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Production designer, Nathan Wilson, was tasked with the duty of simultaneously designing, programming and building the two separate stadium shows while still nailing the touring version nightly.

A joint effort by XL Touring Video Los Angeles, XL Touring Video London and XL Video Belgium was launched to produce not only the fabrication, but the extensive LED requirements and labour to execute the massive shows in support of Nathan Wilson. The Wembley show incorporated over 5000 individual MiTrix panels divided up into three different screen configurations. 3000 MiTrix were in a circular screen above the stage, above that was a roof surround screen with 300 MiTrix and 750 MiTrix were configured into four zipp

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YLS creative team Marty Canavan, Steve Campbell and Scott Cunningham worked closely with The Who's lighting designer, Tom Kenny, to deliver a myriad of hall filling laser effects from the first note of the band's signature piece, Baba O'Riley.

"We utilized three high power YAG laser projectors, five fiber optic-fed remote scanners, three table scanners and over thirty stage mirror placements to give Tom and The Who what they were looking for, which was a big old school laser effect," explains Canavan. "The most challenging thing in an environment like this with several band and set changes leading up to The Who's performance is keeping eve

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Tom Petty's production/lighting designer, Jim Lenehan has created a design that incorporates threedifferent resolutions of LED along with projection. To achieve the design, XLTV supplied 2200 XL LED Spheres and five Mitirx cubes with 72 Mitrix LED panels in a each cube. The cubes are 4ft in diameter and hung above the stage at different levels and move throughout the show. In addition to XLTV, CW Productions and Ed & Ted are also supplying tour support.

XLTV's project manager, Dave Hyslop says: "The result of Lenehan's vision was a three dimensional wild ride of a visual display. It was gratify

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A two-storey, 4,000sq.m building, the Coca Cola Pavilion is the largest facility on the Corporate Sponsor Row, located outside the main Birds Nest stadium and providing exhibition space and corporate hospitality throughout the games.

The building houses an exhibition documenting the history of Coca Cola alongside that of the Olympic Games, the "Perfect Serve" hospitality area, a Media zone running automated fixtures including Vari*Lites and High End Systems DL3 digital luminaires complete with video content, and externally, a roof comprised of a material membrane surmounted by the Olympic rings - all of which is lit by 200 washlights from DTS of Italy

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"It has been a sizable investment, "but it's part of an ongoing policy of upgrading our facility to ensure that Lord's continues to be the best cricket ground in the world."

MCC hired Gardiner and Theobald as project managers to put out a tender for a full JCT Desig

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Also being demonstrated is Avolites' ART2000 dimming range. In particular, Avo will be illustrating how racks can be custom configured to client's specific requirements.

The Pearl 2010 sees Avolites introduce a new contemporary streamlined look for its global bestselling console. This will include new graphics and an ergonomically curved front and back, complimenting the physical aesthetics of the Pearl Expert and Pearl Tiger consoles.

Developed from the original D4 Operating System, Titan adds new features to the Diamond 4 and brings powerful features from the Diamond 4 to the Pearl Expert. All Titan based consoles offer powerful functions like Fixture Ex

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Awards News - Rock band Iron Maiden have asked to be removed from the Vodafone Live Music Awards shortlist after being nominated for the best live return prize. Vodafone said the band had complained they should not be considered for the prize because they said they had never stopped touring. In a posting on their website the band said: "We are not quite sure where we are returning from." Indie group James have now been nominated for the award instead. Iron Maiden, who recently played at Twickenham Stadium, said the nomination was "very flattering". A Vodafone spokesman said: &q

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"We designed the feature wall to draw the eye through what is otherwise a very utilitarian space" explained Paul Nulty of Light Bureau. "We wanted the animation to keep pace with vehicles, thus avoiding distraction for the drivers. This required an intricate control

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Only completed in 1998, the Arch was recently the object of an impressive lighting installation, with 105 SGM Palco 3 positioned at the base of the structure's pilasters. Chosen for their exceptional brightness and protection to IP 65, which makes them reliable even with the region's typically extreme climatic conditions (from -20° during the winter to +45° in the summer), the fixtures were mounted without any difficulty, in spite of the construction's unusual set-up.

The fixtures, supplied by

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"These are the Games of the records so is the Opening Ceremony", says Mr. Sha, lighting designer of the opening and closing ceremony. "In a show like this, pure reliability and proven functionality are vital."

Paul Collison, who was responsible for the control system and broadcast lighting, said of the preparation for the opening ceremony, "I was first contacted in Decemb

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R4-B is a 4mm pixel pitch, black-faced panel and R6-B is a 6mm pixel pitch, black-faced panel. Both have brought a new dimension to the picture quality of Lighthouse LED screens.

By combining a superfine resolution with Lighthouse's new 3-in-1 black-faced Surface-Mount Device (SMD) LED, a much better contrast level and visual performance have been achieved. The lightweight and slim casing design makes these panels ideal for rental applications and they can also be easily installed and integrated, thus providing the best possible return on investment for customers, says the company.

The black casing of the SMD provides a truer black level within the displayed image and a c

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"We were already on site doing various projection jobs and we were the only company who had any quantity of R7-ER available," says Robin Wealleans of screen provider, The Picture Works. "Unfortunately we only had about half the required quantity of panels in the country and Jay-Z insisted on using R7-ER for the backdrop. It was obviously a key part of his performance so there was a stark choice for the Glastonbury organisers - to source more R7-ER panels or Jay-Z doesn't play."

