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Denmark based Lange worked with Eurovision's creative director Per Zachariassen to create a huge, structural lighting design that complemented the show's titanic 'diamond' stage. Lange crafted a clean, architectural lighting look that allowed the angular stage to 'open and close' creating a dynamic mix of open and intimate lighting looks.

"The brief for the show can be summed up in two words - big and simple," explains Lange. "The contest was open to almost 40 different nations and each nation's set needed a different lighting look. The challenge for us was to make each song look unique but also to introduce an organic flow throughout the show and not create a 'mash

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Phoebus S.P.A. is an established high-end electronics company based in Milan that has always operated in the electronic systems sector supplying conference equipment, audio-video communication and management systems. Now they are starting with NEXT-proaudio for the professional audio segment.

"I met Mr. Luciano and Mr. Tommaso at prolight+sound 2014 and I understood that they were the perfect choice to be the NEXT-proaudio distributors in Italy because They are a very well-known company in that market and they always worked with high-end products. All the team of Next-proaudio is very happy to star with Phoebus," says Andre Correia, NEXT-proaudio assistant manager

"We are very happy to start this distribution. We believe that the distrib

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Sennheiser Streaming Technologies combines the German family-run company's 70 years of experience in the field of audio technology with future-oriented development in the area of streaming. The subsidiary is based in Hamburg and is initially focusing on low-latency streaming to cellular devices.

Jörn Erkau has been appointed managing director of the new company. The 47-year-old has considerable experience in the production of visitor information and audio guide systems. He has collaborated with Sennheiser in the past. He will be supported by Peter Claussen, president of the Integrated Systems Division at Sennheiser, who will also be an SST managing director.

"We will create hardware and software solutions that make life more pleasurab

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But to ensure the venue could play host to the spectacular musical phenomenon, it needed a little assistance from the team at Unusual Rigging, specifically to make the grid of the King's compatible with the magnitude and distribution of suspension points required for the show.

Gavin Snelling, project manager at Unusual Rigging, said, "The main problem in staging Wicked at the King's Theatre was the overall weight of the show. The King's grid was not strong enough to provide the suspension points required and so Unusual was brought on board by Mike Jackson, ATG's external consulting engineer, to install an array of ste

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Vicky Brennan recently programmed the lighting for Stephen Ward: The Musical at the Aldwych Theatre on a Ti desk. The show's set was complicated and required custom circular lighting trusses for the lighting fixtures. That created a challenge for the lighting team, who had to devise a plan to number the rig so the lighting designer, programmer, production electricians and show crew could all understand it.

Ti's Magic Sheets function wa

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"For production issues, Jennifer Lopez, one of the artists of the official song We Are One, will not be able to perform at the Fifa World Cup opening ceremony," said a statement. The 25-minute ceremony in Sao Paulo will feature 600 artists, including acrobatic gymnasts, trampolinists, martial arts-style performers and stilt walkers.

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PSAV's product management of audio and IT, Mark Consiglio, has been an advocate of ArKaos PRO media servers since he was introduced to the brand at InfoComm 2012. "When ArKaos PRO was brought to my attention, I knew this technology would be something that our team and customers would be interested in," stated Consiglio. "Media servers are normally large scale installations so we were excited to learn about this product. The ArKaos Stage Server demo - just a small scale display that mapped video extr

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Dierson, who worked alongside ARE Productions show producer Antony Randall and creative director Ted Lovett, and designer/programmer Davy Sherwin, created a multi-layered design, which carved up the stage with constantly moving, bold, sweeping looks that swung from the intimate to the epic. To achieve this diverse and exciting concept, the show designers turned to the cutting-edge SL Nitro 510C, which adds RGB & W LED capabilities to the original SL Nitro 510 luminaire, delivering intense bursts of coloured and white light and dynamic effects.

Inspired by the artwork of Tempah's latest album Demonstration, Dierson says, &quo

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"Like a lot of engineers, I've been developing a rental side to what I do," says Duncan. "I had a few Senneheiser mics and various bits of outboard, and over time you think, 'actually, if I had this bit of kit it would be really useful'. A couple of years ago I was on a particular tour and I thought just that, so I bought a DiGiCo SD8 24 because it was what I needed and I knew there was enough work out there for it."

