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Denmark - Sitting off the main highway in the Danish town of Losning, innovative concrete solutions provider Boligbeton decided to take advantage of the 30,000 vehicles driving past its facility on a daily basis. An opportunity to refresh its image by using free advertising space presented a more positive company image than the mundane concrete yard. Design firm Pluskontoret Arkitekter (PA) presented a lighting solution featuring 10 Martin Exterior 400 image projectors to tell the detailed story of the concrete process.

A number of thoughts were considered to improve the yard's aesthe

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India - LumenRadio continues the expansion of its global distribution network with the announcement of Integrated Entertainment Solutions as CRMX distributor in India. Based in Mumbai, Integrated Entertainment Solutions is a leading distributor of products for the entertainment industry in India, with brands such as Robe and Martin Audio already part of their portfolio.

IES was founded in 1996 by Rasesh Parekh and Kekul Sheth. IES started out as a lighting distribution company but soon realized the potential of the industry and the need for more products and services.

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USA - Elation Professional takes advanced Philips MSR Platinum lamp technology to "the next level of brawn and brightness" with the Platinum Spot 35 PRO, an 800W, feature-packed moving head spot fixture that's designed for large stages, amphitheatres, sports arenas, and major concert tours.

Featuring the biggest, most powerful Platinum lamp source used by Elation to date -- the 55,000-lumen, 7,800°K MSR Platinum 35 - the Platinum Spot 35 PRO delivers up to 76,880 lux @ 5m (at minimum 8° zoom). Yet, like all Elation Platinum Series fixtures, it's energy-efficient rela

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UK - Following the successful HOG4 launch and due to high demand, High End Systems is releasing a series of Hog4 training videos.

In tandem with the large number of worldwide training classes undertaken both by High End Systems and its extensive distributor network, the initial 12 videos will allow everyone to learn how to use a Hog.

The videos have been split into easy to watch segments meaning that beginners as well as experienced users will benefit from them. They are also in a logical order allowing for the user to move from one element of the Hog software to another with ease.

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UK - A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd provided spectacular video projection for the British Racing Drivers' Club's (BRDC) dazzling annual British Grand Prix party at Silverstone racing circuit.

Staged every year on the eve of the F1 Santander British Grand Prix, this year a party was held for the first time at the BRDC Farm, which is adjacent to the celebrated race track.

AC-ET's technical manager, James Bawn, decided to bring the façade of the space's Georgian building to life. For this he used dynamic, high-speed racing footage from the BRDC's own film archive. To achi

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Brazil - Robe moving lights were at the hub of the show lighting for the recent Skol Sensation Party staged at Anhembi Parque in Sao Paolo.

The popular event, attended by over 50,000 dance music fans, enjoyed a stellar line up of DJs and megamix sessions from Mr White, Sunnery James, Ryan Marciano, Anderson Noise, Do Santos, Funkagenda, Michael Woods, Deniz Koyu, DBerrie and many more.

Sao Paolo-based LPL Professional (LPL) has been the official provider for the Brazilian Skol Sensation for five years. The main stage lighting production was a collaboration between LPL and the event'

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UK - The rumours began circulating weeks before the event that Grammy award winning musician and DJ, Skrillex would perform a surprise DJ set at the Glastonbury festival. The rumours proved to be correct when he appeared on the Gully stage in the Silver Hayes dance area. The whole area was packed even though the official announcement was made only hours before and the show was one of the highlights of the weekend.

MilTec UK Ltd supplied the bulk of the lighting via A1 Entertainments of Bristol who supplied the complete package of staging, sound and lighting for the Gulley.

All of th

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UK - Bristol UK creative visual design practice Smash Productions has taken delivery of the first Martin Professional M6 control console in the UK and Europe, which will be available for rental and also in action for assorted shows and productions in which SMASH is involved.

Smash, headed by Alex 'Junior' Cerio and Tim Smith is known for its innovative, imaginative and fresh approach to production design through lighting, video, visuals and scenic elements for all types of live events.

