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QU-16 manages audio at Singapore Grand Prix

The system, comprising the Qu-16 and Shure microphones, was supplied and managed by E&E,

Details: 14 March 2016

Singapore - An Allen & Heath Qu-16 rackmount digital mixer was employed to manage the live audio and broadcast feeds at the recent Formula 1 Grand Prix in Singapore.

The system, comprising the Qu-16 and Shure microphones, was supplied and managed by E&E, which was tasked with capturing all the live audio to provide media and local broadcast feeds. The Qu-16 sent mic signals from the drivers to the Formula One Management (FOM) systems, which in turn fed the Media Centre, where the international journalist community were waiting to report. The Media Centre also distributed audio to the arena loudspeaker system for the local audience.

The Qu-16 also managed audio for press conferences in the media centre and at the podium area, as well as the broadcast of the winning team's Nationa

The project is part of a £30m IT infrastructure transformation project

Kingston University extends AV roll out

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Kingston University has purchased 60 Panasonic professional displays for a digital signage roll out across the university's five campus sites.

It follows the installation of 170 Panasonic PT-RZ370 laser/LED projectors within 119 lecture and seminar rooms in August 2014. This project is as a result of the strategic partnership between Kingston University and GV Multimedia.

The digital signage project includes 48 50-inch TH-50LFE7E displays, six 65-inch TH-65LFE7E and five 47-inch TH-47LF6W displays. There is also a single 80-inch TH-80LFC70, which the university will use for more efficient information sharing and wayfaring at the University.

Gareth Day, UK group manager for visual systems at Panasonic UK, said, "Following the success of last year's projector installation, we're delighted that the University has chosen to rollout our displays too. This reinforces our

APG Displays present visual solutions at LDI

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - Underscoring its commitment to providing rental and staging professionals with the latest videowall displays, ultra-large flat panels, and touchscreens available today, APG Displays, one of North America's leading distributors and renters of videowalls, will be showcasing NEC and AViary Green Hippo Par4keet visual solutions at LDI 2015. The presentation will be made at Booth #2349 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 23-25.

"This show gives APG Displays the chance to present rental and staging professionals with the variety of opportunities that large-scale videowalls, displays and video players are offering today," APG Displays President David Weatherhead said. "We exclusively sub-rent videowall displays with full technical support, installation services and logistics, to our rental and staging partners across North America.&qu

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The RADM-23 1U Raclite is designed to be fitted to any 19 inch equipment rack

Penn Elcom launches LED light rack

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Flightcase, loudspeaker component and 19 inch rack manufacturer Penn Elcom has launched a new LED rack light - the RADM-23 Raclite.

The RADM-23 1U Raclite is designed to be fitted to any 19 inch equipment rack, providing a flexible, elegant and practical solution for illuminating equipment in dark and dingy environments.

Suitable for the stage wings or dimmer, amp and control rooms, 25 x super bright high quality cool-white (6500K) LED emitters provide a crisp wash optimised to give clear vision of all the kit in the rack, allowing the status of equipment to be checked and assessed, and all the vital information and monitoring seen at a glance.

A 130 - 150 degree variable beam angle on the LEDs offers further visibility depending on the location and set-up of the installation, and a universal 12 Volt power supply means that it can be plugged in anywhere in the world.

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Enttec debuts LED tape series at LDI 2015

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - From film to television to theatre and the concert stage, there are several tools beloved by designers; a recent addition to that list of must-have products is LED tape. Enttec has been leading the way in easy-to-use, bright, LED tape, and is now launching the 8PW and 8PX series of LED tape. Both offer designers a new option: White LEDs.

Both the 8PX and 8PW series of LED tape are individually addressable and suitable for both stage and architectural applications, as well as any other indoor application; their use is only limited by the imagination of the designer.

The 8PW and 8PX LED tape offers designers flexibility as well; they can be joined together, cut to a smaller length, and are available in three different densities: 30, 60 and 144 pixels per meter. As expected, the brightness increases with the pixel density. Both the 8PW and the 8PX tape are backed by 3M adhe

The MA Network Switch provides a very easy to use solution, even for complex lighting systems

MA Lighting switch offers network solutions

Details: 14 March 2016

Germany - Setting up a lighting network can be a complex and time consuming process. Especially when integrating different products using various lighting protocols.

MA Lighting has a solution. With the new MA Network Switch, the setup time and the level of complexity to achieve an optimised lighting network is radically reduced, says the company. MA now offers the complete lighting control solution from MA console, via MA Network Switch and its network infrastructure to MA DMX distribution.

