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UK - The 78th Royal Variety Performance was broadcast on BBC1 on 12 December 2006. Held at the Coliseum in London in the presence of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales and Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall, it is an annual gala charity event in aid of the Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund.

The show contained an illustrious line up from the worlds of Theatre, Television, comedy and music, such as Wicked, Sound of Music, Spamalot, Avenue Q, Rod Stewart, Barry Manilow, Sugababes and Take That, as well as big production pieces staged especially for the show.

Bernie Davis was the lighting designer for the show and it was his seventh year lighting the Royal Variety Performance. All the lighting was supplied by ELP Lighting at Pinewood Studios an

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USA - As of 1 January 2007, all orders for True Systems products are to be placed directly with True Systems through its Tucson, Arizona headquarters. Sennheiser Electronic Corporation (SEC) is no longer the exclusive US distributor for True.

Tim Spencer, president and chief engineer of True Systems, commented: "SEC has done a great job opening the door for our products in the live sound and recording industries. Today, with True Systems in the driver's seat, we intend to build a closer connection to our dealers in addition to offering direct in-house technical support and service to our end users. With fewer steps in the distribution chain, True is capable of improving core product features in a timely manner, adding value to the line by lowering prices across the board and improving our connection to end users."

The new pricing structure goes into effect on 15 Janu

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USA - Bandit recently provided lighting for the NASCAR Nextel Cup SeriesAwards Ceremony, held at the Waldorf-Astoria's Grand Ballroom in New York City, NY.Speed broadcasted the live awards ceremony pre-show while TNT aired the ceremony.Comedian, Jay Mohr, co-hosted the evening and singer, Jewel, provided the musicalentertainment.

Lighting designer, Jason Robinson, chose equipment that included PAR 64s, Lycian M2 Spots, MAC 250s and 600s, Vari*Lite 3000 Spots, PixelRange Pixelines and ETC Source Fours. Lighting was controlled by two Whole Hog IIs and two Compulite Reds.

Co-production manager, Steve Hoover, said that the VL 3000s, MAC 600s and PixelRangePixelines all acted, in part, as the heart of the show. The VL 3000s served to paint theceiling, while the MAC 600s were a base color wash for the entire set. The PixelLines added an element of versatility that allowed Robinson t

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Indochine X PixMob Fan Immersion

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's - 40 thousand LED pixels on a ceiling!!! Indochine's whirlwind tour transports fans to another level of the live experience - immersing them from floor to ceiling with PixMob's X4 wristbands, and an LED ceiling made entirely of its NOVA Minis! With the vision of Indochine's creative team, PixMob used its LED fan-technology to turn attendees and venues into an ocean of effects, and a starry sky of LED magic. Très très cool!

Read more about the Indochine tour in the latest issue of LSi

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UK - Stage Electrics Bristol is to host Strand Light Palette training at their Bristol Head Office on Friday 9 February. The training on this new desk is completely free and will be conducted by Strand's Ken Berreen. The Light Palette range includes three models, the Classic, Live and VL.

The two-and-a-half-hour training sessions will begin at either 10am or 1.30pm, refreshments will be provided and there is free parking on site. This customer training session follows an in-depth training day for key Stage Electrics technical staff held in January.

Linda Moore, Stage Electrics' head of sales and marketing, said: "This is a great opportunity for our customers to get hands-on experience with the latest range of consoles from Strand Lighting."

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Thailand - The Bangkok Jazz Festival is Thailand's biggest annual jazz event, a three-nighter staged on the huge lawn of Sanam Sua Pa in front of the famous Dusit Palace. It was also the debut for the new Nexo GEO D system in Thailand.

More than 20,000 people attend each night's concert, and this was the biggest outing so far in south-east Asia for Nexo's GEO D system, supplied by Media Vision. Either side of the stage, arrays of 15 GEO Ds flew below five GEO Subs, with four CD18s stacked in pairs to provide the sub-bass needed by bands like Tower of Power, and Lee Ritenour. At the front of the stage, four PS10s were used as fill, to give some additional high-end definition. Either side of the 20m wide stage, below large projection screens, two PS10s were used to add definition.

