LONDON – StageHand has been chosen as the new name for the Production Services Association (PSA) Welfare & Benevolent Fund after a PSA Conference call for ideas by the Fund's chairman, Mike Lowe of Britannia Row Productions. The group also agreed on a new logo depicting a helping hand.
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LAS VEGAS – The 90th anniversary Miss America Pageant was telecast live on ABC from the Planet Hollywood casino-resort. LD Allen Branton, who returned for the fourth time, worked with fellow lighting directors Kevin Lawson & Felix Peralta, who marked their third year & fourth year on the show respectively, using 16 Martin MAC III Profile moving heads and a pair of MA Lighting's grandMA2 Light consoles for control.
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand – Paul Normandale is using MAC 101, MAC III Profile and MAC 2000 Wash XB fixtures from Martin Professional for the 2011 Chemical Brothers tour, with Normandale's lighting production company, Lite Alternative, supplying the gear. The band is also touring with a G-LEC Solaris+ 360-degree video curtain system.
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MADISON, WI – John S. Hyatt & Associates, Inc. provided gels from Apollo Design (AP6800 Mustard & AP5800 Envy Green) to bathe the Wisconsin Capitol Dome in cheesehead-friendly hues.
Read More »BRUSSELS, Belgium – ArKaos named ULA Group as its exclusive distributor for Australia and New Zealand for the ArKaos line of show and lighting media servers.
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LAS VEGAS – Timeless Communications announced that lighting designer and iSquint.net founder Justin Lang will take the helm of Projection, Lights & Staging News effective March 1. Lang has worked in the lighting industry for 15 years, has designed and lit dozens of productions in the Washington, D.C., area including special events at the Newseum, and founded iSquint.net, a blog covering entertainment lighting technology, news and products.
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Elation Professional's EPV762 MH is a high-resolution 7.62mm pitch moving head video panel that can rotate just like a moving yoke light fixture, panning a full 540° and tilting up to 265°.
Read More »SUN VALLEY, CA – GLP German Light Products Inc., issued the following statement regarding its status as an authorized distributor of Global Truss products:
Read More »DALLAS – What's so tough about being a roadie? Performing arts venue managers will learn the answer to this question first-hand when they participate in this year's Performing Arts Managers Conference (PAMC) "Roadie for a Day" Boot Camp on Saturday, Feb. 26.
Read More »MIDDLETON, WI – ETC is hosting an end-user training event at its headquarters for the first time. CUE – which stands for Create, Understand, Experience – targets lighting professionals of every skill level.
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The new Stagebar 2 LED luminaire from Martin Professional has twice the lumen output and 10 times the intensity of the Stagebar 54. It also has a new lens design for a narrower, more concentrated field of light for better beam control and greater light intensity for improved floodlighting capability. A choice of lens options, which includes an opalescent diffuser lens for scenic on-camera looks, provides designers with beam angle flexibility.
Read More »SAN DIEGO – AV Concepts, which recently launched its New Technology & Innovation Division, is adding gear and staff for 2011, with new hires in project management, production, operations and sales. The company also anticipates new hires in marketing and recruiting for audio technicians, video technicians and CAD designers.
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