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Sweden - Primetec, one-stop supplier of sound, lighting and AV technology for events and exhibitions, has been awarded the assignment to light Liseberg’s latest super attraction: the new ‘Balder’ rollercoaster. The lighting system for Balder, the biggest and steepest wooden rollercoaster in the Nordic region, is the biggest permanent outdoor lighting installation ever seen in Sweden.

In March, the new pride of Liseberg, the biggest amusement park in Scandinavia, was opened for a preview and a press visit. Balder will be a breathtaking 37m high experience with a 70° pitch and a top speed of about 90km per hour. In total ‘Balder’ has cost around SEK 100 million.

"Liseberg in general and Balder in particular are a total experience that starts as

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UK - The Moving Light Company was chosen by the English National Opera at the London Coliseum to supply the automated lighting required for its production of The Handmaid's Tale, which opened this week. This is the first time that moving lights have been used in a production by the English National Opera.

Adapted from the novel by Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale is set in the America of the future, where the government has been overthrown by a religious dictatorship. The production was premiered in Copenhagen in 2000, where the creative team of director Phyllida Lloyd, designer Peter McKintosh and lighting designer Simon Mills made use of the Royal Danish Opera's automated lighting system. Having decided that the use of moving lights - as movable, high-intensity, colour-changing discharge sources - was essential to the look of the production, talks began with

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Germany - Andy Schindlbeck, the head of the Perkam-Radldorf-based events and entertainment company Schindlbeck Veranstaltungstechnik GmbH, has finalized the acquisition of three complete Dynacord Cobra-4 systems. He explains: "With this equipment, I can guarantee a completely balanced and homogeneous sound for virtually all sound reinforcement applications," adding: "the sound performance is powerful yet the handling is child’s-play."

Schindlbeck first encountered this system extension to the compact line array system at the Telex EVI Audio in-house exhibition (or ‘Hausmesse’) at the end of January 2003. Four weeks later he was the owner of the brand-new sound tool, and three weeks on from that he is able to tell us something of his first experiences with the new system: "I’ve used the system now around 20 times and each time I ha

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France - Digigram, an innovator in digital audio network solutions, has hired Miranda Hageman as sales and communications director. "With a number of new products and new technologies to come, Miranda will help us to accelerate our move into new market segments and broaden our international scope," said Digigram managing director Philippe Delacroix. "Her sales and communications experience will be very valuable assets as we continue to look for new OEMs and partners."

Dutch native Hageman spent more than a decade in various roles with Maycom Systems Europe, Maycom Automation Systems and Electronic Data Systems, all headquartered in the Netherlands. Among others, she was involved in the product and sales strategy for Maycom's award winning Easycorder in 1999. Hageman graduated from Utrecht Business School with a degree in marketing, which she complemented wit

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UK - Large format projection specialists E//T//C UK were called in by the London Tourist Board to help launch their high-visibility ‘Totally Lond On’ advertising campaign. E//T//C’s Paul Highfield supplied a single 6kW PIGI projector, slide artwork and his technical expertise for the event, staged in the fabulous new glass roofed Great Court of the British Museum.

Keystone correction was by Wyatt Enever at DHA, and the projection was beamed onto the new limestone arch in the Great Court. It consisted of a simple slide, pastiched in the style of a London Street sign, emblazoned with the words ‘Totally LondON’ and ‘www.visitlondon.com’.

White Light supplied architectural lighting and LD Simon Jones for the event. Both E//T//C UK and White Light were approached for the project after their highly successful illumination of the Tower of Lon

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UK - Entec Sound installed a large d&b system - including the new long-throw C3 speakers - into London’s Royal Albert Hall for last week’s six-night Teenage Cancer Trust event. This was the first time the C3 has been used in this high profile venue. The TCT shows, featuring some of the UK’s top bands and performing artists, were organized by Harvey Goldsmith and a hand-picked production team. The aim was to raise funds and awareness for the charity, which is greatly supported by Roger Daltrey.

