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First UK venue to be 'AnswerBack Enabled' is the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham where rehearsals for the show took place during early June. Over five kilometres of cable linked 2,200 handsets to each other, and to ultra-speedy processors, which identify the players' fastest response to within a thousandth of a second. AnswerBack Interactive's MD Paul Krisman says "During the course of our largest shows we will be processing more than 10,000,000 messages with a peak greater than 7,000 per second - this is more than 10 times that achieved by the London Stock Exchange."

Other venues offering the AnswerBack Enabled facility include the Eastbourne Con

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Horn Distribution in fact, has been operating since 1991, when the two men set out to build a portfolio of brands that they could represent exclusively in Poland. Denon was among its first serious brands in consumer electronics but the company soon realized that there was a huge demand for Denon Pro products.

To implement this, Horn Distribution set up a Pro Division and employed a dedicated sales force. "Adding Denon Pro produ

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Adding to the potential of Norway's main sound rental company and complementing AVAB Cac's expansive portfolio, the systems' have recently deployed on a musical adaptation of legendary Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen's classic Per Gynt.

Staged in Norway's oldest theatre Den Nationale Scene (DNS), the production was directed by Robert Wilson and co-produced by two of Norway's largest theatres Det Norske Teatret and DNS - the score written by Michael Galasso.

Featuring as part of a sophisticated sound system, the Trantec systems' were specified by sound designer, Bjarte Vage. AVAB's Arthur Botnevik collaborated with Vage form the early stages to ensure that all the aspects of

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The Museum itself is in front of the complex and consists of a 22m high dome and fiv

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As a hugely creative sound design tool, it offers the quality and functionality of highend live sound mixing systems at an affordable price. Plus Venue is the only live sound mixing environment to feature an optional direct digital link to the industrystandard Digidesign ProTools systems. As a modular base system it is infinitely configurable, supporting up to 96 mic inputs and 27 bus

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"Flipse was looking at using a digital screen to offer its clients a variety of services," explains Hecla's marketing and sales director Jos den Hartog. "There were several options - magazines, photographs in the shop window, etc - but they were looking for new and exciting ideas that would create the maximum possible impact."

Hecla advised Flipse that if it was to achieve the constant attention it wanted, an LED video screen was the ideal solution and should show not only the r

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The purchase price is £5m million in cash. Theme and Bar Show generated £2.1m of revenue and £0.6m of EBITA in the year to end of June 2004. The proposed acquisition should be earnings enhancing in its first 12 months and is expected to exceed UBM's hurdle rate of return in its first year. The transaction is subject to approval by the OFT.

These businesses will report into Bernard Gray, CEO of CMP Information (CMPi) and United Advertising Publications (UAP). Gray said: "These leading publishing ass

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Skills necessary to participate include an ability to solder, read schematics, interpret shop and job drawings and program lighting consoles, as well as a basic working knowledge of DMX512 control wiring and computer networking. Attendees should also have basic computer sk

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Number One Piccadilly at the London Pavilion is a listed building occupying the triangular site bounded by Shaftesbury Avenue, Great Windmill Street and Piccadilly Circus - which was previously occupied by Rock Circus. Plans include flexible layouts which will create a high quality central London venue ideal for events for up to 1,000 guests - including room for 500 seated hospitality, and a 500-seat auditorium for sporting fixtures such as boxing or snooker which will be unparalleled in the West End of London.

Making the announcement at Lon

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The initial phase of installed technical infrastructure at the venue involved the design and specification of a JBL VerTec line array audio system, ready for the grand opening last year. A year down the line, it was the turn of lighting to take centre stage.

In the interim period, explains Villa Marina's chief lighting technician Alex Davidson, they utilized a hired lighting rig. This gave them the ideal opportunity t

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It is freely admitted by those at Durham, that for many years, their speech reinforcement system in the Cathedral has needed updating. Unfortunately, there have also been spots within the Cathedral where the spoken word has been unintelligible due to the intense natural reverberation caused by the Gothic architecture. It was decided that a new sound system should be installed to include new microphones, induction loops, video distribution, CCTV and control circuits associated with the upgrading of the speec

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Each of the lightweight, 1m x 1m units of PhantomFrame supports 16 clear polycarbonate tubes, each housing 16 high intensity LED pixels spaced 60mm apart. The space between the tubes is just air, allowing the window shoppers in Kurfürstendamm to see the PhantomFrames as well as the full range of the new BMW 3 series in the showroom behind.

