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Main Light Expands its Inventory with Ayrton’s Khamsin Profile Luminaires

Main Light, LLC, a preeminent dry hire rental partner, has recently added Ayrton’s Khamsin Profile luminaires to their extensive rental offerings. These new units are already in stock at Main Light which has the following locations—Main Light, East in Wilmington, DE, Main Light, South in Nashville, TN, and Main Light, West in Las Vegas, NV. To better introduce this new addition to their inventory Main Light has created this video demonstration of the Ayrton Khamsin-S luminaire:

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Out of Order, Guy Jacobson’s Upcoming Comedy Film, Shot with Camera Package from PRG

Community building, relationships, and a desire to bring more joy into the world were the fuel for writer/director Guy Jacobson while writing, financing, and filming the upcoming courtroom comedy film, Out of Order. Jacobson, who co-wrote and produced Holly and co-directed the child exploitation documentary Redlight, wrote the script for Out of Order with Megan Freels Johnston.Read More »Out of Order, Guy Jacobson’s Upcoming Comedy Film, Shot with Camera Package from PRG

TKTS® Times Square Turns 49

Since the iconic TKTS by TDF Booth in Times Square reopened on September 14, 2021, they have resumed their role as the go-to destination for same-day evening (and next day matinee) discount tickets to Broadway and Off-Broadway shows. Founded by TDF (aka Theatre Development Fund), the not-for-profit organization that makes the performing arts accessible to all, TKTS turned 49 on Saturday, June 25.Read More »TKTS® Times Square Turns 49

The Shubert Foundation Gives Record $37.6 Million to 609 Arts Organizations Nationwide

The Shubert Foundation announced a record $37.6 million in unrestricted grants to not-for-profit theaters, dance companies, academic theater training programs, and related service agencies. As a leader in funding for the arts the Foundation has also made two $1 million gifts to create endowed scholarships for theater students at the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Spelman College and Morehouse College.Read More »The Shubert Foundation Gives Record $37.6 Million to 609 Arts Organizations Nationwide

NKOTB’s MixTape Tour Blends Yesterday’s Hits with LED Looks

New Kids On The Block’s MixTape Tour 2022 is offering a blend of the old and the new, with NKOTB’s hits along with performances by special guests Salt-N-Pepa, Rick Astley and En Vogue. The lighting design by LD Cat West, of Flash and Trash Works, Inc., featured 108 Ayrton IntelliPix-R Creative Solutions. The lighting was a central part of the high-energy, party look of the show.

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ADJ Hydro Series Moving Heads Chosen for Outdoor Stage at Dutch Rebirth Festival

With the tagline of Reunite Again, the 2022 Rebirth Festival was one of the first large-scale outdoor dance events to take place in the Netherlands following two years of pandemic-induced restrictions. It also represented a reunion between the organizers and production company Spectrum AV, which worked on the festival in its early years. However, the event grew extremely quickly and required a scale of production beyond what Spectrum was capable of at the time. A large production company took care of all of the stages at the festival in the intervening years, but following the pandemic decided to refocus their business on only larger stages. Therefore, for this year’s event, they recommended that the organizers brought back Spectrum to handle the midsize stages. This was partially because of their positive experience of working with them elsewhere and partially because Spectrum AV’s business model focusses exclusively on these medium-sized stages.

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Andreas Bünemann Relies on ONYX Lighting Control Platform for Reggae Artist Gentleman

Lighting designer and operator Andreas Bünemann is using the ONYX lighting control platform from Obsidian Control Systems to run a large lighting rig for German reggae artist Gentleman and says he wouldn’t turn to any other system. “Our choice is the Obsidian ONYX system and it will be going forward,” stated Bünemann, owner of full-service rental company Bam Bam FX of Germany. “For us, it is the future and the direction we want to go. It’s a powerful and reliable system and we will be recommending it to clients interested in user-friendly lighting control.”Read More »Andreas Bünemann Relies on ONYX Lighting Control Platform for Reggae Artist Gentleman

ETC Names New Midwest Regional Sales Managers for Entertainment and Architectural Markets

Bryan Yeager and Katie O’Connell

ETC announces two new Regional Sales Managers taking lead in the Midwest. Bryan Yeager has been named the Midwest Entertainment Regional Manager and Katie O’Connell has been named the Midwest Architectural Regional Manager.Read More »ETC Names New Midwest Regional Sales Managers for Entertainment and Architectural Markets

Pixelhue X400 Media Server

Pixelhue is a company born of the desire to innovate, creating new technology and video processing solutions for the Pro AV industry, while never sacrificing the stability and ease of use. In Pixelhue, the rental solution world now has a new major player. Its mission begins with the user experience and has the ultimate goal of providing users with the astoundingly real visual experience. Pixelhue was started in 2017, mainly for the mid-to-high-end rental market, focusing on the field of video processing. The brand and products have grown from nothing and have gradually become well known to the market and customers.

In 2019, Pixelhue launched the first-generation F-series video switchers and U3 console which were applied in hundreds of large-scale projects and events in mainland China, such as CCTV Spring Festival Gala and Mid-Autumn Festival Gala, as well as new product launches for well-known companies. They are committed to continuously polishing and optimizing products, collecting positive feedback and valuable suggestions from the market and clients, and achieving continuous improvement and qualitative leaps in product performance and stability.

Now the company is releasing its very first media server – the X400.Read More »Pixelhue X400 Media Server