CINCINNATI, OH – At the USITT show in March, Mark Vassallo and David Lincecum of ETC presented a check for $15,205.60 to Behind the Scenes, which reflected ongoing proceeds from sales of ETC’s iRFR and aRFR (Radio Focus Remote) application for iOS and Android devices. The check presentation is pictured here.
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DUBAI, UAE – Production Technology LLC (Protec) put d3 Technologies’ 4x4pro media servers to work on the Hamdan bin Mohammed Programme for Smart Government awards (HbMPSG) at the World Trade Centre Arena in Dubai. Protec chose d3 media servers with CAST BlackTrax realtime motion tracking to deliver the complex projection mapping element of the event.
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WEST LONDON, U.K. – For UK rock band Placebo’s continuing “Loud Like Love”’ world tour, which launched back in Sept. 2013, Jvan Morandi of Placing Shadows Ltd. provided a lighting and visuals design that uses gear from West London based rental company Colour Sound Experiment.
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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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