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France - Featuring at this year's Siel in Paris is the Selecon Rama range of Fresnels and PCs.

As well as the Fast Focus Technology innovations, Rama will introduce a new standard of operational benefits including, cooler operational control, the Grippa colour frame - a moulded filter frame which grips the filter to maxmise filter life, integrated safety bond, and automatic disconnection of the mains power when opening the luminaire for relamping.

Selecon's French distributor - ESL on Stand M64 - will also feature recent additions to the modular Pacific range including the Pacific 5º High Efficiency Fixed Beam and the Pacific 45º -75º Zoomspot - billed as the "world's widest zoom". The wide choice in light sources available for the Pacific will be on display including the lower voltage 80V Power System, MSR discharge sources and the new CST 250 with intensity cont

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UK - 3M Optical Systems has selected the Albion( Group as UK distributor for its family of advanced rear projection display screens. Vikuiti eXtended Resolution Video Screens (XRVS) from 3M will be marketed under Albion's System-AV(R) brand, which also embraces AV support equipment, such as mounts, trolleys and furniture.

Commented Richard Osborn, managing director, Albion Group, "We are proud to have been chosen by 3M as UK distributor for XRVS screens and are pleased to be associated with such a well-established, international brand. XRVS screens are highly complimentary to our existing System-AV range, enabling us to leverage and sustain our strengths in the AV trade and displaysectors. It also offers the potential for expansion into new markets as the product develops."

XRVS display screens sizes range from 60-inch up to 95-inch in both 4:3 and 16:9 aspect ratios

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UK - Forge Europa has introduced a range of ultra bright LED Lighting Strips for single or multi-colour illumination in a myriad of applications. The range uses XLamp LEDs from pioneering American LED manufacturer Cree Lighting. Potential Applications, says Forge, include wall wash, compact fluorescent replacement, RGB colour mixing, downlights and glass illumination.

Strips of 1/2W, 1W and 3W LEDs are available in a wide range of combinations of colour, shape, size and power output. Forge Europa is offering a comprehensive custom design and assembly service from prototypes through to volume production. The company also has a wide and comprehensive range of plastic secondary optics.

(Jim Evans)

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The PLASA Show has today launched its 2006 website. The new site carries extensive information on PLASA06, which will bring the industry live to Earls Court 1 in central London between 10-13 September 2006.The striking new website has been designed to help exhibitors and visitors quickly access everything they need to know about the show. It features an easy-to-use menu system, quick links to essential information such as the exhibitor list and floorplan and a straightforward online registration area where visitors can pre-book their tickets at the reduced rate of £9.00 - a saving of 50% on the on-the-door price of £18.00.Further essential information will be added in the coming months, including details of the seminar programme and Innovation Awards, exhibitor and visitor events, the latest technologies to be previewed and any further new initiatives being introduced at PLAS

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Australia - Robe ColorWash and ColorSpot AT fixtures took centre stage in LD Luke Criss's show for the Dream Centre Christian Church's Christmas Concert. This was staged at the 1100 capacity Dream Centre venue on Australia's Gold Coast, and was performed to a full house for four nights.

Over Sixty intelligent lights were utilised including Robe ColorWash 575ATs, ColorSpot 575ATs and Spot 250XTs, all run though a PC lighting controller.

The lighting gear used for the concert included some equipment permanently installed in the venue, which was augmented with additional kit supplied by south east Queensland-based rental and production company, Dominica. All the show's lighting and media server requirements were designed and operated by Luke Criss and programmed by John Buchanan, both from Dominica.

Most of the ColorWash and ColorSpot 575AT lights were rigged over-stage on seve

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New Zealand - The Christmas storefront window displays for the Myer Melbourne store were created in stunning style for the twelfth consecutive season by Stage One Promotions. Creative director John Kerr used a spread of Selecon stock including: 30 x Selecon Acclaim 650W Fresnels, 30 x Selecon Acclaim 650W profiles 24 - 44, 14 x Selecon 1kW Compact 6 Fresnels with the main special effect fixtures being 12 x Selecon Pacific 90º 1kW luminaries fitted with DHA gobo rotators.

"When these arrived on the market, my prayers were answered," said Kerr. "Building on top of the basic work horse rig, are an arsenal of "specials" or better known as "my expensive toys", from flame lights, fibre optics, LED fixtures, moving mirrors, water effects, DHA wheels, gobo rotators, candle effects and so on."

