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Barbizon Lighting Company Names Tom Madden as President and CEO

Barbizon Lighting Company Names Tom Madden as President and CEO

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NEW YORK, NY –The Barbizon Lighting Company announced today that its Board of Directors voted unanimously to appoint Tom Madden as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective November 27, 2017. “Tom recognizes and deeply values the Barbizon culture, something which initially drew him to the company and which he feels strongly about honoring and fostering” read a statement from the Board of Directors.

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Temperature Control! New Ovation E-930VW Variable White Ellipsoidal From CHAUVET Professional

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SUNRISE, FL– CHAUVET Professional has introduced its first variable white LED ellipsoidal fixture, the Ovation E-930VW.   Featuring a groundbreaking and unique 6-color LED system, the new fixture can perfectly match ambient natural light at different times a day, making it ideal for broadcast applications that are exposed to sunlight.

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BRICK by DTS wins the PLSN ‘Gold Star Product Award 2017’

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LONG ISLAND, NY – We are pleased to announce a new DTS success: the BRICK wash projector has just been awarded the ‘PLSN Gold Star Product Award’ as ‘Best new exterior architectural light’.The award was been presented to DTS last November 17th in a ceremony held at LDI 2017 in Las Vegas.

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Avolites Adds the Tiger Touch to Morocco’s Oasis Festival 2017

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MARRAKECH, MOROCCO – Lighting designer Chris Binks selected an Avolites Tiger Touch II and Tiger Touch Fader Wing to facilitate his authentic live control and design approach for the third edition of Oasis Festival, an electronic dance festival held at The Source Marrakech Private Resort Music & Spa in Morocco. Chris, whose design method relies on live, intuitive control, selected the Tiger Touch II and Fader Wing to ensure easy access to all his programmable elements throughout the festival. 

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Green Hippo and MOBB Helsinki Take it up a Notch to Amaze Finnish Arena Shows

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HELSINKI – Leading Scandinavian lighting creative MOBB Helsinki counted on legion of Notch-loaded Hippotizer Media Servers to help deliver Finland’s biggest domestic arena production. Profeetat is the project of Cheek and Elastinen, Finland’s two biggest hip-hop artists. Formed in 2016, this year the duo marked its rapid rise by selling out three arena shows in its homeland.

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Analog Way Acquires Finnish Media Server Manufacturer Picturall

PARIS, – Analog Way today announced the acquisition of Picturall, a well-established manufacturer of high performance media servers based in Finland. Analog Way is an internationally renowned manufacturer of high-end video processors, dedicated to premium niches in commercial audio-video presentation markets. This acquisition brings together two innovation champions of the Pro AV industry, with aim of merging their synergistic core competencies into new and exciting turn-key solutions for their staging and fixed installations customers.

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The Aqua LED 600 Spot Makes Its Debut

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HELOTES, TEXAS- PR Lighting introduces the AQUA LED 600 Spot, a bright and powerful IP65 rated luminaire that is perfect for both indoor and outdoor production. With a powerful 600W LED engine this moving spot luminaire is PR’s brightest IP rated LED light to date. It features a variety of effects that can be used under inclement weather. This allows for the unit to be used in outdoor productions or in permanent and temporary exterior applications.

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Colourblind Give Rufus Du Sol GLP’s X4 Treatment

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OAKLAND, CA – Australian electronic band Rufus Du Sol recently began their 2017 North America Autumn tour playing two sell-out shows at Oakland’s Fox Theater, along with headlining slots at CRSSD Fest in San Diego, CA and Austin City Limits in Austin, TX. LD Matthew Smith, of Australian lighting design firm Colourblind, provided energetic visuals to match Rufus’ style. Helping to create these effects were the well-established impression X4 Bar 20 and impression X4 S from GLP, supplied by VER, along with all other lighting and audio requirements.

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Whirlwind Power Link PL2 Stringers with Power Management

Whirlwind Power Link PL2 Stringers with Power Management

Whirlwind has added its new UL-listed ROK Remote Outlet Kontroller technology to its line of rugged Power Link PL2 Stringers, that distribute multiple circuits of AC power to multiple locations. Now you can turn power on and off for remotely located equipment that consumes power even while not in use. This is ideal for controlling power to lighting fixtures, powered loudspeakers, projectors, video displays, etc. ROK1 switches are used for single-phase 120 VAC; ROK2 is used for switching single-phase 240 VAC or two legs of 208 VAC three-phase. Both devices are rated for switching 20-amp AC branch circuits; both control six circuits per box.

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Martin Fournier Joins Chauvet

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PARIS – (For Immediate Release) – Chauvet has announced that Martin Fournier has joined the company as its European Sales Director.  Fournier is an experienced lighting industry figure in Europe, having spent the last 22 years serving the professional lighting market in Europe.  He comes to Chauvet from Harman International, where he most recently served as that company’s Sales Director for France and Benelux Professional Solutions.  Fournier began his career in 1995 with Martin Professional.

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Robe MegaPointes for X-Factor UK

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LONDON – For the second year running, Robe’s newest moving lights – including the just launched MegaPointe multi-purpose moving light – featured prominently on the UK’s much anticipated 2017 X Factor final series. Six weeks of nail-biting live show excitement with lighting designed by Tim Routledge … will reveal some incredible singing talent and culminate on the final at Wembley Arena this weekend.

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Perth Concert Hall Installs Silent Elation SixPar 300s

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PERTH – Elation Professional products are supported in Australia and New Zealand by distributor Lexair Entertainment, who earlier this year were involved in the refresh of the entire Perth Concert Hall lighting rig on Australia’s west coast. Made possible through the State Government’s Department of Culture and the Arts Infrastructure Improvement Program, the lighting project saw Head of Lighting, Alex Spartalis, with a lot of decisions to make. The choice to make the Perth Concert Hall home to Elation SixPar 300 RGBAW+UV LED fixtures was not one of the difficult ones. With the whole rig headed to LED, Alex had to audition a huge range of luminaires, and the SixPar 300s were an easy winner.

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