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14 March 2016

Entertainment lighting specialist White Light sponsored the Best Lighting Designer award once again; this year it was presented to James Farncombe for his design for Ghost Stories at the Lyric Hammersmith and then at the Duke of York's theatre, where the show continues to surprise and scare audiences nightly. His fellow nominees in the category were Neil Austin for The Prince of Homburg and Women Beware Women, Paul Keogan for Novecento, Paule Constable for Bl

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"The XL8 once again proved its flexibility and user-friendliness, as well as allowing the sound crew to set up and access everything very quickly," says Zieba. "For me, the sound of the XL8 has always been almost indistinguishable from the best analogue performance I have heard, and this was equally true in the new setting of the 02 Arena."

Among the quick-changing succession of artists to perform at this year's event were Rihanna, Arcade Fire, Mumford & Sons, Plan B, Adele

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At the heart of the system is a Riedel Artist 64 mainframe. Due to its modular approach Artist systems can easily be expanded up to to 1,024 x 1,024 non-blocking ports.

Twenty control panels from Riedel Artist 1000, 2000 and 5000 series are used at the Aalto Opera. To provide for maximum of flexibility, two stage manager booths were set up - one on each side of the stage - with the ability to switch between the two booths. Both include an Artist 1000 series control panel plus three expansion panels providing a total of 76 talk keys, which can be doubled using

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So far around 50% of claimants have submitted the necessary documentation. But another 570 claims that have been submitted are still waiting on proof of ownership to be provided in order that claims may be fully verified and approved. Ofcom, supported by BEIRG (British Entertainment Industry Radio Group) is urging users to get in touch and provide the necessary information as soon as possible.

Ian Wainwright, PMSE Implementation Project Manager at Ofcom, said: "We realise the difficulty that some people may have in providing all of the required proof of ownership details, but we would urge them to come forw

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14 March 2016

In addition to the company's own stand, Alcons provided an audio system for ISE's 3D Theatre, a co-operative venture by a number of 3D technology manufacturers, including screens, projectors, media-servers, audio systems and acoustic panels. Featuring hourly presentations from the different equipment suppliers about 3D related topics, visitors were informed about the latest technology and it gave company co-founder Tom Back and his team the opportunity to demonstrate how their systems enhance the 3D experience.

Back conducted a daily Alcons presentation, explaining the specific challenges for audio systems in 3D cinema applications. These range from the effects of long speaker cabl

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Three hundred guests, including brand ambassadors John Travolta and Wayne Gretzky as well as hockey player, Mark Streit and NFL star and broadcaster Boomer Esiason attended the event in Manhattan on 15 January.

The sidewalk outside of the boutique was transformed in to a VIP reception area. Truss structure provided by PRG was erected housing a red-carpet area for staff to meet and greet VIP guests and the media. GDS LiteWare UL wireless battery uplighters were incorporated in to the design of the st

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14 March 2016

LumenRadio's proprietary CRMX products are available in a variety of form factors and feature levels to meet the requirements of the entertainment and architectural lighting markets alike. All products provide Lumen's proprietary automated cognitive coexistence; error correction; synchronization; encryption; deterministic latency of 5ms; and outstanding range and reliability.

Protocol support includes DMX, RDM, DALI, Art-Net, sACN, ETCNet2, ETC Net3, Strand ShowNet, and Pathport. Two consecutive PLASA Awards for Innovation and accolades from industry experts and the industry at large, as well as a very impressive reference list of high profile installations and events, have firmly established LumenRadio as the undisputed wireles

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14 March 2016

"We have always understood our products as open platforms for integrating standard protocols such as AES, MADI, SIP and now, AVB. Especially MediorNet as an open platform backbone technology with bandwidth capacities suitable for numerous 3G video signals, will be helping to expand AVB network installations beyond their current possibilities," saysHenning Kaltheuner, product manager at Riedel Communications. "We are looking forward to actively participating in the AVnu Alliance for providing an in-depth integration of AVB systems into our MediorNet backbone product."

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Lighting designer Martin Kempton continues to originate the show, lights are provided by Richard Martin Lighting and supported by TSL Glasgow. This season was operated by BBC board operator Julia Smith.

The design specification includes Stage Zoom 1200s, Stage Profile Plus's, MAC 250s, MAC 600s and Chroma Banks.

(Jim Evans)

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Some indication of the scale and importance of the event is given by the official figures: 12,000 athletes from 170 countries are scheduled to compete in 26 sporting disciplines spread between 64 different venues. As well as the many millions around the world following the event on television, around 100,000 sporting enthusiasts are expected to visit the Russian metropolis at the time of the event.

Preparations in Kazan are already in full swing for the high-calibre event. The venue for the swimming competiti

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14 March 2016

Cinimod Studio, architecture and lighting design specialists, commissioned Litestructures to realise the next incarnation of their designs inspired by Itsu's butterfly motif. The original concept had already been brought to life as bright and animated sculptures across a number of its London outlets. The new brief challenged Litestructures' design and fabrication team to come up with something far more spectacular. The finished structure comprises a floating, twisting sculptural form that creates a strik

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Lighting designer Daniel Bocking designed the production with video projections and a rig dominated by 18 Alpha Beam 700s positioned in clusters of three to create a classic rock and roll feel for the band. The lighting was designed and programmed around bespoke video footage developed by content designer Colin Rozee of R2 Digital Productions and projected onto sails suspended from the rear truss.

