GOTHENBURG, Sweden – LumenRadio reports that ARRI chose its wireless technology for their wireless products going forward. The first products to be released are the SkyLink and the SkyPanel S360-C, both debuting at IBC 2017.
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PARIS – Ayrton named Zane Cretten regional sales manager of Africa and the Middle East. Cretten, based in South Africa, has 11 years experience in the live events industry, specializing in video and lighting. During this time he has worked with major global brands including High End Systems, Barco, Pandoras Box, d3, CreateLED, Wings and Caliber.
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OSTRAVA, Czech Republic — Robe moving lights made a major contribution at the 2017 Colors Of Ostrava (COO) festival with nearly 100 fixtures utilized to light the ArcelorMittal Stage in a stylish and flexible production design created by Kamil Kruzik. The lights were supplied by oneAVteam, the largest audio visual rental group in Central Europe. Three companies cooperated on this project – AV MEDIA, RentalPRO and YVENTECH. The annual four day international multi-genre Festival is staged on the site of the former ironworks at Dolní Vítkovice, Ostrava, Czech Republic.
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ARRINGTON, VA – “Magic is what we do, Music is how we do it,” Jerry Garcia once told an interviewer. Had the Grateful Dead frontman been around to see the fantastical transformation of his namesake forest at the recent LOCKN’ Festival, he undoubtedly would have agreed that there can be quite a bit of magic involved in lighting too. S. Jeremy Peters turned the thickly wooded “Garcia’s Forest” around LOCKN’s Terrapin Station Stage (named after the Grateful Dead’s mystical 1977 album) into a transcendental canopy of color with 150 pixel-mapped IP65 par fixtures that he controlled with his ChamSys PC Wing and Playback Wing.
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PHILADELPHIA – For Lady Gaga’s 2017 Joanne world tour, which kicked off Aug. 1 in Vancouver, BC on a first North American leg that concluded in Philadelphia Sept. 11, LeRoy Bennett specified more than 500 GLP fixtures, including 294 JDC1 hybrid strobes, 147 X4 Bar 20s and 38 GT1 hybrids. The second North American leg runs from Nov. 5-Dec. 18.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Students and Early-Career technical theatre artists can gain recognition, cash, and a trip to USITT 2018 in Fort Lauderdale if chosen for one of 14 Young Designers, Managers, & Technicians Awards from USITT. These awards are made possible by generous gifts to USITT from their sponsors in the performing arts and live entertainment, design, and technology industry. They further USITTs mission of nurturing and recognizing excellence in emerging professionals.
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LONDON – Storm Ltd. of the UK has optimized their large inventory of ProPlex Data Distribution units, installing them in rugged, touring racks, the perfect solution for their work on productions throughout the UK and Europe. To paraphrase a great British statesman, never in the history of show networking has so much data been distributed by so few devices.
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AMSTERDAM — ARRI may be in the midst of its centenary celebrations, but along with a look back, the company is focusing on new products at the IBC Show in Amsterdam. Featured lighting products include the company’s LED soft lights – SkyPanel, L, and M series, plus the company’s wireless alternative to DMX cables for its SkyPanels, called SkyLink (pictured here). The company will also feature camera equipment such as ALEXA SXT W, ALEXA Mini and AMIRA.
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SUNRISE, FL – Chauvet reopened its Florida facility on Tuesday September 12, resuming operations in its warehouse as well as its support, sales, service and product development departments following Hurricane Irma. “Fortunately, our associates are all safe and our building made it through the storm with no damage,” said Albert Chauvet, CEO of Chauvet. “We worked together and moved quickly to put everything in place to service our customers.”
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DUBAI, UAE – Protec, an event technical and staging solutions company based in Dubai, chronicled its impressive growth since it was founded 18 years ago. It is now the largest company of its kind in the Middle East.
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AUSTIN, TX — “Harvey Can’t Mess with Texas: A Benefit Concert for Hurricane Harvey Relief” is set for Sept. 22 at the Frank Erwin Center from 7-11 p.m. ET. The four-hour concert will be broadcast on 11 Texas TEGNA stations and stream internationally on YouTube’s Texas Strong channel from 9-10 p.m. Central.
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TORONTO – Chroma-Q named Paul Pelletier global brand manager. Pelletier, a 30 year veteran in the lighting industry, previously served as solution manager at Martin Professional.
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