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UK - Systems integrator IVC Media, has announced it has supplied and installed new sound and lighting systems in the Savoy Hotel as part of what has been described as 'one of the most ambitious' restoration projects undertaken in the hospitality industry.

The two year refurbishment programme of the top London venue, cost an estimated £220m and saw the hotel re-open to the public in October. IVC Media's sound systems have been installed in the Riverside, Lower Thames and Lincoln rooms, the Riverside Restaurant and Lancaster Ballroom. Some of the rooms have featured in blockbuster films such as Notting Hill in the past.

As well as providing audio for major events such as live stage performances, the sound systems are also set up to provide background music, voice evacuation and audio for corporate conferences and events. IVC also supplied and installed RGB lighting in the

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Senegal - ETC has supplied a range of lighting, dimming and control equipment for the third Festival Mondial des Arts Nègres (World Festival of Black Arts and Cultures) in Dakar, Senegal.

Says Jean Louis Pernette, sales director at ETC's French distributor, Avab, "The brief was to supply all the equipment they need, with an emphasis on high spec and ease of use. We were also told that they needed the equipment fast - in fact, we only had a couple of weeks from the time we received the quote request to the delivery date."

Because ETC keeps all its major products in stock in Europe, Pernette was confident the delivery schedule wouldn't be difficult - the entire 42 pallets making up the delivery could come straight out of the warehouse.

"We supplied two Congo and two Congo jr control desks across the three festival venues, to make sure they had enough backup. Ea

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Hong Kong - Lighthouse Technologies has announced that with effect from 1 February 2011, Singapore-based TubeFlexL (Asia) will be its exclusive distributor for Southeast Asia.

"TubeFlexL (Asia) is well-established in the Southeast Asia market and, as such, the company is in the ideal position to help us continue to expand our reach into the region," says Lighthouse's general manager, Mr Peter Chan. "We are extremely pleased to be working with TubeFlexL (Asia). They are a highly experienced and professional company and we are sure that our partnership will help us towards fully implementing our global growth and development strategy for the coming year."

"We are very excited about representing Lighthouse in the Southeast Asia market," says Mr James Lim, managing director of TubeFlexL (Asia). "Lighthouse's reputation precedes it and we know the

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Sydney - For four nights only, the Sydney Festival transformed Sydney Town Hall into a swing-dancing heaven - featuring a huge dance floor and floorshow, with swing music played by Sydney's all-girl Sirens Big Band, just as in the venue's halcyon days - but with plenty of 2011 edge. Sydney's original Trocadero had its heyday in the 1940s and 50s but was demolished in the 70s. Today, its spirit lives on in the re-imagined nightclub named the Trocadero Dance Palace.

The lighting in the venue, designed by Matthew Marshall and including around 50 moving lights and a collection of LED fixtures along with generic theatrical lights, was programmed and operated by Peter Rubie who opted to use a Vista T4 running the V2 Byron software for control. "After beta testing Vista Byron in its early stages I was impressed by its feature set and vast improvements on Vista 1," remarked Pe

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Ballet News - Sir Paul McCartney is to write his first original orchestral score for a ballet performance. The former Beatle is collaborating with the New York City Ballet company (NYCB) on Ocean's Kingdom. "I am always interested in new directions that I haven't worked in before, so I became very excited about the idea," Sir Paul said. The production's world premiere will take place on 22 September. More performances will be announced later. In an interview with The New York Times, Sir Paul said the show was a love story based in two fantastic worlds - the "pure" ocean kingdom, and the earth kingdom with its "sort of baddies". In 1991, Sir Paul wrote the Liverpool Oratorio with Carl Davis for the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra's 150th anniversary.

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Belgium - Martin Professional has ended its long time distributor relationship with EVDV Trade of Belgium due to the Belgian company's recent insolvency. As a consequence, effective immediately, Martin Professional will serve its Belgian customers directly via a local sales and service network administered by Martin Professional EMEA, Martin's headquarter-based regional sales organization.

Martin EMEA Vice President Villads Thomsen commented on the change, "It is unfortunate that a highly valuable partner like EVDV could not overcome the economic challenges, however I am confident that with our new sales structure for Belgium we will be able to develop the Belgian market further and grow business together with our customers."