Their work encompasses many genres and styles, embracing corporate launches and parties through to

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Europe - Chris de Burgh has trod the boards of venues throughout the world since the early 1970s. So far his albums, including 18 studio albums, have sold more than 45m copies worldwide and received a total of 200 gold and platinum disc awards. The European singer and composer is travelling around Europe on tour at this moment.

The lighting designer and operator Chris Schatz, from Klinkertor Studios/Schattenwerk has chosen 20 Clay Paky Sharpys and a large number of MA Lighting products for the tour. Augusta-based Gruppe 20 has provided the lighting, rigging and sound systems, as well

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UK - Black Light has helped put some sparkle into the summer through its work on a new drinks promotion for the Aperol Spritz brand. The company's events team has partnered with the brand experiential agency, Lightblue UK, on two high-profile events in Brighton and Manchester.

"We provided a full event package to the organisers" says Black Light's event project manager, David Moffat. "As well as supplying all the necessary stage, sound, AV and control equipment, we also installed and trained the client to manage in our absence."

Aperol Spritz was a sponsor of the

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USA - LEDtronics reports that their new LED lamps at the Santa Monica Pier and Carousel Building are helping the 97-year-old landmark conserve energy by more than 30%, increase safety, remove light pollution, and reduce maintenance time.

"The old, fluorescent lights on the pier burned out, left gaps in the lighting and were in a difficult area to maintain," states Matt Henigan, City of Santa Monica, office of sustainability and the environment, energy efficiency engineer. "With the new LED lamps in place, maintenance is minimal, and we have already reduced energy consum

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USA - The most recent Electric Daisy Carnival, held in Las Vegas 21-23 June, demonstrated once again why this iconic gathering is much more than North America's largest music festival (of any genre). Featuring some 200 EDM artists on seven stages, alongside theatrical performers, interactive art exhibits and amusement rides, EDC's sprawling 1,000-acre Las Vegas Speedway site was transformed into a surrealistic fantasy world with state-of-the-art visual production that made the three-day event a total immersive entertainment experience for the 345,000-plus fans who attended.

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South Africa - Twelve new Robe Robin DLX LED Spots have been purchased and installed in the Theatre of Marcellus, the main entertainment venue at Emperor's Palace Hotel Casino Convention and Entertainment resort in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Kevin Stannett, head of lighting at Emperor's Palace (and also a freelance LD) specified the fixtures as part of a recent lighting upgrade. He wanted an eco-friendly solution for the new lighting units as the resort looks to the future and embraces the philosophy of greener operations.

The units were delivered by Robe's South Afri

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UK - HSL supplied lights, LED screen and crew to the latest Moody Blues UK and European tour, working with the band's long term LD Mick Thornton.

It was the first time Blackburn UK based HSL had worked with the veteran British rock band who have sold over 70m albums worldwide in a career spanning six decades. They are pulling in enthusiastic crowds crossing several generations of music fans.

Mick Thornton has worked for the Moody Blues for the last 12 years and for this tour he wanted a lighting contractor who could also supply the LED elements as well as a company with "a frie

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UK - Lighting specialists Point Source Productions has refreshed its lighting stock through Ambersphere Solutions. Managing director Stephen Capel reports, "When the decision was made to expand our catalogue, we decided to invest in Clay Paky luminaires due to the broader range of features than found on comparable products from other manufacturers. We feel that this choice has a double benefit to us as a company that provides equipment to such a wide variety of events.

"Their versatility makes them a really cost effective investment as they spend very little time sitting in

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Germany - GLP German Light Products have launched a new iPad app for their impression X4 fixture.

One of the versatile features of the impression X4 is that users can create their own pixel designs on the fly and store them directly into their control console. The new iPad app makes the process fast and easy by bringing up a mimic of the fixtures front lens layout. Users can tap individual lenses on and off to design the output that they would like. Simultaneously the app displays the corresponding DMX channels and values to be input to the controller for the physical fixture.

