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14 March 2016

CT - one of the world's leading suppliers of audio-visual and event management services - says seeing the G-LEC Phantom system in operation at Hockenheim, which hosted the Formula 1 Santander Grand Prix in July, was a major factor in the decision making process.

Dave Crump, managing director of CT London, said: "Quality and reliability are vital to our business, and we were extremely impressed with what we saw at Hockenheim. As well as being really bright, the Phantom system is both light and easy to rig, all-important factors when the pressure is on."

The agreement was signed by David Crump and Lars Wolf, managing director of G-LEC, during an exceptionally successful PLASA show in London. CT will initially take 100 Phantom30 and

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Lighting design for the production was by Trevor Wallace, who turned to White Light for the equipment that could both bring the Martians to life, and survive the rigours of outdoor performances next to the Atlantic Ocean in an English summer. The rig included five of Martin's MAC 700 Spotlights which were installed inside FlightDome protective domes to ensure that they were protected from the elements.

As well as the MAC 700s, White Light supplied High End Dataflash strobes, ETC Source Fours in 10?, 26?, 36?, 50? and 70? varieties, PAR64s, CCT Minuette Fresnels, and a Robert Juliat Foxie 700W followspot. White Light also supplied a Viper smoke machine, and a PowerTiny miniature smoke machine, as well as rigging, mains and DMX distribution and

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14 March 2016

The Vectorworks 2009 product line features a robust new engine that gives users "superior 2D and 3D capabilities", at speeds that are up to 4-5 times faster for modelling operations. In addition, new features and enhancements were developed with direct input from Vectorworks users, resulting in a new version with enhanced usability, improved 3D modelling, and optimised workflows that will turbo-boost productivity and facilitate collaboration, say the company.

The Vectorworks 2009 product line is powered by Parasolid, the industry-leading CAD/CAM/CAE modelling kernel from Siemens PLM Software. Given the large-scale modelling requirements of the A/E/C

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The notable advancements on R23 include: new visualization features that deliver the real quality of light - in realtime; variable focus which allows users to focus beams, gobos, video, etc., at any distance; beams moving across objects will produce realtime shadows; hot spots will display a truer representation of the light; and to keep pace with the exploding trend in digital lighting, video content is displayed in beams, enabling users to model digital media fixtures and see the output in realtime.

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B10 has been specifically developed for the sports market to address the ever-increasing demand for pitch side, or perimeter, advertising screens, which provide important additional revenue for clubs and venues.

Each B10 panel measures 1280mm (w) x 960mm (h) and uses Lighthouse's Enhanced Resolution (ER) technology to give an effective 10mm pixel pitch. 5,000 nits of brightness enables B10 to cope with any level of ambient light, even direct sunlight, and accurate colour reproduction means that advertisers logos can be perfectly replicated, says the company.

An important design modification of the B10 is its rubber louvres, incorporated to protect players on the field should they accidentally run into it during the course of play. Additio

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Built across four glass-fronted floors, Cube provides a juxtaposition to the raft of small bars in the centre of Liverpool. The lighting design, by Neil Riley, director of Absolute, has worked this position as far as possible. By colour-washing each floor-to-ceiling window as a separate zone using the Tryka K2 LED RGB Strip Module, the message stands tall and is immediate: Cube is far from square.

The club area starts on the first floor, above the ground floor restaurant and pre-bar area lit with original lighting fixtures sourced from Italy and Spain. The first floor seating areas are illuminated using Tryka RGB Module 3 lighting units - in total 250 were used across the first and second f

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Parry was asked onboard by Matter owners and underground music gurus Keith Reilly and Cameron Leslie with whom he's worked on several previous projects. He collaborated closely with architects and interior designers William Russell and Sarah Adams of Pentagram who created an edgy neo industrial aesthetic for the venue which is inside the O2 in Greenwich.

Literally thousands of LED lightsources - primarily from the Philips SSL range including several kilometres of iColor Flex product - are embedded in various architectural features around the venue like walls, pillars and balconies, plus corridors, stairwells, toilets and other public spaces and circulation areas.

All these a

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The completed upgrade has involved eMerging in the design, construction and installation of six new audio dubbing suites at Lime, each with Merging Pyramix audio Post-production DAWs, VCube HD high-definition video playback systems, and Merging Ramses control surfaces.

Alongside the equipment from eMerging, Lime also purchased new HD Sony HDC-1500 cameras, built a new Central Apparatus Room (CAR) with a 102-Terabyte Data Direct video production SAN, and adde

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Blinding Light was working for live experience company Sledge on this three-month project - the only indoor digital laser tag facility in the UK. The aim was to build a dramatic, atmospheric and stimulating environment for the high octane experience in which two teams battle to succeed in their mission. The Hangar was one of a series of ongoing long term temporary installations designed to offer additional entertainment value to anyone visiting the O2.

Blinding Light asked Mark Mumford to create the lighting design for the all-action game, which featured its own soundtrack and was housed inside the O2's inflatable "Bubble" structure. His task included

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Opera News - "Not so long ago, making a fanfare about big frocks and fancy sets in opera was the preserve of that crowd-pleasing impresario Raymond Gubbay," wrote Emma Pomfret in The Times. "Heaven forbid that you uttered the words &quo

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At LDI, the Philips 750/115 FastFit and Philips 800/230 FastFit will be on display for the first time, designed in fixtures of the American manufacturer Strand. These new Philips lamps offer maximum light and minimum heat at performers, a longer lifespan and fewer early failures.

Philips has extended the FastFit product range over the last few months with the Philips MSR Gold 300/2 FastFit, Philips MSR Gold 1500 FastFit and Philips MSR Gold 2000(/2) FastFit.

