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For TV Lighting, Edging Away from 3,200K

For TV Lighting, Edging Away from 3,200K

For the annual NFL Honors, broadcast from YouTube Theater at SoFi Stadium on Feb. 10, PLSN’s Michael Eddy asked LD Jon Kusner about balancing the lighting with the video screens. “It’s now getting easier and easier to get away from 3,200K, which was always not ideal for the screens department,” Kusner noted. “Being in the color space closer to 5,600K makes the screens look better. We were at 4,200K, that was our white light on this show. I like being at 4,200K because the color spectrum of reds and blues, from a lighting perspective, land pretty well there if you go either direction.”

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ADJ Prepares to Light Up Bar & Restaurant Expo

Kicking off a series of Spring trade shows, the ADJ USA sales team will be exhibiting at the 2022 Bar & Restaurant Expo (formerly known as the Nightclub & Bar Show) in March. Taking place in Las Vegas, the show is set to welcome thousands of hospitality industry professionals from across the United States. ADJ will use the exhibition to showcase its latest lighting and LED video technology to bar, restaurant, and nightlife venue owners, managers, and installers.Read More »ADJ Prepares to Light Up Bar & Restaurant Expo

ETC Opens Applications for 2022 Fred Foster Student Mentorship Program

ETC continues its tradition of connecting lighting design and technology students to industry professionals as it opens applications for the 2022 Fred Foster Student Mentorship Program. Selected students will be introduced to established industry professionals and paired with a mentor who will help guide their transition into the working world. ETC will accept applications to the 2022 program through April 15, 2022.Read More »ETC Opens Applications for 2022 Fred Foster Student Mentorship Program

Schouwburg Theatre in Kortrijk, Belgium Gears Up with Robe T1 Fixtures

Work at the Schouwburg Theatre in Kortrijk. Photo by Sara Druk

Schouwburg is the municipal Theatre in Kortrijk in the West Flanders region of Belgium and is located right at the heart of the city in Schouwburgplein (Theatre Square). It offers two stage spaces, an 800-seat main hall and a smaller 120-person capacity space that is scheduled for a complete rebuild over the next two years.Read More »Schouwburg Theatre in Kortrijk, Belgium Gears Up with Robe T1 Fixtures

InCord’s Safety Netting Supports Industry Workers in Multiple Ways

InCord made their 2022 donation to Behind the Scenes on the show floor at USITT reflecting a percentage of profits from sales of their Theatrical Safety Netting Systems. The systems are hand-crafted in the USA by skilled artisans, safety tested to exceed all applicable industry standards, and are custom designed by professional engineers to perfectly fit your orchestra pit and/or protect your stage and house operations according to your technical and aesthetic requirements.Read More »InCord’s Safety Netting Supports Industry Workers in Multiple Ways

Actors’ Equity Association Releases Latest Diversity and Inclusion Hiring Bias Report

Actors’ Equity Association, the national labor union representing more than 51,000 professional stage managers and actors in live theater, has released the union’s third diversity and inclusion hiring bias report, tracking the demographics of how its members are hired for acting and stage management work, and how much they were paid in the year 2020.Read More »Actors’ Equity Association Releases Latest Diversity and Inclusion Hiring Bias Report

In Memoriam: Mr. Keizo Kiyohara, FOR-A Founder, Passes Away at 88

Tokyo – March 10, 2022 – FOR-A Company Limited today announced the passing of the company’s founder and representative director, Mr. Keizo Kiyohara who died on March 7. He was 88 years old.

Mr. Kiyohara established FOR-A Co. Ltd. in 1971. Three years later, he started FOR-A Corporation of America in California. FOR-A, the Japanese company name, means “A Partnership that Grows Together.” The name was given by Mr. Kiyohara because he believed that with the solutions developed by the company, there was true value in its meaning.Read More »In Memoriam: Mr. Keizo Kiyohara, FOR-A Founder, Passes Away at 88