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SGM Provides Solution for Source of Light

Source of Light

SGM Provides Solution for Source of Light

AMSTERDAM – Amsterdam Arena was transformed into an oasis of white recently for the premiere of Sensation’s new show Source Of Light, when 40,000 people gathered under a huge dynamic spherical center piece dominated by LED strips from SGM. The company’s Dutch distributor RentAll were asked to provide the most dynamic single LED statement yet seen, to decorate an all aluminum, 14 meter radiating sphere, weighing 12 tons, and operated by multiple motors.

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Rolling Racks

Lex Products Rolling Racks Receive cULus Listing

SHELTON, CT – Lex Products has gained cULus Listing for its line of PowerRACK Portable Rolling Racks. Formerly UL Listed, this expanded listing signifies that this product line is now listed to the applicable U.S. and Canadian safety standards, per U.S.-based Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL).

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Clarity LX300

LSC Clarity LX300 Console

VICTORIA, Australia – LSC Lighting Systems’ LX300 console is the first model in the Clarity LX console range.The fully integrated console is based on the Clarity software that was launched in 2009. Among the features are fixture cloning, built-in pixel mapping, 10 touch screens, and the ability to add audio files. The LX600 and LX900 will be released in the coming months.

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Prism RevEAL Studio.3 Fresnel

Prism Projection RevEAL Studio.3 Fresnel

SULLY, IA—Prism Projection launches the third generation of their Studio LED fixture. The RevEAL Studio.3 Fresnel works like a traditional Fresnel with standard barn doors to shape the beam, produces more lumens (9,700 lumens of light), and has a wider zoom range. Building on previous generations of the RevEAL Studio and responding to the feedback of lighting designers, Prism has expanded the feature set of the Studio.3 LED Fresnel to make it a true replacement for a comparable tungsten fixture.

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Robe fixtures at the 2012 CMT Awards

LD Tom Kenny Lights CMT Awards with Robe Fixtures

NASHVILLE – LD Tom Kenny specified more than 100 Robe moving lights for the 2012 Country Music Television (CMT) Awards June 6 at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. This was the fourth time Kenny lit the CMT Awards, but his first time to use Robe’s MMX Spots. He credited those fixtures and Robe’s LEDWash 500s for their lumens and speed, saying they “proved themselves in every cue.”

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Golden Gate in pre-viz

WYSIWYG Helps Pre-Viz Golden Gate Birthday

TORONTO – When San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge recently celebrated its 75th birthday, the lighting and pyro display came as a complete surprise to thousands of spectators. Lightswitch’s Norm Schwab and Prelite’s Tom Thompson used the WYSIWYG previsualization suite from CAST Software to perfect the design in the studio before going live. Besides the surprise factor, the design team says using pre-viz also saved on labor, equipment wear and tear, lamp life issues and more.

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Makin' Steps

CSE Makes Steps with Performing Arts School

HARLOW, Essex, UK – Performing arts school Makin’ Steps’ annual shows have grown into larger spectacles since 1998, each year getting more creatively and technically ambitious. This year they asked London-based Colour Sound Experiment (CSE) for help with lighting, trussing, rigging, power distribution and crew. The four days of sold-out shows covered six decades of popular music since the Queen’s coronation in 1952.

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GLP fixtures used at the US National Memorial Day Concert

LD Bob Barnhart Uses GLP Fixtures for DC Celebrations

WASHINGTON, DC – LD Bob Barnhart of Full Flood Inc. incorporated GLP impression fixtures into his designs for two big PRG-supported televised productions earlier this year – the U.S. National Memorial Day Concert on May 27, pictured here (it was cut short due to bad weather, unfortunately, but still featured performances by Trace Adkins and Daughtry) and the National Independence Day Celebration on July 4.

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Duran Duran at EXIT

Robe Makes Grand EXIT in Serbia

NOVI SAD, Serbia – Serbian technical solutions provider Studio Berar supplied more than 130 Robe moving lights to the three biggest stages of the 20-stage EXIT Festival. Lighting designers for Studio Berar were Marko Malesevic, Goran Kravic and Radoslav Mihalek, who lit stages featuring Duran Duran, Guns N’ Roses and AVICCI, among many others.

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From left: Ian Kirby (LED Projects), Jonathan Walters and Phill Capstick (AC-ET), Peter Johansen (SGM)

SGM Expands UK Distribution

LONDON – SGM Lighting has expanded its distribution arrangements in the UK, appointing A.C. Entertainment Technologies Ltd (AC-ET) to work in parallel with existing distributor, LED Projects. The new arrangement takes effect Aug. 1, and AC-ET confirms it will showcase the latest SGM range at this year’s PLASA 2012 exhibition in September.

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