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The approval process involved full technical audits carried out by LEEA officers which led to some minor changes to processes to ensure best practice. Certified LEEA training for all staff was also carried out. All LTM workshop staff are now fully certified by an independent body to carry out hoist and lifting equipment assembly, inspection and maintenance.

LTM's John Jones reports, "We are upskilling to allow work on more complex projects. All LTM engineers are now LEEA certified with Team Cards whi

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The film sees Jennifer Lopez's return to the big screen in this romantic comedy co-starring Alex O'Loughlin.

Summit was asked by production company Premier PR to 'float' a double sided screen 4m in the air outside the cinema on the north east corner of Leicester Square. This allowed the crowds of fans waiting outside, gathered on both sides of the road, to clearly see all the red carpet action as celebrities and beautiful people rocked up for the screening.

Summit's team starred project manager Jay Call. He has worked on two previous events for Premier PR in Leicester Square, both which involved hanging a single sided LED screen in a similar floating fashion, with no visible lifting frame or suppo

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As part of Stage Electrics' long standing commitment to training, which includes support in the past to the Northcott Theatre in Exeter and RADA in London, a new sponsorship agreement has been put in place with the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama to provide financial assistance to students who would otherwise be unable to take up professional work placements of their own.

The RWCMD's thriving Stage Management department which offers a three-year BA (Hons) Stage Management degree course at their Cardiff campus is accredited by the National Council for Drama Training and at the heart of the sponsorship de

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"We made contact with Hi Tech Audio in Frankfurt" says Ben Sinclair, VMB's export manager, "and it was immediately apparent that the company was an ideal partner for the Mexican Market. They knew our product well and were aware of all the features and benefits the product delivers. Their approach and experience in the sector leave us convinced that they will do a fantastic job in promoting the brand and offering superb service and sales."

The Mexican distributor recently premiered the TL-A220 at Expo Sound Check and was able to demonstrate to the Mexican Pro Audio market the Line Array lifting system.

Jose Antonio Martinez, from Hi Tech Audio said, "We are very happy to introduce to Mexico a completely

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ARX Managing Director Colin Park finalised the distribution agreement with R.M.S's Rafael Jimenez and Alvaro Elena at the recent Frankfurt Pro Light + Sound.

R.M.S is a subsidiary of Meyer Sound Spain and currently also represents Digico and Whirlwind.

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Specified and subsequently installed by local company and dBTechnologies distributor Smarthouse and Office LLC, the full audio system was put to the test on its opening day. "There was a live band and a presentation, in front of many guests as well as the city mayor," says Konstantine Beruchashvili of Smarthouse. "We supplied dBTechnologies' Opera speakers for two floors of the new shopping centre for the opening ceremony, and I'm pleased to report that both the installed and the live system sounded perfect."

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Clay Paky sales and marketing manager Pio Nahum presented the company to the guests, stating, "Clay Paky is a sturdy company, which has managed to get over the crisis that affected the world economy unharmed. We are counting on the strength of Hermes Music to grow further in the Mexican market."

Francesco Romagnoli, Clay Paky sales manager for North and South America, said "There was an immediate mutual understanding between Clay Paky and Hermes Music both on a personal and business level. Hermes Music is very w

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"The Audient console is used in our flagship control room," says course tutor, Dan Armstrong. "The room is fed from two Roland REAC-based Digital Snake setups, supplying 32 channels of mic lines. The console is used heavily for tracking, mixing and programming. We've got Mac Pro running Logic 9, and ProTools 8, which feeds into the console. The (Alesis) HD24s also feed directly into the console across all 48 channels."

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Control for the rig as a whole is from an ETC Eos control system, including an Eos 8K desk and RPU backup together with a remote video interface (RVI) complete with X-Keys keyboard, in order to provide video to the lighting designer, Paule Constable. Well known for her work in the fields of opera, drama and musicals, Constable has specified 48 ETC Revolutions among the moving lights in the rig, which also includes 40 ETC Source Fours of varying beam angles.

Commenting on the Eos, she says, "I'm the world's biggest fan; it does everything I want it to do. As well as running the lighting, I also had it running a Hippotizer media server and F:light s

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There are more than 670 events being held in the UK in 2010, according to efestivals.co.uk guide. PRS For Music put the boom down to promoters appealing to all types of music fan by offering a wider variety of events, with innovations including crèches for families. "They're growing this market with incredible acumen," Mr Page said at t

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Audica Professional manufactures the MICROseries range of electronics and loudspeakers combining for commercial background music, corporate AV and audio communications. For applications such as retail outlets, restaurants, hotel public areas and guest rooms, meeting rooms, museums and visitor centres the MICROseries systems fit neatly below the level serviced by Tannoy's product range and both TCGA and Audica Professional view the expanded offering of the two brands as very complementary.

"America is key for most pro audio manufacturers",

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Tarkeeb AVL is a new division of leading rental company Pro4 that has been set up to supply lighting, video and audio solutions, design, consultation, sales and installations for all types of projects and venues, including restaurants, hotels, multi-purpose and live entertainment venues.

Robe's Middle East regional sales manager Elie Battah explains that he had been looking for a distributor in Jordan for some time as the market is strong there.

Pro4 has been using Robe moving lights exclusively for the past eight years, and so the brand already has a track record in the country. "When they decided to set up the new division, it made real sense to offer a distribution deal" confirms Battah.

