ARMONK, NY – Production Resource Group, L.L.C. (PRG) acquired Showtec Beleuchtungs- und Beschallungs GmbH. Showtec, with headquarters in Cologne, Germany and subsidiaries in Berlin and Munich, will not be re-branded, and Wilfried Schiefer and Ralf Richrath will remain in their present leadership roles.
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DiGiCo announced that it will be using Audinate's Dante digital networking solution and that it would launch two new Dante implemented products at Prolight+Sound. The first new product is an eight channel I/O module for the SD-Rack that lets users drop audio on and off a Dante network for connection to system control, amplifiers and general audio networks. The second is the Dante DMI (DiGiCo Multichannel Interface) card, which can be added to either a D-Rack or SD-Rack and lets users connect the I/O rack, via CAT5, to a standard PC or MAC.
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NEW YORK – Firehouse Productions supported the 26th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, held at the Waldorf Astoria March 14, providing Crown I-Tech HD Amplifiers and JBL VerTec line array loudspeakers. Audio-Technica microphones were prominently featured for the 14th year. Inductees included Alice Cooper, Neil Diamond, Dr. John, Tom Waits and Darlene Love, pictured here.
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PHOENIX – Precise Corporate Staging (PCS) named Gary Brunclik head of its recently-formed entertainment division. Brunclik has been involved in the live entertainment industry since he started working for Clearwing Productions in the 1980s. He also worked as an audio engineer for eight years, working with Soul Asylum, Matthew Sweet, Five for Fighting, and the BoDeans, among others. He returned to Clearwing in 1995, where he managed live entertainment productions including Summerfest in Milwaukee.
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NEW YORK – Firehouse Productions supplied Crown I-Tech HD Amplifiers and JBL VerTec line array loudspeakers for the 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Ceremony, which took place March 14 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
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HUDSON, OH – Hudson United Methodist Church musical director Leigh Conti is now using Astatic's 1700VP remote variable pattern boom-mounted microphone to enhance live and recorded audio quality for two weekly services – a traditional service with piano and organ and a more contemporary presentation with electric instruments.
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NASHVILLE – Cam Beachley, monitor engineer for Carrie Underwood and French rocker Johnny Hallyday, is now using Type 10 and Type 10S direct boxes from Countryman Associates to enhance the sound quality from acoustic stringed instruments.
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Ricky's Audio Corporation used Harman JBL VerTec and VRX line array systems for musicians entertaining some 15,000 runners and walkers participating in Puerto Rico's annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. The event, held recently at the Coliseum of Puerto Rico in San Juan, raised awareness and funds for breast cancer research.
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IRVINE, CA – With an assist from CCI Solutions, Mariners Church met both the FCC's recent mandate and its own growing needs with Shure UHF-R and PSM900 wireless systems for its 3,400-seat main sanctuary in Irvine, CA; other locations in Mission Viejo and Huntington Beach, CA; and for future expansion over the next few years.
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BEMIDJI, MN – Opened in late 2010, the Bemidji Regional Event Center (BREC) is an 185,000 square-foot multi-purpose facility with an arena and exhibition space. The arena seats 4,700 for ice hockey but can accommodate up to 6,000 for concert events. The venue is the new home to the Division 1 Bemidji State University men's and women's hockey teams.
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GAINESVILLE, GA – Danley Sound Labs announced the availability of its new amplifier and DSP products, including the Danley DSLA amplifier and the Danley DSLP48 sound processor with DSP functionality.
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RIO RANCHO, NM – Lectrosonics, founded in Albuquerque, NM by company president Larry Fisher in 1971, is celebrating 40 years of growth this year – significantly, "with no acquisitions and no mergers," Fisher noted.
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