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Acclaim Lighting Introduces New Compact, High Output Dyna Accent Mini

Acclaim Lighting Introduces New Compact, High Output Dyna Accent Mini

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LOS ANGELES – Acclaim Lighting, a leader in innovative and advanced lighting technology, introduces Dyna Accent Mini™, a compact, high-power, LED floodlight designed for the tightest spaces in outdoor commercial and landscape applications. The low profile, high output Dyna Accent Mini is available in Spectrum RGBW or single color temperatures of 2700K, 3000K, 3500K and 4000K.  It features a narrow 7º (white) or 12º (RGBW) beam with 20º, 40º, 60º, and 10 º x 60 º spread lens options. The floodlight consumes only 13 watts, performs at temperatures between -40° to 122° F and maintains 70 percent of its lumens for 150,000 hours.

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Mark “Junior” Jacobson Goes Rogue at Saloon on Calhoun Music Hall in Brookfield, WI

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BROOKFIELD, WI – Years ago, Mark “Junior” Jacobson designed some lightshows for a Milwaukee band, London USA. Fast forward a couple of decades, and Jacobson’s career has soared to great heights as the lighting designer for a number of top artists, including Tool. This September, Jacobson was reunited with his old clients, London USA, when he stepped up to the FOH desk at the Saloon On Calhoun music hall to run the board for their “Not Dead Yet” reunion show.

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The Collaboration Between DTS And Paolo Albani Has Ended

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ITALY – After two and a half years of fruitful collaboration, Paolo Albani ends his role in DTS. “We started with a big question mark on both sides, we got involved, we improved each other and got amazing results together.I had the opportunity to meet extraordinary people, inside and outside the company in all parts of the globe. I can only say that this was an unforgettable experience, but unfortunately came the day when I feel the need to find new motivations and new challenges. I would like to thank all the people who have been part of this fantastic trip, even the least, and I hope to meet them soon.”

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NYC Hosts NEC Display Solutions’ 24th Annual Partner Showcase

CHICAGO – NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, invites you to its popular annual New York Partner Showcase, featuring the latest visual technology solutions to meet business challenges. It will take place on November 1 and 2 at SIR Stage37, just minutes from Times Square and the Javits Center.

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Tracey Hill Promoted to Vice President, Operations at A.C. Lighting

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TORONTO, ON – A.C. Lighting Inc., distributor of world-class lighting, rigging and video technologies, is pleased to announce the promotion of Tracey Hill to Vice President, Operations. Tracey joins a growing roster of high-profile, dynamic and professional senior management. The position of Vice President, Operations was created to support strategic growth plans providing better service to our customers and employees of A.C. Lighting Inc.

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AV Stumpfl® To Present Revolutionary Projection Screen Accessory And Media Servers At LDI 2017

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WALLERN, AUSTRIA – The Austrian AV technology manufacturer AV Stumpfl® will present a revolutionary projection screen accessory prototype, a broad line-up of innovative projection screens and high-performance media server products at this year’s LDI exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada. The AV Stumpfl® philosophy applied to each and every product is built around enabling faster set up time, lower maintenance requirements and a lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).

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Absen And Local AV Partners Join Forces To Help in South Florida Hurricane Relief Efforts

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ORLANDO –Absen Inc., a global leader in LED display solutions, has collected more than 850 pounds of non-perishable food and supplies to assist in relief efforts for those affected by Hurricane Irma and Maria in South Florida, Key West and Puerto Rico. Recorded as the strongest Atlantic basin hurricane outside of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, Hurricane Irma stretched 650 miles from east to west. Irma left 132 people dead and cost billions of dollars in damage when it made landfall last month. Two weeks later, Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, causing catastrophic damage and a major humanitarian crisis for the island.

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CHAUVET Professional Brightens Imagine Festival’s Inferno Stage

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ATLANTA – In 1997 race car driver Geoff Bodine put the pedal to the metal and reached 197.479 miles per hour on the famed Atlanta Motor Speedway. No one has ever equaled that speed on the big course since, but the action was probably even more blistering on the weekend of September 22-24, as close to 100,000 fans descended on the site for the Imagine Festival. Nowhere was the action hotter than on the Inferno stage, where Deadmau5, Flux Pavilion, The Floozies and other stars jammed under the intense output of CHAUVET Professional Rogue fixtures supplied by 4Life Entertainment.

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Colors of Ostrava Bolstered With Vivid CHAUVET DJ Installation

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OSTRAVA, CZECHIA – Colors of Ostrava is the biggest international music festival in the Czech Republic and one of the largest in Central Europe. With its unique location at the Dolní oblast Vítkovice, an old Czechoslovak mine with UNESCO World Heritage status, the festival draws some of the biggest musical acts from around the globe. This year, it treated fans to performances from the likes of Imagine Dragons and alt-J on five stages.

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RUSHWORKS Continues International Expansion With New Southern African Distributor

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FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS AND RANDBURG, SOUTH Africa — RUSHWORKS, the well-established provider of cool technology for production, playback and streaming, has appointed Zimele Broadcasting Services (Pty), Ltd, as its distributor in the South African region. Zimele provides tailor made solutions to its customers with value added services from project management to system consulting and implementation, training and after sales support. The partnership marks the latest milestone in RUSHWORKS expansion into new and growing global markets that include many European countries, the UK, Israel, Africa and Australia. 

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Kinesys for American Idiot Copenhagen

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COPENHAGEN – A Kinesys automation system with Vector control is a key player in the cutting edge production of Green Day’s “American Idiot” being staged in Copenhagen at Den Grå Hal (The Grey Hall). Benjamin La Cour’s acclaimed raw, stark scenography features three large scenic ‘slabs’ of concrete which lift, tilt and elevate to change the shape and architecture of the stage throughout the performance. They form a floor, a ceiling and several other shapes and spaces as the punky attitudinal sung-through action unfolds.In terms of visuality, these three set pieces fundamentally define the look and feel of the piece directed and choreographed by Tim Zimmerman.

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