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14 March 2016

Hosted by Scottish presenter, Angus Purden, the Big Postcode Rollover Party included an exclusive live performance from chart-topping rapper, Chipmunk. Ward Steedsy's iLive system, comprising an iDR10 MixRack and iLive-112 Control Surface, managed FOH audio for the event.

"This was the fourth time we have used our iLive system for a Postcode Lottery Party and we have previous event settings saved on a USB stick, so the set-up time was greatly reduced," says joint MD, Steven Ward. "We provided all the FOH kit, including separate feeds for the video tape, the camera crew's headphone mixes and the

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14 March 2016

Sting joins a host of other celebrity ambassadors including Jude Law, Elle Macpherson, Annie Lennox, Jerry Hall and Peter Gabriel. Each supporter has been photographed by musician and photographer Bryan Adams holding the Hear the World pose - with one hand cupped behind their ear to convey conscious hearing.

Over 800 million people worldwide, more than 16 percent of the world's population, have hearing loss and experts predict this will to increase to 1.1 billion by 2015. In the UK an estimated 8.5 million people have hearing loss and struggle for up to 15 years before seeking advice. Studies have shown that this has a significantly negative effect on a person's social, emotional and

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14 March 2016

Following eight consecutive years of supplying elements of lighting equipment and staff, this was the first year that Stage Electrics was the sole supplier of all the lighting for the New Years Eve event for Jack Morton Worldwide. This year's event stepped up a level with lighting designer Durham Marenghi making use of 14 Clay Paky Alpha Beams 700s, which were programmed by associate designer Paul Cook, to form 50ft tall digital count-down clock, on the Shell building façade, achieved using some precise indexing of the oblong slot Gobos.

The cues were triggered by a satellite time code via MIDI into the console, which set the stage, attracting over half a million New Year revellers, who again braved the cold to usher in the New Year as

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14 March 2016

Concert and festival lighting designer Steve Shipman used two grandMA full-size consoles, five MA NSPs (Network Signal Processors) and three MA video stations with the MA VPU (Video Processing Unit) software. Shipman stated, "We chose the MA system primarily because of the networking capabilities - we had a large system. Having two operators running two consoles networked in Multi-User-Mode was a convenient way of controlling everything including the LEDs of which we had plenty. We ran the

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14 March 2016

Supplied and installed by Firenze-based Project Italia, the 8 x 5 panel (9.6m x 5m) R12-ER 12mm screen utilises a Lighthouse LIP-XGA controller. Located opposite the main entrance to the racecourse and with excellent visibility from both the main stand and clubhouse, it is used to show live coverage of races from different cameras around the track, action replays, advertising and interviews.

Completed on 17 October 2009, just before the venue's first race meeting of the new season (which is also one of its biggest events of the year), the installation was supervised by Lighthouse Italy proj

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14 March 2016

Yan Fook Church chose Vision for its HD capabilities, modular design, and quantity of outputs allowing the ability to air content to various destinations throughout the church.

"Vision's modular design will allow Yan Fook Church to expand and upgrade in the future," said Koon Shing Lo, senior technical manager, Yan Fook Church. "Plus, we now only require two operators to run Vision giving us the extra resources to also do post production."

"Ross has long been a popular choice for houses of worship all over the world," said David Ross, CEO, Ross Video. "Vision offers reliability and flexibility that churches need in an affordable package."

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14 March 2016

The system was supplied by Global Marketing, Proel's distributor for India. Mr Pandarinath founder of Omkar Audio said, "We are very excited by the sonic quality of these Italian products, and are planning to increase our inventory with more Proel sound reinforcement equipment."

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14 March 2016

Mojo Barriers proved that the company's line of crowd control barricade is durable and can sustain the rigours of the leading worldwide tours. Metallica, a band with a long-standing relationship with Mojo Barriers are also listed in the Top Ten.

