Pyrotek Special Effects’ Fire-Screen propane flame effects use a modular programmable pixel-based unit for control, which can be adjusted from high to moderate speeds. The Fire-Screen systems let users shoot a lazy flame bar or fire jets to create a wall of fire on cue that measures up to eight feet in height.
Read More »Bulbtronics, Inc., an international lighting and battery distributor, has released an LED catalog on the Internet. This catalog displays Bulbtronics’ full spectrum of LED retrofit offerings to replace halogens, incandescents, miniature based bulbs and more. Comprised of over 80 LED products, Bulbtronics has selected LEDs for a wide variety of products and applications. Bulbtronics reviews its product line on a regular basis to include up-to-date technologies.
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CAMBRIDGE, ON — The snow fell silently, but the hundreds of participants in Cambridge’s “Unsilent Night” event walked through it to the rhythms of music coming from a variety of boom boxes, MP3 players and other sources after switching four different tracks of music on simultaneously and then trekking from Cambridge City Hall to downtown and back.
Read More »CINCINNATI — The Joint Training Initiative of The ESTA Foundation and USITT have announced a Control Protocols Workshop to be held March 16 and 17 at the Duke Energy Convention Center, two days prior to the USITT National Conference. The workshop registration deadline is March 9.
Read More »MADISON, WI — CAST Group of Companies Inc, the developers of the WYSIWYG lighting design software, have filed a civil action against Electronic Theatre Controls for alleged copyright infringement, breach of contract and misrepresentation related to the distribution agreement between the two parties dating back to the year 2000.
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LONDON — E/T/C London projected video images onto the 353-foot-height Shell building for the Mayor of London’s 2009 New Year’s Eve festivities. E/T/C has worked with producers Jack Morton Worldwide on the event for the last five years, but this was the first time projected video was used for the event.
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Littlite’s LLX, a new XLR gooseneck light connector used on all X and XR series gooseneck task lights, can be assembled at the factory as a straight or right angle connector with three, four or five-pin connectors. The insert pins can be rotated 360 degrees in 90-degree increments to accommodate any position of the XLR panel socket. Additionally, the LLX can accommodate multiple goosenecks. The metal shell is specifically designed to securely capture the gooseneck assembly and prevent the gooseneck from loosening during use. The LLX will be standard on all Littlite X and XR series gooseneck task lights beginning in the first quarter of 2009. The LLX will also be available as an OEM product for select manufacturers.
Read More »NORTHFIELD, OH — Stage Research’s Video 101 Manager can now do more than play video directly from SFX software. It has just been upgraded to let the producer/stage technician route live video as an input. This new function of Video 101 Manager will let the end-user mix and blend live, and/or canned, motion over dance, musical performance, theater, or even corporate (sales/training/motivation) podium/panel presentations.
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LONDON — LD Ian “Scampi” Bintliff is known for making even a modestly-sized rig look larger than it actually is, and the Bang tour for U.K. rockers Thunder, staged in a wide variety of venues, was no exception. Blackburn-based HSL once again supplied lighting equipment and crew, managed by Howard Dean.
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ABUJA, Nigeria — The MTV Africa Music Awards with Zain (MAMA), the first in a series of annual awards presentations that are to be staged in different African countries, came to life with a set and rig with 50 tonnes of gear air-freighted from Johannesburg to Abuja in a chartered jumbo jet.
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KNOXVILLE, TN — Those who support education pass the benefits of scholarly enlightenment to the next generation. So it was entirely appropriate that the invitation-only dinner that marked the completion of a new six-story, 174,000-square-foot building at the University of Tennessee College of Business Administration was a brightly-lit affair.
Read More »COLUMBIA, MD — Nemetschek North America released a Spanish-language version of Vectorworks 2009 design software, including Designer, Architect, Landmark, Fundamentals, and Renderworks. The company is also supporting the sale of the product with a portion of its Web site written in Spanish.
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