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Martin Names David Ravnkilde Director of Marketing, Steen Matthiesen EMEA Sales Director

David Ravnkilde

Martin Names David Ravnkilde Director of Marketing, Steen Matthiesen EMEA Sales Director

AARHUS, Denmark — Harman Professional promoted David Ravnkilde, pictured here, to director of marketing of its Lighting Strategic Business Unit (SBU), Martin Professional. Ravnkilde, who joined Martin in 2004, reports to Lars Dige Knudsen, Martin’s VP and GM. Harman also named Steen Matthiesen as Martin’s sales director, EMEA. Matthiesen, a 14-year Martin veteran, fills the role previously held by Villads Thomsen, who was recently promoted to global sales director.

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Blackmagic Design ATEM 4.1 Software Update

FREMONT, CA – Blackmagic Design announced ATEM 4.1 software update which lets customers save and restore full or partial switcher states on all ATEM Production Switchers, plus adds 1080p 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 50, 59.94 frame rates for the ATEM Production Studio 4K model. The new progressive frame rates allow customers to work in 1080p 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 50, 59.94 progressive video formats, which means ATEM Production Studio 4K now connects to an even wider range of HD devices including HDMI and professional SDI cameras, routers, media playout servers and more.

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New Photometric Standard Now in Public Review

NEW YORK – A draft standard that would change how we measure the output of LED luminaires is now posted for public review at PLASA’s website. The proposed new standard, BSR E1.48 – 201x, A Recommended Luminous Efficiency Function for Stage and Studio Luminaire Photometry, specifies a luminous efficiency function V(lambda) based on recent human eye response research.

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Tait Supplies Moving Robots for Deadmau5’s Las Vegas Residency

LAS VEGAS – Working alongside designer Martin Phillips, Tait manufactured a range of DJ automation elements for Deadmau5’s six-month club residency at Hakkasan in the MGM Hotel in Las Vegas. The residency, which features special guests throughout the shows, sees two ABB Robots with Robotic Arts Roboscreens on either side of the DJ booth. The robots have a 1.5 meter (5ft.) reach and six axes of movement, with the ability to extend vertically, horizontally and to rotate.

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Fall Out Boy

Clay Paky Sharpys Spotlight Fall Out Boy on Tour

LOS ANGELES – Lighting designer Robb Jibson of So Midwest, Inc., is using Clay Paky Sharpy fixtures on the latest Fall Out Boy tour in an unconventional way – as  spotlights on the band’s tour of the U.S. and Canada. Using the Sharpys as spotlights lets him fit lights into venues that normally wouldn’t have room to accommodate traditional, and much bigger, FOH spotlights.

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Enchanted Town

Enchanted Town Concept Launched in U.K.

HORNCASTLE, LINCOLNSHIRE, UK – Enchanted Town is an innovative collaboration between leading outdoor arts producer and festival director Robin Morley from Magnetic Events, internationally renowned large format projection and digital artist Ross Ashton and sound artist/audio designer Karen Monid. The first pilot event was staged recently at Horncastle, Lincolnshire, pulling 4,000 visitors into the town center for the evening, boosting local businesses and creating a brilliant vibe.

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Cinematographer Todd A. Dos Reis

Litepanels Change Lighting Looks on ‘Necessary Roughness’

VAN NUYS, CA — When cinematographer Todd A. Dos Reis took over the USA Network series Necessary Roughness, more than the storyline changed. He also made radical changes in the show’s lighting looks with Litepanels LED lighting. “What I like about Litepanels is that I can think about them at the last minute and throw them in anywhere,” he says.

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GLP impression X4

Bandit Purchases GLP X4s for Upcoming Projects

KNOXVILLE, TN – Bandit Lites is going full throttle into the second half of the year with the purchase of 200 GLP impression X4S fixtures. The latest product from GLP, the impression X4S will make its worldwide debut with Bandit Lites as almost 100 illuminate Toby Keith’s “Hammer Down” tour. LD Seth Jackson selected the GLP X4S as his work horse for this year’s design, and admits there was some initial concern, but any worries he had disappeared as soon as he walked into Bandit’s programming facility and saw the X4S in action.

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ADJ Inno Spot LED

ADJ Inno Spot LED

LOS ANGELES –  The Inno Spot LED from ADJ  is a compact moving head designed for nightclub effects. Powered by a 50-watt LED source, the fixture projects hard-edge beams and gobo/color effects on walls, ceilings and dance floors for a lightshow at any nightclub or venue.

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