Supplying a 'tour stock' of Mojo Barriers is only the first step in many of these relationships. Additional barricade was often provided for tours with specific large-scale shows, such as Bruce Springsteen at Giants Stadium that required an additional 200m of barricade. The Toronto shows for both U2 and The Jonas Brothers also required additional barriers, with Mojo Barriers representatives 'hands-on' approach evident

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14 March 2016

Over the years, the company has delivered literally hundreds of sites for leading high street brands, one of them being Yates's - who have an established culture for high-specification technical interiors.

"In fact we have been using Pilot 150s regularly since around 1996. It's a totally failsafe product and we also use them in Yates' bars all the time," said Sound Power director, David Ridout.

When clients require more ambient FX than strident pulsed strobe lighting, Sound Power turn to the Pilot Wash 250 to provide a gentle wash to colour change the walls "When trading patterns change to the evening the constant wash of colour from floor to ceiling is exactly

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14 March 2016

Projected onto two sites, Senate House and the adjacent Old School, and the end of Kings College Chapel and the next door Gibbs Building, a combination of PIGI and video projection technologies supplied by E/T/C London were utilised in three separate but related animated shows. These expressed elements of the University's dynamic science and research programmes as art in large format scrolling images.

Ashton was asked back to Cambridge to produce the shows following the success of his work 12 months ago for the Opening Ceremony. This time, the Cambridge 800 Committee decided to expand the scale and scope of the projections and incorporate the Kings Colle

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14 March 2016

St Albans - Alban Arena
Date: 1st February 2010
Hosted by: Alban Arena
Contact: David Croom
Telephone: 01727 861078, or email: aatechnical@leisureconnection.co.uk

Brighton - Corn Exchange
Date: Sunday 13th June 2010
Hosted by: Brighton Dome
Telephone: 01273 709709, or email: events@brightondome.org

Coventry - Warwick Arts Centre
Date: Sunday 18th July 2010
Hopsted by: ABTT Summer School
Contact: Geoff Joyce
Telephone: 020 7242 9200, or email: training@ab

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14 March 2016

Fentura, which primarily services corporate events ranging from concerts to conferences, were very pleased with their hire stock of the original Impression model, so with a growing requirement for a Zoom fixture, decided to check out the 120 RZ.

A.C. arranged a shootout of various LED moving head fixtures for Fentura lighting designer, Tim Matthews. He commented, "We needed a fitting which showed evenness of colour across the beam for the whole zoom range. A comparison to other fixtures proved that the 120 RZ was the superior fitting for our particular requirements."

Matthews recently used the 120 RZ fixtures on the 2009 Christmas Praise

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14 March 2016

This will be the third three-day event of its kind organised by theatre consultant Richard Brett in London. Venue architects, consultants, designers, managers, equipment manufacturers and technicians from around the world congregate to learn about the latest developments in their fields from international experts. The Conference offers delegates the opportunity to discuss design issues and exchange views with a wide range of knowledgeable practitioners. Previous conferences in 2002 and 2006 were over-subscribed, and judging from the significant number of pre-registrations received so far, places will again be in demand for 2010, say the or

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14 March 2016

In order to have the show obtain the best acts possible it was necessary to host the show in New York, L.A. and London. With four days notice the show in London was conceived, designed and realised with the generous help of the production industries.

Tim Routledge, lighting and set designer for the event was contacted by Dionne Orrom of Serpent Productions who was co-producing the event with Ned O'Hanlon on behalf of MTV. The show held at the Hospital Studios in Central London featured Coldplay, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Rhianna, Bono and the Edge from U2.

"We had a

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Summit was working for the show's producers Indigo Television. The Kent-based company also provides all the in-house rigging services for the O2, so Summit's project managers Jon Bray and Simon Frost and three production riggers joined forces with the 12 Summit-supplied venue riggers to ensure an efficient and tidy operation.

Lighting was designed by Mike 'Sooty' Sutcliffe and supplied by Panalux. It involved the flying of five 'finger' trusses over the stage, complete with two wider 'fingers' which were offstage and at slightly lower heights. A further 17 points were utilised to fly three straight trusses for audience lighting.<

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14 March 2016

Hefei is the political, economic and cultural centre of Anhui Province with a strong history of opera originating in the traditional Lu Opera which has a rich and vivid style evolved from many artistic forms.

