"I am thrilled to be part of this great business in an industry dear to my heart, Entertainment Lighting," said Glastra. "I would like to thank Steve for a tremendous job done in building this business and he has assembled a great team with strong brands. I am fully committed to further accelerating our innovation and growth in a global fashion, and I am looking forward to connecting with our customers and partners to continue to grow
Martin CEO Christian Engsted comments, "We are ecstatic about the unprecedented feedback we have received on the Viper Profile. Never before in our history have we had such a success even before we started shipping. It is a testament to the success of our strategy to stay at the forefront of the industry. When we knew that this would be our last development of a new family of discharge-based moving heads, we decided to make it the best the industry has ever seen.
"This product seriously eclipses products above its class and redefines the standards for moving heads. It contains all of our accumulated knowledge over 25 yea
Design Electronics based in Niagara Falls, contributed to more than 60 Boston Pizza installations. For this restaurant, which is located in the middle of Toronto's bustling entertainment district, Rob Jones, project manager for Design Electronics, and Darren Fousert, systems technician for Design Electronics, installed and programmed the lighting, audiovisual and system control components.
The team used a combination of Ilumipod Logic 6, Ilumipod Logic 12 and Ilumipod Logic Tri-4 interior lighting solutions to provide variable and controllable lighting in the dining ar
To keep up with the demands of the fast-paced broadcast environment, they installed ETC lighting equipment.
In Ukraina's largest studio, the lighting staff rely on an ETC Ion control desk with a Universal Fader Wing. They had looked at other lighting desks, but decided on the Ion in order to future-proof their rig, as dynamic light becomes more prevalent in broadcast applications. They also liked the output count and the fact that the desk supports tw
This will give the company much greater responsibility. But what makes the move significant is that SGM had been the first professional lighting brand that SF Marketing - originally established back in 1978 - brought into its portfolio almost a decade ago.
There is also an irony in that 20 years ago SGM's chief executive Peter Johansen came close to signing up his company at the time with SF Marketing president, Sol Fleising. How that decision might have impacted on the respective companies' fortunes we will never know - but two decades later the two industry giants are determined to grasp the opportunity this time around.
Equally opt
"We are extremely excited to bring in a product marketing manager of Brad's caliber," said Bob Schacherl, Philips Vari-Lite vice-president of worldwide sales and marketing. "Through his established knowledge and expertise in the industry, Brad understands the legacy and quality of our product line and we feel confident that he will continue the work before him to build our global brand even stronger."
With extensive experience as a as a programmer, d
Horace Trubridge, assistant general secretary of the MU, told The Stage, "We have been sending [LOCOG] examples all year of professional musicians who are being approached by LOCOG representatives to work for free . There seems to be a trawling exercise going on where LOCOG representatives are looking at band websites, listening to the music, thinking, 'I quite like that' and sending them an email to see if they will work for free. That seems to be what's happening, which is a complete breach of the agreement that we have with LOCOG."
A spokesman for LOCOG sa
"I really like the LEDBeam 100s," he enthuses, "They are super bright with great colours and amazing speed." This was The Prodigy's only UK appearance this summer, so Hurst wanted to ensure that the visuals helped to etch indelible memories on the minds of all those at the festival. Prodigy, one of the most influential electronic acts in the world, are renowned as a loud, energetic and innovative live act.
Fans endured high winds, driving rain, bitter cold and knee-deep mud to watch another show-stopping performance.
The LEDBeam 100s - supplied along with the rest of Prodigy's substantial 'specials' package by rental compan
The university student in Graz, Austria, made his major-label debut in 2009 with a self-produced CD that he burned in his basement. Since then, he's garnered numerous awards and critical acclaim.
GETEC Eventtechnik Graz is supplying the High End Systems gear to the tour in which LD Michael Mayler chose exclusively High End Systems products.
For stage and video designer Andy Fink, the design elements centre around Gabalier's love of traditional costume. When each show opens, the first thing the audience sees onstage is Andreas Gabalier in his leather trousers and accordion, with the Volksrock 'n Roller T-shirt logo projected on the back screen.
