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[caption id="attachment_280291" align="alignnone" width="800"]ETC Eos Ti scary good on Criss Angel Mindfreak Live[/caption]

MIDDLETON, WI – Criss Angel’s Mindfreak Live! at the Luxor Resort & Casino in Las Vegas upends people’s views of magic and awes spectators with a goth-horror vibe mixed with rock ‘n’ roll spectacle. The production has the largest number of moving lights on the Strip, and combines movers, lasers, video and more into one over-the-top vision. The large number of fixtures and media demands would tax the average console – but not ETC’s Eos Ti.

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[caption id="attachment_280285" align="alignnone" width="800"]Haim at Lost Lake[/caption]

PHOENIX, ARIZONA – More than 45,000 people turned out to the inaugural Lost Lake Festival at the Steele Indian School Park in Phoenix, AZ for a three-day extravaganza of music, art, food and games. Superfly, the masterminds behind the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, Outsidelands, Forecastle and others, entrusted longtime collaborator Bandit Lites to provide the lighting for the two mainstages, where performances included The Killers, Chance the Rapper, The Pixies, Huey Lewis & The News, The Roots, Dreamcar, Run the Jewels, Odesza and Major Lazer.

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[caption id="attachment_280282" align="alignnone" width="800"]Elite Multimedia used on Monday Night Football[/caption]

NASHVILLE, – In the world of sports entertainment, there are few productions as iconic as Monday Night Football.  Broadcast weekly on ESPN during the NFL season to viewers around the world, the televised intro must bring fans into the game with a sense of excitement and anticipation. Wanting to create a unique on-air experience for the latest intro that could combine both the on-field action and in-studio energy, longtime partner HABANA Avenue designed a cutting-edge environment with LED video and lighting supplied by Elite Multimedia.

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[caption id="attachment_280262" align="alignnone" width="640"]Jordan Bowman/ Carroll College[/caption]

HELENA, MONTANA – The theatre program at Carroll College in Helena, Montana, has been producing wonderful productions for the last 35 years, in spite of entertainment technology that is at least that old. The program recently updated their 120-seat FLEX Theatre with a state-of-the-art, energy-efficient Elation Professional LED lighting system that opens up all new possibilities for student creativity in the new theatre space. Formerly housed in an old gymnasium with a lighting rig made up of antiquated Fresnels, scoops, and ellipsoidals, the theatre department’s move to a new location gave the program the opportunity to reimagine the space using new technology.

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LOS ANGELES – In a modest ceremony this week at TMB Los Angeles, the 10-year anniversaries of three of the company’s cable assembly technicians were celebrated.  All three are part of a distinct companywide group of professional, highly-skilled cabling technicians, of whom TMB is justifiably very proud.  Also a matter of great pride at TMB is its Pro Cables division’s worldwide cabling staff of over 50, with an average tenure of close to eight years, representing over 400 years of combined experience!

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[caption id="attachment_280257" align="alignnone" width="800"]Philip-Harting-Troy-Hammond-Jon-DeSousa-At-HARTING-Americas-Media-Event[/caption]

Elgin, IL – HARTING held its annual media event on Thursday, October 26, 2017 at North Central College in Naperville, IL. This year’s event focused on a business update from the company and several key initiatives – including IIoT initiatives, a new industry-changing campaign, and a special announcement from HARTING and the college.

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[caption id="attachment_280253" align="alignnone" width="800"]Glenn Kennel (from left) Harald Brendel, and Frank Zeidler accept the Engineering Emmy Award for ARRI ALEXA camera system[/caption]

LOS ANGELES – At the 69th Engineering Emmy® Awards Ceremony in Hollywood, the Television Academy recognized ARRI with the most prestigious television accolade for outstanding achievement in engineering development for its ALEXA digital motion picture camera system. On October 25, 2017, at the Loews Hollywood Hotel, actress Kirsten Vangsness, who presented the award, said: “The ALEXA camera system represents a transformative technology in television due to its excellent digital imaging capabilities coupled with a completely integrated postproduction workflow.

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[caption id="attachment_280243" align="alignnone" width="800"]Tash-Sultana lit with Bandit Lites[/caption]

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – Bandit Lites is proud to be lighting Tash Sultana, the Melbourne singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who is bringing her exceptional vocals and beatboxing skills to audiences around the world.Following a viral video performance that garnered over a million views in five days, the self- taught artist launched her Homecoming Tour this summer with a lighting design crafted by Cam Anderson designed to be both compact and powerful, with upright trusses providing the backbone and Chauvet Rogue FX-B’s utilized as the main force.

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[caption id="attachment_280238" align="alignnone" width="800"]Old Town Temecula Community Theater using elektraLite fixtures on a recent dress rehearsal of A Christmas Carol 2017[/caption]

TEMECULA, CA – Old Town Temecula Community Theater sits in the heart of the historic district of Temecula in Southwestern California. Surrounded by antique shops and quaint cafes, the theater is housed inside the old Mercantile Building on Main Street, dating from the 1890s. But the theater is just 12 years old, and its production is led by a concert touring veteran who steers the venue toward new technology. Its newest purchase of 12 elektraLite SLA Retina LED fixtures is testament to that.

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[caption id="attachment_280229" align="alignnone" width="800"] ‘Goalkeepers’ Event Hosted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation [/caption]

NEW YORK, NY- The inaugural ‘Goalkeepers’ event, hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, took place last month at the Lincoln Center in New York City. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, President Barack Obama, Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, and more joined forces with Bill and Melinda Gates to engage a new generation of leaders in the fight against poverty and disease. 4Wall Entertainment provided the gear to Lighting Designer Mickey Fimbres for this momentous 2-day event.

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[caption id="attachment_280223" align="alignnone" width="800"]Rogues in use at Saloon On Calhoun[/caption]

BROOKFIELD, WI – Years ago, Mark “Junior” Jacobson designed some lightshows for a Milwaukee band, London USA. Fast forward a couple of decades, and Jacobson’s career has soared to great heights as the lighting designer for a number of top artists, including Tool. This September, Jacobson was reunited with his old clients, London USA, when he stepped up to the FOH desk at the Saloon On Calhoun music hall to run the board for their “Not Dead Yet” reunion show.

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CHICAGO – NEC Display Solutions of America, a leading provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, invites you to its popular annual New York Partner Showcase, featuring the latest visual technology solutions to meet business challenges. It will take place on November 1 and 2 at SIR Stage37, just minutes from Times Square and the Javits Center.

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