SALT LAKE CITY – Keven Myhre, a Salt Lake City theatrical designer and director, has been chosen to receive the 2016 Thomas DeGaetani Award from USITT. Myhre will be honored at USITT 2016 in Salt Lake City next March. USITT annually honors a key contributor to the performing arts in the region of its national Conference & Stage Expo. The 2016 Conference will be held in Salt Lake March 16-19.
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AUSTRIA – This year was the sixth Lake Festival, the biggest EDM event in Austria. More than one hundred artists performed on five different stages, including Avicii, David Guetta, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Steve Aoki, Alesso and Tiësto. Thirty six Clay Paky Sharpys, 34 Clay Paky Mythos units, 1 grandMA2 full-size e 1 grandMA2 light were used (along with other equipment) at the festival, which took place at Unterpremstätten on Schwarzl Lake.
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Acolyte recently expanded its RibbonLyte family of products with the Static White 3.0 and RGB 3.0 Matrix RibbonLyte. The new Matrix RibbonLyte has a bendable and flexible design that is ideal for curved runs like curved coves, or for making right angles without having to have separate pieces soldered together.
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UTRECHT, The Netherlands – For a Dutch musical version of The Bodyguard staged at Beatrix Theatre, LiveLAB and The Unit Showcontrol collaborated on the visuals, relying upon d3 Technologies to bring the renewed, vivid set design to life.
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Emulation Touch from Elation Professional is a new generation lighting controller that turns users’ tablet into a lighting console, giving them full DMX control of moving heads, LED lights, conventional lighting and special effects from their hand-held devices.
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A new iteration of Forbidden’s professional video editing software, Forscene, will be released on Nov. 24 and will be immediately available to all clients of the post-production platform. The functionality introduced in this release enables new Avid workflows and increases efficiencies on multitrack productions. Longtime Forscene client Princess Productions, who was integrally involved in the development and testing process, requested many of the new features.
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MANCHESTER, UK – dbn Lighting provided full illumination for the 2015 Manchester City Centre festive lights switch on, getting the pre-Christmas party in the northwest off to a rocking start.
Read More »CYPRESS, CA – Christie recently acquired Allure Global Solutions, Inc. (Allure), an engagement and transaction technologies provider, as well as all of its products and services. The firm is headquartered in Atlanta, and will operate as “Allure, a Christie Company.”
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NASHVILLE – When the CMA Awards come to Nashville, it is a multi-night event for Music City. Country music bombshell Jana Kramer performed under Bandit lighting in a rooftop concert special. Designed by Victor Fable, Bandit provided Chauvet RH1 Hybrids, Lekos and Sunstrips for the event, giving the “Whiskey” crooner a striking set.
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CHARLOTTE, NC – Neutrik named Robin Fraser regional manager for the Southern U.S., including Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and Florida. Fraser is based in Atlanta, GA.
Read More »SUNNYVALE, CA — VITEC offers a new integrated streaming solution designed to help houses of worship extend their reach across multiple campuses and foster a sense of community among church members who attend services at different sites.
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