All of this equipment (combined with other luminarie

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Germany - A&O Lighting Technology of Oyten has expanded its range of LED lighting equipment. In the Falcon Flood LED from alpha one GmbH, A&O is offering a compact lighting system that can be controlled via DMX and is available in different power categories. Through RGB colour mixing, the Falcon Flood LED is capable of many different colour nuances.

The new LED lighting system with its individually selectable emission angles is especially suitable for architectural lighting such as the illumination of facades but also for a wide variety of other outdoor applications. In architectural applications, LED technology offers the advantages of low running and maintenance costs due to the relatively low levels of power consumption and the long operating life of the lamps.

(Chris Henry)

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UK - ADLIB Audio and sister company ADLIB Lighting supplied sound and lighting production to the Manchester v Cancer show at the MEN Arena.

The star-studded line up included New Order, The Doves, Johnny Marr & The Healers, Elbow, 808 State, Nine Black Alps, Badly Drawn Boy, and the tightly packed evening also included DJ sets from the Utah Saints, Tin Tin and Mr Scruff plus other local talent and acoustic artists during the change-overs.

ADLIB fielded a total crew of 19 who worked in two shifts to separate the load in crew from the event crew. The get in started at six a.m. that morning, and the show commenced at 6.30 p.m. in the evening. With doors at six, this left 12 busy hours to rig, set up and sound check eight headlining live acts. "It was an extremely hectic one day festival scenario," says ADLIB crew chief Dave Kay (recent winner of the 2006 TPi Award

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UK - Buro Happold's Specialist Consulting group has appointed two lighting consultants to its fast-growing LiT (Lighting Technology) team in Manchester. Nuala Morris has a BA (Hons) in Interior Architecture from Manchester Metropolitan University and an MA on Research in Light and Health, analysing the biological effect of light on human health.

Morris will be developing architectural lighting concepts, principle design sketches and visualisations for architectural lighting schemes on commercial and public sector projects, including art, leisure, educational and office buildings, both in the UK and abroad. Current projects include a concept lighting design based around a theatrical theme for a head-link bridge in Wales and a contemporary lighting scheme for a new church in Salford.

Barry Milnes has also been appointed to the LiT team as a 3D modeller / illustrator. Milnes has

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India - The 2005 ITA Awards - Indian Television Academy Awards, the country's most prestigious honors ceremony, were held at Bhavans Ground in Mumbai. The event featured a spectacular lighting design by India's best known show designer, Atul Sonpal, utilizing Robe Show Lighting moving lights.

It was attended by a host of top Bollywood and Indian TV celebrities, some of whom also performed, and the show was also broadcast live on TV for India's number one Channel, "Star Plus".

Sonpal has designed all the major awards ceremonies in India for the last four years, and was a natural choice to be the creative mastermind of this one. All lighting equipment was supplied by his rental company, Mumbai-based Jagmag Electric.

Sonpal's starting point for the lighting was the spectacular wide set designed by Mr. Kunal for Kosmos India consisting of a spherical central fea

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UK - Soap Star Superstar, broadcast live in January this year, was the latest incarnation of the popular X Factor style show from ITV. Set designer Peter Bingemann and lighting director Al Gurdon provided the dynamic backdrop for the programme and employed the expertise of PRG Europe to provide crew and the lighting rig. PRG Europe's production manager Mick Healey oversaw the supply of the lighting and rigging equipment whilst Loz Wilcox managed the G-LEC LED elements of the set.

Comprising G-LEC LED PhantomFrames, which hung juxtaposed and layered at varying angles and heights around the stage, Bingemann's set featured an exaggerated perspective to ensure the stage looked much bigger than it really was. PhantomFrames were installed beneath a clear Perspex stage and, when combined with the set elements, created a low resolution video solution.

Wilcox says: "

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Australia - Joe Cocker has just completed a world tour with a series of shows in Australia. Tim Bradsmith from Concert & Corporate in Perth has been on the road with Cocker as his long-time lighting designer. Bradsmith took the opportunity to use ten new Martin MAC 700 Profile in his rig, along with twenty-six MAC 600 washlights. Conventional lighting included 12 ETC 19°, 10 x 4-lites and 20 x ETC Source Four Parnels.

"I believe that this was one of the first time that a rock band had taken MAC 700's on tour," said Bradsmith. "When I was at Martin's Denmark factory earlier in the year they showed me a prototype of the MAC 700 and asked my opinion on it. I have to say that they have really put a lot of thought into the effects, it's like an advanced MAC 500 which is a popular unit in itself."