Some 60m back from the stage was the mixing tent, where FOH engineers were mixing on Yamaha PM5Ds,

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UK - Severe weather the length and breadth of the country meant that a number of events Star Events Group were involved in were cancelled, but one New Year celebration that went ahead as if the sun were shining was Brighton's Big Beach Boutique 3.

Headlined by Brighton's own resident DJ, Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim, the spectacular New Year's Day party attracted a crowd of 20,000 - a number that was agreed between Cook and the local authorities after the chaos of 2002, when more than four times the expected number of people turned up - and went off without a hitch.

"We supplied a two bay, 15 metre Obrit Flexidome stage plus a screen support system and projector platform for PSL's screen," says Mike Goodwin, Star Events Group's Orbit product manager. "We also provided four small delay platforms. All five of these structures were strung out along Madeira Drive, t

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Qatar - Element Labs Inc was contracted by the Doha Asian Games Organizing Committee (DAGOC) to create the largest custom LED screen ever used for a live event. Especially designed for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 15th Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, the exterior Versa RAY screen made its debut during the Opening Ceremony on 1 December 2006 at Khalifa Stadium.

The Asian Games, held every four years with athletes competing from all over Asia, is regulated by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

DAGOC main contractor David Atkins Enterprises was the producer of both the opening and closing ceremonies. DAGOC and DAE challenged Element Labs to create a massive LED screen for the ceremonies having the highest possible resolution and video performance.The size of the display - covering over 4,500sq.m, or 45,000sq

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Italy - The MQ80P monitor from RCF offers high intelligibility and efficiency in a compact design, say the company. The 2-way horn-loaded sound projector speaker system is targeted as an ideal solution for delivering clear voice and music reproduction in mid-size environments.

Suitable for PA systems and background/foreground music systems, it has 90° x 60° constant directivity and with simple accessories it can be combined in clusters of two or more units to offer wide, smooth coverage and to reduce the installation points. IP65-rated, it is suitable for both indoor and outdoor installations, say RCF.

The MQ80P features high-excursion, PP coated paper cone woofer mounted in a tuned enclosure (the port can be sealed for full outdoor installation). The tweeter is a horn-loaded compression driver with phase plug, offering crisp, intelligible voice reproduction even in wi

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UK - Digital lighting and video specialists Projected Image Digital launches the first of its 2007 Digital Video Workshops - due to be held on Tuesday 6 February at The Questors Theatre, Mattock Lane, Ealing, London W5 5BQ. The theatre is an eight minute walk from Ealing Broadway Station on the Central and District Lines, and it is also served by National Railways.

"We're looking at what constitutes 'digital video' and 'digital lighting', its creative and technical advantages and how it's being applied in today's market sectors," explains digital services manager Nev Bull. He adds that it's aimed at multi-level users and a wide range of those interested or engaged in these areas.

The one-day event will contain overviews of the genre, specific applications and will enable attendees to get hands-on with some of the most popular digital video products. This will include

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UK - Lighting Technology Projects has completed the illumination of a 500-bottle wine rack central feature at Sexton's restaurant in Thrapston, Northants, plus front and back entrance feature lighting. Sexton's is a new build venue in the charismatic old corn exchange building. The tasteful conversion and cool contemporary design has retained many original features including the vaulted ceilings and original beamwork.

LTP's Terry Reeves was asked to design and specify a lighting scheme by HSP Architects from Leighton Buzzard, who oversaw the build. The independent owner is Stuart Sexton, who also owns a wholesale wine importation business.

The five metre wide by two metre high stainless steel wine rack dominates the area behind the bar. Reeves' brief was to come up with an innovative and effective way of lighting it, thereby making it a central feature of the room.

He chose

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UK - Stonehaven-based Taylored Sound has recently supplied an Audica MICROseries system for the office of the director general of the National Galleries of Scotland.

