Management Shift for Robe, Anolis Brands
ROZNOV POD RADHOSTEM, Czech Republic – Robe lighting named Adrien Trecek operations director, appointed Harry von dem Stemmen as sales director, and named John Saunders sales director for Anolis.
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SnowMasters Zig Oscillator
SnowMasters Special Effects Studios' Zig Oscillator allows special effects equipment to be mounted and oscillated up to 90 degrees, including snow, bubbles, smoke, scent and more. The machine incorporates a motorized rotating mount that can attach to any SnowMasters standard hanging bracket.
Read More »PNG Image Format Promises Lossless Compression
For image editing, PNG offers fully lossless compression, so saving and re-saving file does not degrade the quality of the image. Even using its highest-quality… Read More »PNG Image Format Promises Lossless Compression
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Arena-Sized Visuals Animate Trans Siberian Orchestra Tours
LOS ANGELES – Not too many years ago, Paul O'Neil's Trans Siberian Orchestra (TSO) did shows in small theatres, two or three times a week. Now, the dual touring productions do two arena-sized shows a day on both the East and West coast, a challenge even to Chaos Visual Productions, which is used to handling video for large shows.
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Thern Winch Used for New Years Eve Ball in Times Square
NEW YORK – It's all in the pacing. You don't want the 12-foot diameter New Years ball to descend too quickly, putting the six ton structure's 2,468 Waterford crystals, lit from within from more than 32,000 LEDs, at risk. But you don't want the timing to be off, either – after all, millions of people are watching to mark the precise stroke of midnight.
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DesignLab Chicago Provides Light Lab for Illinois High School Theatre Festival
CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, IL – Although DesignLab Chicago has supported the Illinois High School Theatre Festival as an active participant, exhibitor and Tech Olympics sponsor for over 20 years, Larry Schoeneman, DesignLab's president, decided to boost the support up a notch this year.
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“A British Subject” Heads to Broadway, with an ORB Desk in Tow
NEW YORK – A British Subject, originally performed at the Pleasance theatre in Edinburgh, jumped the pond for a slot in the Brits off Broadway festival in New York City. The lighting was once again controlled by an ORB console from Zero 88.
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Robe DigitalSpots at Grand Opening for Swisspor Building
STEINHAUSEN, Switzerland – Matthias Kern of kernfusion design GmbH used four Robe DigitalSpot 7000DTs in his design for a show for the grand opening of a new building at the headquarters of Swisspor.
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Caught Between a Chief’s Wishes and a Hard Rock
TULSA, OK – LEDs from Acclaim Lighting and David Brecheen of Production Essentials LLC (Edmond, Okla.) helped Hard Rock Casino designer Warwick Stone navigate a dicey balance between the Hard Rock's strict design requirements and the preferences of a chief of the Cherokee Nation.
Read More »Leviton to Sell Some AIW Assets to Southwire
MELVILLE, NY – Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with Southwire Company to sell certain assets of American Insulated Wire Corporation (AIW), a subsidiary of Leviton.
Read More »Knight of Illumination Awards To Return on Sept. 12, 2010
LONDON – The Knight of Illumination Awards will be staged for the third consecutive year. Organized by STLD, ALD and Clay Paky, the awards ceremony, which honors U.K.-based lighting designers, will be held Sept. 12, 2010, the first day of PLASA 2010.
Read More »Bandit Lites Sees the (Green) Light
KNOXVILLE, TN – Bandit Lites has announced a new "green" emphasis with a stated goal to be "80 percent LED" by 2011.
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