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02 April 2025

Canada - Matrox Video has announced that Pixotope has integrated its DSX LE5 network interface cards (NICs) to enable SMPTE ST 2110 support across its XR, VS/AR and CG graphics licences.

The ST 2110 standard is field-proven and continuously evolving. Matrox ST 2110 network adapters provide a comprehensive solution for building reliable and scalable COTS-based IP infrastructures, supporting 10 GbE, 25 GbE, and 100 GbE networks. Matrox ST 2110 NICs offload all packet processing required for ST 2110-20, ST 2110-30, ST 2110-31 and ST 2110-40, and ST 2022-7 redundancy to free up system resources.

This new integration allows Pixotope customers to add ST 2110 support to existing or new solutions, enabling Broadcast CG, Virtual Studio and Augmented Reality workflows over IP infrastructure. Pixotope used the Matrox DSX Software Development Kit (SDK) alongside

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01 April 2025

UK - DiGiCo has released software Version 20 for all Quantum and SD-Range consoles.

The new V20 software update, available for download from the dedicated support section of www.DiGiCo.biz in early April, is equipped with a host of new features, notably including direct Fourier Audio integration for all Quantum console worksurfaces. Users can simply connect their desk to the transform.engine’s control network to synchronise session files and snapshots as well as see and control plugins on their console touchscreen.

Soloing a channel with a Fourier chain inserted displays the plugin chain on the master screen of the console. All of the visual processing is done within the transform.engine, taking no processing power from the console. From this panel, parameters can now be controlled using the touchscreen and the touch turn dial, where this functiona

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01 April 2025

UK - Van Damme’s latest tour-proven solutions are raising expectations for what can be achieved with LMR cables. Following an intensive period of R&D, combined with road-testing on demanding global tours, the VDC240 and VDC400 have been shown to offer the same performance as traditional LMR cables, but with increased flexibility and at a fraction of the cost, says the company.

“All tour professionals know that LMR cables are industry standard for RF transmission but come at an incredibly expensive price,” says Herpreet Kaur Singh, commercial director at Van Damme. “We were certain that there were ways to deliver the performance that is demanded in the industry without the eye-watering prices, so we set about proving it.”

The manufacturer’s technical team spent over a year finding the right components to deliver an LMR cable that would

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31 March 2025

Europe - Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, the 2025 edition of the exhibition will provide an appropriate platform for ADJ Lighting to showcase its latest innovations. As ADJ marks its own 40-year anniversary, the company is set to present an array of products, including automated luminaires and visually impactful static fixtures.

Visitors to Prolight+Sound 2025 will have the opportunity to experience firsthand the Vizi Pix Z19, the versatile Hydro Flex L7 and Hydro Flex L19, the powerful 40 HEX Panel IP, the retro-inspired Vintage X and Vintage Bar, and the innovative Encore DBX blinder.

Bringing a modern twist to classic lighting aesthetics, the Vintage X and Vintage Bar fixtures blend powerful amber blinder LEDs with RGB backlighting for dynamic visual impact.

Expanding ADJ’s renowned Hydro Series, the Hydro Flex L19 and Hydro

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31 March 2025

USA - DPA Microphones will present a wide array of product advancements at NAB 2025 (Booth N767). Included among these is its Core+ technology. The company will also showcase MicroLock, a microphone connector with a newly developed locking mechanism and compact design compatible with a variety of wireless systems.

DPA’s new 2061 Omnidirectional Miniature Microphone, a high-quality, easy-to-use solution that is great for any live or recording application, will also be available at the show. Finally, the company will also present solutions from its recently acquired brand, Austrian Audio, which will be exhibiting at NAB for the first time.

“DPA has been leading the charge with a wide array of new technologies since last year, and we are excited to showcase these solutions to NAB 2025 attendees,” says Christopher Spahr, vice-president of sales and

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28 March 2025

Europe - At Prolight + Sound 2025, the Obsidian Control Systems team will be highlighting the latest Onyx lighting control innovations, including the first look at a new Onyx control product engineered to simplify programming and allow for quicker, more intuitive show design. Designers, programmers, and operators are invited to explore the new control solutions and all the latest innovations from Obsidian at Stand B49/C49 in Hall 12.1.

