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Clay Paky at Eurovision. Photo: Ralph Larmann

Clay Paky Conquers the 2013 Eurovision Stage

MALMO, Sweden – Lighting designer Fredrik Jönsson specified more than 700 Clay Paky fixtures to provide lighting effects forming the centerpiece of the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest. With the theme “We Are One,” a key element was the ability to include the audience with whatever happened onstage, as part of the televised experience. Jönsson’s approach to the design was to create a massive video projection wall, using the lighting rig – placed on fixed and movable trusses – as the main attraction.

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Ambersphere Joins Robert Juliat Family

LONDON – Robert Juliat and Ambersphere Solutions have announced an exclusive agreement that will enable Ambersphere Solutions to represent French manufacturer Robert Juliat throughout the UK. This agreement enables Ambersphere to extend its sales, service, support and training facilities to cover all Robert Juliat products.

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SGM SixPacks in action in Malmö. Photo: Louise Stickland

SGM Sees Blinding Success at Eurovision

MALMO, Sweden – SGM equipped Malmö Arena’s main stage with 52 X-5 white LED strobes and 82 SixPack LED blinders for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest (ESC 2013). Although SGM fixtures were also used throughout the EuroVillage, it was in the main action of the contest itself that the fixtures worked their magic for LD Fredrik Jönsson.

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Robe Makes it Large for One Big Weekend

DERRY LONDONDERRY, Northern Ireland – A substantial lighting rig featuring more than 150 Robe fixtures was used by ‘house’ LD and TV Lighting Director Tim Routledge to create a production design for the 1xtra / In New Music We Trust Arena at BBC Radio One’s 2013 ‘Big Weekend’ event. The high-profile three day musical extravaganza staged in Ebrington Square, Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland, kicked off the UK festival season in style.

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White Light Enhances Sales Distribution Network

LONDON – Entertainment lighting specialist White Light announces its streamlined White Light distribution network, focused on business to business sales and support for exclusive products and brands. The enhanced distribution network will provide sales and support to dealers across the UK, Europe and worldwide. The new structure allows dealer access to products from 13 exclusive lighting, rigging, and effects manufacturers including ADB Lighting Technologies, Altman, ArKaos Pro, CORE Lighting, Chromlech, Galaxia Electronics, Interactive Technologies, James Thomas Engineering, JB Lighting, Look Solutions, LSC Lighting, Rainbow Colour Changers and Wireless Solution.

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HSL Supplies Il Divo’s Arena Tour

BLACKBURN, UK – Blackburn based lighting and visuals specialist HSL supplied lighting, LED screen, a Kinesys automation system and crew to the UK and European arena legs of international vocal group Il Divo’s ‘Greatest hits’ tour, following on from their successful collaboration last year.

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Dataton Watchout Refreshes the Moon Spa

ROME – Covering more than 100 square meters inside Rome’s luxurious Trilussa Palace Hotel, the new Moon Spa is a private wellness area unlike any other. Using Dataton Watchout, Andrea de Martino, CEO of Engineering Solutions, has created what he calls “a space that can be transformed according to customers’ requirements with lighting, multimedia and environmental control solutions.”

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