BARCELONA — PRG Lighting is using Nova-Flower 2Ks for the U2 360 world stadium tour as part of show director/designer Willie Williams’ lighting design. The Italian manufacturer, Novalight, said the fixtures were developed specially for the tour, and are now in full production.
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MIDDLETON, WI — ETC announced that a new software version — v6 — for Congo and Congo jr consoles is now available. Along with new features, the v6 software includes changes to the internal structure of Congo, making it more flexible for traditional theatre-style and on-the-fly applications.
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KANSAS CITY, MO — Dave Boser, with the St. Louis office for Image Technologies, an event marketing firm, used 40 Chauvet LED Colordash Battens to light a truss system configured in the shape of a jewelry company's logo, matching colors to the presentation's PowerPoint graphics.
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PHOENIX and LAS VEGAS — Enliven Production Group named Brett Beanan Business Development Manager. Beanan will be based in Las Vegas, concentrating on large-scale productions there and around the country.
Read More »SAN FERNANDO, CA — Illumination Dynamics (ID) has moved to a new facility with 70,000 square feet of warehouse space and 11,000 square feet of offices, repair, conference, and demo rooms, including production crew offices with telephone and wi-fi internet access.
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Mega Control Systems, a division of Mega Systems Inc, announces the release of its newest version of lighting control software for nightclub and lounge control, Disco 2.0. Some of the new features include enhanced LED matrix control, improved password protection, improved timeline scheduler, keyboard shortcuts bump or latch, direct DMX value input, improved MIDI input control, improved manual cross fading and cross fade time override and numerous user interface improvements.
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DUBAI, UAE — The Dubai office of Unusual Rigging, opened by managing partner Alan Thomson earlier this year, is now up and running, with five staff, including administrator Cindy Barrameda and Ruperto Lamentac Jr. Unusual Rigging and Engineering LLC also announced several upcoming projects.
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LAS VEGAS— The Parnelli Award Board of Advisors announced that more sponsors have joined the Parnelli Awards’ winner circle of industry leaders who are supporting the ninth annual gala affair.
Read More »HOLLYWOOD, FL — Sidram Power announced plans to move to a larger facility to support the company’s line of generator, transformers, power distro and portable air equipment.
Read More »BILLERICA, MA — Broadcast Pix announced it has established offices in China in cooperation with ADC for distribution and support of its Slate integrated production systems. The new offices will be located in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Guangzhou to service resellers, integrators, and customers in the region.
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BRISBANE, Australia — The Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre (BCEC) has increased its stock of Robe ColorSpot and ColorWash 700E AT moving lights. BCEC lighting supervisor Michael Kelly based his decision on the growing popularity of the Robe 700 series and their “value for the money.”
Read More »Simon Sidi is a well-respected lighting designer, but he’s made a mess of his latest tour — American Idols Live — on purpose. “I wanted… Read More »Combining a Clean Stage with Messy Truss
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