TORONTO — Westbury National, one of Canada’s largest pro AV and event/show services companies, announced expansion plans in two key Ontario markets, Kingston and Ottawa. The company also added five team members and announced a 20,000 square-foot expansion and renovation of their existing Warden Avenue headquarters in Toronto.
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LOS ANGELES – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ new multimedia exhibition, Hollywood Costume, is lit with more than two dozen L-Series LED Fresnels. Working with costume designer and exhibition curator Deborah Nadoolman, the ARRI gear was specified by LD Trevor Stirlin Burk.
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GRANITE BAY, CA – Bayside Church has upgraded its AV system with a complement of equipment from Luminex Network Intelligence that includes two GigaCore 12 managed Gigabit Ethernet switches, an 8-port Ethernet-to-DMX node and three DMX 10-port hubs. Sacramento-based integrator Dave’s World Lighting & Scenic Designs chose the gear, sourced via from BP Productions in West Sacramento.
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WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA — Parnelli Awards video editor/director Jerry Cobb lost his battle with stomach cancer on Jan. 13, 2015. He was 64. Since 2010, Cobb co-created the videos for the Parnelli Awards. Working with producer/writer Kevin Mitchell, his documentaries on the lifetime honorees were always a show highlight.
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CINCINNATI, OH – Teresa Eyring, executive director of Theatre Communications Group, will receive USITT’s 2015 Distinguished Achievement Award in Management at USITT 2015 in Cincinnati in March.
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ORLANDO — PixelFLEX, a provider of flexible and lightweight LED video screens, will be returning to PLASA Focus in Orlando. The company will feature its FLEXLite LED tile at the show, which takes place Feb. 17-18, 2015 at the Rosen Plaza Hotel.
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ANAHEIM, CA – ADJ display 14 new products during Winter NAMM 2015, which runs from Jan. 22-25, 2015. The company offered details on three of the 14 new products before the show. They include ADJ’s COB Cannon Wash, Mega Par Profile Plus and DMX Operator 384, all pictured here.
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NEW YORK and NASHVILLE – At 4Wall Entertainment, the corporate slogan “Large Enough To Service, Small Enough To Care” accurately describes the philosophy that has driven the company’s lasting success. It also provides a pretty good insight into why the company recently decided to add the Rogue R2 Spot from Chauvet Professional to its inventory in New York and Nashville.
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It may be fun to think back smugly to the mid-1990s as an era of crude looking text-only websites, floppy disks and primitive cell phone… Read More »Video of the Week: Ahead of Its Time?
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SEATTLE – Blizzard Lighting, LLC announced that their Blockhead moving head LED matrix light fixtures helped light the FOX Sports NFC Championship pregame and halftime set during the Jan. 18, 2015 matchup between the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks. Blizzard collaborated with another Wisconsin-based company, ModTruss, on the project. ModTruss constructs on location sets for many sports telecasts including FOX.
Read More »NORTHVILLE, MI – Ward Evangelical Presbyterian Church, which has a long history in the Detroit metro area, refurbished its lighting system with Elation Professional LED fixtures. Bryan Guelzo, who was brought in to oversee the full A/V renovation, working with Austin Germain (director of production for worship), Billy Petty (director of worship) and Gerry Kropf (broadcast coordinator). Working with integrator Fantasee Lighting in Belleville, MI, they installed 12 Platinum Spot LED Pro II fixtures and 12 Rayzor Q12 Zooms.
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PARIS – Robe Lighting s.r.o. launched a new wholly-owned subsidiary, Robe Lighting France S.A.S., located at ZI Paris Nord II, Bâtiment Euler, 33, rue des Vanesses, 93420 Villepinte. Pictured here, from left, are Ingo Dombrowski (key account manager Europe for Robe Lighting s.r.o.), Bruno Garros (managing director Robe Lighting France S.A.S), Josef Valchar (CEO & general manager of Robe Lighting s.r.o.), Elie Battah (business development manager for Robe Lighting France S.A.S) and Harry von den Stemmen (international sales director for Robe Lighting s.r.o.).
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