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Astera launches QuikBeam Connect for permanent installations

Astera launches the TracklightAdapter, which transforms the QuikBeam Connect into a track-mounted lighting fixture.
Text: Allison Cussigh – Photos: Allison Cussigh, Astera

Ayrton makes a bold move with Falconer, its new remote followspot station

Ayrton unveils Falconer, a semi-automated followspot station capable of controlling an unlimited number of fixtures from any manufacturer from a single station, with unprecedented aiming precision and customisation.
Text and photos: Allison Cussigh

Robert Juliat appoints Hong Jun Logic as new distributor for Taiwan

Combining more than 40 years of professional lighting expertise, Hong Jun Logic will now distribute Robert Juliat’s complete product range across Taiwan, serving the theatre, live entertainment, touring, broadcast and film markets.

Text: Robert Juliat – photo: Hong Jun Logic

ETC completes the new Hog ecosystem with the HPU+ processor

Functioning as both a rack-mount console and a DMX processor, the HPU+ can drive up to 64 additional universes within a Hog system. It also features updated connectivity housed in a streamlined chassis better suited for touring.
Text & photo by ETC

Ayrton Goes Direct in Germany with two New Sales Team : Jürgen Nordhoff and Tobias Winter

Ayrton is strengthening its presence in Germany as the company moves to direct sales in the country and welcomes two experienced industry professionals, Jürgen Nordhoff and Tobias Winter, as Sales Managers.

Text & photo: Ayrton

Edinburgh’s King’s Theatre Moves to LED with Robert Juliat

Following a four-year redevelopment, Edinburgh’s King’s Theatre upgrades its lighting with Robert Juliat, installing eight Bizet 671SX LED profiles and two Arthur LT long-throw followspots.

Text: Robert Juliat – photos: Julie Harper et Ruari Cormack

Yamaha’s new DM5: innovative, powerful ergonomics in a compact format

Yamaha expands its mixing range with the DM5 and DM5 Compact: Glass Keys, 96 kHz Dante, expandable DSP, new workflows and I/O, in a format designed for live sound, broadcast, theater and installation.
Text: Yamaha, Ch. Masson - Photos: Yamaha, Ch. Masson

Golden Sea acquires a majority stake in Follow-Me

Dutch performer tracking specialist Follow-Me enters a new chapter as Golden Sea acquires a majority stake in the company.

Text & photo: Follow-Me

RCF and TT+ Audio bring high-performance sound to iNDIEPLAZA

At iNDIEPLAZA in New York, TT+ Audio and RCF delivered concert-level coverage across Rockefeller Center Plaza with a compact line array system, high-output subs, DSP amplification and RDNet system control.
Text: RCF & SLU - photos: RCF & Various

Robe GigaPointes Electrify ULTRA Europe 2026

For one of Europe’s largest electronic music festivals, 264 Robe fixtures - including 54 laser-source GigaPointes - took center stage at the Main Stage and RESISTANCE stage in Split, Croatia.

Text: Robe – photos by Andro Tasovac, Damira Kalajzic, Julien Duval, @justfabi et Luka Brajkovic 

ETC: David Hilton Succeeds Mark Vassallo as Vice President of Sales

After 28 years leading ETC’s sales organization, Mark Vassallo is retiring and handing over the reins to David Hilton, who has been named Vice President of Sales.
Text & photos: ETC

Lighting the Dance: Samuel Thery Chooses Elation Paragon

To light Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo on their international tour, Technical Director Samuel Thery chose to use the Elation Paragon range of three profile fixtures.

Text: Elation – photos : Ma Bayadère, par Alice Blangero

Lorde’s Ultrasound Tour Brings Intimate Presence to Massive Arenas with L-Acoustics L-ISA

On Lorde’s Ultrasound Tour, Clair Global deploys L-ISA with five L2/L2D Scene arrays, spatialized A10 front-fills, central KS28 subs and Milan-AVB transport for consistent immersive arena coverage.
Texte: L-Acoustics - photos:  L-Acoustics

GigaPointe Robes make STARnacht concerts shine

For the concerts held on the shores of Lake Wörthersee as part of STARnacht in Austria, the service provider Concept Solutions deployed the new GigaPointe laser-source beam fixtures, alongside other Robe luminaires from its rental inventory.

Text: Robe Lighting – photos by Louise Stickland

Kim Asendorf PXL DUO POD 10 2026 Art Basel

Brompton Technology optimizes Kim Asendorf’sDigital Artwork at Art Basel

Brompton Technology’s Tessera LED video processing recently helped bring German visual artist Kim Asendorf’s work *PXL DUO POD* to life at Art Basel Hong Kong.
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