Since then, Duncan has added to his inventory with an SD11, which he used on the European leg of Rebecca Ferguson's tour. He is now deploying his SD8 with Sophie Ellis Bextor.

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Following the success of Fiddler on the Roof, sound designer Richard Brooker, along with his associate sound designer Ross Portway, chose a system based around the KV2 Audio EX 12 active two way theatre box the main front of house multi level solution.

In all a total of 38 KV2 Audio EX active boxes, including fills and subwoofers were deployed on the project and supplied through Orbital Sound, as their first UK KV2 Audio purchase.

The show featured a 12-piece live band which according to Ross Portway, "from the very first rehearsals sounded amazing through the KV2 system"

The success of this debut tour means that the next stop is a 10-week slot in the We

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For this nine-hour event (running from afternoon to midnight), packed with a strong lineup of DJs and live acts, production manager and show designer Christian Byriel from CeeBRIGHTER had some specific venue challenges to overcome. "Though being challenged with large window façades, an unusual location and an outdoor venue from daylight to dusk, I feel I achieved my vision and maintained the aesthetic look required by the customer," he says. It became apparent to him that the G-Spot was to play a large role in his achiev

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Asked about the company's criteria for choosing a new speaker system as part of an equipment upgrade, manager of audio services John Caswell said, "We've been using another system for about 11 years and wanted to take it up several notches to offer our customers a high end solution that could stay on the cutting-edge of technology for years to come.

"We demoed many of the top lines before talking to some of our freelancers who'd used the Martin Audio MLA System and had a lot of good things to say about it. Tom Alford spoke with Mario Educate, CEO and founder of On Stage Audio, who strongly recommended that we listen to the system before making a final decision.

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They presented a three-sided open booth - measuring the same size (270 sq.m) and occupying in the same location as last year. PR Lighting's trademark purple logo was easily visible as the main colour as visitors arrived at the exhibition hall and sat proudly above a special products display platform containing a large '30' - denoting the company's landmark birthday - making it both elegant and hospitable.

Although visitor levels were down by almost 16% from last year - a symptom of the world economic recession - competition in the lighting and sound sector has intensified, with more and more Chinese manufacturers fighting for market share by creating more innovative and cost effective products.

Now one of the C

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The series, which just finished its second season, shoots in and around Nashville with many of the musical performances staged in a purpose-built studio in town. Sometimes the musical sequences are shot on location; the recent two-part season finale featured performances at Fort Campbell, the US Army base on the Kentucky-Tennessee border, and at Nashville's LP Field.

"The storyline included performing for the troops at Fort Campbell and involved a mobile stage on the tarmac with Apache helicopters flying over the stage," says lighting director Steve Fallon, who works with DP Michael Lohmann on the lighting design for these segments. "Then we had the star of the show in the gra

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As to be expected, Starlight, which is operated by the not-for-profit Starlight Theatre Association, has been through a few sound systems in its time, with the last one holding out for the past 14 seasons. But none of them have ever been able to deliver the critical combination of the intelligibility needed for theatrical dialog with the full-range frequency response necessa

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14 March 2016

To commemorate its recent relocation from Redding, California, where it was based for 18 years, to Sacramento, the Jesus Culture band recorded Unstoppable Love, a live album and DVD, at Sacramento's prestigious Memorial Auditorium. With the help of Martin Professional lighting console and fixtures, lighting designer Robby Kurtz was able to both successfully represent the Jesus Culture movement and showcase the importance of its relocation. California-based rental house DPS Inc., provided the lighting production equipment.

Kurtz deployed 32 of Martin's MAC Viper Profile moving head luminaires and 26 Martin Atomic 300

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In addition to the weekly TV show hosted by Helen Chamberlain and Max Rushden, every year Soccer AM also host a live event with music and special guests. This year it included performances from Soul II Soul and rapper Tinchy Strider.

