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Bertrand Billon, new Nexo STM Series engineering support specialist
NEXO just expanded its Engineering Support Division with the appointment of Bertrand Billon. He will assume special responsibility for the company’s top-of-the-range modular line array systems, the STM Series.
La Fête des Vignerons Part 2: The people in the shadows
Vignerons Part 2. Let's meet the data controllers, comm experts and timing managers in order to understand the challenges of intercom, signal topography, network administration and show control. An invisible world that only reveals itself if there is a technical problem
Stardraw.com reaches 1,000th manufacturer milestone
Software provider Stardraw.com announces the addition of the 1,000th manufacturer to the library of their award-winning design and documentation software, Stardraw Design 7, currently in release version 7.3.
135 Proteus secure Eric Church concert in Nashville
Country music star Eric Church played, last spring, his first stadium headlining performance. Lighting and production designer Butch Allen specified 135 Elation Professional IP65 Proteus Hybrids™ to fill the stadium in beams.
Lancelot Performes at BYU-I
Brigham Young University-Idaho (BYU-I) invests in Robert Juliat Lancelot 4000W followspots for its 3 theatres. Formerly known as Ricks College, BYU-I offers programmes in liberal arts, including engineering, sciences, agriculture, management and the performing arts.
HDL 50 upgrade kit 4K from RCF
The HDL 50-A 4K is the most powerful HDL line array module from RCF with an internal amplifier pushing 8000 Watt peak power. The good news is that this amplifier module is also available as an upgrade kit for current HDL 50-A owners to turn it into a genuine 4K system.
Tellson James use Hog 4 on Mark Knopfler’s Tour
Tellson James use a Hog 4 lighting console from High End to drive lighting fixtures of the Mark Knopfler’s “Down The Road Wherever Tour 2019.
CLF Lighting at Untold Festival
Untold, one of the world’s best and biggest dance festivals was recently produced in Romania. This Festival attracts people from all over the world, by its bill of leading artists. The mainstage located inside the Cluj Arena stadium were designed with a lot of CLF fixtures.
Le Vieux-Colombier in Paris Installs an Amadeus Immersive Sound System
Comédie Française's second theatre just underwent an in-depth overhaul of its scenographic infrastructure, with a completely redesigned sound system implemented by Paris-based Amadeus with its HOLOPHONIX processor.
Alex Reardon chooses Ayrton Khamsins for Jonas Brothers Tour
After 10-year hiatus the Jonas Brothers have embarked on a new world tour: 74 dates in North America and 16 in Europe, in support of their fifth studio album. Accompanying the Happiness Begins tour are some 200 LED profile fixtures Ayrton Khamsin.
Turbo boost by ETC
On the ETC booth, the new High End TurboRay and SolaWash 1000 High End took advantage of the London season launch to step on the launch pad, while the ETC "Augment3d" concept won a PLASA Awards for Innovation rewarding its version 3.0 release.
Louder and clearer with Nexo and Yamaha in Japan’s Toyota Stadium
As one of Japan’s host venues for the Rugby World Cup, the Toyota Stadium in Toyota City is gaining a very high international profile for its newly-installed NEXO GEO S12-ST line array sound system.
Vari-Lite for everyone
Under the ‘Signify’ banner, Vari-Lite continues to re-build up its legend. After two acclaimed flagships, the VL10 and the VL6000, Vari-Lite launched at Plasa 2019 the VL800 ProPAR, EventWash et EventPAR series, for tightest budgets.
Ayrton Karif-LT, first hybrid Beam of the Multi Twenty One
Ayrton's first Ayrton Hybrid Beam to come out in the marathon of Ayrton Multi Twenty-One product launches, Karif comprises a 300W LED engine and an impressive 3° to 42° optical system.
Finnish National Opera completes major Hippotizer upgrade
Green Hippo, creator of tools for the real-time manipulation of video for the AV industries, has announced the upgraded of the Finnish National Opera & Ballet (FNOB) stock of Green Hippo media server with the company’s latest Hippotizer V4 systems.