizers have strived to do since the event began in 1998. Visions Lighting was there again this year providing a majority of the events’ structural and visual elements for the line-up, which included Ariana Grande, Gwen Stefani, Meghan Trainor, Fifth Harmony and other top acts. The day-long concert is sponsored by Los Angeles radio station KIIS-FM.
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HAMBURG, Germany – LD Jerry Appelt teamed up once again with lighting director / programmer Marc Brunkhardt to craft the looks for Hamburg-based dance group Scooter as the troupe embarked on their Can’t Stop the Hardcore tour. Visiting venues ranging from 5,000 to 12,000 capacity. The focal point of the stage and set design were five raked pods, loaded with lights and flown above the stage to form a scalable roof — and featuring many of the show’s 65 GLP impression X4 L’s.
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PILTON, UK – At the 2016 Glastonbury festival, Fineline Lighting provided Chauvet’s Professional’s Rogue R1-FX-B and Maverick MK2 Spot fixtures, adding to the range of looks at the event. Fineline specified 16 Rogue R1 FX-B blade-style fixtures for the WOW! Stage, which was located in Glastonbury’s Silver Hayes area and featured EDM and DJ artists. The company also provided 10 Maverick MK2 Spots at The Circus Big Top (pictured here), where concert music gave way to stage performances by Pirates of the Carabina, Yvette Dusol, Eric McGill and other acts.
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PLANO, TX. – Learfield has taken another step to expand its range of services to sports and entertainment partners with the acquisition of GoVision – a leading provider of state-of-the-art mobile and modular LED video technology to many of the country’s major sports, concerts, and racing events. Today’s announcement was made jointly by Learfield President and CEO Greg Brown and GoVision Founder and CEO Chris Curtis.
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NASHVILLE – Atlanta Audio Visual has been using its PixelFLEX FLEXCurve LED video panels to support the 420 Fest (with two 20-by-11-foot WxH walls), a concert featuring 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne in support of the album, ColleGrove and other events.
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