Obsidian will share the latest in its popular and award-winning line of Netron data distribution products. The Netron NS8 is a compact network switch featuring eight gigabit ports and PoE/PoE+ support, designed to distribute data and power to Netron nodes or any other PoE-compatible network appliance. Its IP version, the Netron NS8 IP, is part of the "world’s first IP66 range of data distribution devices for entertainment ap

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28 March 2025

USA - The Maverick Storm 1 Flex is the latest addition to the celebrated Maverick Storm family. The new, fully-featured IP65 rated spot/beam/wash projects a totally solid, flat even field of light from its LED engine, which is used instead of a lamp, so there are absolutely no ugly hotspots, even at the most narrow zoom. That makes this fixture well-suited to address an issue commonly faced in broadcast applications in addition to excelling on tours.

Regardless of whether it's an ultra-tight beam or a wide spot, the Maverick Storm 1 Flex with its advanced lens technology projects a consistently even field light that makes it easy to blend multiple units of this fixture together for beautifully balanced aerial or textured wall effects.

Thanks to its balanced hotspot-free light, this versatile fixture can produce sharp, crisp gobos (both static and rot

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28 March 2025

UK - Broadweigh has launched the Wireless Handheld Display Standard (BW-HK-S), a new tool for riggers and technicians working in the high-pressure world of live production. Fully compatible with Broadweigh’s trusted wireless ecosystem, the BW-HK-S delivers instant, on-the-ground access to real-time load and environmental data - keeping crews connected to what matters most, when it matters most.

Designed with the challenges of arenas, festivals, and theatres in mind, the device can receive live data from up to 12 wireless load cells or anemometers at once. Housed in a rugged IP67-rated enclosure with a high-grip finish, it’s ready for the toughest working conditions - whether you’re crawling through a grid in a dark theatre or working FOH at a stadium show.

Tom Lilly, product manager at Broadweigh, said: “The BW-HK-S enhances our system by giv

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27 March 2025

USA - Pharos Architectural Controls is set to continue its busy schedule of industry events, with the announcement that it will be returning to Las Vegas for this year’s LightFair show in May.

Pharos will be on stand 1842 to meet delegates and showcase a raft of important updates to its product offering, with a particular focus on Pharos Expert.

The team will be demonstrating the latest changes to the Expert range, including additional capability to support the Pharos RIO G4 – a four-port gateway which now adds convenient Ethernet-distributed DMX ports to an Expert system. The show will also offer the chance for Pharos to showcase its latest improvements to Expert software, including RDM (Remote Device Management) fixture status monitoring and support for luminaires with extended parameters, such as focus, zoom and gobo.

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26 March 2025

Europe - ETC is gearing up to return to Frankfurt for Prolight + Sound 2025, taking place from 8-11 April at Messe Frankfurt. In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the company will be showing a series of new and established products, showcasing its commitment to advancing technology and lighting solutions.

ETC European marketing manager Rosi Marx comments: “ETC’s 50th anniversary marks a major milestone in the company’s history. We’ve continued to evolve and develop new products, and this year’s show will reflect this with our new offering. We are incredibly proud of the journey ETC has been on over the last 50 years, and we’re looking forward to celebrating this achievement with our customers and partners at Prolight + Sound.”

In Frankfurt, ETC will present its latest product releases and celebrate its 50th anniversary throughout the

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26 March 2025

Europe - Chauvet Professional has been marketing its celebrated line of fixtures under the banner Finally True Colours ReveaLED. The company will be impressing with another kind of "reveal" at Prolight + Sound, as it introduces an array of new products at Stand E21.

This year's Prolight + Sound will mark the first major showing of three Chauvet Professional products that are ‘certain to change the equation in entertainment lighting in 2025 and beyond’.

Heading the list is the new Maverick Storm 1 Flex. Unveiled just weeks ago in late March, this fully featured spot/beam/wash powerhouse distinguishes itself (and opens new creative vistas for designers) by projecting flat, even fields of white and coloured light from its LED source, including true reds, with absolutely no hotspots.

The Maverick Storm 1 Flex has a massive zoom range

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26 March 2025

Europe - Elation has announced the release of the KL Core IP, the newest addition to its KL 'Key Light' Series of LED luminaires. Built to withstand the demands of today’s fast-paced and light-critical environments, the KL Core IP is a configurable, broadcast-quality LED source that can be adapted as an ellipsoidal, Fresnel or monolight.

The KL Core IP is particularly well-suited for outdoor applications, thanks to its rugged, IP65-rated design that ensures durability in various weather conditions. Offering studio-quality illumination, the fixture excels in outdoor film sets, TV studios, theatres, and live productions. Its versatile design meets the stringent demands of on-camera production, delivering precise, high-output light that is adaptable to a wide range of lighting setups. Its colour rendering, reliability, and remarkable flexibility make it a gre

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25 March 2025

Europe - Following the launch and immediate success of the all-new Veloce Profile, Ayrton is proud to unveil Veloce Wash, the fourth luminaire in the “Ultimate” family.

