USA - Barco/High End Systems announced today that it will be showcasing a broad spectrum of product offerings in their booth at LDI in Las Vegas. This year's event will serve as the launch pad for several new lighting products and upgraded solutions designed to illuminate live events with creative lighting effects.

Barco will introduce its new intellaspot XT-1, an advanced lighting fixture designed to set a new benchmark in price and performance, says the company. The intellaspot XT-1 offers innovations in optics, lamp configurations, high lumen output, energy efficiency, zoom range, and overall feature set - all at a highly economical price point.

The DL.3 digital light and the Axon Media Server have both been recently updated with enhanced hardware and new Version 2.0 software - providing additional media streams and creative effects, as well as a host of new features. These

USA - Lighting designer Tim Dunn from Gearhouse South Africa will give a presentation about lighting the acclaimed Closing Ceremony for the 2010 FIFA World Cup for Robe at the Lighting Design International (LDI) exhibition 2010 staged in Las Vegas 22 - 24 October.

The presentation is currently scheduled to run once daily for the three days of the show - one of which will be in Spanish. Full details to follow. Interested parties can register for a place at the front desk of the Robe booth.

Robe ColorWash and ColorSpot 2500E ATs and REDWash 3-192s were used extensively - along with other fixtures - in the award winning event at Soccer City Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa, produced by The VWV Group.

Dunn's presentation will detail the challenges faced by him and his team, which included precision lighting around the large format pitch video projections. Dunn will also expan

Sweden - Wireless Solution Sweden has added Shelly Li to its sales team. Li is a native of China and speaks fluent Chinese as well as English. Her duties will include sales support to the Asian market as well as support to all of the W-DMX OEM partners in Asia. She will also work with the regional sales managers in Asia, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceania.

Li has six years working experience from a leading lighting manufacturer in China and she brings with her a vast network of connections in several countries where she worked as regional sales manager. She will work in the Wireless Solution headquarter office in Uddevalla, Sweden and travel regularly to her region to offer local support.

"I'm very excited to be part of the Wireless Solution team," she says, "The W-DMX brand is well respected and has been involved in some very impressive installatio

UK - Compulite's new iControl App for the Apple iPhone and iPod is a powerful application to remotely control and edit basic functions of all Vector and Dlite lighting consoles.

The App provides real-time information of the console through a friendly user interface. By using the iControl App, you are able to control moving lights, conventional lights, create and store cues and libraries, add groups, control highlight and lowlight and more, says the company.

The application also allows you to control Pan and Tilt through an interactive trackball as well the ability to control all parameters using an interactive wheel, all from a remote location anywhere within your local area network.

(Jim Evans)

Germany / Austria - The National Theatre Mannheim, Oberhausen Theatre, and Osnabrück Theatre in Germany, as well as the Vienna State Opera are all investing in the MAC III Performance, Martin Professional's new 1500 W profile moving head with continuous framing system. The four venues will acquire a total of 48 Martin MAC III Performances, which will replace older Martin MAC 2000 Performances and Martin PAL 1200s, as well as fixtures of other manufacturers.

The Martin MAC III Performance is based on the successful MAC III Profile, which has proved its operational reliability for years on the largest tours. It was therefore the appropriate starting point for the theatre version. The effects module of the MAC III Profile can be easily replaced with the framing module of the MAC III Performance.

Due to the modularity of the luminaire, nothing further is required - the assembled

USA - Las Vegas was the destination earlier this year for two lucky winners of the Robert Juliat competition, staged in celebration of the company's 90th Anniversary.

Jean-Jacques Mansard, technical director of Le Channel Scène Nationale de Calais, and his wife, Isabelle, won the five-day trip for two to Las Vegas, with a four-night stay at the Caesar's Palace hotel, after entering the competition at the SIEL-SATIS 2009 show in Paris.

Visitors to the stand were invited to write a short testimonial about Robert Juliat products. These were subsequently entered into a draw, the first prize of which also included a helicopter night-flight over Las Vegas and two tickets for the Cirque du Soleil show, O.

Mansard's winning testimonial, which was picked at random, stated, "Since 1982 I have been working with Robert Juliat products and I am delighted with them. They offe

UK - Lanta Lighting was an integral part of TV's The Gadget Show attempt at the world's largest game of Tetris. Viewers of Five's popular tech show saw one of Lanta's best selling LED lights enter the record books when 200 Fireball PAR Cans were used recently at Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre.

