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UK - London-based event services company PSL has been taking advantage of the surge in popularity of the recently refurbished Roundhouse; in a single 10-day period, the venue staged three significant entertainment awards shows, and PSL was on hand each time to provide visual display technology - for the BT Digital Music Awards, the British Academy Video Game Awards, and the Vodafone Live Music Awards.

Staged by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), the British Academy Video Game Awards ceremony was nominated by PSL's Pod Bluman as the most technically adventurous of the three events. Working to a brief from producer Lucy Smail of West Design & Production, PSL was able to create projection in the round for the first time, exploiting the Roundhouse's unique archit

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UK - At the recent Mobile Choice Awards, sponsored by Mobile Choice Magazine, the cream of the mobile phone industry gathered to receive this years awards.The event was held at one of the City of London's oldest building, the Grand Hall at Billingsgate, now converted into a conference and events centre. Billingsgate has four floors, the largest of which is the Grand Hall on the Ground Floor. This area boasts a grand 25 ft, triple height ceiling, double height windows on the south and north sides of the building, with an architectural suspended gallery across the centre of the Hall.

Though pleasing to the eye, the Grand Hall presented Jason Price of JAP Sound Hire with more than few acoustic problems. He takes up the story "The awards ceremony is the biggest event in the mobile industries calendar. For us it's not only the voice presentations, but the system also has to supp

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USA - Following this year's dominance at the 48th Annual Grammy awards, leading microphone manufacturer Audio-Technica carried that theme to the world's premier Latin music awards show - the seventh Annual Latin Grammy Awards which was held on November 2 at Madison Square Garden in New York. The show was broadcast live on the Univision Network.

Artists who performed using Audio-Technica's Artist Elite 5000 Series UHF Wireless System, with the AEW-T5400 handheld microphone/transmitter and AEW-R5200 true diversity frequency-agile dual receiver, included: Thalía, Grupo Pesado, Joan Sebastian, Gilberto Santa Rosa, and Andy Montañez.

John Harris, music mixer for the seventh Annual Latin Grammy Awards, explained: "I used a wide selection of Audio-Technica microphones at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards with great success, and I wanted to have that same kind of reliability and au

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USA - FocusTrack, the database system for tracking and documenting the use of lighting for theatrical productions, is helping the smash-hit musical Les Misérables return to Broadway - just three years after the show ended its triumphant, sixteen-year first New York run.

The new production marks the first time that automated lighting has been used to light the show in the US (with the exception of moving light curtains, which have always been part of the show's design).

Lighting designer David Hersey started using moving lights as part of the rig for the 1997 UK tour of the show, and that rig has since been used on productions around the world. When the London production of the show moved theatres in 2004 the rig was revised to use Vari*Lite VL2000 Spots, VL2000 Wash and VL3000Q Spot units alongside DHA Digital Light Curtains.

For the New York production, Hersey

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USA In the first field use of JBL Professional's new Vertec DP Series compact powered line arrays, audio-visual rental company Meeting Services provided technical production and AV requirements for the 26th Annual ESRI International User Conference at the San Diego Convention Center. Located in Redlands, CA, ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute) was founded in 1969 as a privately held consulting firm specialising in land use analysis projects. Now an industry leader in the field of digitally-imaged applications for many industries, the firm returns to the San Diego Convention Center on an annual basis for its ESRI International User Conference.

This year's event featured the first USA deployment of the new compact powered Vertec DP Series systems by the rental firm. Systems used for the general assembly conference, opening and closing sessions included VT4887ADP-AN lou

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UK - Liverpool-based Adlib Audio is supplying full audio production for the Scissor Sisters current UK arena tour, with Adlib's Dave Kay engineering at FOH and Ben Booker on monitors.

Kay, Booker and the Adlib team have worked with the Scissor Sisters since they were an club band. They too have experienced their meteoric rise to the heights of stardom with their powerful blend of electro club party-pop.