Taking over sales responsibilities in the Belgian market is Martin Professional South Europe commercial director Martin Fournier, who will work

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UK - Exhibiting its growing range of stage lighting control products at Frankfurt's ProLight&Sound exhibition (6-9 April 2011) alongside its German distributor Trendco, Avolites will introduce the Sapphire Touch control console and preview the Titan V5. Also in place will be the Titan Mobile, a firm LD favourite since its production launch.

The Sapphire Touch is targeted for full production launch from PLASA 2011 along withV6 of Avolites' signature Titan operating system. As the next generation in the Titan brand it is equipped with the latest technology and numerous special features that make it fit for festivals, theatre and show touring. The Sapphire Touch harnesses the power of 45 motorised and automated faders, massive dual touch wide screens, tricolour tracker ball with Z axis control, plus the Avo 'Quicksketch' tool to create custom palettes.

Avolites' sales director St

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USA / UK - Lighting&Sound International magazine (LSi) welcomes Richard Cadena as its new technical editor. Richard, a respected lighting designer and entertainment technology journalist, will be based in the United States and will contribute to the technical content of all PLASA Media titles, including Lighting&Sound America, and Protocol magazine.

Richard will take over as technical editor of LSi from James Eade, who has helped the PLASA Media team steer the technical content of LSI for the past nine years. Although Richard officially started with PLASA Media on 1 March, there will be a longer hand-over of duties with James. Both the March and April 2011 issues of LSi will see James's input as technical editor, and Richard's first contribution to the magazine will appear in the May issue.

Lee Baldock, editor of LSi since 2004, said: "James has made a huge contribution t

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USA - Main Light Industries has introduced the LED-powered LightStar fibre optic illuminator, part of DiCon Lighting's FiberLamp product line. LightStar uses an LED light engine comprised of Red, Green, Blue, and White LEDs for a broad spectrum of colour choices as well as reducing the power draw and weight.

A key feature of the LED-powered LightStar is that it produces an output comparable to, or greater than, a fibre optic illuminator using a 150-watt metal halide light source. In a white colour mix, the LightStar is equivalent to the 150-watt metal halide powered illuminators. By using an LED light engine there is no transmission loss with a colour filter, so in deep, saturated colors, the LightStar has a greater output that is equivalent to 250-watt illuminators.

"By using LEDs as the light source, we have significantly decreased the power draw for the illuminator sin

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UK Artistic Licence Engineering is releasing three l new products this spring : DMX-Buffer, Rail-Contact and Rail-Sequence. All three products are shipping with immediate effect.

DMX-Buffer is an inline DMX & RDM line booster / buffer with a choice of Ethercon or XLR connections. It is designed "for those times when you need more distance than the maximum 300m, or more than 32 devices on a single DMX cable".

DMX-Buffer RJ45 has Ethercon connectors allowing easy use of Cat 5 cable. DMX-Buffer XLR uses standard 5-pin XLR connectors. This provides a more rugged, robust option that is suitable for touring purposes.

Rail-Contact is a DMX Trigger with eight Opto-Isolated Inputs and a cascade option, developed for applications requiring a level of integration between external switches and DMX control. Rail-Contact converts eight contact closures to eight consecutive DMX c

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UK - 2011 marks the fourth successful year for Hi-Lights in tendering for the provision of full technical services for NewcastleGateshead Initiative at their major meetings. The appointment means that Hi-Lights will work with NGI on their Annual General Meeting in December and Full Members and PR/Marketing and Convention Bureau meetings in April and September.

Scott Rowland, general manager comments, "We're really looking forward to working with NGI and the Convention Bureau again this year. Working on the members meetings is a great opportunity for us to meet and speak with other members and give them a taste of what we do. Following the success of last year's AGM at Northumbria University's Sport Central we can't wait to transform the venues chosen for this year's meetings.

"Hi-Lights has worked with NGI on many events in the past including Bambuco, the World Cup H

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UK - The Royal Shakespeare Company has invested in six new grandMA2 light control consoles, together with two MA NPU (Network Processing Unit) and 10 MA 2Port Nodes as part of a complete update of their lighting control systems at the newly refurbished Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RST) and Swan Theatres, both in Stratford-on-Avon.

