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UK - Richard Martin Lighting supported St. Edmunds School's latest endeavour in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital Charity, by donating a moving light package.

The idea was to re create the family favourite BBC show Strictly Come Dancing for which RML is lighting supplier. RML donated MAC 700's and Alpha Wash 300's to the charity event held in Canterbury. The MAC 700's include the animation wheel, often required for optimum lighting effects within a television studio.

Lighting designer Oz Andrews of ZeeLight said, "Thank you so much and the RML team who provided us with MAC 700's and Alpha Wash 300's for Strictly St Edmunds 2011. We raised an impressive figure for Great Ormond Street Charity thanks to the support of so many. The night was a huge success a

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Australia Events company Production Works, based in Hobart, Tasmania, has become the first in the country to upgrade its Midas PRO6 digital audio system to a Midas PRO9.

The PRO9 package, supplied by Victoria-based Midas distributor National Audio Systems, tops the Midas PRO Series and features a massive 88 channel input count and 35 buses, with the dual stage boxes offering placement flexibility up to 200m apart and 500m from the FOH position.

Production Works CEO Tony Miller comments, "The PR09 gives us identical features to the PRO6 but with expanded input channels live on the surface. This allows us to tackle larger theatre shows and concert events without the need for multiple consoles. Twenty four extra live channels make a big difference when you have 30 or so radio microphones, and a large chorus or choir with a 30 piece orchestra. Now everything is condensed onto

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Spain - Ben-Ri, Spanish manufacturer of the LT-Light brand, has added on-board wireless capabilities to the entire range of new Piccolo lightboards. The LT-Light Piccolo series with an integrated CRMX transmitter from LumenRadio will be introduced to the domestic market at the upcoming AFIAL trade show in Madrid. The full international launch of the new Piccolo products with on-board CRMX will happen at Prolight+Sound 2011 in Frankfurt later this spring. The Piccolo family of consoles is sold under the Leviton brand in North-America and the CRMX wireless option will shortly be available there as well.

"When we were given the opportunity to test the wireless CRMX products from LumenRadio we immediately recognized that it represented a paradigm shift in wireless lighting control," says Bernardo Benito Rico, president of Ben-Ri Electronica. "Not only does CRMX provid

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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!

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USA - Custom-designed Lighthouse LED video screens introduce a new fixture on the Los Angeles skyline - Motor Village, Chrysler's Dealership of the Future. Motor Village is a prototype, multi-floor, multi-brand dealership rising just blocks from the Los Angeles Convention Centre, the Staples Centre arena and the L.A. Live sports and entertainment district in downtown Los Angeles.

Built to the architect's specifications, with AV and design consulting by Anthony James Partners, three curved LED video screens rise from the focal point of the dealership - a five-story glass tower -and reach out to the I-110, a downtown freeway carrying over 350,000 drivers past the dealership each day. Each screen is nearly 5.18m wide and 3.05m high, with curvature matching that of the unique building.

"The project was a chance to work with a top-notch design team and one of the world'

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USA - Now Elation Professional has introduced an indoor LED video panel that can "move like no other". The EPV762 MH is a high-resolution 7.62mm pitch moving head video panel that can rotate just like a moving yoke light fixture, panning a full 540° and tilting up to 265°.

The EPV762 MH's sweeping motion gives video displays maximum exposure at shows and events, since the screen is viewable from all sides and every angle. Equipped with 4,096 tri-color (red, green, blue) SMD LEDs and featuring 2,000-nit brightness, this versatile screen will create eye-popping high-res videos, graphics, text messages, special effects, or any other images you wish to display - and 'broadcast' them around the room with its smooth pan/tilt motion, says the company.

Part of the company's new Elation Pro Video Series, the EPV762 MH panel was developed to give stage, lighting and ev

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USA - GLP German Light Products Inc, based in Sun Valley, California has issued a statement in order to clarify its position regarding its status as an authorised distributor of Global Truss products.

The company says: "GLP Inc is indeed a fully authorized and stocking distributor, of the entire Global Truss range of products manufactured by the Global Truss Corporation. A letter of appointment confirming our appointment can be viewed at our website at www.germanlightproducts.com. GLP Inc. takes its position in the market very seriously and believes in high ethical values. GLP Inc. is not only fully authorized as a distributor, but is also fully insured and fully legal in its activities. "

George Lee, CEO of Global Truss Corporation reinforced: "We are extremely happy to bring GLP US on board as a new distributor in the USA. The business model that they have est

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Belgium - ArKaos has announced the appointment of ULA Group as exclusive Australian and New Zealand distributor for the ArKaos range of show and lighting media server products. ArKaos' product line offers software and hardware combinations that allow those working on shows of all scales (and budgets) to incorporate video, projection or LED control into their productions and integrate them with the show's lighting.

