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At the same time, a giant permanent laser installation was launched. Scheduled for continuous operation in January 2012, the installation connects the highest towers of the Turkmenistan capital city Ashgabat with "dazzlingly-bright" laser beams in the national colour of green. Display lasers (used for building projections) are used as part of the project, seen for the first time on New Year's Eve.

Officials of the International Laser Display Association (ILDA) believe that it is the largest permanent display laser installation in the world.

According to reports, the president of Tur

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Alongside 50 exhibitors and a two-day programme of free professional development sessions, visitors can now book a place on a very special discussion presented by world-renowned lighting designer, Peter Morse. From Madonna and Michael Jackson to Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Usher, Prince, Christina Aguilera and Janet Jackson, Peter Morse has worked with some of the biggest stars on some of the biggest tours in history. Peter will talk us through his inimitable personal style, and share some of his experiences in this very special session; Lighting the Big Stage with Peter Morse.

Another major scoop is Advanced Mapping Techniques with Hippotizer Media Servers, presented by TMB

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DRP is a single source supplier to a multiplicity of corporate presentations, live events, festivals, awards shows, parties and charity works. Their HQ is in the Midlands; they also have offices in London and Manchester and work all over the UK and internationally.

Richard (Rikki) Parmenter, DRP's head of lighting explains that they specifically wanted an LED batten fixture that would light walls, cyc, banners and architectural features with a smooth, linear wash.

Since buying the Color Force fixtures, they have been in demand for a diversity of projects. The Color Force 48 version also happens to be the same width as DRP's standard modular set panels, which are 4 x 10ft. When used for lightin

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Sales and technical professionals from High End Systems will be on-hand along with intellaspot, Technospot, trackspot Bolt, DL.3 and Road Hog Full Boar consoles.

Over the course of two days, experts will demonstrate the capabilities of the latest products while also allowing plenty of time for hands-on experience and education. The relaxed atmosphere of the open house ensures attendees plenty of time to learn about High End Systems' products, says the company.

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Latin music's most prestigious awards telecast, the 12th Annual Latin Grammy Awards was sent live on Univision Network from the Mandalay Bay Events Centre in Las Vegas. Since its debut on Univision in 2005, the show has consistently increased its ratings worldwide; and is the most widely watched awards show among Hispanics.

Atomic's vice president of operations Brett Puwalski, who has served as the show's gaffer for the last five years, introduced lighting designer Carlos Colina to the Sharpy at the Premio Juventud awards show on Univision last summer. "He loved the tight beam and how bright it was for its small size," says Puwalski. "Carlos has said he can never h

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Durham Cathedral is a very busy building, so the time available to rig and programme the equipment was somewhat limited, but Vortex's crew of just 4 installed all of the equipment, including the stage in just over three hours and removed in less than two hours, says the company.

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Dynamic Events is a new conference aimed at the use of lighting, sound, video technology and staging in large scale entertainment and sporting environments.

The Lighting Session participants include distinguished lighting designers Durham Marenghi, Paul Collison, Koert Vermeulen and David Eversfield. The panel will be discussing the challenges faced in the production of unique large scale events with a global televised audience - from technical to cultural to financial.

After each panellist and the moderator have introduced themselves to the audience, the panellists will take turns to lead on a variety of topics guaranteed to produce a lively and productive session. The discussions

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HSL is supplying i-Pix BB4 LED wash lights and Satellite LED 'bricks' plus Pulsar Chroma strips to the show, which is being recorded in Studio Two at The London Studios (TLS) on the South Bank. The schedule is intense, recording three shows a day in batches of five days, and it has a daily broadcast slot on ITV 1 between 5 and 6 p.m. They have also just recorded six 'celebrity specials' - in TLS Studio One with live audiences - that are being aired on Saturdays.

HSL's project manager and TV sector specialist Sean McGlone comments, "It's always a pleas

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Using the same 400W RGB LED light engine as the impression Spot One, the Wash One is able to deliver delicate colour changes or instantaneous colour bumps, says the company.

Careful calibration ensures that as wide a colour spectrum as possible can be achieved - from soft pastels to deep saturated shades - and everything in between.

The impression Wash One offers a useful 6°-60° zoom range - but in addition, it contains a high powered 3° narrow beam mode to offer further flexibility to designers.

The fixture also boasts a useful and innovative beam shaping function that enables the user to illuminate only the parts of a stage that need to be lit;

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He comments, "The key is to assess each space and design and deliver something appropriate and specific for the size and the entertainment being staged, and also offer a cost-effective solution to the client". All the systems have been programmed and set up for straightforward operation by the venue's lighting crew or DJs.

Life is a 700 capacity nightclub right on the seafront with three arched spaces towards the back forming the main dance floor, which are lit dynamically with a rig including Robe Scan 575 XTs as the central moving light system. These are joined by 48 x LEDJ Spect

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Altogether the Austrian national public service broadcaster now owns four grandMA2 full-size consoles, 17 grandMA2 light consoles, 15 MA NPU, nine grandMA2 fader wings as well as six versions of the grandMA onPC software solution.

Engineer and project manager for the upgrade Manfred Wagner explains why the grandMA2 was chosen, "We had plenty of good experiences with the grandMA series 1, so for this reason the grandMA2 was a pretty logical choice. The grandMA2 is not only extremely reliable but also offers powerful backup solutions and is a perfect option for TV projects, becaus

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"We received a call from Qatar Stars League Organization three weeks before the event, and we had to come up with the most creative show that can be produced in a completely empty space," said Sharif Hashisho, managing director of Qvision and the show director. "We spent four days on the creation of a 3D simulation in our creative department and presented to the client for approval. The client immediately approved the project and we had one week for the actual production."

