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Product debuts for Elation Professional at InfoComm 2014

The EMAG 4 Pro from Elation Professional is a 4.8mm pixel pitch LED video panel “optimised for the fast setup and tear down of on-the-road productions”

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - Elation Professional invites visitors to Booth C5446 at InfoComm in Las Vegas for the debut of several new products including the world premiere of the new EMAG 4 Pro, a 4.8mm pixel pitch LED video panel optimised for the fast setup and tear down of on-the-road productions. Also featuring in Elation's growing line of LED video displays will be the EPT9IP, an ultra-bright 9mm pixel pitch LED panel that ticks all the boxes for a professional LED display.

Debuting on U.S. soil at the Las Vegas Convention Center from 18-20 June are three new luminaires in Elation's popular Platinum range of professional moving heads - the Platinum BX, Platinum SBX and Platinum Profile LED - two discharge lamp-based and one LED-based. Other Platinum range fixtures on display will be the Platinum

The Soft Lens accessory is designed to enhance the capabilities of the MAC Quantum Wash.

Martin Professional introduces Soft Lens accessory

Details: 14 March 2016

Denmark - Harman's Martin Professional has introduced the Soft Lens accessory for the MAC Quantum Wash light. This optional accessory is designed to enhance the capabilities of the MAC Quantum Wash and optimise the fixture for theatrical applications, the company says.

The Soft Lens accessory allows the MAC Quantum wash to create a more compact and dense beam. By utilising the Soft Lens accessory, the synthetic LED look of the lens is reduced for a more Fresnel-style appearance of the front lens.

"With the Soft Lens accessory, the MAC Quantum Wash is the most effective LED washlight available for professional theatrical applications," commented Markus Klüsener, product manager for Stage Lighting, Martin Professional. "The lens creates a more even colour wash that enhances the audience experience at any theatre production."

The lens also eliminates potent

Hall Stage's new Track Pricer app will launch at ABTT in June

Hall Stage Track - there's an app for that

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the market-leading Track Pricer programme, Hall Stage has created an online app version (launching at the ABTT Trade Show, 11th & 12th June) with a fresh new look which is optimised for iPad and iPhone.

Available in iOS & Android format, the Track Pricer app offers an easy to follow and comprehensive method of creating detailed quotations for a vast array of track configurations in all Hall Stage systems. Once installed, a site survey can be turned in to a list of parts for order directly from your mobile phone or tablet.

The Track Pricer app features all manual & motorised options, including Chaindrive and Series 600 belt drive systems.

Simply by following a logical graphic menu and making a series of product selections, a full quotation can be prepared in seconds and emailed directly to clients - or the Hall Stage sales department

ETC Halcyon Silent

High End Systems Halcyon Silent builds on ETC’s legacy of fanless automated fixtures by incorporating features from the highly sought-after Halcyon family. Halcyon Silent perfectly balances silent operation with brilliant output of 18,400 lumens and high-impact features.

For more information visit us at www.etcconnect.com

Chauvet Professional to showcase Ovation at ABTT

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Chauvet Professional will be showcasing the Ovation series of fixtures on stand 42 at this year's ABTT Theatre Show (The Old Truman Brewery, London - June 11-12). The company's Ovation line has been created especially for stage and theatre and includes Ovation E-190WW ellipsoidal-style luminaire, Ovation C-640FC cyc light, Ovation F-165WW and Ovation F-95WW Fresnel fixtures.

"Chauvet is committed to theatre and to the elite community of creative and technical lighting users therein. The Ovation line was created to directly address issues faced by the many theatres still using large volumes of older luminaries and cannot afford to switch over to more energy efficient solutions due to the large capital investment requirement," says the company.

Chauvet Professional is a member of the Theatres Trust in the UK. In the US, Ovation and other Chauvet Professional produ

New BenQ S Series projector trio powers up professional installations

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - BenQ America Corp., one of the fastest growing display brands in North America and top 1 DLP projector manufacturer, has announced additions to its S Series line of high-brightness professional projectors.

Made specifically to meet the demands of medium- to large-sized classrooms, corporate meeting rooms, and auditoriums, the company's latest projectors provide up to 5,000 'Colorific lumens' to intensify projections in any professional installation environment.

"As projection technology continues to evolve, we continue to offer professional systems integrators enhanced performance and increased flexibility in our high-brightness series," said Bob Wudeck, associate vice-president, strategy and business development at BenQ America Corp.

