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14 March 2016

As a seasoned Taiwan manufacturer of IT power and heatsink products, GlacialTech management decided that their existing experience in manufacturing computer parts suffices for the crucial components of LED lighting. This puts GlacialLight in a position to make superior and cost effective products to bring the LED Company to the fore of current LED manufacturers. In addition GlacialLight is well positioned to enhance its contribution to the global need to save energy to conserve our planet, says the company.

GlacialTech is developing a comprehensive range of products under the GlacialLight brand, stretching from street lighting solutions to all forms of ind

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14 March 2016

LTM Music supplied the lighting and audio equipment for the theatre which houses two venues. The first includes 593 seats in the main hall and a further 191 seats in the balcony area, whilst the second venue has 199 seats.

Compulite lighting equipment included: Vector Red; Vector Blue; 7 CompuDim 96/48 cabinets (244x5kW, 100xRelay 25A); 2 CompuDim 72/36 cabinets (100x3kW, 24xRelay 16A); and 4 MobileDim (40x5kW, 32x3kW).

LTM engineers worked closely with in-house technical management when selecting the lighting consoles

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14 March 2016

EES chose Wybron because of its reputation for reliability, Acha-Orbea said: "We're just focused on high quality brands and equipment with which we can be confident we're offering the best products with the best service."

Wybron sales manager Miles Dudgeon added: "EES has been great to work with, and we're excited to have a bigger presence in such a beautiful country."

(Jim Evans)

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14 March 2016

Built on ArKaos' latest generation of technology, Media Master runs perfectly and reliably on standard laptops or can play up to eight full frames-per-second HD movies on an octo-core server, says the company.

Media Master's new interface has been designed to give lighting designers and video artists "the best ergonomics possible". Designed around one single window, it is possible to display all playing layers simultaneously, giving designers improved visibility of their shows. Supporting MSEX (Media Server Extensions) protocol, the ArKaos Media Master allows thumbna

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14 March 2016

The Forestry Commission Tours bring a range live music to locations situated within woodland or forests to encourage people to appreciate the beautiful world around them, whilst also generating valuable income to plough back into the woodland.

Artists already confirmed for the 2009 series of concerts around the seven venues are Paul Weller, McFly, Jools Holland and his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra, Vanessa-Mae, Katherine Jenkins and Status Quo, with the competitively priced tickets already achieving good sales.

Pearce Hire provided power for the first series of tours in 2000 and has been providing power and lighting for eight years. One of the main challenges of the tour is designing equipment that fits the wishes of all artists and delive

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14 March 2016

On show for the first time anywhere will be the new Fusion 672 LED video system from Illieum, together with its powerful Fusion Mapper control system. A lightweight batten - just over 1m long and weighing just over 3kg - each Fusion 672 contains a 72x6 array of tri-colour SMD LEDs with a ultra-wide viewing angle. Battens can be arranged in increments of 90degrees to create patterns or to form part of the structure; the set-up can be programmed on site or plotted in a spreadsheet in advance.

Once uploaded to the Fusion Mapper, the battens are automatically configured and addressed. The Fusion Mapper accepts any DVI or VGA video input, mapping the video signal to the layout of fixtures. Alternatively, the controller can receive DMX or ArtNet control for ef

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14 March 2016

The event was staged at the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava, and lit by lighting designer Martin Kubánka, using Robe moving lights. It was directed by Branislav Mišík, and saw Kubánka working closely with DoP Vladimír ?ur?anský and set designer Daniel Šichman on the event, which was produced for STV1 by Red House.

Attending VIPs included Slovakian Prime Minister Róbert Fico and President Ivan Gašparovi?, José Manuel Barosso, President of the European Commission and President of European Central Bank, Jean-Claud Trichet. They were joined by a host of other high ranking European politicians and leading bankers.

