SHANGHAI, China – For the China Mobile and China Telecoms Information & Communications Pavilion as well as the USA Pavilion at Expo 2010 Shanghai China, Electrosonic selected Smart Monkeys to provide Medialon show control programming. The pavilions were created and produced by BRC Imagination Arts.
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COMPTON, CA – Branam Enterprises named Richard Ocean director, sales and marketing. Ocean, whose lighting design credits include This is Spinal Tap and the original Tommy, the Rock Opera, toured with acts including Aerosmith, Boston, J. Geils, and Ted Nugent before forming Ocean, Rose & Associates.
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AMSTERDAM – The Red Bull Air Race has been awarded with the IBC Innovation Award at this year's IBC convention. The "Content Creation Award" recognized the Red Bull Air Race's use of fiber-based distribution of all communications and HD video and audio content via Riedel's MediorNet technology.
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LONDON – Fred Foster, chief executive officer and founder of ETC (Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.) has received an international industry accolade – the Gottelier Award – in acknowledgment for his contributions to the advancement of entertainment technology.
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LAS VEGAS – Time is running out on reserving your spot at the Parnelli Golf Tournament (Oct. 21) and the Awards Dinner (Oct. 22), but tickets are still available for both events.
Read More »There's a new trend in architectural lighting and projection involving the use of projectors fed by digital lighting media servers to illuminate the facades of… Read More »3D Mapping Goes Large on Building Exteriors
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Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. announced the availability of the 2011 version of the Vectorworks line of design software, including Vectorworks Designer, Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Fundamentals and Renderworks.
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HONG KONG – Germany-based GLP has set up a new subsidiary based here called GLP German Light Products Asia Ltd. GLP has also named Michael Münz general manager of the new location, which follows the company's expansion in Europe and the U.S.
Read More »SUNRISE, FL – Cosmogenic LLC has signed an agreement and acquired the remaining assets of Inner Circle Distribution (ICD) of Sunrise, FL. ICD will continue to distribute the full line of hazebase hazers & foggers, SoftLED curtains and a new line of lighting fixtures called Elements.
Read More »LOS ANGELES – A.C.T Lighting was named distributor for Clay Paky products in the U.S. and English-speaking areas of Canada. "This new appointment will make the Clay Paky range of products more accessible to our North American customers," said Pio Nahum, Clay Paky's commercial and marketing director, citing A.C.T Lighting's offices in New York and Los Angeles.
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LAS VEGAS – PLSN has learned that a news story previously posted online and published in the Oct. 2010 issue regarding Prolyte, Litestructures and LS-Live was in error. To clarify, Prolyte and Litestructures have merged, and LS-Live, a former division of Litestructures, is operating as a separate company, with no connection to Prolyte.
Read More »COOKEVILLE, TN – Tennessee Tech University has taken delivery of six RevEAL Color Wash (RevEAL CW) instruments from Prism Projection for its Derryberry Hall Auditorium, an 816-seat theater on campus. The Nashville office of StageLight handled the sale of the fixtures.
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