PARIS – Robert Juliat has appointed Venuetech as its new distributor for the Middle East region. Venuetech will be responsible for the full product range and after-sale service across the region. The company will show Robert Juliat products for the first time at the InfoComm show in Dubai Oct. 14-18.
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GILBERT, AZ – LD Jeff A. Davis of Davis Entertainment christened the new Martin MAC Auras at the Hale Centre Theatre in Gilbert, AZ, for their first show of the season, “The Secret Garden.” Clearwing Productions installed the 9 MAC Auras into the theatre-in-the-round space to allow for color saturation and isolation.
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SUNRISE, FL — Chauvet has added two solid, indoor high-resolution video panels to its VIP Series: PVP S5 and PVP S7. The panels are designed for touring and permanent indoor installations. Each high-resolution panel uses black face, tri-colored SMD LEDs for increased contrast, and the tight pixel pitch (PVP S5 at 5.2mm and PVP S7 at 7.8mm) make these video panels useful for high-resolution graphics and live-action video.
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LONG MARSTON, UK – Martin Professional’s M1 lighting controller was used to control a large moving head rig on the main stage at the 2012 Global Gathering festival at England’s Long Marston Airfield in late July. Festival lighting operator André Beekmans of The Art of Light used the Martin console on Friday for top acts such as headliner Afrojack, for which he is also the LD.
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LOS ANGELES – The Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) at the Los Angeles Convention Center June 5-7 had an estimated 700 Martin MAC Aura LED wash lights highlighting many of the show’s 200 booths. The fixtures most prominently lit Nintendo’s booth, which alone featured 250 MAC Auras complemented with 70 MAC 101 wash lights.
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HOUSTON – SGM A/S named Randy Wade head of its U.S. operation. Wade, a lighting veteran in the entertainment field since the mid-1980s, will be in charge of sales and support for the entire line of SGM products. He is based in Houston, TX.
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HOF, Germany — Working with Soundhouse, Tait Technologies is providing staging and automation support for Helene Fisher’s current tour, which began here Sept. 18. Tait provided the main stage, a hydraulic 12.4-meter lifting arm and three lifts controlled by Tait’s Navigator automation system. Tait project manager Matthew Hales noted that the tour serves as an example of how the company can reconfigure existing staging and automation elements to create a fresh new look without breaking a tour’s budget.
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