WEST YORKSHIRE, U.K. – SGM is continuing to support Backstage Academy, the industry-led education center in the north of England, in its bid to offer BA (Hons) degree courses within the events industry.
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SUNRISE, FL – When lighting designer Tyler Santangelo decided that floating diamonds would look better than squares on the stage for the Irish Christian experimental group Rend Collective, he simply adjusted the Nexus panels on his rig and created a new look.
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Analog Way’s Ascender 48, to be featured at Prolight + Sound 2015, Hall 9, Booth #D04, includes Perspective Layers, a new feature. The company is also showing its mid-range Seamless Switchers at the event.
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LONDON — For a live show DVD featuring British progressive rock band Lifesigns, LD Chris Curran used a rig that included Martin MAC Quantum Wash fixtures. Curran also used Martin’s M6 controller.
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LONG ISLAND CITY, NY – Seeking to stay up to date in a constantly changing local community and a media-driven generation, Evangel Church in Long Island City, New York, recently turned to Hitachi’s CP-WX8265 and CP-X8170 projectors to bring the church into the modern age. As keeping the attention of the younger generation continues to be a challenge, Andrew Marko, Director of Operations and Technology, looked to Hitachi to help bridge the gap for the 1,300-person church.
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tvOne notes that its new CORIOcontrol software is now available for the C2-2×55 series, which encompasses the C2-2855 Universal Scaler, the C2-2755 Video Scaler and the C2-2655 Scan Converter.
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PHOENIX, AZ – For Safari Club International’s 43rd annual Ultimate Hunters Market at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, PSAV used a Vista Systems’ Spyder X20 along with an AV setup that included Christie 18K projectors and a 150-by-22-foot curved screen. The Spyder X20 was used during the event’s nightly entertainment programs including a special awards dinner gala.
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MIDDLETON, WI – ETC is now officially accepting applications for its 2015 LDI Student Sponsorship. Sponsorship recipients will be awarded an all-expense-paid trip to the LDI tradeshow in Las Vegas Oct. 23-25, 2015. Graduate students and undergraduate seniors who are studying light design, theater technology or other related majors are all encouraged to apply by Friday, April 17.
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Elation Professional’s new SixBar Series of versatile color-changing LED battens features a revolutionary 6-color LED multi-chip that provides a creative color boost to the lighting designer toolbox. Useful for production applications or installations as a wash light, uplight, wall/cyc wash, accent lighting, direct view pixel strip and more, the SixBar’s high-power single lens RGBWA+UV LEDs offer an expanded palette of colors, including stunning ambers, true whites and even an ultraviolet effect.
Read More »FRANKFURT, Germany – d3 Technologies is planning to feature a Video Format Conversion (VFC) quad DVI output card that can be used with its flagship d3 4x4pro media server at the Prolight + Sound exhibition 2015, April 15-18. d3 Technologies will exhibit at Booth C35, Hall 9.
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LONDON – National tourism agency VisitBritain recently held two distinct trade events in North and Southwest England, both aimed at helping local businesses develop international tourism. The agency turned to event production supplier White Light to provide lighting and projection mapping for both events, using new technology to complement two unique historic venues in Plymouth and Yorkshire, U.K.
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U.K. – West Midlands based Central Presentation Ltd (CPL) supplied full technical production – lighting, video, audio and rigging – for the 2015 SEMTA Skills Awards, an annual event that celebrates the achievements of people, businesses and training partners in the engineering, science and manufacturing technologies sectors, enabling UK industry to compete on the global stage.
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