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Russia - Martin Professional's representative office in Russia and the CIS, in cooperation with Messe Frankfurt RUS, held a lighting designer contest as part of the Prolight + Sound NAMM Russia exhibition in Moscow.

"As Martin Professional is celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year, we wanted to share the occasion with our friends, partners and all who work in the amazing world of dynamic lighting," commented Anton Anufriev, product manager at Martin's Russian office.

A special area was constructed in a lighting pavilion at the exhibition and outfitted with MAC Auras, MAC 101s, MAC 700 Profiles and MAC 2000 Washes. Contest participants prepared and demonstrated a four-minute light show with music in real time using a Martin M1 lighting console.

Performances were evaluated by a jury composed of Eric Leroy, lighting designer, Lumieres Utiles; Paul Pelletier, contr

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UK - At PLASA 2012, Steinigke will highlight its COB LED technology. German trade journal Soundcheck recently tested some Eurolite spots with the new technology with "impressive results across the board". Single and multi spots were examined: PAR-56 and ML-30 as well as ML-56 models (each single-colored and with RGB), audience blinders, PMB (Performance Bar) and PMC (Performance Cluster).

The testers' special focus was put on the colour illustration and the colour mixture: "The colour mixture of the Eurolite COB spots is really excellent. Thanks to the minimal distance of the diodes in the cluster . . . colour shades are finally a thing of the past. All of the produced colours are extremely convincing - a fact that is also true for colour fields that have been critical up to now: orange, pastel and white."

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UK - Touted as the future of entertainment lighting for a number of years, LED-based lighting fixtures are now rapidly entering the mainstream, as witness the re-equipping of Dorking Halls in Surrey that White Light has supplied.

The staff at the Halls, a versatile multi-purpose venue that hosts everything from concert recitals to wrestling to conferences to cinema to pantomime, felt that the time had come to replace the existing rig of 1000W Fresnels and Par Cans. The aim of both Michael Knight and Craig Gravett of Dorking Halls was to build a lighting rig that offered more versatility compared to the existing gear while retaining the high-quality illumination and fades the Hall's users expected - all while being more energy-efficient than the previous set-up.

In the first instance, Craig Gravett compiled a list of products that he thought would work well for the venue, inclu

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Croatia - Croatian classical superstars 2Cellos played an ecstatic 'homecoming' show in Zagreb Arena in front of 15,000 enthusiastic fans accompanied by the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, with lighting and set designed by Dalibor Radic.

The lighting rig included 10 Robe MMX Spots which were positioned along the front of the stage on the floor and used for spectacular aerial effects.

These were supplied by leading Croatian rental company Eldra d.o.o., from Zagreb, who also supplied sound, staging and video for the concert. The company has made a significant investment in Robe MMX Spots recently.

Dalibor has been working for 2Cellos for about a year. The duo, consisting of Luka Šuli? and Stejepan Hauser met when studying at the Zagreb Academy of Music, and were 'discovered' after uploading a music video cover of their cello-only rendition of Michael Jackson's Smooth Crimin

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USA - US sales of the newly launched digiLED MC range of indoor / outdoor modular LED tiles have provided the basis for strong international growth, says global video solutions provider displayLED.

The range, including mesh and solid versions, was developed following extensive consultation with audio-visual professionals in the USA, and received healthy feedback at InfoComm this June. The product has sold over 6,000 tiles in its first four months of availability, and has already been deployed on high profile global productions including Bruce Springsteen's current world tour, the Black Entertainment Television (BET) Awards in Washington DC and The Donny and Marie Osmond Show.

The MC range features mechanically identical tiles with a range of pixel pitches that can be mixed to create screens with higher and lower definition areas. This opens possibilities for creative sc

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UK - Northern Light has announced the appointment of Steve Turnbull as a business development manager.

Turnbull has spent the past seven years at Stage Electric's Newcastle depot, where he was branch manager and was also responsible for sales. Prior to that, he carried out business to business sales for Telewest and Orange, after a three year stint in the Royal Marines.

In his new role at Northern Light, Turnbull will be responsible for expanding market share for the company's boxed goods and consumables division - Northern Light Direct. Based in Newcastle, he will initially cover the north east and north west of England, with a view to further expanding his territory in a southerly direction as he settles in to the post.

Turnbull comments, "I'm delighted to have joined the rapidly growing Northern Light Direct team and I'm looking forward to serving new and existing cu

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UK - Altman Lighting will introduce the Spectra Cyc 200 to its family of LED Wash

Luminaires at PLASA 2012. The new fixture uses two arrays of Philips Luxeon Rebel LEDs for maximum brightness and colour rendering, along with its patented LED blending lens and asymmetrical reflector.

