KERKRADE, The Netherlands – Highlite International B.V., a global distributor of lighting and audio gear, recently joined Philips' LED luminaires and retrofit bulbs license program.
Read More »SAN FRANCISCO – Auerbach Pollock Friedlander, Performing Arts/Media Facilities Planning and Design with offices in San Francisco, New York and Minneapolis, recently promoted four associates, Kevin Auses (San Francisco office), Matthew Ezold (New York office), Howard Glickman (San Francisco office) and Robert Hill (San Francisco office).
Read More »POWAY, CA – HM Electronics Inc. (HME), a manufacturer of digital wireless intercom products, agreed to acquire Clear-Com Communication Systems, a business unit of The Vitec Group plc. Clear-Com will continue operation as a wholly-owned subsidiary of HME.
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ROME – For the ninth series of shows called I Raccomandati (The Protégés), a talent contest televised live from the Teatro delle Vittorie by RAI, Riccardo Bocchini's set design used elegant new scenery elements including a wood parquet floor, an arch enclosing the stage, and chrome-plated trim behind three large LED walls. The set also included a full complement of Clay Paky fixtures supplied by Di & Di Service.
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SYRACUSE, NY – Eric McAfee, a member of the sales team at J. R. Clancy, Inc. who has years of experience as a theatre production professional installer and project manager, has been named domestic sales manager.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Responding to the needs of some of the more 1.2 million left homeless by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake, Chauvet has teamed up with the charity organization Food For The Poor to raise funds for the construction of homes in an effort to raise $52,000 in four months to build 20 homes in Haiti.
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Cast Software's Vivien 2010 Virtual Event Designer is available for download (to members only). Vivien is a 3D event design and sales software designed and built by Cast Software (makers of Wysiwyg).
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Lightronics Par4, with a die cast aluminum housing and aluminum reflector, is rated at 800 watts maximum and uses a 575 or 750 watt halogen bulb with a bi-pin G9.5 base.
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Johnson Systems Inc.'s JSI CD-3000 retrofit control system for Strand CD80 and Strand C21 Series dimmer racks is an expanded version of the "system-on-a-chip" technology used in the company's JS-ICON Series dimmer/relay racks, tested with six months of field installation.
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EZ-MAX Plus relay panels have been added to Leviton's Z-MAX relay panels product line. The panels are designed to reduce power use without requiring separate time clocks, cabinets, terminal blocks and contactors.
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Multiform's MultiBar LED lighting system, for small bands, dance groups, mobile DJs and others, includes four MultiSpot Eco RGB fixtures mounted on a 1-meter extruded aluminum cross bar housing the 16 Channel DMX-controlled power supply.
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StarTech.com has launched three new products in its Converge A/V "UTPE series" family of VGA over Cat 5 Extender devices, designed to extend and split VGA video using Cat 5 cable between the transmitting and display points.
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