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UK - This year the teams from Avolites and Avolites Media were not only blessed with the sunniest festival in years but also the joy of witnessing the proliferation of new Avolites consoles around the site.

Taking pride of place at most front of house positions was either an Avolites ultrafast Sapphire Touch, Tiger Touch, Tiger Touch Pro or Expert Pro. Meanwhile quietly operating backstage Avolites T4 Dimmers kept lighting control running smoothly.

In addition, and increasingly present year on year, Avolites Media's Ai Media consoles, Infinity 8 and T8 Media Servers delivered stunni

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France - The historic Indochine tour, which will take place over two years, debuted at mid-sized venues in France in March. It has gradually become more and more impressive in size occupying ever more important concert locations and triumphing at the Stade de France.

It is an original event lit by the staff of Concept-K, whose young lighting designer Thomas Déchandon put together an unusual lighting design with a special place for Clay Paky's A.Leda Wash K20s. Their LED rings are arranged in a circular array, which is a clear reference to the tour's visual impact and recalls th

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Nigeria - Although only one year old, Mark Osho's Megavision Lighting was contracted to deliver a spectacular set for this year's Miss Nigeria pageant in Lagos - the 38th edition of this annual event.

Held at the Intercontinental Hotel, Victoria Island, in front of 2,400 of the country's leading A-list VIPs, celebrities and socialities, Osho himself based much of his lighting design around PR Lighting effects - using six each of the XR200 Beam and XLED 1037 to create the impact, along with four XLED 336 and 12 PR348.

Working within a set designed by Bolaji Durojaiye of Equally Diver

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USA - Barco Lighting Systems and Creative Stage Lighting Co have announced a new partnership that will enable Creative Stage Lighting to serve as a major Hog controls reseller of High End Systems' console products throughout the United States of America. Effective immediately, this agreement enables Creative Stage Lighting to make HES' console products available to their extensive network of local resellers.

George Studnicky III, president of Creative Stage Lighting comments, The Hog 4 Series is the end result of a very attentive and industrious High End Systems. While Creative Stage

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USA - Mumford & Sons, continue their action packed touring schedule, having just finished a string of Canadian and US shows - where Robe LEDWash moving lights were once again a prominent feature on the lighting rig designed by New York based LD, Ed Warren of Next Level Lights.

Warren has been working with the band for the last four and a half years and the starting point for this instalment of the on-going tour was "Let's kick some serious festival ass with true tungsten power".

For at least the past 12 months, Warren's lighting rig for the band has contained continual evo

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China - Visual Productions has confirmed a distribution partnership with Advance Communication Equipment (ACE) for the Chinese market.

This new partnership began during the Prolight+Sound show in Frankfurt earlier this year, when senior vice president Bingo Tso and business manager Dicky Ling visited the Visual Productions' stand. Seeing the range of innovative and smart lighting control solutions available from Visual Productions, a product demonstration was arranged for all the ACE team available at the show.

Director of Visual Productions, Maarten Engels, talked them through the

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South Africa - South Africa - Philips Entertainment's four premier brands - Selecon, Showline, Strand Lighting and Vari-Lite - are powering up to exhibit their latest luminaires and lighting control products ideal for theatre and staging applications at this year's Mediatech advanced technology show Africa (The Coca-Cola Dome, Northgate, Johannesburg, South Africa, 17-19 July 2013.)

Taking pride of place and following its popular debut earlier in the year at Frankfurt ProLight and Sound, Philips Showline will be promoting the SL NITRO 510 LED strobe.

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Classical Record - A record 114,000 tickets for the BBC Proms 2013 have sold since booking opened on Saturday, a 17% rise on 2012. More than 100,000 tickets sold online, while the rest were bought by phone, post or in person from the Albert Hall. BBC Proms director Roger Wright described the "record-breaking" sales as a "thrill".

The most popular Proms in terms of ticket sales included the First Night of the Proms, conducted by Sakari Oramo in his inaugural performance as chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, on 12 July, plus two Doctor Who Proms on 13 and

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