Entec’s innovative system design was a collaboration between their own Tristan Johnson and d&b’s Ralph Zuleeg. The pair designed and flew the PA and set up the system, before leaving the running and day-to-day tweaking to Entec’s crew chief Ritchie Gibson. Johnson explains that the RAH was the ideal venue to put the C3 through it’s paces in terms o

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UK - Stage Electrics has announced that Anna Western has been promoted to customer service manager. Western, who has been with the company for three years, will work closely with branch managers in developing and training the front line customer-facing staff based in the company’s 10 branches.

Stage Electrics currently has 23 staff in these key positions throughout the country, who will now be referred to as customer service representatives. They will continue to report directly to their respective managers but work closely with Western in her new position. She has extensive sales and customer service experience, bringing the necessary skills to this new and important role.

The company has also announced that Andrew Sugg, currently a front-line customer service representative in Bristol, is going out on the road for a three-month secondment. Sugg will be working in and a

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Create new traditions – Cameo P6 - High Output Full-Spectrum Ellipsoidal

Cameo's P6 is a future-proof LED profiler with a powerful 600 W RGBACL engine and 16,000 lumens. It’s an energy-efficient replacement for 2.5 kW halogen profile lights in theatres and venues. With excellent light quality and natural colour rendering, it fits perfectly in theatres, musicals, TV studios, congresses, and live events.

With an LED life of 50,000 hours and low power use, the P6 cuts energy costs and supports the EU’s ‘Green Deal’ goals for climate neutrality by 2050. It also meets updated eco-design rules for lighting.

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USA - Stanton has introduced its new SMX-401 three-channel DJ mixer, a completely redesigned 10" professional mixer which Stanton say boasts a wide range of intuitive controls, high quality sound and components including Penny & Giles crossfader.

The SMX-401 has three phono inputs, six line inputs and two mic inputs with independent EQ. Each channel sports Gain control, bright input LED meters, a three-band EQ with full Kill capability, as well as Pan knobs. A full-featured Cue section includes PFL, Cue Pan, and dual headphone outputs for tag-team mixing.

Professional DJs will appreciate the SMX-401s three-band Kill switches for channels 1 and 3, conveniently located next to the P&G crossfader. For creative mixing, the SMX-401 also offers an Effects loop with ¼" Send and Return jacks.

The mixer is rounded off with professional balanced Master outputs, separate Boo

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Latvia - Latvian Television (LTV) is producing this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, which will take place in Riga on the 24 May, with an estimated worldwide television audience of 200 million. Swedish specialist company Spectra+ will be achieving its Eurovision hat-trick this year, with its third Eurovision project, and will be working alongside Latvia’s leading lighting company, Riga-based Company NA Ltd, a supplier of technical equipment and knowledge with a strong reputation throughout the Baltic.

Spectra+ and Company NA’s mission includes supplying lighting, video and rigging equipment for the event, including technical co-ordination and technical crew. Spectra+ and Company NA crew members will be working on site for approximately one month prior to the event.

Swedish television, SVT chose Spectra+ as the official lighting supplier and technical co-ordina

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Sweden / Denmark - On 11 June in Stockholm, and 12 June in Copenhagen, Master of Light seminars is hosting a seminar with lighting and production designer Marc Brickman. Brickman's credits over his 25 year career include Pink Floyd, Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, the Barcelona and Nagano Olympic Games Ceremonies, Steven Spielberg's ‘AI’ and the new ‘Cat in the Hat’ movie. Current projects include the new touring production of the Blue Man Group and Matchbox 20.

