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"Being able to provide great customer service everywhere in Europe is very important to us," says Norbert Stangl, CMO of the Laserworld Group. "Running our own sales and service office locally helps our Spanish and Portuguese distribution partners in improving their customer base and their services. With Daniel Patricio, Laserworld has acquired an experienced sales manager with a laser show background: He is already familiar with the products of the Laserworld Group from his own experience and thus can start over immediately."

The Laserworld Ibérica office is located in Basauri-Bizkaia and provides sales support as well as show laser light services. The local staff speak Spanish

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i-Pix' Chris Ewington explains that he specifically sought an independent and specialist distribution company to represent the brand and support and promote i-Pix inventive and creative products and concepts. "I looked at many options and researched extensively before choosing to partner with ICD," says Chris. "I didn't want a large company with lots of brands on-board, I wanted a focussed and dedicated operation with individuals passionate about the industry that would give the Db1 the attention it deserves and share the zeal for invention that characterises i-Pix."

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Featuring over 300 brands, with many showing new products and services, a major new initiative for this year sees PLASA Show adopting the successful 'Focus' model of a sector-specific, zoned layout, which will facilitate easier networking and make navigation around the show much easier than in previous years.

By the beginning of September, pre-registration data for PLASA Show 2015 was tracking at 10% up year on year over the past two shows, with 62% of those registered being either final decision makers or equipment specifiers. In addition visitors from 94 countries have pre-registered, against those from 74 countries who attended in 2014.

"When PLASA Show move

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"At our New York location we have an annual four-day event called our Camp Meeting," began Siu. "For the production design, we wanted something that was different from our regular services which have a more traditional look where we use a painted backdrop behind the speakers. Knowing that I wanted t

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Florian Herkert is appointed as account manager for Germany where he will take care of developing the sales of the QSC Pro Audio sector.

With AED Distribution representing products in the BeNeLux like Q-Sys, AcousticDesign and CXD amplifiers oriented towards the integrated systems market, Stef De Pooter joins the team as business development manager for the systems market.

Hans Vanderheijden, managing director at AED Distribution HQ, comments, "For many years QSC Pro Audio has been the preferred choice for portable PA systems in the BeNeLux rental market. Last year we added the distribution of QSC Pro Audio in Germany and UK, and after a successful implementation of an entirely new retailer network, we are now e

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The Garden Series laser effect lights are IP67 waterproof, which means that they are temporarily submersible and thus perfect for use in the garden, next to the pond, the pool or the Jacuzzi.

The aluminium housing makes the Garden Lasers very durable. The stake, which is included in delivery, is made of aluminium as well.

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On display are a selection of products from their wide portfolio of leading technology brands, including the extensive ProLights lighting and LED video screen ranges; the award-winning Jands lighting control solutions; Green Hippo Hippotizer V4 media servers; Allen & Heath audio consoles; and Dynamic Audio Device, Nexo and RCF loudspeakers.

Staff from each of the company's specialist product divisions are on hand to discuss the requirements and to provide demonstrations and advice.

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Entec also supplied the floor lighting package for the Hyde Park gig, which saw the band entertain 60,000 people and delight them with extracts from their new alum The Magic Whip - the first complete studio work of the original line-up since 2003.

Entec has enjoyed a long working relationship with Blur dating back over 20 years, and lighting designer Dave Byars and FOH sound engineer Matt Butcher have also both been an integral part of the B

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When The Rocky Horror Show originally opened at the Royal Court Theatre more than 40 years ago, it was one of the first productions that WL worked on, with the company also supporting its subsequent transfer to the Kings Road Theatre. Over the years, WL has continued to work on several re-incarnations of the musical smash hit, which has also gone on to become an iconic film as well as be performed on Broadway, in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea.

The show's latest run was lit by lightin

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Lighting was crafted by the RAH's lighting designer & systems manager, Richard Rhys Thomas, who used 16 of the BMFL Spots, 34 of the house Robe PARfect LED PARs together with 16 LEDBeam 100s and 32 Pointes which were hired in from TSL Lighting as part of a large rig.

Richard has worked at the RAH since 2005 and managed the lighting department since 2008. He lights many of the shows throughout the venue's busy year-round schedule and for this one, the design was based around the music, with the con

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When Royal Caribbean recently compared energy usage of the theatre show lighting system onboard Quantum and Anthem - both with large LED lighting systems that include Elation LED fixtures - with a similar yet incandescent-based lighting system on its Oasis-class Allure of the Seas, energy savings on the Quantum-class ships was 76%-84% greater, numbers that even surprised RCI.

"The power figures have been measured on Quantum and Anthem against the last incandescent and dimmer theatre show lighting rig on Allure and the results are - e

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CORE products are known for the high quality and excellent engineering that comes with the 'Made in the UK' marque. As an independent company, CORE can also react quickly and decisively to market demands and ensure its products stay at the forefront of the fast-moving live events industry.

