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This follows on from PID's work with Paula Reason of Cadmium Design and Steve Inwood, Hard Rock International's director of European Development at the Hard Rock Café in London. Here they supplied a customised VersaTile installation for the back wall of the basement bar.

PID's David March says: "We were delighted to working with Paula, Steve and the Hard Rock Team again - they are always up for pushing technology to new and interesting boundaries."

The award winning Barcelona site is the busiest HRC venue in Europe - situated right on the aorta of Plaça de Catalunya. Such was the success of the VersaTile installation in London, that it was decided a similar featu

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Michael McDonnell, commercial director at Harvard Engineering says: "LichtFocusimpressed us with their technical knowledge and enthusiasm. Their sales operation combines a network of professional lighting planners with direct customer accounts, so I am confident that our range of compact, high performance, ballasts will be made available to the widest possible audience."

Rick ter Wee of Lichtfocus adds: "The Harvard brand is growing fast across Europe and I am delighted to have secu

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Arden finished second in the overall Team Championship of the inaugural GP2 season last year. The sponsorship emphasises the natural affinity between Arden and A.C. Lighting, with both companies operating at the forefront of new technology in their industry sectors. The company believes the race will provide a dynamic environment for A.C. to network with other sponsors and countries at a business to business level to promote its products and services.

A.C. Lighting's Special Projects division also reports that it supplied a Litec

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The diodes offer the advantage of low power consumption and heat emission. Multiple units can be daisy-chained for runway lighting over a long distance. Built in colour change programs can be triggered as well as chase and fade functions through a long row of connected units via DMX and in master/slave mode. All functions, inclu

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Under this multi-year agreement, Fantasy Sound International will sell and co-promote all of the various Proel product lines: stage equipment and accessories, sound reinforcement, lighting, trussing, Die-Hard cables and Tamburo drums.

Also included in the distributor's portfolio, is Proel Installation division, featuring audio, trussing and lighting products for large fixed installations and conferences.

Luigi Paoloni, the Proel International export manager says: "We are very excited about this new agreement. Fantasy is a highly dynamic and professional company and we strongly believe that they are the right choice as p

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Sales director Steve Warren, says: "It's a great chance to catch up with all our existing theatre users, and also introduces us to lots of potential new clients."

Avolites products of particular interest for theatrical applications this year are the lighting consoles - particularly the Diamond 4 Elite, and the Pearl 2004. Also prominent will be the revolutionary eDMX wireless DMX data transmission system, and the ART 2000i installation dimmer, which is the fixed installation version of Avolites' ART 2000 digital dimming series.

Standard Avolites ART2000 touring racks are also a favourite with touring theatre shows, where tight schedules and the rigours of the road demand robust, reliable and well engineered equipment.

Avolites' eDMX transfers DMX data across a

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Producer Endemol asked Visual Productions to programme a special facility in the VisualDMX software that would enable it to control a new game based on the Labyrinth principle. Two 18 square metre platforms of MultiLEDs floor were supplied by Blue Magic rental and project house, located close to the Studio Aalsmeer used for filming the show.

Utilising the ever popular Matrix Mania software feature of VisualDMX, the software was programmed to enable a complex route of touching squares travelling from one side to the other of the LED floor, to be hidden from sight until the contestants step on the correct path. VisualDMX was linked via MIDI to a show control system; in the event of a contestan

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Managing director Wayne Howell comments: "Artistic Licence has always been strong in Southeast Asia and Asia Pacific. Setting up an office in Hong Kong is the next step and allows us to build market share by doing what we do best: supporting our customers and dealers.

The Hong Kong office will focus on dealer support and training plus project management. Large-scale project d

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"The idea behind Town Square, which is based on the paintings of Edward Hopper, was to have an informal meeting place for staff and visitors that acknowledged the industry we work in - the theatre," explains Foster. "Although at Acton we have far fewer employees than in America - 25 as against 450 - I wanted the same sense of place and the same great way of presenting our products."

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The Synthesis Spot 700 is the first of a new generation of moving head fixtures designed and manufactured by SGM for cutting edge professional applications.

Onboard wireless DMX is fitted as standard and protection against rogue power supplies of up to 380 Volts are just two features of this fixture. The 700 Watt HTI lightsource has the potency of a 1200W light source, and there's the option of two different types of lamp for colour temperatures of either 7200°K or 5600°K. Other features include automatic hot re-strike, colour mixing, a very precise linear dimmer, animation wheel, and automatic electronic pan/tilt unlocking. There will be a hands-on demo of this product on the stand.

SGM's Giotto Spot 400

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Since its recent launch, the Chroma-Q Color Web has received an enormous amount of interest and been used by several leading rental companies on various high profile concerts, TV shows and corporate events.

Featuring a unique modular design, the 1sq.m, colour-mixing RGB LED panels provide designers with unlimited flexibility when it comes to displaying low-resolution visual effects and were developed in response to the lack of transparency and modularity in existing lighting and video systems.