Lars Wolf, managing director

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The Suzhou manufacturing facility has been conducting production trials for several months, but is now at full production of selected product lines. In March, Shure appointed Oscar Fulvio Hernandez as plant manager for the facility, which features the same calibre of superior testing equipment utilized in other Shure plants. "Just like all of our other plants, the Su

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A typical configuration of the rig, as at Birmingham, involved a three-wide, three-high main hang each side, comprising six Aspect TA-890H touring mid/highs and three TA-890L touring LF cabinets, all used in horizontal orientation. Britannia Row augmented the main hangs with an additional two-by-two hang of T

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Moonlight took the decision to purchase 12 CDR 208 S and 12 CDR 208 T mid/high cabinets having won the contract for BUGA 2005 in Munich. BUGA (Bundesgartenschau) is held throughout the entire summer, from late April to early October, and is a spectacular horticultural festival celebrating three gardening seasons in five months. Moonlight is responsible for providing all the sound equipment for the entire festival across five different locations throughout the summer, including COHEDRA an

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The exhibition takes visitors on a journey from Arthur Dent's kitchen to the far reaches of outer space. It brings to life the witty and satirical narrative of Douglas Adams' iconic story. Blackout's hire and sales co-ordinator, Nico Beukes, collaborated with Silver Knight's project manager, John Nearn, to ensure that the three bespoke drapes met his exacting specifications.

Designed in a range of sizes, the fibre-optic starcloths, measured 12.2m x 12.2m, four metres by one metre and three metres by four. They played an integral role in the rich set design, which combined over 200 original props, creature

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Massteknik's Claes Winberg says: "We purchased the R16 screens because they have excellent resolution, picture quality and the weight of the panels makes them easy to install for this type of application. Of course the price is always important and they offer a very good return on investment.

"Also, because Massteknik isn't running the screen - Tivoli is handling that in-house - they must be easy to use. The Lighthouse screens fulfil all the necessary cr

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Distribution had previously been handled by Blackburn-based HSL. Simon Stuart, managing director of HSL, commented on the change: "Our core business is production, which has grown very rapidly over the past few years. With greater investment in people and equipment, and many more systems out on major shows and events than ever before, it has been difficult committing the resources to the distribution of Community that this diverse brand deserves. Our relationship with Community enabled us to discuss matters openly to find the best way forward for both parties."

Stuart continued: "I think the establishment of Community UK is the right decision for both of us. HSL will continue

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In 2002, after 35 years, the venue finally closed its doors to live music, only to be reopened in August of last year under new management. In addition to improving the Stone Church's dining facilities and decor, the three new co-owners chose to hire regional sound company L. Wynn Sound to come in and completely retrofit the venue's ageing PA system.

Tim Waterhouse, who co-owns L. Wynn Sound with John Woo

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The list of audio gear chosen includes 24 H.A.R.D. 212 SP monitors, 20 Butterfly Hi-Packs, eight Victor Live subwoofers, 12 T6.5 power amps and two Genius 26 signal processors. The contractor for the production and the fitting out of the entire event is Rome's Limelite.

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System designer and project manager, Jean-Pierre Robert chose to use BSS Audio's proprietary Soundweb DSP engine. "We needed a multi-purpose system solution for sound capture, sound distribution and live recording-broadcasting, since the Notre Dame Cathedral also has its own radio station (Radio Notre Dame).

"The next challenge was to re-think the entire network within the cathedral using optical cables, the previous analogue network

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With immediate effect, Vaughan Sound Installations (VSI) will be responsible for the entire service and support of the Group as a whole. VSI, through expansion, will also now undertake the small to medium contracts for PAI Group as well as continuing to contract in its existing markets. Five additional staff have been recruited to meet the demands of this expansion.

Lighting Technology Projects (LTP) will continue to operate as usual from its Coleshill HQ in Birmingham. LTP, as before, will be responsible for the Group's architectural and theatrical lighting activities.

The newly formed PAI Group Ltd along with Link AV Ltd will in combination utilize the skills and experience gained over th

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Vertigo and X-Lounge, which can function as two venues with Vertigo on the 17th floor housing the main DJ booth and X-Lounge on the 16th floor with a second DJ booth, has established itself as a key venue for international DJ's, hosting artists from Bedrock and Renaissance labels, and the Indonesian leg of the DMC World DJ Championships.

"The Management refused to compromise on the quality of the equipment for the sake of budget, ensuring that every

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Trilling said: "I would never have imagined that I'd win. This Revolution's going to get a real workout with us at QVC!" The two QVC studios broadcast live, 24 hours a day, year round, so flexibility and dependability - hallmarks of the Revolution - will be appreciated by QVC say ETC.

Opinion about this year's Showtech fair in Berlin has been unanimously positive. Show organizers reported a 4.8% rise in attendees this year, many of whom visited the ETC stand and saw the unified European product portfolio, which includes the ETC, Transtechnik, IES and Avab lighting brands.

Interest was particularly high in ETC's Congo lig