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14 December 2016

Eastern Acoustics was found in the eighties and is an audio-visual company that specialises in all types of events from theatre productions to concerts, conferences and festivals.

Yasheen Abdullah has years of working on the MA platform, but recently joined Akbar 'Aki' Khan and his team at Eastern Acoustics as project manager and lighting designer. "Having been a user and having the MA experience, the choice to go this route was not difficult and I was pleased to introduce the brand to Eastern Acoustics," said Yasheen.

"The capabilities of the grandMA2 ultra-light are endless and it's highly interactive. There is the versatility of being able to use the on-board build-in effects or the option to create y

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14 December 2016

S+H MD Terry Murtha was approached by DJ's new management to help create a visual scheme to make the space a vibrant nightspot. The premises had been empty for a year and before then had been a sports bar.

"It's a great brief to have almost a blank canvas and be asked to produce something original and imaginative," comments Murtha, who decided on a fresh visual approach based around using LED screen and video content as the main lightsource.

"I thought video was a great medium to produce a versatile environment," he explained, "It is excellent for creating mood, and used correctly, the dramatic contrasts between bight and dark really enhance atmosphere, especially in an i

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The event featured 18 hours of non-stop music from Jessy Lanza, Helena Hauff, Floating Points, Powell, Mano Le Tough, Leon Vynehall and DJ Richard.

Ten of Clay Paky's A.leda B-Eye K10 delighted the audience with a real show of light and colour, thanks to its wash effect and light beam.

This music festival has been staged annually for 15 years and is now established on the international festival calendar.

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Greg states that while VDL's mission of offering best practice to a wide client base of audio visual professionals and their clients will remain the same, the company will offer a more direct approach with regard to sales, specialist consultancy and installation architecture.

"The new structure has been designed to liberate much more of my time for working with clients and developing new display IP for them," he stated. "I had a life-changing experience on the board of InfoComm and at the same time developing ANSI S

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14 December 2016

Michael Ledesma, LD for Santana, is using ImageCue with LED panels in a "V" configuration on either side of the stage. The video director controls the central imag screen, but Ledesma controls the "V" visuals from the lighting console allowing him greater coordination between the lighting and video effects.

Lighting and video designer, Michelle Sarrat, is using ImageCue this summer on the Grimes tour with a background video wall. The tour is hitting many of the festivals throughout Europe.

Michelle says "I've been very satisfied with the ImageCue so far - it's been very helpful on all these festivals." ImageCue LLC is based in Running Springs, California with a European office in Dietlikon, Switzerland.

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The largest arts festival in the world, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 will feature over 3,000 shows across more than 300 venues over the course of three weeks. Running from 5-29 August, Hawthorn will this year provide equipment to Assembly Festival, Paradise Green and New Town Theatre. They will also be supplying equipment to a number of productions across the festival, including The Lady Boys of Bangkok, which they've supported on the current UK tour and will be located in Edinburgh for the duration of the Fringe.

Hawthorn will be providing sound, lighting, video, rigging, staging and a whole range of other technical equipment, including recent investments, AVO Art 2020 dimmer racks, ETC Col

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Steve Davies, LIA CEO, said: "We are delighted to have signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of South Wales. Our partnership is part of a drive by the LIA Academy to improve and co-ordinate training and development opportunities for lighting professionals throughout the UK."

Various courses will be delivered at the NEW LIA Academy facility in Telford. Students will additionally be given special access to the LIA Laboratory in Telford. This is the UK's largest independent ISO 17025 test laboratory dedicated to lighting and features industry-leading test equipment.

Stuart Green, course leader of Lighting and Design Technology at USW, said

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Bringing new perspectives and ideas to the lighting industry she will be supported by Uli Steinle, who remains with the Karlsbad company.

"I am looking forward to the projects and challenges ahead," stated the new marketing manager. "Already, by attending Prolight + Sound in April I have been able to get a snapshot of the industry and was thrilled by the effects, emotion and consequent opportunities that present themselves in this area."

GLP CEO Udo K

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The Platinum Seven houses 19x 25W multi-chip LEDs (RGBW + Amber, Cyan and UV) for a powerful projection of smooth colour across any surface.

The Platinum Seven houses a fast 5° to 73° zoom for greater beam control and more precise and wider coverage. A variety of different effects are possible using the fixture's 3x pixel ring control with colour pixel ring macros included when programming time is limited. The fixture also offers linear dimming with selectable dimming curves and high-speed electron

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14 December 2016

The MagicBurst offers wireless DMX through LumenRadio's TiMo platform. At this year's Prolight + Sound show in Frankfurt, Ayrton gained massive attention with their now famous light show, displaying nine new products - eight of which has a built-in CRMX TiMo module as standard.

Marcus Bengtsson, international sales manager at LumenRadio says, "We are extremely proud of our partnership with Ayrton. Their innovative products and originality goes well in hand with our own philosophy. Together we are really pushing the envelope."

The TiMo platform which was launched in 2014 and builds on the CRMXchip technology is the first fully integrated DMX/RDM module designed for for h

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The set design has been created to reflect the medieval nature of GOT whilst bringing a definite clean, modern feel to the overall look. Lighting designer Iain Davidson has introduced some delicate lighting effects that allow for subtle movement across the lattice work that borders the stage, with soft, low key illumination throughout the interview area. LED Creative added a selection of LED solutions to add crisp highlights and accents to the set that introduce clean, controllable highlights without distracting from the overall design.