"Rounded with a number of benefits including Colorific image quality, ease of installation and maintenance, and lamp-savi

For the McBusted tour Mojo is providing 48m of standard aluminium barriers and corners

Mojo Barriers entrusted by McBusted

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Mojo Barriers is keeping McBusted's screaming fans safe as the British supergroup heads across the UK on its first ever arena tour. The tour sees members of boy bands Busted and McFly join forces to perform hits from both of their back catalogues, including Air Hostess (Busted), Five Colours in Her Hair (McFly), What I go to School For (Busted) and Shine A Light (McFly).

Originally planned for just 11 dates, it's now on the road for 34 in total, running until June 2014. Mojo Barriers has been contracted by Live Nation's promoter's rep Max Burnham from iBurnham Ltd, to provide the safety barriers for every date.

Kevin Thorborn, Mojo Barriers' UK general manager, comments: "Touring has always been an important market for Mojo Barriers internationally, and in the UK we've seen significant growth in the area this year, also winning contracts for Katy Perry, Justin Timber

Bartha invests in Meyer Sound LYON

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - Bartha of Columbus, Ohio has become one of the newest rental companies to purchase a Meyer Sound LYON linear sound reinforcement system. Bartha sees LYON as a powerful tool that will allow the company to deliver the utmost audio quality for corporate events in convention centres and arenas as well as indoor and outdoor music concerts. LYON will be featured at InfoComm 2014 in Las Vegas from June 18-20 (Meyer Sound Booth C9725).

"We invested in LYON because we always strive to have the latest and best from Meyer Sound," says Chris Andrus, audio department manager at Bartha. "Our decision was sealed when we heard LYON demonstrated in San Francisco. We were impressed by its linear response and exceptional stereo imaging, as well as the new flyware, which is the fastest and safest we've seen yet."

Introduced in January, LYON incorporates the advanced tech

Strictly FX Highlights

Strictly FX was founded in 1996 by industry veterans Mark Grega and Ted Maccabee. Our expertise and knowledge of the world’s leading pyrotechnic, laser, and flame manufacturers allows us to curate astonishing live events. With over 500+ shows performed a year, there’s good chance you’ve seen some of our work!

Robe brings the Idol Vibe to new CRC auditorium

Details: 14 March 2016

South Africa - The new and recently opened 6,000-seater auditorium at the Christian Revival Church (CRC) in Silver Lakes, Pretoria, South Africa is benefitting from an all-Robe moving light rig, which was specified and installed by DWR Distribution.

DWR's Robert Izzett was contacted by CRC's Head of Media Clinton Powell, who oversaw all the technical aspects of the project which has been three years in the making and replaces CRC's previous temporary tented venue on the same site.

"The initial brief from CRC was for a lighting rig that would allow them to stage Idols without needing to hire in any additional equipment," explains Izzett, adding that they were also keen on having the latest and best technology available in-house. He decided to call on Idols SA's real LD Joshua Cutts of Visual Frontier to consult on the basic design, and from this a specif

Specialz' brief was to design and fabricate the very varied types of lighting effects within the trucks that already been built.

It's Specialz at the London Palladium

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Specialz is a company that has built an enviable reputation on providing individual bespoke structures for productions, commonly with an integral lighting component built into it. Whatever the project, however untried and untested the initial idea might be, Specialz can transform that first sketch on the back of a soggy beermat to a working, viable and effective reality on a stage.

Written by Harry Hill and Steve Brown, the Syco Entertainment production of I Can't Sing was a sadly short-lived musical parody of The X Factor (see our full production report in the May 2014 issue of LSi magazine), and demanded the kind of framework on stage never seen before in the West End, let alone the London Palladium. Although famed for its cavernou

TSE Grupa supplied all lighting equipment and multimedia solutions, and carried out the installation at the Sanctuary of John Paul II near Cracow.

SGM fixtures light up canonisation concert

Details: 14 March 2016

Poland - For the recent canonisation of Pope John Paul II in Poland, TSE Grupa played a key role as one of the longest-serving lighting companies in the Polish market. TSE Grupa supplied all lighting equipment and multimedia solutions, and carried out the installation at the Sanctuary of John Paul II near Cracow, while their own Adam Tyszka and Sebastian Pachciarek were responsible for designing, preparing and coordinating the light show for the great celebration concert.

For this major event 45 SixPack blinders and 44 P-5 wash lights were deployed. TSE Grupa has had the LED fixtures from SGM as part of their stock almost since product launch, and the company says it is more than satisfied with its investment, having used the fixtures in various applications.

