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Sweden - Behind every concert and every TV show we see, behind every play of lights on the stage of a theatre that leaves us admired, behind the effects of a skilful lighting of urban architecture or a space for the public, there is always a big deployment of sophisticated technologies. Not all shows, however, have the same ability to excite us, some are great and exciting, others are dull and monotonous.

What makes the difference is the lighting designer, the artist who uses light as a creative tool and plays with the rhythm of the music or the atmosphere of a theatre piece. For the

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Belarus - The Miss Supranationa pageant recently took place over a three-week period in Belarus, with the gala final held at the Minsk Sport Palace.

Promoted by the World Beauty Organization, the spectacular event, held in front of around 5,000 people, and transmitted live to more than a billion viewers globally on ONT, owed much to the PR Lighting inventory supplied by local distributors FE Belimlight.

Working for Polish production company ARAM Multimedia, who were responsible for the entire project including light design and control, FE Belimlight's designer, Igor Piotrowsky, supp

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UK - PLASA London 2013 will host a plethora of global, European and UK product launches for the pro-audio and entertainment lighting industries at ExCeL London from 6-9 October 2013. Many of the new products on show are also candidates for the 2013 PLASA Awards for Innovation.

Chris Toulmin, Head of Events, PLASA London 2013, said: "Visitors come to PLASA London expecting to see the latest products and technologies, and they will not be disappointed with the wide range of exciting product launches at the show. We are proud that so many manufacturers choose PLASA London to launch

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Denmark - Lighting designer Andrew Pygott was pleased to learn Danish rental company Comtech began offering Martin's MAC Viper Profile and designed a Martin rig for Sir Elton John's show at Denmark's Resenlund Park composed of the high-output profiles.

"I was very interested in giving the Viper Profiles a go ever since a demo at our Barnsley headquarters in England," says Pygott, who incorporated the Martin fixtures into the rig as the primary spots on the show, part of Elton John's 40th Anniversary of the Rocket Man tour.

"Its size-to-light output ratio and th

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UAE - Robe lighting is expanding its Middle East operation with the formation of Robe Middle East Trading LLC, a new company complete with a new regional HQ in Dubai.

This is the first part of Robe's current planned medium term expansion strategy, the initial stages of which will be rolled out over the next three months.

Robe Middle East will be headed by Robe's Middle East regional sales manager, Elie Battah, who is already well known and respected in the industry. It will distribute the full Robe ranges of moving and digital lighting fixtures and Anolis architectural LED products,

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UK - Vibrant new music TV series Ochr Un returned for its second series of production, recording over a period of eight days in one of North Wales's leading TV studio facilities this August. Produced by production company Antena Television for Welsh language mainstream broadcaster S4C, the programmes feature an array of different music numbers by artists from a diverse range of genres. With the programmes recorded 'as live', there was also a secondary chat studio, used for presenter links and interviews.

Returning to his place as lighting director following a successful first

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Australia - LSC reports that its latest 2013 International Catalogue has been released and is also available on the company's website as a PDF download in both standard and print quality formats.

This latest catalogue has detailed information including photographs and ordering codes on all LSC products that are available in the International market including some new and soon-to-be-released products as well.

Those interested in obtaining a hard copy of the catalogue should contact LSC directly otherwise the PDFs can be downloaded from http://www.lsclighting.com/catalog.

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Germany - Laserworld has launched a new product range, the Proline Series, to fill the gap between the budget solutions of the Club Series and the more professional Pure Micro Series.

Two power levels are provided in a first step - the PRO-700RGB with up to 700mW power, and the PRO-1300RGB with up to 1.300mW power. In contrast to the Club Series projectors the Proline units come with the bright 637nm red, which increases overall visibility. The small housings and the light weight make the units perfect for applications in nightclubs, bars or for mobile DJs. Due to the compact setup an

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UK - LumenRadio is exhibiting at London's PLASA Show, stand P30, and will debut the revolutionary new SuperNova 3 software.