Mr Hashisho puts the success of the event down to the level of staff and equipment the company has. "In three days we managed to have the fu

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The set contained 120msq.m of Fourlight FlexLED LED curtain installed as a main screen and side screens. Additionally, ARAM also delivered more than 50m ² LED screens (SMD 10mm) also from Fourlight.

One of the LED screens with an area of 35sq.m was set to the side of the stage, a second smaller one stand 200m from stage. The sets also featured Barco Mitrix and MiStrips.

Lighting gear included Pulsar Chroma batten's, Sharpy's from ClayPacky and many others. Multimedia was driven by two Catalyst HD media servers , operated jointly with lighting by three WholeHogs III.

The show was directed by Konrad Smuga , set design by Radoslaw D?bniak , and lighting design

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Garrett's focus is the retail sector in the southern territory. In the near future, he will also oversee the contractor and production sector. Garrett has been involved in the sound and lighting industry for 17 years, six in a sound and lighting retail outlet specifically. He has been a lighting jockey in a nightclub, has worked as account manager for Coemar and Antari, and was a freelance agent for an architectural LED firm.

"The Chauvet brand is growing. We have some lovely products in all three sectors of our business. There is a very bright light at the end of the tunnel, which I can't say is the same for a lot of companies within our industry," says Garrett. "Value, innovation and performance are key to a good business mix and is very much the reason why Chauvet is exc

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The new product features a real pixel pitch of 10.4 mm resolution and is populated with 3in1 SMD chips. The die-cast aluminum modules measure 50 x 50 x 4.5 cm and are ultra-lightweight at just 28kg per square metre. With 5000 Nits of brightness, and the IP-65 rating applying to both front and back of the screen, Pixled F10 i/o is the designed for a wide variety of indoor and outdoor projects and applications, says the company.

Next, Pixled will add the Pixled F-8i/o 8 mm pitch variant to this new indoor / outdoor product range.

The F-10i/o display will have a primary spot on Pixled's booth at ISE 2012, and in addition to this, other P

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Tasked with creating a design that worked in harmony with the music instead of overpowering it, Locklin and Fallon teamed with authorized dealer TMS who supplied them with Vari*Lite luminaires from Philips Vari-Lite.

"This show is not about lighting," began Locklin. "You close your eyes and listen to the music and when you open them again you're not looking to be shocked into the moment, lighting has to be about supporting the artist and the music."

With a stage set up that consisted of four risers with nine key lighting areas, an

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In its first few months of trading, the company has reported the addition of an impressive number of new customers whilst continuing business with long term customers of the MA and Clay Paky brands.

"We want to remind our existing customers of the commitment we have to ensuring they maximise their investment in our products by offering excellent after sales service, training and support from our base here in the UK," states Glyn O'Donoghue, Ambersphere's managing director.

"At the same time, we want to reach out to those rental and production companies who may never have thought MA and Clay Paky products were accessible to t

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To prove the point, Vocal Futures recently created their first production, a staged version of Bach's St Matthew Passion performed in Ambika P3 - an old concrete laboratory in the University of Westminster on the Marylebone Road in Central London - featuring actors, singers including opera star Sir Willard White, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment plus 300 young Londoners aged between 16 and 22 who not only attended performances but also recorded a 'virtual choir' for the production.

Tasked with br

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Pinkney sees significant opportunities to grow Anglia Lighting in a sector that has been relatively unaffected by the downturn. "Anglia Lighting will double its turnover this year, and I expect to see it double again next," he said.

"LED lighting is extremely attractive, as it saves cost and carbon emissions, but is also quite complex. Anglia Lighting offers customers a "wall-to-light" solution backed by an exceptional level of expert support. Working with us, customers can implement a lighting system that maximises l

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Strachan previously ran the lighting department of a leading rental company in Dubai, recently relocating to the UK to be based at PRG's Longbridge, Birmingham base.

Having worked in the Middle East for the last 11 years, Strachan's specific experience of the region is an important addition to the skills of PRG's 21 strong UK account management team, where he will

be primarily focused on television, corporate and special event projects in the UK and globally.

PRG UK has also announced that Luke Jackson has joined their event services team as an event services coordinator.

Experienced from working in PRG's Production Technicians Team since early 2010, Jackson's new role sees him working for Rich Gorrod as part of the team representing PRG onsit

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Lighting systems Manager Paul Hornsby explains, "The system has remained on 24 hours a day, seven days a week for the last 11 years, and has served us well. But it was time to consider replacing it.

"We talked to colleagues at other venues across the country, doing extensive research into the systems they were using and discussing whether a different system might serve our needs better, but always came back to ETC's updated arch

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As a result, small venues wanting to host live music events will no longer need a local authority entertainment licence - cutting bureaucracy and expense, and making it easier for pubs and clubs to host live performances.

Jo Dipple, acting chief executive of UK Music, the UK commercial music industry's umbrella body, said, "This is a great day for music. The Live Music Bill will make a real and positive difference to lives of musicians. There is no doubt that the current Licensing Act has created needless layers of bureaucracy - making it complicated and expensive for pubs and oth

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Imlight has already got off to a flying start with Innovason with a number of concerts using Eclipse GT already under their belts and many more planned. Some of the biggest include a tour with one of Russia's biggest (and most controversial) singer/songwriter pop stars, Philipp Kirkorov. Imlight's rental department handled the sound requirements for the part of the tour that went through their region. According to Imlight's Pavel Zau