Each day’s programme will consist of two half-day seminars: in Stockholm, these will take place at the premises of VLSC, and in Copenhagen at Seelite. Admission to each seminar costs 1950SEK in Stockholm and 1950Dkr in Copenhagen. A 5% discount is available for bookings of five or more people from the same organization, and a 10% discount for bookings of 10 or more people from the same or

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Denmark - The new D-PAC MP-152 utilizes the latest developments in transducer and cabinet design to provide a compact and easy-to-handle multi-purpose box. The low profile (37cm) of the cabinet makes it ideal for use as a wedge, and it can be configured for either passive operation or bi-amped through a DSP, where D-PAC audio recommends the Ashly 4.24C (4-in/8-out) for outstanding price/performance ratio. The exceptional low weight (20kg) is accomplished through the use of neodymium drivers, and the carefully selected crossover point ensures a point source reproduction with the advantage of a true horn-loaded compression driver, giving controlled and non-beaming dispersion, eliminating hotspots that are a typical cause of feedback. The high SPL is reached by use of a special 15" driver with interleaved voice coil for improved heat dissipation and double demodulation rings for

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UK - Enttec has released a new firmware version of its DMXStreamer V1.2 - which incorporates a solar clock to allow the calculation of sunrise and sunset times anywhere in the world all year round. With this new feature users can schedule shows to start or stop at sunrise or sunset. By combining different scheduling options, the DMXStreamer can accommodate virtually any scenario: for example, show A - run on Monday two hours before sunrise and stop on Friday at 2300; show B - run on Saturday at sunset and loop six times; show C - run on Sunday at 30 minutes after sunset and run till Monday (when show A starts).

According to Enttec, the DMXStreamer is the only device in the world that offers such advanced scheduling options. Features at a glance include up to 20 hours of recording from any DMX512 source; 26 shows; scheduling options - time of day, sunrise, sunset, day of week, po

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USA - Creative Studio Solutions Inc (CSS) of Denver, Colorado, has been chosen to design, build and install Entercom’s new suite of broadcast studios at its new facility at The Denver Technology Center. Entercom currently operates four broadcast radio stations in the Denver area. CSS will design and install a total of 12 new studios for Entercom - four on-air studios, four production studios, three news studios, and a live room.

CSS’s CEO and chief engineer Andrew Rosenberg says that this project is exciting for him and his staff. "There is nothing better than getting involved in the studio design process from the ground up. We are honored that an organization with Entercom’s reputation for excellence has chosen CSS to do this project."

CSS is primarily utilizing Wheatstone technology and its related products for this project. CSS will also be using

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UK - Scream Studios, the rehearsal and recording facility group, is taking an all-EV approach for its prime showcase studios in south-east England. Scream, which began in 1991, expanded from its original site in Carshalton to a second operation in Croydon, and its latest location is in Brighton.

The recently-opened Brighton complex, which houses seven rehearsal rooms, also has a 100-capacity showcase room, linked to a recording studio and video editing suite. This has been equipped with an Electro-Voice RX sound reinforcement system "that can take the loudest of the loud" according to owner Aide Aires.

The new room has already been used by a wide variety of artists, from the 40-piece Carnival Collective, to Status Quo and Gary Moore. Apart from a highly individual design scheme, which features an 8ft tank with floating droids and cyborgs, the room uses two EV RX112/7

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UK - AutoPatch Europe is offering transmitter/receiver modules to provide point-to-point transmission of signals including Y/C with stereo audio (up to 300m), composite video (NTSC, PAL, SECAM) with stereo audio (up to 300m), RGBHV (up to 100m), for cost-effective routing and distribution of video and stereo audio throughout a facility. In addition, there is a modular CAT5 Matrix System, up to 32 inputs x 32 outputs, providing true flexibility in a CAT5 installation.

CAT5 cabling with RJ-45 connectors provides a convenient and cost effective alternative to coaxial cable: CAT5 is lighter, more flexible, and a fraction of the cost of coaxial video cable. The result is an all-in-one solution for routing and distributing professional quality video and audio that reduces installation and cable costs in less rack space, say AutoPatch.

