DALLAS – Jack Calmes, founder of Syncrolite and founding partner of Showco, died Jan. 5 after a long illness. He was 71. Calmes is remembered for a long roster of innovations ranging from touring sound production to the first moving lights to the big beams adding punch to the visuals for the world’s largest sporting events. Funeral services are planned for Jan. 12 at Sparkman/Hillcrest Funeral Home in North Dallas.
Read More »LONDON – Entec Sound & Light supplied full production – lighting, sound and video – to the “Roar With Laughter” event staged by ZSL (the Zoological Society of London) at the Hammersmith Eventim Apollo. It’s the third year in a row that Entec has supplied equipment and crew to the fundraiser, which featured another side-splitting line up of top comedy talent in Seann Walsh, David O’Doherty, Sean Lock, Ed Byrne, Stewart Lee, Lucy Porter, Phil Nichol and Greg Burns.
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NOVO MESTO, Slovenia – Festival Novo Mesto is a fast growing lighting and sound rental company based in Novo Mesto in southeast Slovenia near the border with Croatia.
The company was the first in Slovenia to invest in Robe’s Pointe multi-purpose luminaires and their decision to trail-blaze the latest Robe technology boosted an already incredibly busy season of festivals, concerts, corporate and live events.
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SANTA MONICA, CA – Santa Monica Airport’s Hanger 8 was the site for the U.S. women soccer team’s Kickoff Celebration for the 2015 Women’s World Cup. Kinetic Lighting (www.KineticLighting.com) provided lighting and rigging for the event, held in early December for FOX Sports 1 and Time Warner Cable, and turned to Elation Professional’s award-winning Sniper effect light to add a special kick to the celebration including a performance by rapper Flo Rida.
Read More »LLANELLI, Carmarthenshire, England – Lighting Technology Projects is delighted to officially announce that it has joined Traxon Technologies / e:cue’s extensive worldwide partner network.
Traxon Technologies – an OSRAM company – is a global leader in solid-state lighting and control systems; elevating architectural, entertainment, hospitality, and retail environments globally.
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Lightware USA has announced the next stage of the development of the Lightware HDBaseT product line: the wallplate version of the UMX-TPS series, which will launch early 2015. They are designed to serve as a solution for many small meeting and classroom applications or as part of a larger multi-room system when paired with a Lightware MX series Modular Matrix.
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EUROPE and UK – 2014 has been a full-tilt year for UK rock band Kasabian with a massive homecoming gig in Victoria Park, Leicester in… Read More »Renegade Smashes It with Lighting & Video Design for Kasabian Tour
Read More »CYPRESS, CA – Christie acquired Cologne-based coolux GmbH (‘coolux’), a developer and supplier of 3D compositing and rendering systems, best known for its Pandoras Box product family. coolux will be integrated into Christie’s Global Market Solutions team, maintaining its office in Cologne, Germany.
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LOUISVILLE, KY – ZFX Flying Effects named Jason Schumacher general manager. Schumacher, who returns to the company, will oversee ZFX operations, leveraging an extensive experience in performer flying along with years spent working in the entertainment industry. In addition to incorporating flying into over 300 productions as a Flying Director, he has also worked as a film producer and stunt coordinator.
Read More »LAS VEGAS – Many 4Wall locations have relocated recently, with New York, Nashville, DC, and Los Angeles all moving to new buildings during the last few years. Now, 4Wall’s flagship corporate headquarters are relocating as well. Effective January 5th 4Wall Las Vegas will inhabit a new 122,000 sq. ft. facility located next door to its previous location. The address is: 3165 W. Sunset Rd, Suite 100, Las Vegas, NV 89118.
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LOS ANGELES – A.C.T Lighting named Justin Lang, who served as editor of PLSN magazine from 2011 to Dec. 2014, as the company’s director of marketing. Lang will be working directly with Brian Dowd, A.C.T Lighting’s vice president of sales and marketing, to increase market awareness of A.C.T Lighting and its partner brands, which include MA Lighting, Clay Paky, Robert Juliat, MDG, Wireless Solutions and Chain Master.
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