WESTFORD, MA — Artel Video Systems, a provider of IP- and fiber-based media transport solutions supporting global telecommunications, broadcast, and related markets, named Michael LaFleur Vice President of Operations. LaFleur joins Artel with 25 years’ experience in operations, purchasing, and materials management.
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WINSTON-SALEM, NC – The University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) showcased the talents of students in the lighting department at the dazzling 14th annual Photonapalooza. A.C.T Lighting, a long-time supporter of the event, provided a complement of Clay Paky Alpha Spot HPE 1500s, Mythos, A.leda B-EYE K10 and Sharpy fixtures plus a pair of grandMA2 full-size consoles to the show. A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of both brands in North America.
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CALGARY, Alberta, Canada – The opening of the Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts at Mount Royal University marks the emergence of a music facility that is a first in Calgary in terms of size and amenities and is also unique to university music education in Canada. Auerbach Pollock Friedlander, Performing Arts/Media Facilities Planning and Design, provided theatre consulting services for the new building featuring the 773-seat Bella Concert Hall.
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MIDDLETON, WI – In PLSN‘s profile of 2015 Parnelli Visionary Award honoree David Cunningham (Sept. 2015, page 48), Cunningham alluded to a new LED project. “It won’t be a Source Four, but it will be interesting,” he promised. “This is one last project which has been the focus of the last two years and should come out soon.” PLSN then contacted ETC to confirm that its latest product, the ETC Source 4WRD, was the product Cunningham was working on. It is, the company noted. ETC’s press release detailing the Source 4WRD follows.
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SAN FRANCISCO – For Fortune‘s most recent Global Forum, held Nov. 2 at the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco, LDs Andy Henry and Matt Webb turned to 4Wall for Clay Paky Mythos fixtures, Martin MAC Viper DX and Aura fixtures, Chauvet Professional Rogue R1 Washes, Chroma-Q Color Force 72, 48 and 12 LED strips and Chroma-Q’s battery operated Color Charge fixtures.
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LITITZ, PA – Atomic announced a new Rental Solutions office in Tokyo, Japan. The design company has been active in Japan since 1992. Now the Rental Solutions team is stoked to establish an office in Tokyo with longtime client and now partner, the Shimizu Group.
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Middle Atlantic Products’ UTB Series Universal TechBox is designed to allow installers to mount AV equipment such as the Crestron 3-Series 4K DigitalMedia Presentation System 150 discreetly underneath a table surface within meeting spaces. The UTB Series Universal TechBox can also be used for other streaming solutions, as well as small devices, switchers, and interface accessories for audio, video, and/or HDMI.
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UTRECHT, Netherlands – Ampco Flashlight Sales has been named as the main EU distributor for SHS Global’s TourPro products, including LightSky spot, beam, LED and wash fixtures.. The products arrive in Europe after having seen sales expand in Australia and the Americas over the past three years.
Read More »MOONACHIE, NJ – 4Wall New York is hosting mini classes on LEDs, moving lights, consoles, color theory and more for students, parents and teachers who are interested in entertainment lighting. The event, originally set from 9 am to 12:30 pm. on Jan. 23, 2016, has been postponed to Jan. 30.
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Leica Geosystems’ DISTO laser distance meters and LINO self-leveling lasers promise to improve live entertainment production productivity and efficiency while delivering pinpoint accurate data to 1/16th of an inch. The products are now available via Mountain Productions’s online Rigging Shop (shopmtn.com). Almost every aspect of entertainment production requires precise measurement data, from site surveys to rigging points.
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MANCHESTER, UK – Lighting designer Oliver Suckling served up the visuals for a NYE lineup at Sankeys Warehouse in Manchester that included Fat Boy Slim and Basement Jaxx (pictured here), among others. Suckling made good use of ADJ fixtures in the rig, including 40 Vizi Beam 5RXs and 38 Inno Color Beam Quad7s.
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LONDON– Behind the scenes at NBC’s The Wiz Live, an LED back wall formed the scenic backdrop; three LED portals opened and closed and an extensive amount of automated scenery tracked in and out. d3 Technologies also played a key role in bringing Dorothy’s journey to Oz to life for a new generation of viewers.
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