LAS VEGAS – Lighting industry musical group The Swingin’ Johnsons have announced they will play two live gigs at LDI 2015 in Las Vegas. The Johnsons will play Friday and Saturday from 4:30pm to 5:30 pm on the Robe booth (#2521) in the Las Vegas Convention Center. Opening for the group are The BRobes, a band comprised entirely of Robe employees.
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ORLANDO, FL – Rental and staging company Kobryn Communications (KCI) creates durable flypack road systems for live events throughout North America. Already a FOR-A user who owns the HVS-390HS switcher, KCI recently selected FOR-A’s HVS-2000 as its video switcher of choice for a 3G-compliant flypack. The HVS-2000-equipped system was first put through its paces during a production in August, and KCI has been relying on the unit for productions ever since.
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High End Systems’ SolaWash Pro 2000 and SolaSpot Pro 2000 will be featured at LDI 2015. The company notes that, for the first time, its featured LED fixtures will be brighter than their 1500W metal halide equivalents, while using only half the power.
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DUBAI, U.A.E. – Protec relied once again on d3 Technologies and its software suite to handle the video elements, this time for the opening ceremony of the Nad Al Sheba (NAS) Sports Tournament 2015.
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CyberHoist II CH528 from XLNT Advanced Technologies will make its North American debut at LDI in Las Vegas at booth 142. The system was previewed at Prolight + Sound Frankfurt 2015, and XLNT’s research and development team has continued to fine tune its pro-user-valued features.
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Avolites’ Arena console with Optical Titan Net Switch will be featured along with the company’s other consoles, dimmers and networking products at LDI in Las Vegas at booth 2004, hosted by Group One Ltd. Avolites Media will be on booth 2216, exhibiting its range of Ai media servers, designed to work intuitively with the entire Avolites family of products.
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Elation Professional’s ACL 360 Roller is a new 4-bar moving head luminaire that casts an impressive array of continuous 360° high-speed multi-colored effects. It’s the newest luminaire in Elation’s ACL Series of high-output narrow-beam LED effect lights.
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LOS ANGELES – LD Benoit Richard from Millennium Lighting Design, Inc. who was tasked with creating all the theatrical and effects lighting for NBC’s 2015 “Sunday Night Football” opening with Carrie Underwood, included 34 Robe BMFL Spots to light the shoot. Richard, who has been lighting the intro for several years, also used Robe Pointes and CycFX 8 fixtures for last year’s intro. VER supplied the gear.
LAS VEGAS — The Parnelli Awards ceremony is this Saturday evening, Oct. 24, at the Rio Hotel & Casino. To avoid scrambling around in confusion like the NFL Colts in yesterday’s botched fake punt, be sure to order your tickets in advance. The online ticket window will be slamming shut on Wednesday with the crushing force of a group of unblocked Patriots linebackers.
Read More »NEW YORK – On Sept. 25, ANSI’s Board of Standards Review approved the reaffirmation of the 2010 edition of ANSI E1.30-4, EPI 26, Device Description Language (DDL) Extensions for DMX512 and E1.31 Devices, and the revised version of ANSI E1.37-2, Entertainment Technology – Additional Message Sets for ANSI E1.20 (RDM) – Part 2, IPv4 & DNS Configuration Messages.
EVO, a new hybrid fixture from D.T.S., is designed to work as both a Beam and Spot fixture. In “Beam” mode, EVO promises 61,200 Lux at 25 meters, and more than 15,300 at 50 meters. In “Spot” mode, EVO offers brightness (45,000+ Lux at 25 meters) and an extra-wide linear zoom (3.5° – 39°).
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RICHARDSON, TX – Dove Award-winning artist Lauren Daigle performed recently at The Heights Baptist Church outside Dallas, TX. Technical director Bobby Dennis flew a half-dozen Rogue RH1 Hybrid moving lights from Chauvet Professional to complement Daigle’s performance.