Dave Kay explained how the band's hectic schedule since the launch of the new Ta-Dah album in Trafalgar Square in September, meant they couldn't attend all of the short production rehearsal period in person at Lite Structures' facility in Wakefield. However, in terms of sound, they were replaced by the 'virtual' version - a series of top quality recordings produced during the preceding US tour.

Kay is touring the new Soundcraft Vi6 mixing console in parallel to his Sou

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UK - When in late 2003 STV (part of SMG plc) decided to vacate its cramped city centre location in Cowcaddens in favour of the new Pacific Quay development overlooking the River Clyde, great care had to be given to the design and ergonomics of the new facility.

The task facing the station as it relocated, would be replacing 120,000sq.ft with just 65,000sq.ft of real estate, into which they would force an expanded infrastructure.

Project director, Tom Gallagher and head of broadcast technology, Gary Welsh, weighed up their options - knowing that in applying advanced connectivity via a Cat6 copper fibre cabling infrastructure they had the opportunity to future-proof the facility at the dawn of the new era of high-definition.

The plan for Pacific Quay was to allow offices and newsrooms to intermix with post-production, dubbing/editing suites and rest areas, while included in th

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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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Italy - Italian manufacturer LDR has recently introduced the white Canto followspot, developed specifically for houses of worship and for applications were a full white followspot is required.

"We listened to our customers and they told us white followspots would fill a need," says Fabiano Besio. "With the reception we've already received, we know this is exactly what our house-of-worship customers are looking for, and LDR is proud to provide it."

Seamlessly blending with the interiors of most houses of worship, the white Cantos fit discretely into the décor and enhance the worship service instead of detracting from it.

The white colour applies on the whole LDR Canto Range (120/230 volts) and are now available through local dealers.

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UK - Digidesign today announced the new Digidesign Mbox 2 Mini, an ultra-compact, USB-powered Pro Tools LE system that packs professional features into a robust, easy-to-use audio workstation. The newest and smallest member of the Mbox 2 family, Mbox 2 Mini delivers superior sound quality and professional hardware design, and is the most affordable Pro Tools LE system ever, says the company.

"When we released our highly successful Mbox over four years ago, we were very excited to make Pro Tools available at just over £300," says Dusty DiMercurio, marketing manager of Digidesign's personal studio product line. "With Mbox 2 Mini, we're proud to expand our Mbox 2 family to include a solution under £200, reaching a new level of affordability for a Pro Tools LE hardware/software system."

Powered by Pro Tools LE software, the Mbox 2 Mini ships with a

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USA - GoboMan, the online gobo and sales company, launched a full line of colour filters at this year's LDI tradeshow in Las Vegas. GoboMan was founded by Rebel & Steve Hoffman in June of 2006 with the aim to create a company that offers strong customer service selling cost effective lighting accessories directly to end users. The addition of their new GoboMan Color Filters, consisting of 116 colours in 20"x24"sheets, is the next step in creating a hassle-free, one stop experience for their online customers, says the company.

"To add a line of colour filters was an easy decision for us to make and rounded out what we already have to offer," says Hoffman. "We manufacture on a high-grade polymeric base material using a wide range of accurate and consistent colorants for optimum performance and life. GoboMan's colour filters are surface coated for excellent

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Denmark - When the MTV Europe Music Awards arrived in Copenhagen to celebrate the best in Europe, Arena Seating was brought in to provide the seating required for the event.

The Bella Centre in Copenhagen was the venue for this year's show, which was presented by Justin Timberlake and saw performances from the likes of The Killers, Snoop Dogg, Muse and Keane. Awards were presented to Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera for Best Male and Female Artists, while British bands led the way with Best Group going to Depeche Mode, and Best Alternative to Muse.

Specialist event seating company, Arena Seating was brought in to supply the audience seating for the show, which had to be built to very specific requirements. The seating layout was built in a three-quarter circle shape, raised up in the air by one metre.

