TOKYO – GDS (Global Design Solutions) named PRG KK as its exclusive distributor for Japan. PRG (Production Resource Group) is a distributor with offices in the U.K., Europe, China, Japan and South Africa. PRG KK will add GDS to other brands it represents, including Philips Vari*Lite, Clay Paky and Syncrolite.
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LONDON – 2010's Britain's Got Talent took from the airwaves to the country's local stages in a tightly-scheduled tour taking in 17 city venues in a month. Dave Farmer of THC Design specified PixelRange, supplied by Port Talbot-based Sonalyst Ltd.
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LOS ANGELES – Martin Professional's M1 lighting console made its U.S. debut recently at the Nokia Theatre for a concert event by Larry Hernandez and Roberto Tapia.
Read More »{mosimage}EDINBURGH, Scotland – The Events division of UK sound and lighting installer Northern Light is providing specialist technical support to the Festival Fringe Society for a number of their key events and venues.
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BANFF, Alberta, Canada – The Kinnear Centre for Creativity & Innovation (KCCI) at The Banff Centre has been equipped with X2O Media's Xpresenter digital signage platform.
Read More »KINGSTON, U.K. – Kingston University's Drama and Dance Department needed a bright, compact fixture for color washes and more, but was also looking to avoid the need to order scrolls or the weight of moving lights. It turned to White Light for the new SeaChanger Nemo fixture – which includes the new LIFI Plasma lamp as its light source.
Read More »SANTA CLARITA, CA – Entertainment Sciences Group Inc, makers of VenueMagic DMX Lighting and Show Control software, named Scott Joliffe and his Hopatcong, N.J.-based company, Full Focus Marketing, as Northeast Manufacturing Representatives covering a territory from Maine to Virginia.
Read More »The TV One-task product line now includes an EDID/CEC Selector to allow for easier setup of the EDID and CEC parameters between a source and display monitor.
Read More »LONDON – TMB added Erica Frost to its Product Specialist Group. Frost's primary role will be working in TMB's 24-hour Tech Support Group, with additional product training responsibilities.
Read More »DALLAS – America's Got Talent's got variety – from a musical duet to a gravity-defying human puppet show to almost any other imaginable act. LD Kieran Healy needs to come up with designs that can keep up with the variety and also support the live HD broadcast. Healy has been relying on automated fixtures from Philips Vari-Lite, including 24 VLX Wash luminaires provided by PRG.
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NEW CASTLE, DE – Pete's Big TVs/Performance Video supported TNA Wrestling's Slammiversary special that ran on Pay Per View recently.
Read More »FAIRVIEW, NJ – I. Weiss, which recently moved to Fairview, N.J. from Long Island City, N.Y., hired Larry Nathanson to lead its business development efforts. Nathanson comes to I. Weiss from Showman Fabricators, where he served as director of marketing.
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