NASHVILLE, TN – Christie Lites named Steven "Creech" Anderson, a 30-year industry veteran, account executive. Based in Brentwood, TN, near Nashville, Anderson also coordinates with Christie Lites staff at the company's 11 locations across North America to support the needs of concert touring clients.
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BERLIN – LD Markus Weitkamp is gearing up for the 2011 touring season for Circus Roncalli with newly-purchased Robe Robin LEDWash 600 moving lights. Weitkamp acquired the fixtures just prior to the circus' seventh annual Christmas series of shows, which were staged at the Tempodrom Möckernstrasse.
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LONDON – The First Night Riders, a group of motorbike riding theatre professionals and their friends, will don their leathers and helmets to raise funds for The Theatrical Guild (TTG) once again in 2011.
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FREDRIKSTAD, Norway – Projectiondesign named Åsmund O. Fodstad executive vice president. Fodstad has 15 years of sales, marketing, management and operations experience in the energy, software and telecom industries. His previous positions include vice president of Asia Pacific at Tandberg (now being merged with Cisco); senior vice president, sales & marketing at REC Solar AS; and managing director with the Norwegian CRM software company, SuperOffice AS.
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NEW YORK – Analog Way promoted Alexander Schöpff to the position of VP of American Operations. Schöpff, who joined Analog Way in 2003, will be based in New York, overseeing operations and sales activities for the U.S., Canadian, and South American markets.
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BILLERICA, MA – Broadcast Pix named Paul Lara director of marketing. Lara has worked in the television industry for more than 25 years, including five years as producer and news director for KCEN-TV in Waco, Texas, and eight years in video production for Scott & White Hospital in Temple, Texas. Most recently, he spent 11 years marketing video products for NewTek.
Read More »BEAVERTON, OR and WUPPERTAL, Germany – Riedel Communications announced that it has become a promoting member of the AVnu Alliance, the industry group dedicated to the advancement of professional-quality audio/video networking by promoting the adoption of the IEEE 802.1 Audio/Video Bridging (AVB) standards over various networking link-layers.
Read More »FOLSOM, CA – Mega Systems Inc. will be displaying products at BP Productions' open house March 4 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mega Systems will showcase new Mega-Lite LED fixtures, the full line of PR Lighting fixtures and Enlighten control products.
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LONDON – Bandit Lites UK provided Clay Paky's Alpha Beam fixtures for the latest Squeeze tour of the U.K., Spot the Difference, which included stops at venues ranging from the 100 Club in London to the O2 Manchester Apollo.
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Lex Products, makers of the Slim Dimmer, a compact, rugged 1,800W dimmer, is introducing the Slim Dimmer Plus. The Slim Dimmer has local control; the Slim Dimmer Plus has both local and DMX control.
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LONDON – The Itsu Japanese restaurant chain, co-owned by the founder of Pret A Manger, was looking for visual enhancement to their Heathrow Terminal 5 outlet with an illuminated sculpture incorporating the restaurant's butterfly motif.
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JOHANNESBURG – Gearhouse South Africa's AV division has stocked up with an order for 100 of Christie Digital's MicroTiles. Operations manager Bhans Sheomangal credited the tiles for ease-of-use, reliability and versatility. The tiles, made with DLP technology, were purchased via Christie South Africa. When all used together as one surface, the 100 MicroTiles cover a 4 by 3 meter area.
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