MA Lighting was chosen after a comprehensive two-year evaluation period, which included extensive 'field trials' and involved the RSC's head of lighting Vince Herbert plus his departmental team of 18, including programming specialists, operators and technicians.

Three of the new consoles are deployed in the RST and The Swan. In both venues, the first one is the active desk, the second is for backup and media server programming, and the third is located in the stalls, used for focussing and tech sessions plus for offline work during non-technical period

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UK - Visitors to PLASA Focus: Leeds 2011 - which takes place on Tuesday 19 & Wednesday 20 April at the Royal Armouries Museum - are invited to take part in an expanded series of seminars presented by some of the industry's leading names.

The two-day Education & Learning Programme proved a major success last year and this year PLASA Events have added a new strand of product demonstrations and training to the popular mix of case studies and seminars. The sessions run alongside a two-hall exhibition of new technology and are free to attend.

Kicking off the case studies is the RSC. The RSC's Vince Herbert, Jeremy Dunn and Adam Harvey - responsible for lighting, sound and stage automation respectively - will be joined by Jonathan Porter-Goff from Stage Electrics in a session entitled Build a Theatre, Rebuild Another and Refurbish a Third. This will be an opportunity to learn

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The Netherlands - LumenRadio has appointed Rolight as the exclusive representative for their CRMX products in the Netherlands. Rolight is one of the country's largest distributors with a lineup of brands including MA Lighting, Philips, Zero88, State Automation, Coolux and their own Admiral Lighting.

"We are very excited to take on the CRMX wireless lighting controls as they perfectly complement our other brands. The superior reliability, as well as the features offered by the CRMX technology, will allow our customers to take their indoor and outdoor installations to the next level," says Rick Jannink of Rolight. "We are especially enthusiastic about CRMX SuperNova and its RDM controller functionality which brings wireless bi-directional control and feedback to many of our current products. We believe RDM is the future of both Entertainment and Architainment instal

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USA - Bandit Lites reports that, in the continuing move toward going GRN, the company has just added the new Clay Paky Mirage LED curtain to its inventory. Mirage is a semi-transparent LED display with video technology, that may be used indoor or outdoor. It is not built physically as a solid barrier, but allows you to see what is behind it and allows light beams to pass through it in both directions.

It is a see-through display, with a structure consisting of thin horizontal bars alternated with gaps which give it an approximately 50% transparency ratio. It is designed for use in a wide variety of applications including small and large events, live shows and in TV studios.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Chroma-Q Color Force LED battens have been specified by lighting designer Howard Harrison for the current Welsh National Opera production of Die Fledermaus, which is touring the UK after an initial run at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff. Directed by John Copley, the colourful operetta features music by Johann Strauss II.

The Color Force battens are being supplied by London based hire company White Light, who purchased additional stock of the 1.8m versions (Color Force 72) specially for this production due to the high demand for their existing hire inventory.

White Light has substantial stock of all three Color Force models - the 1.8m and 1.2m battens (Color Force 48) and the new 30cm wide multi-purpose fixture (Color Force 12).

The eight Color Force 72s are being used to illuminate a massive white cyc at the back of the stage which is an integral and important e

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UK - Light Tape UK has announced the launch of new portable, quick recharge, compact, battery units to drive the Light Tape product in its various portable applications.

The new units have been specifically developed to address the existing limitations associated with driving Light Tape using portable battery technology.

Light Tape has been used for many applications in the event, exhibition, entertainment and safety industries but the main barrier to its more widespread use in these sectors has been the size and poor performance of current battery technology, says the company.

At present, a DC power unit has to be supplied separately to the battery, switch and charger which can make the solution bulky and difficult to conceal if for instance the Light Tape is required to be lit for an extended time, so requiring a larger power unit. Or, time consuming if a smaller battery w

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USA - The School for Creative & Performing Arts (SCPA) in Cincinnati, Ohio has installed four Robert Juliat Topaze followspots in Corbett Hall, its 750-seat auditorium. SCPA offers a comprehensive arts education, with full college-prep curriculum, for students K-12 in the Cincinnati Public School District. It boasts many notable graduates, its students have performed on PBS with the Cincinnati Pops and it served as the setting for a popular MTV reality series.