Lanta's managing director, Grant Lester explains why the Fireball PAR64 TRI was chosen by The Gadget Show: "Everyone knows that LED fixtures use a fraction of the power of incandescent bulbs, so choosing this technology was an obvious choice." He continues "Lanta was the perfect partner for the TV show since they needed a large number of reliable units at short notice. Tri-colour, DMX-controlled, Fireballs fitted the bill to a tee."

Nearly a kilometre of data and power cables networked the Lanta Fireballs into a single, computer-controlled grid.

USA - In the 12 months since setting up its North American operation under Mark Ravenhill, GLP German Light Products Inc has grown rapidly. Now the company is set to expand further, boosting its national sales force, with coast-to-coast representation.

With immediate effect, East Coast sales will be handled by Rick Fallon, who for the past 14 years has been dealer sales manager for lighting manufacturers and distributors Creative Stage Lighting, and prior to that worked in sales at theatrical supply and installation company BMI Supply.

The Central belt will be covered by Carl Wake, who has spent the last four years working at Austin-based Lightparts. Prior to that he worked for a number of years at Martin Professional Inc. in Florida as well as various production companies in San Francisco.

Finally on the West Coast, Ed Cheeseman will be looking after regional sales of all G

USA - When you win your first NFL Super Bowl - as the New Orleans Saints did in February - a proper community space for celebration is a must, and is especially relevant in a city as renowned for celebration as New Orleans.

Champions Square is a new outdoor festival space conveniently located near the Louisiana Superdome (home to the New Orleans Saints) and New Orleans Arena. Used for a variety of events, its amenities, including the latest in Martin Professional dynamic lighting, make a suitable place to host pre- and post -game activities, outdoor concerts and festivals, special events or any celebration.

Installed at Champions Square in August were energy-efficient Martin Exterior 400 luminaires and Martin LC Plus Series LED panels. Designed for outdoor use with full-weather IP65 protection ratings, both the Exterior 400 luminaires and LC panels add a versatile measure of d

UK - Blackburn- based lighting rental company HSL supplied Vari*Lite moving lights and over 700 Pulsar ChromaStrips of varying lengths for the new ITV series, Magic Numbers, produced by CPL and aired live weekly in the prime time Saturday night slot of8pm.

The show's lighting was designed by Tom Kinane, who has used HSL to supply lights to numerous shows in recent years. HSL's project manager was Sean McGlone, who comments, "It's always good to work with Tom and his team. The show looked fantastic, interesting and different, and we're especially happy to be working on such a high profile new production."

Magic Numbers was presented by Stephen Mulhern, directed by Chris Power broadcast from The London Studios (TLS) on London's South Bank. Kinane's starting point for the lighting design was the vibrant set designed by Andrew Gates, based on a sequence of

USA - At LDI 2010, in addition to its traditional hospitality, Wireless Solution Sweden will display W-DMX Generation 4. G4 is able to repair corrupted data and vouches for maximum security by running on dual band and creating a backup duplicate of the signal.

The entire G4 product line includes Adaptive Frequency Hopping technology to avoid interference from Wi-fi, Intercom and other radio products, W-DMX invisi-wire and data-safe technologies for unparalleled fidelity, and support for RDM (Remote Device Management) so W-DMX units and lighting fixtures connected through W-DMX can be configured remotely with no fuss or cables.

As the newest member to the G4 line, Wireless Solution will also show the new W-DMX BlackBox F-2500 for the first time in North America, a multiple universe unit as standard that can act as two transmitters, two receivers, and one repeater - three functi

USA - Apollo Design Technology will be displaying Multiform's latest LED Lighting products at LDI 2010. Following their successful launch at last year's show and a series of 'Big City Bash' exhibitions throughout the USA, Apollo will be presenting a display of LED lighting effects using the MultiSpot HP 1009 and the MultiBeam HP 1018

The MultiSpot HP delivers 27W of solid state lighting power, using Multiform's UCO (uniform colour output) approach, leaving the days of visible red, green and blue LEDs behind, says the company. The lens panel with 36 mm Clear Pass lenses has a beam angle of 30 degrees, to suit most applications. The MultiSpot HP uses temperature controlled fan cooling and a silent switch-mode power supply meeting all regulatory approvals as well as the unbeaten 4 channel DMX control.