Featured products at PLASA will include CORE's new StripPoint which will be prominent on the stand display together with the flagship ColourPoint, which has become an industry standard product for the live event industry. The tiny PinPoint will have a major presence with an array of PinPoints controlled by CORE's new LightDesk phone App, and

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Ford was introduced to Mythos at a demo held at A.C.T Lighting where he felt he "found the answer" to his need for a fixture that combined Clay Paky "Sharpy effects with a hard-edged gobo fixture. Mythos does the job of two fixtures in one light: I get Sharpy effects when I want them and great gobo beam patterns, too. I'm a huge fan."

Ford also finds Mythos easy to use on-camera for television shows. "It's not a big ugly light; it's compact and good looking. I can stick Mythos on the floor in a background shot and it blends in well

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Led by singer, Elisa Lindström, the highly visual five-piece started taking an interest in their own production after winning the Dansbandskampen reality competition on Swedish Television (SVT) back in 2010.

Ljudias Sound & Light general manager, Johan Gotthardsson, soon became involved, and the PR Lighting distributor helped them to build a touring inventory of cost-effective light and sound components which would be easy to set up - principally for the increasing demands of TV work.

The sale involved four XL 250 (PR-2225M) spots, one of most economic units, using a 250W short arc discharge lamp and super efficient optical system, as well as a pair of XL Beam 300 (PR-2330M) long throw colour beam moving heads.

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As a company focused solely on entertainment lighting, 4Wall Entertainment takes pride in maintaining a rental inventory that represents the latest technology and value for its clients. The Rogue R1 Wash allows the company to offer clients a high-output moving LED fixture that includes performance features not ordinarily found at its price point. For example, the fixture has a bubble lens design th

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Sublime with Rome is a musical collaboration between bass player Eric Wilson, formerly of the band Sublime, singer/guitarist Rome Ramirez and drummer Josh Freese. Their North American tour is their biggest headlining gig to date. They released their new album, Sirens,this summer.

Warner designed the band's tour two years ago when they carried only a floor package. "They wanted to step up their light show for this project," he says. "I was ready to start programming when I had to move over to another client, but thank goodness lighting director and programmer Aaron Craig was ava

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Bennett, of Seven Design Works, has used the MagicBlade-R units to delineate thirteen jointed truss 'arms', which are suspended in a 'V' shape above the stage to form a pivotal feature of the stage design. The MagicBlade-R fixtures are rigged in double rows along the arms, which split along the centre line and move independently on a series of separate wire winches to shape and sculpt the stage from above.

"I didn't know the band well but knew their music. I wanted to give them something very different from the video-heavy designs of their past tours - and create something that I haven't done before!" says Bennett. "I like transparency, reflection and mirrors ri

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The festival is an important event on the South African cultural calendar, and the biggest annual celebration of the arts on the African continent, but many of the venues suffer from similar issues: excess heat and lack of power.

One such venue, Vicky's, is a small school canteen converted into a fringe theatre with a 150 seat capacity - but in previous years, the power supplied to the venue could not sustain its demands. To reduce the issues caused by the lighting, this year they decided to go all-LED, thanks not only to assistance from Prosound, but also to sponsorship from ETC.

Prosound's Mac Makhobotloane, who was responsible for lighting technical support, says, "We used

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Main Attraction - Cast members are the biggest draw for a

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CTS supplied full technical production for the event area created in one of the aircraft hangers. This was draped off and used to present a high profile gala dinner on the Friday evening and an after-show party for RIAT staff and behind-the-scenes workers on the Sunday.

RIAT is geared to offering a great family day amidst all the drama, spectacle and adrenalized fun of a 7.5 hour flying display featuring a plethora of different aircraft.

CTS has been involved with supplying production for specific areas of RIAT since 1987. The gala dinner - now for 660 invited guests, including a host of dignitaries and VI

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Artistic Licence, a well-known name in the architectural and entertainment lighting sectors, is using the show as a launch platform for moody - a product that the company anticipates will appeal to a particularly wide market.

moody is a wall controller & programmable scene-setter for LED. It has a simple rotary dial, just like a conventional dimmer, except that it is lit up by a colour LED at the centre. This is not just for show - the LED indicates the colour and intensity of zones of light that can be programmed and controlled by moody.

The USP of the product is its a

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"We hadn't done any major upgrades or renewals since 2005," Mr McMahon explained. "Graeme came up to Bundaberg to do another job for the school and I spoke to him about it. That started a very strong

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Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) is a Swiss public broadcasting organisation which handles production and broadcasting of radio and television programming in French for Switzerland. Two RTS channels cater for Switzerland's 1.6 million French speakers. RTS Un is a mainstream channel showcasing its major in-house productions and is complemented by RTS Deux which leans towards sports, the arts and youth interest programmes.

Recently, the channel invested in a new, fully automated HD television studio dedicated to news programming, which would

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The fourth Lumiere festival will see some of the world's most eminent artists transform Durham City's unique urban landscape and architecture into a magical nocturnal adventure. Artists include Janet Echelman from the US, Fujiko Nakaya from Japan, Catherine Garret from France, as well as two French pioneers of digital art, Miguel Chevalier and Patrice Warrener.

Alongside international artists, County Durham's residents will be playing a starring role in this year's festival. Working in collaboration with Lumiere artists locally produced ideas include Ho