Utilising the Art-Net and RDM management protocols, SuperNova 3 enables system-wide control of the entire lighting infrastructure. Alerts and monitoring can be configured for each element of the system - when a temperature is out of range, a push alert can be sent to a smartphone or sent as an email, providing essential status information never before available to production staff. The system offers full RDM control including configuration of DMX start addresses

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USA - Celebrated as a worldwide television event, the MTV Video Music Awards has become one of the most-anticipated and watched awards ceremonies today. Broadcasting from the new Barclays Centre, the 2013 VMA's featured eight energy-filled performances highlighted by the Bruno Mars performance of Gorilla where lighting designers Roy Bennett and Tom Kenny took the opportunity to showcase the latest lighting innovation from Philips Entertainment, the Showline SL Nitro 510 LED luminaire, supplied by VER.

"I had heard about the SL NITRO 510 prior to the show but had never actu

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South Africa - Celebrating its appointment as the exclusive distributor of Symetrix products in South Africa, iLED has announced a new series of product classes as part of the 'iLED University' education programme. The sessions will be held at the distributor's Roodepoort training facility.

Symetrix' first training session, Products & Sales, will take place between 09:00-13:00 on Wednesday 6 November. The iLED University team has designed the course to cater for sales personnel, engineers, and consultants desiring a broad overview of the Symetrix range, practical designs, and e

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USA - Elation Professional's new TVL F1WW and TVL F1CW white LEDs are "strong, silent, cool - and great-looking under the camera".

A 3,200°K warm white and 5,600°K cool white LED Fresnel respectively, the TVL F1WW and TVL F1CW are designed for TV/video lighting, thanks to their quiet, flicker-free and low-heat operation. The secret is in their advanced on-board thermo-optical technology, which keeps them running constantly cool without making an audible sound, says the company.

Each of the TVL F1s also comes equipped with a DMX-controlled 12°-40 ° zoom and

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UK - LSC is attending PLASA again as part of the White Light zone and will be found on booth G60. This year we are introducing three new products to the market place.

For the first time at PLASA, LSC will be showing a Clarity LX900 console. The flagship of the family, the LX900 was first released in December 2012 and many venues across the world have already installed these units. All LX consoles operate on Clarity software which was first released in 2009 for PC and Mac and the LX900 on show will be running version 2 of this software demonstrating all its new features. Also on the bo

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World - Singer-songwriter Bruno Mars has been getting top reviews for his Moonshine Jungle tour, which will continue to play dates around the world through March 2014 and takes two grandMA2 full-size consoles on the road.

"We were tasked with creating a world for Bruno and his band to inhabit," says lighting designer Cory FitzGerald who co-designed the tour with Roy Bennett. "Bruno has a lot of sounds and pushes past a lot of genres, so he needed an environment that would accommodate all his music. The lighting fixtures help a lot with that. We have 276 panels of

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USA - Superstar Selena Gomez is appeasing her millions of fans worldwide with the Stars Dance Tour, which will cover the US, Canada and Europe and promote her number one selling album Stars Dance. Having worked with Bandit before, the pop's reining princess and her team are trusting Seth Jackson and Bandit Lites' again to light the colossal tour.

Lighting designer Nathan W. Scheuer worked with Seth Jackson, who serves as the creative director and production designer, to create a dramatic lighting design for the tour. Since her breakout role on Disney Channel's Wizards of Wav

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UK - With an estimated 70,000 fans screaming and hoping to catch a glimpse of One Direction, the five-member band walked the red carpet outside the Empire Cinema in London's Leicester Square for the world premier of 1D: This Is Us. Lighting design and production was handled by premiere veterans Limited Edition Events who utilized Martin RUSH Series Strobe 5x5's to add some eye-candy to the daylight event. Emitting an intense but diffused cool light the units produced a myriad of pixel mapped effects which looked fabulous on the global live broadcast.

