BORAS, Sweden – The Stadsteater in Borås, Sweden was looking to replace some of their old color scrollers. They opted to upgrade the house rig with 19 Robe LEDWash 800s – 10 for the 500 capacity main house, and nine for the smaller 100 capacity studio space. LD Michael Dimle says the theater’s management is very pleased with the results.
Read More »FOND DU LAC, WI – ModTruss, Inc. announced a new partnership with Madison, WI-based event services company Sosonic. Sosonic will serve the Madison area as an official dealer for ModTruss Corporation.
LOS ANGELES — Roland named AudioPros and Lienau AV Associates, respectively, as its new rep firms for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions in the U.S. Pictured here: the AudioPros team.
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Martin’s RUSH FiberSource 1, a tool for illuminating fiber optic cables in permanent installations, is now shipping.
BRIDGEPORT, CT – For the Gathering of the Vibes festival, staged on the Long Island Sound waterfront in Bridgeport, CT July 30-Aug. 2, JDI Productions helped light the event’s eclectic array of performers withLegend and COLORdash fixtures from Chauvet Professional.
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MOSCOW – Lighting designer Roman Stolyarov used a wide range of Clay Paky fixtures to create unique lighting looks during global cosmetic company Oriflame’s annual awards ceremony and banquet. More than 3,000 employees attended the event, which was lit with 34 x Alpha Spot 1500 HPE, 28 x Sharpy Wash 330, 50 x Sharpys, 81 x Shotlight Wash and 24 x Stormy CC fixtures from Arlecchino Group.
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EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands — Guus Meeuwis’ “Groots met een zachte G” concert has been taking place every year at the Philips Stadium in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the event this year, the artist performed five concerts in the stadium. Each concert was sold out with 35,000 attendees per show. The last one was also broadcast live on Dutch television. Faber AV used two Analog Way’s Ascender 48 multi-screen seamless switchers for the video production.
Read More »AMSTERDAM – AV Stumpfl announced a pending order by AED Display involving 15 new Wings Engine Raw 3-stream uncompressed 4K60 media servers and 80 Varioclip mobile projection screens. AED Display is expected to sign an official agreement at the AV Stumpfl stand 8.B15 at the upcoming IBC 2015 show with further investments planned for 2016.
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BILLERICA, MA – As part of a realignment of its U.S. sales team, Broadcast Pix has named Don Cole central regional sales manager, effective Sept. 1. Cole, who has provided regional sales and engineering support for Broadcast Pix for more than seven years, will oversee sales for the Southeast and Central United States, as well as the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central Canada.
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CHARLOTTE, NC – Elevation Worship recently recorded its new album, Here as in Heaven, in front of a sold-out crowd at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, NC. Clay Paky lighting fixtures, grandMA2 consoles and MDG theONE atmospheric generators were on hand to support the band’s live recording and DVD shoot. A.C.T Lighting, Inc. represents all three brands in North America.
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NASHVILLE – Elite Multimedia Productions added 50 Elation Professional Cuepix LED Blinders to its inventory earlier in the year and sent the high-impact white light fixtures out on country music artist Luke Bryan’s 2015 “Kick the Dust Up” tour with production and lighting design by Justin Kitchenman of FadeUp Design Group.
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SACRAMENTO, CA – Calibre named George Koumis Technical Business Development Manager. Koumis, pictured here (left) with Tim Brooksbank, Chairman at Calibre UK (right), will focus on Calibre’s OEM business and sales channels in the Americas. Koumis is based in Sacramento, CA.