tvOne’s ONErack, a universal rack mounting solution with power and cooling, is now shipping. ONErack is a universal, powered mounting system that is designed to improves rack installation of small devices. tvONE’s patent pending design converts randomly sized, externally-powered devices from any manufacturer into slide-in modules that can be installed quickly and cleanly and then serviced easily.
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SANTIAGO, Chile – Architectural lighting designer Toni Amoros used 24 Clay Paky Mythos fixtures to animate South America’s tallest skyscraper, the Costanera Centre, with a festive light show. The building is in the heart of the chilean capital’s financial district and includes a six-floor shopping mall, two luxury hotels and office space. Its highest levels are home to Sky Costanera, the highest observation deck in South America.
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PETALUMA, CA – Core Brands named Mike Jordan vice president, product management. He now leads all product development initiatives and reports to Core Brands president Joe Roberts.
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The new TCX9 from Tekvox combines touchscreen and control processing. It’s a 9-inch touchscreen with full HD (1920×1200) resolution and a control processor. The TCX9 promises easy control of TekMonitors, third-party control systems and a wide variety of other AV devices. Its hybrid design and non-proprietary control language also promise a substantial cost savings over control systems requiring separate touchscreens and controllers.
Read More »NICE, France — Rihanna’s tour stop slated for the Allianz Riviera stadium in Nice, France on July 15 was canceled after the deliberate attack by a gunman who also used the truck he was driving as a weapon, killing scores of pedestrians at a beachside fireworks show the night before. At least 84 people were killed in the July 14 attack before the gunman/truck driver, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, 31, was shot dead by police. A local jazz festival set to open July 16 also canceled.
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NEW YORK — Justin Bieber’s Purpose tour wraps up a long series of North American dates with two big shows at Madison Square Garden on July 18 and 19 before heading overseas. The rig includes 56 Robe Pointes and two BMFL Spots. Cory FitzGerald programmed the show with the help of Davey Martinez, and Nick Van Nostrand is lighting director and operator on the road. The lighting equipment is being supplied to the tour by VER.
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CANNES, France — BigFish SRL Ltd. supported the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, formerly the International Advertising Festival, with a visual backdrop for the three-part event, covering Health (June 18-19), Innovation (June 21-22) and Entertainment (June 23-24). BigFish specified 18 Ovation E-910FC color rendering RGBA-Lime fixtures for the event.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark — UK-based A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd. supplied a range of ProLights LED fixtures to Lite Alternative for the European leg of Coldplay’s A Head Full of Dreams stadium tour — the Brit alt rockers’ seventh series of concerts, launched to support their seventh chart-topping studio album.
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Blizzard Lighting’s Motif Fresco is an outdoor LED wash light that comes with 14 3-watt tri-color LEDs. Similar to the company’s Motif Sketch fixture, but bigger and brighter, the Motif Fresco has an IP65 rating for outdoor use. Other features include -channel DMX with built-in color presets, auto programs, user adjustable speed and fade times, variable electronic strobe effects, and 0-100 percent electronic dimming. The MSRP is $399.99.
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JOHANNESBURG – LD and set designer Joshua Cutts opted to include Clay Paky Mythos fixtures in the rig for the 2016 Miss South Africa beauty pageant. The event, staged at Carnival City in Gauteng, was broadcast live on South Africa’s M-Net and Mzansi Magic channels.
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ITALY – In order to give a better support to its sales network in this positive trend period for the company, DTS announces the appointment of Antonio Parise as Area Sales Manager. Antonio Parise has gained an extensive sales experience working for many years in the lighting industry in the same position. He already knows many international distributors and he is well respected by all industry professionals for his integrity and reliability.
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CLEVELAND, OH – LD Trevor Ahlstrand and lighting director Wesley Palmer have been lighting country music artist Brett Eldredge’s recent shows with Chauvet Professional’s new Rogue R1 FX-B fixture. Premier Global Production is supplying 24 of the new Rogue blade-style moving lights for Eldredge’s opening-act performances on Keith Urban’s RipCord tour through North America. That tour launched in early June and runs through Nov. 19.
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