Pachciarek commends the SGM fixtures for their low weight, low power consumption and quality of light output. "The

The completed control room and live area

Chinese debut for Van Damme Cables at Shanghai Studio

Details: 14 March 2016

China - China's largest music industry media group, The Shanghai Synergy Culture & Entertainment Group, has upgraded its music recording studio with a new SSL Duality console, Pro Tools and outboard equipment installed by Langdale Technical Consulting and, for the first time in China, using exclusively Blue Series Van Damme cable from VDC Trading.

Headquartered in Shanghai, the company is owned by one of the largest media conglomerates in China - The Shanghai Media and Entertainment Group. This flagship studio was originally built in about 1985 and was in dire need of refurbishment. Lighting and sound designer David Parry worked as consultant on the project and appointed Langdale Technical to handle the installation. The decision to use Van Damme cable was a popular one with the Chinese technical staff given its historical use in Abbey Road Studios.

Langdale Technical's Bill W

Colour Sound For We Are FSTVL

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Lighting and visuals rental specialist Colour Sound Experiment kick started another busy festival season this year by supplying lighting equipment and design, LED screen, rigging and crew to We Are FSTVL which made some serious noise at Damyn's Hall Aerodrome, Upminster, east London.

It was the second event after bursting audaciously onto the EDM scene last year and this year the organisers upped the ante on several fronts, expanding the event to two days, increasing the level of production and securing an action-packed line-up with main stage headliners Richie Hawtin (Saturday) and Fatboy Slim (Sunday).

Colour Sound deployed five trucks of kit, 26 crew, around 500sq.m of their proprietary BT LED screen, over 350 moving lights and lots of strobes, blinders and atmospheric effects to the site, where all their elements were co-ordinated by crew chief Andy Melleney.

Colour

DiGiCo goes shopping in Taiwan

Details: 14 March 2016

Taiwan - MoMo TV, one of the biggest TV shopping channels in Taiwan, has recently relocated to a new production building owned by parent company Taiwan Mobile. As part of the move, the channel has added three DiGiCo SD8 consoles to its broadcast facilities.

Broadcasting 24 hours a day, seven days a week, MoMo TV is based in three new studios in the new facility at the Neihu Hi-tech Industry Park, Taipei. Each studio features a new DiGiCo SD8, installed as part of a comprehensive technical upgrade and replacing the channel's previous analogue consoles.

DiGiCo distributor Rightway Audio Consultants worked together with the local system integrator Acesonic Technology Co., Ltd. for the design, supply, installation and commissioning of the new equipment.

"The SD8s deliver a much more efficient and powerful audio system than MoMo TV had previously," says Rightway's Alan

TMB introduces Firefly marquee/festoon lighting at Lightfair

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - At the Lightfair Show in Las Vegas (3-5 June), TMB will introduce Firefly's premium LED Marquee/Festoon lighting systems to the American market. The Firefly range offers the "old school" look of traditional Marquee/Festoon lighting without the headache of constantly changing the bulbs, the risk of broken glass, and the danger and power draw of high voltage.

Available in frosted versions in warm white, cool white, and a selection of rich, deep colours, plus the warm white 'filament' bulbs, the Firefly system runs on safe 24-volt AC or DC, with shatter-proof bulbs, making it economical to operate and virtually maintenance free. The clear V6 and V12 'Filament' bulbs will satisfy the most discerning lighting designer with a beautiful warm, vintage look and unrivalled colour temperature consistency.

Also in the Firefly range are a selection of unique flat, self-leve

Julian Rees, technical director at Production Plus, at their warehouse facility in Hertfordshire with the Inspired Audio Axis AX12 wedges

Inspired Audio delivers compact solution for Production Plus

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Hertfordshire-based production, entertainment and event-management company Production Plus, recently put an Inspired Audio Axis AX12 loudspeaker system through its paces.

The system, supplied by LMC Audio, was used on a high profile event with a contemporary artist who had minimal staging and space for technical equipment.

Julian Rees, technical director of Production Plus, comments: "With Axis AX12 our client's expectations were met with limited visual impact, allowing clean sight lines whilst also keeping the artist/engineers happy in terms of performance."

He continues: "A large section of our work is to supply artiste technical specs to meet riders, however, these need to be acceptable to our corporate clients - not always an easy trade off! A problem we have long had is artistes wanting large wedges on stage. Axis AX12 gave us the solution of bi-amp

The gym – one of three locations in the school to upgrade its AV system

Northeast High School upgrades three AV systems

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - Northeast High School is a four-year public high school in Pasadena, Maryland. With almost 1,600 students, Northeast has several notable sports teams, a growing music programme and its own designated acting troupe that puts on three shows a year.

Originally constructed in 1964, Northeast has recently undergone a major renovation. As part of that renovation, the school received new AV systems in its main and auxiliary gymnasiums, its multi-purpose cafeteria and its black box theater.