"We are delighted to welcome ArKaos to the ULA Group family of products" says ULA Group's managing director, Cuono Biviano. "ArKaos software is a world leading standard of media management technology and complements our VuePix LED screen range. The brand is well established and has a great reputation throughout Australia with its media server technology being utilized for many high-end productions and projects. We are glad to have the opportunity to work

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New Zealand - PixelRange has announced the first sale of the PixelPar into New Zealand. Wellington-based MJF Lighting no sooner received the 24 units into its hire inventory than the PixelPars were out on their first lighting assignment.

MJF Lighting purchased the lights - for use at corporate events, concerts, product launches and in theatre - without ever having seen them in action. MD Michael Farrand reports, "We wanted to move forward and invest in LED technology that would suit a touring environment. We believed James Thomas has a very good name for high quality products that would last and service our needs.

"We saw them advertised, checked out their website and compared the PixelPars against other fixtures on paper. Although it was a 'blind' buy, we had done our research and knew exactly what we were purchasing."

The PixelPars have been out on hire almo

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UK - StageHand has been chosen as the new 'public facing' name for the Production Services Association (PSA) Welfare & Benevolent Fund after a PSA Conference call for ideas by the Fund's chairman, Mike Lowe of Britannia Row Productions. It comes with a new logo depicting a helping hand.

The new name is registered with the UK Charity Commission in addition to the name 'PSA Welfare & Benevolent Fund', and donations can be made in either name. The charity is also registered with JustGiving.com, which allows the tax value of donations to be reclaimed under the Gift Aid scheme, boosting the value of individual donations significantly at no extra cost to the donor.

"We felt it was time to have a punchier and more memorable handle for the charity," explained Mike Lowe. "We've recently seen a surge in donations, largely thanks to the efforts and generosity of PSA member

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Australia - ARX has announced the release of their new MaxiDrive six channel high current line driver / distribution amplifier.ARX's managing director Colin Park states, "With the advent and widespread use of large self powered line array loudspeaker systems, the change in system signal drive requirements seems to have been missed by many signal processor / DSP processor designers and manufacturers. "It seems little thought has been given to what follows on in the signal chain and the demands multiple loudspeaker input impedance loads can place on processor output stages. "The perceived grittiness and lack of clarity at high operating levels sometimes attributed to large line arrays performance can probably be more attributed to the inability of the preceding signal processors in the audio chain to drive multiple parallel loads at high voltage levels over long react

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Sweden - LumenRadio has announced the immediate release and availability of CRMX OEM modules in the 82 x 46 mm W-DMX form factor.

The new modules are form, fit, and function compatible with Wireless Solution's OEM cards and offer a convenient upgrade path to LumenRadio's award winning CRMX technology and a secure supply chain for legacy device designs while retaining W-DMX compatibility," says Hans Lau, LumenRadio's director of OEM development.

"We have repeatedly been approached by OEMs who tested our CRMX technology and found it vastly superior to their existing wireless DMX solutions. These OEMs were at the same time looking to secure a more reliable supply chain and better technical support. The obvious solution was to port our CRMX OEM products to the legacy W-DMX form factor; offering these OEMs a single source for CRMX technology and W-DMX protocol compatibili

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Germany - Optocore has appointed Mark Davidson as its new international sales & marketing manager, based at the company's HQ in Munich. His global remit will include the EMEA territories, Russia and Pacific Asia.

Davidson, who is multilingual, has enjoyed a distinguished career in network systems for broadcast and live applications, both in North America and Europe. He arrives at Optocore from Advantech Wireless, where he was selling satellite uplink and downlink equipment as well as networking systems.

He says he is relishing the challenges ahead. "The company has great technology and a strong foothold in the broadcast, live and fixed installation markets. The potential is huge and I'm really excited - I'm sure we can grow the company exponentially."

(Jim Evans)

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UAE - Melody House, based in Dubai is now the distributor of Canadian-based acoustics solutions experts Primacoustics.

"As distributors of microphones, audio interfaces and other related studio products, acoustic products from Primacoustics is a great fit to our product portfolio," commented Dino Drimakis, business development manager at Melody House.

He added, "although we have had great success with off the shelf acoustic products like recoil stabilizers, room kits, bass traps and more, we see great potential for bespoke solutions."

(Jim Evans)

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UK / Germany - Cadac is launching a new compact digital console at this year's prolight+sound. The Cadac DM1600 is an all-new development based upon a proprietary DSP mix platform. The new mixer marks Cadac's continuing expansion into new market sectors with this its first 'budget' digital console.

Designed primarily as a live mixing console, an optional Firewire interface additionally provides extensive recording capabilities, while 16-channel 19-inch rackmount expander modules provide for up to a 48 channel mix system. Console features include 16 motorised faders, hi-resolution TFT colour display and scene recall of all functions.