The MultiBeam HP marks Multiform's top-of the-line model for indoor LED lightin

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USA - At this year's LDI, in addition to the traditional 'Village', TMB will also be hosting a dedicated demonstration suite for personalised demos of TMB high-tech exclusive products in an private and quiet setting. Located near the TMB Village, hands-on condensed training and personalised demos will be provided for Avolites, Hippotizer, Kinesys, LumenRadio (DMX only), Parrot, and more.

TMB and manufacturer product experts will be on hand to show the latest hardware, software, upgrades, and applications. TMB's Demo Suite will be open all hours of the show.

(Jim Evans)

USA - Lighting designer Doug 'Spike' Brant of Performance Environment Design Group used the Martin MAC 401 Dual on a special pregame show to kick off the 2010 NFL season and to honour the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints and the city of New Orleans.

The 60-minute pregame show - NFL Opening Kickoff 2010 Presented by EA Sports - featured performances by Grammy award-winning artists Dave Matthews Band and Taylor Swift. The show was broadcast live on 9 September on NBC and the NFL Network.

Brad Hafer of Atomic Lighting hooked up PEDG with the 401s for a test drive. "We used them to light the site and they were impressively bright. I was impressed with the zoom and the behind-the-lens colour mixing system was also quite good," stated Brant.

The event was held outdoors at Jackson Square Park in New Orleans and by all reports the hot, humid and wet weather wa

UK - Stage Electrics' specialist outdoor sports lighting team was in action at the Aviva London Grand Prix this summer as two days of world-class sports saw the world's top athletics stars jet into Crystal Palace.

Part of the new Samsung Diamond League, a series of the top 14 grand prix meets from around the world, the Aviva London Grand Prix featured in a BBC2 broadcast with event production by Fast Track on behalf of UKA, and broadcast facilities by SIS Live.

Stage Electrics, which has been involved in the event for the past six years, supplemented the installed lighting with broadcast quality lighting across the stadium's bowl, to the levels specified by lighting designer John King.

In addition, specially phased equipment was required along the 100m straight to provide flicker-free lighting for the BBC's super-slow-motion broadcast cameras. Stage Electrics project manager

USA - Neil Young has long advocated a green lifestyle. This year saw Young embark on a solo acoustic tour with an eco friendly and starkly different lighting system. Long time Neil Young lighting designer Keith Wissmar was given the task to produce a visual array that was dynamic and budget friendly. Wissmar tuned to Dizzy Gosnell at Bandit and began to create his project.

In true Neil Young fashion, the base system began with the oldest lights in the business, fresnels, lekos and scoops. From there Wissmar layered on the latest technology, LED fixtures including GRN Battens and GRN Washes. All the equipment was suspended from various Matthews grip stands and 16' crank up towers. The power draw was minimal due to the LED gear, and the colour washes were all achieved with the LED fixtures.

The theatrical fixtures gave Young just what he wanted for a visual; the old theatre look

Italy - Crystal Le Club is a new night destination venue in Brescia, Italy, located within the imposing Crystal Palace skyscraper. It's owned by renowned Italian singer Francesco Renga, his brother Stefano, and artistic director Dante Fontana.

There is one main room on the first floor plus a smaller 'Blanc De Blanc' VIP area below, and in keeping with the 'exclusive' feel of the venue, they wanted a super cool lighting scheme to compliment the stunning interior designs. This features lots of mirrored surfaces, branched candlesticks and crystal ornaments and objects which reflect light beautifully all around the space, adding a warm ambience.

The lighting is designed by Emanual Pintos from locally based Morix Italia, the suppliers and installers of all the equipment, a task that was also co-ordinated and programmed by Pintos. All the Robe and Anolis kit was supplied via Robe Mu

Germany / USA - The third major update this year has been released for the LED lighting control software MADRIX. The new version 2.10 will be officially presented at LDI 2010 in Las Vegas. Again, this is a free update for every user of MADRIX. Among many improvements, there are several new central features including:

With MADRIX 2.10 users are now able to assign controls freely and individually for any MIDI console. The MIDI Remote Editor provides the tools to create simple as well as complex configurations to control the MADRIX software remotely. At the same time, several new MIDI maps have been added to the selection of pre-defined MIDI maps.

