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Astera LunaBulb Wins 2024 PLASA Innovation Award

Astera’s new LunaBulb product has won a coveted PLASA Award for Innovation, which was received during the association’s annual expo at Olympia in London, UK in early September.

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Full of Robe Flair

Flair Event Services based in Dubai designs and delivers full technical production for a range of cool, spectacular, and extraordinary projects throughout the UAE and across the Middle East region.

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TAF Tower 05 - TAF Tower 05, a compact and optimised tower

Truss Aluminium Factory, (TAF) based in the Czech Republic, is launching a new all-in-one, light-duty tower system for small roof systems, elevation of truss grids.

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Starway Quasar, an IP65 wash, strobe, and effects fixture

Starway launches Quasar, an effects fixture combining colors, blinder, pixels, and strobe, all with tilt-controlled and capable of operating outdoors.

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ETC ColorSource PAR Jr, ETC quality at a nice price

Make a product more affordable without sacrificing quality. This is the motto of the ETC ColorSource range which welcomes the “Junior” version of the ColorSource PAR.

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DTS Synergy 6 Profile and Alchemy Pro

The DTS team challenged itself. Create the worthy successor to the Synergy 5 Spot, almost twice as powerful, just as well equipped, all with the same dimensions and without the needle of the scale going crazy.

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ROE Visual Carbon LED screens Shines in Metallica M72 World Tour

In total, over 1,600 ROE Visual Carbon 5 MKII (CB5 MKII) panels were utilized to bring the stage design to realization.

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ETC FULL BOAR 4 CONTROLS RENGANEK TOUR

Pietro Bardelli has employed two Full Boar 4 consoles from ETC’s Hog 4 family to ensure flexibility, speed, and reliability throughout the tour.

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Ayrton launches Veloce Profile IP65 - the ultimate precision

Ayrton is proud to present its brand new Veloce Profile, a versatile, IP65 rated, luminaire capable of operating in all conditions including saline-heavy environments.

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The 6K UNITED 2024 with CODA immersive audio processor

Melodus GmbH deploys CODA’s immersive audio processor SPACE HUB for the 6K UNITED 2024 six-thousand strong choir ‘You are Precious’ German arena tour. Accompanied by a sixteen-piece backing band, the huge children choir delivered a wide range of musical styles.

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LSC & Avolites Announce Partnership for Australia & New Zealand

Two of the best-known brands in the lighting technology industry have announced a partnership destined to change the landscape of the market in Australia & New Zealand.

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RCF appoints Jim Reed Manager of Installed Sound & System Designs

RCF appoints Jim Reed to the newly created position of Manager of Installed Sound and System Designs as part of its future-focused business strategy and reflects the company’s ongoing future-focused business plan for long-term growth and expansion.

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Robe & Anolis for Icon of the Seas

Icon of the Seas, Royal Caribbean International’s new game-changing ship, is setting new jaw-dropping standards and records in the world of vacations.

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ETC Lights the Biggest Stadiums for the Biggest Games

Gopher Stage Lighting has selected an ETC system to manage lighting control at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, home of the Las Vegas Raiders and host of the last Super Bowl.

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Ayrton Cobra lights David Guetta in an epic performance

Twenty-four Ayrton Cobra laser-sourced fixtures were specified to create this impressive lighting.

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SIXTY82 launches new TPM39 Series

SIXTY82 is excited to announce the launch of the latest in its TPM Series of super-strong box truss, the TPM39 Series. Yes, the TPM29 Series has got a big – 39cm - brother!

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Oxo Colorblind 400 BFX: A powerful IP65 matrixable blinder

Oxo Show Solutions is proud to announce its new LED fixture, the Colorblind 400 BFX, a direct vision fixture, with calibrated whites, and high CRI.

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Astera Expands LunaBulb Functionality with New Accessory Kit

LunaBulb becomes the first practical light that can modify its beam, texture and output and expand both the creative and technical potential with their LunaBulb Accessory Kit.

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Monumental Live Event Launch for Robe iBOLTS in France

Robe’s new iBOLT made its French debut in grand style at a recent ‘Monumental’ event at the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Laon Aisne in the Hauts-de-France.

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GOLDENSEA ACQUIRES SGM

Goldensea is happy to announce that, on Monday 1st September 2024, Goldensea agreed to acquire the business of SGM Light AS, and that SGM is now under the ownership of Goldensea.

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SLX lights up the Olympic Aquatics Center for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

SLX, a service provider based in the United Kingdom, won the tender for the lighting of the Olympic events which took place in the brand-new Olympic Aquatics Center (CAO). Its CEO Alastair Currie and Russell Payne, Managing Director, explain their approach to meeting the demanding specifications.

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NEXO P+ transforms Lyon’s Stade de Gerland sound

Lyon’s Stade de Gerland in France uderwent a fisrt stage ugrade to the aging sound system using P12 and ePS10 NEXO cabinets installed by the stadium operators GL Events with the assistance of the NEXO Engineering Support Team and Christophe Girres.