Like all Ultimate series luminaires, Veloce Wash is a versatile tool designed to perform in all conditions – indoors, outdoors, and even in coastal environments. Built on the advanced principle of perfect scalability, this ultra-compact luminaire pushes the boundaries of integration with a sealed 850W high-efficiency LED module, calibrated at 6500K, delivering a powerful 40,000-lumen output. With an optimal black body positioning, it ensures perfect light neutrality.

The use of lightweight aluminium components significantly reduces weight, achieving the best weight-to-power ratio on the market, without resorting to costly or unstable special alloys. Weighing just 39kg, Veloce Wa

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25 March 2025

Europe - Elation turned heads at LDI 2024 in December with its Experience Tomorrow innovations. Now, the company is inviting lighting professionals to Hall 12.1, Stand B49/C49 at the Prolight + Sound tradeshow in Frankfurt (April 8-11), where visitors can discover the future of lighting technology by exploring Elation’s latest advancements in professional lighting.

Elation will showcase new product lines including Paragon, Elation’s new flagship automated lighting series and winner of the Best Debuting Product Award at LDI. With the ability to fulfil multiple fixture roles in a single design, TruTone variable CRI technology, and weatherproof IP54 rating, Paragon enables more refined creative expression, standing as the new standard in professional lighting.

Also new is the first luminaire in a bolder breed of intelligent lighting, Rebel.

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25 March 2025

Europe - Robert Juliat returns to Prolight+Sound Frankfurt in the Lightpower Village (Hall 12.0, Stand C60) to showcase its latest LED followspots, profiles and Fresnels, with innovative, versatile, quality lighting solution for venues of all sizes.

The latest addition to the Robert Juliat LED range of followspots, Lexie, which was launched last month, will be on show for the first time in Germany. Compact in size, comparable to the Roxie model, yet with a more powerful output, Lexie followspot (1176) features a 420W LED engine delivering approximately 15,000 lumens with a crisp 6500K cool white source. It presents a plug-and-play solution which is very easy to use, with easy, smooth dimming and iris control, making it very attractive to universities and schools.

The 825W cool white LED Tristan followspot, makes its return with new enhanced functiona

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25 March 2025

USA - Christie and Dolby Laboratories have announced their renewed collaboration to develop the next generation of Dolby Vision laser projection systems, which will begin rolling out into theatres in May.

This next-generation Dolby Vision projection system will build on the moviegoing experience that filmmakers, moviegoers and exhibitors have come to expect since Dolby Cinema was introduced 10 years ago. With more than twice the brightness of typical cinema presentations, and a contrast ratio well exceeding a million-to-one, moviegoers will experience the brightest whites, darkest blacks, and the finest details in between.

For highly saturated and real-life colours, this new 4K projection system will use RGB pure laser illumination to enable Dolby’s Wide Color Gamut 1.0 — which is nearly twice the colour gamut of Rec. 709 and 122% of DCI-P3-capab

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24 March 2025

USA - Harman Professional Solutions has announced the launch of its Martin Exterior Projection Pro Compact, an outdoor image projector designed to inspire captivating creativity and versatility across a diverse range of architectural, façade, and landscape applications.

Featuring a modular design with 11 configurable options and up to four layers of effects, including precise façade framing, the fixture offers a broad spectrum of creative possibilities while minimising complexity and cost. Its compact footprint and lightweight design facilitate pole mounting and seamless integration into various setups, delivering multiple application possibilities. The fixture’s sleek, professional appearance ensures it blends effortlessly into any environment.

The built-in zoom system enables precision adjustment of the projection angle from 15° to 45°, suppo

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24 March 2025

Europe - With the new JDC Burst 1, GLP offers a significantly more powerful strobe/wash hybrid. Inspired by the innovative technology of the new JDC2 IP, and building on the success of the JDC1, the JDC Burst 1 delivers ‘an impressive blend of power, colour intensity, and flexibility’.

The JDC Burst 1, with its segmented, controllable white strobe line that's 10% brighter than the JDC1, delivers punch and impressive strobe effects.

