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AC-ET AC-ET appoints Ian Muir as TV & Film Development Manager
A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd are pleased to announce that well-known industry figure Ian Muir has been appointed as TV & Film Development Manager for the company’s UK and International Sales territories. Ian brings a wealth of TV and film lighting industry experience to the new role from his previous position at Gekko, where he worked for over six years as Business Development Manager for the LED lighting brand. Prior to this, Ian held various sales roles involving managing relationships with customers and suppliers in the UK, Europe and the USA. Based in AC-ET’s High Wycombe head office, Ian will work alongside the sales, marketing and purchasing departments to develop and implement the company’s business plan for the TV and film market, to exploit their growing presence and customer base in this sector. Ian will also be responsible for helping to raise customer awareness of AC-ET’s UK-exclusive TV and film lighting brands – including Mole-Richardson, Chroma-Q®, Jands, Spotlight and Prolights – as well as promoting Manfrotto and Avenger, Arri, Daylight Grip & Textiles, and other brands for whom the company is a dealer. Complementing these brands, AC-ET’s Cable, Lamp and Gel Express services are primed for fast turnaround of custom-specified TV and film consumables. Popular lines include tungsten and discharge lamps from Sylvania, Osram, GE Lighting and Philips; specialised and custom cable assemblies such as Powerlock, BAC, Socapex and Head to Ballast extension cables; colour effect and correction lighting filters from Procolor, Lee Filters, Rosco and Gam; as well as all other essential consumables.
AC-ET launches exclusive new Prolights range of value lighting solutions
A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd are delighted to have been appointed as the exclusive UK dealer for the Prolights brand. The range of lighting, video and effects products was recently officially unveiled at PLASA Focus, Leeds, receiving a great deal of interest and an overwhelmingly positive response from a wide range of visitors to the show. The Prolights range offers designers innovative technology solutions that deliver reliable, creative tools at a price that all productions can afford. By taking advantage of high-efficiency production methods, products deliver the ideal balance between quality and value to professionals looking to maximise the return on their investment. Featuring exceptional build quality, performance and reliability, each product is manufactured using carefully chosen components and materials, and undergoes rigorous quality-control procedures to deliver reliability and satisfaction time and time again. The impressive lighting range features over 200 highperformance product lines from a wide selection of LEDs, including Pars, battens, moving lights, matrices, Fresnels, Profiles and effects, to Platinum 2R, 5R and 15R beam lights. In addition to being appointed the exclusive UK dealer for Prolights, AC-ET will be offering the range in selected European and international territories – please contact the company for information on availability.
AMBERSPHERE Ambersphere and Robert Juliat find the X Factor
The production values on The X Factor Live Tour certainly maintain the look and feel of the TV show. Video plays a large part in this, with two IMAG screens stage left and right reminding the audience of the journey the performers have completed prior to each act’s performance. On the stage itself, part of the video wall is used as a sliding reveal for the artists’ entrances, while the TV dynamic is continued in the design of the stairs, the independent stage thrust and the higloss flooring. Add to that a lighting rig that begins with 59 32
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