"This unique combination gives you fantastic light output and colour with the smoothest,

most even field available on the market," says the company. "Using this combination of technologies we are able to space our fixtures at an industry leading 2.5m - 3m apart, at 1.2m off the cyc or wall."

Standard features on the fixtures include DMX in and pass through, with RDM compatibility, and

Power in and pass through using powerCON connections enabling up to 10 fixtures to be 'daisy chained' together. Usable height of the output light for a single row of luminaires has also been

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UK - Compulite Systems (2000) LTD recently added a new member to their Vector family, the Vector PC Wing, which will be highlighted at PLASA 2012.

The powerful portable unit brings flexibility by combining sophisticated features of the Vector platform with unmatched simplicity and size, says the company. Weighing in at 3.5kg, the Vector PC Wing, when used with the Vector software, will deliver "cutting edge performance, advanced functionality and enhanced programming, making it the perfect portable unit for corporate events, cruise ships, trade shows, clubs, theatre and more".

The Vector PC Wing features up to 200 active playbacks, a dedicated intensity push wheel, 5 dedicated parameter push wheels, illuminated trackball, Grand Master with illuminated blackout key, 10 Playback faders, full tracking backup, MIDI and MSC support, 2 or 4 DMX-512 inputs/outputs configura

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Isle of Man - The Isle of Man Sporting & Dining Club is a members only club that provides an exclusive dining experience for corporate clients and its membership. It holds a quarterly black tie event where dinners meet, network, and are entertained by sporting legends and celebrities alike. The venue for these elite soirées is the luxurious Mount Murray hotel set in 200 acres of Manx countryside. Past guest speakers include, Willie John McBride, Pat Cash, Hillary Devey, Terry Waite, the 1966 England Football team and Michael Portillio.

GDS LiteWare Satellite was chosen by Event Lighting Services IOM as the complete stage lighting solution for the most recent Sports and Dining Club event. The celebrity speaker illuminated by LiteWare Satellite was author and former politician Jeffrey Archer.

Event Lighting Services deployed four LiteWare Satellite fittings at each corner

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UK - PLASA 2012 is now accepting entries from all exhibiting manufacturers and their representatives for the 2012 PLASA Awards for Innovation and the PLASA Sustainability Award. Do you have a new product that you think deserves special recognition?

With a total of eight Awards for Innovation to judge, and with the option of bestowing a 'Gold' Award on one or more really outstanding entries, PLASA's panel of experts from across the industry are looking for products which "advance the industry by demonstrating a new style of thinking, improving technical practice or taking a key step forward in terms of safety." Entries will be judged on new and original thinking; novel ways of harnessing new technologies, materials or techniques; showing fresh perspectives and improvements in technical practices; original concepts that qualify for new patents or unique intellectual prop

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Algeria - PR Lighting effects are being used heavily on the latest series of Algerian TV game show Takdar Tarbah (which translates as You Can Win).

Neosun Algerie, PR Lighting's Algerian distributors, delivered 38 projectors, including 20 XS 1200 Spot, 10 XS 1200 Wash and eight XLED 590 moving LED heads, to meet the set design of Thierry Rollin, who is also responsible for the lighting design of many TV game shows for the TF1 French channel.

Working directly with production company SD-BOX, the biggest independent producer of fiction and TV game programmes, the PR lighting FX were used to create three different ambient colours according to the different stages of the game. Thierry Rollin designed them into his set so that most were suspended from the ceiling grid, with just four XS 1200 spots and four XLED 590's on the floor.

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The Netherlands - Amsterdam ArenA was transformed into an oasis of white for the premiere of Sensation's new show Source Of Light recently, when 40,000 people gathered under a huge dynamic spherical centrepiece dominated by bespoke LED strips from SGM.

SGM's Dutch distributor RentAll, who provide many of the custom solutions for the Dutch-based dance event company, were asked to provide the most dynamic single LED statement yet seen, to decorate an all aluminium, 14m radiating sphere, weighing 12 tons, and operated by multiple motors.

Sensation production manager, Joris Joosen, had wanted to combine retro and new generation beam effects - with something special to set it off. They contacted RentAll, who in turn approached SGM.

SGM CEO Peter Johansen confirmed that the distribution company had wanted a much brighter LED strip solution than was available on the market a

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UK - Philips Entertainment and Architainment Lighting have loaned lighting design consultants dpa and social enterprise Industri[us] the latest Philips Selecon low energy, colour changing luminaires to enhance a regeneration project in the Olympic borough of Newham.