In combination with the MA consoles and additional MA networking devices the MA Network Switch provides a very easy to use solution, even for complex lighting systems. Incorporating the hardware and software features MA is famous for.

The MA Network Switch is designed to simplify the set-up and management of today's lighting networks. A simple and intuitive web browser based user interfa

Ambersphere Solutions sales director Philip Norfolk at PLASA 2015

Ambersphere celebrates quality at PLASA 2015

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - As the exclusive UK distributor for four of the most respected manufacturers in the lighting industry, Ambersphere Solutions provide a gateway to some of the most innovative lighting products on the market. As always, the team at Ambersphere went that extra mile to offer visitors the warmest of welcomes at stand B10. Representatives from all four brands alongside the Ambersphere lineup were there to welcome, inform and discuss the extensive range of products on show.

Joining the team of Clay Paky fixtures, the Mythos, the Stormy, the SuperSharpy is the brand new Scenius. This moving head spotlight boasts a 95 CRI light quality and a wide 80-500 zoom combined with all the sophisticated features one would expect from Clay Paky. Also attracting interst was the Spheriscan, a whole new take on the scanner light of the 90s; its mirror has a continuous pan rotation with speeds of

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The Kolors concluded their Kolors Live 2015 tour in Langhirano, at the Festival del Prosciutto di Parma

Martin MLA reinforces The Kolors in Parma

Details: 14 March 2016

Italy - Italian electropop band, The Kolors, who won first place in the 2015 edition of the TV talent show Amici, recently concluded their Kolors Live 2015 tour in Langhirano, at the prestigious Festival del Prosciutto di Parma - with the help of Martin Audio's MLA loudspeaker array.

Reaching the top spot in Italy's best-selling albums with Out, earning a gold record after just one week, marked a great success for the band led by Stash Fiordispino since forming in 2010. Stars in their own right, they have also been opening shows for international artists like Paolo Nutini, Gossip, Hurts and Atoms for Peace.

For the festival event the rental company All Access provided its ground-breaking MLA to Fare BIS Fare, service company founded by Giuseppe Bisbano.

The configuration adopted by PA manager, Paul 'Red' Talami , consisted of eight MLA elements per side (includ

The hotel features large, sun-lit rooms, five food and beverage outlets and four swimming pools

Community solution for Miami Beach hotel

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - Opened in March of 2015, 1 Hotel South Beach is an upscale hotel with an eco-conscious design. The hotel features large, sun-lit rooms, five food and beverage outlets and four swimming pools including a large rooftop pool that hosts nightly entertainment, special events and private parties.

AVLI of Miami designed and installed the audio system for the rooftop pool and bar area. The hotel emphasized their desire to be a good neighbour to nearby businesses and residential properties while providing an exciting entertainment experience for its guests.

To meet these goals, AVLI designed a distributed system to cover the rooftop pool and bar area while minimizing neighbourhood annoyance and they chose Community W Series loudspeakers for their ability to provide high quality audio while standing up to the sun, wind and salt air of the beach-front environment. The system includ

The six-week installation included creations from fashion icons Philip Treacy, Alexander McQueen, Selina Blow and many more (photo: Anna-Marie Randall)

Core Lighting off the wall in the Cotswolds

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Battery powered LED lighting manufacturer Core Lighting recently supplied fashion and art exhibition Off The Wall with a fully wireless LED lighting solution.

Presented at the Art Couture Painswick (ACP) Gallery in Painswick, a historic town in the picturesque Cotswolds, the six-week installation included creations from fashion icons Philip Treacy, Alexander McQueen, Selina Blow and many more, plus high profile works from sculptors, leather designer Mary Wing To and Peter Pullion (creator of the original Orville the Duck puppet) and a miscellany of other artefacts and exhibits.

When it came to lighting the space, the existing lighting wasn't suitable and a completely different approach was needed that was good looking, contemporary and portable, so organisers ACP approached Core's Phil Ion with the challenge.

Phil, who also lives locally, jumped at the chance, &q

Funktion-One design engineer, Mike Igglesden, who was in Ibiza overseeing the Space Closing Party, was on hand to collect the award

Funktion-One scoops Best Sound System award

Details: 14 March 2016

Spain - Loudspeaker manufacturer, Funktion-One, has picked up the Golden Moon Award for Best Sound System at the International Nightlife Awards 2015. The ceremony, which was held at the Hard Rock Hotel in Playa den Bossa, Ibiza on 8 October, followed the International Nightlife Congress held at the same venue on 7-8 October. Both events were organised by the International Nightlife Association.

