FARMINGDALE, NY — Avolites Ltd named Farmingdale, NY-based Group One Ltd as the sole US distributor for its Ai range of media servers. As of May 1t, Group One is now promoting, selling and supporting Avolites’ new Ai R Series media servers, which boast a long list of powerful features and hardware, alongside the manufacturer’s existing lighting control products, all designed and manufactured in the UK.
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NEW ORLEANS – It’s an even-numbered year so it was time for rock band 311 to celebrate their biennial 311 Day with two arena shows in New Orleans on March 11 and 12. Lighting designer Joe Paradise of House Lights Go Inc. and assistant designer/programmer Bobby Grey selected Clay Paky fixtures and a grandMA2 console for the event, which drew 15,000 fans representing every US state and 17 countries. A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of Clay Paky and MA Lighting products in North America.
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PR Lighting launched its new ARC LED 1027 (PR-8806, pictured here) outdoor lighting fixture — a companion to the “two head” version, the ARC LED 1054 (PR-8808).
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DUBLIN and BELFAST – Production Services Ireland (PSI), a Dublin- and Belfast-based lighting, rigging and visuals production specialist, is supplying lighting and rigging equipment to the current UK and European tour of Riverdance, one of the most successful dance shows in the world. It’s PSI’s fourth tour with Riverdance. On this tour, they have made a substantial investment in the new EXE-Rise 1000kg 8:1 double-braked electric chain hoists – the first off the production line in Italy, delivered to PSI by Area Four Industries through Adam Beaumont. They are part of a total investment in over 50 new motors.
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LONDON – Exhibitionism, a major museum retrospective of the Rolling Stones’ long career in music, is taking over both floors of London’s Saatchi Gallery through Sept. 4. The multi-media show features more than 500 artifacts within nine gallery spaces. Woodroffe Bassett Design (WBD) is using GLP LED fixtures supplied by White Light for the exhibition. They include 25 GLP impression X4 fixtures and six of the new X4 Bar 20 batten fixtures.
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LAS VEGAS – The Behind the Scenes Happy Hour, hosted by ESTA, will return for its third year on Thursday, Oct. 20, from 6pm-8pm at the Westgate Las Vegas. Sponsorship opportunities are now available to LDI exhibitors and attendees, and tickets will go on sale in the summer.
Read More »YONKERS, NY – Altman Lighting is pleased to announce that Julie Smith has joined the Altman team in the role of General Manager. Julie will work from the Altman Lighting headquarters in Yonkers, NY to oversee all facets on the company’s daily operations.
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NEW YORK — Nominations for the 70th annual Tony Awards ceremony were announced May 3. Hamilton received a record 16 nominations, including Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Howell Binkley) and Best Scenic Design of a Musical (David Korins). The awards ceremony, to be hosted by James Corden and broadcast live on CBS, will take place at New York’s Beacon Theatre on June 12.
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MANCHESTER, U.K. – English alt rock band-of-the-moment The 1975 are touring the UK and Europe with an inspired video screen and light staging concept created by show director Tobias Rylander and augmented by Clay Paky Sharpy Wash 330, Mythos and Alpha Profile 1500 fixtures.
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BOSTON – Darren Lussier and Brian McNamara of Image Production Services provided Boston-themed visuals for the Smith & Nephew booth at the Arthroscopy Association of North America convention using the PVP X3 LED video panel from Chauvet Professional. The event took place April 14-16 at the John B. Hynes Veteran Memorial Convention Center in Boston.
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LAS VEGAS – An audience of roughly 185 industry professionals applauded as ESTA’s Production Equipment Rental Group (PERG) honored two New York City Police Detectives from the Major Case Squad, Martin Pastor and Anthony Diaz, who have recovered more than $700,000 worth of stolen equipment over the past nine months. The award was given at PERG’s annual general membership meeting on Tuesday, April 19th at NAB in Las Vegas.
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Eyevis’ EYE-TOLED-5500-TIGF40 is a transparent OLED display with a screen diagonal of 55 inch and a high-quality InGlass touch surface for up to 40 simultaneous touch points. Thanks to the high transmissivity of the panel and the self- luminous properties of the OLED material, this innovative display type is a first choice for installations in the center of interior designs, any- where between objects and viewers, in front of exhibits and products that require illustrations.
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