LED Creative worked alongside the production design crew from the initial concept stages of the show, helping create the desired look using an intric

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Last year's Switch-On Festival attracted around 30,000 people to the arena across four events, including two music concerts, a comedy roadshow and a live CBBC broadcast, as well as Hollywood film director Tim Burton turning on the famous Illuminations display.

Details of this year's line-up are beginning to be announced, with special guest performers and the switch on star set to be unveiled in the coming weeks, while global TV channel Nickelodeon have already signed up to deliver a host entertainment across the resort during the weekend.

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The Church is an Assemblies of God organisation that stresses the importance of godly living, Christian service and personal salvation. It recently relocated to an extensively renovated, 58,000 sq. ft. former industrial facility.

The Church's executive pastor, Danny Collins, approached Douglas Hood, president of Indiana-based CSD Group, to supply a lighting solution for the new building.

"Versatility was a recurring theme in our design meetings, with the hope of creating an environment where we could blur the lines between stage and seating using lighting," says Danny. "Therefore, we required colour-capable, fully-dimmable lighting which could be controlled fr

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14 December 2016

Fineline specified 16 Rogue R1 FX-B blade-style fixtures for the WOW! Stage, which was located in Glastonbury's Silver Hayes area and featured EDM and DJ artists. The company used 10 Maverick MK2 Spots at The Circus Big Top, where concert music gave way to stage performances by Pirates of the Carabina, Yvette Dusol, Eric McGill, plus many other acts.

Although the two stages featured very different forms of entertainment, Fineline Lighting was committed to giving each a fresh new look. "We have been working at Glastonbury for many years; it's the largest green field festival in the world and has always been a very diverse festival in terms of both the ac

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"The world of marketing and technology continues to transform rapidly. To keep up with these changes, we've identified three key areas where our staff numbers needed to grow, and so we are thrilled to welcome Chelsie, Brandon and Roz aboard during this exciting period of growth here at ENTTEC," says Jeremy Kumin, general manager of ENTTEC Americas.

Kumin adds, "By fortifying and extending our team and resources, ENTTEC is showing commitment to the future growth and demand for products. We are developing and continuing to maintain our reputation as a leading player in the industry and it is a very exciting time for our new employ

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14 December 2016

Release 37 includes new features and enhancements that improve the work flow of wysiwyg, and that deliver useful tools for everyday design needs, says the company.

"As always, our team continues to build on our previous versions, delivering on our goal to build new tools that will help our users," says Dino Mazza, wysiwyg product manager.

"We worked closely with our Beta users, who offer us feedback and assisted our development with input on feature designs and on identifying changes that will make a big difference to their user experience. It's a gre

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14 December 2016

Bristol Summer Series welcomed a host of international acts including headliners Catfish and The Bottlemen, Sigur R

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Outside of his college obligations, Arnall has been busy building his own business along with his partner, Owen Price who is also at York College. "It was Owen who really got me into sound and lighting in the first place. We started out DJ-ing about four years ago but with very minimal equipment and cer

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Aaron's lighting was a crucial element in creating the emotion, raw anxiety and political and moral issues of this incisive piece of theatre by Jason Robert Brown, which dramatizes the 1913 trail of Jewish factory manager Leo Frank for the murder and rape of 13-year-old employee, Mary Phagan in Atlanta, Georgia.

HSL first met Aaron through their work at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last year where he had a production of Molly by company Squint. When this production took shape, and he needed support for the show, HSL's MD Simon Stuart was delighted to get involved.

"Aaron is a highly talented LD with a real passion f

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All race day communications relating to the actual production (camera cues, commercial breaks, specific camera shots, commentator comments) were supported on an RTS ADAM intercom.

Six KP-5032 keypanels were located around the track in various camera and shot spotter locations, with two located in the track/event control room to enable seamless communications for a successful production of the anniversary event.

This was the first live demonstration of the new, soon-to-be-released RVON software package designed for the KP-5032s. In the past, implementing RVON required buying hardware daughter cards, pulling the keypanel out of service, in

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Having been given a major overhaul for the 2016 season, the new look BB set at Elstree Studios hosts each of the live evictions as a full on 'rock and roll' event, complete with vast wrap around video screens, plenty of automated lighting and a curved 'catwalk' at its centre.

Working closely with gaffer Richard Shout, Aurora hassupplied the crew with a variety of heads including the versatile Clay Paky Mythos with its impressive spot and beam abilities providing precise colour and movement across the exterior of the set. For extra punch, powerful Novalight Super Novas have also been sited over the stage to deliver stunning aerial effects above the action.

A mix of MAC Auras and Rush PARs have been incorporate

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Lighting designer Larry Foote rented 24 of the Chauvet Professional LED panels from 4Wall Entertainment for his Farr tour rig. Drawing on the versatility of his pixel mapped Nexus units, Foote has been able to create an impressive variety of looks for his client, while still meeting the objective of keeping his rig simple and flexible.

"We're playing a lot of festivals and venues of very differe

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14 December 2016

Robe partnered with leading Slovakian rental company Q-99 for the 2016 Championships to supply over 100 of the latest Robe moving lights - Squares, BMFL Blades and BMFL WashBeams, Pointes and ColorStrobes - to the event's entertainment stage which was used for the Opening Ceremony, nightly concerts, featuring some of the most popular Czech artists, as well as for medal ceremonies throughout the prestigious and highly successful five-day event.