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UK - Production Light and Sound, a leading UK live events production company, has announced the acquisition of 14 Robe Robin 600 spotlights, making them one of the first businesses in the UK to stock and deploy this new technology. This investment is just part of a major overhaul of Production Light and Sound's inventory, as they scale up operations to meet the increased demands of larger projects.

Jason Salvin, director of Production Light and Sound explained why credit provided by Azule Finance was so vital: "Having pitched and won a series of large scale events contracts we needed to rapidly grow our business. In the fast paced events production industry, it's critical that we remain at the cutting edge of new technology developments, to ensure that are services are the be

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UK - The current Kings of Leon world tour features an innovative design by LD Paul Normandale with all lighting controlled by a grandMA full-size console. The lighting is being operated and looked after on the road by director Ali Bale - using a grandMA for the first time. Another grandMA light is being supplied by XL Video to run the Catalyst media server playing back video content.

Normandale has worked with the band since 2004. The conceptual look of the latest show features a large and battered, messed-up looking back wall made up of 640 PAR, nook and raylite fixtures, an idea that came to Normandale because the band like fast cars, so the wall of lights resembles a giant metallic wall of retro headlights in a tribute to American muscle car culture. He also wanted to have a complete departure from a large or dominant video screen or wall at the back.

The 640 'headlights' a

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Germany - The new EAW KF740 Three-Way Full-Range Line Array module recently made its German debut at a historic concert in Berlin that featured one of the best-known oratory works by Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis. Berlin-based Hacksound Veranstaltungstechnik provided the multi-zone PA system, comprising all EAW speakers powered by Lab.gruppen amplification, for the performance of Canto General at the Max Schmeling Hall.

Hacksound supplied a main left/right flown system composed of nine KF740 speakers plus two KF730 Compact Line Array Modules, for down-fill, per side. A dozen additional KF730 speakers, in two hangs of six, provided out-fill to the audience on either side of the stage. Five more KF730s were positioned to provide front-fill. Three hangs each of six KF730 speakers, plus a pair of SB730 Compact Line Array Subwoofers, were employed for left, centre and right

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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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The Netherlands - DiGiCo is returning to ISE alongside the brand's Dutch distributor TM Audio. This year, as well as its flagship SD7 and mid-sized SD8 desks, the entry level SD9 and the new SDRack, launched at PLASA2010, the company will "demonstrate DiGiCo's commitment to the install market".

The newest addition to DiGiCo's SD Series of consoles is the SD9. This complete, integrated system includes the mixing surface, a D-Rack digital stage interface and Cat 5E digital multicore. As with all DiGiCo consoles, it has the additional ability to simultaneously record 56 channels direct to your favourite multitrack software or DAW.

Also on show will be the new 192KHz SD Rack. This is the first I/O rack for any mixing console that offers multiple format sample rate conversion and allows up to an amazing 448 I/O, in any combi

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Denmark - Martin Professional has announced the latest addition to its Tripix range of products - the Tripix Wash.

The Tripix Wash is a IP66 lighting fixture that features pre-mixed LEDs and custom lenses, which eliminate unwanted colour separation. The result is no colour shadows and a broad palette, including "stunning whites, subtle pastels and vibrant saturated colours".

The Tripix Wash is suitable for installations such as flood lighting the sides of buildings or uplighting applications requiring high output (1400 lumens) from a narrow source. Available in very narrow, narrow, medium or wide beam angles, the Tripix Wash also works seamlessly with the existing Tripix linear fixtures - Tripix 300 and 1200.

All Tripix fixtures can run in parallel on the same line of slim and robust cabling from a choice of indoor or outdoor IP66 power supplies. Control is via eit

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USA - American DJ has introduced two remote control LED colour par cans, PRO38B LED RC and PRO64B LED RC, and two remote control LED colour bars, Mega Bar 50RGB RC and Mega Bar LED RC, which can be operated from distances as far as 15ft away (direct line of sight).

Each of the four fixtures comes packaged with a hand-held wireless infrared American DJ LED RC remote controller that gives users command over functions that would normally require a DMX controller or the operation of an onboard control panel by hand.

"All you do is aim the infrared remote at the fixture, and total control is at your fingertips," said Scott Davies, general manager of the American DJ Group of Companies. "You can change colours via RGB mixing, change the DMX addressing, or even designate a fixture as a 'slave' in a Master/Slave configuration - all from a distance of 15ft.

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UK - The very first batch of the new Robe Robin LEDWash 600 LED Wash fixtures off the production line in the Czech Republic were delivered to UK lighting rental company HSL, with 40 of them going straight out on JLS's UK arena tour, specified by lighting designer Dave Lee.

JLS' career kicking off after being runners up on the 2008 X-Factor talent show. Since then they have sold 1.3m albums worldwide - including their new and second studio release Outta This World.

The show for this, their second major tour, has been created by artistic director Beth Honan with a set and stage design by Peter Barnes, with all the technical production co-ordinated by Production North, overseen on the road by production manager Karen Ringland.