Comprising of five galleries in Edinburgh, and two partner galleries in the North and South of Scotland, the National Galleries of Scotland's collections of fine art are amongst the best in the world. The five Edinburgh galleries are the National Gallery of Scotland, the Royal Scottish Academy Building, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the Dean Gallery, which also houses administration offices and the office of the director general.

In a recent refurbishment of the director general's office it has been upgraded to include an AV system for meetings and presentations. Richard Hamilton, audio visual technician for the National Galleries of Scotland, wanted a very

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Norway - Projectiondesign has appointed Lars Morten Andreassen as director of sales and marketing. A veteran with over twenty-years experience, Andreassen will lead the company's International sales and marketing efforts and will be integral in the development of new geographic areas.

"Lars Morten's proven track record in the development of sales processes perfectly blends with our goals to provide our global customer base with high-quality projection solutions." comments J°rn Eriksen, president and CEO of projectiondesign. "The appointment is part of projectiondesign's future direction towards expanding and growing its business as we strive to be at the forefront of technology innovation that is changing the professional display and presentation business."

Andreassen joins projectiondesign from Siemens Business Services, Norway, where he held the posit

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Brazil - The party was gigantic, five Cities - New York, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Berlin and Rio de Janeiro, all took part in the Nokia New Year's Eve. All over the world music fans were celebrating the countdown to 2007. An estimated 1.3 million people attended the live shows and 150 million watched the event on TV or the internet. Operator and programmer Carioca used one grandMA full-size and one grandMA ultra-light with an NSP to build the grandMA 3D plot, to light the party in Rio, at Posto 8 in Ipanema.

The grandMA consoles were integrated into a multi-user session, which was a new concept to the Brazilian technicians. "The people were really surprised and constantly asked, which console controls which part of the lighting plot?" reports Daniel Ridano of MA Lighting Latin America. "The answer was simple: They are able to control anything from any of the consoles in

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Spain / UK - D.A.S. Audio has announced the launch of its new line of amplifiers - the PowerPro series. Aimed at both permanent installations and mobile applications, the new amplifier range consists of four models built in rugged 1U and 2U steel chassis and "offers unequalled value in proven amplifier technology" according to D.A.S.

The PowerPro series comprises four models - PS-200, PS-400, PS-800 and PS-1400. The PS-200 (12kg) and PS-400 (13kg) are 1RU high and offer power ratings of 100W and 200W per channel @ 4 ohms respectively. The PS-800 (18kg) and the PS-1400 (21kg), largest of the PowerPro line, are 2RU high and provide 450W and 700W per channel @ 4 ohms. The amplifiers offer XLR and 1/4 " TSR connectors for the inputs and both Speakon NL-4 and binding posts on the outputs (PS-800 and PS-1400 only).

Rear located switches are available for ground lift,

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UK - For the first time, the Parans System will be shown at the ARC 07 exhibition in London, February 12-13. The Parans System transports sunlight into buildings via thin and flexible fibre-optic cables. Benefits of experiencing more sunlight include improved wellness and productivity as well as reduced energy consumption.

Sunlight is collected by a Parans Solar Panel on a building's exterior and transported into the selected room where it shines through a Parans Luminaire When the sunshine hits the Parans Solar Panel, two layers of lenses focus it into optical fibers. These optical fibres form the Parans Optical Cable which is drawn to the area in the building that shall be illuminated with natural light. The cable diameter is only 30 mm and can be 15 meters long which normally covers the three top floors in a building. If sunlight is to be taken to lower floors in high buildin

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South America - Whilst on tour throughout South America, Shakira performed two sold-out shows at the Velez Sarsfield stadium in Buenos Aires. D.A.S. Aero powered line array systems were used to provide sound reinforcement for the more than 80,000 fans that filled the stadium.