The region is very proud of this cultural heritage and has recently completed the construction of the new Hefei Grand Theatre, a 95m USD purpose-built venue covering an area of 57,000m2 and housing a 1600-seater theatre hall, a 1000-seater concert hall and a 500-seater theatre studio.

In total, Robert Juliat supplied 40 RJ714SX2 2000W Profiles, 96 RJ329HF 2000W Fresnels and 120 RJ329HPC 2000W PC units which have been installed across the three auditoria, and 24 RJ306LF 1000W Lutin Fresnels which for t

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14 March 2016

Based in Oldenburg, North Germany, Günther Alberding's company, E Media Design (EMD), required additional lighting for the events and tournaments they support throughout the country. All 32 heads went out on the first job, and operated flawlessly.

The versatile and fully-featured XL1500 is fitted with a powerful 1500W short-arc discharge lamp, optimised by the advanced optical system to achieve maximum brightness. Suspended from the overhead rig, the XL1500's are providing the main spotlight effect and effect projection during the shows themselves - as well as projecting sponsors' logos.

Alberding said that the units' brightness was one of the main reasons

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14 March 2016

O'Brien's comments were made in a video message to the Midem music conference in Cannes. He said the music industry's current upheavals, however, presented big opportunities to bring creativity back. "What's great about the moment is the very fact that we're living in this time of change, huge uncertainty, and of course these times

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14 March 2016

The reviews are over when the posted 'Review End Date' is reached. The draft standards are part of the BSR E1.6 powered theatrical rigging system project. BSR E1.6-1 deals with powered winches that are not serially manufactured electric chain hoists; BSR E1.6-2 deals with powered winches that are.

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14 March 2016

"The 4D is the centrepiece of my set up and is based on the way I DJ. I have two computers on stage that are synced to each other: one has the synths, keyboards and controllers hooked up to it and the other is full of the audio material. The Xone:4D gives me control of everything I am using," explains van Dyk. "I wanted rotary knobs instead of faders to give me finer control of the volume, and the feel is more precise."

Used for the first time at ADE, Paul's modified version includes VCA rotary faders rather than the standard linear faders. There is also custom-designed silk screening for the faceplate with Paul's name in UV paint.

"One of the great things about the 4D is the great sound and the fact that everything on the mixer can

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14 March 2016

The Riverbank Arts Centre was able to secure funding to invest in a Yamaha audio system, to replace a system which wasn't performing up to the standards required.

"We put on everything from films to live bands and a wide range of theatre productions, everything from local to internationally-renowned shows," says the Riverbank's technical coordinator Damien Dollard.

"The system needed to be very flexible, deliver surround sound and we also felt it was the right time to 'go digital', in order to maximise that flexibility. We looked at a number of systems, tested a lot of

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14 March 2016

The Mobile Showroom has become increasingly popular, 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," said 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 Mobile Showroom provides hands-on demonstration of Wybron offerings and an opportunity for tΩte-à-tΩte with lighting professionals, including their local dealers. Most importantly, however, the Mobile Showroom offers education on the general theory behind and mechanics of profes

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14 March 2016

Waves required a solid reinforcement solution for their NAMM exhibit booth, where they had some of the world's top mixing engineers including Chris Lord-Alge, Eddie Kramer, Jack Joseph Puig, and Tony Maserati, talk about their work with various Waves tools. Adamson's assignment was simple: to deliver clear and coherent speech and audio over the noise floor of the show, without shouting or disturbing other exhibitors.

The set-up at NAMM could not have been simpler.The plug-and-play package incorporated two of Adamson's

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14 March 2016

Luc Petit created a one-off show at the Palais 5 Expo Bruxelles Expo Area. The show itself was made of 12 parts telling BESIX values and its history. More than 70 performers from different artistic disciplines took part in the show. More than 1000 people attended the anniversary party.

The lighting design included Clay Paky, Martin, Varilite and two Compulite Vector Reds and six Compulite ePorts.Tof Leuba who programmed the show said, "I patched all the fixtures with one Vector during the setup, and then I connected the second vector as a Node to get