KlingNet3 is a new highly flexible, cloud-compatible, lighting and visual control protocol for the future developed by InMusic Brand’s ArKaos for the entertainment industry. It takes flexibility, user-friendliness, feedback, and ultimate control to next-gen levels. KlingNet3 (patent pending) enables control of ALL parameters of a lighting fixture – and so much more – and is a viable alternative to DMX.Read More »ArKaos Launches KlingNet3
Chris Lose makes the case for the newest kid on the block: laser source lighting fixtures. With some expert advice and thoughtful advice, he suggests looking at navigating these new fixtures’ unique considerations.
Lighting & Video Company
Electro Sound Systems Inc.
Venue
Marriott Marquis
Washington, DC
PRG’s Spring Auction is underway! Bidding is now open – auction ends April 18. PRG Proshop is currently holding an online auction for used equipment to refresh its rental inventory. You will find a wide variety of high quality, professionally maintained equipment across multiple production disciplines at this event. Everything will be performance tested prior to sale and sold in an “as-is” condition with a no-returns policy.Read More »PRG Spring Online Auction in Full Swing; Ends April 18
NantStudios, a virtual production studio based in El Segundo in Los Angeles County, CA, recently announced that the company, through its wholly owned Australian subsidiary, has built two new LED volume/In-Camera VFX stages at Docklands Studios located in Melbourne, Australia, and will operate the world’s largest LED volume.
Electronic music with live music from drumline and horn sections produces a unique acoustic and visually arresting live musical experience for ODESZA’s audiences. Co-Creative Directors Luke Tanaka and Sean Kusanagi along with Lighting Designer Kyle Kegan have been working with the band and PM Shane Crowl to ensure the visual design reinforces the dynamic performance on tour and at festivals during “The Last Goodbye Tour.”
Since late last year there has been a new player in the Hanseatic city of Hamburg. Set in Hamburg’s Ottensen district, chef and author Jonas Straube appears to have effortlessly combined seeming opposites. Der Player (‘The Player’) is a restaurant, bar, games lounge, and nightclub all rolled into one. The innovative fusion concept posed a challenge for lighting and video planner Axel Fahrenhorst, from Hamburg-based creative consultancy lineareal GmbH. This is because when one seamlessly merges into the other, the lighting requirements change in next to no time.Read More »GLP impression FR1 TM Transforms Der Player’s Atmosphere from Dinner into Party Fever
Lighting Company
4Wall Entertainment
Venue
Miami-Dade Arena
Miami, FL
Auckland based Spot-Light Systems – now part of the NEP Live Group – is among New Zealand’s leading lighting live show and event rental companies, and one that has continued to invest in Robe moving lights as the country emerged from the pandemic, adding 24 MegaPointes, 12 Tarrantulas to their existing fleets, and for the first time, 20 ESPRITES joined the inventory.Read More »Robe in the Spot-Light
In recent years, NicLen has successively expanded its inventory of Cameo fixtures. Today, all of the manufacturer’s major series are part of the portfolio of the leading dry hire provider. Recently, NicLen GmbH and NicLen UK—as an independent offshoot in the UK—have once again stepped up and invested in large numbers of the Cameo S4 IP LED softlights, the new OTOS® models SP6 (Profile Spot) and B5 (Beam Moving Head) as well as the compact spot moving head AZOR S2.Read More »NicLen Invests in Cameo S4 Soft Lights, OTOS® Series and More
PlugFest returned to Lille, France March 7-9, bringing together lighting professionals from across Europe to test products and learn about protocols and standards. The residential… Read More »PlugFest, the European Technical Lighting Event, Returns to France
City Theatrical will be demonstrating new technology for the film and video industry at Table 236 at the first ever Cine Gear New York Expo at Industry City in Brooklyn, New York from March 10 – 11, 2023. One lucky City Theatrical visitor at the show will be selected at random to receive a free DMXcat® Multi Function Test Tool, which is a troubleshooting tool designed for use by lighting professionals involved with the planning, installation, operation, or maintenance of studio lighting equipment.Read More »City Theatrical Preview for First Cine Gear New York Expo 2023