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LONDON – LD Paule Constable specified Chroma-Q Color Force 72 RGBA LED battens for “The Phantom of the Opera,” the new Cameron Mackintosh production touring the UK and Ireland. Besides its lighting features, reliability was also a factor in her decision, as the tour will be out for a year.

BAKU, Azerbaijan — For the 57th annual Eurovision Song Contest, with semi-finals staged May 22 and 24 and the finals on May 26 at the 23,000-capacity Baku Crystal Hall, Cape Cross Studio + Filmlicht GmbH served as general technical service provider. Among the many companies contributing to the success of the event was Germany-based Sommer Cable.

BAKU, Azerbaijan – Major production companies across Europe — but mostly from Germany — supplied the technical equipment for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, staged here in late May at the purpose-built 23,000-seat Baku Crystal Hall. The complexity of the production demanded long rosters of gear and staff for lighting and video support, to the specs of the design team headed by Jerry Appelt (lighting) and Florian Wieder (stage design).

LONDON – ETC’s LED Source 4 won Lighting Product of the Year at an Association of British Theatre Technicians (ABTT) show ceremony in London. The ABTT judges commended the Source 4 LED for its “good light output, flat beam, crisp imaging, and the ability to change color.”