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Elation Pro Service Day Set for Oct. 16 Near Miami

OPA-LOCKA, FL — Elation Professional is inviting authorized dealer technicians to attend its Pro Service Day, set for Thursday, Oct. 16 at 9 a.m. at its Florida facility here near Miami. The full day seminar will focus on providing in-depth technical knowledge of Elation’s Platinum Series (Wash/Beam/Spot) of professional moving heads, taking a detailed look at the technological construction of the units while covering important service guidelines.

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Pictured here, from left, is Yvan Péard, Ayrton general manager; Lee House and Matt Cowles, Ambersphere technical sales; and Valère Huart, Ayrton international sales manager. Photo by Jean N’Guyen.

Ayrton Names Ambersphere Solutions U.K. Distributor

LONDON — Ayrton named Ambersphere Solutions, based here, as its exclusive U.K. distributor for the Ayrton range of LED Luminaires and creative LED imaging solutions. Pictured here, from left, is Yvan Péard, Ayrton general manager; Lee House and Matt Cowles, Ambersphere technical sales; and Valère Huart, Ayrton international sales manager.

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Apollo Design Names Bao Ngo Digital Marketing Consultant and Angela Delagrange Purchasing Manager

Apollo Design Names Bao Ngo Digital Marketing Consultant and Angela Delagrange Purchasing Manager

FORT WAYNE, IN — Apollo Design Technology named Bao Ngo, who brings 18 years experience at Lincoln Financial Group, as its new digital marketing consultant. The company also named Angela Delagrange, who worked at Busche CNC as a Materials Supervisor / System Analyst prior to joining Apollo Design and has more than 21 years of purchasing experience, as its new purchasing manager.

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Clearwing Announces Oct. 21 Demo Event in Phoenix

PHOENIX – Clearwing noted that its Phoenix Vendor Showcase, featuring products from a variety of lighting and audio gear manufacturers, will take place at the company’s facility here Oct. 21, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Demos will feature LEX, GLP, Avid, Harman, Elation, American DJ, Chauvet, Altman, Yamaha, Martin Audio, Clear-Com and Point Source Audio products.

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Philips to Split Lighting from HealthTech, Creating Two Separate Companies

AMSTERDAM – Philips, the €15B Dutch conglomerate founded in 1891 and now active in sectors ranging from lighting to consumer and healthcare products, announced on Sept. 22 a plan to split into two entities – with its €7B lighting business on one side and the company’s consumer and healthcare divisions merging to form the other. The Philips brand will be retained for both the Lighting and HealthTech companies.

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Pickathon Music Festival Relies on Blackmagic Studio Camera and ATEM Production Studio 4K. Photo by Alicia J. Rose

Pickathon Music Festival Relies on Blackmagic Studio Camera and ATEM Production Studio 4K

PORTLAND, OR — Held at the Pendarvis Farm near Portland, OR in early August, the Pickathon Music Festival brought together more than 50 musical acts for three days of music across seven stages. Pickathon producer Ryan Stiles coordinated a crew of 68 staff and 223 volunteers to handle live broadcasts to monitors around the festival grounds, as well as 44 hours of live streams to a global Internet audience via the festival’s and local station KEXP’s websites. The crews used five Blackmagic Studio Cameras HD and six ATEM Live Production Switchers for the event’s visuals.

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Rogue R1 Beams Part of DJ Booth Looks at Ivy in Miami Beach

Rogue R1 Beams Part of DJ Booth Looks at Ivy in Miami Beach

MIAMI BEACH, FL – Ivy nightclub’s DJ booth grips the attention of visitors with “fingers of light” created by 10 Chauvet Professional Rogue R1 Beam fixtures. LD Michael Callahan of Audio Video Lighting Innovations (AVLI) specified the gear. The club also uses Chauvet’s Intimidator Wash Zoom 350 IRC moving wash fixtures and COLORdash Par-Quad 7 par style fixtures for interior/exterior lighting.

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