MINNEAPOLIS – The Minnesota Supreme Court's Courtroom 300, the larger of two courtrooms visible to the public via KTCA in St. Paul and the Internet, recently upgraded with a new Vaddio ProductionVIEW FX switcher and three WallVIEW PRO 300 PTZ camera systems. AV integrator MSpace also updated the audio system.
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ARLINGTON, WA – Video may have killed the radio star, but its breathing new life into the fortunes of a 30-year-old Washington State lighting/staging company. Earlier this year, lighting industry veteran Mark Steneide (Steneide Illumination) added the capability to install video walls at music concerts and shows, using EVLED 1024SMD panels from Elation Professional.
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LOS ANGELES – Jay-Z's Blueprint 3 tour visuals have gotten an assist from PRG's Mbox Extreme v3 media server, with screens director Drew Findley and video director Dirk Sanders using the five-server system provided by PRG for multiple video surfaces that are part of the city skyline video wall set designed by UVA's Matt Clark.
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Mega Systems offers three different splitters to meet individual lighting installation needs – Mega, Disco and Enlighten Splitters.
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Drivecon's LoadLock, a free feature available on all Drivecon closed loop hoist inverters, is designed to minimize the effects of operator-induced shock loading, which can result in cumulative fatigue on the crane's mechanical and structural components.
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PC Wing is a compact training tool from Stage Technologies. The console enables students and automation technicians to learn to program and operate automation technology off-line in a classroom environment.
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LONDON – In early June a group of bikers, hailing from all sectors of the entertainment technology industry, swapped their blacks for leathers and their hard hats for helmets and embarked on an eight-day sponsored motorcycle tour of U.K. theatres to raise money for The Theatrical Guild (TTG).
Read More »NEW YORK and WASHINGTON, DC – Drape Kings has hired Meredith Greene to oversee its recently-opened Washington, D.C. Metro office.
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NEW YORK – LD Tom Kenny lit Christina Aguilera's recent appearance on VH1's Storytellers using Coemar fixtures. Since 1996, the program has featured artists and bands including Sting, Elton John, Alanis Morissette and Coldplay.
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The new LSF Series Light Shaping Filters from Elation Professional can attach to a gel frame or the inside housing of an LED fixture to increase the beam angle or add a linear beam shape effect.
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ERG Lighting, a new division of Endicott Research Group, Inc., has introduced the eDriver family of LED power supplies for a variety of solid state lighting (SSL) applications.
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Upstate Case Manufacturing Company has introduced the Flylite line of hoist cases. The product line is designed solely for entertainment chain hoist transportation. The core substrate is a corrugated plastic, which is 30 percent lighter than traditional half-inch plywood.
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