The Robe fixtures used were 18 ColorSpot 1200E ATs,

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14 March 2016

Art-Range is a series of products that uses the rtistic Licence Art-Net protocol, along with extended triggering features within the structure, to control entire systems, from a simple lighting effect or a multiple zone area, through to a complete server-based venue with local and global controls, data or trigger-logging and fault reporting.

Art-Range has been designed particularly with hotel, conference centre, entertainment and architectural applications in mind, but is suitable for any sector where integration and precise control is paramount. It also can be integrated into a Building Management System (BMS) through various protocols resulting in a new level of integration between the commercial and architectural

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14 March 2016

The 100 artists are supported by an experienced lighting crew supervised by Olaf Eichler, and the newest generation lighting equipment from Clay Paky, Vari*Lite, and MA Lighting - all controlled by W-DMX.

Five Wireless Solution W-DMX S-1 Transmitters and 10 W-DMX BlackBox R-512 Receivers are utilised for wireless DMX transmission. In total, the technical crew can control three grandMA full-size, one grandMA light, seven MA NSP, two MA 2Port Node on PC and five MA Digital Dimmer 12 x 2.3kVA. The network controls, among other fixtures, 14 Clay Paky Alpha Spot HPE 300, 13 Var

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Measuring eight modules wide by five high (8.448m x 5.28m), the 44.6m2 can be used to provide a wide range of other information to match-goers and generate further revenue for the club by being used for advertising.

"Using displayLED's modular and highly flexible digiSPORT software, we helped the club to devise a content package that includes score and player information, live half-time messages, web site content, goal replays when the match is being televised, footage of Stoke City's greatest moments to get the crowd going, advertising and a range of other things," says displayLED's Matt Hassock.

"One of the real beauties of the system is that it is all run from a standard, reasonably powerful PC running Windows Vista with a fast gr

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14 March 2016

The Hotel approached Arnhem-based lighting supplier Relight when they wanted a change of lights for the six multifunctional rooms that double as bedrooms and conference suites - with the aid of a movable partition, foldaway beds, electric roll-down screen and beamers.

Relight in turn consulted Anolis distributor Controllux, whose Andras Pollé helped specify the fixtures and advise on how to design the installation to maximise the desired effect. The reason they chose Anolis was" due to the quality of the light output, in particular, by the SmartWhite fixtures, the compatibility with

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14 March 2016

Consultant Fisher Dachs specified the product, which was purchased through Barbizon Lighting. The Hall's associate director of concert hall production Terence Larsen was thrilled to get the Victors for Tully Hall. "I'd taken one of my stagehands with me to see the Victor at Fisher Dachs," says Larsen. "I thought it was exactly what we needed for Alice Tully Hall, which reopens February '09."

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14 March 2016

Lumolar's 'Baby Fish Tide' luminaires resemble tropical fish lit from the inside. They are made out of naturally fire-retardant industrial felt with holes stamped out of the fabric, utilise Cypress Semiconductor's EZ-Colour controller as their RGB colour-mixing platform, and come with a master board that can control up to 90 fixtures as well as software for designing light sequences utilizing a drag-and-drop GUI.

Future Lighting Solutions assisted Lumolar in executin

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The Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business Showcase Series is a student production run by Belmont University students. The students assist in all aspects of the showcase, from lighting and sound to stage design to the acts performing. As a result, students receive hands-on experience in concert production. The series of concerts represents a wide variety of genres including Christian, Urban/Pop, Country, Rock, and everything in between. There is also a final showcase featuring the Best of the Best.

Belmont student and Country Showcase producer, Erik Parker commented, "From personally bein

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14 March 2016

"Officials at the California Lottery made it clear they wanted a large display that could open and close and change the look of the set with a variety of graphics," said Alan Barber, vice president of Background Images. "Lighthouse Technologies' R6-B 6mm LED video panel was a clear choice due to its durability, the clarity of the display and how well it functioned on set."