Nearly 30 Martin Rush Strob

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UK - Robe's Robin MMX WashBeam moving lights were used for the first time at a London Fashion Week show by fashion lighting designer Nick Gray of creative practice Renegade.

Gray lit two high profile off-site shows - Jasper Conran at the Saatchi Gallery and Roksanda at The Place, London Bridge - for London Fashion Week SS14 last week using MMX WashBeams.

It was the first time Gray has used Robe moving lights in his fashion work - he is also the LD for rockers Kasabian, comedian Eddie Izzard and is an internationally exhibited video and light artist.

Gray has been wanting to incorp

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UK - Over a couple of summer evenings way back in 1989 a small group of friends performed Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band to raise funds for the care and support of children suffering from life-limiting or terminal illnesses. Today, The Pepper Foundation is a registered charity which raises funds for The Pepper Children's Nurses who provide care 24/7 for children throughout the Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire area. The Pepper Rock Event Show is performed each year over two weeks in the Centenary Theatre within Berkhamsted School in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.

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UK - When the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series visited Wales for the UK leg of their global cliff diving championship, XL Events was on hand to ensure all the action was captured for the crowds of excited spectators.

With competitors diving from a height of 27m from the top of the Pembrokeshire cliffs, XL Events needed to ensure that spectators in both of the cliff viewing areas had an excellent view of the 14 divers from nine different countries.

To achieve this, XL Events installed two Lighthouse R7 LED screens, one at the top and one at the bottom of the cliffs, and each measur

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UK - City Theatrical is launching a number of new products at PLASA 2013 on stand J70, including an exciting new line of LED tape and LED dimmers, a new AutoYoke with a Source Four LED, SHoW Baby 5, and many new accessories. Dave Higgins and Robert Bell of Pathway Connectivity will be on hand demonstrating the Cognito Lighting Console, and Andy Voller, author of Moving Light Assistant software will also be on the stand demonstrating and training users in his product.

QolorFlex LED Tape is LED lighting tape aimed at the professional lighting market, including live theatre, television,

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UK - PSCo has announced its entry into the LED display market and will unveil a range of ultra-high resolution, exceptional performance LED models on Stand S40 at PLASA 2013, ExCeL London, 6-9 October. Handpicked for the PSCo portfolio following extensive research and testing, these innovative new additions mark the launch of 'The PSCo LED Experience' - bringing LED to channel partners in the UK with trusted support services and expert assistance, says the company.

PSCo will be offering PLASA visitors an exclusive preview of the new 1.9mm, 2.5mm and 3.75mm LED displays in an enclosed

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UK - As part of Ambersphere Solutions continued growth, Lee House has joined the company, expanding its sales team. Lee brings a wealth of industry experience as he begins his new role as Technical Sales for Ambersphere. Lee joins after previously being Product Manager of Green Hippo's Hippotizer range and before that, the Head of AC Video with AC-ET.

"When we heard that Lee was available it was the ideal time to expand the team here and we are very excited with his arrival. Top-flight personnel is a key part of our company's ethos making the decision to snap Lee up all the more

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Brazil - For the 12th time in Rio de Janeiro, a tradition dating back nearly 30 years came to life once again when Brazil's most important music festival Rock in Rio took place in September. While the concept has spread to Spain and Portugal, Rio maintains a melting pot of different musical styles and genres.

Lighting designer Valmor Neves from Zuluz Iluminicao utilised the effects of the SGM P-5 LED wash light to create beautiful designs for the largest telecommunications company in Brazil, Oi Telefonia, postal service company Correios and global leader in the beverage industry, Coca

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UK - London Light has been appointed a distributor for Capture Sweden's lighting design and documentation software Capture Polar.

Sam Crook, technical director at London Light said,"We are very keen to work with Capture. We have always been a fan of the software, with our designers using it almost daily for in-house productions. We have the first hand knowledge and experience that makes us ideally placed to offer support in the UK."

Capture, available for Windows and Mac OS X, allows you to work in real-time with all elements of your design including lighting, laser, video

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