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Vincent Lighting, Mainstage Theatrical & Production Advantage To Merge

Vincent Lighting, Mainstage Theatrical & Production Advantage To Merge

PITTSBURGH, PA – Vincent Lighting Systems, Mainstage Theatrical Supply and Production Advantage have announced that they are merging to form a new lighting, rigging and staging company, MainStage, LLC, with locations in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, Houston, Memphis, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Pensacola, Pittsburgh, Tampa and Burlington, VT. Paul Vincent will serve as the president of the newly-formed company. All three companies will continue service as normal until the merger is completed.

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High Schools Get USITT Rigging Safety Grants

SYRACUSE, NY – The United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) is providing free rigging inspections and safety training at high schools around the country through its Rigging Safety Initiative. It selects 10 schools twice a year – spring and fall – for its service, and the newest list of schools was just announced. Deadline is April 1 to apply for consideration in spring.

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UDC Raptor front and back

High Resolution Systems UDC Pro ECS-Raptor

LAKE ORION, MI  – High Resolution Systems introduces UDC Pro ECS-Raptor, a UDC Pro Embedded Control Server designed for permanent AV installs.  Raptor teams up with the company’s UDC software to offer a cost-effective, stable hardware/software solution for long-term installations in a range of environments. A Linux-embedded server, Raptor significantly lowers costs to users over full-blown Windows servers while significantly lowering power usage. It begins shipping in February.

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Lightfactory celebrates 10 years

LightFactory Celebrates 10 Years

AUCKLAND, New Zealand—LightFactory, the PC-based control system, is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Founder/CEO Martin Searancke says he developed LightFactory out of a passion for the industry and a knack for writing code. LightFactory blends traditional theatrical dimmer controls with a full-featured, interactive moving lights suite and the latest in multimedia capabilities.

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Steve Ellis

Broadcast Pix Welcomes Steve Ellis as New CEO

BILLERICA, MA– Broadcast Pix has hired industry veteran Steve Ellis as its president and CEO, effective Feb. 11. He will also be a member of the company’s board of directors. Broadcast Pix co-founder and CEO, Ken Swanton, will remain actively involved with the company and on the board. Since 2008 Ellis has served as vice president of Telestream.

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The two largest screens at the Tampa Bay Times Forum for the Tampa Bay Lightning hockey team each measure 28 by 50 feet.

Hockey Teams in Tampa and Columbus Install Daktronics Video Displays

TAMPA, FL and COLUMBUS, OH — Daktronics (Brookings, SD) has provided new integrated video, scoring and audio systems for hockey venues this season, including one of the largest HD center-hung display configurations at the Tampa Bay Times Forum for the Tampa Bay Lightning (pictured left) and a significant upgrade to Nationwide Arena for the Columbus Blue Jackets (pictured below).

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Sommer Cable Octopus Hybrid PUR 443

Sommer Cable Octopus Hybrid PUR 443 and 244

Sommer Cable is offering its new Octopus Hybrid PUR 443 fiber-optical hybrid cable line, pictured left, for control applications or for transmitting AES/EBU (or DMX) signals. Along with the 443, which combines four OM3 multi-mode fiber optics with three power supply wires and two signal pairs, the company is also offering its reworked Octopus Hybrid PUR 244, pictured below right, with two single-mode fiber optic lines and two power wires plus two signal pairs. Both the PUR 443 and 244 are touted for their light weight, compact size and rugged design features.

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CNN contracted with GoVision to construct a 10 by 17 foot modular LED screen for its broadcast set

Obama Inauguration Visuals Include GoVision Screens

WASHINGTON, DC – For the third time, GoVision LED screens provided visual support for a presidential inauguration ceremony. For the public ceremony staged Jan. 21, five mobile LED screens – including a high-definition mobile LED unit – were positioned on both sides of the U.S. Capitol’s steps, and at the head of the National Mall. CNN also contracted with GoVision to construct a 10 by 17 foot modular LED screen for its broadcast set, pictured here.

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Veronica Maggio

SGM X-5 Ticks the Boxes for Henrik Lundin

STOCKHOLM – Swedish LD Henrik Lundin, a member of the Stockholm-based company Satellite Live, he recently been touring with eight of SGM’s new X-5 LED strobes. They were provided from the new office, SGM Sweden, headed by Mikael Uddh. “Because we were often visiting clubs with limited access to power, the X-5, with its low power draw when compared with the traditional energy hungry xenon sources, became a natural choice,” he says.

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