LD Mayler and designer Fink pre-programmed the whole show on Wysiwyg including video pre-programming on th
Selvin Cooper, part of the technical support team for Avolites Media, demonstrated the new MSC-1 control. "The new console offers visual designers an instinctive live show control system that delivers seamless integration of all visual content including video, lighting and projection from a single console," Cooper states. "The console connects directly to the Ai Media server for super fast access to the Salvation node based configuration engine via a touch screen laptop. MSC-1 provides instant access to effects, layers and clips and offers ten assignable faders that can be mapped to any server function. The console is generously furnished with a number of direct access buttons for l
AB Lighting describe the ParLite as the "ideal digital substitute for the analogue par can. AB Lighting opted to have their fixtures in a silver finish and with 30 degree lenses, though a wide range of interchangeable lenses are available.
AB Lighting'sAndrew Bird comments, "The help and support of the exceptionally knowledgeable sales staff at White Light helped us to find the best and most reliable products for our hire stock. We are exceptionally happy with the Coemar ParLite LED fixtures. We also had a very tight deadline to take delivery of the units and White Light managed to deliver ahead of time."
The purchase of the ParLites continues the long-standing relationship between W
However, this was his first year with responsibility for lighting a complete stage; working for suppliers Midnight Lighting, he produced the lighting plot for the Outpost tent, using large quantities of fast moving GLP LED heads to create the wow factor among the more conventional luminaires.
Promoted by Pipeline Productions, and held in the picturesque Mulberry Mountain, the festival featured five stages in all - including Outpost, a medium-sized tent with a self-climbing grid.
Suspended from the raked overhead trusses, JC Campbell used eight Spot One and 12 Volklicht Zooms; four of the Spot Ones were evenly spaced on each section of US truss, while the Volkslicht Zooms were set in pods of three on the
LMP's own range of LED fixtures, V:LED were specified for the interior lighting of the new cinema building. Post opted for Visual Productions' CueCore, solid-state controller, to control the LEDs by DMX via V:LED USC-500 and dynamic RGB outdoor LED lighting. Post programmed the outdoor lighting using the CueCore's scheduler to trigger the colour changes he had in place. The CueCore's scheduler is not only capable of triggering on time, date and weekday but also on sunrise and su
Having set Martin records for the largest number of pre-sale orders for a lighting controller, the M2GO has already proved a game changer by setting new standards for compact lighting control, says the company.
The M2GO and M2PC are small yet highly capable lighting consoles in Martin's popular and easy-to-use M-Series and are suitable control solutions for smaller shows and venues of all types. The M2GO is equipped with a fast, dual-core processor with no external computer required while the M2PC is the complementary control surface for Martin's PC-based M-PC controller software.
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Recorded live at the The Clapham Grand in south London, this is a series of edgy satirical takes on the big stories and themes of the week, as seen through the eyes of some of the country's best comedians. Shot in front of a live audience as well as televised for Channel 4, the production had to strike the right balance of lighting for both.
Supplementing elements of the Grand's in-house rig, the cabaret-style set featured conventional fixtures & moving lights. PRG provided the Clay Paky Alpha Spot HPE 300 supported by Par 64s, Fresnels & Lycian Starklites.
Behind
The evening's entertainment was headlined by popular chart-topping alt hip hop / rock artist and musician Tinchy Stryder and also featured a supporting slot by 2011 X-factor star, Kitty Brucknell.
UEP's Steve Butcher, who also production managed the event, comments, "We were recommended to the client by a contact. They wanted very high production values and were open to our ideas about how to make their event memorable and fun in terms of look and presentation, so it was a really good working environment and we were all proud of the resulting show." The party was attended by around 250 invited guests.
Lighting was designed by UEP's James Fickli
A&O, which prides itself as 'your partner for the latest in light technology - worldwide', announces its support for this year's event as the industry gears up for this September's ceremony.
