Lex Products Donates Portion of Proceeds to Behind the Scenes

We love hearing news like this.  Since last LDI, Lex Products has been donating portion of the first year’s sales of the 6 Circuit Live Tester to ESTA’s Behind the Scenes.  Since that first year ends this LDI in Orlando, Lex has decided to extend this giving until the end of 2009.
This gives you two [...]

ESTA Puts BSR E1.28, Followspot Position Standards Up for Public Review

Late last week, ESTA put the BSR E1.28 document on Followspot Positions up for Public Review and commenting on the TSP or Technical Standards Program website.  Members and industry professionals are encouraged to download, read and review the document and submit any additions or changes they feel the standard might benefit from.
If you do have [...]

Now PLASA and ESTA Intend to Merge

Not to long ago, ESTA and PERA announced that they will be merging together.  Seems like that wasn’t the end of it.  ESTA, (The Entertainment Services & Technology Association) and now PLASA, (Professional Lighting and Sound Association), have announced that they too will be merging and combining forces! More from the Press Release:

PLASA (headquartered in [...]

Long Reach Long Rides Meet and Exceed Goals

The Long Reach Long Riders announce the successful completion of their 6th annual charity motorcycle ride. The 2009 ride raised over $42,000.00 for the ESTA Foundation’s Behind the Scenes program and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, making it the second largest amount raised to date. The combined LRLR total raised since the first ride in [...]

ESTA Announces eSET Portal

The ESTA Foundation has launched a new site geared towards providing entry level entertainment technicians a educational portal to learn and better understand terms and fundamentals within the entertainment industry.
The Essential Skills for the Entertainment Technician (eSET) goals are to provide technicians with knowledge and skills to function across all fields of the entertainment industry [...]

New ESTA Protocol Magazine Out

Right before we left for our nice long memorial day weekend, we received the latest issue of ESTA’s Protocol magazine in the mail. While relaxing in the shade, we had a chance to read the magazine from cover to cover.
The cover article, ACN and RDM, Working together to add real value, caught our eye and [...]

ESTA Rock Our World Awards Open for Nominations

Have you seen a new product that you knew would change the industry, or one that was so simple but so brilliant you couldn’t imagine why it hadn’t been done before? Have you seen a product used in a way that was truly remarkable in its application, whether simple or complex? Have you seen a [...]

ESTA And PERA Announce Intent to Merge

ESTA (The Entertainment Services & Technology Association) and PERA (The Production Equipment Rental Association) have recently announced plans to join forces.  Read more from the Press Release:
NEW YORK, NY –– The Entertainment Services and Technology Association (ESTA) and the Production Equipment Rental Association (PERA) today announced an agreement to merge, subject to final ratification. Under [...]

New Nonprofit: Institute for Feedback Excellence

We received a press release on the announcement of a new Nonprofit organization called the Institute for Feedback Excellence.  The Institute was organized by join ventures from Enttec, Martin Professional and Wybron to Harmonize the use of feedback protocols in entertainment lighting.  The IFE was established to standardize the RDM or Remote Device Management protocol [...]

Lights, Bikes and Charity… Oh My!

If you are into bike, lights and helping out your fellow man, you may want to check out the Long Reach Long Riders cross country charity ride. We aren’t talking about your huffy bike here, we are talking talking road hogs, choppers or any other name you can think of for motorcycles.
The goal of the [...]

JR Clancy Rigging Report – November 2008

In the November issue of the JR Clancy Rigging Report, JR Clancy pledged their support to “Behind the Scenes” campaign.  If you did not know what “Behind the Scenes” is, it is a charity fund helping support entertinment industry professionals with financial support if they become ill or injured on the job.  JR Clancy provides [...]