LONDON – Women in Stage Entertainment (WiSE), an organization established to address under-representation of women in the entertainment technology sector, announced plans to host "Tea O' Clock" on the White Light stand from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. daily during PLASA 2010.
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MIAMI – The Miami Heat welcomed LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh – with an event that Fox Sports described as "a spectacle typically reserved for rock concerts and award shows."
Read More »WELLINGTON, FL – Marcel Fairbairn, founder and president of Gear-Source, Inc. and GearSource.com, announced a sales and marketing agreement with Coemar.
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Chauvet's Q-Spot 160-LED, a moving yoke fixture equipped with a 20-watt white LED that promises output comparable to a 150-watt fixture, is now shipping. Chauvet says the fixture, which replaces the Q-Spot 150-LED, is 46 percent brighter, with a lux measurement of 7,641 at one meter.
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SUNNYVALE, CA – Osram Opto Semiconductors announced a 30 percent boost in the efficiency of red thin-film LEDs under development. The advance, which bodes well for smaller, brighter and cooler fixtures, also holds promise for LED products with better color rendering.
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SPRINGFIELD, OH – R&M Materials Handling, Inc., recognized several key partners at the R&M Master Distributor Meeting for their sales efforts during the challenging economic conditions in 2009. Jim Vandegrift, R&M president, also presented the 2009 President's Award to George Simmons.
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RUEDESHEIM, Germany – Michaela Janke, a student at the Cologne University for Applied Science's conservation and restoration institute, came up with the idea of using light projections to give visitors to the Broemserhof a better idea of what its centuries-old murals looked like before they were heavily damaged in World War II.
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LONDON – The Projection Studio designed a 90-minute video projection for a Buckingham Palace ballroom for a concert marking the 90th anniversary of The Not Forgotten Association, which was founded in 1920 to entertain disabled military personnel and veterans.
Read More »SANTA FE, NM – S. Leonard Auerbach of Auerbach Pollock Friedlander, Performing Arts/Media Facilities Planning and Design, is on the faculty for the 2010 Concert Hall Research Group (CHRG) Summer Institute, taking place at July 25-29 at La Fonda in Santa Fe, N.M.
Read More »MILWAUKEE, WI – Bradley Center, home to sporting events featuring the Milwaukee Bucks, Milwaukee Admirals, Milwaukee Iron and others, is renovating its LED video elements with help from Lighthouse, TS Sports and Anthony James Partners.
Read More »NEW YORK – BSR E1.17 – 201x, Entertainment Technology – Architecture for Control Networks, has been posted for review. The draft standard is a suite of documents that revise sections of the existing ANSI E1.17 – 2006.
Read More »The responsibilities of an automated lighting programmer are similar to that of an airplane pilot in several ways. We have to control expensive equipment, ensure… Read More »A Pre-Flight Checklist
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