BANGKOK, Thailand – Proel Group named Kamol Sukosol Electric Co., Ltd. (KEC) exclusive distributor for all Proel products and accessories for Thailand. TEC, founded in 1974, operates Kamol Pro Audio, a pro-audio division, and runs a separate division for consumer audio.
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JOHANNESBURG – The Gearhouse South Africa Group launched Gearhouse Splitbeam, a joint venture between theatre services supplier Splitbeam and Gearhouse SA. The new joint venture will serve theatrical productions in South Africa with equipment and technical solutions.
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NEW YORK-Clark Transfer will offer a $5,000.00 Challenge Grant for this year's Long Reach Long Rider charity ride. The grant, which will be divided between the ESTA Foundation's Behind the Scenes program and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, will be in place until the start of the ride in July. The Challenge Grant was issued at the USITT Conference in Kansas City, MO.
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BURBANK, CA – Electrosonic named Duncan Foster senior systems consultant. His AV industry career includes, most recently, seven years at ATK Services, where he was vice president of sales and development.
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LISBON, Portugal – Italy-based Coemar and Audium, a Portugal-based distributor of audio, video and lighting gear, held an event for lighting designers and rental firms at the Estoril Casino. It was the second-to-last stop on a European presentation tour that ended with Coemar's participation at ProLight + Sound in Frankfurt, Germany.
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CAIRO – Bingo, a subsidiary of ZAD Group, purchased eight DigitalSpot 3000 DTs. The company plans to use the fixtures for corporate events staged in the Middle East and North Africa. The purchase also coincides with the launch of a new business unit, ZAD Impact.
Read More »LAS VEGAS – A series of virtual reality (VR) demonstrations took place at Brainstorm Multimedia's 2010 NAB Convention booth. The demos served as the first showing of real-time integration of live stereoscopic 3D cameras as part of a virtual environment, and Vinten Radamec supported the show with its encoded pan and tilt heads and pedestals.
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LOS ANGELES – ARRI, Fujinon and Zeiss announced a strategic partnership to create new products for the entertainment imaging community. The agreement includes an open exchange of ideas, standards and technologies and product development. Carl Zeiss is known for prime lenses, Fujinon for zooms and ARRI is the largest manufacturer of professional motion picture cameras in the world.
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The Chroma-Q Color Force 72 (6ft / 1.8m) and 48 (4ft / 1.2m) LED batten range provides 12,000 and 8,000 lumens of light output, respectively, plus the benefits of an enhanced RGBA color spectrum, a CRI of 92 and theatrical-grade dimming.
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Cooper Controls' LightFactory LF50 is an entry-level version of the PC based lighting controller Light Factory priced with beginner users in mind.
The full-priced software is already used by some 3,500 licencees worldwide, and the lower-cost pricing structure of the LF50 is expected to broaden the software's appeal, particularly among educational establishments and smaller venues.
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Litepanels' daylight-balanced Sola series offers beam control of 70° to 10° and single-shadow properties inherent in a Fresnel light, but with an LED light source, use just a fraction of the power of conventional fixtures.
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ZURICH, Switzerland – In comedy, timing is everything, and for Swiss entertainer Marco Rima's Die Patienten to succeed, the crew needed to accurately synchronize video projection on three independently-revolving walls. Technology from coolux helped keep the insanity onstage, where it belonged.
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