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Friday 21st March saw millions of viewers tune into BBC One and BBC Two to enjoy an evening of fun, comedy, entertainment and sport live from the Copper Box Arena, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford.

Nick Edwards, Managing Director commented: "This was a large undertaking for our company which started back in January with initial site visits. The main focus was to transform the Copper Box Arena from a Sporting venue into a large scale TV broadcast studio. Effectively along with our production partners we were challenged to transform the Copper Box into 'TC1' (the BBC's now defunct flagship studio and former host of Sport Relief)."

The night was hosted by David Walliams, Gary Lineker and Da

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The company's internal reorganization last year prompted a review of distributed brands to ensure consistent focus and a cohesive product offering. Both SDUK and myMix recognised that the niche myMix product portfolio, which is a near complete solution to many audio applications, was now a difficult fit and would be better served by a new distributor. Effective 1 May, SDUK will be passing all responsibility for myMix sales and support to UK-based distributors Synthax Audio UK.

"As we moved to a selective distribution strategy and restructured our organisation to support s

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Founded in 1981 and signed by technical manager Sarah Cox, Luziero works in the theatre, dance and TV markets. Lighting has been the core part of Luzeiro's business with partners in sound, video and cinema, housing the ability to do turnkey projects.

Over the years Luzeiro have aimed to be one step ahead of their client's needs, working with prestigious brands. "Our aim is always been our clients full satisfaction, so we are very focussed in post-sales assistance, and that is why we have a trained team that are able to create projects, sell, repair, maintain and upgrade the equipment we sell," says Maria Alexandra

"For all our business serves it is easy to understand why we are so happy to become a Green Hippo Hippotizer distribut

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The ambitious production, set in the round, attracted rave reviews, with the Guardian praising its 'genuine theatrical spectacle', and the Express saying it was 'magnificently staged'.

Lighting designer for the production, which ran from late February into March 2014, was Andrew Bridge, three-time recipient of the Tony Award for Best Lighting Design and long time collaborator and friend of PRG.

"The Gubbay/RAH producing operation has been going for 20 years and I have lit them all," says Bridge. "It presents a challenging schedule with load in on Sunday and first open

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As a lighting designer working in the 1970's Flores specialised in using the latest, innovative equipment in the development of sound and lighting for the club industry. Today his designs reflect his on-going dedication to taking club installations into a new dimension with the use of innovative, interactive equipment.

Recently Led4Skys finished their first installation using the Visual Productions lighting control products. The project was for the Night club, Dady'O. Located in the centre of Cancun, Mexico, Dady'O is one of the most popular dance clubs in the world.

Flores created a new design and build for the sound booth and also the

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Opened by the fast growing company's Charlie Gilkes and Duncan Stirling in April 2010, Maggie's in Chelsea is a 1980s-inspired boutique club named after the former British Prime Minister.

It had been trading largely without dynamic lighting until the operators contacted David Graham's London-based installation company, based on their sensitive lighting implementation at another heavily themed Inception venue, DISCO in Soho.

While the focal point at Maggie's is again the dance floor - now brought to life by a laser, strobe, scatter beams and four hemispheres - the more subtle work has been applied to bringing 80s icons such as Wham, Mr T, Super Mario, Sonic The Hedgehog etc to life with a series of cleverly detailed fixtures and driv

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"Sagebrush had been using a large amount of video elements in the previous worship centre but when they started the second phase project in building a new worship centre, they wanted to improve upon that and chose the Elation EPV762 video panels," stated Stephen MacAurther, lighting systems designer and engineer at VAST Technologies Inc., the Albuquerque-based systems design and installation company that completed the install.

VAST Technologies got involved with the new 2000-seat worship centre based on their previous work at the ministry's various campuses, which included the Albuquerque location's original main worshi

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ETC's stand will feature two displays stocked with conventional and LED fixtures for indoor and outdoor applications, some of which are created specifically for broadcast use, such as the Source Four LED Studio HD, Selador Desire D22 Studio Tungsten, Selador Desire D40XT Studio HD and Selador Classic Pearl luminaires.

Also on display will be ETC's newest fixtures, including the Source Four LED Series 2 Lustr, Source Four Mini and Source Four LED CYC.

"Our fixtures are designed to meet the unique requirements of film and TV lighting," explains ETC

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The focus of attention lay on the latest developments in the Cardinal DVM in-house brand.

As of now the popular DVM 120 series is broadened by the single-channel model versions DVM-120-DIS and DVM-120-DISH. Owing to their transformers from Swedish premium maker LUNDAHL, these high-quality DI boxes offer excellent audio specs in a very compact and solid housing. Already the standard DVM-120-DIS DI box can meet the highest requirements due to very low distortions, a high headroom and an almost ideal frequency response.

The high-Z

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Exhibiting for the first time, the LightGeist team was delighted with the impact the new products had on visitors and the instant response they generated.

"Visitors were fascinated with the effects produced by LightStick and the flexibility and versatility of Badger and Splodger," says LightGeist CCO, Nigel Hedley. "Our new 'cloud lighting' technology aroused great curiosity and we are encouraged by the number of designers and technicians who have expressed an interest in incorporating these exciting new products into upcoming projects."

