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Spain - Robe lighting has just launched the Spanish version of its complete website (www.robe.cz/es/ ).

Users from Latin America, Spain and other Spanish speaking regions will now be able to find all the main content available in their own language, including information on all the new and existing products and their technical specifications, plus the latest from the company's busy newsroom.

Regional sales manager for Latin America, Guillermo Traverso, comments, "It's really great news to have the official Robe lighting site in Spanish now! It is a great opportunity for everyon

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UK - Richard Martin Lighting (RML) reports that it has recently added the Chauvet Nexus 4x4 to its already extensive inventory and they are available for hire here now.

The Nexus 4x4 is both a bold eye-candy and tour-ready washlight capable of delivering at once the sizzle of a pixel mapping display and a robust light output afforded by 16 20-Watt RGB COB LEDs. The combination of COB emitters and a clever reflector design yields a striking, diffused light richly drenched in saturated hues.

The units are controllable via Art-Net, Klings-Net and DMX protocols and feature interlocking

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UK - As part of its on-going 30th birthday celebrations, Black Light is offering 30% off all pyrotechnic hardware hires (subject to availability). It is also running a '3 for 2' offer on all Le Maitre pyrotechnic sales. Both offers run throughout November and usual terms and conditions apply.

"These offers are perfect for anyone who wants to use pyrotechnics to make their stage show, launch or gig that much more memorable," says Black Light's events and hires manager, Calder Sibbald. "We are hoping to get more people switched on to the creative potential and technical b

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USA - Leading moving light manufacturer Robe Lighting s.r.o. announces the appointment of Bob Schacherl as CEO of its US based operation, Robe Lighting Inc.

Bob Schacherl's exemplary high profile career has seen him work with two leading brands in the moving light field spanning the last 28 years - firstly as a co-founder of High End Systems and subsequently as vice-president of sales and marketing at Vari-Lite from 2001 to 2013. This career will now continue with Robe, as the company positions itself for further expansion and the strengthening of all its global markets throughout 201

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UK - At PLASA London 2013 at ExCel, London, the Solaris LED Flare lighting and effects fixture was honoured with the coveted PLASA Sustainability Award. The eco-friendly concept behind the Flare's design was recognized by the PLASA Innovation Award judges, who asserted, "This multi-purpose, energy efficient product will save loads of energy by replacing and eliminating the massive power consumption of existing fixtures including strobes, audience blinders, and wash lights." The PLASA Sustainability Award is awarded at the judges' discretion for significant achievements in envi

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Australia - Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour is a production that combines Michael Jackson's music and choreography with Cirque du Soleil creativity to give fans worldwide a view into the spirit, passion and heart of Jackson.

Lighting designer Martin Labrecque was required to design a rig that provided a decent amount of front and side light, as sometimes the stage can have forty-nine people on it, and that could also compete with the extensive use of LED video screens.

Another challenge was weight allowance with the space above the performance area already crammed with video

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UK - The AED UK businesses including AED Rent, AED Distribution, AED Store and AED Second-hand are opening their doors on Tuesday 5 November for a Guy Fawkes themed Open Day. From 10.30 am to 6 pm, all visitors are welcome to meet the AED UK Team and have a look around their facility.

AED Distribution which enjoyed a busy inaugural PLASA, will be showing products from all of its partner brands including High End Systems automated luminaires, digital lighting and the HOG4 Family of consoles. Also, other brands such as SRS, Swisson, Prolyte, CM, GLP and MediaLas will be in action with m

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France / Slovakia - After meeting at PLASA London, Leader Light has announced a new French distributor, Dimatec. From 1 November 2013, Dimatec will be strategic distributor of the full range of Leader Light's professional and architectural lighting.

"The deal is the next forward step for the company," said managing director Julius Szaraz. "We would like to increase the sales and after the meeting I was immediately persuaded that this is a good choice."

