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Getsoundandlighting.com addresses the three most common needs as requested by rental hire and production companies, by providing a one-stop platform for instantly-searchable nationwide production services and hire stock, as well as an online brokerage for all used equipment, including audio, video and special effects as well as lighting.

The new website features three sections:

Used Equipment - Offering a brokerage for all used equipment, including audio, projection, special effects, as well as lighting, Getsoundandlighting.com enables companies to sell excess used stock and also purchase from the listings available on the site.

Nationwide Hire - For those times when existing hire stock needs

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Following a partnership agreement with the Louvre in Paris, Musee la Boverie will lend its space to display parts of the Louvre's collection and in return, the Louvre will support the city of Liege with the planning of its own exhibitions. With the potential for some of the world's most famous artists and artworks to go on show at the new museum, FEELTEC SPRLU was contracted to handle the technical lighting refurbishment to ensure that all e

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"We are delighted to see Showlight off to such a flying start," says Showlight chairman John Allen. "It's hardly surprising as Showlight is a unique, cross-industry showcase and networking opportunity which offers the chance to spend quality time with designers, manufacturers, practitioners and fellow enthusiasts - many of whom fit into all categories."

Those already signed up to join main sponsor, Clay Paky, at Florence's Palazzo dei Congressi are: AC Entertainment Technologies, Ambersphere, Arri, Avolites, Canara Lighting, Coemar, Chauvet, d3 Technologies, DTS, ETC, GDS, GLP, Hawthorns, HSL, Lee Filters, LSC, MA Lighting, RC4, Robe, Robert Juliat, Tait Stage Technologies and White Light.

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Fronted by actor Ben Miller, stand-up comedian Romesh Ranganthan and presenter Rachel Riley, the fast paced series succeeded in bringing science to life. Each week, one of the presenters put their lives in jeopardy in a series of daredevil, high risk experiments where only science could save them - and Unusual Rigging was on hand to help the production team achieve their ambitions for the show.

ITV's Kalpna Patel-Knight said, "To really captivate the audience, we planned some large scale experiments in an aircraft hangar - and each one had rather complex rigging requirements. Unusual Rigging was known to ITV as they handle all the large scale rigs on Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeawa

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Fredrik was lighting his second ESC in three years, having also been LD for the 2013 edition in Malmo. He was also the lighting operator for the last ESC staged at the Globe Arena in 2000.

Significantly, the BMFLs were an essential tool for lighting the show properly. "I needed a high intensity spot with good colour rendering and a framing shutter system that enabled proper key-light from long throws," explained Fredrik. "The BFML Blade fit that specification to the mark, hence their presence on the rig."

Fredrik's production lighting design was crafted together wi

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Elation sales director Eric Loader commented on the hiring, "We are excited that an industry veteran of Jean's caliber is joining the Elation team. We are confident that his relationship network and industry knowledge will have a positive effect on growth in all of our territories as we continue to expand our efforts into this market."

Jean will work closely with lighting designers as well as Elation's extensive network of rental company partners to add to the continued growth of the Elation brand. He will be continuing the efforts John Dunn started when he joined Elation a

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The detailed control interoperability enabled by this dedicated software module, means d&b amplifiers can now be integrated easily as part of a Q-SYS DSP network system. Integrators can provide Power on/off, Mute, Gain, Preset Recall and other amplifier controls from any Q-SYS user control interface (UCI) hosted on any number of control devices and - vice versa - can read extensive status information from the d&b loudspeaker system. This allows system designers to achieve high performance d&b quality in installation applications requiring detailed, customized remote control features. Extensive integration with Q-SYS also allows the status logging of all audio c

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Despite its ultra-compact format, the Kiva II features the L-Acoustics Wavefront Sculpture Technology (WST), giving it a long throw capability and allowing even SPL from the front to the back of the audience. Its coplanar transducer arrangement and new K-shaped coplanar transducer configuration generates a symmetric horizontal coverage of 100° without secondary lobes over the entire frequency range.

The Kiva II will be on display during Infocomm16 at the Las Vegas Convention Centre at L-Acoustics booth number C12116 from 8-10 June, 2016.

"This new Kiva II keeps the elegance of its predecessor but that's where the comparison ends," exp

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The ability to configure the array into four different shapes lets installers focus sound to target listening areas, offering exceptional power and clarity for a wide range of applications and venues. The passive F1 loudspeaker is ideal for permanent installations in sports bars, live music venues, clubs, schools, houses of worship and any small to medium size venue requiring a high performance loudspeaker solution.