When Dave Lee was choosing his fixtures, he specifically needed some very bright and lightweight units to do certain jobs. When HSL's proje

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China - The refurbishment of 77 Des Voeux Road (now known as the Nexxus Building), transformed a 1960s curtain wall relic into an 'A' grade modern and efficient commercial building in the heart of central Hong Kong.

The refurbishment entailed the replacement of the curtain wall which provided a more efficient and sustainable building. The retention of the concrete structure meant that the refurbishment was vastly more sustainable in terms of the carbon that might have been produced had the owners decided to demolish the structure completely and re-build from scratch. Architects AEDAS, lead by David Clayton, envisaged a rapid and efficient plan to transform the asset for their clients, Pamfleet Limited.

The sustainable theme was continued in the lighting design. Nexxus needed to make a statement, something that would stand out when viewed in the two parallel 'concrete canyons'

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UK - With the official public opening of the new Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RST) on 24 November, Stage Electrics has completed its five-year-long role at the technical heart of this visionary transformation project.

The transformation was designed to create, in RSC artistic director Michael Boyd's words, "the best theatre in the world to perform the works of Shakespeare". It involved a massive reconstruction that created a new RST auditorium with a thrust stage and embraced the adjacent Swan Theatre, with a colonnade connecting the two and extensively upgraded public facilities throughout.

Stage Electrics, as specialist theatre contractor and technical coordinator, was contracted to provide and install the Theatre Electrics Package, including every electrical, audio and lighting system within both the RST

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Lebanon - Beirut-based Pro-Audio company AMAC has been appointed as Electro-Voice's distributor as of 1 November 2010.

AMAC director Abdul Razzak Assafiri comments, "AMAC's policy is to keep on pushing towards a better future and leadership in the A/V market. Electro-Voice is of great significance for us."

Assafiri continues, " We offer services and solutions. That is to say - distribution, consultancy, design and simulations, system integration and after-sales services. We are also skilled in installations and solutions such as professional sound for theatres, house of worship, conferences, hotels, pubs and clubs. And last but not least we offer DJ equipment as well as automation and control for both residential and commercial venues."

AMAC has two offices and two showrooms, one located in North of Lebanon and the other in the centre of Beirut.

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USA - When production meetings began for the Bob Dylan fall tour, a few challenges for the lighting design would become evident. First, the tour would be playing venues that varied greatly in size and location; and second, at a Bob Dylan show one thing is clear; it's all about the music. While many tours may rely heavily on colour changes, strobe effects, columns of light or intense video, this tour would rely on the opposite, simplicity. To overcome these challenges, the production team turned to their longtime tour provider TMS who brought in 35 Vari*Lite luminaires.

Fully understanding the necessities for this design, TMS began working with the design team to provide the ideal lighting tools and decided to use 21 VL3000 Spot, six VL3500 Wash, and eight VL3500 Spot fixtures.

Now on the road, the VL3000 Spot luminaires are being used for key light on the band, gobo breakups t

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Czech Republic - The 12th Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space, the largest scenography / performance design event in the world, held once every four years, returns to Prague, Czech Republic, in June 2011. Coming to Prague will allow visitors to discover a unique outdoor performing exhibition, Intersection: Intimacy & Spectacle, presenting 30 internationally acclaimed artists within an architectural environment/installation specially designed for this occasion.

Additionally, a large number of projects will be on display in outdoor public spaces throughout the city - a unique occasion to discover Prague through the eyes of the world's contemporary artists. Visitors will also be able to explore various disciplines essential to the performing arts thanks to special projects focused on lighting and sound design, architect

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UK - Soundcraft Studer has recruited Garry Blackmore, previously programmes manager at Xerox, to spearhead a wave of new product developments as part of its rapid growth strategy.

Blackmore has a background in research and development, having worked on developing Xerox's multifunction systems, and has a BSc in computer science.

"Garry joins us at a time when we are turning a performance corner, said head of Harman's mixer business Andy Trott. "We have delivered the first two phases of our growth strategy and now aim to accelerate projects even faster. With Garry's skills and experience I am confident we'll continue taking market share and providing our customers with even more irresistible products."

BIackmore adds: "I hope to use my experience to help develop a project management methodology that helps us release even more products to our quality, cost a

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Belgium - ShowTex has announced a range of ecological velvet theatre curtains as part of its environmental policy plan.

The Shakespeare and Molière flame retardant cotton velours developed by ShowTex are the first in the industry to be awarded OEKO-TEX Standard 100 certification.

For almost 20 years, the OEKO-TEX Standard 100 has been acknowledged as a comprehensive and verifiable method for ensuring that textile products and the supply chains that create them do not use hazardous chemicals such as pesticides, carcinogenic dye stuffs, heavy metals, or other concerning substances that can hurt people and damage the environment.

The OEKO-TEX Standard 100 is a certification tool for 'greening' the total textile supply chain. The certification can be applied to every phase of production, from fibre to fabric to finished products, confirming that all elements are free from harmf

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The Netherlands / South Africa - Philips Entertainment Lighting (PEL) has appointed DWR Distribution as the exclusive distributor in South Africa for its Selecon and Strand brands. DWR Distribution is already the exclusive distributor in the region for another PEL-owned brand, Vari-Lite.