Dimatec distributes leading brands of lighting equipment and accessories for the film, television, video, photo

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Australia - The Royal Australian Navy International Fleet Review symbolised 100 years since Australia welcomed their first Naval Fleet into Sydney Harbour. It was Imagination Australia's job to celebrate that milestone in a way the entire city and the world would take notice of. The spectacular was created in seven acts, from introducing the original fleet, through 100 years of service to Australia, current capabilities, a moment of reflection for the fallen and a finale to rival Sydney New Year's Eve.

Imagination conceived, wrote, designed and produced every element of the show. For

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Denmark - When the staff at Svalegangen, a theatre in the western Danish city of Aarhus, started looking for new control desks for their 200 seat main theatre and touring needs, they weren't expecting to make a quick purchase.

They wanted to find a control system with familiar syntax, in order to ease users' learning process on the new desks, and which would have great support and would be future proofed, with regular software updates keeping up with advances in lighting technology.

After browsing the market for a replacement control desk for about a year, head of lighting Anders Kj

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USA - Leroy Bennett's lighting design for the current Nine Inch Nails Tension 2013 tour utilises the largest installation of Ayrton's MagicPanel 602 fixtures to date. Following a successful summer festival tour promoting their new album Hesitation Marks across the Far East and Europe, American industrial rock project, Nine Inch Nails, are currently bringing their show to North American arenas under a dramatic lighting rig that incorporates no less than 126 Ayrton MagicPanel 602 fixtures.

Legendary rock production/lighting designer Leroy Bennett, whose long line of collaborations inclu

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UK - A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd, a specialist one-stop supplier to the film, television and broadcast studio markets, will showcase a selection of lighting and video solutions alongside their in-house Express custom cable, custom gel, and lamp services at BVE North. Also on display will be a selection of stands and grip from both Manfrotto and Avenger, as well as other consumables available for next day delivery (Stand C20-C10).

The stand will feature some of the many marques which AC-ET distributes exclusively in the UK, alongside other leading brands the company is

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USA - New Orleans-based rental and sales company, RZI Lighting, has been intensifying its relationship with GLP Inc during the past year - partly based on the quality and popularity of new age LED heads like the impression X4 and budget-conscious Volkslicht Spot - but also as a result of the support he knows he can rely on from the Californian-based company.

Recently relocated to an enlarged 25,000sq.ft facility - a measure of RZI Lighting's own success - CEO Ray Ziegler expects to continue adding impression heads to the inventory.

"The new equipment from GLP is really very exc

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USA - Love's Labour's Lost got a new musical treatment this summer at Central Park's famed Shakespeare in the Park, and Clay Paky Sharpy Washes helped give the show a new look, too. Popular for rock and pop music tours, the Sharpy Washes were the perfect fit for the six-week run of the innovative staging of one of Shakespeare's most beloved comedies.

The Public Theatre presents free Shakespeare in the Park at Central Park's Delacorte Theatre every summer. This year it paired Comedy of Errors with a spring break-style musical version of Love's Labour's Lost..

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UK - Philips and the Society of Light and Lighting are again sponsoring Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance's successful 2014 Junior Ready Steady Light competition.

Held at the College's campus in Sidcup on Saturday 15th March 2014, 12 teams of students from School Sixth forms & Further Education Colleges are invited to light up the grounds and buildings, in a spectacular display of light and colour.

The day begins at 11.00am and finishes at 9.00pm; this year Rose Bruford College aims to attract 12 teams, made up of 5 year 12, 13, or FE students to participate in

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USA - Nearly 90 contemporary works of light, sound, performance and projection art recently transformed the downtown Dallas Arts District into a new media art exhibition called Dallas Aurora 2013. Syncrolite, a Dallas-based theatrical and architectural lighting manufacturer, played a role as one of the lighting exhibits in this 19-square-block event.

Syncrolite provided a system of ten 8000 watt XL xenon lighting fixtures to illuminate the 1 Arts Plaza, one of the highlighted locations for the multi-sensory and participatory experiences.

