Four Robert Juliat Cyrano 2500w HMI followspots have been added to the lighting inventory of the Chester Fritz Auditorium at the University of North Dakota (UND) in Grand Forks. The 2,300-seat auditorium, named for the investment banker alumnus who helped fund it, hosts UND concert bands, a variety of dance and musical performances, lectures, comics (including Jerry Seinfeld who sold out) and theater. more

Stage Research, Inc., the developer of audio, sound design and lighting software, has released SoftPlot 9.1 updating the lighting design application popular with professionals and students alike. SoftPlot enables users to create light plots and manage paperwork from gel lists to instrument schedules. more

Electrosonic has provided most of the video displays and audio systems in the public areas, exhibit galleries and theaters at the Newseum, which opens in Washington, D.C. in April. The project is among the largest jobs Electrosonic has ever done. more

Unlimited Visibility Lighting Design (UVLD) brought the high-tech mystery of the “CSI� franchise to a corporate show for Best Buy’s Home Theater division with a set lit primarily with energy-efficient LED fixtures. more

Attendees of NAB Show 2008, the “…ONE GLOBAL EVENT for content creators, managers and distributors�, will have the opportunity to scope two brand-new Electrosonic product intros: The ES7000 IPTV Transport Products series and the MS9600 JPEG 2000 2K server. Electrosonic will be exhibiting in booth # SL14708. more

Old Navy marked its rebranding at Fashion Week in New York City with a gala evening at Eyebeam featuring innovative video technology from Scharff Weisberg. About 500 invited guests were in attendance. more

MODE Studios, a creative agency representing a collective of directors and designers, has opened an office in Santa Monica, California. Headed up by partner Matt Skerritt, the new location is expected to primarily serve the music industry with tour and concert design and direction as well as live DVD production. more

Lighting designer Travis Shirley has tapped Coemar Infinity Wash XL fixtures for Enrique Iglesias’s world “Insomniac� tour based on his album of the same name. The international pop singer’s tour began in South Africa and Europe last year and will play South America, Central America, Mexico and the US before heading back to Europe and then the Middle East. more

Clay Paky fixtures are the moving lights of choice for Feld Entertainment, Inc. which is staging the first circus with fully-automated lighting. One of the traveling units comprising the 138th edition of Ringling Bros. And Barnum & Bailey® Circus. The Greatest Show on Earth® has selected Clay Paky lights for its innovative new show which is also the first in the world to employ the Alpha Spot HPE 300 series of compact moving body projectors. more

Electrosonic Systems, Inc. (Electrosonic) has been chosen as Hitachi’s exclusive North American service and support provider for the VisionCube product line. The announcement signifies a new partnership between Electrosonic and Hitachi, and exemplifies Hitachi’s commitment to providing continuous quality support for their products.

“We felt that Electrosonic Systems, with a quality service organization and superior reach, was the right choice to support this product until March 2015,� says Masayoshi Murata, General Manager of Hitachi Data Systems. more