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Beame Expands Inventory with Clay Paky Scenius Profiles and ChainMaster Hoists

Clay Paky Scenius Profile

Beame Expands Inventory with Clay Paky Scenius Profiles and ChainMaster Hoists

LITITZ, PA – Beame, the lighting and rigging company formerly known as Atomic Lighting, has invested in 50 Clay Paky Scenius Profile fixtures and 48 quarter-ton ChainMaster motor hoists.  A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of both brands in North America. Eighteen of the just-arrived Scenius Profiles are set to debut on Univision’s Premios Juventud 2016, the network’s annual youth awards telecast.  Lighting Designer Carlos Colina is expected to deploy them as band key lights.

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NEC's booth at InfoComm 2016

NEC Gets Visual Assist from Green Hippo’s Par4Keet at InfoComm 2016

LAS VEGAS – NEC Display Solutions of America got an assist from Green Hippo’s Par4Keet Media Management and Digital Display Solution at their InfoComm booth in Las Vegas this summer. The flagship player of the AViary Video Tools range delivers media at arbitrary resolutions, untying AV professionals from the restrictions of standard aspect ratios and opening the doors on unrestricted and creative display configurations.

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Renaat De Wilde and Alex Mair

Renaat De Wilde Joins Lexair Entertainment

MACQUARIE PARK, Australia – Lexair, the Australian and New Zealand distributor of High End Systems, Green Hippo and TMB products, named Renaat De Wilde sales and marketing director, a new position. De Wilde  recently moved to Australia from Texas, where he was most recently the VP of sales and business development at High End Systems and before that the regional director/Scandinavia and Eastern Europe at Barco, will be responsible for driving business growth and enhancing customer experience through marketing and sales activity across Australia and New Zealand including the Lexair regional dealer network.

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The VENUS X3 Live

RGBlink Introduces the VENUS X3 Live

SAN ANTONIO, TX, – Venus X3 Live brings together sophisticated presentation switching with advanced mixing capabilities into a single device. The vision mixer console includes broadcast style features for quick access during any performance, along with dual eight-inch LCD displays to monitor video sources, full preview, as well as live/program display monitoring. At the rear of the X3 Live, the familiar X3 modular routing platform becomes apparent, with a host of new options and features tailored to presentation applications.

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WIcreations has designed and fabricated a bespoke rotating system for Malu'

WIcreations in a Spin in Spain with Malú

BELGIUM – Belgian based engineering and automation specialist WIcreations has designed and fabricated a custom rotating system to hold and rotate five large scenic objects for the current ‘Chaos’ tour by popular Spanish singer, Malú. The niece of famous Flamenco composer and guitarist Paco de Lucia –;Malu’ hit the big time and had her first hits as a teenager in the 1990s, which has been followed by a truly stellar career. This current tour lasts until November and will have played 69 dates in Spain by the time it concludes.

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Slingshot's Ninja-style obstacles make use of Milos' QTL/QTV truss.

SlingShot Entertainment’s Obstacle Course in Atlanta Area Uses Milos Truss

ATLANTA – Inspired by the hit TV show, American Ninja Warrior, SlingShot Entertainment’s indoor facility in Peachtree Corners near Atlanta makes use of Milos structural products for its 12,000-square-foot obstacle course. The course, with 24 challenging obstacles designed by American Ninja Warrior contestant Jason Huewe, makes use of Milos components including their QTL/QTV truss. 

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Aeson was called on to curve the video wall

Aeson LED Display Technologies Can Handle Any Curve Thrown at It

CHAGRIN FALLS, OH – When Parkside Church in Chagrin Falls, Ohio decided to renovate their sanctuary, they had a very specific goal. “Our pastor’s vision for the remodel was ‘Building Into the Next Generation,'” states Parkside’s Technical Director Bruce Coffy. “We wanted to make sure that what we implemented would extend us well into the future.” Part of the renovation was replacing the video display system in the sanctuary. Therefore, with the guidance of their AVL consultant Idibri (Dallas, TX), Parkside chose an Aeson LED video display solution-but with a twist.

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Kuwait TV uses CORIOmaster wall processor

tvONE presents the news at Kuwait TV Studio 160

ERLANGER, KY. – tvONE today announced that Kuwait TV has installed a CORIOmaster controlled video wall processor in a major news studio.  Kuwait TV, the official state-run television station appointed ATCO to carry out this refurbishment program. The $120,000 video wall was built by Gulf Apps Technical Solutions, as part of an extensive refurbishment program at the studios. This important studio is used daily for news and other broadcasts.

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Rogue fixtures accent the Ritual

Rogues Add Color and Depth To Hanuman Chalisa Ritual At South African Temple

LAUDIUM, SOUTH AFRICA – The Hanuman Chalisa is the most popular hymn chanted in praise of the Hindu deity Hanuman. Recited daily by Hindus throughout the world, the 40 verses of this devotional mantra are an immense source of energy, focus and vitality for both the body and mind. The power and vibrancy of this ancient ritual were brilliantly reflected recently by a vividly colored lighting design, created by designer Shaniel Laloo, using a collection of Rogue fixtures from CHAUVET Professional.

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Coldplay calls upon Stageco once agin for their staging needs

Stageco Supports Coldplay’s ‘Dreams’

EUROPE – The seventh full-length tour of their incredible 20-year career, Coldplay’s A Head Full of Dreams boasts one of the year’s most acclaimed productions. Designed by the celebrated Misty Buckley, following her work on Coldplay’s appearance at the NFL Super Bowl 50’s halftime show in February, the latest stadium tour sees a lavish explosion of color accompanying the crowd-pleasing performances by the Chris Martin-fronted fivesome. It marks the third time the band has hit the road with Stageco Staging Group.

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The main room featured a 16 x 9 ft. screen fed by one Panasonic RZ12k laser projector.

CPL Supports Vision 2016 Conference in Bristol, U.K.

BRISTOL, U.K. – The Vision 2016 creative conference drew close to 350 to the Anson Rooms at Bristol University’s Student Union building May 11-12. The event featured 25 talks from leading creatives and innovators. Once again, organizers turned to Central Presentations Ltd (CPL) to deliver full technical production for the two-day inspirational conference. CPL was working for production company Bright and has been involved in the event for the last four years. This year project manager Mike Radford ensured that everything ran smoothly on site, integrating elements of the venue’s house lighting system where possible into the event design.

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