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RUSHWORKS Continues International Expansion With New Southern African Distributor

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FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS AND RANDBURG, SOUTH Africa — RUSHWORKS, the well-established provider of cool technology for production, playback and streaming, has appointed Zimele Broadcasting Services (Pty), Ltd, as its distributor in the South African region. Zimele provides tailor made solutions to its customers with value added services from project management to system consulting and implementation, training and after sales support. The partnership marks the latest milestone in RUSHWORKS expansion into new and growing global markets that include many European countries, the UK, Israel, Africa and Australia. 

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Kinesys for American Idiot Copenhagen

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COPENHAGEN – A Kinesys automation system with Vector control is a key player in the cutting edge production of Green Day’s “American Idiot” being staged in Copenhagen at Den Grå Hal (The Grey Hall). Benjamin La Cour’s acclaimed raw, stark scenography features three large scenic ‘slabs’ of concrete which lift, tilt and elevate to change the shape and architecture of the stage throughout the performance. They form a floor, a ceiling and several other shapes and spaces as the punky attitudinal sung-through action unfolds.In terms of visuality, these three set pieces fundamentally define the look and feel of the piece directed and choreographed by Tim Zimmerman.

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Relevant Audio Visual Turns Bland to Grand with Elation Lighting at Global Leadership Summit

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WICHITA – With a commitment to develop and mentor leaders worldwide, the Global Leadership Summit is a live HD broadcast that is simulcast to more than 600 satellite locations around the globe. On August 10th and 11th, Relevant Audio Visual, (relevantaudiovisual.com, @relevant_av) provided production for a Global Leadership Summit satellite site in Wichita, Kansas, the third largest satellite site in the country, and turned to inspirational lighting from Elation Professional to liven up the environment.

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Danny Gokey Dove Awards Performance Shines With Bandit Lites And Chris Lisle

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NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – Bandit Lites was proud to provide the lighting for Danny Gokey’s performance at the 48th Annual Gospel Music Association Dove Awards. The GMA Dove Award Winner took the stage October 18 with a lighting design by Chris Lisle, with the televised show airing October 22 on Trinity Broadcasting Network. Considering the design had to roll on and off stage as quickly as possible, fit within the allotted stage space all while looking sharp and dynamic for both the audience and for television, Lisle crafted looks by utilizing GT truss with Robe Pointe fixtures mounted on top.

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ETC Releases Touchscreen Station for Mosaic

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MIDDLETON, Wi. – A new tile has been added to ETC’s Unison Mosaic family, the new Touchscreen interface. The 4.3-inch screen can be added to any Mosaic system running Mosaic software 2.4 or later, giving users a new option for monitoring and control over their installation with virtual faders, buttons, color pickers and more. “With the same user-interface capabilities as the Tessera Controller the new Mosaic Touchscreen provides a simple way in for users to customize access to their Mosaic system,” says Bryan Palmer, Architectural Market Manager at ETC. “This addition provides a fully-configurable interface at a lower price point, making the dynamic control system approachable for anyone.”

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Printhead Studio Shakes Up Digital Printing Industry With New Technology 6-color, 16’ Seamless, Soft Fabric Printing

[caption id="attachment_280183" align="alignnone" width="800"]Printhead Studio, a division of Rose Brand Inc., launches its rebranded digital printing services to highlight its new state-of-the-art technology. (Left to right) Josh Jacobstein, Peter Finder, Victoria Williamson, George Jacobstein, Michael Reed, and Kevin Coughlin. [/caption]

SECAUCUS, NJ –. Printhead StudioTM, the newly rebranded digital printing division of Rose Brand Inc., introduces its new direct dye digital printer and expanded capabilities.  Executive Vice President Josh Jacobstein says that “Our new state-of-the-art technology, combined with our digital printing experience in theatre and events, is a huge differentiator. We can now provide customers with incredible color accuracy in large format, 16 foot seamless, soft fabric drops.”

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GLP X4 Helps Cosmo Wilson Reinvent Old-School Rock ‘n’ Roll Looks

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RIO de JANEIRO, Brazil – Renowned LD Cosmo Wilson has been lighting Aerosmith’s shows since 2012, working within a genre with which he is entirely familiar. Having provided stage lighting for many of the world’s most famous rock bands over three decades, his track record is unparalleled. When Aerosmith announced their “Aero-Vederci Baby” farewell tour, he was once again at the helm, piloting what has been their fifth major outing together.

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Lighting Veteran Michael Tortora Joins Acclaim Lighting

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LOS ANGELES – Acclaim Lighting, a leader in innovative and advanced lighting technology, named Michael Tortora as its Eastern Regional Sales Manager.  With his extensive design and sales development experience in the lighting industry, Tortora will be responsible for directing commercial sales through distributors, manufacturers rep agencies, contractors and national accounts.

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The First Professional 19″ LED Multicolor Rack Light With Motion Sensor

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UK – The Adam Hall Group presents the world’s first 19” LED rack light with built-in motion sensor from the brand Adam Hall Stage Equipment. The professional SMART C LED multicolor rack light in 19” format (1U) features patented smart motion sensor technology and is equipped with 18 RGBW LEDs, which provide uniform illumination for the underlying rack modules over the entire rack width. The integrated motion sensors provide users with intelligent and energy-saving rack lighting that is adaptable to their requirements.

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Advanced Strengthens Integration Team With Two New Appointments

[caption id="attachment_280172" align="alignnone" width="700"]L-R Scott Murray Anderson and Daniel Heald[/caption]

TORONTO, CANADA, 2017 – Further supporting its rapidly growing customer base, leading Canadian AV integrator Advanced today announced the appointments of Scott Murray Anderson to System Programmer & Senior AV Specialist and Daniel Heald to Project Manager. According to company President David Weatherhead, appointments are in direct response to Advanced’s steadily increasing number of integration projects.

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Barco Reinvents LCD Video Walls To Deliver Optimal Viewing Experience And Operational Performance

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KORTRIJK, BELGIUM, – Barco, a global leader in professional visualization technology, brings a spectacular viewing experience to LCD video walls with the launch of Barco UniSee. By completely rethinking and optimizing every aspect of tiled LCD video walls, Barco UniSee introduces a single uniform view while ensuring faster installation, easier servicing, and higher reliability. This makes it the perfect LCD video wall platform for a multitude of applications – including control rooms, corporate lobbies, experience centers, brand showrooms and meeting rooms.

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d3 Solution Is System Of Choice For Opera Companies Across the US

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LONDON – as projected content increases on opera stages nationwide, the d3 solution has become the system of choice at The Lyric Opera of Chicago, The Santa Fe Opera and The Seattle Opera. The Lyric Opera invested in the d3 solution in 2016, as Lighting Director Chris Maravich adds; “We had another media server in our inventory and had used other brands from time to time, but we were looking to step up to something with increased functionality and control.”

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