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14 March 2016

The Mobile Showroom has become increasingly popular- with a record turnout during its last leg in Southern California - and presents a survey of Wybron's stable of products, including the new Cygnus LED Wash Light, in a environment more intimate than a trade show.

"The challenge of this industry is to actually get information to the people who will benefit from it," says Wybron CEO Keny Whitright. "A trade show is terrific, sure, but you're often lacking time to connect with all the folks you would like to.

"The educational component is an important one," continues Whitright. "You often see misuse or just plain overkill of lighting in churches or schools, and we want to provide some perspective for people in those

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14 March 2016

Mikapack is a range of six channel or 12 channel 3 kW all-digital dimmer packs combining the performances and the reliability of a professional dimmer at a competitive price.

It replaces ADB's MIcropack/Rack dimmers and means that, in combination with ADB's luminaire range and the latest Mikado and Domino controllers, ADB can now supply a full range of equipment for customers looking for simple yet reliable equipment built to the highest ADB quality standards, says the company.

MIkapack 15 is a six channel compact portable dimmer built in a 19" rack only two units high, with an optional truss clamping kit for distributed dimming solutions.The dimmer unit is 4kg light

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Equipped with the same high-performance LEDs and pixel pitch as the Board RGB range, the Add-on Series promises equal light output, identical optics, and the same display of colours and video animations, resulting in smooth, full coverage throughout the entire application. The Add-on Series also offers a simple extension of surface areas in backlighting applications for architectural, hospitality, entertainment and retail settings where Traxon Board RGB fixtures are installed.

Traxon's Board RGB range is a versatile, low-profile solution for applications in space-restricted environments. Equipped with Smart Chip technology, the Boards and Strips benefit from on-board DMX enhancements such as 'Auto-Addressing' and 'Flicker-Free Technology'.

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In addition to the press day rig of 22 VL3500 wash fixtures, Imagination's in-house lighting designer, Jonny Milmer, requested nine of PRG's proprietary BadBoy luminaires. The advanced accuracy, speed and zoom range of the BadBoy allowed Milmer to track the cars as they were driven around the Ford stand, peeling off to reveal and illuminate a static exhibit of the vehicle as it passed. Control was via a Hog iPC console, programmed by Paul Cook.

Milmer commented on the BadBoy, "In Geneva we work with a 16.5m trim height. In an arena with an incredible amount of daylight fittings, even the brightest lights on

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The ninth series of shows, broadcast live every Friday during prime time from the Teatro delle Vittorie in Rome, has some elegant new scenery based on natural materials, designed by Riccardo Bocchini. There is wooden parquet on the floor and on the arch enclosing the stage, and chrome-plated trim behind the three large LED walls.

The lighting equipment has been supplied by Di & Di Service, and consists of 20 Alpha Profile 1200s (half of which are arranged at the height of the proscenium and the other half in the auditorium for front lighting), 20 Alpha Spot HPE 1200s (all as backlighting), 16 Alpha Spot HPE 700s (arranged around the whole intern

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14 March 2016

"Once again we are honoured to participate in The ESTA Foundation's Behind the Scenes programme," said Engel. "As you know, we contribute part of the sales proceeds from the popular Roscolux 359, Medium Violet, to Behind The Scenes. The entertainment community is a family, and we at Rosco believe it is important to take care of family in times of need. Our sincerest thanks goes to The ESTA Foundation for creating a way for us to help and to all the folks who use 359 and make this donation possible."

Tobin Neis, a longtime member of the Behind the S

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PSI had the advantage of having worked in the space once before, in 2008 for another live RTE broadcast. This time the lighting production was a lot bigger and more comprehensive, and required more precision rigging utilising the Cathedral's original wooden beams.

Either side of the nave where the majority of the congregation sit, is a row of six pillars, and the other side of these, an aisle with a narrower set of pews running the full length of the building, right down to the altar, and it was these aisles that had to be used to accommodate the lighting trusses. Lighting positions were needed to fire through each of the se

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The Profile Panel RGB is armed with 288 5mm LEDs (96 each red, green and blue). Its LEDs can be blended through RGB mixing to create virtually an infinite number of rich colours, says the company.

