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28 July 2014
Robe for Lebanon's Beiteddine Art Festival
Lebanon - An all Robe moving light rig was specified for the 2014 Beiteddine Art Festival in Lebanon - a vibrant, high profile annual summer music and cultural event with an all-star line-up of local and international ... More >>
Clay Paky lights the skies during Tour de France opening
UK - Lighting designer James Bawn specified the strong beam of the Clay Paky Sharpy to crown his colourful lighting design for Kirklees' Arqiva Tower, known locally as the Emley Mast, during the opening of the Tour de ... More >>
Nexo updates Stade Olympique in Lausanne
Switzerland - Nexo has installed its popular Geo S12 line array modules into the 15,700-capacity Stade Olympique de la Pontaise in Lausanne. This is part of a recent run of stadium installs that also includes the ... More >>
XL Video on the road with DesignScene and Volvo
UK - Working with marketing agency Arnold KLP and creative production agency DesignScene, XL Video have supplied an LED video wall for the Volvo V40 promotional roadshow currently being shown in some of the UK's ... More >>
JoeCo celebrates new home
UK - BlackBox Recorder manufacturer JoeCo is celebrating the opening of new offices at its Cambridge headquarters. The new building incorporates office and meeting space, production and workshop facilities, as well as ... More >>
Sage Gateshead upgrades with RCF
iLive selected by Chinese arts centre
Robe is a ParFect Solution for Španski Borci
Bernard Lavilliers lit by Clay Paky Sharpys
Energy-Efficient Elation lighting for Baton Rouge Church
W-DMX and Visions Lighting storm Coachella
GS-R24 installed in Chairworks Studios
Kasabian countdown at Victoria Park
Seattle University upgrades Student Centre AV
Calibre scalers in German school awards ceremony
Moment Factory creates Foresta Lumina
Martin Professional in fast lane at Detroit Motor Show
Powersoft tours Asia with Sound School training courses
Guil promotes key products via new websites
Rubber Box products in action for Tour De France
Arto puts Nexo STM centre stage in Belgium
Café Placzek goes minimalist with Audica Professional
St. Madeleine Sophie church upgrades with Community
Recks Audio lighthouse broadcast with Roland
PWS at the annual Premios Juventud awards show
Phoenix TV relies on Lawo equipment
Robe Pointes on fire with the Rolling Stones
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22 July 2014
Penn Elcom partners with Entertainment Workshops charity
UK - Penn Elcom, manufacturer of flight case hardware, speaker cabinet hardware and 19-inch racking solutions, alongside sibling brands, Pro Audio Stash and CLD Distribution, has signed a partnership with industry ... More >>
23 July 2014
Adlib gets into Summertime at Wembley
UK - For the fourth year running Adlib supplied audio crew & equipment for Capital FM's Summertime Ball phenomenon staged at Wembley Stadium, London. The line-up of A-List artists included David Guetta, Ellie ... More >>
22 July 2014
ETC Sensor control reaches high in London
UK - ETC's UK dealers have now installed over 28,000 Sensor power control channels across central London, making ETC the most popular choice in the capital. If all the modules were stacked on top of one another, they ... More >>
22 July 2014
Outline spreads the Pope's message to 250,000
Italy - Outline Butterfly and Mantas loudspeaker systems amplified the voice of Pope Francis on the occasion of the Holy Mass celebrated on the Plain of Sibari before a crowd of 250,000 worshippers. A stage 50m by 25m ... More >>
22 July 2014
PRG Nocturne expands UK operation
UK - PRG Nocturne which provides LED video and projection support to the concert touring, festival, and corporate event markets, has expanded its operations in the UK. "We are now heading into our fourth year with ... More >>
22 July 2014
B-EYE is star pupil on London Grammar tour
UK - Lighting designer Steven Bewley is using a primarily Clay Paky rig to light renowned trip-hop trio London Grammar during the band's current UK tour. The delicate lighting design created by the Newcastle-based ... More >>
18 July 2014
Behind the Scenes UK launch set for PLASA London
UK - The PLASA Foundation has announced the formation of Behind the Scenes UK to provide financial assistance to entertainment technology professionals, or their immediate family, who are seriously ill or injured. ... More >>
22 July 2014
Le Mark girls triumph at Race For Life
UK - Smashing their initial target by over 1000% and then beating their increased target by over 20%, the girls at Le Mark did an amazing job at Race For Life on Sunday 20 July in Cambridge. The first of the girls ... More >>
22 July 2014
Capital and MLA continue Hyde Park sound evolution
UK - Proving last year that London's controversial Hyde Park festival site could be protected from noise leakage into the surrounding neighbourhood by deploying Martin Audio's MLA technology, promoters AEG Live ... More >>
22 July 2014
The Week in Lighting & Sound
Future-proof Theatre - The Chichister Festival, one of the largest theatres in southern England has officially reopened after a £22m revamp. The first play in the main 1,300-seat auditorium is a new production ... More >>
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24 July 2014
Martin Audio appoints new MD
UK - Martin Audio has appointed a new managing director, Luke Ireland, with immediate effect. An experienced business leader for a number of global businesses, with a passion for technology and music, Luke Ireland's ... More >>
