NEW YORK – ESTA’s Production Equipment Rental Group (PERG) recently announced that Rental Guard, its online missing equipment database and alert system, has helped members avoid roughly $1.5M in attempted thefts by fraud and played a role in the recovery of more than $1.4M of stolen equipment.
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HELOTES, TX. – The MEGA team is getting ready for Infocomm 2017 and this year we are MEGA EXCITED!!!! We will have three booths full of new products, between RGBlink, Mega and PR Lighting and TAF truss, we have a lot of new products to show you this year. Please make plans to stop by and visit with us.
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HELSINKI, – Finish singing sensation Saara Aalto – aka the Snow Fairy – played a sold-out homecoming gig at Helsinki’s Hartwall arena and Green Hippo technology ensured a great view for all. Saara, who shot to fame in the UK through her runner’s up spot in 2016’s X Factor, is a firm favorite in Finland, having appeared in Finland’s Got Talent 2007 and The Voice of Finland in 2012. Bright Finland, the Finland and Scandinavia-based experience provider, was at the helm for Saara’s 360° screen show employing a Green Hippo Hippotizer Boreal to control six iMAG screens.
LONDON – The new Cargo late-night bar and club venue in London has been drawing crowds with a Banksy graffiti art-filled courtyard and multifaceted light show looks from a number of Chauvet Professional and Chauvet DJ fixtures installed by Halo Lighting.
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MUNICH, GERMANY – ARRI invests in its range of high-quality, camera-independent accessories with the introduction of the new Lightweight Matte Box LMB 4×5. This modular matte box expands on the feature set and creative possibilities of the popular LMB-25 while retaining an entry-level price tag. Suited for a wide range of applications in just one product, this robust but lightweight matte box allows for an unprecedented level of flexibility.
MIDDLE EAST – Approaching the end of a very busy season in the Middle East, there was one more important event that the events industry in the region would be looking forward to – MEEA17. There was a sense of excitement that could be felt across the industry in the lead up to the awards ceremony this time, as everyone was aware that it would have to take something really special to break through the competition in every award category.
LONDON – Award winning lighting designer Paul Pyant returned to London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) to light a production of the Steven Sondheim classic, A Little Night Music directed by Edward Kemp and staged at RADA’s Jerwood Vanbrugh Theatre in central London. Robe enjoy a close ongoing working relationship with RADA, making their latest technologies available for students to use across the three main venues. Paul’s design for this production utilized Robe’s DL7S LED profiles and the new Spiider LED wash beam moving lights, together with other moving and conventional fixtures.
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Whirlwind’s PL2 series PowerLink Stringers are now available. These units are designed to distribute AC power to multiple locations around the stage, with the additional benefit of utilizing multiple circuits.
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ADJ’s AV3 Video Panel, now shipping, has a pixel pitch of 3.91mm (0.25”) plus bright output and high color contrast, well suited to applications with close viewing distances. It’s also being offered at a highly competitive price.
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COLUMBUS, OH – Soundgarden, which had performed 12 of the 18 shows slated on the band’s 2017 reunion tour, canceled the last six shows after the death of frontman Chris Cornell around midnight after the band’s May 17 show in Detroit. The death of Cornell, 52, the Seattle grunge rock icon who also garnered acclaim as frontman for Audioslave, Temple of the Dog and his own solo shows, had been classified as a suicide by a medical examiner.
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KNOXVILLE, TN – More than 1,500 ProPower RPD power distro racks are in service across North America, and Teri Productions of Knoxville, TN owns a fair share of them. Recently, the venerable, full-service rental and staging company has been building their inventory to accommodate new business with a variety of tours and events, ranging from Lil Wayne to motivational guru Tony Robbins.
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BOSTON – Grammy-winning American indie folk band Bon Iver is wrapping up its “22, A Million” North American tour with a complement of Claypaky A.leda B-EYE K20s delivering impressive pixel and beam effects. The tour has been supporting the band’s eponymous album, which was released last year.
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