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Stage One, which provided services and expertise for the 2004 Olympic Games opening ceremony, and whose clients include Sainsbury's, O2, British Airways and Marks & Spencer, says it will continue to provide the originality, skill and expertise that the company has become renowned for, to make sure that any live event - no matter the size - runs smoothly. As well as scenery manufacture, the company provides complementary services including its motion control system Q Motion and Hangar Staging. Wood says:

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Generic Lighting gives attendees the opportunity to find out more, discuss with product representatives and have a hands on comparison of lantern ranges from Selecon, ETC, Strand and others, plus an opportunity to visit the warehouse and offices and meet the team. There will be special lantern offers exclusively available on the day.

Their next event on October 7th 2005 entitled Flash, Bang and Feedbackwill feature a demonstration of Pyrotechnics by Le Maitre and Radio Mics by Sennheiser, Sony and Trantec.

(Jim Evans)

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"The design is based on versatility and change on the fly," says Fallon. "We were trying to achieve a design and system that would work in multiple venues, from fairs to arenas to casinos to corporate shows. Having a multi-media show gives me the versatility - it's large enough and yet compact enough."

"DL1s with the Digital Eye gives us the ability to use live camera shots. Chas Herington [of Zenith Lighting], from whom we sub-r

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In fact, the companies exhibiting at PLASA 2005 have the expertise to make anything possible. Live8, for instance, showcased many of the developments that have seen the entertainment and installation technology sectors grow into a global industry worth an annual £10bn (£1bn to the UK economy alone). From nightclubs to shoppin

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In order to successfully gain admission to the PLASA Awards judging process, each nomination must prove to the chairman of the judging panel that it has some claim to be called 'innovative': it must offer a new opportunity, create a new of thinking or working, or in some way advance technical practice. This year, the PLASA Awards will also see the re-introduction of the Award for Environmental Impact - a discretionary award with which the judges

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The primary sites that DPA worked on were the Borups Højskole, a glass-ceilinged school hall; the Øksnehallen, a redeveloped slaughterhouse; and the jewel of the festival: the beautiful 1,000-seat Glassalen in the Tivoli Gardens. Thorough acoustic evaluations of the venues were carried out by DPA¹s audio specialist Eddy Bøgh Brixen. In the Glassalen he ca

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"Guy Vignet, president of DV2, Adamson Support for Europe, closed the deal and stated, "MPM is an important member of the European Yaxis Network. This year they contributed to festivals in France, Belgium and Italy. They are a pleasure to work with and it's great to see all their work paying off."

(Jim Evans)

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"Matt and I had to put our heads together and come up with a design that would work for the both of us," said Audio Adrenaline LD Jeff Lava. "We had to pack everything in one truck, so we were very limited, but the fun part of it is we had to think outside the box."

"It was a challenging project," stated tobyMac's LD Matt Waldner. "We needed to have a lighting rig that could fit into small venues and not look small in bigger venues. We ended up with five revis

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PA rental specialists, Concert Sound furnished a significant EAW KF760 line array system for the main stage and a number of smaller systems for the other stages plus three engineers for the duration of the event. At the same time, on the other side of the Atlantic, rental company RCS Corporation of Cleveland, Ohio, supplied a massive KF760 system for the US National Scout jamboree at Fort AP Hill in Virginia, which welcomed over 30,000 scouts from all over the US and beyond.

According to Concert Sound's Andy Davies,

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The production team, including director Mark Romanek, producer Arif McGarry, and production companies Anonymous Content and A52, filmed the band on a massive sound stage in front of a half crescent back wall composed of 640 Versa TUBEs placed on approximately 6" centres. Since the TUBEs were used without diffusion sleeves and the surrounding structure is quite minimal, the lights appear to be suspended in midair.

"I'm very flattered with the fact

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Richmond Studios was presented with the Video Encoding Quality Excellence Award - for The Charlatans' Live At Last DVD. This, the band's first ever DVD release, was recorded live at Brixton Academy. The DVD was designed and authored by Richmond Studios.

Bill Kuper, DVDA board of directors and CTO of Screenlife, commented: "The content on this disc, a live concert, consisted of very difficult footage - lots of quick cuts, stage lighting with delicate colour gradients and smoke. We tried very hard to find flaws but could not. The quality of the encoding was indeed excel

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"The show and the recording went flawlessly," reports D:Fuse from his project studio in Austin, Texas where he is recording and mixing the chill disc that will accompany the live performance set on the two-CD album. The album is due for released in September on Moist Music, through Sony's RED distribution wing.

The Xone:62 was a critical component of the live performance, he continues. "That's the mixer that I've used for year

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"He doesn't have a large area to cover, so we supplied a system comprising a total of six JBL Control 23 compact loudspeakers, a Pioneer PD-M603 6-disc multi-play CD player and a Harman Kardon HK3480 amplifier with an integral FM."