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Spain - LA Audio has appointed a new distributor in Spain, Lexon SA, taking over the responsibilities of sales and marketing the LA Audio brand in this territory. Lexon was established in 1977 with offices in Sarriá, Barcelona, and Santibáñez de Béjar, Madrid. Its primary business is the import and distribution of professional audio and video products for fixed installations, rental companies, contractors, consultants and engineering companies. Lexon also supplies specific products to the broadcast sector, as well recording and post-production in studios. It operates in the whole of the Spanish territory, including the Canary and Balearic Islands, with over 1,300 regular customers. Other than LA Audio, Lexon distribute BSS, Cedar, Schoeps and many other recognized brand names.

Eva Thullen, assistant manager of Lexon, says: "We are very happy about taking the LA Audio li

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UK - Trantec has appointed Rob Piddington as UK sales manager. He will have overall responsibility for UK sales, concentrating primarily on the pro-audio sector of the market place (hire and broadcast). Rob’s vast experience in the Radio Microphone sales arena, having worked previously with Sennheiser UK for over 10 years, will be invaluable to Trantec, according to general manager Tony Reid. "We are all very excited about Rob joining us, as we see this as the beginning of a new era for Trantec. It also coincides nicely with the launch of our new S6000 system."

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UK - Reading-based Blinding Light supplied Studio Due Mini City colour changing luminaires to TV lighting director Bernie Davis for a special edition of the BBC’s ‘Songs of Praise’ called ‘The Big Sing’, staged at London’s prestigious Royal Albert Hall.

Their seminal role in the show was to light the acoustic ‘mushrooms’ in the Albert Hall’s roof, in a series of beguiling, rich saturated colours. The mushrooms - normally a dull off-white - are a vital ingredient of the Hall’s sound, but a constant source of aesthetic distraction to anyone working on visuals. By transforming them into a feature, the mushrooms become an integral part of the live experience of being ‘on location’ in one of the world’s most architecturally spectacular venues.

16 Mini City fixtures, complete with their optional wide-angle

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UK - DHA Lighting has announced that it is now offering same day service as standard for the creation of monochrome glass gobos in all of its standard sizes. Until now, monochrome gobos have taken three working days as standard. This new level of service means that DHA Lighting now offer the fastest monochrome glass gobo service in the UK.

Monochrome glass gobos allow far more complex designs to be created than with traditional metal gobos - in particular, images can be created without the ‘tagging’ required to hold metal gobos together, or the gobos can contain high-quality photographic half-tone images. DHA’s monochrome glass gobos are produced to a resolution of 3600dpi as standard on heat-resistant, aluminium coated borosilicate glass.

The new same-day service has undergone extensive testing over the last few months. "This testing has proved highly s

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Ireland - The selective heats for this year's competition to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest were held in the style of 'Pop Idol' and 'Fame Academy' with contestants being gradually voted out of the competition by TV viewers across the country.

Mickey Joe Harte, who performed with an AKG WMS40 handheld radio microphone won the overall competition with a landslide victory of 1.3 million votes - and that from a population of just over 3 million! The WMS40 was provided by Declan Reynolds of Reynolds of Raphoe in County Donegal who said: "We used the WMS40, even though we had many other far more expensive radio mic systems available to us. The WMS40 was not only the simplest system to set up, but also the performance totally belies the low price tag. This performs as well as most radio mic systems costing three times as much money, and was immaculate on the nig

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UK - The eighth annual HMV Football Extravaganza kicked off this year at the Marriott Grosvenor House Hotel, raising £339,000 for the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy charity. Canegreen Commercial was the sound consultant for the event, providing expertise and PA equipment for production company Zafer Associates.

The assembled 1,400-strong audience were there to raise money for the music industry’s favourite charity, the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy charity. In the process they honoured the career of Tony Adams MBE, and bid for a host of football memorabilia, hospitality and media packages. Canegreen Commercial’s Andrew Frengley designed the sound system and controlled proceedings as the stage manager for the event: "This is the fourth successive year we have worked with Zafer on this event. It is a relatively straightforward system for us to put in place now as

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