Northeast hired consultant Steven Sinclair of Polysonics, an engineering firm in Warrenton, Virginia, to design the new AV systems. After winning a public bid, HP Electronics, a full-service AV integrator in Baltimore, installed the school's new AV systems.

Sinclair specified Community loudspeakers for all three Northeast venues. The gymnasiums feature Community R1-94 two-way loudspeakers s

Visitors enjoy dancing with their shadows in an interactive display

Tech Hub injects Light Emission fun in Paris

Details: 14 March 2016

France - In the Bohemian Marais District, in the centre of bustling Paris, a new tech hub opened in the final months of 2013. The Silicon Sentier aims to provide a digital ecosystem to help aid and accelerate tech innovation in small and upcoming companies.

Media and tech designers Blow Factory offered the Sentier the idea of providing some interactive fun and excitement, using Light Emissions creative LED video display system. Blow Factory owner

Paula Guastella had worked with Light Emissions previously in London, and knew that the Art system could provide the brightness and pure video speed needed.

Blow Factory's Paula Guastella explains: "We wanted to surprise people entering the lobby. As they walk past this large glass wall with colourful moving images, they spot their own 'body shadow' shown on the screen. They stop, turn around and wave and have a little dance!&q

Robe Pointes were used for Mobile Changes the World, produced by Imagination Asia

Robe helps 'Change Mobile World'

Details: 14 March 2016

Spain - A Chinese telecoms giant recently staged their 'Mobile Changes The World' event for over 1,000 special guests at the 2014 Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain, with a gala evening of entertainment at the St Jordi Arena. This was produced by Imagination Asia, a global creative agency headquartered in London (UK), complete with lighting design by Steve Nield, which featured over 150 Robe moving lights.

Nield, working directly for Imagination's Shanghai office under senior executive producer Linda Bell, specified 80 x Robe ROBIN LEDWash 800s for the event - together with other moving and generic luminaires, strobes and LED fixtures. Unbeknown to him until he arrived in Barcelona, it would be the first time that he used Robe Pointes.

72 Pointes were installed on the lighting rig by lighting supplier Arcoiris Lighting System, replacing the original beam fixtures

PixMob partnered with Coldplay to amaze fans during their concert at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend

PixMob lights up <i>A Sky Full of Stars</i> for Coldplay

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - PixMob recently partnered with Coldplay to amaze their fans during their concert at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend, on Saturday, 24 May in Glasgow. While singing A Sky Full of Stars, the second official single from their latest album, Ghost Stories, a shower of stars fell on the audience, delighting the crowd.

At the climax of the concert, 10,000 blinking PixMob Helicos were dropped, creating a beautiful surprise for the thousands of lucky fans attending the show. As Chris Martin sang, stars slowly began to descend.

The Helicos, printed with a design inspired by the band's album cover, were dropped from four scissor forklifts placed around the crowd at a height of 20m. They blinked with bright white light, falling at a speed of 1.5 m/s into the hands of the attendees.

The main challenge for PixMob in creating this performance was the weather, specifically the w

Doughty Engineering debuts new product range at ABTT

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Doughty Engineering will be unveiling its latest offering of Drop Arms and H Frames at this year's ABTT show. The new, modular products, which complement each other, will allow designers to quickly create robust and professional lighting or scenic structures of varying drops and shapes.

"This exciting new range received an amazing response in its prototype form and is now ready for market, opening up the possibility for highly innovative lighting design," said Mark Chorley. "We have full pricing information available and we will be showcasing a selection of H Frames and Drop Arm configurations on the stand. Any one of the Doughty Engineering staff on the stand will be happy to demonstrate the product and answer any questions" he said.

Doughty will also have a selection of its clamps and truss adaptors on display on the stand. All made from solid, high

White Light offers latest technology at ABTT show

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - White Light is returning to the annual ABTT Theatre Show for 2014, after many successful years at the show. The leading lighting supplier for West End and touring theatre will exhibit on stand 70, showcasing the latest in lighting, AV, and effects equipment from popular manufacturers including: ADB Lighting, Altman Lighting, Avolites, CORE Lighting, ETC, GDS, Interactive Technologies, JB Lighting, LSC Lighting, Look Solutions, Philips Selecon, Rainbow Colour Changers and Wireless Solutions

White Light team members will be on hand from all areas - hire, sales, installation, events, and technical service - to answer questions and discuss project and venue-specific solutions for lighting challenges of all shapes and sizes.

Those planning to attend the show can register for FREE through White Light by visiting bit.ly/abttshow2014.

Managing director Bryan Raven describes Whi