Engineered with an array of eight Bose proprietary 2.25-inch drivers, 100-degree horizontal waveguides, a high-powered 12-inch woofer and a lower crossover point, F1 Model 812 passive loudspeakers deliver high SPL performanc

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The massively popular event, which sold out so quickly that a new date was added to make it a run of six shows, was staged at the Ethias Arena in Hasselt, which has a capacity of over 21,000.

The Schlagerfestival, produced by PSE Belgium and Medialaan has been on the national event calendar for the last 10 years, and Painting with Light's Luc Peumans has been involved since its inception. It has been a colossal success and features the best of Belgian and Dutch Schlager artists performing their biggest and best hits to wildly enthusiastic audiences.

This year, to reflect the increased diversity of the artists and their musical reach which included

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All information, rules and most importantly the programming package can be obtained by going to www.highend.com/hogfactor. Just as in the inaugural 2015 competition, all students are able to take part by downloading Hog 4 PC and the special Light Converse show file by registering at the above link, and there is no charge for participation.

Following Phase 1 of the competition, three teams will be whisked away to the Live Finals, slated to be held on Friday, 21 October at 5pm on the High End Systems booth at LDI in Las Vegas. The finalists will compete to win a $20,000 scholarship and Hog 4 for their university as well as each a HedgeHog 4X for themselves.

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Kicking off at Cardiff's Motorpoint Arena on 13 March, demand for tickets saw a number of shows added to the UK arena leg, which ran through to mid-April. In mid-May the tour moved to Australia and Asia, returning to Europe for further headline and festival shows.

Monitor engineer Craig Pryde has used DiGiCo consoles since 2008 and has worked with Little Mix since they won the X Factor three years later. "The SD10 sounds great. It's extremely flexible in its set up and having so many output busses available makes it really easy to provide all the extra mixes required for this kind of show, including underst

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"When they bought the building they opted to rent a system to get a better handle on what worked best in the space," explains Brandon Rinas, sales engineer for Sound Image. "The room is very wide, not very deep and has a low ceiling, so they definitely needed something that could provide focused energy. At the same time the church was interested in stereo coverage with every seat getting the same audio experience."

The review/demonstration process was fairly rigorous with the church evaluating a number of sound reinforcement systems before making a decision. Fortunately, James Hurley, the new

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Visions Lighting president Todd Roberts, who serves as the primary designer on many of the projects along with Visions' in-house drafting team of Jake Forbes and Nathan Jones, sums up the reason. "I continue to go with Elation because the products hold up well and they have great customer service."

Coachella delivered another eclectic experienc

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Four weeks of intense technical, production and artist rehearsals and two televised semi-finals featuring 42 participants preceded the final itself featuring 26 performances, which was broadcast to an estimated TV audience of 180m worldwide by host broadcaster STV, explained lighting designer Fredrik Jonsson.

Jonsson, a freelance LD with a vast fund of experience in lighting the highest profile live TV shows, worked with a team of four lighting programmers utilising eight grandMA2 light consoles. The grandMA2 network was running over 15 x MA NPU (Network Processing Unit) and 28 x MA 8Port Nodes and was controlling around 1, 600 lighting, LED and effects fixtures, consuming approximately 26,000 control channels ov

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Thibault used the Chauvet Professional fixtures to create complementing and contrasting looks on the fashion show's runway. "I wanted the warm white light from the Ovations with no colour gels, because I felt this gave us the kind of natural look that worked best for most of the fashion designs," he said. "When I needed something cooler for the harder edged styles, I used the Rogues to overlay light on top of the Ovation light. The two

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Chris Brain, Blackout project director and his three-strong team were entrusted to supply and hang the 18m of red velour swags adorning the Royal Box, onto which a large Royal crest was installed. During the show, which celebrated Her Majesty's historic reign, the Royal Box played host to Her Majesty The Queen, The Duke of Edinburgh, The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Harry, The Princess Royal, The Duke of York, The Earl and Countess of Wessex and The King of Bahrain.

Blackout provided black drape masking on the Castle Arena's main stage, acting as a backdrop for the large screen and set elements. The Orbit stage, situated to the right

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Each week hosts Rick Edwards, Bec Hill and graphic artist Des Taylor are joined in the studio by an assembly of superfans ready to go over all the latest episodes of Sky's superhero schedule; Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl and the latest series Legends of Tomorrow.

Each twelve minute episode is jam packed with more content than Oliver Queen has arrows and viewers can expect riveting recaps, daring discussions, behind the scenes looks of the superhero shows as well as sneak peeks of future episodes.

For the set, Richard has employed an old unsung hero from RML's stock - the Color Kinetic iColor Cove QL. The 300mm LED Strip features col

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