More than 500 people from 30 different countries attended the congress and awards evening. The purpose of the event is to create a platform for dialogue about issues affecting the nightlife industry around the world. Speaking before the event, Abel Matutes, president of the International Nightlife Association, said, "We have consolidated ideas on international regulations about the environment, unfair competition, minors, and especially noise pollution, security, taxes and alcohol ab

Funding for the event came from Teesside University, and Ignite

PRG XL Video projection mapping at Cork Ignite

Details: 14 March 2016

Ireland - Working with international visual artist Simon Mckeown, PRG XL Video supplied a high brightness outdoor building projection and mapping system for a projection on to the College of Commerce at Union Quay in Cork, Ireland. This was done for a special arts event entitled Cork Ignite, on 18 September, in front of a large public audience who were wowed by the spectacle.

Mckeown, who also lectures in post-production and animation at Teesside University, was originally invited by the directors of the National Sculpture Factory and Create Ireland to meet with them in Cork to discuss the project. He proposed that they create an outdoor projection event to be held on Culture Night 2015.

Funding for the event came from Teesside University, and Ignite - a partnership of the Arts Council, Arts & Disability Ireland, Cork City Council, Galway City and County Councils, and Mayo Cou

The Hitalia Rocks tour brought the star live to major sports arenas across Italy

Clay Paky lights Gianna Nannini's Hitalia Rocks tour

Details: 14 March 2016

Italy - Gianna Nannini's most recent, long-awaited Hitalia Rocks tour brought the star live to major sports arenas in Italy. This tour followed and celebrated the release of Gianna's latest album, Hitalia. The entire album is devoted to the most beautiful Italian popular music songs of the twentieth century, performed for the first time by Gianna Nannini with her unmistakable voice.

Lighting designer Carlo Pastore and Gianna met professionally for the first time in 2011, in a show where Patrick Woodroffe was in charge of setting up and directing the lighting design. That tour was entrusted to the care of Eneas Mackintosh, founder of Lime Light.

At the time, Carlo Pastore was a programmer and Eneas's lighting assistant. During the second part of the tour, he was put in control of lighting desk operations and that was when he met Gianna Nannini.

"We met again this

Chauvet Rogue RH1 Hybrids shine for Lauren Daigle concert

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - It isn't often that a new artist wins three Dove Awards, the Christian music equivalent of the Grammys, in the same year. Then again, few things about Lauren Daigle's music can be described as "ordinary." The 2015 Dove New Artist of the Year has captivated audiences and catapulted herself to the top of the Christian music charts by blending sacred music with a potent mix of zydeco, Cajun and blues from her native Louisiana. Bobby Dennis matched Daigle's eclectic performance note for high-energy note by drawing on some versatile power of his own in the form of the Rogue RH1 Hybrid moving fixture from Chauvet Professional.

The technical director of The Heights Baptist Church outside Dallas, Dennis flew six of the 330W Rogues in front of stage positions when Daigle appeared at his well-known house of worship. "There are a lot of nice performance features in the

Harrison Cooke - technical operations manager

HSL appoints technical operations manager

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - HSL continues its recent management restructuring with the appointment of Harrison Cooke as technical operations manager.

Harrison will be responsible - amongst other things - for the design, sourcing and building of HSL's new expandable visual control platforms utilizing the latest cutting edge technology.

"Technical direction, support and continuing investment is paramount to stay ahead in the game," states Harrison.

The scope of Harrison's work will include advising on new equipment purchases. He will also be dealing with preparation of various tours and events, and the on-going supervision and refinement of systems that ensure every project features the characteristic efficiency and friendliness for which HSL is renowned.

HSL MD Simon Stuart says, "We're delighted to have Harrison on-board. He has already worked with us on some demanding and galvani

For film and television projects, PRG demonstrated the OverDrive Digital Lighting Solution

Innovative technology from PRG at LDI 2015

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - During the LDI 2015 show in Las Vegas, attendees found a range of lighting, video, and automation innovations in the PRG Solutions Studio.

This year Production Resource Group L.L.C. (PRG) showcased cutting edge developments that continue to provide practical yet inventive solutions to the various challenges of production. PRG understands that true innovation must enable producers, designers, gaffers, cinematographers and technicians to work smarter - to accomplish more, with greater efficiency, at lower costs.

One of the innovations making its debut at LDI was the PRG GroundControl Remote Followspot System. Followspot control hasn't changed for decades. It's time to take the truss spot operator out of the truss and put him on the ground where it's safer and more efficient to operate the followspot.