(Jim Evans)

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14 March 2016

Design firm Infinite Scale Design was responsible for designing and branding the overall look of the city of Tampa for Super Bowl XLIII. Working with lighting designer Dall Brown, they chose to accentuate the stadium's exterior crown with colourful, customizable lighting. Approximately 70 ColorReach Powercore fixtures were used in total, with just two required to evenly illuminate each 40 by 80 foot bay. Mounted on a concr

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14 March 2016

Gateshead Council initially approached the Tyneside Branch of Stage Electrics, to provide options for the renewal of the arch lighting system. The bridge's lighting system had been programmed and serviced by Stage Electrics for several years, but was in need of updating. Stage Electrics' solution was based on the use of Philips' flag ship new product, the Colour Kinetics ColourReach.

The ColourReach is a hi

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One of Europe's tallest residential buildings at 509ft, this 50-storey building consists of two towers, the top of which are illuminated by external LED feature lighting. The LEDs form a series of asymmetrical patterns of intersecting horizontal and vertical strips across the top 5 storeys of each tower. Reflected in the water below and surmounting a signature restaurant and a 50th floor cocktail bar with panoramic views of London, the lighting serves to increase the aura of this world-class architecture, says the company.

Artistic Licence's award winning Colour-Tramp system was specified to

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14 March 2016

The impressive bird, designed and built by 3 Ring Scenic, has been constructed out of reflective aluminium and painted white. The toucan comes alive at dusk, lit creatively by three PixelArc R heads installed inside the structure and three PixelArc Cs on the outside.

Ron Thill from AVS comments, "The PixelArcs do a perfect job of getting the toucan to come to life, with glowing, deep, vibrant colours. We were confident the lights would work beautifully, due to the fact that AVS has used

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The series of workshops included topics such as: Introduction to DMX, basic programming of intelligent lighting, PC-based vs console-based programming, The future of theatrical lighting control, architectural lighting interactivity and video control and mixing.

The two-day programme concluded with a hands-on programming workshop in which each participant programmed a 30-60 second light show to music. Attendees were then presented with a DMX Masterclass diploma.

The workshop was indeed appreciated and feedback was very positive."I was really happy wi

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14 March 2016

Designed by Rafael Viñoly Architects, Curve sits at the heart of Leicester's new Cultural Quarter. The building is designed to provide a highly versatile series of performance spaces: a dividing wall between the stage of the Main and Studio Theatres can be flown out to create one combined stage, and the side walls of the stagehouse can be flown out as part of the building's remit to expose the behind-the-scenes workings of theatre to the visiting public.

Lighting control for this versatile space presented a particular challenge to Leicester Theatre Trust, the management organisation of Curve, led by theatre consultants CharcoalBlue, lighting consultant Ian Moulds and the Leicester Theatre Trust's Capital Projects D

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The company will be receiving its first grandma 2 console in the first quarter of 2009. "We invested heavily in MA products in 2008 with more consoles and NSP's, and our intention is to stay as market specialists in the systems with the new generation of consoles" says Routledge. The company is now solely based in London and has recently moved all of its hire stock th

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14 March 2016

Eurovision Countdown - Jade Ewen has been chosen to sing Andrew Lloyd Webber's Eurovision Song Contest entry for the UK in Moscow. The Londoner won the public vote ahead of Sheffield siblings The Twins and Welshman Mark Evans after all three acts performed My Time. The ballad, heard for the first time, was composed by Lloyd Webber with US Grammy-winning lyricist Diane Warren. The compo

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14 March 2016

As opera, classical, jazz, pop and rock resounded through the venue's four studios, the exterior of the building came alive in a mix of light, colour and pattern from Martin Professional Exterior 1200 Image Projectors.

The idea for the flexible façade was created by celebrated French architect Jean Nouvel, designer of the new arts venue. Eight designers, five technicians and creative manager at DR then realised the complex solution.

A total of 34 Martin Exterior 1200 Image Projectors cast colour changing light and moving images onto the building's 14,000sq.m façade.

DR chose Danish companies Mar