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CSL Offers Complimentary Kinesys LibraCELL Systems with Productions

NORTH CREK, NY – Creative Stage Lighting is providing Kinesys LibraCELL units at no extra charge for its production clients whose jobs take place outdoors on temporary roof systems or for touring productions during rehearsal times. Says CSL rental and production manager George Studnicky IV, “Knowing exact data about point loads and hanging capabilities should be second nature in our industry and not a special request.”

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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

UDC Software A Solution for Tom Petty’s Tour

CLARKSTON, MI  – High Resolution Systems’ UDC  (Universal Device Controller) software proved a rewarding solution for Chaos Visual Productions on Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ spring/summer tour of the US, Canada and Europe.  Says High Resolution’s Drew Taylor,  “It simplified set up and execution before the tour began, and it provided a cost savings during the tour.  With this UDC feature you don’t need an additional person switching video on the tour; the lighting director or console operator can handle it.”

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Vari-Lite demo at EIC 2012

First Entertainment Innovation Conference Draws Close to 400 Attendees

WINSTON-SALEM, NC – The first North American Entertainment Innovation Conference drew nearly 400 professionals and students Sept. 6-8 to the University of North Carolina School of the Arts here to experience the latest with hands-on sessions and insider workshops. Presentations ranged from computer-controlled stunts with ZFX Flying Effects to the inside story on Broadway show production with Ken Davenport of Davenport Theatrical Enterprises.

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UEP

UEP Announces Specialist Sales Division

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, UK – Live event technical solutions provider Universal Event Productions (UEP) has formed a new specialist Sales Division as part of the planned expansion of its business. This will focus on supplying a selection of professional audio, AV and lighting products and accessories that are not currently directly available in the UK. UEP Sales will function independently of the design and rentals department, and will be administered via its own dedicated website and telesales phone lines.

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Lawrenceville School stage

Starlite Upgrades 19th Century School with 21st Century Technology

TRENTON, NJ – Starlite Productions, in coordination with design consultants Schuler Shook and electrical contractors A.C. Scott, upgraded the theatrical lighting and rigging for The Lawrenceville School located just north of Trenton, NJ. The new power and control systems installed are an example of the hybrid systems that are becoming more prevalent in today’s production lighting.  The theater staff still relies heavily on traditional dimming, but is now also able to bring LEDs, moving lights, and other effects units seamlessly into their productions.

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The xx

XL Video Supplies The xx Tour Projection

LONDON – XL Video is supplying a high power projection system and Green Hippo Hippotizer i7 HD media servers for UK indie band The xx, who are in the middle of an 18-month world tour. Much of the show is about video being used as a light source for creating moods and atmosphere, silhouetting the band, or capturing them starkly in the projector beam paths with undulating multicolor gobo-like effects and fluid, subtle laser-like moments.

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Alex Monast

A.C.T. Lighting Canada Appoints Monast as Tech Sales Rep

LOS ANGELES – Alexandre Monast joins A.C.T Lighting Canada as technical sales representative in Quebec.  Monast has worked with Cirque du Soleil for the last decade, moving up as lighting director, programmer and assistant lighting designer. Earlier in his career he freelanced as chief electrician and project manager for the corporate, theatre and concert markets.

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F85

projectiondesign F85 3-Chip DLP Projector

FREDRIKSTAD, Norway – The F85 3-chip DLP projector is the latest 2D and 3D capable projector to join projectiondesign’s line up of innovative projectors. As well as 2D imaging, the projector can be used in active or passive 3D stereoscopic mode removing the requirement for multiple projectors in stereoscopic set up. The projector benefits from proprietary Advanced Color Optical Processing (ACOP), which combines both fixed and motorized optical filters to enable optical calibration with near infinite accuracy and without any loss of bit depth. Combined with its RealColor color management system, ACOP ensures on-site color calibration to achieve any desired color standard.

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Red Bull Beat

Robe LEDBeam 100s for Red Bull Beat Battle

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Rental company AV Unlimited supplied full technical production to show producers VWV for the finale of the recent Red Bull Beat Battle competition at the downtown live music venue Bassline. AV Unlimited’s technical production manager and LD Victor Vermaak explains that initially the venue would not let them fly any lights off of their roof beams, but with the low weight (4.4 kgs) of the Robe LEDBeam 100, they gave the go-ahead for the fixtures to be installed.

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