For the South American leg of the tour, twin Digidesign Venue boards for FOH and Monitor mixes, effects, in-ear wireless and microphones were supplied directly by Clair Bros. At the FOH console was engineer Brad Madix who has worked with bands such as Psychedelic Furs, Def Leppard, Queensryche and Marilyn Manson. For monitor engineer Vish Wadi, this was his second tour with Shakira after previously having worked with Sting, Mariah Carey, and Madonna. Buenos Aires based sound reinforcement company Teddy Goldman supplied the PA composed of 48 Aero 38A along with 18 Aero 28A powered line array systems as well

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Norway - Designed for visually demanding professional installations the new F20 sx+ projector is the smallest projector in the range offered by projectiondesign.

The F20 sx+ features SXGA+ resolution (1,400 x 1,050) and brightness of up to 3,300 lumens. As the world's first projector featuring a full implementation of Texas Instruments BrilliantColor, a wide range of configuration options is offered. This includes a range of different BrilliantColor colour wheels to ensure that every projector is fine-tuned according to its specific application. Texas Instruments BrilliantColor technology increases the brightness clarity and contrast of projected images by adding Cyan, Magenta and Yellow, and enables the F20 sx+ to display unprecedented image quality.

"Weighing just 3 kilograms, the F20 sx+ is roughly the size of an A4 sheet of paper. This powerful projector can fit into

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UK - PRG Europe once again worked with lighting designer Durham Marenghi to produce a spectacular light show on the London Eye on New Year's Eve. 100 VL5 arcs were placed on a pontoon at the base of the Eye, illuminating the giant wheel. PRG Europe also supplied a Wholehog II, operated by associate lighting designer Paul Cook, to control the lighting, as well as mains power and cabling.

An incredible ten-minute pyrotechnic display entertained up to 250,000people who went into central London for the evening, plus millions morewho watched on TV. As the fireworks finished, three PRG Europe-supplied Lightning Strikes made a strobe-like effect on the smoke which was still hanging in the air.

The display was produced by the London office of communications agency Jack Morton Worldwide, who produced and staged the opening and closing ceremonies for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, which

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Indonesia - MC2 Audio has announced the appointment of La Mesa as its new distributor for Indonesia. La Mesa, formerly Paradi Indonesia, has been established in the audio industry since 1993 and is a distributor and dealer for many professional audio brands from around the world. Operating from a state-of-the-art showroom studio in Jakarta, chief engineer and company founder Didi Kartanegara and the La Mesa team offer a full range of services from consultation, through the design stage and on to installation for a diverse clientele.

The scope of La Mesa's expertise is wide and encompasses sound recording studios, post production facilities, corporate functions, houses of worship, performance halls and high end home theatre installations. The recent addition of a sound reinforcement division further broadens La Mesa's reach and underscores the ability of this versatile team to re

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USA - American DJ have brought out their new Accu Fog 1000, an innovative moving-head fog machine. Designed for clubs, concerts and productions, this new high-output fogger is the latest addition to American DJ's popular Accu Series of professional intelligent fixtures.

The 1,000-watt unit uses its moving-head mechanism to rotate a full 360°, providing any venue with total atmospheric coverage at a rate of 10,000 cubic feet per minute. The Accu Fog 1000 can be stood upright, hung, or even mounted upside-down to create different types of effects.

This upside-down positioning is possible because of a removable metal bin on the back of the Accu Fog 1000, which houses its 1-litre fog juice container. The bin is attached with two screws - you can unscrew them quickly, then simply flip the bin around and re-attach it for upside-down use.

"The Accu Fog 1000 provides amazin

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UK - At Tate Britain on 4 December 2006, artist Tomma Abts was announced by Yoko Ono to be the winner of the Turner Prize 2006. To provide the ultimate setting for this leading event in the art calendar, Tate's accredited production supplier, Event, used its most recent stock of LED lighting technology for the first time. Event's latest kit provides maximum design flexibility and uses minimum power.

'The LED rig runs on a domestic power supply and is brighter than many conventional lights. Our clients have peace of mind as their events use minimum energy and the technology allows our designers to achieve even better effects', says Event's head of lighting operations, Roger Deane. "It also eradicates the need for bulky cabling which can be difficult to conceal. We can deploy the lighting quickly and efficiently without impacting on the architectural environment." In add

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