The PRG GroundControl System allows a technician to remotely operate a

The Robe team at LDI 2015 (photo: Louise Stickland)

Robe rocks LDI 2015

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - Robe Lighting rocked Las Vegas this weekend - presenting its largest booth at any LDI expo to date, complete with its first major new product launch at an LDI show with the BMFL Wash and BMFL Wash XF luminaires.

Robe upped the stakes at the popular U.S. entertainment technology exhibition to reflect the surge in growth of its business in the United States, Canada and Latin America.

The eye-catching stand was busy from the moment the show opened, where visitors could enjoy an action packed program including comprehensive demonstrations of all Robe's technology new to the U.S. market.

This included the powerful and refined DL7S Profile, an LED fixture built for theatres and TV studios; the Square, a 5x5 zoomable LED matrix for video projection, pixel animation, beam effects plus a highly effective wash and cyc light with continuous pan/tilt rotation movement; the ColorSt

Good News on the South Bank

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Russell Howard is about to start filming his 10th series of the hit show Russell Howard's Good News. At first it was made at Riverside Studios but when they closed the show moved to Shepperton. For this 2015 series it is based at The London Studios on the South Bank.

Filmed for BBC Two by Avalon Television, the topical comedy show looks at his unique perspective of some of the big stories dominating the news that week. Good News includes sketches and guest appearances as well as stand up from Russell.

Lighting director Martin Kempton has updated the rig and it now includes a mix of MAC Auras and Martin Stagebar 54s with a few MAC 700s and VL1000s, all supplied by RML. He explained that the Auras are the perfect wash light for this show. "Behind Russell are three giant projected images relating to the topic he is discussing. The stage floor is lit with a

The Sunday Night Football opening sequence features Carrie Underwood for the third year running

Ayrton MagicDot-R dazzles on NFL opener

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - Lighting designer Benoit Richard, of Millennium Lighting Design, Inc, chose his first use of Ayrton MagicDot-R fixtures for the video shoot of NBC's spectacular NFL Sunday Night Football Open, employing 60 units in his design.

The Sunday Night Football opening sequence is the official introduction to America's prime time Sunday night programme and features Carrie Underwood for the third year running. Filmed in June on Stage 23 at Warner Brothers, Burbank, the Open was first broadcast nationwide on 13 September 2015, with weekly updates tailored to feature each Sunday's rival teams.

This year marked a style change - described as Nashville meets Hollywood - with the creation of a large virtual video backdrop and a new arrangement of the famous theme tune, Waiting All Day for Sunday Night, which Underwood performs in front of a live audience, amid real and projected

A highlight of the Italy Pavilion, Kaleidoscope uses giant LED screens that are reflected onto mirrored floors and ceilings.

AV Stumpfl technology at Milan Expo 2015

Details: 14 March 2016

Italy - Over eighty solid-state FHD Media Players and 10 Wings Engine media servers were deployed in over seven pavilions at Milan Expo 2015.

Leading Technologies SRL, working with several main contractors supplied AV Stumpfl Wings Engine Install and FHD Media Players as core multimedia technology throughout Palazzo Italia, Italy and Iran Pavilions at the Milan EXPO 2015.

Marco Porro, managing director at Leading Technologies srl reports, "All AV Stumpfl products are easy to install and have powerful management and show control capabilities, which makes them the most reliable and functional multimedia technology out there."

"With the talent of Leading Technologies srl and their integration partners, our multimedia and control technology can be found in what we believe are the most eye catching, emotive uses of technology for story telling that the world has ev

Organized by the African Union (AU), this multi-sports event drew in participants from 54 nations (photo © L'Oeil du Daph)

G-Spots on the African Games in Brazzaville

Details: 14 March 2016

Republic of Congo - Brazzaville had the honour of celebrating the 11th edition of the African Games in September 2015, marking not only the 50th anniversary of the Games (held every four years) but also the return to Brazzaville, which hosted the very first edition back in 1965.

Organized by the African Union (AU), this multi-sports event drew in participants from 54 nations with a programme of 22 separate sports disciplines plus two additional disability sports.

GL events Audiovisual, a subsidiary to GL events Group, was tasked with the exceptional closing ceremony of the Games. From design to production, the teams focus was fully on guaranteeing top-quality service within sound, lighting and video. To achieve the best possible light installation, they selected 18 G-Spot LED moving heads from SGM with an IP-rating of 65.

French lighting designer, Vincent Mongourdin, worked

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