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The company's product display list includes the Legend 1200E - Chauvet's first 1,200W moving yoke. Features include 12, 24, or 32-channels of DMX-512 control, linear zoom, variable frost, two gobo wheels, each with 12 interchangeable glass gobos, and a colour wheel offering seven vibrant colours, variable colour spin and seamless split colours.

The Legend 6500 is a 10 or 14-channel intelligent LED moving yoke, offering full RGBW mixing. Features include adjustable colour temperatures, the capability to trigger instant colour changes and colour consistency ensured by tight binning requirements. Also new, the Le

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14 March 2016

Gawler needed a colour changing wash light offering an even spread of high quality light, not too beamy and that was a less energy-hungry alternative to conventional 4-lite fixtures. He looked at several options before deciding to go with the i-Pix products, which are used for a general stage wash.

The BB7s are all on a front truss doing a stage wash. Gawler says they are ideal for this because the band dislike follow spots and the BB7 can be used like a beam light to produce a much subtler effect. He also uses them between songs so everyone can see what they're doing.

"They are reliable, efficient and make good colours. I also really like the homogeneity of the light sources and the smooth and even output," he states. This feature elimi

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The MAC III Profile is the first product in Martin's third generation of MAC moving heads. It features package of performance features, such as colour mixing with a broader colour range plus deeper more vibrant hues, a fat beam look with serious beam definition, up to 75% more output than current 1200 W profile fixtures, wide zoom range, new gobos, animation effects, fast effects and movements and low noise cooling.

The MAC 2000 Wash XB is now even brighter

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The Ironbridge (built 1779) was illuminated to create a dynamic and constant cycle of colour and produce stunning reflections in the water below. The effect was created by using four 8Kw space cannons (EMF Technology), 24 Varilite VL2000 Wash lights (12 either side of the bridge), six City Colours and 16 outdoor Par64s.

An LED wall at the north end of the bridge displayed images of some of the lesser known local sites and public information messages. Subtle changes in colour were ac

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After deliberation, negotiation and comparison, three Lancelot 4000W and two Victor 1800W followspots were chosen. Lighting designer Mitch Dana states: "MUNY is a huge space so they need a lot more light onstage. The spots they'd been using didn't cut through."

Dana, along with fellow lighting designer David Lander, wanted to be able to have, for instance, a blue overlay and then a smaller spot in light pink. "If we p

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The products are networked on PRG's proprietary Series 400 Power and Data Distribution System. Also being introduced will be The Nila Lighting System, a rugged and easily configurable solid state lighting solution for television and film applications, which is exclusively distributed by PRG.

"PRG has a long history of developing innovative proprietary products for the entertainment production industry," says Rusty Brutsché, vice chairman and chief technology officer for PRG. "All of our products are specifically designed to serve the needs of the professional rental markets in the entertainment industry.

"Developing proprietary equipment for rental allows PRG eng

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14 March 2016

UnicOne luminaires all share the same family design aesthetic of pure geometrical forms and sophisticated detailing. The different versions, materials and sizes allow retail and hospitality professionals to create their own design for general, accent and effect lighting. All UnicOne luminaires are fully electronic.

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The Cobra range of LED video display panels is the result of an extensive research and development effort by Element Labs to create a next-generation display technology. Cobra technology claims a number of industry firsts, including a revolutionary panel design less than 70mm deep and weighing as little as 29 kg/m2 (fixed install panels), extremely low power consumption, full IP66 rating front and back, no cooling fans, an extended RGBC colour gamut, FCC Class B emissions and true 100,000 hour lifetime.

Barbara Nelson, CEO of Element Labs, says: "The introduction of our new Cobra platform forms part of our strategy to lead through innovation with our products and our people. Cobra 16 and 11 wil

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The industrial architecture features simple geometric forms and lines without any decorative details. The lighting brings out the graphical form of the building, highlighting the key elements with colour. A programmable lighting system varies the appearance of the building to create a positive and dynamic message for the site, the building's architecture, the owner, and for the millions of people who pass the site each year during the long northern nights.

Lighting designers Roope Siiroinen, Arto Heiskanen and Heini Y

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Designed as a cost-effective, flexible, compact dimming system, Redback fits six 10amp digital dimmers into a 19" rack-mount pack that is available with a variety of output connectors.

With programmable minimum and maximum levels and dimmer curves for each channel, a soft-patch facility, and on-board support for five scenes with fade times, and for four chases with speed control, Redback is a great choice for controlling exhibition and display lighting, say the company.

At the Tower of London, the Redback is being used to run a new lighting scheme designed by Hansjörg Schmidt, lighting a l

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The 'glass bottle wave' was conceived and designed by Kate Wilkins and uses Nandos' own sauce bottles to create a visual spectacle running along the entire length of the restaurant. This was backed up by smaller lighting fittings made from clusters of three or four bottles for individual tables.

The theme of the lighting was to complement architect Michaelis Boyd's scheme and to be clean, fresh, innovative and exciting - also with a strong emphasis on sustainability and recycling. This bold approach combines the creative and practical elements of lighting design and marries aesthetic flair with the use of LEDs for reduced energy consumption.

The showpiece uses warm white LEDs incorporated into specially-designe

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The VP-727xl In-CTRL is equipped with dual scalers which offer preview and programme output channels and can switch seamlessly frame-to-frame between two sources. Dual scalers are a staple of staging and live production applications as they are required to perform "live" seamless transitions from one source to another.

The VP-727xl offers eight universal inputs each with 5 BNC conne