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This follows a recent expansion into the permanent LED installation arena from Smart AV, which has served the events and exhibitions industry as a rental partner for over 10 years. As a distributor, under its new Smart LED division, Smart AV will offer quick turnaround and more direct support on a range of LED products including indoor, outdoor and creative LED. This will allow the company to offer training, servicing and technical support on the full range of Esdlumen products.

The partnership, confirmed during Smart AV's recent LED research and development tour in China, will strengthen Smart AV's position including the development

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Angstadt of Round Peg Productions would have liked to have used haze to create more dramatic beam looks at Mistletoe Meltdown, a hugely popular December festival, which in 2015 featured Robin Thicke, OMI, Rachel Platten and The Vamps. Nevertheless, Angstadt overcame this obstacle with the help of 13 pixel mapped Next NXT-1 moving RGBW LED panels from Chauvet Professional, provided by Showtime Sound of Frederick, MD.

"Since there was no haze permitted in the venue, I had to come up with another way to create the

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The interviews are all conducted inside a Tesla electric sports car, which was first deployed by TV2 during the country's recent election campaign. This highly innovative and usual mobile studio is entirely unmanned by TV2's technical staff and is operated remotely from the broadcaster's studios in Copenhagen.

Morten Brandstrup, head of news technology at TV2, says, "We introduced the Tesla mobile studio during last year's election coverage because we wanted to present political candidates in a different environment. Initially it was used for the programme Udfordringen (The Challenge) which ran every day during the three weeks prior to the election. On each day w

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In January 2015 Bandit won the Pollstar Lighting Company of the Year Award, followed by the equally prestigious Parnelli Award for Lighting Company of the Year in November.

Bandit honoured many people this year starting with long time Bandit Brent Barrett, who has had a remarkable tenure with Bandit since the founding of the company. Brent, a steady fixture in Bandit's illustrious history, initially joined in 1977 while in college with founder Michael T. Strickland at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

A few years later, Barrett would find himself joining forces with the Southern rock powerhouse band Alabama, a Bandit client, as their production manager, where he

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The show combined the best of British and Indian culture and included dancing displays, musical performances, and speeches from both Modi and UK PM David Cameron.

To compliment the festivities, a team from PRG XL Video, working with production stage manager, Trish McGlenaghan, lighting & production designer, Mark Cunniffe, and production manager, Tim Hudson, specified all the lighting, rigging and video technology and expertise to ensure the production was a success.

Rigging for the event incorporated many different elements both on stage, and around the stadium, and included a Kinesys system on stage for the automation. The rigging team were led by Q Willis, with Yose

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Returning for its sixth consecutive year, the event will feature an increased emphasis on Dante training, giving design consultants, system integrators, audio engineers and IT managers the tools and information they need to get started with Audinate's audio networking solution. With over 250 OEM licensees and over 600 Dante-enabled products now available on the market, Dante has become the de-facto standard in audio networking.

The free all-day conference will feature industry trends and research, insight from l

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These four companies, respectively world-leaders in software-driven cloud networking solutions, IT, live outside-broadcast digital video production systems and broadcast audio technologies, join founding member companies, Grass Valley, Imagine Communications, Lawo, Nevion and Snell Advanced Media in the newly formed independent trade association. The alliance was formed last month with a mandate to bring IP solutions to market that offer complete interoperability, are based on open standards, and integrate seamlessly into media workflow environments to foster industry innovation and efficiency.<

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The OCA Alliance booth will be staffed by alliance members from multiple manufacturers and media network experts, who will be available to discuss the benefits of standardizing control technologies in professional AV applications, and how OCA can be implemented in networkable products.

A live demonstration on the stand shows products from multiple manufacturers (including Bosch, d&b audiotechnik, Focusrite and others) operating with different network transport platforms under a s

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The show's master of ceremony and singers used Wisycom handheld microphones in both the recorded sessions and live show finale. Shaogang and his team were given live technical support from W

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"We chose the Elation ACL 360i luminaires to fill a very specific need for a fixture that can be a part of a matrix configuration and produce dynamic motion effects while in that configuration," explained Jason Jenkins, Elite Multimedia director of operations. "The speed of the Elation ACL 360i is phenomenal, and it has a clean, tight beam that others can't match. We also really like the cooler colour temperature of its LED source, and it's a very affordable fixture that does not sacrifice quality."

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Reviving the idea of a moving mirror fixture, the Spheriscan fills a fixture gap that has long been absent from a designer's wheelhouse, giving stunning swirling effects as the mirror spins endlessly with an option of four revolutions per second.

"The speed and feature set make the Spheriscan a uniquely diverse fixture while maintaining the needs of everyday use," said Bandit's director of technical services Jake Tickle. "It is refreshing to see Clay Paky produce a product that so many have wanted while adding their own touch to it, and it is a

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"I was absolutely delighted to be involved again with Henley and especially with its 70th anniversary," said Phil, who gained an MBA at the business school.

They were looking for a big wow factor, so Phil demonstrated the CORE ColourPoint up-lighter and immediately suggested lighting the front façade of the main grade II listed Greenlands building.

The striking 19th century country house, once the home to son of famous stationery brand founder William Henry Smith (WH Smith) is conveniently finished in white stucco which is ideal for taking ligh

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The two-day event is returning to the picturesque rural location of Coombe Abbey, outside Coventry, 8-9 March, and will bring consultants, specifiers, installers and manufacturers together under one roof. The Institute's AGM during the afternoon of 8 March will be followed by a networking dinner and entertainment in the evening.