Michael Goldberg, sales director for PEL Europe, says: "Now that the brands of Selecon, Strand and Vari-Lite are all under the Philips Entertainment Lighting umbrella, it's a logical step to offer DWR Distribution exclusive distribution for all the Philips Entertainment Lighting brands. DWR has very successfully distributed Vari-Lite products for the last year. The company's reputation in the South African market place is exemplary and it's renowned for its excellent service and product support. These are all excellent reasons for moving exclusive distribution to DWR."

Since DWR Dist

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The Netherlands - TV One will be demonstrating its range of 3D processing capabilities at the ISE 2011 exhibition being held in Amsterdam in February.

3D processing will be shown throughout the Exhibition on the TV One Stand with dynamic demonstrations of CORIO products being fed live video from two standard 2D 1080p cameras sources. These two inputs will be processed within the TV One unit to produce a single 3D image of live video which will be output to a 3D monitor.

The ability to insert picture-in-picture windows of 2D images such as logos and computer graphics so that they appear 'floating' in front of a background 3D video source will also be shown during the exhibition.

Other 3D processing features available include independent scaling of existing 3D resolutions and transcoding between the various types of 3D resolution

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UK - John Hornby Skewes & Co, UK and Eire trade distributors of HK Audio products and Lab.gruppen products, reports that Feeder is using HK Audio and Lab.gruppen products on live dates around the world. The year 2010 marked the release of the band's seventhth album, Renegades, and saw the band embark on a sell-out international tour.

At the Leeds Metropolitan University show, the band used a pair of HK Audio CT115 Contour Series monitors which had been bi-amped off two channels of a Lab.gruppen FP+10000Q and Channel 1 of an HK Audio DSM2060 speaker management processor.

Taking the drum seat for the tour is acclaimed session drummer Karl Brazil who used HK Audio monitors from the Contour Series (a pair of CT118 subs and a pair of CT115 speakers).

"Karl is a very musical and dynamic player," says Dan Trowhill, Feeder's monitor engineer. "It has been diffi

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Italy - Nearly 90 Clay Paky motorised spotlights were used in the Italian television variety show I Migliori Anni (The Best Years). The programme is directed by Maurizio Pagnussat and hosted by Carlo Conti, and consists of a tele-voting competition between pieces of music from different decades.

The elaborate set designed by Riccardo Bocchini consists of a double stage, connected with a wide central gangway on which the competing artists move. All around this is the orchestra, whereas the jury and VIP guests are inside six 'windows' on several levels. The audience is seated on stands at the end of the studio and in two ranks of balconies. There is a total of 400 seats, which makes it one of the largest RAI production studios in Rome.

The Clay Paky effect lights include Alpha Profile 1200s, Alpha Spot HPE 1200s and Alpha Wash 575s. Their arrangement was designed by the d

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Singapore - Wireless Solution Sweden was a proud participant at the inaugural Youth Olympic Games this summer held in Singapore. The event hosted youth athletes from 204 countries competing in 26 events - all hopefuls to compete in the following year's Summer Olympics.

The opening ceremony was held on 14 August 14 at the Float @ Marina Bay Platform, the world's largest floating stage located in the heart of Singapore. The Singapore skyline served as a backdrop, which required a display of lighting, lasers and fireworks.

The set involved a ring of shipping containers to symbolize Singapore being the biggest harbour in South East Asia. A 5000sq.m lake was created in front of the scenography. In the middle stood a 32m high lighthouse, which held the cauldron for the Olympic flame. In a very different approach to typical Games ceremonies, the Singapore skyline was used as a backgr

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UK - Merseyside-based lifting, control and rigging sales specialist Lift-Turn-Move (LTM) has supplied 40 x 1 tonne LoadGuard hoists to Over The Top Rigging (OTT).

These were specified by Mark Wade, who is production rigger for the current JLS UK arena tour with his company OTT supplying all the tour's rigging equipment and services to the show's technical producers, Production North.

Thirty-five of the double-braked, motors to BS7906: Part 1- Category A are used to suspend a U shaped catwalk approximately 120 ft long that flies in low above the audience so the UK's favourite boyband can perform a whole section of the show right above the heads of their hugely enthusiastic fans.

Wade uses two IBEX controllers for the up and down movement of the catwalk and the car, he is delighted with the performance of the LoadGuards "They are going to be very busy, and I already have

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UK - Entertainment lighting supplier White Light is currently in the middle of a very busy run up to the Christmas holiday season, with theatre shows and many other festive events making use of the company's extensive lighting hire and sales stock and production services.

Many of these shows are traditional pantomimes. This year's count has seen White Light supply four Aladdins, six Cinderellas, two Dick Whittingtons, two Jack and the Beanstalks, four Peter Pans, three Sleeping Beautys, four Snow Whites and just the one Robin Hood.

White Light is also once again providing the lighting equipment for two shows that have established themselves as perennial Christmas favourites - White Christmas and The Snowman. White Christmas this year appears at the Sunderland Empire, with lighting designed by Ken Bill

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