"I needed really tight beams because I didn't want to throw too much light around and risk washing out the video," says Bocking. "The Alpha Beams were brilliantly effective - just so narrow in the beam. The fixture creates highly defined, parallel beams that are clearly visible against other

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Selected elements of the sound equipment were upgraded in the 800-seat capacity Main House, as part of a 6-month refurbishment programme in the Main House auditorium.

Orbital's relationship with the Theatre Royal pre-dates this project, previously supplying the Theatre Royal's egg theatre for children with its d&b Q7 system during 2010.

Theatre Royal Bath's Technical Manager, Joe Wright, detailed the refurbishment programme: "The Theatre Royal Main House is principally a receiving venue, handling a wide variety of different live entertainment genres, from stand-up and the spoken word, through live bands and playback, to full-scale musicals.

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"Everybody we have demonstrated to have been impressed with the CT108s output," commented Dino Drimakis, business development manager at Melody House. "Its compact nature is the icing on the cake as it allows companies like AV Concepts to use them in various manners for different kind of events."

(Jim Evans)

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"Showtech are one of Dubai's most active rental firms, with constantly being in and out of different venues the need for a flexible yet reliable system is paramount," commented Richie Hiranandani, marketing manager. "The system also seamlessly integrates with their existing wired intercom systems, hence a clear choice for Showtech."

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Stage2's iLive has already been used to mix monitors for Russell Watson; FOH for Jersey's Help for Haiti Concert, featuring artists Cathy Battistessa and Nerina Pallot; and on monitors at the Grassroots Festival, featuring Fun Loving Criminals, Bedouin Soundclash, Jose Gonzalez and Natty.

"I have had great success with iLive at all levels from small band/pub gigs to very large scale festivals. It's such a versatile system," comments Stage2's MD, Rob Richie. "I am so impressed that I am looking to increase our hire stock of iLive products to the modular iDR10 MixRack with iLive-144 Surface, and the compact iDR-16 MixRack with iLive-

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14 March 2016

This year the BRIT Awards with MasterCard relocated to The 02 after a 13 year residency in Earls Court, creating challenges and opportunities for the events production managers in the way that they chose to utilize the space available in this new and unique arena.

To ease this transfer process and help optimise the layout of the ceremony evening, The Arena Group carefully positioned its temporary structures to make use of this large space. By transforming the area available into a pristine temporary party venue within the 02 The BRIT Awards with MasterCard were able to host the pre and post celebrations comfortably in their new home.

The Arena Group built a 40mx70m TFS structure inside the outer space of the

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14 March 2016

Following the use of Soundcraft consoles during the visit to the UK of Pope Benedict XVI last summer, a Vi1 was again on duty in the Chateauroux region of France on 20 January 20, as French President Nicolas Sarkozy addressed more than 1,000 health workers in the gymnasium of the local hospital in Chatillon-sur-Indre.

The rental company called in to convert the gym into a full production space were Poitiers-based sound and lighting company, SLJ Sonorisation, Eclairage, Vidéo. They built a lighting structure which was rigged in the roof while the President's staff constructed the stage itself.

FOH engineer, Benoit Lasjuilliarias, confirmed that the president always favours using lo

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Courses were limited to eight people per session, although such was the demand that 10 were accommodated on the final course. The cross section of attendees represented all areas of the industry and included venue personnel, freelancers and sound, lighting & staging rental companies. Three technicians from BBC Northern Ireland were there along with two from University College Dublin.

Freelancer Phil McVeigh used the course as an invaluable all round 'primer' opportunity before going on to successfully complete his National Rigging Certificate (NRC) Level 2 in the UK the following week.

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The three-week paid training programme will give candidates a thorough induction to some of the most popular and industry-standard lighting, audio, rigging and video entertainment technologies stocked by AC-ET, which supplies over 200 brands to dealers, distributors and end users in 80 countries worldwide.

Successful candidates selected from the training course will then follow a development programme over the next 12 months, depending on their individual level of industry experience.

Originally launched in 2003, the training programme has proved extremely successful, with 6

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14 March 2016

Founded in 1984, with offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, Bytecraft Entertainment specialises in supplying lighting, drapery and LED screen systems to a wide range of entertainment and event markets. "This acquisition will be hugely beneficial to our customers," says Found. "PRG's global reach, depth of inventory and technical expertise will provide many opportunities for our existing clients."

PRG chairman and CEO Jere Harris comments: "With the acquisition of Buytecraft, we will be able

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One of the focal points of interest was the booth of Dynacord and Electro-Voice's African partners Audio Visual Engineering (AVE), where visitors could enjoy live demonstrations of Dynacord D-Lite and VariLine loudspeaker systems and Electro-Voice Tour X and XLC loudspeaker systems.

In addition to daily 90-minute audio training sessions - which, besides covering the basics, included a line-array workshop and dealt with special aspects of limiters and loudspeaker controllers - the fair's four-day programme included twice-daily Open Mic sessions offering up-and-coming performers a chance to demonstrate their talent on stage. These, like the audio workshops

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This year, 42 commercial LED lighting products were recognised for excellence. Out of 138 entries from 61 different lighting companies, 33 were chosen as 'recognized' winners and four were chosen as 'best in class'. An additional five products were deemed 'notable', a new category created for those NGL entries that might not yet be considered specifiable but nevertheless have at least one out

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Interface Sound, a Miami-based sound services firm that specializes in live sound for concerts and the special events/corporate industrial markets while also maintaining a presence in the commercial installation business, was contracted to design and install the new sound reinforcement system at The Stage.

Ralph Alvarez, Interface Sound's owner/operator and designer of the sound system, comments, "The Stage is an area roughly 3,500sq.ft with a stage positioned along the back wall of the space. Because the venue has a wide range of music performances, we needed a louds