A&O says it is "delighted" to have the opportunity to sponsor the bar area, which will provide KOI invited guests with an opportunity to network in convivial surroundings, following the more formal dinner and awards.
"We are aware of the importance of the KOI event and therefore delighted to offer the major support for the Get-Together after the Awards," said Marco Niedermeier, CEO, A&O Lighting Technology.
"The Knight of Illumination Awards
LD Philip Lindhfelt racked the Sharpys up at the rear of the stage and used them to beam directly onto the audience, which provided some spectacular, 1990s scanner-style, mid-air displays.
Playing to packed houses in arenas in the Norwegian cities of Stavanger, Bergen, Ålesund and the capital Oslo, We Love the 90s was a sell out event. Lindhfelt used the Sharpy before but never quite like this, as he explains: "I used them primarily as an effects fixture. Bands such as Scooter are quite progressive in terms of their music. I needed a fixture that was fast to respond. While the speed and the brightness of the Sharpy make it an ideal
For the past seven years, Lariviere worked with equipment brokers SHS Global, where as CTO he was responsible for sourcing product and also client technical services.
Lariviere previously worked at High End Systems from 1994-98 as a product support specialist on the Studio Color automated wash luminaire development team. Lariviere says, "The product innovation developed from HES co-founder and CTO Richard Belliveau's patents motivated me to return when offered the job. When I saw a demo of the recent products - the intellaspot, TechnoArc and TechnoSpot, al
The BBC Radio Theatre is designed to stage recorded and live performances including comedy, radio shows, live music, televised and red button events such as concerts, plus shows broadcast across the BBC's network.
The 'house' lighting rig needed to be extremely flexible to take account of the diverse number of events taking place in the venue, and the need to embrace theatrical, broadcast and multimedia disciplines. It was important that the new LED units were also appropriate to light HD TV and its specific requirements.
Extensive research was carried out into all the LED lighting options and Radio Theatre Events Manag
The band are currently promoting their third studio album I>Given To The Wild, released in January and hitting the UK album Top 10 Charts.
Shaw has been working for The Maccabees since the start of the year. He brings a fresh and invigorating look to the stage, and for the Ali Pali show, worked in close collaboration with video designer Josh Bagnall to set the aesthetic tones.
Lighting equipment was supplied by Buckinghamshire based Siyan.
Shaw had used Robe's LEDWash 600s before and was keen to incorporate them into the rig for this one. He particularly wanted to use them on a larger stage and experiment with utilising the individual LED ring control for specific effects.
The
The competition to win a MacBook Pro running the innovative Vista v2 software was sponsored by Jands' distribution partners for Europe & the Middle East - A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd. - and North America - A.C. Lighting Inc. - and open to industry professionals in these territories.
The competition proved extremely popular, with an overwhelming response from professionals in many countries and industry sectors. This reflects the high level of interest in the Vista L5, which received its official trade show launch at the Prolight+Sound 2012 exhibition in Frankfurt in March.
The lucky winners, who were selected at random from the entrants who correctly answere
Martin Kempton designs the lighting show, which is aired on Saturday nights at 7.30pm on ITV and is supported by Richard Martin Lighting (RML).
His chosen lighting spec includes Stage Zoom 1200, MAC TW1, MAC 600, VL2000 Wash, VL1000TS, Chroma Banks and Chroma Floods. Martin also used LED 12 Lights which were hung around the set and helped create an American sports stadium feel.
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With more than two decades of experience in distributing professional solutions for the entertainment, architectural, and commercial sectors, Acoustic & Lighting System is an all-around leader in these fields in the South East Asian region. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; the company has since grown by leaps and bounds through its business expansion in Penang, Pahang, Melaka, Johor, Sabah, Singapore, Thailand and most recently - Indonesia.
The company offers an extensive portfolio of lighting, sound and accessories from leading manufactures including Clay Paky, MA Lighting, PR Lighting, Antari, Midas and Sennheiser.
Since Prolight and Sound 2012, Acoustic &
