Skip to content

Newsroom

AHG_Sensor_Racklight

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

[caption id="attachment_280174" align="alignnone" width="600"]AHG_Sensor_Racklight[/caption]

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.

Read More »

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.

Read More »

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

[caption id="attachment_280169" align="alignnone" width="311"]UniSee Wall[/caption]

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.

Read More »

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

[caption id="attachment_280166" align="alignnone" width="800"]d3 used on opera[/caption]

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.”

Read More »

American Idiot in Copenhagen

[caption id="attachment_280163" align="alignnone" width="800"]American Idiot in Copenhagen [/caption]

COPENHAGEN – Lighting designer Sune Verdier of b-ql.dk and scenographer Benjamin La Cour collaborated to produce a thrilling, raw and hugely dynamic lighting aesthetic for a new production of Green Day’s uncompromising American Idiot rock musical staged at Den Grå Hal (The Grey Hall) in the vibrant Christiania area of Copenhagen, Denmark.They chose Robe moving lights – DL7S Profiles, DL4S Profiles and Spiider LED wash beams – to be at the core of the lighting, which was developed as a co-design for the show, which has received rave reviews and got tongues wagging with its aesthetic daring!

Read More »
Parnelli Awards nominations are still open

Parnelli Nominations Still Open, but Oct. 31 Deadline Looms

LAS VEGAS – Our (witch’s) hats are off to all those PLSN and FRONT of HOUSE readers who have been nominating individuals, companies and products worthy of special recognition at the Parnelli Awards, set for Jan. 26, 2018 at the Hilton in Anaheim, CA. To those who have yet to nominate anyone, we have only one thing to say: “Boo!” (No, we’re not giving you a Bronx cheer, we mean “Boo!” as in, “There’s only one more week before nominations close! Don’t miss out on the chance for YOUR voice to be heard!”)

Read More »

Visual Productions TimeCore for Rammstein

[caption id="attachment_280156" align="alignnone" width="800"]Rammstein LDs working with TimeCore[/caption]

EUROPE – In the summer, German industrial metal band, Rammstein, once again embraced a number of European festival stages with their impressive live show. The two lighting directors of the tour, Bertil Mark and Faren Matern, used a total of four TimeCore units from the Dutch manufacturer Visual Productions. The TimeCore is a modern timecode toolbox. The TimeCore is not just capable of generating timecode, it also follows, converts and displays timecode. It supports and converts between SMPTE, MTC and Art-Net timecode.

Read More »

Victoria Warehouse Changes Moods With 165 CHAUVET Professional COLORdash Fixtures

[caption id="attachment_280153" align="alignnone" width="800"]The Bays get an assist from Chauvet[/caption]

MANCHESTER, UK – After falling into disrepair in the late 20th century, one of Manchester’s most famous industrial revolution-era relics, the Victoria Warehouse, recently underwent a major restoration to begin a new life as a unique and multi-purpose cultural hub. In addition to a concert hall, the complex is home to “The Bays,” an area specifically created for the purpose of hosting corporate events, such as conferences, award dinners, networking events, cocktail receptions and special events.

Read More »

Roland Unveils V-60HD Multi-Format Video Switcher

[caption id="attachment_280150" align="alignnone" width="800"]ROLAND V-60HD[/caption]

LOS ANGELES — Roland Professional A/V is introducing the V-60HD, a compact, integrated video switcher and audio mixer, and the latest addition to Roland’s comprehensive line of video production solutions. Its sophisticated feature set is perfectly suited for live event production as well as broadcast, recording and streaming. The V-60HD supports SDI camera inputs plus scaled HDMI inputs for data, computer, tablet and other video sources via a variety of video connections, plus a Program and independent AUX bus for confidence, downstage monitor or side screens.

Read More »

Robert Juliat Followspots are Favorites at Spanish Festival

[caption id="attachment_280145" align="alignnone" width="800"]Robert Juliat Followspots in use[/caption]

SPAIN – Robert Juliat added some French flavor to the celebrated Spanish music festival at Cap Roig, Girona this summer. Produced by Clipper’s Live, Cap Roig Festival is one of the most recognized summer music festivals and takes place in a spectacular natural setting overlooking the Mediterranean. Local rental company, ABS Entertainment Service, ensured every performer looked like a star by supplying two Robert Juliat Merlin 2500W and two Robert Juliat Aramis 2500W followspots as front of house support for the duration of the two-week event.

Read More »