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Metropolitan Opera Adds Clay Paky Alpha Profile 700s

NEW YORK  – New York City’s Metropolitan Opera has purchased Clay Paky Alpha Profile 700 automated spotlights for its lighting inventory.  Patrick Eagleton of Contemporary Lights specified the fixtures, choosing them for their compact size, even optical field, quiet and precise shutters, smooth dimming curve and silent movement.

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Kristiansand Symphony

Robert Juliat Installed in Norway’s Kilden PAC

KRISTIANSAND, Norway – Robert Juliat profiles, Fresnels and followspots have been supplied in quantity by AVAB CAC to the newly opened Kilden Performing Arts Centre in Kristiansand, Norway. The venue centers around four performance spaces designed specifically for a wide variety of uses. Robert Juliat was chosen, in part, because of the choice of power and beam angle available within its range of profiles.

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Khalid Sweidan

FOR-A Opens Dubai Office to Serve MEA Region

TOKYO  – FOR-A Company Limited, a manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and professional video industries, has opened a new office in Dubai to serve customers in the Middle East and Africa (MEA). The company has also hired Sales Manager Khalid Sweidan and Engineering Manager Mohammed Abu Ziyadeh to handle daily operations in Dubai.

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PLASA Focus debuts in Austin Feb. 22-23, 2012

PLASA Focus Debuts Feb. 22-23

AUSTIN, TX — More than 50 companies will be at the Renaissance Austin showing their latest wares this Wednesday (10am-6pm) and Thursday (10am-4pm), Feb. 22-23, 2012. More than 900 industry members have registered for the event, which will also include demos and educational sessions both days, including the recently-added “LEDs and Lies” and “Concert LD to Architectural LD.”

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Jands Vista L5

Jands Vista L5 Console

Jands’s new Vista L5 console controls lighting and media. Its highlight feature includes a 21-inch HD Wacom pen tablet, allowing a display of the entire rig on one screen for quick access to moving lights, media servers and LEDs. The L5 has 16 DMX universes and a backlit keyboard for working in dark environments. Linux OS drives an Intel Core i7 processor with 8 GB of RAM.

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Celtic Woman

Celtic Woman Tours under the Aura of Martin

AARHUS, Denmark – The all-female musical ensemble Celtic Woman’s current tour sees the Irish musicians playing beneath a rig that includes Martin Professional’s new MAC Aura LED wash light. Tom Kenny, longtime LD for Celtic, worked with lighting supplier Upstaging for the first time on this production.

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PLSN Weekend Update

The week can go by so fast. Project after project, phone calls, emails, they all backup.  Pretty soon it is Friday and you don’t know what happened to your week. To help catch you up during the weekend, PLSN has put together the top stories from the past week in our Weekend Update. Grab another cup of coffee, put the paper down and see what has been happening around the industry.

 

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Oracle

Worldstage Gives Oracle Big Presence at Retail’s Big Show

NEW YORK – Worldstage helped Oracle Retail Group have a commanding presence at the National Retail Federation’s s 101st Annual Convention & Expo at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.  The Oracle videowall – with an eye-catching live Twitter feed and large-format graphical content – was comprised of 32 narrow-bezel NEC 46-inch LCD monitors.

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