The Industri[us] project regenerates previously unused spaces by building temporary structures that add new significance to an area. For this Olympic project, a Pavilion has been erected fronted by a 30ft robot constructed entirely from waste material, that will showcase upcycled product. The initiative is designed to spotlight the creativity and resourcefulness of local people, and dpa is utlising Philips Selecon PLCyc 1 luminaires to ensure the project is eye-catching to people travelling to and from the Olympic Site.

Senior designer for dpa, Sotirios Stamatopoulos discusses, "The lighting concept stems from

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Olympic Countdown - Spectators who attended a preview of the Olympic Games opening ceremony have been urged to keep the details secret and not spoil the surprise for others. Thousands of people who attended a rehearsal on Monday were asked not to circulate images or videos. Danny Boyle, the ceremony's artistic director, reportedly addressed the audience to "save the surprise".

About 62,000 are set to attend the opening ceremony at the Olympic Stadium in Stratford, east London, on Friday. The event is expected to be watched by an audience of billions worldwide. Olympic organisers Locog said the technical rehearsal for the opening ceremony "went very well". "The reaction from the attendees has been overwhelmingly positive on social media and crucially they are still helping us to save the surprise for the rest of the nation on Friday," it said.

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UK - On Sunday 8th July 2012, Battersea Power Station changed colour from red to green as it hosted 2,000 people attending the Nike+ FuelFest - a huge party rewarding the most active everyday athletes who have taken part in Nike events so far this year.

Each energetic guest wore a Nike+ FuelBand. The wristbands measured the audience's movement - the more they moved the more NikeFuel they earned. As the crowd danced to Tinie Tempah, Magnetic Man and Zane Lowe, the energy produced from their NikeFuel was used to light the exterior of Battersea Power Station from red to green. The event concept and design was created by Will Mould, managing director of Slice.

PRG's John McEvoy, Dan Burgess and Mick Jones supplied the lighting, rigging and video package for James Owers, production manager at Ronin Productions.

The partygoers entered through a 50m long tunnel, clad by 480 Barco M

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UK - LumenRadio's SuperNova Version 2 software's user-interface provides complete system visualization, configuration, addressing, feedback, alarms and control for all connected RDM devices. The new CRMX Unity feature extends all the functionality of SuperNova to wired devices, allowing visualization, control and monitoring of both wired and wireless fixtures - in one unified system, says the company.

LumenRadio's FCC-approved units feature total transparency in connectivity between all major industry standard, manufacturer proprietary, and public domain control protocols, including DMX, RDM, ArtNet, ACN, ETCNet, Strand ShowNet; and now, Color Kinetics KiNET.

Specified for prestigious events and installations worldwide, LumenRadio's CRMX (Cognitive Radio Multiplexer) technology represents the future of wireless lighting control. Unlike other systems which operate on the princi

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UK - The Nicolaudie Group's smartphone and tablet software company LightingSoft AG has introduced EasyRemote-­? a smartphone and tablet app which allows users to remotely control a wide range of DMX lighting software packages over a local network. The product will be highlighted at PLASA 2012 (Earls Court, 9-12 September).

A customized screen including buttons, faders, dials, XY grids and colour wheels can be built using a designer included with the lighting control software or with the EasyRemote app. When the app is started, all compatible software instances are detected over a WiFi network and the screen is automatically built. The EasyRemote app is compatible with iPad, iPhone, iPod touch and Android smartphones and tablets. Supported lighting control software packages include Easy Stand Alone 2, Sunlite Suite 2, LumiDesk and Daslight Virtual Controller 3.

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UK - LDR's Fabiano Besio has announced that a new range of powerful 200W LED zoom profiles called Alba will be exhibited at the PLASA Show in London (Earls Court, 9-12 September 2012).

Designed in partnership with the company Macostar (the LDR distributor for Hong Kong and China), the Alba LED profile combines LDR's "optical quality with a powerful 200W LED chip and distinguishes for a great dimming curve and homogenous flat beam of light".

Alba, is available in three beam angle ranges - 8° to 22°, 18°-36° and 30°-55° and comes with either a 3200K or 5600K replaceable 200W white LED array. Smooth control across the full intensity range is provided through on-board 4096 step dimming processing with a choice of preset dimmer curves. The elegant Italian design of Alba fixtures makes them suitable for architectural applications in addition to thea

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UK - The countdown is now well and truly running to 17 August 2012, the final submission date for the White Light-Coemar LEDko Challenge - a chance to win a package of Coemar's Reflection LEDko LED lighting fixtures.

