SANTA CLARA, CA – The week of April 12, the Wybron Mobile Showroom begins its seventh leg, visiting the Musson Theatrical Warehouse, (Santa Clara, Calif., April 12), Holzmueller Productions (San Francisco, April 13), Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Ashland, Ore., April 14) and Hollywood Lighting (Portland, Ore., April 15).
Read More »CARLSBAD, CA – Linear LLC announced the creation of a new audio, video, and control group combining Niles Audio, Xantech, and ELAN Home Systems into a single business unit based here. Mark Terry has joined Linear as president of the new unit. Reporting to Terry are Bob Farinelli, president & CTO, of ELAN Home Systems; Frank Sterns, president of Niles Audio; and Graham Hallett, president of Xantech.
Read More »Las Vegas icon Wayne Newton opened his latest, and possibly last, long term engagement in a Las Vegas showroom – Once Before I Go, staged… Read More »Lessons Learned from “Mr. Las Vegas”
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LONDON – Projection artist and designer Ross Ashton launches his new creative venture – The Projection Studio – which will be dedicated to the specialist art of large format video and PIGI projection.
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TALLAHASSEE, FL – Interested in the evolution of rigging over the last 100 years? Florida State University (FSU) now has a repository for about15,000 project and product drawings from the last century, produced by engineers at J. R. Clancy, Inc.
Read More »NORTHFIELD, OH – Shortly after announcing a master distributor in China for its line of audio and lighting software, Stage Research has reappointed KAVE Theatre Services, Burgess Hill, West Sussex, England, as its master distributor for Europe.
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ADB Lighting Technologies' ALC4 modular LED Cyclorama light uses four RGB+White LED light sources. One ALC4 can deliver the equivalent of 1250W of halogen power while consuming 160W. The ALC4 provides seven user-selectable white light presets from 2700K to Daylight 6500K.
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INDIANAPOLIS – For the second year in a row, an octagonal LED video wall was been suspended above the court for the NCAA Men's Final Four. Fans attending the 2010 NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball Championships, which culminated in the final Duke/Butler matchup and a victory for Duke on April 5, had a HD view from any seat in Lucas Oil Stadium. Fans watching at home were also able to see the giant screens.
Read More »KERKRADE, The Netherlands – Highlite International B.V., a global distributor of lighting and audio gear, recently joined Philips' LED luminaires and retrofit bulbs license program.
Read More »SAN FRANCISCO – Auerbach Pollock Friedlander, Performing Arts/Media Facilities Planning and Design with offices in San Francisco, New York and Minneapolis, recently promoted four associates, Kevin Auses (San Francisco office), Matthew Ezold (New York office), Howard Glickman (San Francisco office) and Robert Hill (San Francisco office).
Read More »POWAY, CA – HM Electronics Inc. (HME), a manufacturer of digital wireless intercom products, agreed to acquire Clear-Com Communication Systems, a business unit of The Vitec Group plc. Clear-Com will continue operation as a wholly-owned subsidiary of HME.
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ROME – For the ninth series of shows called I Raccomandati (The Protégés), a talent contest televised live from the Teatro delle Vittorie by RAI, Riccardo Bocchini's set design used elegant new scenery elements including a wood parquet floor, an arch enclosing the stage, and chrome-plated trim behind three large LED walls. The set also included a full complement of Clay Paky fixtures supplied by Di & Di Service.
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