Through their work with Pro4, the Tarkeeb team had also already received all t

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The Pieter de Somer and Gasthuisberg auditoria are respectively the oldest and newest lecture theatres at the university, but each needs to provide an equally high quality experience for the users of the induction loop systems.

"The university has students who are hard of hearing, but its administration also realises that l

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Having created a strategic event framework for the delivery of complex road closures, crowd management and health and safety programmes, innovision also project managed the parade itself.

With agreement from London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham, Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea and the Metropolitan Police, innovision managed all elements of the parade, which saw two open-top buses transport the team from Stamford Bridge, along Fulham Road, down Hortensia Road, along King's Road and New King's Road. At Eel Brook Common the buses stopped, as interviews with key members of the team were broadcast live to the crowd via a big screen

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The building, a 190,000sq.ft structure located on a 20-acre campus, was designed by award-winning architect Rich Varda, along with RSP Architects. The architecture evokes the topography of the American Southwest with a richly textured Indian limestone façade. Interior galleries are linked by an undulating central corridor known as 'El Rio'.

Stage Technologies Las Vegas installed an automation system in the museum's 299-seat Music Theatre. The team worked closely with general contractors Ryan Construction and co

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Budapest-based AV Control won a competitive tender to secure the contract for supplying an internal and external LED screen for advertising, choosing Lighthouse panels to maximise the effectiveness of the two sites.

The exterior screen consists of 4 x 4 panels of Lighthouse P12-ER panels and is located next to the main entrance, while the internal screen is positioned close to a central circulation area and meeting point, comprising 8 x 6 panels of P10-FA. Both are controlled by a Crestron Control System via Lighthous

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Halpin has become a devotee of the Impressions, specifying them on Alicia Keys' recent Freedom Tour. "I was impressed with their power, flexibility and reliability," he stated. "Given their compact size and speed they can be placed in areas where most traditional fixtures cannot."

Explaining the design rationale, he added, "For the Westlife tour, William was keen to create a feeling of height akin to city skyscrapers. The Impressions were the obvious choice and I constructed a series of 10ft and 20ft custom ladders to peer over th

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DB's technicians have been at the Hampshire site since January preparing the internet and telecommunications systems and services that will be available for all exhibitors at upcoming event (19 - 25 July).

The massive task involves DB supplying 600 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephones and over 400mb of internet bandwidth. These will be serviced via a Cisco controlled network incorporating over 100 network switches, 20km of fibre optics and 10km of cabling.

The project is being overseen by DB's Internet & Telecommunications Division, which was set up earlier this year after the company expanded into the internet and telecommunications market.

Grahame Jones, Operations Director for Farnborough International,

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Thanks to some help from Maryland-based Gadget Media and Elation Professional lighting, Hollowell Church was able to convert its existing gymnasium into an adequately-sized part-time worship centre at a fraction of the cost of constructing a new facility.

"The church had initially drawn up plans to build a larger worship facility, and it would have been a very nice building, but construction costs were skyrocketing at the time. What they conveyed to me was that if they built it, they wouldn'

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David Gallo won the 2006 Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical for The Drowsy Chaperone. His recent Broadway credits include Memphis, Xanadu, Company, Reasons to be Pretty, and August Wilson's Radio Golfand Gem of the Ocean.

Christine Jones' work includes American Idiot, for which she has received a 2010 Tony nomination, Julie Taymor's The Green Bird, her 2007 Tony Award-winning Best Scene Design of a Musical for Spring Awakening, as well as work Off-Broadway, in opera and regional theatre.

Jeremy Railton has worked around the world on architectural projects, themed attractions, theatre, film, TV, live c

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Vicky Fairall comments: "Our Credit Crunch Gobo, which we launched last year to celebrate the formation of Goboland UK, has been so successful that we have decided to continue the offer indefinitely."

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Featured at Ring°Werk are a variety of multimedia attractions, exhibitions and dining/retail experiences, including the Ring°Racer rollercoaster; Grüne Hölle multimedia theatre; 24hr Race in 4D; Motor Mania dark ride; Truck Grand Prix simulator attraction, and Nürbus Eifel Tour, a simulator-based tour through the Eifel Forest. Finally, Test°Center is an interactive exhibition revealing the secrets of the car industry.

Tasked with design and project managing were specialist visitor attraction consultants, Design Vision, who in turn contracted DJW as the AV project manager and systems integrator on behalf of the client. DJW were responsible for the de

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Artistic Licence managing director Simon Hobday reports, "It was our first time at PLASA Focus and I was very impressed with the organisation, venue staff and general atmosphere of the show. We met a lot of new customers and discovered the potential for many more. We also gained very valuable feedback, not only about our products but what is missing in the industry.

"The new DALI products, Rail-DALI-DMX and Rail-DMX-DALI, generated a good deal of interest. The received customer feedback has already given rise to another new product which we will release within the next six months."

Artistic Licence also showed products across the Art-Net and DMX Distribution range. This gave the customers nort

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The Pavilion is a spiral-shaped structure that curls the exhibition space in a double loop, with pedestrian and cycling lanes and a central harbour bath as the main features. A colour-changing architecture that pulsates with life as art, the media facade gives a new form of expression and experience for the visitor as a communicative and interactive facade.

More than 3500 full-colour LED lamps have been installed in holes in the Pavilion's perforated external walls. The lamps are controlled by day lighting and temperature sensors installed in the Pavilion, which combined