White Light Opens Coemar Service Center in U.K.
LONDON — White Light recently opened a Coemar Care service center at its London headquarters. The center offers a wide range of spare parts and service support.
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Stage Technologies is Platinum Sponsor of NATEAC 2012
NEW YORK — The 2012 North American Theatre Engineering and Architecture (NATEAC) Conference, set for New York on July 22-23, announced that Stage Technologies will serve as platinum sponsor. NATEAC was started by Bill Sapsis in 2008 to promote communication between those who design, build and renovate theatres in America, and Stage Technologies served at that event’s main sponsor also.
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Colour Sound Makes the Rounds at London Clubs
London – Lighting rental company Colour Sound Experiment (CSE) designs and supplies lighting and rigging for a number of UK clubs including the newly opened “Electric” live music venue in Brixton. Other current projects include The Box in Soho, four venues in Brighton and the Ice Bar in London. Each club has its own production needs, which CSE fulfills.
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2020 Exhibits Uses Universal Control for Multi-Monitor Environs
Clarkston, MI – Houston-based tradeshow and exhibit designer 2020 Exhibits has made it easier to control multiple-monitor environments with the Universal Device Controller technology from High Resolution Systems. Programming is easy using iPads, iPhones,
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InLight Gobos Now Offers Online Ordering
DALLAS – InLight Gobos has opened a new online shop, offering a full inventory of color, greyscale and black & white gobos for customer convenience, accessible from their website.
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X Factor, VMAs Take to Sharpys, grandMA2
LOS ANGELES – GrandMA2 systems and Clay Paky Sharpy moving fixtures have been in demand for such high-profile programs as Simon Cowell’s new “X Factor” music reality show for FOX and the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs). LD Tom Kenny reports success using the gear for both events.
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LOS ANGELES — GearSource will include a new technology interface with Production Exchange, an Internet-based exchange for production rentals and used gear sales. The partnership lets Production Exchange subscribers set up their software to auto-post their used gear listings to GearSource or control them individually. Production Exchange’s cloud-hosted application integrates with www.gearsource.com.
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Projectiondesign Opens Moscow Office, names Stein Ramsli Regional Director
FREDRIKSTAD, Norway — Projectiondesign opened an office in Moscow and named Stein Ramsli regional director, Russia and CIS. Ramsli previously served as managing director at Cisco/Tandberg Russia and PLC.
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BBC’s Songs of Praise Under a New Aura
LONDON – Lighting designer Bernie Davis used Martin Professional’s new MAC Aura wash light on the BBC’s “Songs of Praise” 50th Birthday Celebration, which aired Sept. 25 from London’s Alexandra Palace. A host of other Martin products filled out the rig supplied from ELP.
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Wybron Cygnus LEDs Take Dance to the Next Level
Colorado Springs, CO – LD Michael O’Connor recently worked with Wybron’s Cygnus Wash LEDs for the Irish Repertory Theater’s production of NOCTU. This was the first time the New York City-based venue has produced a dance productions, as the space is more tailored to theater. O’Connor explains how the fixtures heightened the performance.
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Farnham Tours with Vari-Lite VLX
MASCOT, Australia – Aussie musical icon John Farnham is on tour celebrating 25 years of his all-time bestselling Australian album, Whispering Jack. LD Chris Newman chose 32 Vari-Lite VLX luminaires, which changed his mind about LED fixtures.
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Renegade Keeps in Style with London Fashion Week
LONDON – Nick Gray of creative lighting practice Renegade designed lighting for the main British Fashion Council (BFC) space in Somerset House and other rooms, along with many cutting-edge off site shows in one of his busiest Fashion Weeks to date.
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