NEW YORK, NY – WorldStage has added the Clay Paky Mythos fixture to its equipment inventory. The large complement of lighting instruments marks the latest acquisition as part of an intensive technology initiative at the company. In the last few months WorldStage also has invested in d3 Technologies media servers, 4k projectors and a Barco E2 presentation system.
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KANSAS CITY, MO — PLASA announces that this year’s PLASA Focus keynote speaker will be Richard Pilbrow.
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SINGAPORE – K-Pop singer, songwriter and music sensation Taeyang recently played a show in Singapore with a lighting rig containing 30 x Robe BMFL Spots moving lights, supplied by leading rental company Showtec.
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NASHVILLE, TN – 2014 proved to be a record breaking and award-winning year for Bandit Lites, and as the entire Bandit family gathered at the Annual General Meeting to celebrate the previous incredible year, those in attendance discussed the goals for 2015 and honored those who displayed outstanding and diligent workmanship.
Read More »CINCINNATI, OH — The American Society of Theatre Consultants (ASTC) Annual Meeting for 2015 was held March 21, 2015 at the Duke Energy Center in Cincinnati, Ohio in conjunction with the USITT meeting. At this meeting a new Board of Directors and Officers were elected as well as the acceptance of a new ASTC Full Member.
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MIAMI, FL – SJ Lighting’s Steve Lieberman made use of Nexus Aw 7×7 fixtures from Chauvet Professional at the 2015 Ultra Music Festival.
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TELFORD, U.K. – Specialist widescreen projection was one of several video elements supplied by west Midlands based Central Presentations Ltd. (CPL) to show producers Inteva Productions for an annual sales conference staged at Telford International Centre, Telford, UK.
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FRANKFURT, Germany – The new EVO from D.T.S. will debut at Pro Light+Sound 2015.
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U.K. – Gary Numan recently returned to London for an emphatic show at London’s Royal Festival Hall, with lighting designer Luke Edwards running lights from a Tiger Touch II and Wing, and using a Quartz networked in Multiuser for backup.
Read More »LONDON – A fire broke out at a large facility operated by Neg Earth Ltd. shortly after midnight on April 2. Close to 100 firefighters reportedly battled the blaze for hours, with 15 fire engines responding. No injuries were reported, but damage to the building, located in the Park Royal business district, and its contents was expected to be extensive, with fire ripping through the ground and first floors of the building along with the roof. In a statement, the company noted that it remains “operational” despite the damage.
Read More »HONG KONG and AMSTERDAM — Go Scale Capital, an investment group, agreed to buy most of Philips’ lighting components division for $2.8 billion. The transaction, announced March 31, involves 80.1 percent of Philips’ lighting components division, including its automotive and “Lumileds” LED manufacturing business.
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DALLAS, TX – VL4000 BeamWash Luminaire from Philips Vari-Lite is announced.
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