Dirk Kast, general manager for American DJ Group Europe, comments, "The Profile Panel RGB is a great way for DJs, small clubs and event planners to get into uplighting, which is becoming a more popular way to illuminate clubs, weddings and special events. Not only is the Profile Panel RGB a compact, easy-to-use colour wash, it's also a tw

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This show was designed by lighting design student Simon Gray a level three student at Rose Bruford College, as his final year project.

"I wanted to take on the challenge of transforming a truly iconic building, and make people take a second look at a familiar landmark," says Gray. "Big Ben is one of the world's most famous images, and to many it represents London. It was a natural choice to do this for Sport Relief, and I was delighted to be helping to raise awareness of this fantastic fundraising campaign."

Gray and his team of students from the Lighting Design and Lighting Programming courses at the College required special permission for the eve

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Mannie Manim, executive director at The Fugard and formerly the CEO at the Baxter Theatre, says that the building construction took just a week beyond six months to complete, where three buildings were made into one unit. "It was an enormous labour but we had a fantastic building team," said Mannie.

Thanks to UK-based producer Eric Abraham, who established Isango Portobello in 2006, The Fugard Theatre is equipped w

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The lighting for Robe's eye-catching stand in the new Hall 11.1 was designed and programmed by Nathan Wan from Robe UK, utilising all the company's latest products. Robe continues its proactive product development programme and used the show as a launch-pad for 11 new fixtures, whilst also showcasing its most popular established moving light and digital products plus its extensive range of LED units and haze and fog machines.

It was the Robin 600 Series that stole the show for Robe in terms of receiving the most attention of any new product. The Robin 600E Spot, Wash and Beam fixtures are the latest in Robe's new generation of moving lights. It confirmed Robe's

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Situated at Blackgang Chine on the Isle of Wight and overlooking the spectacular South West Heritage Coast, this substantial new exhibition features items from around the country that reflect the subject matter of the programmes. These conventional exhibits are combined with interactive touch screen displays and video sequences to really engage the visitor.

Experience Design and Management have established a close working relationship with the BBC, having already designed successful exhibitions including the spectacular Doctor Who Up Close at sites throughout the UK and Robin Hood at Nottingham Castle. As with these previous exhibitions, Coast had some specific lighting requiremen

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Francesco Romagnoli, Clay Paky sales manager for North and Latin America, says he is very satisfied with this new partnership, which "is the result of an immediate feeling which arose both between the two companies and between the people involved. Cooperation with Hermes Music will make Clay Paky highly visible on the Mexican market, and in all Latin American countries in general, where shows are an important part of their strong musical-cultural background. Hermes has paved Clay Paky's way to a very interesting clientele. Our agreement will turn into a big sales opportunity for both companies."

Alberto Kreimerman, CEO of Hermes Music, says, "I have known Clay Paky for many years and have always appreciated the excellence of its products and services - from c

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14 March 2016

As one of the Asian film industry's most prestigious events, the Hong Kong International Film Festival is devoted to a tradition of "uncovering and promoting the best in Chinese language films". The 34th HKIFF ran from 21 March to 6 April, 2010. Over 240 films from over 50 countries were shown at 11 venues in Hong Kong, of which 65 were world, international or Asian premieres.

As display sponsor, Lighthouse installed a R4-S 4mm screen in a 3.84m (w) x 2.88m (h) configuration at the centre of the main stage. In addition to t

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Chaos is providing an LED system, which consists of 390 tiles of Winvision 18.75mm. There are nine different LED screens, flown by cable winches on nine lighting headers, under three lighting trusses. The screens begin the show on the stage deck and are used to reveal her, her band and then her set.

Content comes from four Pandora's boxes. The content and Imag are managed by a Vista Spyder and are triggered by a Grand MA console. There are two 12k Barco projectors for the two side screens, three HD cameras and two ro

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"The installation was undertaken as part of a re-cladding project involving three tower blocks and a link staircase," says Tilney Shane director Andrew Bartlett.

