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Developed by creative producers Artichoke and supported by the Mayor of London, Lumiere London runs from 14-17 January 2016, 6.30-10.30pm. Free to attend, the festival will re-imagine London's urban landscape and architecture in 30 artworks across four main areas: King's Cross; Mayfair and Grosvenor Square; Piccadilly, Regent Street, Leicester Square and St James's; and Trafalgar Square and Westminster.

With founding support from Atom Bank, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Heart of London Business Alliance, London & Partners and King's Cross, plus additional support from a host of partners and sponsors, including Westminster City Council, Lumiere London will "transform parts

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14 March 2016

Stars from across music and TV performed their favourite ABBA song and shared personal Abba memories. The show was set in a special Scandinavian Christmas lodge, as ITV helped celebrate 41 years since the release of the band's Greatest Hits album.

Chris Kempton designed the lighting with help from Richard Martin Lighting (RML). Chris's list included MAC Aura's, Alpha Wash 700's, Pointes, Pixelline 1044, Sharpys, VL1000TS, VL4000 Spots, B-EYE K20's, Nexus 4x4 panels, Robin 600 LEDWash.

Despite there been a lot of blue lighting used (think snow, ice, all things Scandinavian) there was still a real warmth to the look of the set. That was probably a combination of the trees, sparkles and presenter Paddy McGuinness

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A wide variety of talent, reality and talk shows are produced by Pro PLUS together with their acclaimed 24-hour news services. They own several studios, with the largest - Studio 4 - accommodating up to three separate productions simultaneously. This is where the Robes are currently installed.

The lighting department is primarily responsible for the white light elements of the shows - which is the main reason the LEDWash 800s were purchased.

The fixtures were supplied via Slovenian distributor MK Light So

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The popular Italian singer-songwriter within the genres of Latin, Pop and R&B, and known to sing also in Spanish, English, French and Portuguese obtaining his current sales figures of 15m records worldwide, toured the Italian stadiums during the summer with great success. Subsequently, Tiziano Ferro decided to do an indoor tour, maintaining the very strong concept of the video graphics dominating his show. Requiring a totally new lighting rig to support the video screen setup, production company Live Nation called upon lighting designer Giovanni Pinna to join the team adding his strong portfolio of developing quality designs.

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14 March 2016

There are three dealership options available for existing and new dealers to apply for including Reseller, Lucas Nano, and Commercial Partner options.

JHS executive director, sales and marketing Alan Smith explained, "Over time we'd noticed that our resellers had become very diverse with differing levels of commitment, and all of those resellers have varying levels of product presentation and technical understanding.

"We're creating a new network of dealers who will be creating the high-end quality environment in which we'd like HK Audio to be represented. It'll be a new and stronger partnership where we'll be invest

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14 March 2016

Arena Seating installed 7,586 tiered temporary seats at Olympia - 5,191 were public Tip-up seats and the remaining 2,405 were upholstered Instyle VIP seats.

Within the venue, Arena Seating also installed press and competitor interview platforms home to the world's sports journalists for the week, follow spot platforms facilitating illuminations throughout equine performances, judge platforms offering a clear view of the indoor arena and hospitality platform supports.

Indoor arena entrance doors, jump stores, presentation areas, video screen supports, a bridged logo platform and ménage surface retaining walls were also supplied by Arena.

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Chris Brain, Blackout's project director oversaw a pre-rig before the set at London's Three Mills Studios was built, then worked closely with HG Event Production's Harry Guthrie and the lighting team installing the TV lighting over a three-week period.

The Blackout team were called upon to install 90 CM Lodestar motors, 600m of truss and 150m of pipe, and black wool serge drapes to mask the dressing room.

Chris explained, "The show was the first of its type, being shot live from numerous stages in the studio. This was such a special project to work on and we are proud to have been contracted to provide the truss, rigging and drapes on such a world-renowned live musical p

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14 March 2016

Brindis has adapted the course over the four years he's been at Lake Havasu High School with programme numbers steadily increasing from the initial 45 in his first year. "The programme used to be called Audio/Video; there was pretty much no audio whatsoever." That has certainly changed, with 160 students in regular contact with the desk today, learning basic recording techniques, tracking, mixing, signal flow and patch

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14 March 2016

For the sixth year running, Blackout helped maximise the presence of sponsoring brand H & M through the installation of advertising drapes near the main entrance of the venue.

Chris Brain, installations director at Blackout, commented, "It is a privilege to return to such a fantastic sporting event year on year. Despite the tight time schedules, the whole draping project was completed in just four days, which only serves testament to the wonderful work our team delivers."

(Jim Evans)

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14 March 2016

Despite its difficulties, 2015 saw many positives for PLASA. At PLASA Media, Lighting&Sound International celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2015, having been confirmed by research completed by Fusion Insight & Strategy as the market leading magazine and by far the number one choice of readers in the marketplace. LSi also welcomed a new media sales team: commercial manager Andrew Organ and business development manager Greg Morley have quickly settled into their roles, and 2016 is shaping up to be LSi's most successf

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14 March 2016

Following the band's successful 2014 tour supporting Bring Me the Horizon, who own an iLive-R72 monitor system, Northlane decided to invest in their own compact iLive for touring.

Northlane purchased an iDR-32 MixRack to operate their touring in-ear monitor rig. By setting up the mix over a wireless connection with the iLive Editor app, the band is able to maintain a consistent monitor mix in any venue or practice space around the world.

"With the iDR-32 we can take our entire monitoring system with us on flights, plus having a quick set up at gigs and practice sessions is awesome," said guitarist, Josh.

