LAS VEGAS – At NAB 2015 in Las Vegas, April 13-16, Christie will feature their 150 lbs., 30,000 lumens Christie Boxer 4K30 projector, pictured here. The company is also featuring the coolux Pandoras Box media and show control system along with other newly developed projectors and lenses.
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WAKEFIELD, U.K. – Venerable Unity Hall, the site of concerts featuring The Specials, The Boomtown Rats, Iron Maiden, Def Leppard and other rock acts some 35 years ago, has been restored with rigging, lighting and audio supplied by SSE Audio Group. The new lighting rig includes Rogue R2 Spot moving LED spot fixtures and other gear from Chauvet Professional.
PANAMA CITY, Panama – Electrosonic has designed, fabricated and installed audio-visual systems in one of the most unique museums in the world, the Biomuseo in Panama City, Panama. Situated on the Amador Causeway, at the entrance to the Panama Canal in Latin America’s only Frank Gehry-designed building, the Biomuseo will offer eight permanent art and science galleries on the origin of the isthmus and its impact on the planet’s biodiversity.
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BLAUVELT, NY — ARRI Inc. named Randy Read specifications sales manager for lighting. He reports to John Gresch, VP, Lighting Products.
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NEW YORK – USITT and the backstage community are celebrating Arbor Day by declaring April 24 Rigging Safety Day, a day to promote safer stages by posting and tweeting with the hashtag #RigSafe.
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LONDON – For the 15th annual Teenage Cancer Trust concert series at Royal Albert Hall, top music and comedy performers came together to raise money to help young people facing cancer. Closing out this year’s event, Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls headlined at the venue, with LD Shaun Moore using Avolites’ Sapphire Touch console for the occasion.
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MIDDLETON, WI — The Discovery Science Channel show, How It’s Made, will air a special episode on stage lights that prominently features ETC’s Source Four LED luminaires. The episode will premiere in the U.S. on Thursday, April 9th, at 8:00pm CDT, on the Science Channel, which is available through most North American cable television providers.
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ANN ARBOR, MI – TLS Productions, Inc. recently added Stagemaker SRS Half Ton Chain Hoists to its rental inventory.
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MIAMI, FL – Market America touched down in Miami’s American Airlines Arena for their World Conference, with Quince Imaging specifying Avolites’ Ai media server for the event’s video needs.
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FRANKFURT, Germany – XLNT Advanced Technologies is launching the CyberHoist II system at ProLight+Sound, Frankfurt in Hall 9.0, booth E88.
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LOS ANGELES — A.C.T Lighting, Inc. has become a new Behind the Scenes Pledge-a-Product partner. The PLASA Foundation’s Behind the Scenes program is an industry charity providing financial assistance to entertainment technology professionals who are seriously ill or injured. Program grants may be used for basic living and medical expenses.
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