MADRIX KEY dvi start has been added to the MADRIX range of products. The market of DVI-based LED fixtures is rapidly growing. And with this new product 512 DVI pixels are provided for small installations. Moreover, MADRIX KEY dvi suppor

Eurovision 2011 - Dusseldorf will host next year's Eurovision Song Contest following Germany's victory in Oslo this year with Satellite by Lena Meyer-Landrut. It beat competition from Berlin, Hamburg and Hanover which all bid to host the event. The contest's three live events - semi-finals on 10 and 12 May and the final on 14 May - will take place at the Esprit Arena. "Dusseldorf 12 points," said Lutz Marmor, of German host broadcaster NDR. "I congratulate Dusseldorf cordially and, just as cordially, I thank the other three cities for going into the race enthusiastically with attractive concepts."

Together Again? - Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason has said the rock band may get back together to play concerts for charity. The group, who have sold 200 million albums, last performed at the Live 8 concert in London in 2005. "I think all of us woul

USA - Jam band favourites Widespread Panic took a big step toward going green in 2010. Designer Paul Hoffman, tour manager Steve Lopez and production manager Chris Rabold all worked seamlessly with Bandit San Francisco GM Dizzy Gosnell throughout the year to continually develop and evolve new lighting system, each being a bit more LED than the one before.

Hoffman's equipment over the year has included 600 watt ACL's, Thomas 8 Lights, ETC Source 4's, VL 3500 Washes, VL 3000 Spots, Coemar Infinity Washes, Alpha Bean 300's, MAC 2000 Washes with Beam Kit, GRNLite PAR 3-36, GRNLite Batten 3-54, GLP Impressions and Grand MA consoles. Hoffman changed the design each leg of the tour, as he has in the past.

The green aspect of Widespread has slowly grown with the introduction of several different products. The lowered power consumption coupled with the lack of heat from the LED fixture

USA - PR Lighting has formed a new tactical alliance with North American dealer, Mega Systems Inc. As a result, the Texas-based company will take on national distribution of the manufacturer's high-end professional products - ranging from the XL-575 up to the powerful XL-1500 intelligent heads, and including the XL Beam 300 and XLED 590 high-output LED moving head washlight.

"We are very excited to offer a quality product line with all the features required by our industry," said Guillermo Cabada, president of Mega Systems. "The products will be sold at an affordable price and receive all the service and support needed to position PR Lighting as a standard in the USA."

Meanwhile, PR Lighting's present distributor, OmniSistem, will continue exclusive distribution of PR Lighting's mid-market intelligent heads, such as the Solo 250, Solo 575 and Pilot 575, whi

Australia - Jands has completed the first installation of a CableNet system in Australia. The State Theatre Centre of Western Australia has been fitted with two CableNet Tension Wire Grids, which provide a safe high level access platform for theatre technicians to carry out settings and adjustments to lighting and sound equipment.

Located in Northbridge, WA, the State Theatre Centre (STC) is approaching the end of its construction, which is expected to be completed in late 2010. The STC will feature a 575 seat Heath Ledger Theatre and a 234 seat flexible Studio Underground, with both theatres equipped with the latest stage technology and comfortable seating. Also included in the Centre is The Courtyard, a multi-purpose outdoor events space, two rehearsal rooms and two flexible-use private suites.

CableNet grids are suspended from existing steelwork by weld

USA - UK-based specialist LED lighting manufacturer i-Pix will show six new products in its BB (Building Block) range at the 2010 LDI exhibition in Las Vegas on the stand of its Canadian distributor, Theatrixx.

Says i-Pix founder Chris Ewington, "We're following on from the massive success we had with launch of these at PLASA. Our R'n'D team has focussed the last 12 months on developing these dynamic new energy-saving fixtures, and we're confident that now is the right time to bring them to the market, with increasing awareness of 'green' issues and pending related legislation".

Ewington adds that all industry sectors are now looking at the long term cost saving benefits that LED lighting can bring.

BB1 Narrow Beam single pixel fixture is designed for outdoor and submersible use, and is an RDM device that can be fitted to a range of i-Pix Power Boxes and Power Bars

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