Broadcast Pix Control Panel for Slate 100 System
Broadcast Pix’s new Slate 100 Control Panel features a classic preview/program switcher layout including a next transition section for managing the system’s three keyers.
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Daktronics PST-6i-b Modular LED Display Panel
The Daktronics PST-6i-b modular LED video panel features a black-package, 3-in-1 SMD LED technology, the first in a series of black-package LED displays. The 6 mm pixel design is 50 percent blacker than traditional indoor LED video displays.
Read More »Using the Intensity Channel for Synchronized Strobing
Even though most automated lighting fixtures have a strobe function, I very rarely use it, for several reasons. First and most important, it can be… Read More »Using the Intensity Channel for Synchronized Strobing
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StageLight Names Jarrell Sales & Rental Associate
DALLAS — StageLight has named Emily Jarrell sales & rental associate for its office in Dallas. Jarrell can be reached at 214-446-1700.
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Chauvet Answers the Call for Texas Church Installation
NEEDVILLE, TX — Travis Scharn with NLFX Professional learned just two weeks prior to an installation at the Creekside Christian Fellowship that the lighting he had specified was unavailable. Scharn turned to Chauvet and was not disappointed.
Read More »All Three ETCP Exams To Be Given During LDI 2009
ORLANDO — All three ETCP examinations will be given at the November 2009 LDI show. The entertainment electrician exam is scheduled for Nov. 20; the arena rigging exam is to be given the morning of Nov. 21 and the theatre rigging exam is scheduled for that afternoon. Candidates who wish to take multiple exams will receive a discount for the second exam.
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PRG Bad Boys Hung from Monster Touring Rig for U2
BARCELONA, Spain — Willie Williams, show designer and director for U2’s 360° Tour, had the goal that “when the fans come into the stadium they see something the like of which they have never seen before.” Williams worked with architect Mark Fisher and production director Jake Berry to flesh out that vision, relying also on PRG’s Bad Boy fixtures to handle the gaping distance from the truss to the stage.
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Robe Gear Fits Czech Club’s Need for Unobtrusive Impact
ZLIN, Czech Republic — Powerdance specified and installed a Robe moving light rig for the recently-opened Morava club in this university town, which was a “no brainer” according to Šiška Zdenek, who worked closely with the club’s lighting operator, Miroslav Werunsky on this project.
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Paley Center for Media Taps BSCM for Kissinger Conference Room
NEW YORK — Big Show Construction Management (BSCM) served as construction manager for the Kissinger Global Conference Room at The Paley Center for Media’s midtown Manhattan location at 25 West 52 Street.
Read More »Calvary Chapel Melbourne Using Dimmable LED House Lighting
VIERA, MERRITT ISLAND, FL — Although a mix of traditional incandescent and fluorescent light sources would have met Calvary Chapel Melbourne’s restrictions on watts per square foot for the sanctuary for its newest house of worship, the resulting quality of light was a concern.
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Daktronics, GoVision Meet in St. Louis to Provide Mobile Video Support
ST. LOUIS — Daktronics and GoVision recently teamed up to provide video displays at three July events: the Fair Saint Louis…LIVE On the Levee music festival; a MLB charity concert event featuring Sheryl Crow; and the 2009 State Farm Home Run Derby during the Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
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White Light Supplies Rig for U.K.’s “Sister Act”
LONDON — White Light is supplying the rig for the Whoopi Goldberg/Stage Entertainments production of the musical Sister Act at the London Palladium, which is being directed by Peter Schneider, designed by Klara Zieglerova and lit by LD Natasha Katz.
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