Advice for Up-and-Coming Programmers
First off, be good at what you’re doing. Learn whatever console makes you comfortable enough to do your job. To me it’s like a guitar… Read More »Advice for Up-and-Coming Programmers
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City Theatrical Custom Outdoor Use Enclosures
City Theatrical’s 7400 series Outdoor Use Enclosures are for permanently mounting lighting, sound, distribution, and other control devices outdoors, in venues such as theme parks, hotels, architectural lighting installations, outdoor theatres, and other outdoor entertainment locations.
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Bruce Ferri Lights Heisman Awards with Altman Rentals and Spectra Cyc
NEW YORK — The Heisman Trophy Trust, which annually presents the Heisman Memorial Trophy Award, named Sam Bradford of the University of Oklahoma as the 74th winner of the Heisman Memorial Trophy, and lighting designer Bruce Ferri lit the event, which was televised live on ESPN from the Nokia Theatre in New York’s Times Square.
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DLFNY’s LEDucation III Set for March 11
NEW YORK – The Designers Lighting Forum of New York (DLFNY), with the support of the New York section of the IES, has set March 11 as the date for its third annual program on LED technology. This year's event is expected to feature over 70 manufacturers, have expanded hours and serve as a unique informational program designed for the lighting community.
Read More »Gorilla Production & Post Division Announced
COSTA MESA, CA – Gorilla Production Group, Inc. announced its newest division, Gorilla Production & Post, a full service provider of HD video production/post including audio post, custom content, live webcasting, Powerpoint/Keynote, presentation creation, custom graphics and HD video shoots.
Read More »Lightronics Appoints Degan, Pease as Sales Execs
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA — Lightronics named Dennis Degen as the company’s National Director of Sales. Degen has over 30 years of theatrical sales, design, contracting and professional consultation experience, and will be working with Consulting Firms, Designers, Architects and Specifiers.
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Proel Acquires Sagitter Brand, Plant from Lampo
SANT'OMERO, Italy — Proel has acquired the Sagitter brand of professional lighting products and its manufacturing plant from Lampo Lighting Designers. On hand for the announcement were, from left, Dario Pezzini, Lampo's owner, Fabrizio Sorbi, chairman of the Proel Group) Roberto Meggiolaro, Proel Lighting product manager and Guido Beladelli, owner of Lampo.
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Barco Launches Transformable LEDs
KUURNE, Belgium —Barco has introduced transformable LEDs, which allow designers to use its LED technology in freeform shapes. The company introduced its new concept to over 200 European and Asian customers attending Barco’s 10th annual Rental Partner Meeting. The product will be introduced to U.S. customers at Barco’s North American rental partner meeting, set for March 9 to 12.
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Robe Lights Up The Producers in Slovakia
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Slovakian LD Martin Kubánka specified Robe moving lights for the musical The Producers, which is being staged at the Istropolis Congress Hall in Bratislava.
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Clay Paky Donates Gear to Rose Bruford College
KENT, U.K.—Italian lighting manufacturer Clay Paky has donated intelligent lighting fixtures to Rose Bruford College in Kent to support their Honors Lighting Design program for undergrad students. The fixtures—four 1200 Stage Zoom and six Golden Scan units—will be added to the program’s teaching and production stock of generic and automated luminaires.
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First Presbyterian Church Selects Broadcast Pix Slate 1000HD for Live Broadcasts
CHARLOTTE, NC — First Presbyterian Church (FPC) is using Broadcast Pix’s Slate 1000HD for live television broadcasts. The system powers the church’s live broadcast of weekly services on Channel 9 WSOC-TV at 11 a.m. on Sunday mornings. FPC services have been broadcast for more than 40 years and have a weekly audience of more than 22,000 people. FPC purchased the unit and integrated it through Clark Powell, a Charlotte-based system integrator and Broadcast Pix dealer.
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Projecting a Tribute to Robert Burns in Scotland
GLASGOW, U.K. — Glasgow City Chambers became a 75-meter-by-25-meter projection surface for Burns Illuminated, a tribute to the 250th anniversary of the birth of Scottish poet Robert Burns.
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