Corbett Hall typically hosts the school's major musicals, such as last fall's Wizard of Oz, as well as performances by students in the vocal department, orchestra and band. SCPA also offers a career technical programme that trains students for jobs in the field or prepares them to go on to an arts college. Lighting design instructor Jeffrey New supervises the students who operate lighting fixtures and lighting conso

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UK - Cooper Controls has announced the launch of an Android version of the ZerOS Remote application. This new app adds to their existing suite of iPhone, iPod, iPad and Windows Mobile applications.

The ZerOS Remote Android app, the first for the entertainment technology industry, allows remote control of any ZerOS console. The app allows users to control their lighting rig from their Android for the first time. From channel levels to playback the ZerOS Remote offers full control of the Leap Frog 48, Leap Frog 96, Frog 2, ORB and ORB XF consoles.

Peter Kirkup, Cooper Controls product manager comments, "Feedback on the iPhone app we launched last year has been tremendous and we wanted to bring this exciting development to even more of our users. Recent investments from Cooper Industries in expanding our engineering resources made this project possible, and we look forward t

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Germany - Working under the direction of lighting designer Jerry Appelt, the tarm team put on the laser effects accompanying singer Lena's rendition of the winning song at the nationally televised Our Song for Germany finals.

The winning song, entitled Taken By A Stranger will be Germany's entry in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Duesseldorf on 14 May.

The event marked the first time that tarm's new, full-colour, AT25-projectors appeared on a television show, and the results were striking. In keeping with the show producer's wishes, Lena was enveloped in glittering, white, laser light.

(Jim Evans)

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Canada - RC4 Wireless, manufacturer of wireless lighting and motion technology for theatre, film, and television, has launched a completely redesigned website at www.theatrewireless.com. "If you've been thinking about wireless dimming and DMX, or wireless motion control, for your next theatre, film, or television production, have a look at theatrewireless.com," says the company.

The new site is full of useful information, and not just about RC4 products: "Getting into wireless and making the most of it really demands a bit of general knowledge about different kinds of batteries, about the various rf bands and frequencies being used, about what's involved in getting DMX and other kinds of control information into the air and back again. Without facts it's difficult to make an informed decision about which product is right for a particular application," says Ja

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UK A.C. Special Projects is sponsor of the 'Special Projects' category for this year's Lighting Design Awards, to be held at the London Hilton hotel, Park Lane on 10 March.

The category covers projects with restrictions in terms of such factors as budget, planning or English Heritage-listing. Restricted budget schemes would include undertakings where the capital lighting equipment cost was under £20,000. This category also includes temporary lighting projects.

ACSP's managing director, Peter Keiderling states, "We're very proud to be sponsoring this award and the short listed projects from Arup, Designs for Lighting, Midas, Jason Bruges Studio and Sarah Galloway Associates are all excellent schemes."

(Jim Evans)

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Australia Linkin Park's latest Australian shows saw Linkin Park's lighting designer, A J Pen, use 41 x Vari*Lite VLX Wash as well as 12 Vari*Lite VL*3500 Wash.

"Every manufacturer has their LED wash light that is slowly evolving and I first heard about the VLX just prior to its release," says Pen. "I was programming a show in the States when a Vari*Lite rep told me all about it so I was excited to see it nearly a year later. I placed one side by side with a couple of other LED wash lights and immediately I could see it was a 'game changer' - an evolution of the wash light. It's definitely a tool and not an effect.

"The approach that Vari*Lite seems to have taken is to replace the guts of what the wash light already is, what we've come to know and love. Wash lights have colour mixing, they generally have a dimmer that's separate from a strobe channel and the

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USA - Wireless Solution Sweden played part in one of the most widely watched televised sporting events in the world - Super Bowl XLV. The technology was used to light the exterior entrances of the new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, where the event was held on 6 February.

The hosting venue, Cowboys Stadium, built less than two years ago, is the largest domed stadium in the world with a capacity of 110,000 (including standing room). The actual attendance on Super Bowl Sunday was 103,219.

Syncrolite was contracted by Sports Graphics to light the NFL Super Bowl graphics that were attached to the outside of the Stadium. Dall Brown was the lighting designer and he included the four stadium support trusses in his design.The east end of the stadium was coloured in blue and the west end was coloured in red. Three Syncrolite SLX 7K with W-DMX OEM installed were used per truss as t

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