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ARRI Canada Relocates to Mississauga

ARRI Canada Relocates to Mississauga

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario — ARRI has moved its Canadian office to Mississauga, just west of the Greater Toronto area. The new office for ARRI – a manufacturer and distributor of motion picture camera systems, LED lighting and other related products – features a dedicated customer showroom for testing and demos of its lighting, camera systems and other products, and is more convenient to customers, situated just minutes south of Highway 401 and near Toronto’s Pearson International Airport.

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Billy Talent

Billy Talent Tours with Clay Paky

EUROPE — Canadian rockers Billy Talent celebrated their new album in September with an arena run of Germany and central Europe. Lighting Designer Dara Guiney had worked with the band briefly in 2010 and was invited to come aboard. Guiney specified 28 Alpha Beam 1500, 24 Alpha Profile 1500 and 16 Sharpys, supplied by Go Audio Rental GmbH.

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Seven Industry Standards in Public Review

NEW YORK — Seven industry standards are currently in public review at http://tsp.plasa.org. Comment deadlines are either on Jan. 8, Jan. 15, Jan. 22 and Jan. 29, 2013. The standards relate to DMX512-A, fog equipment, GFCIs, gobo projection and the use of chain hoists.

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The 80th ceremony used an 80-foot-tall, 80-year-old spruce.

80th Annual Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting Rekindles NYC Spirits

NEW YORK — An 80-foot-tall spruce that survived the gale force winds of Sandy while still firmly rooted in Mount Olive, NJ, emerged resplendent from worker scaffolding one month later, adorned by more than 30,000 lights and crowned by a Swarovski crystal star. NYC Mayor Bloomberg threw the ceremonial switch at 9pm Nov. 28, and artists performing for the tree-lighting celebration included Rod Stewart, CeeLo Green, Scotty McCreery, Il Volo, Victoria Justice, Brooke White, Mariah Carey, Trace Adkins and Tony Bennett, with appearances by Billy Crystal and Bette Midler.

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Hunter Hayes Turns to Chaos Visual for Stage Enhancement

LOS ANGELES – Hunter Hayes, the CMA 2012 “New Artist of the Year,” turned to Chaos Visual Productions to enhance his stage while opening for Carrie Underwood on the “Blown Away” tour. Nat Alves designed the small custom lighting system. Brian Carico acts as lighting director and looks after the Chaos gear.

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Sean Karpowicz

VenueMagic Hires New Marketing Director

AGUA DULCE, CA – Entertainment Sciences Group, a manufacturer of show control systems and VenueMagic Show Control software, has hired Sean Karpowicz as their new Director of Marketing.  Karpowicz brings a diverse background across pro audio, publishing, live sound and media.  He was most recently product manager at Gemini Pro Audio.

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CAST Begins wysiwyg R30 Beta Testing

TORONTO – This week, CAST Group of Toronto’s Beta Test Team begins testing out the new features in wysiwyg R30 Beta software. The release of R30 is scheduled for early 2013. There are still a few spots available for additional R30 Beta Testers. To apply or find out if you qualify, contact CAST.

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