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Projected Video Content Cuts Costs for Terry Fator’s Crew
PLSN Staff | News | April 29, 2009LAS VEGAS — He may have his face plastered all over town and a new contract for a five-year run at the Mirage in Las Vegas, but the production crew for Terry Fator, the singing ventriloquist who won NBC’s America’s Got Talent competition, still had to keep the budget in mind when it came to creating larger-than-life video for the show. Read More... -
Radiant Church Makes AV System Switch
PLSN Staff | News | April 29, 2009COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — Radiant Church, which had been using one projector at the front of its worship center and one at the rear, with digital switching performed manually, recently upgraded to a system incorporating Aurora Multimedia’s WACI NX+ control system, WACI-PAD control panel and IBZ-1041W wireless touch panel to provide video switching between multiple projectors, cameras, monitors and feeds for digital signage. Read More... -
Revised Fog Effects Standard Available for Public Review
PLSN Staff | News | April 29, 2009NEW YORK — ESTA announced that the draft standard, BSR E1.23 — 200x, Entertainment Technology —Design and Execution of Theatrical Fog Effects, is available for public review through June 22. The BSR E1.23 project is a revision of the existing ANSI E1.23 — 2006 standard, which offers advice on the planning and execution of theatrical fog effects using glycol, glycerin, or white mineral oil fogs or mists in theatres, arenas, and other places of entertainment or public assembly. Read More... -
Da-Lite and Joe Kane Launch New Projection Screens
PLSN Staff | News | April 29, 2009WARSAW, IN — Da-Lite Screen Company and Joe Kane Productions have formed a strategic partnership and launched a new line of projection screens. Read More... -
Vectorworks Makes the Movies with Role in “Duplicity”
PLSN Staff | News | April 28, 2009COLUMBIA, MD — In terms of product placement, it may not have been as much of a coup as Hershey’s Reese’s Pieces beating out M&M Mars for a spot in ET. But Nemetschek N.A.’s Vectorworks CAD software is playing a role in the recent release of the movie, Duplicity. Read More... -
Holo-Walls Backlit Floor Tiles for Cheerleaders Gentlemen’s Club
PLSN Staff | News | April 26, 2009PITTSBURGH, PA — Holo-Walls, manufacturers of holographic films and special effects products for the entertainment industry, produced a Liquid Fusion stage floor system with backlit floor tiles for Cheerleaders, a gentlemen’s club. Read More... -
LD Systems Adds Visibility to RodeoHouston 2009
PLSN Staff | News | April 26, 2009HOUSTON — With its show in Cincinnati instead of Houston this year, LD Systems wasn’t able to provide a backstage tour of the 2009 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo as they did in 2008. But the company was able to help the audience at Reliant Stadium get a better view of performers during concert events even if they were facing the other way. Read More... -
ESTA Publishes Slippery Floor Standard, Offers Three More for Public Review
PLSN Staff | News | April 26, 2009NEW YORK — ESTA has published a new standard on slippery floors, and has made three draft standards available for public review on its Web site. The draft standards deal with the manufacture of chain hoists, the placement of followspots in public spaces and device description language (DDL) extensions for DMX512 and E1.31 devices. Read More... -
IATSE Announces Agreement With NETworks LLC
PLSN Staff | News | April 26, 2009NEW YORK — The IATSE has negotiated an agreement on behalf of backstage workers traveling with touring productions produced by NETworks, LLC. The collective bargaining agreement applies to five shows currently touring through the U.S. and Canada for their 2009/2010 seasons. Read More... -
New Patent for LEDs Awarded to ilumisys and Altair
PLSN Staff | News | April 26, 2009TROY, MI — LED maker ilumisys, Inc. and parent company Altair Engineering announced U.S. Patent No. 7,510,299 had been issued, adding to its group of patents held for LEDs that serve as replacements for fluorescent tubes. The company also announced that it would be “aggressively” challenging manufacturers and distributors of competing products with litigation. Read More... -
Big Effects for Lil Wayne’s “I Am Music” Tour
PLSN Staff | News | April 24, 2009LAS VEGAS — Lil Wayne’s I Am Music world tour is getting some big effects from Pyrotek Special Effects Inc. Lorenzo Cornacchia, vice president of Pyrotek Special Effects, worked with Daunte Kenner, production designer, and Maceo Price, production manager to integrate a series of effects for the tour. Read More... -
Wicked’s Second Tour Using Tomcat Truss
PLSN Staff | News | April 24, 2009FT. MYERS, FL — Tomcat USA is supporting the second national tour of Wicked with three overhead electric trusses, six Tomcat Dance Towers for stage left and right and a Cyc Tower for stage left and right. Read More...