The Picture Works

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The interior lighting is now based almost exclusively on LED fixtures. With this choice, unusual for a church, Bigi+Gregoli managed to meet different indispensable: highlighting a unique artistic heritage, creating atmospheres suited to the performances, accentuating the cultural role of a consecrated building and keeping its sacredness intact.

After careful selection, SGM was chosen and through Volume Srl supplied all the equipment used for the system: 24 Palco 5, one Ribalta and 38 Genio Mobile, plus four Giotto Wash moving head units and a Pilot 3000 console, used to programme and control all the lights.

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The decision to specify Avo dimmers was made collectively by BBC NI's lighting directors Philip Brines and Jim Devlin and their colleague, electrical supervisor Colin Irwin.

"We needed something that was flexible, compact robust, reliable and portable," explains Irwin. "Avolites also came highly recommended by everyone we spoke to, and we wanted a future-proof product to keep the lighting department up-to-date for several years in the future."

As soon as the dimmers arrived at the Belfast HQ, they went straight out on the Royal Maundy Service, broadcast from Armagh and attended by the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh, the first time the service has been held outside the UK mainland. Sin

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"The operation of the grandMA has been similar to the last tour, but we upgraded our equipment inventory with new media servers with custom software," reports lighting director and programmer Patrick Brannon. "Our video house rack remained the same."

Brannon is convinced that: "we couldn't do what we do with any other console. As you learn and start adding bells and whistles on the outboard equipment you just add another parameter to the grandMA. grandMA enables you to build the system you need, because all the parameters are custom.&quo

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The Toy House, a recently renovated building hosting offices in Kowloon's Canton Road, features a LED installation fitted by K&C Creation in collaboration with the owner. A wall of LED lights, behind 84 square glass panels, transform its façade in a sort of luminous matrix. Each panel is rear-lit by three SGM Palco 3 White LED with 25° lens, apart from the smaller ones, in the top and bottom rows, for which 40° lenses were chosen.

Palco 3 White LED can reproduce a colour temperature that goes from 2,000°K to 6,700°K: the lights behind the translucent cladding thus play on variations of tone ranging from absolute white to amber. During th

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The lighting designer for the event, White Light's approved venue manager Steve Richardson, was working towards a brief to crate a "classy, exciting evening which slowly revealed a bit more of itself to the guests as they moved through the various spaces of the Globe."

To achieve this, he extended the Underglobe's existing stage, then built a 7m x 6m box truss around it, with a separate box on the upstage side to allow him to work around the venue's pillars and

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Artist systems are principally installed in nightclubs. Examples in Las Vegas clubs alone are Jet at The Mirage, Blush at Wynns, The Bank at The Bellagio - and more. Artist is also in control at many and varied non-club sites around the world. Recent "unusual" commissions include illuminated fountain control for Waveney District Council, The Amber Fort son et lumiere shows

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"We have enjoyed considerable success in Asia over recent years and feel now is the right time to commit additional resources, to offer the full "added value" service of A.C. Lighting to help build our business even further in this key region." say's director Glyn O'Donoghue.

The new company is headed by Ruilin Zhang, a well-known figure in the Japanese entertainment lighting industry. She comments: "A.C. Lighting have a reputation for excellent support and competitive pricing over a wide range of

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With the show a year on since its redesign, the one-floor, two-hall layout has been refined and expanded to allow for new and returning exhibitors, say organisers PLASA Events Ltd.

And with new products topping the 'wish list' of the majority of visitors, there's no doubt that PLASA08 will definitely deliver, according to show director Nicola Rowland. "There's a real buzz building around the wide range of technologies and expertise on offer at the show and how these can be applied across the industry. It's a unique chance to see how projects are being delivered, how lighting, sound and AV systems are bei

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The first step was to organise a three-day seminar at the Tokyo Design Center Gallery Hall for all rental, theatre and TV operators exclusively focusing on the new partnership with the Italian firm. Speakers for PRG Asia included managing director Kobayashi-San, senior division manager Hisao Tanabe, sales manager Tanaka-San, marketing manager Miki Sasaki and vice-president John R Swain. On hand for Clay Paky were the Japan and America sales and marketing manager Francesco Romagnoli and project support manager Giovanni Zucchinali.

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A culmination of almost two years of planning with Atlantis, Palm Jumeirah management, the contract marks the group's first foray into the high-growth venue services market in the United Arab Emirates.

Gearhouse Staging Connections will assemble an onsite team of 15 "world-class technical and client services personnel" from its Dubai and Australian operations to deliver conferences, concerts, launches and events of any scale at the prestigious resort. The company will also install a range of multi-million-dollar audio-visual technology into the resort's facilities.

Staging Connections Group CEO Michae

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Features include adjustable colour temperatures (preset values range from 3,200°K to 10,000°K), the capability to trigger instant colour changes, discreet operation and a casing design focused on stability and ruggedness.

The unit comes fitted with a total of 90 high power LEDs (700mA red; 1,500mA blue, green and white), and 15° lenses. The unit produces an excellent long-throw wash, say Chauvet - 14,780 lux at 2m, with a beam angle of 12° and a field angle of 23°. Optional 10° and 30° lenses can be swapped into the fixture to respectively provide a tighter or wider beam co

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The light show accompanied the traditional annual Quatorze Juillet fireworks spectacle in the Trocadero square, located on the right bank of the River Seine facing the Eiffel Tower on the left bank. All lighting equipment for the event was supplied by Paris based rental house, Impact Evénement.

Preparations and rigging started nine days in advance and involved approximately 50 technicians who rigged lights and pyro onto three trussing circles - one with a 20m diameter and two with 6m diameters - placed in the centre of the Trocadero. These were then hoisted 60m into the air by cranes.

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