LightGeist's LightStick, Badger and Splodger are based on a cablefree RGB LED solution which can be adapted to expand lighting displays into the audien

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Simon sold his shareholding to Mark and Jim last year and has spent the last few months preparing to handover to others in the business. Managing director Mark Johnson paid the following tribute:

"We'll truly miss Simon's contribution; his input has helped foster the unique blend of creativity and innovation here at Stage One. And we know he'll be missed by our clients too. He's a very respected character in the industry."

Technical director Jim Tinsley ad

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A flagship of the Hyatt International Hotel Group in Asia, the luxurious Grand Hyatt Hong Kong occupies a convenient location near the territory's waterfront, directly behind the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. As a result, the Grand Ballroom, 680sq.m in size, is often used for convention centre events during trade fairs and exhibitions.

"The entire audio system is managed and configured via a PC in the control room loaded with the Q-Sys Designer software," explains Tommy Ho, senior sales manager at Audio System Consultants (Asia) Ltd (ASCL), the QSC distributor in Hong Kong. "In addition to providing delay and dynamics processing, and controlling meters, crossovers, filters

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Robert Juliat chose to refocus attention on its followspot range to reinvigorate its presence in the German market. The models on show - the Cyrano 2500W HMI, Lancelot 4000W HTI and Victor 1800W MSR - proved a great hit, not only in the German market but also with the international presence that was so evident at the show.

"The quantity and quality of visitors to our stand from all over the world confirmed Prolight + Sound as the international tradeshow where we need to be," says RJ sales director, Claus Spreyer. "Our followspot range is known the world over and the positive response we continue to receive from customers old and new never ceases to inspire us. This is a good indicator for

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It's where they learned the value of having the right technology products for the markets they were working in, from renting out classic Fender Twin amps that clients of their rehearsal studio business in the 1980s knew to come to them for, to more recently having the in-demand products and systems that their live event and touring customers require. Boulevard Pro's latest addition to that latter category has been the recent addition of a full L-Acoustics Kara package.

According to Anthony Cioffi, 80 percent of what goes out their door for rentals are sound system components from L-Acoustics, whose products have litera

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TSG will be exhibiting this year on stand N-B26 where pictures of recent projects including the Winter Olympics and the Olivier Awards, will be displayed. The OV Truss which was launched at the PLASA Focus show last year (and will be on the stand), has been greatly received and TSG reports an extensive list of clients after its first year of production.

Rental company 'Fentura Productions Ltd' recently acquired the OV40 range for their stock. Fenturas' lighting designer / owner, Tim Matthews said, "We needed a product to sit somewhere in between our XO and Maxibeam, so the 40cm OV looked like a good option. Strength wise it was comparable with som

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Morini joins Cadac from Music Group, where he was customer service manager for Midas and Klark Teknik for the US and Canada. He will help establish the company's office and sales representative network for the US and Canada, mirroring the recently announced initiative in the UK and Eire.

Based in New York, 'close' to Cadac's traditional Broadway customer base, Morini will be heading up the company's presence at the Live Design Broadway Sound Master Classes (4 - 6 June), in association with Cadac's US theatre sound consultant Tom Bensen of RF Pro.

Commenting on his move to Cadac, Morini says, "I am a 30 plus year dedicated industry professional who's worked in all facets of professional sound: retail, live engineering, production, sound design and installa

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Hall, based in Las Vegas, was most recently with Philips Lighting as the western regional sales manager for Philips Entertainment.

Due to customer demand and increased popularity, Robe Lighting is expanding its reach in the U.S. under new CEO Bob Schacherl. This is one of several new appointments to be announced in the coming weeks in order to provide Robe clients better sales support and enhanced customer service.

"This is absolutely a huge move for me," said Hall. "Joining Robe is so exciting. It's a big deal to work again with Bob and I'm so excited about the product line. There's an incredibly broad range of luminaires for both entertainment and architectural applications. Now that I've had a g

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The Tate Modern - formally Bankside Power Station - is among Gray's favourite spaces to light in the city. He has also worked on several events and projects for Mission and is familiar with the scope and style of their work which give him plenty of ideas about the right ambience to create in.

"I love highlighting the room's imposing industrial architecture - 152m long and 35m high - and bringing it into a new dimension and context using the full height and scale. Most visitors don't immediately notice a lot of the detail, so lighting the space is a big chance

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The show's designer, Chris Lisle had been alerted to the new light last year, "I had seen a couple of YouTube links of the B-EYE prior to going to LDI last year." He said. "I knew right away that it would be a great fixture to use on One Republic. After seeing it in person, that feeling was confirmed. I had started to get the ball rolling with Dave Ridgway of Neg Earth as soon as I had seen the videos. He asked that I speak to Philip Norfolk from Ambersphere who represents Clay Paky in the UK market: Philip would be at LDI."

"Chris really wanted to try them out," explained Norfolk, "and when he told me One Republic woul

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Back by popular demand, Perrier Award-winning comedian, writer and original star of Grumpy Old Women, Jenny Eclair is joined by fellow recruits Susie Blake and Kate Robbins in a new theatrical production based on the hit BBC British TV show.

Matt has been providing the raucous live show's lighting since 2007.

"The lighting had to recreate a number of contrasting scenic environments - from the initial sunny garden, to a torture chamber, a Saturday night TV Strictly Come Dancing-like show studio, a wine bar, and a tea shop, amongst others," explains Matt. "With only one full set, all these environments had to be created with lighting and th