Bradley Merchant, account director of Arena Seating explained: &qu

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The Netherlands - In the early 1990s, the city of Almelo in The Netherlands anticipated the volume of traffic on its roads would significantly increase. The solution they decided to implement to allay the problem is a demonstration of both forward thinking and innovation.

At the behest of traffic management specialist Vialis, part of the VolkerWessels group, Dutch system integration specialist Hecla Professional Audio & Video Systems were called in to develop a full colour city DRIP - Dynamic Route Information Panels - on Almelo's main arterial roads. Lighthouse LED video screen was chosen as the display solution.

On 13 of October 2006 a 4 x 2 panel 25mm Lighthouse screen, measuring 4.88 metres wide by 1.82 metres high, was set up on the Henrietta Roland Holstlaan. This LED screen was the latest addition to this system that is designed to manage both existing traffic and futur

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Ukraine - Based in Kiev, Ukraine, Gali-Leo's permanent sound crew includes five people and their offices employ about 20 full-time employees, plus several freelancers who are frequently on call for their bigger events. They cover most parts of production including lights, stage, audio and backline. Until now the company was well known mainly as a lighting and staging company, but they have now expanded to full production.

Dimitri Pruidze, the managing director of the company and his team first found out about Adamson's high-end sound reinforcement products at Frankfurt's Music Messe in 2001.The final decision to purchase Adamson came when Roger Waters rolled into town with Adamson as his top pick on the technical rider.

They have now upgraded to a large system comprising of 16 Y18, eight T21 Subs and four M15 Multipurpose enclosures, all of which are powered with Lab.gruppen a

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Russia - Community Professional Loudspeaker's Russian distributor, Arsenal Music, was awarded a Gold Medal by the jury of the 'Stations of Russia' exhibition. The award was presented for the company's contribution as a supplier of hardware to the Russian Railways with quality sound equipment.

The 'Stations of Russia' exhibition was held in early November; Community's sales representative for the region, Sylvia Fritsch, commented: "'Stations for Russia' is very different to the usual pro audio exhibitions we're so used to. Being market specific it enables real focus on the needs of the application, and Community is unique in being to able provide such a range of all-weather systems, with high intelligibility over a comprehensive range of distances and coverage patterns. The Russian Railways need a broad range of loudspeakers for indoor and outdoor use and there is no greater

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Australian - Specialist Australian contractor Saltec Audio Visual and Electrical of Bankstown, New South Wales has undertaken some significant Turbosound-based installs during 2006, ensuring that the clientele of several Sydney bars have the perfect audio backing for their leisure time.

Describing itself as 'eclectic, warm and decadent', the Dome Bar at the exclusive Crown Hotel prides itself on its ostentatious décor. So not only did Saltec have to provide a top-quality audio system which would primarily handle background music, but also be suitable for the bar's Friday and Saturday night DJ slot, but the loudspeakers needed to be visually unobtrusive.

Saltec's Stephen Askins chose eight TCS35. "The client wanted a good quality of sound with an even coverage throughout the venue," he says. "We chose TCS35s as we had used them in other venues with great s

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UK - Andy Abraham, the 2005 X-Factor runner-up, brought the repertoire of easy listening and soul standards from his debut album The Impossible Dream to the Royal Albert Hall this month at the culmination of his tour.

Sound reinforcement for the Production North event saw Wigwam Hire dress the acoustically-difficult RAH with a Martin Audio W8LC/W8LM system, placing the operation in the hands of FOH engineer Mark Littlewood, and his system tech Jon Brooks.

Since first mixing Massive Attack at the venue back in 1998 Littlewood has learnt much of the room's characteristics; and with technology advancing apace both he and Jon noted how well the Martin Audio line array combination had sounded last time the two men rigged it here - for a show by G4 - particularly the front-fill sound created by the Mini Line Arrays.