Since the band's latest album, Node, hit number 1

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As with previous years' massive New Year's Eve shows, lighting designer Paul Hoffman altered the band's touring rig from the previous fall tour.

"This year marks Panic's first return to the Fox Theatre since 2011, and we wanted to make an impression," he said.

And make an impression they did, using MAC Vipers, Robe BMFLs, Robe Pointes, Elation 2 Lite LED and GLP X4S's to give psychedelic and vibrant looks that have become synonymous with the group's performances.

The biggest change to the lighting design was the ad

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Regular lighting designer Chris Kempton returned for another year, supported by Richard Martin Lighting (RML). The show has now been running for over a decade and neither the set nor the lighting rig has changed much in recent years. As the age old saying goes - if it aint broke don't fix it!

Chris uses VL1000TS, VL2000 Wash, Chroma Strips, Pixellines, Pixel Par 90's and LED Birdies to complete the bright and bold design.

(Jim Evans)

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14 March 2016

Delta Sound have installed Bose FreeSpace DS100SEs along the length of the 194m Gatwick skybridge linking Pier 6 to Gatwick's North Terminal, to give passengers a real taste of the sounds of the river all the way from source to mouth.

The installation features over 100 hours of authentic sounds taken directly from 35 locations on the Yangtze, and complemented by a wall of colourful imagery showcasing the wildlife, nature and people who call the river home.

Called A Living River, the installation celebrates the work of HSBC's Water Programme and 15-year partnership with WWF, and was created by J Walter Thompson London, working with creative sound designer, Nick Ryan & technical sound designer Davey Williamson.

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Production designer Joshua Grace created the 'Abba Lodge' - a super Christmassy, fun-filled Scandinavian inspired environment - in a nod to Abba's Swedish roots - and Festive Cabin for presenter Paddy McGuinness, who was joined by a host of music, TV and theatre stars.

They performed a wide range of Abba songs and shared their own personal Abba memories in a series of chat-style session, all celebrating of 41 years since Abba released their Greatest Hits album in 1975. An exclusive inte

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Resident Space sound designer, Keri Danielle Chesser has defined a complex 3D soundscape for the production, bringing the play truly alive for the audience, and once again using TiMax Soundhub 3D audio showcontrol matrix.

In this production, Chesser connects sound effects playback directly from the QLab Macbook into TiMax via a MOTU UltraLite MK3 Hybrid interface, which also provides MIDI commands from QLab. TiMax Group faders are used for any live volume changes, while all other mix elements are handled within QLab, with TiMax providing spatialisation via MIDI trigger

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The events will take place at John Henry's Studio Three in London N7 and will give engineers a comprehensive view of the features and operation of this advanced console, with some hands-on opportunity.

Training places are free, but limited, so anyone interested in attending should contact HD Pro Audio at info@hdproaudio.co.uk as soon as possible.

(Jim Evans)

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Geoff Spain, technical coordinator at Snape Maltings Concert Hall, comments, "We knew for some time that we needed to upgrade our current system as it hadn't changed since the Britten Studio first opened in 2009. As this was such a significant purchase, we needed to ensure that we made the correct decision hence we wanted to see

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14 March 2016

Owner Ron Vogel has worked in the pro audio industry for more than 40 years as a front-of-house engineer, monitor engineer and tour manager for local and international bands. Ron chose to quit the road and became a sales manager for a m

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14 March 2016

"My first reaction to Leo is that I was working in front of a system unlike any other," says Fabrizio Piazzini, FOH engineer for international EDM superstar Calvin Harris. "It has precision, clarity and punch - and all of those elements are redefined by these loudspeakers. Also, the headroom is incredible - I don't think I hit the limiters on any component. The sound was very relaxed, even at high SPLs."

Piazzini has found that mi

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14 March 2016

X-Laser supplied the laser projectors and custom content to create a 20-by-40ft outdoor digital laser sign visible throughout the city. "Lasers are uniquely suited for long-distance, high-contrast projections and can render very large, high-visibility content quite easily," Dan Goldsmith, president of X-Laser, said. "The organizers of Baltimore's first ball drop were able to achieve their vi

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14 March 2016

The congress took place at the Arthur Outlaw Convention Center and welcomed more than 300 guests. For video live production, LCD Vision opted for Analog Way's Ascender 48, a powerful multi-screen seamless switcher with soft-edge blending capabilities.

Laurent Puget, founder of LCD Vision explains this choice: "We used to set up our events utilizing several Analog Way devices simultaneously: Di-VentiX II, Pulse and Orchestra; but control room started to become too complex, especially in terms of cabling. Thanks to the Ascender 48 we were able to easily achieve a demanding

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14 March 2016

Fern Britton takes on the role as quiz master and will be joined by a different antiques expert each week. Over three rounds, three pairs of contestants will compete to collect as many of the antiques on offer, hoping to bag the most treasurable items and avoid the tat.

For What It's Worth is filmed at Dock 10, Salford and lit by Roger Williams, supported by Richard Martin Lighting (RML). This type of show needs a modest lighting rig and the main unit used for this series is the MAC Aura.

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14 March 2016

Constellation instantly transforms the acoustics of a performance space, enabling a venue to enfold audiences in a host of different ambient sonic characteristics. Constellation's ability to provide an optimum balance of late reverberant sounds for musical performances makes it invaluable for multipurpose halls such as UC Berkeley's Zellerbach Hall or Jazz at Lincoln Centre's Appel Room, but the technology is proving increasingly popular in s