Josef Valchar, CEO of Robe Lighting s.r.o is petitioning the Czech government and Czech Euro MPs to request that they exempt all stage lighting equipment (EN 60598-2-17, IEC 60598-2-17:2017) from proposed legislation that will prohibit its manufacture and sale immediately across Europe in 2020 “I cannot stress the importance of this enough.” stated Josef.
Longtime creative director and lighting designer of Billy Joel’s live shows, Steve Cohen, was awarded a New York Emmy on April 14th for his work on the documentary on Joel’s historic run at Madison Square Garden, Billy Joel New York State of Mind.
Arizona’s famed “Valley of the Sun” is located in a desert, but from April 11-15, this hot, dry landscape was shaking with thunder, the rolling four-stroke variety, as over 70,000 motorcyclists descended on the area for the 22nd annual Arizona Bike Week.
LONDON – For the European première of Black Panther earlier this year, LD Luke Edwards made use of Avolites Titan and Ai lighting and video integration for the event visuals. He used two Tiger Touch II consoles and one Quartz console for the event. The consoles were networked together using Titan v10.2’s Multi User Networking Connect feature, letting Edwards control the event’s lighting from the front-of-house position in the auditorium.
WORK PRO AUDIO, the leading AV brand from Valencia’s Equipson Group, has announced the launch of the WNS-8P, an eight-port Ethernet switch designed especially for AV applications in the live, installation and integration markets.
New product release at prolight+sound 2018: Laserworld releases a new edition of the Laserworld Diode Series with improved beam specifications in a completely redesigned housing.
The East Tennessee Business Hall of Fame held its annual awards dinner to honor outstanding business leaders and entrepreneurs whose work has contributed to the improvement of the East Tennessee area.
It’s 8,504 miles from the island of Manhattan to the South Pacific’s Solomon Islands, but now anyone in the Big Apple can experience this underwater treasure and a host of other nautical wonders right in their own backyard by visiting National Geographic Encounter: Ocean Odyssey
RUSHWORKS, The well established software company specializing in cool technology for production, playback and streaming, is extending the RUSHWORKS brand even further in the Northeast region by appointing industry veteran Rich Desimone as Northeast States Sales Rep
ADJ’s Design Series LED displays includes four modular panels of different shapes that can be combined together to create video screens of almost any conceivable size and shape. The DS4 (square), DS4T (triangle), DS4QC (quarter circle) and DS4HC (rectangle) can be easily linked together to create eye-catching video walls that fit perfectly with the shape of any venue, stage set or mobile lighting rig. Offering a pixel pitch of 4.8mm, the Design Series panels utilize 3-in-1 SMD2020 LEDs to generate a brightness of 1200 NITS. The square panel has a pixel density of 104 x 104, which is equivalent to 43,264 per square meter, and the others have an equivalent density applied to their specific shapes and sizes. The panels have a recommended minimum viewing distance of 12.5 feet (3.8m) as well as a wide viewing angle of 160 degrees (horizontal) and 120 degrees (vertical), making them ideal for a wide variety of applications.
PHILADELPHIA – Andy Grammer’s mid-March-to-mid-April coast-to-coast tour supporting his most recent album, The Good Parts, featured a lighting design and programming from Joshua Koffman of Interrobang, Inc. Koffman used a combination of Elation ACL 360 Bar moving battens and Platinum Beam 5R moving head beams supplied by RK Diversified Entertainment of Claremont, CA.
TOMCAT now has another extremely successful TOMCAT U, held in Gatlinburg, TN, firmly under their belt!