ETCP Exams at 2010 USITT, InfoComm Shows
NEW YORK — The ETCP Council announced that paper and pencil test administrations are scheduled for 2010 at the USITT Conference and Stage Expo in Kansas City, Mo. and at InfoComm in Las Vegas.
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ESTA Control Protocols Plugfest Set for Jan. 22-24
WESTLAKE, TX — Building on last July’s Protocols Plugfest, members of ESTA’s Control Protocols Working Group have set their next Protocols Plugfest for Jan. 22-24 at the Dallas/Ft. Worth Marriott Solana hotel in Westlake, Texas.
Read More »ESP Vision 3.0
ZZYZX, Inc. announced ESP Vision 3.0, which is able to run natively on the Mac OSX without the need for Parallels or Bootcamp. It can run on any system running Mac OS X 10.4.1 or greater, and any video card that supports OpenGL 1.4 or greater. This includes Intel chipsets and legacy Motorola chipset Macintosh computers, including the Mac Book, Mac Book Pro, iMac, Mac mini and PowerPC computers.
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DBN Lights Da Vinci Exhibition
MANCHESTER, U.K. — DBN Lighting designed, supplied and installed lighting for Da Vinci — the Genius, an exhibition at the Museum of Science & Industry in Manchester (MOSI).
Read More »Production Resource Group (PRG) Acquires Procon
NEW WINDSOR, NY — Formalizing a purchase agreement disclosed earlier this fall, Production Resource Group, LLC (PRG) announced that it has acquired Procon MultiMedia Aktiengesellschaft AG (Procon). PRG Chairman & CEO Jeremiah “Jere” Harris and Procon CEO Morten Carlsson announced the acquisition, which was made through MHG Media Holdings (MHG), a PRG subsidiary.
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XanGo Event Supported by CorporateMagic
SALT LAKE CITY, UT — CorporateMagic may not have pulled any literal rabbits out of any hats, but the turnkey production company coordinated a recent six-day, five-night conference for XanGo mangosteen juice dealers that included general sessions for some 6,000 people, formal events, a Pajama Party featuring the B-52s and an appearance by The Pursuit of Happyness author Chris Gardner.
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Silpada National Conference Lighting Controlled by Jands Vista
KANSAS CITY, MO — LD Dave Boser of Image Technologies Corp. chose a pair of Jands Vista I3 consoles to provide lighting control for the Silpada Designs 2009 National Convention.
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Robe Gear Lights Theatre at Olympic Sailing Center
QINGDAO, China — LD Sha XiaoLan of Feng Shang Shiji, who designed the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics, specified 159 Robe moving lights for the Ocean Fantasy musical show at the 700-capacity Olympic Sailing Centre Theatre.
Read More »Creative Stage Lighting Selling Vari-Lite, Strong Gear
NORTH CREEK, NY — Creative Stage Lighting has announced that it has become an authorized dealer of Vari-Lite and Strong Entertainment Lighting products. Both brands are now available from Creative Stage Lighting to CSL dealers.
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Medialon Controls Dome Projections at Hong Kong Space Museum
HONG KONG —AV company PCCW chose a Medialon control system for the digital planetarium system installed in the Stanley Ho Space Theatre at the Hong Kong Space Museum. The theatre, sheltered beneath the museum’s egg-shaped dome, is part of the planetarium area of the museum.
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LMG Touring Control Package Keeps Train Tour Rolling
NEW ORLEANS — Train’s fall tour, supporting the band’s new album, Save Me, San Francisco, is rolling across the U.S. with lighting, video and audio support from LMG Touring.
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HSL Supplies Lighting, Video for The Swedish House Mafia
LONDON — HSL supplied lighting and video equipment plus crew, and designed a custom DJ booth for two recent sold-out performances by The Swedish House Mafia at Brixton Academy. The shows were presented and produced by Cream and Loudsound Events and HSL was working for technical co-ordinators, BPM, who also supplied pyro and lasers.
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