With a large ensemble including drums, bass, acoustic and

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USA - Bandit is touring with this year's Country Music Awards' 'Horizon' winner and 'Female Vocalist of the Year', Carrie Underwood. Lighting designer, Seth Jackson, and Bandit's own lighting director, Drew Gnagey collaborated with David "Fuji" Convertino to program and direct the show.

Underwood is out on her first tour, supporting her multi-platinum album, Some Hearts.The tour includes everything from headline dates, to fairs, to special guest slots on tours such as Kenny Chesney and Brad Paisley. To handle the variety of situations, Jackson and crew put together a simple system that is able to merge into whatever house or headline artist's system that they might encounter.

The Underwood show carries a riser package and a swaged velour backdrop. Upstage, on the floor, there are Martin MAC 2000s. Built into the set are six towers that each have a Vari*Lite VL

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USA - Color Kinetics today announced that its LED lighting technology plays a key role in Regency Enterprises' family holiday comedy Deck the Halls, which Twentieth Century Fox releases nationwide on November 22.

The comedy, starring Danny DeVito and Matthew Broderick as dueling neighbours, thrusts intelligent LED lighting into the national spotlight as DeVito's character attempts to turn his house into the world's biggest and most brilliant holiday display. His ambitions are realised when the entire house is transformed into a traffic-halting multimedia light show made possible by Color Kinetics' LED technology.

"This is a film that literally hinges on the lighting -- where the lights are a central character. Anything less than spectacular would have failed the story," said Jason McKinnon of Electric Aura Lighting Design, who conceptualised the lighting seque

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UK / Italy - AIM listed Screen Technology has announced a major commercial order with Sambers Italia SPA - Hantarex, a leading manufacturer and supplier of flat screen displays.

Under the terms of the initial €1.7 million deal, Sambers Italia SPA - Hantarex, which is based in Milan, Italy will purchase Screen Technology's proprietary ITrans tile components which it will use to create high resolution modular displays and supply them into its own customer base. Sambers Italia SPA - Hantarex is anticipating a significant increase on this initial order during 2007.

The ITrans modular system offers customers displays that can be configured to any size or aspect ratio without any compromise on image quality simply by seamlessly bolting together modules. Incorporating the features of Screen Technology's standard large format displays - high resolution, high brightness and image qua

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Hong Kong - Bosch Security Systems has supplied fire and emergency voice alarm systems to Hong Kong's new AsiaWorld-Expo exhibition and events centre.

Completed in December 2005, AsiaWorld-Expo adjoins Hong Kong's Chep Lap Kok International Airport built on a man-made island 25 kilometres from the city. With more than 70,000sq.m of rentable exhibition, conference and entertainment space, the new centre is Hong Kong's largest event facility.

Bosch has provided AsiaWorld-Expo with equipment and accessories from its Universal Intrusion and Fire Alarm Panel 2000 Series together with the Fire Monitoring System and Praesideo, the world's first fully digital public address and emergency sound system. The systems are integrated with each other and with external control and emergency monitoring systems. The total project is the largest of its kind in the Asia-Pacific region for Bosch S

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Norway - Norwegian city Trondheim has recently been changing the local Dock House into a concert hall called Dokkhuset. Owned by Trondheim Jazz Forum, Jazz Centre of Middle Norway, Trondheim Baroque Music and Trondheim's association of classical soloists, the venue's schedule is consequently turned to both classical and jazz music; Dianne Reeves & Mory Kante feature among the artists who have performed recently at the Dokkhuset.

Scandec Systemer, L-Acoustics distributor in Norway, provided an L Acoustics sound system for the venue. The configuration is comprised of two arrays of thre ARCS, and two stacks of SB218 subs. Two 112P self-powered speakers are used as first delays in mid point of the audience, and two 108P are located at the rear restaurant as second delays.

Bj°rn Johnny Valsgård, sales manager in charge of the project at Scandec Systemer, explained: "The m

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