The just launched Jands Vista S3 provides a fully operational Vista console when connected to a PC running the Vista software and fitted with a separately purchased software unlock key for output via et

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"GoboMan's mission is simple. We wanted to make ordering gobos as painless and simple as possible. That along with great customer service and unbeatable prices, is our blueprint," said Steve Hoffman. "We felt that there was a need for an affordable and more accessible collection of gobos made up of the designs used in everyday theatrical lighting situations," he added.

GoboMan's unique attraction is that unlike the rest of the Gobo industry, customers will not be required to or order in minimums. To keep prices economical, the Hoffmans decided not to publish a printed catalogue, but instead offe

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The improved lamp improves the performance of the unit's seven dichroic colours (plus white), increasing the level of excitement in any venue where mobile DJs work their magic.The new lamp also boosts the intensity of the DJ Scan 250 HP's 10 all-new gobo patterns (plus spot), designed by American DJ. Some of the gobos have an edgy, high-tech appearance, while others evoke softer, mellower ima

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The company says it has built its reputation on progressive thinking, the provision of innovative solutions, efficient and dedicated service, quality equipment and experienced designers, engineers and technicians to a diverse range of projects. HSL's work encompasses theatre, live events, concert tours, festivals, television productions, corporate presentations, son et lumières, spectaculars, parties and special events of all types.

The company has a comprehensive stock of the latest lighting technology from all the leading industry manufacturers and brands. Items are

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The products (both interior and exterior) are designed to replace many existing architectural light sources such as fluorescents or low-level halogen fittings. They are also suitable for inaccessible corners, nooks and crannies, providing an alternative LED working light that is very reliable and needs zero maintenance - not ever needing the lamp or gel changed.

The BlueBeam (spot) and BlueDome (flood) produce little heat and use an integral 0-10v onboard dimmer allowing each fitting to be dimmed to suit the

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The show's lighting designer is Howell Binkley, who last week won a Tony for his lighting of Jersey Boys. Lighting is an integral factor when it comes to the successful delivery of many of the jokes, and supplying the lighting as well as accessories such as smoke machines and mirror balls for this stunning show is PRG Europe.

Craig Bennett, project manager for PRG Europe says: "PRG has a strong relationship with Howell in the USA; it's certainly one of our strengths to be able to supply a 'home fro

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The award-winning Pharos LPC is ideal for architectural, retail and themed entertainment environments that require sophisticated control of colour mixing, dimming, moving light and LED sources. Its advanced timeline-based lighting control, versatile triggering options and rugged solid-state construction make it

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Fletcher began his career in the industry as a salesman for various professional photographic equipment suppliers, while pursuing his studies in Economics and, at the same time, got involved in stage hand work at the local IATSE. in September 1986. In 1997, he graduated from Lionel-Groulx College in Theater Production, and, in December of the same year, joined the team at Solotech as lighting spe

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Dave Isherwood, technical director of White Light says: "We were impressed with the power and flexibility of the new console and the new click and point graphic environment. We already have a large fleet of 500 series consoles which remain very popular across a broad range of users so we could see that being able to introduce the Palette series in addition brings this new Strand control system within the range of an even larger number of users."

Isherwood continued: "Being able to read existing 300/500 series show files directly into the Palette console

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Seen at ABTT was a new model in ETC's SmartPack range of economical and compact dimming solutions. The Wall Mount version of SmartPack is now available with six 20A dimmers and is ideal for architectural applications requiring high performance dimming at an affordable price. This convenient, low maintenance unit can be installed directly, without any other parts, anywhere there is free space, say ETC. SmartPack is usually controlled via DMX, while for architectural purposes ETC offers SmartLink with the

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A strong knowledge of paging systems, interfacing, fault-finding, problem-solving, AMX design, VoIP and vast experience with servicing most theatrical and entertainment equipment means Adam's new role as design engineer at GDS will further compliment the innovative company, which recently launched new LED products BlueBeam and BlueDome.

Director Matt Lloyd said: "Due to the ongoing development of GDS and the increased demand for its services, the company is delighted to appoint Adam, who brings

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The massive job of converting the site of the heritage-listed old town hall fell to Kane Constructions, who through the design of William Ross Architects and Denis Irving of theatrical consultants Entertech, combined the traditional façade of the old town hall, with a modern, practical and visually appealing theatrical space. The task of coordinating the creation of this venue was given to the City of Greater Dandenong's director of cultural faculties, Paul Streefkerk. Having been involved in

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Bandit Lites supplied tour production lighting and crew for LD Jonny Gaskell throughout May, project managed by Bandit's Lester Cobrin.

Gaskell's work with Ashcroft dates back to the days of the phenomenally successful Verve. For the Old Trafford show, working with Tim Flemming, he also designed and produced a series of custom video visuals, which were beamed onto an LED backdrop onstage and integrated into the lightshow for Ashcroft's set.

The rig comprised three overhead lighting trusses and six vertical truss towers on the floor. The system included 28 Martin MAC 2K profiles, 34 High End Studio Beam wash fixtures, 60 2-lite Molefeys, 16 Atomic strobes and Source Four profiles for key-lighting. In additi