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Philips Showline at Prolight+Sound 2013

Showline luminaires - designed specifically for the entertainment and touring market

Details: 14 March 2016

Germany - Prolight+Sound will see Philips Entertainment lighting's recently-launched brand, Showline, exhibit five of its powerful, already in demand, new luminaires designed specifically for the entertainment and touring market.

The vibrant range of luminaires can be found in Hall 11, Stand D73 and includes Philips Showline's 4-foot SL BAR 640 and 6-foot SL BAR 660 linear wash luminaires. Both deliver exceptional light output and can be used as a wash or as a direct-view linear bar.

Joining them will be the SL BAR 520 - a two-foot RGBW linear wash luminaire that produces over 8000 lumens of output with six standard 8° lenses. In addition high-resolution pixel mapping control and a unique locking system allows for quick connecting of multiple units both vertically and horizo

Lyra will start shipping in April 2013 and will be fully supported by Prism Sound's technical and after-sales service staff

Prism Sound shows latest Lyra interface

Details: 14 March 2016

Germany - European studio producers, musicians and DJs will have their first opportunity to see Prism Sound's new Lyra family of Audio Interfaces at this year's Prolight+Sound exhibition in Frankfurt (Hall 5.1, stand B50A).

With Lyra, Prism Sound is bringing its high performance audio technology to an even wider audience. This brand new family of interfaces is aimed at musicians, composers, project studio owners, DJs, re-mixers and other audio content producers such as radio and podcasting. It is also anticipated that high-end home audio enthusiasts will find the USB interface and ste

Whilst at the studio, the team made a documentary feature film about the making of the music video, which can be viewed on LS-Live's YouTube Channel

Saxon shoot Sacrifice at LS-Live

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Heavy metal band Saxon descended upon the LS-Live studio in Wakefield to make and film the music video to their new single Sacrifice.

Heavy on special effects, the video is set to a stark backdrop where the band members and a ghostly female figure perform from LS-Live's LiteDeck stage, which they covered in sand. The video's sacrificial theme harks back to the Inca generation.

The band, from nearby South Yorkshire, had spent over a year writing and recording their 20th studio album, also called Sacrifice in LS-Live's new sound-proofed band rehearsal room, where th

The beyerdynamic Opus 910 wireless system proved best placed to offer the solution to the challenge

POLARaudio solves campus conundrum

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Warwick University is situated on a 700 acre campus near the city of Coventry. It has a strong reputation as a centre of academic excellence and sits consistently in the top 10 of all UK university league tables. The campus serves 22,000 students and is constantly evolving and developing as a result of continuing and significant investment. As well as providing teaching and accommodation environments for its students the university campus is also a focus for the wider community in the shape of the Warwick Arts Centre and the University Sports Centre.

In 2011, as a result of new l

Glory World Series – the world's premiere kickboxing league had its first UK based event held at London's Excel Arena on Saturday 23 March (Photo © Arnaud Stephenson)

PRG supplies the Glory 5 World Series

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - PRG's Andrew Strachan supported Roy van den Brink, technical producer and event productions to supply a full AV package of lighting, video, sound and drapes for the Glory 5 World Series Kick Boxing at Excel London.

Stefaan Michels and Jeff Bailey also worked alongside Strachan to supply a 18m x 6m V18 Nocturne screen and two Barco HD20k projectors onto 2 x 21ft x 12ft side screens resulting in spectacular images throughout. The V18 Nocturne screen was a key feature of the production design and was used mostly for fighter's entrances for their video stings.

Strachan commented, &

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