LAS VEGAS, NV — The regional winners of the PLSN’s 2009 Hometown Hero voting competition are: Northwest — Hollywood Lighting Services, Inc., Portland, Ore. Southwest — Eggshell Lighting Company Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii. Midwest — Theatrical Media Services, Inc., Omaha, Neb. Southeast — Atlanta Sound and Lighting, Atlanta, Ga. Northeast — Starlite Productions, Cherry Hill, N.J. Canada — Midnite Hour Productions, Toronto, Ontario.
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Read More »LONDON — U.K. lighting rental company Lite Alternative has invested in a Kinesys K2 automation control system which has been used recently on Depeche Mode’s Touring The Universe world tour and previously with the stadium leg of the Coldplay Viva La Vida world tour — both with lighting designs by Paul Normandale.
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FRESNOY-EN-THELLE, France — To mark its 90th Anniversary, Robert Juliat, a three-generation family business, has undergone a branding re-style, which includes a new logo, a redesigned sales brochure and a new Web site which goes live later this year.
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DARWIN, Australia — The first Robe Robin 300E Wash fixtures in Australia were delivered to Total Event Services in Darwin by Robe’s distributor ULA, and went straight out on the Qantas Darwin Turf Club Gala Ball, Australia’s largest outdoor seated dinner event, attended by 3,800 people.
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BARCELONA — PRG Lighting is using Nova-Flower 2Ks for the U2 360 world stadium tour as part of show director/designer Willie Williams’ lighting design. The Italian manufacturer, Novalight, said the fixtures were developed specially for the tour, and are now in full production.
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MIDDLETON, WI — ETC announced that a new software version — v6 — for Congo and Congo jr consoles is now available. Along with new features, the v6 software includes changes to the internal structure of Congo, making it more flexible for traditional theatre-style and on-the-fly applications.
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KANSAS CITY, MO — Dave Boser, with the St. Louis office for Image Technologies, an event marketing firm, used 40 Chauvet LED Colordash Battens to light a truss system configured in the shape of a jewelry company's logo, matching colors to the presentation's PowerPoint graphics.
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PHOENIX and LAS VEGAS — Enliven Production Group named Brett Beanan Business Development Manager. Beanan will be based in Las Vegas, concentrating on large-scale productions there and around the country.
Read More »SAN FERNANDO, CA — Illumination Dynamics (ID) has moved to a new facility with 70,000 square feet of warehouse space and 11,000 square feet of offices, repair, conference, and demo rooms, including production crew offices with telephone and wi-fi internet access.
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Mega Control Systems, a division of Mega Systems Inc, announces the release of its newest version of lighting control software for nightclub and lounge control, Disco 2.0. Some of the new features include enhanced LED matrix control, improved password protection, improved timeline scheduler, keyboard shortcuts bump or latch, direct DMX value input, improved MIDI input control, improved manual cross fading and cross fade time override and numerous user interface improvements.
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DUBAI, UAE — The Dubai office of Unusual Rigging, opened by managing partner Alan Thomson earlier this year, is now up and running, with five staff, including administrator Cindy Barrameda and Ruperto Lamentac Jr. Unusual Rigging and Engineering LLC also announced several upcoming projects.
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