LOS ANGELES — Building on his experience in the IT industry, and from aiding businesses and educational institutions with the integration of technology as a value-added reseller, Aaron Booker founded Varvid – the company name a clue to its role as a value-added reseller (“VAR-“) and provider of video services (“-vid”) for corporate, education and worship clients.
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SYDNEY – Barco noted that Technical Direction Company (TDC) was the first company to receive and use Barco’s UDX laser projectors. TDC has deployed the projector for Vivid Sydney (pictured here) and other projects.
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PARIS – For the Meeting de Paris Indoor, a one day track and field event held earlier this year at AccorHotels Arena in Paris, local production house Franck Sono provided energetic visuals using Chauvet Professional fixtures supplied by Algam.
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CYPRESS, CA – For over 30 years, Imagecraft Productions has worked in the entertainment industry as a full-service rental house. The Los Angeles-area company has worked on productions for many major broadcast networks, including ABC, NBC, ET, E!, Comedy Central, HGTV, MTV, A&E and Food Network. Recently, the rental house invested in a number of FOR-A® video production solutions for flypack use, including an HVS-2000 video switcher (pictured here), FA-1010 signal processor, MV-4200 multi-viewer and MFR-5000 router.
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DTS announced that its compact new Scena LED 200 fixture, an IP20-rated unit touted for its powerful output, compact size, light weight and high color rendering index (CRI, >95), is now shipping. Italy-based DTS had stoked interest in the Scena LED 200 at both the Prolight+Sound exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany and also in Rimini, Italy during MiR 2017. Along with its other advantages, the fixture promises noiseless operation, making it well suited for TV studios, theatres, museums and exhibitions.
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AUSTRALIA – Melbourne-based lighting and production company Colourblind are having a huge 2017, with lighting director Nicholas Beachen out on the road using High End Systems Hog 4 on the Hot Dub Wine Machine tour through March and April, and the company’s new Hippotizer Karst and Portamus Media Servers joining Melbourne hip-hop artist Illy as he traverses the country at the same time.
LONDON, UK,– Phil Blue, Sales Manager at Green Hippo, joined with DWR Distribution, a leading player in the installation sector, to deliver a week-long training program to Green Hippo’s South African distributor’s client base. Sessions were led by Phil with logistical and technical support from DWR’s local staff. First stop on the Republic of South Africa schedule was Cape Town, where Phil gave an illuminating session, including using DWR’s Hippotizer Boreal and Karst set-up to take attendees through ZooKeeper – Hippotizer’s interface, which allows for real-time control of the engine and all its components.
EUROPE – Canadian industrial band Skinny Puppy might not be mainstream airplay but the band has been around for decades and is currently touring Europe beneath an intelligent lighting rig that includes Elation Professional ACL 360 Bar™ effect lights and SixBar 1000™ LED color-changing battens. Pioneers of the electro-industrial genre, Skinny Puppy, known for their theatrical and sometimes controversial live performances, enjoys a dedicated following and has charted in both North America and Europe. They are currently out on the European leg of their “Down the Sociopath” tour, which runs until June 16th.
LOS ANGELES – This month, new and classic stars are performing at the iHeartSummer ’17 Weekend at Fontainebleau, Miami Beach, culminating in a TV special and live, two-day national broadcast across 130+ iHeartRadio stations, websites, and apps. Integral to the show lighting’s networking and data distribution are four ProPlex GBS Gigabit switches.
MUSkOGEE, OK – The second annual G Fest, with more than 80 local and national acts scheduled to perform on multiple stages June 15-17, 2017, was set to resume June 16 after being disrupted by damaging winds on its first night this year. Festival organizers closed the event’s stages late in the evening and canceled a few acts as a pleasant night turned stormy.
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ORLANDO – Furman featured its new BlueBOLT CV-2 at the Furman-Gefen Booth #4955 at InfoComm 2017. The new interface upgrades IP control to enable energy management features in installations not connected to the cloud.
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PHOENIX – John Garberson, owner of Creative BackStage, worked with his LD and programmer James Simpson in a bid to impress the audience for a show by Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Niles Rodgers without using smoke or haze. They used 32 Rogue washes and four Strike 4 fixtures from Chauvet Professional plus some Chauvet DJ fixtures for effects.
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