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Chauvet, color blinders Strike Array 4C 2C and Wash Storm 4 SoloWash

After the ingenious Color Strobe Strike Bolt 1C unveiled in preview at ISE, Chauvet Professional also upgrades the Strike Array blinders to color and IP65 and adds to the Maverick range a very powerful Storm 4 SoloWash.

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AC/DC's Power Up Tour Electrifies RCF Arena with GTX Extensions

AC/DC delivered their electrifying performance to 100,000 fans at the RCF Arena as part of the Italian leg of their Power Up Tour. The concert featured TT+ Audio’s GTX 12 line arrays as the delay system ensuring a superior audio experience throughout the sprawling venue.

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Ayrton Cobra illuminates the Valletta sky

LD Raphaël Demonthy was responsible for the complete ceremony of the The Mediterrane Film Festival. Signature to his visual design was a row of 30 Ayrton Cobra laser-sourced fixtures.

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Robe launches 4 new projectors at Plasa 2024

Robe is using the 2024 PLASA London expo (London, September 1 to 3) to launch four new products – the iFORTE Fresnel, the PAINTE Fresnel, the SVOPATT and the SVB1.

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Arcadia Lights Up Glasto 2024 with Dragonfly and Robe iBolts

Flames, lasers and lights fired up the night sky at the 2024 Glastonbury Festival as Arcadia launched its amazing new “Dragonfly” spectacular concept lit by six of Robe’s new iBolts.

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Ayrton Cobra joins the party at Fairground Festival

Visualprime lighting designer, Tobias Reinartz, employed over 100 Ayrton fixtures among which 84 laser-courced Cobra, to inject dynamism, colour and striking linear arrays across the Fairground festival stages.

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Paris’ Théâtre de la Ville goes Immersive with L-ISA

Integration and rental specialist BLive accompanied Paris’ Théâtre de la Ville to create an immersive experience with L-Acoustic’s L-ISA, based on a 20.1 Scene System of five hangs of two SB15m over eight Kiva II with a centre-flown cluster of six KS21 subwoofers.

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A Glowing Halo of Investment in Astera Products

London-based lighting and event specialist Halo now has one of the largest stocks of Astera products in the UK with well over 400 Astera luminaires.

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Robe Has BEEN There Done That!

The lighting design of the cleub BEEN features over 250 Robe moving lights among which 144 x Spikies and 76 x Viva CMYs and six T1 Profiles.

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ETC SOURCE FOUR SERIES 3: LUSTR X8 AND XDLT OPTICS, A WINNING COMBINATION

With more than 10 years of experience including 7 years of analysis and feedback on the Source Four Series 2 Lustr, ETC has developed the 3rd generation of Source Four. Equipped with the Lustr X8 Led panel, it produces deep reds and features a new range of XDLT optical "noses", optimized for LED sources.

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First French DiGiCo Quantum 852 for secret event on top of CDG1 airport

Tristan Mazire, sound engineer and co-owner of Paris-based consultancy The Audio Agency, took Frances’s 1st DiGiCo Quantum 852 to the top of Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport for a secret event live streamed via Amazon Music’s Twitch and for an audience of 2,000.

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ETC Unveils Season Two of its "On Headset" Podcast Series

ETC is thrilled to announce the launch of season two of its acclaimed podcast “On Headset”, offering a unique glimpse into the fascinating realm of theatrical lighting design.

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Robe for the 2024 Metro FM Awards

It the second year that South African lighting designer Renaldo van den Berg has lit the prestigious Metro FM Awards. This year he specified over 200 Robe moving lights for the leading celebration of African musical talent and creativity.

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ETC Ltd announces eco-building move as part of expansion plan

ETC has announced plans to expand its business with the relocation of its London operations to a new, state-of-the-art eco-building. The move supports ETC’s expanding business and service offerings as well as planning for future growth.

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Robe Gets Thirty, Rough & Dirty with Scooter

Lighting designer Andre Beekmans specified several Robe moving lights for some hardcore techno rave action with legendary band Scooter on their “Thirty Rough & Dirty” tour celebrating 30 years of success, innovation and energy !

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Ayrton Perseo Profiles are Olivier Awards workhorse fixtures

For this year Olivier Awards, LD Ben Cracknell chose 78 Ayrton Perseo Profile fixtures, provided by White Light, as his work horse fixtures.

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Amadeus & HOLOPHONIX install a spatial system at the Royal Theatre of Namur

Amadeus & HOLOPHONIX install a spatial 34-speaker system at the Royal Theatre of Namur, the first major immersive audio install for the French Company in Belgium, offering the listening audience the best sound possible from every seat in the Italian-style theater.

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Ephesus Experience Museum Brings History to Life with Panasonic DLP Projectors

123 Panasonic DLP laser projectors were chosen to transform visitors’ understanding of the ancient city of Ephesus through an immersive, multi-sensory experience at The Ephesus Experience Museum.