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i-Pix launches BB7 with new optical design

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Specialist UK LED manufacturer i-Pix launches a new version of its phenomenally successful BB7 LED luminaire - with wider angles than the original 10 degree BB7 Beam Light fixture developed last year. The new BB7 optics offer a 10 (spot), a 20 degree and a 35 degree (flood) angle - in one fixture. i-Pix has once again listened to the requests of lighting designers and operators to deliver a … [Read more...]

wysiwyg R24 – Really virtually real

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CAST Software has announced the third and final instalment in the latest wysiwyg trilogy. wysiwyg R24, with release due July 09 and download available around the end of the month, pre-visualisations and renders are “really virtually real”, according to the company. What users will see in Shaded View visualisation is exactly what they can get on the set, in the venue or on the exterior of a … [Read more...]

Robe UK digitalSpots hit 50

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The 50th Robe DigitalSpot DT Series fixture has been sold by Robe UK, indicating that lighting rental companies in particular are embracing the potential of these digital lighting fixtures - even amidst economically challenging times. The 50 mark was passed when Graeme Sewell of Vortex Lighting from County Durham in the north east of England purchased two DigitalSpot 3000 DTs. It was his … [Read more...]

HSL goes Global again

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Leading UK lighting rental company HSL supplied site wide equipment for the main stage, 5 indoor arenas and 2 outdoor terraces at the 2009 Global Gathering dance extravaganza, staged at Long Marsden Airfield in Warwickshire. Once again, HSL was working for Electric Fly Productions, whose Nick Jevons and Phil Winward created the lighting and show design for all these areas, working for … [Read more...]

“Monty Python’s Spamalot” is realised with grandMA

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Since the beginning of this year, Monty Python’s Spamalot has been staged in Cologne. This musical version of the landmark anarchical film “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” is playing in Germany after performances in New York, London and Las Vegas. Hugh Vanstone, who was responsible for the lighting design in London, also delivered the design for the show playing at the Musical Dome in … [Read more...]