Reflection LEDko is an LED lighting system designed to replace familiar existing lighting tools - framing profile spots, and Fresnel or PC washlights - with a new LED equivalents that behave as the older lanterns do while enjoying all of the advantages LEDs bring, particularly energy efficiency, long, reliable working life and the ability to operate without the need for external dimmers.

Coemar and its exclusive UK distributor White Light have teamed up create the LEDko Challenge, which will supply a suite of LEDko technology to the venue judged most in need of a technological update. The challenge offers the chance to win six LEDko fixtures, in any combination of

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UK - Known as the Millennium Bridge, Salford Quay's Lowry Bridge in Manchester, UK was recently equipped with new energy efficient and dynamic lighting and LumenRadio's CRMX wireless lighting controls played a key role.

The 95m long span was built in year 2000 as a pedestrian bridge across the Manchester Ship Canal and it's 18m vertical lift allows large watercrafts and ships to pass underneath. The structure features a stunning, swooping architectural design, now with lighting to match, and serves as the backdrop for the BBC North West Tonight television news programme.

LITE ltd, Philips Colorkinetics distributor in the UK, designed and installed a powerful RGB LED system of ColorReach and ColorBlast fixtures to illuminate the very photogenic bridge with saturated color washes. The whole project is controlled by an extensive CRMX Nova DMX/RDM system that eliminated the

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New Zealand - Philips Entertainment luminaires are helping Auckland's Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT), New Zealand's largest single collection of aviation heritage, dramatically reduce its energy consumption in its most recently completed display hall.

Designed by Studio of Pacific Architecture, the new display hall tells the story of New Zealand's innovative civilian, agricultural and military flight history. The winner of several major architectural awards including the NZIA award for sustainable architecture, the Aviation Display Hall features rainwater harvesting system, naturally reticulating air conditioning and more than 190 carefully chosen Philips Entertainment luminaires. This choice has substantially reduced its overall lighting load from 250kW to under 20kW.

And the fixtures deliver on the museums sustainability goals without compromising on performance.

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USA - Thousands of venues around the globe have staged West Side Story, but none have approached the musical like the 49-seat Chance Theater in Anaheim, California. The theatre is doing West Side Story with a modern lighting twist: an all-LED rig, featuring ETC's latest lighting innovations. The goal of the show is to demonstrate how to use ETC LED fixtures to achieve the look of a conventionally-lit show - with full-spectrum colour and naturally-rendered flesh tones - while achieving huge energy savings in a small theatre.

Show director Oanh Nguyen wanted to present a gritty, contemporary version of the classic West Side Story, so he and lighting designer KC Wilkerson discussed using a rig of practical, industrial fixtures - fluorescent, metal-halide, sodium - to achieve an edgier lighting design. A trip to the USITT 2012 tradeshow in Long Beach, California

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Serbia - Robe moving lights - Robin 600 LEDWash and Robin 600E Spots - have been specified and installed at the Serbian national broadcaster RDU RTV Vojvodine's main studios in Novi Sad, together with LEDForce 18s from the Light4ce range.

These were supplied by Robe's Serbian distributor Studio Berar Projekt. The decision to go with Robe fixtures for the TV station was a collective one, made by all the lighting designers, DoPs, technicians and engineers involved in lighting their busy schedule of programmes.

Day to day, the new lights are being looked after by chief lighting technician, Irinej Hudak. They are currently being used on one of the most popular current affairs programmes on Serbian TV, Tabloid with Saša and Nataša.

The programme is co-hosted by its originator Aleksandar (Saša) Filipovi?, together with Nataša Ili?-Jovanovi? and is celebrating its 16th g

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UK - Laserworld will launch the new Pure Micro Series, a compact laser system that eliminates the need for 'truck loads of equipment for one single laser system': With a size of 18,6x16,5x12,5cm these units are very small yet 'extremely strong'.

Up to 2.3W RGB, 6W green and 10W blue can be supplied in this new system, together with an accurate 50kpps Xscan galvos, making the unit ideal for beam shows, graphics and advertisement applications.

"Of course it is possible to extend even the possibilities by upgrading the units to CT-6210HP scanners for high professional use. Professionals also like the option to individually balance every single color by trim pots on the rear side of the projector. Also scanning size can be adjusted that way.

High precision is decisive for proper graphics scanning, but also for better beam visibility. That's why the PM-1300RGB and the PM-180

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