Dennis Dillinger has returned to Brightline as the global product manager for desktop lighting solutions, effective Sept. 7. Based in San Diego, he is focused on sales efforts for the ZELo and desktop studio lighting solutions.

Dillinger previously worked with Brightline as its western regional sales manager. Most recently, he spent more than four years as the district manager for western states for Yamaha Commercial Audio. He has also held sales management roles with RGB Spectrum and Premier Mounts, among others.

“ZELo has become a very popular product for us, but it’s also a unique part of the professional lighting space. We’ve brought Dennis back into the fold to grow this particular market segment,” said Kathy Katz, Brightline managing partner. “His knowledge of the industry will help us maximize our potential across the corporate and professional video spaces.”

Joey Clayton has joined Brightline, a leading manufacturer of video lighting systems, as sales operation manager, effective Aug. 23. Based out of the company’s main offices in Bridgeville, she will be responsible for organizing order logistics and post-order customer communication for the company. Erin Nath, who previously served as sales operation manager for Brightline, has been promoted to AV account manager.

Tiffen announces that new Blender® XL LED lights are now shipping. The bi-color Blender XL puts out a tunable narrow flood beam—up to four times brightness of a traditional 1x1 panel light—yet its durable metal housing is compact enough to hold in one hand. It’s a soft light with punch, ready to be dialed to an infinite choice of color temperatures for diverse location uses.

Long Island City, New York is the site of the first-purpose built Carstage state-of-the-art LED vehicle process stage www.thecarstage.com/reel. The permanent virtual environment facility is fully equipped with expansive movable LED walls and proprietary technology allowing clients to produce live, fully composed sequences through their own cameras—with ease, on the spot.

Wooden Camera, the Dallas-based designer and manufacturer of professional camera accessories, is now shipping theUltra QR Articulating Monitor Mount, a quick-release solution designed to support up to 45 pounds and easily integrate with select SmallHD production monitors.

ACT Entertainment, the new entity formed by the ACT Lighting, RapcoHorizon and AC Power Distribution brands, announces the appointment of David Johnson to the new post of Senior Vice President Sales. Johnson is well known for managing the Live Design International (LDI) franchise.

As Senior Vice President Sales, Johnson will focus on several key areas. He will support the entire sales team as they integrate the multiple disciplines of the company and identify cross-sales opportunities. He will also liaise with top lighting designers to help them realize their creative visions and work with the entire ACT family to identify and execute long-term goals in order to better serve the market and grow the business.

Most recently, Johnson was Managing Director of Informa, managing multiple event/digital

brands in the entertainment technology market, including the LDI, XLive and WFX trade shows.

Wooden Camera, the Dallas-based designer and manufacturer of professional camera accessories, is now shipping a full range of custom kits and accessories for the Panasonic LUMIX BGH1.

Every tier of these production-ready kits features the compact, low-profile, Panasonic BGH1 Camera Cage alongside a new Mini Top Handle (3/8"-16) and LW 15mm Baseplate. Options include three new universal utility pieces that can be used on any rig: a new and improved bolt-on ARRI Rosette (3/8"-16), a compact Tilt Monitor Hinge (3/8"-16) and the Mini Top Handle (3/8"-16).

Mo-Sys™ Engineering, (www.mo-sys.com), world leader in virtual production and image robotics, has supplied the brand-new Mo-Sys VP Pro XR extended reality server as well as StarTracker camera tracking to ARRI for its new studio in Uxbridge, west of London, making them the first user of this innovative technology.

Brightline today announced it is now shipping the new Lupo Dayled 1000 and 2000 Dual Color PRO LED Fresnels. Designed for studio and location shoots, the new models offer variable color temperature and built-in DMX, and can be powered with mains or batteries.