Bradsmith says that the MAC 700's have been trouble free on the r

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UK - Tryka L.E.D. is introducing several new and upgraded LED luminaires, drivers and controllers at this year's arc show (13-14 February 2006, London). The company's upgraded MR16-size Module 3 and Module 6 will be unveiled at the exhibition, as well as the new AR111-size Module 12, marking the launch of the Tryka Easy-Link System. This exciting development denotes the simple and straightforward way in which units connect to each other, for extreme quick and trouble-free installation, say Tryka.

Both MR16 units feature interchangeable optics and their new tapered shape means they can now fit into an even wider array of housings, making them even more versatile than their predecessors. Following their successful launch in the latter part of 2005, the new Intelligent Drive Systems IDS-4 and IDS-12 will have their first arc showing. With the ability to run and control up to 144 LE

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Germany - A&O Lighting Technology has acquired the exclusive worldwide distribution rights to the new Sky Falcon Arc lighting fixtures from alpha one, which are available in two versions: 'white' and 'colour' in the power classes 575W, 1.2kW and 1.8kW.

These compact architectural luminaires are presented in a robust, weather-proof housing and are highly versatile, with a variety of different lenses being available to satisfy the requirements of different applications. The Sky Falcon White can also be optionally equipped with dichroic filters to provide coloured illumination of buildings, whilst the Sky Falcon Colour comes as standard with a colour changer. This fixture is also available with an electronic ballast.

(Chris Henry)

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USA - For the fifth consecutive year, Visual Terrain Inc. has successfully produced Organ Power In Concert for the Roland Corporation. This event was held at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center in Long Beach, California. This is the eighth annual production in association with other Roland activities surrounding The NAMM Show at the Anaheim Convention Center.

Traditionally, Organ Power is staged with both live and videotaped performances.This year, set designer Edward Marks added another challenging element to the staging with raised turntables and serpentine ramps, creating intimacy to the expansive stage.

To meet the logistic lighting challenge of a revolving set, a large part of the solution according to lighting director Jeff Ravitz is careful coordination and flexibility. "Our goal was to create an intimate setting for each performer and at the same t

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UK - A.C. Lighting is pleased to announce the promotion of Ian Ferguson to the role of UK (South) sales manager at the company's headquarters in High Wycombe. The promotion follows a period of growth for the company, driven in part by it's diversification into complementary audio sales, bespoke projects installations and exclusive product lines in order to provide customers with a complete one-stop-shop service.

With 30 years industry experience and an encyclopaedic knowledge of its products and applications, Ferguson has played a key role in developing the UK sales team during this exciting expansion period. His promotion recognises this achievement and provides staff and customers with an additional level of day-to-day support and focus to help the business achieve its long-term growth plans.

A well-known industry figure, Ferguson built his career working in the technical de

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UK - HSL is supplying all lighting equipment and production rigging on Bill Kenwright's popular Scrooge The Musical UK tour.

Lighting was designed by Nick Richings and is being looked after and operated on the road by chief LX Tom Wright. HSL supplied the majority of the rig absolutely brand new, "Which is excellent," declares Wright - including Avolites ART2000 dimmers, moving lights from Robe Show Lighting and Martin Professional, City Theatrical auto Yokes, Chroma Q colour scrollers, and a large generic rig consisting primarily of Source Four profiles and PARS, plus regular PARs and cyc units.

Scrooge is the latest in a long list of theatrical productions being serviced by HSL with others including This is Elvis and Festen.

Richings' design starts off relatively dark to match the murky tone of the show. He's designed it with the scope

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Belgium - Flashlight/APR Belgium has strengthened its sales team with the appointment of Laurent Grietens as international sales manager for France, Switzerland and Italy. Laurent was previously founder and director of leading Belgian audio rental company Art System.

Erwin Franck, sales director of Flashlight/APR Belgium, says: "Due to the company's continuing growth and its strength in our local market, we are ready to explore new markets. Laurent Grietens was already looking for an exciting new challenge in new markets and we are delighted that he decided to join us. The fact that we also want to develop and grow new technologies such as XLNT's CyberHoist and Synco audio equipment made the challenge and the opportunity even more exciting for him. With Laurent on board we have all the necessary skills to take this next major step in our commercial activities."

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USA - More news from ESTA's Technical Standards Program: At its meeting on January 20, the Electrical Power Working Group approved the start of a project to write a standard to offer guidance on the inspection of stage and studio luminaires.

