Robe lighting’s new ROBIN 300 Plasma Spot fixture has won one of the coveted Trophées 2009 Siel Satis Awards (Entertainment category) which was presented at the Paris SIEL & Satis Le Radio 2009 entertainment technology trade show in Paris last week. Robe was exhibiting in conjunction with its French distributor Axente.
This follows hot on the heels of winning a PLASA Award for Innovation at the London more…
LOS ANGELES, CA, OCTOBER 26, 2009— Second Baptist Church in Los Angeles, CA, (SBCLA) is ensuring its services in the sanctuary, on the radio and, soon, for broadcast ring out loud and clear with Aviom’s Pro64® digital snake and Pro16® personal mixers (WFX Booth 1124). Recognized as one of the last locations where Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke, as well as one of the oldest churches in LA, Second more…
CAST Software of Toronto, Canada has received confirmation of International Patent PCT/CA2009/001225 for its BlackBox system and method for realtime environment tracking and coordination – and thereby this filing conforms with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Switzerland.
This international patent filing for BlackBox is in addition to the filing #12/421,343 in the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
BlackBox is the world’s first more…
The multi-award winning company, Global Design Solutions (GDS) has announced the appointment of Oasis Professional Projects Division (PPD) as its exclusive distributor for the UAE.
Oasis PPD is part of Oasis Enterprises, a leading distributor of lighting, audio and broadcast products in the U.A.E. Established in 1982, Oasis Enterprises covers the full spectrum of commercial activities, from distribution to installation more…
Before staging the popular music festival BBC Electric Proms 09, the Roundhouse in Camden commissioned a new Martin Audio cinema system for its 102-seat Studio Theater.
The venue ordered three Martin Audio Screen 3s as a conventional L/C/R system, eight Effect 3Rs as a cinema surround sound and a Screen Sub1A (1 x 18”) from Autograph Sales.
Purpose-designed for screening rooms, the Screen 3 is more…
New Windsor, New York—PRG was pleased to supply both the lighting package and the screen automation for the recently presented 61st Primetime Emmy® Awards at the Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. Production Designer Steve Bass and Lighting Designer Bob Dickinson worked together to create a cohesive, clean design that reflected key elements of the television more…
Miami, FL – October 2009… D.A.S. Audio, a leading manufacturer of loudspeaker systems, power amplification, and related audio processing equipment designed for professional touring and installed sound applications, is pleased to announce that Azusa, CA-based On-Stage Rentals Inc. recently took delivery of a combination of D.A.S. Audio Aero 38A line array elements and Compact 218 Sub 2K subwoofers. The transaction dramatically expands On more…
Non-profit reaps productivity benefits of professional intercom solution
SACRAMENTO, CA, OCTOBER 21, 2009─Clear-Com® Communication Systems, a Vitec Group brand, has donated a WBS analog wireless intercom system to Sacramento’s B Street Theatre, proving that great things can come in free packages. With its limited budget, the non-profit theatre was unable to invest in a professional communications system, leaving production team members to make do with a hodgepodge of workaround more…
YALE SCHOOL OF DRAMA ANNOUNCES A NEW PROJECTION DESIGN CONCENTRATION BEGINNING FALL 2010
Yale School of Drama (James Bundy, Dean; Victoria Nolan, Deputy Dean) will offer a new concentration in Projection Design under Wendall Harrington, within the Design Department (Ming Cho Lee, Stephen Strawbridge, Co-Chairs) beginning in the fall of 2010, the first such course of graduate theatre training in the United States.
Yale School of Drama is the only professional theatre more…
Swedish planetarium uses Mersive software to create immersion experience
– Mersive is chosen as the automatic alignment software solution for the science center planetarium display at Sweden’s University of Umeå. Mersive SOL® software was used at Umevatoriet Center to accomplish the edge-blending, image warping and auto alignment of multiple projectors on the dome screen to provide a crisp more…