On the 18 October event day, Troy Eckerman pr

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USA - While the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards attracted press coverage for its outrageous performances, the show made headlines among professionals for its creative staging, too. Clay Paky Sharpys and Sharpy Washes lit up the stage at Barclays Centre, Brooklyn where artist and designer KAWS reimagined the VMAs' iconic moonman statuette.

"For the 30th anniversary of the VMAs and its first time in Brooklyn we were celebrating Brooklyn and Brooklyn artist KAWS, who redesigned the moonman as a 60-foot inflatable silver statue that towered over the main stage," says lighting design

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Italy - Slovakia's Leader Light was used in a new cycleway in Pero in the Italian region of Lombardy.

The cycle path is a new installation which is situated near the Milan Exhibition centre in Rho (the Province of Milan) with a length approximately 1.5 km. The cycleway crosses the A4 Highway.

The Milano Province designed the original project with 66 pieces of LED lighting with total system power of 30 W. These luminaries were replaced by Leader Light's LED street lighting. They used only 56 pieces of LL STREET PS 20W 4000K GAG in 6 m height and six pieces of 6 PCS LL STREET PS 20W 4

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USA - High End Systems is releasing today Hog 4 Version 2.0 software, with more than a dozen major new features that add further value for existing Hog 4 users as well as new purchasers going forward, the company says.

New features include a new window called the 'Media Picker' added to the Hog 4 OS which allows users to view and select slotted function values (gobos, colours, media etc) for the current fixture selection via thumbnail previews.

V2.0 also features support for Digital Media Server thumbnail previews using CITP - an advanced, network-based protocol that is now utilised

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South Africa - Continuing Lighthouse Technologies' global expansion, four LED screens have been installed on the main access roads to the Dube TradePort precinct in South Africa.

With one of the screens located directly in the flight path of incoming air traffic at the King Shaka's International airport in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, safety, control and durability, were of prime importance for the project.

As well as a rigorous electrical and mechanical specification, Dube TradePort required full control over the screens. For this reason, commissioning of the system included a se

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UK - Renowned lighting designer Rob Sinclair has used a Jands Vista L5 lighting and media control console to deliver an atmospheric visual feast for the latest Peter Gabriel Back to Front world tour.

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of hit album So, the tour spans Gabriel's illustrious career, including a performance of the album in its entirety and features the original So live 1987 band line-up. It is described by the innovative artist himself as a 'three course show'.

In response, Sinclair's inventive and dynamic lighting kicks off with the house lights up, t

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USA - Although a recent college graduate, Matthew Sakatos already knows where his lighting design preferences lie. "I really like to focus on EDM events," says Sakatos, who majored in a digital film and production major at the Art Institute of Charlotte and now works as an audio-visual designer for Eye Dialogue. "The reason I like EDM shows is because they give you the freedom to get as creative as you want to get," he explains. "The lights and production are almost the focus of an EDM event. So it's a really cool way for your art to be appreciated instantly.&qu

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Sweden - LumenRadio reports that they have been granted the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) patent for their Cognitive Coexistence technology (US 8,457,023).

The granted patent covers all of LumenRadio's CRMX product lines. LumenRadio's Cognitive Coexistence technology allows the radio to ensure optimum performance even when other wireless systems are operating in the same area.

"Being granted this patent shows that we have a truly innovative and unique technology, which has never been seen before. We now have our technology protected, which gives our customer

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UK - From Here To Eternity, the new musical based on the celebrated 1953 film and 1951 novel, has just opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London's West End. Produced by Tim Rice, who also penned the lyrics, the show features music by Stuart Brayson and book by Bill Oakes. The show is using lighting equipment supplied by entertainment lighting specialist White Light.

Bruno Poet, the show's lighting designer, has enjoyed a widely diverse career, encompassing everything from opera (including a long involvement with Garsington Opera) to plays (including the acclaimed Frankenst

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