Cali Beach, Australia’s first luxury beachside rooftop precinct, opened up in Surfers Paradise. AV Integrators The Prestige Group have been engaged to deliver a first class AV system for this unique landmark venue, choosing VuePix Infiled LED screens, Acme Lighting fixtures and DJ power stage effects as a perfect mix to pump up everyone coming to soak up the beachside vibes & enjoy world-class entertainment. Cali Beach is Australia’s first luxury beachside rooftop precinct and is unlike any other venue in Australia. The brand-new entertainment destination towers four stories above street level and is spread over an expansive 5,000 square…
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Looking towards a bright future for the entertainment technology industry in 2022, ADJ has announced a series of innovative product releases. These include a new flagship for the extremely popular Focus Series of LED-powered moving heads, the Focus Profile, as well as a colour-mixing Fresnel fixture which delivers a high CRI from an extremely efficient LED light engine, the Encore FR Pro Color. The brightest and most feature-rich Focus Series fixture to date, the Focus Profile is a professional caliber automated profile luminaire designed for theatrical, concert touring and event production applications. It features a potent 400W LED engine, with…
November 21 2021 sees Ayrton celebrate its 20th anniversary. “When Ayrton was created, we didn’t know at the time, but we were going to revolutionise the world of lighting with a totally disruptive concept, digital lighting,” said Ayrton Founder, Yvan Péard. “Over the past 20 years we have created more than 70 extraordinary digital luminaires that are as innovative as they are effective. We are very proud of our achievements and the way we continue to lead the way, pushing technology and design to the limits. This year we are celebrating 20 years of passion, creation and design; 20 years…
Elation Professional has launched Proteus Rayzor Edge and Proteus Rayzor Blade – a striking visual combination of linear wash, high-intensity strobe line and SparkLED FX housed in a compact IP65 linear fixture design. Envisioned to provide the designer unlimited creative control of powerful colours and high-powered strobe effects from a single unit, they allow unlimited placement in any outdoor and indoor environment, greatly enhancing their capabilities. Protected from dust and water ingress, they are part of Elation’s industry-leading Proteus range of outdoor luminaires, matching colours and SparkLED effects with the popular Proteus Rayzor 760. Driven by six or 12 independently controlled…
PK Sound has launched its newly redesigned website at www.pksound.ca. The new site showcases the company’s official rebranding, including a refreshed logo and vision statement, along with its expanded core system offering. Both the reimagined brand and website premiered with a well-received global livestream on 15 November 2021. “When the pandemic hit, we had two choices: to sit on our hands and hope to wait out the storm, or to face it head-on by buckling down, investing in ourselves, and pushing through to the other side,” commented PK Sound CEO, Jeremy Bridge. “I truly believe it’s times like these that define companies.…
HARMAN Professional Solutions has announced a partnership to integrate Panopto’s video management platform with AMX control systems and Modero touch panels. Panopto is the leading video management system, known for making it easy to securely record, manage and share videos. The new software integration gives AMX users the freedom to interact with Panopto using AMX control solutions and Modero touch panels. “Integrating AMX control systems and Panopto’s easy-to-use video recording and management capabilities opens up a world of possibilities for higher education and corporate applications, all without complicating anything for the end user,” said Jamie Trader, Vice President, Video &…
Hosting everything from livestock shows and corporate meetings to concerts, the county fair, and more, the Canadian County Expo and Event Center is the central hub for a wide range of cultural, business, and entertainment events in the greater El Reno and surrounding area. The new facility required a quality audio system that could serve the various functions with high caliber sound. This resulted in a substantial number of loudspeaker systems drawn from the Event, Artec, and OVI catalogs of Valencia, Spain-based DAS Audio. Titan Audio Visual of Oklahoma City, OK, an audio, video, and lighting design / build firm…
The world-renowned Vienna State Opera House in Austria – also home to the Vienna State Ballet – has invested in new Robe FORTE HCR LED moving lights and FORTE HCR FollowSpots, selecting the high CRI LED engine option for these powerful fixtures which utilise Robe’s unique TE (TRANSFERABLE ENGINE) technology. TE is a powerful, intelligent, and eco-friendly lighting solution enabling different engines – high powered, high CRI, ‘tungsten’ etc., – to be used in the same fixtures. They can be changed quickly and easily in 5 – 7 minutes. Vienna State Opera purchased 10 FORTE HCR luminaires and four FORTE…
ADJ will bring the entertainment lighting, LED video and pro audio solutions to its end users, stockists and lighting enthusiasts with the second rendition of its Reunited Thru Light Tour. Hitting cities across the USA over the coming months, these road show events will offer attendees the opportunity to meet in person once again and see an exclusive preview of ADJ’s latest fixtures set to hit the market. Following a hugely successful first leg, the Reunited Thru Light Tour is set to return – bigger and better – as the industry looks towards a brighter future in 2022. This second phase will feature a…
Hailed as one of the most impressive tech overhauls seen in education in Europe, the historic and internationally recognised Geschwister-Scholl-Gymnasium (GSG) in Velbert, western Germany, has installed almost 100 new Philips interactive digital displays and monitors to revolutionise the way it teaches and communicates with its students. With 720 students and 55 teachers, GSG carries the name of iconic anti-war activists Sophie and Hans Scholl – brother and sister, and founders of the now revered ‘White Rose’ movement – a resistance group set up in 1942 and run by students at the University of Munich to decry Nazi crimes and…