As a learned society, the Institute is keen to share its knowledge with others working in the industry and a seminar programme, presented by industry experts will take place during the exhibition on the following day, 9 March. The following topics will come under the spotlight:

Green amplification - Is Class-D really all there is? - Jamie Angus, professor of audio technolog

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Audio Networking Mastered is aimed at AV integrators and audio engineers who want to gain a better understanding of the IT networking standards commonly used in today's audio transport protocols. Created to provide an overview of the latest developments in audio networking technology, Audio Networking Mastered is also applicable to AV project managers and sales personnel.

The seminar will explore the path from point-to-point digital audio transport through to modern converged networks, and the future interoperability offered by standards such as AES67. This is in addition to information on network hardware, IP addressing and subnets, network topologies, setup and troubleshooting.

The launch of Audio Networking Mastered coincides with the re

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Andrew and Thomas Abele launched their own business in 1986, initially distributing events equipment which they also supplied for tours and installation projects. Later they began developing and manufacturing powerful equipment and functional solutions in the field of stage technology. For these, the brand Movecat was created and it is upon these that the company has for some years now been concentrating and for which it has built up a worldwide distribution network.

With the change of name has come a strengthening of the senior management team and a reassignment of responsibilities, with CF

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Capital Sound Hire general manager Paul Timmins announced their agreement to invest in a large quantity of Outline GTO long-throw high-SPL line array cabinets. The total system comprises 48 GTO C-12 large format line arrays, four GTO-DF (down-fill), 24 GTO-SUB (subwoofer), eight GTO-FF (front-fill) and a package of 24 Powersoft X8 Dante, Series amplifiers.

Asked what prompted Capital Sound to choose Outline after reviewing other brands, Timmins replied that the final decision was made after checking the system out at London's O2 Arena last October. "Managing director Keith Davis, senior project manager Martin Connolly, project manager Robin Conway and I sat in the back row of the upper bowl and the clarity and sonic performance of the syste

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Having filed for chapter 11 protection on 30 November, 2015, DPS immediately sought court approval to sell its assets. After a broad solicitation of offers from multiple production technology companies in a sale ordered by the Bankruptcy Court, PRG has successfully acquired the bulk of DPS' lighting and film equipment assets. The purchase of DPS' well maintained, quality equipment will enable PRG to fulfill its ever expanding client demand in the vibrant Los Angeles markets, says the company.

"Adding these assets to our inventory goes a long way to supporting ou

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In Color Park the audience can switch the colour of the illuminated details of the artwork through several interactive movement and distance sensors. Kola urges the viewers to play with his art: "You can step under a coloured light and your presence will tone the vault next to the Old Church. Ask your friend to come along and you can mix the colours together", explains Kola on his piece. "Or try painting with your hand! Colours react to the sound frequency of the theremin, an instrument invented nearly a hundred years ago. The changes in the sound frequency changes the freq

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Technical course leader, Lucy Greaves, explains, "Our FdA Theatre Arts (Acting) students were preparing a performance of Terrorism by the Presnyakov Brothers and the FdA Theatre Arts (Technical) students were providing the technical support required for the play. The director of the performance, Phil Green who is the course leader of the FdA Theatre Arts (Acting) course requested a lighting effect that could focus on an actor's face. The technical tutor, Andy Atkin suggested that ideal

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Official estimates place the number of lights involved in the show at 1.5m. This year another 14 fixtures were added to the holiday mix, in the form of COLORado 4 IP LED linear washes from Chauvet Professional, provided by AMP'D Entertainment.

Although 14 fixtures might not seem like much compared to 1.5 million points of light, the COLORados had an outsized impact on Coeur D 'Alene's fes

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"We're immensely proud of this honour and validation of our team's commitment in continued technical innovation to help with TV and film productions," enthuses Dino Mazza, product manager at CAST Software.

After winning its' first Emmy, CAST Software continued engineering innovative technologies and the advancement of wysiwyg, which today is the tool of choice for many of the world's leading lighting designers as well as production and scenic designers.

"The award is recognition of wysiwyg users who use it as their go-to pre-production lighting tool

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The Theatre boasts a Slingco tension wire grid, production lighting & sound, a large screen projection system, full perimeter drapes, theatre communications & a spacious control room.

The TV studio is kitted out with Doughty Studio Rail systems, full high-level drapes and a state of the art control room.

The five drama studios and music spaces are also packed with a generous amount of hardware & tech, providing a learning facility which can have simultaneous productions

"Doughty equipment featured heavily in this project and as usual it give the quality finish that is expected from us. Dan at Doughty is amazing," comments

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Longhi Banqueting had the idea of illuminating the casino. The catering company contacted the lighting designer Giuseppe Cividini and asked him to design show lighting for the building.

"We got a lot of ideas from the technical inspection and came up with solutions for carrying out the work inside the building and on the façade. It was necessary to dim down the areas that were too brightly lit and illuminate the poorly lit parts to make them stand out at their best," Giuseppe Cividini relates.

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"The band had been in the US for most of 2015 and wanted to create a big impact on their return," says Cooper. "The Tiger Touch II, loaded with V9, is my first choice for this type of show. I designed the tour featuring a lot of multi-cell fixtures, LED tape and effects such as smoke machines and strobes, so I used the Pixel Mapper and Key Frame Shapes features, which offer a very quick way to create effects and it gives you a lot more control on how precise they are."

The team opened each show with a giant Union Jack backdrop to mark the homecoming, and designed two large set pieces either side of stage which were based on Mallory Knox's 'MK' lo