The new project, BSR E1.32-200x, Recommended Practice for the Inspection of Entertainment Industry Luminaires, is designed to help electricians conduct regular inspections of lighting instruments. In working on the BSR E1.19 GFCI project, it has become clear to the working group that one of the causes of ground-fault circuit interrupters tripping on stages, in studios, and on location shoots is faulty lighting equipment. Regular inspection would allow faults to be identified and corrected so they aren't risks to personnel or causes of production delays.

Interested parties - who would be anybody who owns, rents, uses, inspects

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USA - In Las Vegas they certainly do things on a grand scale, especially when performing on stage are the world's most popular and successful singers and bands. The closing ceremony of the Radio Music Awards -considered by the American recording industry as its equivalent of the movie industry's Golden Globe Awards - was broadcast live nationwide on NBC in December.

A spectacular show, it was stunningly lit by a battery of Coemar iWash Haloes. Top of the bill were Mariah Carey and Green Day, while the winning team backstage and at the lighting console consisted of Allen Branton (lighting design), Tom Beck, Kevin Lawson and Felix Peralta (lighting directors), Laura Frank (digital lighting director), David Oakes (head gaffer), Darren Langer, Dave Hunkins, McClain Moss, Ken Burns and Steve Chase (show gaffers), Liberty Bock (operations manager). The lighting contractor was upstagin

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USA - At the 30 years' mark, ETC (Electronic Theatre Controls Inc) reports that more ETC Source Four luminaires were shipped in 2005 than in any other year and 2006 will be a company record for the highest number of product releases of any year in the company's history.

ETC has begun celebrating its milestone 30th year with an array of new products and beefed-up favourites. For Source Four fans, the much-anticipated 14°, 70° and 90° field-angle spotlights will be on the market. The new 14° Source Four provides an intermediate-throw field angle to fill the gap between the 10° and 19° luminaires. Short-throw applications such as blackbox theatres and dance lighting will benefit from the 70° and 90° Source Fours, while the Enhanced Definition Lens Tube (EDLT) option, introduced at LDI 2005 and available soon in 19°, 26°, 36° and 50° field angles, makes any Source Four o

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USA / UK - Color Kinetics Inc has announced its latest white light developments - which it says apply to both speciality applications and "the fast-approaching realization of general illumination". The company will expand its IntelliWhite series, introduce new single color temperature white light products, and deliver a comprehensive platform for general illumination in the second half of 2006.

The platform comprises a replaceable ballast, socketed light module and multiple control options, forming the springboard for a new family of Color Kinetics products and enabling broad adoption through OEM relationships. Bill Sims, president and CEO, Color Kinetics, says: "White LEDs are advancing at remarkable rates - enabling completely new applications and fast approaching viability for general illumination. Our platform results from eight years of development, market-te

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USA - 14 Robe ColorSpot 1200 AT's were the hub of Helena Kuukka's lighting design for the Fort Lauderdale Christmas Pageant, staged in the 2.500 capacity First Baptist Church of Fort Lauderdale.

The show celebrated it's 22nd year by running for two sold-out weeks in, playing to over 50,000 people during the period. It was also broadcast on national TV and to several foreign countries during the holiday season. The show has won 2 local Emmy Awards and is produced into a DVD each year.

Lighting equipment and programming expertise was supplied by locally-based Paradigm Productions, and the show electricians and installation crew came from Majestic Productions.

Kuukka had a 70 ft wide stage and a cast of about 300 to cover, so she needed really bright fixtures, and chose the Robes as key moving light tools for the job, which also included a large conventional rig. "I

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UK - Architectural and feature lighting specialists i-Vision has supplied and installed a highly atmospheric lighting scheme at the Courtyard Hotel in Leixlip, just outside Dublin. The beguiling building right on the banks of the River Liffey was Ireland's first and original Guinness Brewery, back in 1756.

The 40 room Courtyard Hotel contains two top class restaurants and four bars, six conference suites and exterior seating for 1000 people. Attention has been paid to detail in the renovation of the old brewery which has seen the sympathetic addition of a brand new hotel wing. From the outset, they realised that lighting was an essential 'finishing' factor, and vital to the overall aesthetics and feel of the environment.

Working with architect Eamonn McCann and interior designers Eileen Cogan and Bernadette Prior, the Courtyard's general manager Gavin O'Shea was also involved

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