Quadruples' Chandra Vekaria comments: "It's only a small system with a budget to match, but Sound Division approached the job with the same professionalism as they woul

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Recommended to use ice*lighting Super Battens by Richard Martin Lighting, LD Nigel Catmur created a blend of video effects across the Super Batten Array, together with conventional LED lighting effects to provide a stunning display never previously available without the use of a media server. The wide display angle (140°+) allowed lighting effects to be picked up by TV cameras from shallow angles and the LED diffusion system powered by Bead*light Technologies abolished pixelization and significantly reduced the flare normally associated with LED "look-at" light, say the company.

The ice*lighting Super Batten recently won the ABTT lighting product of the year and

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The iDR unit not only controls levels and zoning for the 4 Martin Audio speakers but also uses some of its powerful processing features, such as output delays and parametric EQ's on the outputs, to eliminate feedback for the large number of Sennheiser lapel mics that the school uses, as well as a wide variety of media playback devices. Soft keys on the front of the iDR unit are programmed to easily recall presets for the different events t

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"The Regional Service Centre will act as an extended arm of the Vari-Lite factory after fulfilling all the rigourous paperwork and technical training requirements as required to become an authorised Vari-Lite Service Centre," said Julie Smith, Vari-Lite support services director. "This will serve our customers better by minimising equipment downtime, increasing product life span via timely qualified maintenance, and reducing customers repair expenses through logistical savings. It will also serve to facilitate future training and knowledge transfer to all

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Mike Leaver of Multiservices Ltd reports, "CGA were very efficient and supplied us with the best product and service we needed for our customers."

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Each concert has a specially installed temporary infrastructure among the trees in the forest, and attracts crowds from 3,000 to 5,000 people. Pearce ran the stage power from a pair of synchronised 200kVA generators. Power distribution was installed to the dressing rooms, bar areas, catering and at Westonbirt, hospitality area.

The stage lighting was suppl

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The new studio will accommodate up to thirty musicians and aims to provide for the classical, jazz, commercial and contemporary music recording that Gateway and Phoenix have become recognised for. Tie lines to the enormous, and adjacent, F Stage at Pinewood will make full orchestral recording available in the future. A location recording facility will also soon be available. Engineering staff of both studios will be at the new

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By granting summary judgment for Color Kinetics, the Court determined that there was no genuine dispute of material fact and that Color Kinetics was entitled to judgment as a matter of law against Super Vision on Super Vision's claims of invalidity of Color Kinetics' patents, and that the patents are infringed by Super Vision. The Court also found that Color Kinetics was not guilty of inequitable conduct regarding its actions with the US Patent and Trademark Office, as alleged by Super Vision. As such, no trial will be held on these issues.

"This major win vindicates Color Kinetics' intel

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Speedy comments: "The current Gilev tour utilises 48 Pulsar Chroma panels, 24 Vari*Lite VL6c, 12 Vari*Lite VL5, 12 SGM Palco, 12 Par 64 and 60 Egg Strobes, all of which have to be programmed on the day at each venue over a very short get-in period. I needed a console that could be programmed extremely quickly and be able to deal with 'on the fly' changes during the show, as well as being able to handle a range of different fixtures (

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''Our main markets are corporate presentations and conferences, so speech intelligibility and multimedia applications are our focus, as well as mixing the artists and bands that perform at these events," comments Ducab's account manager, Dennie Tenniglo. "We needed a new high-quality PA system with a console that is both compact and multi-functional - the ML3000 was the best choice.''

JacoRent - the rental division of system integrator, Jacot - specializes in corporate events, conferences and presentations. The company has a large client base in the local and national governments, and selected the ML4000 VCA con

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Production manager Lynette Woods-Reynolds managed the area for the 11 weekly evictions, which was expanded for the finalé episode when the last four contestants were evicted in front of the live audience. Woods-Reynolds explained: "We brought in a brilliant team of suppliers, who worked really well together to create a live event that looked great on television, which was what most of the people around us were concerned with. We had so much equipment in there we had to limit the public guests to 750, then there were the sponsor's guests,

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Lighting was designed by Gatto & Associates and the show utilised 18 Robe ColorWash 1200E ATs (with electronic ballast), four Robe ColorSpot 1200E ATs and 180 Source Four Pars to outline the ring - all controlled with an Avolites Pearl 2004.

This follows the announcement of Circuit's newly acquired dealership with Robe Show Lighting, which sees this rental company now exclusively carrying the full range of Robe automated fixtures. Circuit Lighting has now completed the first phase of its inventory overhaul and has replaced all existing automated fixtures in the rental and production department with Robe ColorSpot and ColorWash 1200 ATs and E ATs, and Robe Co