Kate Connolly joins uTRAC
UK / Ireland - uTRAC has bolstered its drive to become the go-to workforce management application for events with the appointment of Kate Connolly as director. In her previous roles as a consultant at Deloitte and a ... More >>
22 July 2014
Mitch Mortenson joins Cadac US
UK - Cadac Audio US and Canada has secured premises for its sales, distribution and service operations in Hoboken NJ. The new premises, looking out across the Manhattan skyline, will house Cadac's new North American ... More >>
PRG Nocturne expands UK operation
UK - PRG Nocturne which provides LED video and projection support to the concert touring, festival, and corporate event markets, has expanded its operations in the UK. "We are now heading into our fourth year with ... More >>
21 July 2014
Sennheiser UK sub distribution changes structure
UK - As a direct result of an increase in business and market share within its sub distribution network, Sennheiser UK has announced a significant change to its sub distribution model in the UK. "The growth we are ... More >>
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"Chromlech, the French manufacturer behind innovative LED lighting products such as Jarag and Elidy, has gone out of business with the loss of 14 jobs. The story of the company's failure is a case study of the prevailing copy culture, and a cautionary tale for our manufacturing industry."
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20 Years Ago . . . LSi July 1994
"PLASA Members had responded angrily to LSi's reporting of AVAB's resurfacing in Sweden as AVAB Niethammer, following the bankruptcy of the original company, AVAB AB, and the associated Emil Niethammer operation in Germany. A number of UK companies had been owed money by one or both operations at the point of their closure, and little information was provided by either of the receivers involved. A great deal of the money involved related to AVAB AB's re-equipping of the Gothenburg Opera House. "
10 Years Ago . . . LSi July 2004
"Lead news this month was the merger of PRG and VLPS (Vari-Lite Production Services). The resulting company would operate as PRG Lighting, PRG Audio and PRG Scenic Technologies. Jere Harris, who was to take on the role of chairman and CEO of the new company, said that PRG was "bringing stability, resources and a stronger business orientation to an industry that is highly fragmented and under-capitalised." Rusty Brutsché of VLPS would become vice-chairman and Chief Technology Officer of the new company. "
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This month: FIFA Las Vegas!
". . . the inclusion of a UK console (Allen & Heath's GLD-80) at the centre of renovations to Rio's iconic Maracana stadium is the nearest that anything English is going to get to the venue for the tournament's final."
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This month: The Splicing Block
"If you want a test for which once-indispensable tools are now obsolete, just try them out on a current technical theatre student: 'Stencils' to a lighting student will get a dismissive look as they turn back to their VectorWorks Student Edition. Present a sound student with a splicing block and you might just get a bemused expression as they try to figure out exactly what it actually is . . ."
ReadCrew Cuts
This month: Lighting Designer, Tom Campbell
"I was extremely lucky that my secondary school had a pretty good lighting rig in their theatre - four MAC 500s and a lot of generic fixtures. I quickly realised, not only that I enjoyed doing it, but that I could miss lessons if I helped out on school productions."
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This month: Boris (and other) Bikes
"Bike sharing actually pre-dates the technology. Way back in 1965 a group in the Netherlands left free white bicycles scattered around a town, free for anyone to use. They quickly vanished . . . a sad reflection on human nature that free tends to be abused."
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This month: No Substitute
"It's astonishing the number of people who criticise, for example, a truss being slung in a way they haven't seen before, believing the way they learned to be the only way . . ."
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This month: Wireless Video on a Budget
"The documentation says to use Bash or Python - both of which are programming languages - but it doesn't tell you how to do it!"
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This month: Lee Baldock talks to production designer, creative director and principal of Rockart Design, Nicoline Refsing . . .
"I love the music side, and what comes with that is the whole process of loading something in in a very short space of time, and loading it all out again. I love that challenge - producing all of the parts, working out what's possible."
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ReadiPix Db1: A Glimpse of the Future?
"It immediately seems packed with possibilities. Concert lighting, of course, patterns of light moving in the air. But also as a tool for stage or film lighting, perhaps genuinely providing the tool to fulfil the promise of being able to paint a stage with light, still or animated."
In an LSi exclusive, Rob Halliday reports on the iPix Db1 - "a glimpse of the future of lighting" . . .
ReadPLASA Awards: Passing Judgement
Lighting designer Ben M Rogers was one of the judges in this year's PLASA Awards for Innovation. Here he shares his thoughts on the products that caught his attention and what they tell us about the future . . .