Long term LD Malcolm Reed designed the show which was supported by Richard Martin Lighting (RML).

Malcolm always sees this show as an opportunity to use the latest products available and this year was no different. The rig included Sharpys, Nexus 4x4s, Jarag-L's and RML's most recent purchase the Clay Pay A.leda B-EYE K20.

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Media and tech designers Blow Factory offered the Sentier the idea of providing some interactive fun and excitement, using Light Emissions creative LED video display system. Blow Factory owner Paula Guastella had worked with Light Emissions previously in London, and knew that the Art system could provide the brightness and pure video speed needed.

Blow Factory's Paula Guastella explains, "We wanted to surprise people entering the lobby. As they walk past this large glass wall with colourful moving images, they spot their own 'body shadow' shown on the screen. They stop, turn around and wave and have a little dance!&quo

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Lester Cobrin, head of concert touring for White Light, worked closely with tour manager Sacha Bambadji, production manager Peter Edmonds, and lighting designer Seth Jackson to determine the tour's equipment list and support requirements. This was the first time Jackson toured with White Light. "I've known Lester for years but had never worked with White Light before," he said. "When we started discussing the tour with Pete Edmonds, he suggested White Light and we didn't look back. It's been a great experience."

The show's staging was designed with grandeur in mind as several layers of red

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As in several of his sound installations, Fontana has selected a remotely powered IntelligentDC system from Meyer Sound to accurately reproduce his soundscape and immerse museum visitors. IntelligentDC systems will be featured in live demos at InfoComm 2014 in Las Vegas this month.

Vertical Echoes is housed inside a 55m-high tower known as the AirShard, located at IWM North. To evoke battlefield dynamics, Vertical Echoes juxtaposes the crescendos of battle against a backdrop of softer nature sounds. Featuring recordings of a Sopwith Camel warplane and vintage field gun, the soundscape is reproduced by eight self-powered UPJunior-XP VariO loudspeakers with IntelligentD

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The lighting design was created by Juanjo Beloqui who specified 30 x Robe Robin Pointes and 30 x Robe Robin LEDBeam 100s - among other moving lights and generic fixtures - but the Robes were a major part of his show. Beloqui has lit the event six times since 2007 and is also the Director of Photography. Each year he ensures that there is a new look and a fresh aesthetic approach.

This year he collaborated closely with set designer Paco Redondo on developing the style and presentation for the event which was broadcast live on privately owned Spanish TV channel Divinity, part of the Mediaset empire.

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Speaking for LMC Audio Systems, managing director, Paul Hinkly, says, "This is a chance to work in meaningful partnership with a genuinely premium UK brand, meaning, not only top quality products from first class people but also a common purpose, to transfer the technical and commercial responsibilities and values, so expertly acquired through decades of leadership in the theatre market, to all engineers, PA co's and venues who similarly deserve and demand such respect and support for their investments and businesses."

Louisa Hinkly, marketing & PR manager, adds, "When we learned of Cadac's re-positioning for all liv

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Under the lights of a massive lighting rig containing over 80 x Robe moving heads, the 10 finalists performed in front a large audience at Tallinn's Nokia Concert Hall.

LumenRadio's Estonian distributor E&T, provided a CRMX system containing one dual universe transmitter and multiple single universe receivers. E&T's General Manager Olev Luhaäär explains, "It is really eye-opening to see how many moving lights that can be controlled with only one transmitter unit. When you plan a show of this size that involves a lot of fixtures, wireless lighting control is absolutely necessary."

Luhaäär continues, "The CRMX system

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The teams - made up of CIE-Group directors and members of the AV sales and technical support staff - will cycle from St Malo in the North of France to Bordeaux in the South, covering more than 550 miles in the saddle.

This will be the seventh year that CIE-Group staff has taken on a charity cycle challenge, having so far raised in excess of £13,000 for Cancer Research, The British Heart Foundation and local children's charity Derby Kids' Camp.

All three teams - riding under the 'HDBaseTeam' banner - are sponsored by UK AV Signal Distribution brand CYP, with the team name giving