"The brief was for a cost effective scheme to light the planar glazed link staircase in a manner that would be visible from the surrounding area and provide a landmark beacon for the Kedeston Road campus."

Tilney Shane approached Martin Professional who fulfilled the requirement with its Cyclo 04 DMX linear fluorescent luminaire. The Cyclo 04 is an RGBW T5 fluorescent colour changer that is capable of generating nearly all colours or white light of any colour temperature. The installation inclu

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Jackson has taken up a position on PRG's production technician team and will be working on the preparation and implementation of a wide range of lighting projects throughout Europe. Initially based at the group's Essential Lighting operation in South West London, Jackson and the production technician team will work across the group in the concert touring, theatre, television, live events and corporate markets PRG are active in.

Martin Locket, CEO of Production Resource Group UK commented, "I met Luke at this year's TPI awards and suggested that he applied for a vacancy on our team. We are pleased that Luke has accepted this opportunity with us, he is precisely the type of new talent that we are recruiting across our group. This further builds on our associ

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"In addition to the planned meetings with distributors from all over the world, such as England, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Mexico, and others, we received countless contacts from fitters and end-users who expressed their enthusiasm about the unique specifications our products offer" comments Fausto Orsatti, marketing and sales director at Coemar.

"The company's commitmenthas been paid back in full thanks to the interest shown by people who use our lights to set

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14 March 2016

The building's spectacular lighting was designed by Future Brand of London and project managed by John Dickaty from the Bahrain office of dwp. Working together with Pulsar's Bahrain representatives Behzad lighting, Future Brand developed a concept for a highly visual, energy efficient LED lighting system that would tally with the vibrant, leading edge image associated with Zain.

Behzad and Pulsar then set to work interpreting the concept into a technical solution that utilised a total of just over 500 items from the ChromaRange family of LED fi

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14 March 2016

At Light+Building 2010, which is currently taking place in Frankfurt, a newly conceived stand will display a selection of these energy-efficient LED luminaires, specific for optimal lighting performances in indoor ambiences. Recessed luminaires, suspended downlights, floodlights, wall and ceiling mount fittings, suspended linear bars are being shown.

The Wall & Ceiling range is available in glossy-white, opaque black or chrome finish. Their minimal design makes them suitable both for modern and classic ambiences. Light output can be 100 lm, 500 lm or 1000 lm. The lighting fixtures are available in neutral white, warm white, cool white or RGB colour temperature. A choice of diffe

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With this in mind, Bingo has invested in Robe DigitalSpot 3000 DTs. It specializes in the design & management of turnkey corporate events, training seminars and multimedia solutions. Initially focused on the medical and pharmaceutical sector, it has also gained work in other industrial areas.

The company is directed by three entrepreneurs - Waleed El Deeb, Osama Gado and Amr El Fass. They have extensive experience within the Middle East/North Africa region in the pharmaceutical sector as well as with other multinationals in different industries, producing both experiential and creatively designed & managed interactive events.

Bingo wanted some new technology to help with its production

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LF50 includes: 256 channels of control; access to the full fixture library of over 2000 fixture types; up to 10 cue list of 100 cues; simple moving light effects and chases; channel groups, palettes and shortcuts; ability to use both USB-DMX and Ethernet-DMX output methods, and e-mail support.

"LightFactory now has more than 3,500 licensed users worldwide and its controllers have seen great success in a variety of controls applications. From running major stadium spectaculars to local theatre pantomimes, to night clubs and events, museums and architainment applications," says Peter Kirkup, product manager.

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The fined singers said the sanction was "unfair", while some internet discussion forums have said Chinese authorities are still allowing established stars to lip-synch at events. Chengdu officials said the fine was justified and ruled that their microphones were not giving out any s

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Washburn, a 15 year lighting industry veteran, brings with him a wealth of experience and a firmly rooted relationship network. He has previously worked for Barco/High End Systems and LED Source.

His responsibilities as regional sales manager include working directly with Martin Professional's reseller network, lighting/video designers and key industry influencers. He is based in Austin, Texas.

(Jim Evans)