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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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"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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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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14 March 2016

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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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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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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14 March 2016

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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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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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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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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"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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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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With a wide array of famous brand and designer clothing stores, there is considerable competition to attract the attention of customers. The Lighthouse screen will showcase the couturier's latest advertisements and fashion collections.

"We are very pleased that some of the world's leading fashion houses are recognising the positive benefits that investing in our groundbreaking LED screens bring," says Lighthouse general manager Peter Chan "Obviously, the designs need to be portrayed as accurately as possible, but the screens also need to be bright and eye-catching, to attract attention in a busy retail environment.

"All of these requirements are achieved w

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IPS supplied equipment for the main entrance area to the O2, in which Bieber appeared on a balcony, as well as lighting for the façade of the Cineworld Cinema, where the film showing took place. Martin MAC 101's were positioned by the Cinema entrance, with rapid movements and colour changes used to form waves of light on a drape cloth to emphasize the glitzy feel of the event. The MAC 101s were also used to create a searchlight effect onto the drape as 1800 guests walked into the Cinema.

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14 March 2016

"VLZ is synonymous with high-headroom and low-noise," remarked John Boudreau, Music Gear Group VP, Loud Technologies. "We are psyched to bring VLZ3 performance to mixers with higher channel count and real-world live sound tools like effects processing, channel compression and USB connectivity."

The Mackie 2404-VLZ3 and 3204-VLZ3 feature low-noise, high-headroom XDR2 mic channels (20 and 28, respectively) and two dedicated channels for stereo inputs. Inline compression is available on each of the four subgroups and on four select channels. Dual 32-bit RMFX effects processors offer 16 useable presets, including tap delay. The in

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Music Licensing - New Conservative peer and former ITV chairman Michael Grade used his maiden speech in the House of Lords to back Tim Clement-Jones' Live Music Bill, claiming the 2003 Licensing Act which it seeks to amend is a "bad law" that denies up and coming music talent the chance to develop their skills.

The Live Music Bill had its second

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Independent owner, Pavel Ze? was so pleased with the service and support that he's received from Robe lighting in the past that he asked their sister company, Anolis, via Czech sales manager Petr Kolma?ka, to come up with an interesting, eye-catching eco friendly lighting scheme that would transform the general atmospherics in the club area.

Says Kolma?ka, "It was a great honour to be asked to present ideas as Mr Zed has a high regard for production values, and wants nothing but the best for his venue to keep it as the 'must go' destination in the area."

He adds that the breadth of the Anolis range was a real help in being able to choose the appropriate fixtures for the right areas.

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Brooker has been working in Canada for the past two years, although he has over 10 years of previous Industry experience. He says, "I have been working closely with RML for well over 10 years and I've seen the company grow to what it is today. I know their business, their markets and their customer base, and I'm hoping my experience will bring new opportunities and new direction for future expansion."

(Jim Evans)

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Sarah Rushton-Read, co-founder of WiSE (Women in Stage Entertainment) says: "This was our first WiSE Monthly. WiSE members are hugely grateful for the support we received from technical manager for the Southbank Complex, Roger Hennigan, GrandMA's Philip Norfolk and Chris West and Martin Professional's Matthew Pittman, who provided a number of fixtures, a load of Pret Sandwiches and some delicious Pizza. We would also like to thank Coral Cooper for furnishing us with a flask of gin and a huge box of chocolates.

"We have wanted to get a regular networking and education group for WiSE members going for some time. The event is open to any member of WiSE (we now have over 350) intereste

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14 March 2016

As the exclusive UK and Ireland distributor for GLP products, AC-ET supplied 26 GLP Impression Zooms to the west London based Colour Sound. The fixtures have joined the 14 GLP Impression 90s already in their hire stock and are ready for a busy upcoming 2011 festival and touring season.

Colour Sound's MD and founder, Haydn Cruickshank explains that their original Impression 90s purchased 18 months ago were proving so incredibly popular and increasingly appearing on LD's spec sheets, that they needed more to keep pace with demand! This time they decided to invest in the 120 Zoom fixture, which is every bit as successful as the Impression 90s for them

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With an emphasis on live performance and winners including Muse, Arcade Fire, My Chemical Romance and Biffy Clyro it was a lively night.

"The Awards was an exciting opportunity for us to be involved in another sector of the entertainment lighting Industry; one that we look forward to working in more in the future," says Colin Brooker, business development manager.

(Jim Evans)

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DBN was working for creative communications agency WRG and the event was the National Field Sales conference for a leading international pharmaceutical company.

The lighting rig was designed and the event project managed for DBN by Andy Kennett. The main challenge was to devise a rigging system to suspend a 2.5m dot pitch grid consisting of over 200 Pulsar ChromaSpheres above the audience in addition to a large number of moving and generic lights, which brought the total roof loading to 15 tonnes.

The loading constraints were 350Kgs per point, and the timescale for the get in and technical build was very short.

Working alongside the venue's structural engineer and WRG te

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Now Elation is introducing its highest-output Platinum fixture yet. Designed for larger venues and productions, the new CMY colour-mixing Platinum Spot 15R Pro moving head blasts out brightness comparable to 700-watt and even 1,200-watt fixtures. Yet its compact case is only about one-third the size of a conventional 700-watt moving head (409 x 419 x 541mm), and it draws just one-quarter of the power.

This output-to-size/energy use ratio is the result of the new, more powerful 300W Philips MSD Platinum 15R lamp, which brings all the advantages of Platinum technology to concert/aren

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"Our lighting rig is working roughly 40 hours per week, 160 hours per month, or 1920 hours per year," says Abbott. "Generally we do a full swap of bulbs on automated fixtures every 600 hours, or approximately three or four times per year if the bulbs are all functioning perfectly, but if not, we replace them once or twice a month. A