TORONTO – Cast BlackTrax has become an official technical partner of the Eurovision Song Contest this year in Malmö, Sweden. BlackTrax is a tracking technology solution that delivers 3-D and 6-D positioning to controllers for interfacing automated and robotic technologies used extensively in event production.
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MIDDLETON, WI – ETC announced that it is now registering attendees for its once-every-two-years educational event, CUE. The 2013 event takes place July 22-25 in Madison, WI. CUE 2013 will feature hands-on training, classes, factory tours, a welcome reception, a picnic with live music performed by ETC employees, and keynote addresses by ETC CEO Fred Foster and Tony Award-winning LD Don Holder.
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LAS VEGAS – 4Wall has named Jennifer Moore vice president of national business development. Moore, who comes to 4Wall after serving as sales and marketing coordinator at Martin Professional, will be tasked by 4Wall with reinforcing its ties nationally with end-users and professional companies.
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LOS ANGELES — Wayne Forman, owner of Waynos Catering, died April 7 after a battle with cancer of the kidney. He was 52. Waynos Catering supported live concert tours for Red Hot Chili Peppers (RHCP), Pearl Jam, Def Leppard, REM and Eric Clapton, among other artists, and also provided on-location meals for crews filming Scent of a Woman, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Meet Joe Black and Unfaithful.
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FRANKFURT, Germany — Riedel Communications featured the MediorNet MN-GV-2 card at Prolight + Sound 2013. This new interface card lets users network Grass Valley 3G camera systems — the LDK and the brand-new LDX series — and their base stations via the MediorNet fiber infrastructure.
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BOISE, ID — The Velma V. Morrison Center for the Performing Arts at Boise State University selected a NanoLumens LED display to install in its lobby to serve as an information center for patrons. The NanoSlim 4mm LED display measures 6 feet tall by 11 feet wide and complements existing lobby decor while also adding a more modern design element.
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Philips Selecon’s new twin single source RGBW LED chip PLCyc2 is designed to deliver a smooth, even beam with the capability to seamlessly blend intense washes of color on cycloramas. LED source technology combined with a properly shaped asymmetrical reflector ensures the PLCyc2 brings consistent and powerful light distribution without the need to compromise performance by using vertical or horizontal spreader lenses.
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Italy – Italian singer-songwriter Eros Ramazzotti opened his 2013 European tour in Italy last month, with Tait helping to bring his set design to life. The show opens with the main stage closed down and covered by the projection ceiling, a custom scenic element that consists of six geometric pieces. Each piece then flies away to reveal Ramazzotti and his band. These elements created a 3-D projection ceiling giving LD/set designer Jvan Morandi the versatility to form striking shapes and aerial effects during the show.
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TORONTO – Westbury National, the Toronto-based show services and AV systems integration firm, has launched a fully redesigned company website. The company’s goal is to better communicate its service offerings to current and potential clients, drive sales of new and used equipment, share company information, and showcase the achievements of the company’s show services and systems integration divisions.
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NEW YORK CITY – With its recently-opened showroom, Times Square Lighting has returned to the heart of Manhattan. The showroom, which is open M-F, 9am to 5pm, at 240 W. 37th St., Suite 318, is also currently stocking products from ETC, Rosco, Leviton and other manufacturers. The showroom’s phone number is 212.391.5865.
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LONDON – Lighting designer Rick Fisher chose ETC‘s Selador Desire LED fixtures to help light the recent production of David Hare’s The Judas Kiss at the Duke of York’s Theatre in London. “For the kind of work I’m doing – a subtle piece with the lighting concentrating on moods, emotional states, and times of day – I wanted lighting which doesn’t draw attention to itself,” says Fisher. “The Desire fixtures give a very nice, natural looking light, which was a pleasant surprise and a real advance.”
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LOS ANGELES – The Cosmic Truss F34 Baby Tower allows for an unobtrusive ground support system to be used. Its compact form makes it suitable for applications where locations are difficult to access and where application with normal ground support is too big and heavy. Instead of being conceived as a truss tower, Baby Tower is essentially a tube — designed to support a grid made of 12-inch box truss. The legs are in sections and can be set to a maximum height of 23 feet (7 meters) while retaining a strong aesthetic.
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