Italy - Coemar and Lightconverse have reached an agreement in support of their distribution networks and customers who decide to use a combination of the two companies' products.

The two companies guarantee the full compatibility of their devices to simplify virtual show creation and reduce programming times.

Thanks to this collaboration between Lightconverse and Coemar, the virtual lighting effects of Coemar products can be simulated at the design stage and important information can be obtained from the light designers even before the product is available on the market.

"This joint venture by two leading companies points to the future," says Fausto Orsatti, Coemar sales and marketing manager. "Combining our strengths and skills to the advantage of our customers

Slovakia - The 2012 Miss Universe Slovak Republic was staged at the National Tennis Centre in Bratislava, and saw an aesthetic departure from previous years with a stripped back, streamlined, high-tech look onstage with multiple LED walls and panels and a shrinking perfective set.

Martin Kubánka was once again the lighting designer - his fourteenth year of Miss Universe SK! The lighting equipment included a substantial Robe moving light rig - supplied by Q-99, Slovakia's leading technical production and rental operation.

Kubánka was given an open brief as to how to light the show.

Australia - Channel 9 productions Today Show, Mornings and A Current Affair have recently moved into their larger Studio 22 at the Sydney Channel 9 premises to share the studio with Wide World of Sport, Sunday Footy Show, Australia's Funniest Home Video, The Footy Show plus other shows. This studio can produce between up to nine hours of live television seven days a week so with this in mind, the decision was made to upgrade of the studio control room.

As well as a new vision switcher, production area and studio floor upgrade, the studi

UK - Chroma-Q Color Force 72 RGBA LED battens were specified by award winning lighting designer Paule Constable for the new Cameron Mackintosh UK and Ireland touring production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of The Opera.

Paule's prolific design portfolio includes creating lit environments for the highest profile international theatre and opera productions, and her work is renowned worldwide for its experimentation, invention and creativity.

She had not used Color Force products before, but sought a powerful, well sized lightsource that could be utilised as an even spre

UK - Following another year of continued growth, Pharos Architectural Controls has restructured its management team with Simon Hicks promoted to technical director and Chris Hunt, previously commercial director, taking the role of managing director.

Hunt is a founding director of Pharos and his appointment as managing director reflects his current responsibility for the management of the growing international sales team and the day-to-day operation of the company.

Hicks joined the company in 2006 as a software developer, quickly progressing to technical product manager. As technical

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