PixelArt will be making its television debut on ‘The Championship Gaming Series' to be broadcast over the Christmas holidays. Already a successful format in the USA for Fox, the show is a competitive computer game battle - that will result in the UK champion challenging the reigning USA champion.

Lighting designer Will Charles specified the PixelArt chandelier after seeing the structure at PLASA. He explains: "The chandelier was the perfect centrepiece to the set. The PixelArts look great on camera and I will definitely be incorporating them into my future designs."

The chandelier featured 100 PixelArts complementing the large moving light rig. Lighting operators David Bishop and Oliver Lifely both used WholeHog 2s - and programmed the PixelArts with a Catalyst Media Server.

The show was shot at 3 Mills studio in front of a live audience. The brief was to emulate the feel of the USA show, with set designer Julian Fullalove evolving the set almost up to the moment it went into the studio. The series is produced by Steve Carsey and Joe Shaw - and directed by Tim Van Someren.

PixelArt is a modular LED video product allowing designers to build their own custom display surface from a range of interconnection modules.

Neg Earth supplied the PixelArts and special thanks to Vince Foster.