In addition to the white strobe line, the JDC Burst 1 features two powerful RGBW LED plates, offering significantly improved colour performance compared to the JDC1. As GLP's first hybrid strobe with RGBW LED plates, the Burst 1 enables not only rich, vibrant colours but also delicate pastel tones to be achieved. The RGBW plates are also precisely controllable in 20 x 240 RGBW pixels (divided into 12 x 4 segments of 5

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24 March 2025

Europe - Leyard Europe has announced the expansion of the popular DirectLight family with the DirectLight Slim Series. Launched at ISE 2025, the Made in Europe Series features an ultra-thin, narrow width form factor. The new fine pixel pitch MicroLED video wall display accommodates curved and space-constrained applications that benefit from its unique form factor, including control rooms, broadcast studios, virtual production, extended reality, simulation and training, research and more.

Offering an installation depth of less than two inches, the new DirectLight Slim Series is suitable for tightly curved video walls with the solution’s reduced width delivering minimal colour shift compared to other LED displays. The series is also well-suited for flat video walls in tight spaces because of its minimum depth and front serviceability. Models feature MicroLED

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24 March 2025

USA - DirectOut is announcing the RAV.IO and RAV.SRC.IO 256 channel-mode upgrade and the NMOS Out-of-Band (NMOS OOB) network functionality upgrade at NAB 2025. For the first time in the USA, DirectOut will also offer visitors the opportunity to view the brand-new Dual Network Audio Modules.

The new mode will double the capacity of the network audio module. The module-bound licence upgrade means that licences can be installed on multiple host devices and will automatically activate only when the licensed RAV.SRC.IO or RAV.IO module is inserted. This increases the flexibility and performance of the Ravenna stack, being able to max out physical limits, while saving budget for increasing demands.

DirectOut’s HD SRC is also available on board RAV.SRC.IO, ensuring seamless operation across clock boundaries while maintaining signal integrity with just one

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20 March 2025

Hungary - Lightware has announced the launch of the Taurus UCX-1x1-C40 – a docking station designed to transform hybrid collaboration. As organisations continue to embrace hybrid work environments, ensuring seamless communication between in-office and remote teams is more critical than ever. The Taurus Smart Dock provides a powerful, flexible solution to enable high-quality video, audio, and control signals to flow effortlessly between devices, regardless of the user's location.

The Taurus Smart Dock offers ‘exceptional performance’, enabling smooth video conferencing, high-definition media sharing, and intuitive device integration for teams working both in-office and remotely. Designed with reliability in mind, it ensures that meetings run without technical disruptions, contributing to greater productivity and streamlined communication. Its plug-and-p

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19 March 2025

Germany - One of Sennheiser’s best-known microphones, the MKH 416 P48 shotgun microphone, celebrates its golden jubilee this year. For 50 years, the MKH 416 has accompanied broadcasters, filmmakers, voice-over artists, and content creators; it has been used in studios and in the field. Mounted onto a boom pole, a stand or a camera, its job has been to stay outside the camera angle while gracefully capturing sound with clarity and impact.

To celebrate its golden jubilee, this classic mic is offered with a 15% anniversary discount at participating Sennheiser dealers and – where available – the company’s website in April.

Time travelling to the 1970s, the name of Manfred Hibbing is firmly linked with this milestone product. When the young engineer joined Sennheiser, his first task was to design the MKH 416 P48 on the basis of the MKH 415 T. The

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19 March 2025

Czech Republic - Professionals around the world rely on TAF’s Pre-Rig Truss 1 & 2 for convenient storage, trouble-free transport, and reliable support of their moving heads and other fixtures. Both models feature an open bottom section for hanging larger fixtures and are stackable for optimising space during storage and transport. Trouble-free attachment of a dolly provides you with convenient wheeled transfer to/from storage, truck, and event.

Their versatile fork connection system, which comes with a connection kit as standard, provides a range of connection and orientation options:

- Pre-Rig Truss 1 forks can be rotated for vertical or horizontal orientation.

- Pre-Rig Truss 2 forks can be extended up to 65mm (2.55") and allow for 0°-12° fork angles, without the need for corners or additional accessories.

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18 March 2025

UK - The Canto series of installation loudspeakers is now available in the UK through the Italian manufacturer’s British distribution partner, FBT Audio (UK). The product was initially launched at the 2024 edition of ISE before shipping towards the end of the year and is now available in the UK for the first time.

The Canto family has been designed, engineered and manufactured in Italy to be a versatile range of installation loudspeakers capable of delivering high-quality sound across a variety of environments. Engineered with FBT's commitment to exceptional clarity, these speakers are ideal for venues requiring reliable and immersive sound reinforcement.

The six-member family offers a variety of solutions. The Canto 3CT is the smallest member of the series featuring a 3” woofer and a 0.6” tweeter. The two-way coaxial passive speaker with 100V/