Specially developed ultra-low distortion EQ filters and analogue sounding compressors, 24-bit / 96kHz Delta-Sigma AD/DA converters, and four 4th generation 32/40-bit floating-point SHARC processors ensure that sound quality is of the highest order,

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Glastonbury 2011 - Coldplay have been confirmed as one of the three headliners at this year's Glastonbury Festival in Somerset. The band will play the main Pyramid Stage on Saturday 25 June. Organiser Michael Eavis said, "Coldplay have played such a major part in the festival over the last 10 years or so. This is the triumphant return of a band that everyone here feels part of. They're one of the greatest phenomena to grow from these fields." Coldplay last headlined Glastonbury in 2005 and also topped the bill in 2002, three years after first appearing at the festival. Beyonce has also been announced as a headliner and will perform on the Pyramid Stage on the last day of the event, Sunday 26 June.

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UK - When 300 guests sat down at a gala dinner at Australia House, to celebrate Australia Day on 22 January, they could little have anticipated the production awaiting them.

Although the Exhibition Room inside the landmark building - situated on the corner of London's Aldwych and The Strand - has been immortalised by Harry Potter (the opulent room took on the role of Gringotts Bank and has also featured in many other movies), production company Eclipse Presentations had other surprises in store.

Down the staircase in the basement they had created an outback theme (with some inspired props and an outback station pub) for pre-drinks and after dinner disco (the DJ operating from a purpose-constructed 'outback' hut), while in the main auditorium they had fielded a g 12 x 5 Christie MicroTiles media display, supplied by dry hire specialists Paragon Projection.

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China - An ETC Eos lighting control desk played a lead role for Cologne Opera last year, as the company took two shows to China.

The company was due to perform Wagner's Ring Cycle in Shanghai to support the World Expo in the city, followed by a journey to Beijing to perform Don Giovanni. However, their house desk, a Transtechnik NTX, was needed in Cologne.

Andreas Frank, head of lighting at Cologne Opera, explains, "Although the show had been programmed for its performances in Cologne using our house desk, we would only have a few days from arriving in Shanghai until the first show. So we had to get a desk which could easily handle moving lights, and not have any difficulty importing the NTX show files.

"Our contacts at ETC in Germany put us in touch with Peter Younes, a freelance programmer and operator, who was very familiar with the Eos desk, and

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Denmark - Speckle-free clarity and a wide viewing angle - plus an environmentally compatible solution - that is what Danish waste management company, Vestforbrænding needed for its process control centre. Installers eyevis (Germany) and Viju (Sweden) delivered in full, with a 6 x 2 array of 50" DLP rear-projection cubes featuring LED projection technology, SXGA+ resolution and Cross Prism Screens from dnp denmark.

Vestforbrænding processes around 900,000 tonnes of waste a year, 95% of which is recycled or used in energy recovery.

When the time came to equip its process surveillance centre, Vestforbrænding demanded more than the unobstructed visual clarity of a rear projection system. The solution also had to be compatible with its strong environmental philosophy. The exisiting system was based on lamps, "We recommended DLP rear projection cubes for Vestforbrændin

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USA - Freedom Tower, a historic 1925 landmark building in downtown Miami that serves as a memorial to Cuban immigration to the United States, recently received a dynamic nighttime transformation. The architecturally noteworthy tower, tucked amongst high rises and a major sporting venue, emerges from its surroundings in a dress of customisable colour and light provided by Martin Professional Exterior 400 luminaires.

The Exterior 400 Range - a powerful yet energy-efficient line of LED light fixtures for colored or white light projection - gives Miami Dade College the flexibility to bathe the building in any colour they choose. In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, for example, the building was bathed in pink - the official colour of breast cancer awareness - for the duration of the month.

Listed on the US National Register of Historic Places, Freedom Tower

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UK - The First Night Riders - a group of motorbike riding, theatre professionals and their friends - will once more don their leathers and helmets to raise much needed funds for The Theatrical Guild (TTG). As 2010, the one-week motorcycle ride is scheduled to visit some of the UK's most exciting theatres, towns and cities. However for added excitement riders will this year visit the Isle of Man TT course and also Stratford Upon Avon, where they will have the privilege of seeing a new production of Macbeth at the regenerated Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

The 2011 ride will rev up and burn off from the National Theatre on 18 June and the event will climax on 25 June at Alexandra Palace.

Motorbike enthusiasts from the industry are invited to join in, feel the wind in their hair and raise money for TTG, either on a daily basis or for the whole engine-revving week. Information

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UK - For The Chemical Brothers latest world tour, production designer Paul Normandale decided to think outside the box - literally. He says, "My job is to turn the band's performance into a truly three-dimensional show. I'd been sent a sample of G-LEC's Solaris+ and it gave us the idea of creating a three dimensional lighting rig."

Normandale rigged an 8m diameter truss from which he hung 48 x 8m lengths of G-LEC Solaris+ to form a circle around the band - making both them and the lighting really stand out from the crowd. The 40mm diameter LED light 'balls' of Solaris+ provide 360° viewing, which means that the graphics are visible to the audience, no matter where they are seated. And the product is light enough that Normandale is able to fly it in periodically throughout the show to surround the band.

"I've never used the product before, but when I was sent

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