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Through this partnership, Aethra now offers managed business-grade multi-videoconferences over dedicated IP networks. Furthermore, the service permits the connection of High Definition videoconferencing equipment, enabling companies that do business across the globe to leverage exceptional quality virtual meetings for more effective, reactive and flexible communication.

The service is targeted in particular at companies with multiple branches and/or international offices, which require secure, reliable and effective video communication solutions for high-profile collaboration and events. Custome

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The "eagle" was designed by Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton-Jones who worked closely with Rob Fowler of Element Labs London office to realise their concept. It consisted of 281 1m HD Versa TUBES and 120 half metre long HD Versa TUBES. The Versa TUBE H

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See Sound Lounge describes itself as the implementation of logic and ergonomics, utilising neutral, linear and organic elements to create a clean and minimalist environment, where contemporary and ultra comfy sofas, ottomans and day beds articulate the true meaning of lounging.A glowing, streamlined bar with Italian leather bar-seats, DJ booth, luxurious private guest room, open air façade, and soothing water fea

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University College of Dance is the only school of its kind for dance and neocircus in Sweden. It features a variety of courses and a lively atmosphere of challenge, innovation and experiment plus a meeting place for the arts, sciences, theories and concepts - old and new.

Right from the off, the project architects and theatre consultants agreed that a tensioned wire grid system above the full area of the theatre space was the safest and best way forward. They contacted Slingco as Europe's foremost designers and experts of this specialist technology.

Slingco received the enquiry from Dick Hasselblad of Tater-Konsult Hasselblad, who was wo

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Maya was developed by the award-winning teams behind some of London's most successful Clubs: Pangaea, The Cuckoo Club, Amika, Movida and 43 South Molton. "FogScreen projection screen is a new and exciting technology which allows a unique interactive branding tool for patrons and corporate clients alike," states Markus Thesleff of club Maya.

In Opera, David Judaken, who is also the mastermind behind MOOD Nightclub, has once again created a vibrant and stunning atmosphere for his Hollywood A-list celebrities.

"FogScreen is pleased to welcome Opera and Maya to the reference list," says Mika Koivula, CEO of FogScreen. "FogScre

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According to InnovaSon's international sales manager, Philippe Pelmelle, the timing for this latest agreement is perfect. "Portuguese distribution had traditionally been handled by our Spanish distributor," he explained, "but it goes without saying that a market is almost always better served by a local rather than a remote partner. As we have recently appointed a new distributor in Spain, it was the ideal opportunity to separate the two markets and establish a Portuguese distributor based in and dedicated to serving that territor

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Set on the banks of the River Clyde, the BBC's new high definition television studio complex was opened by the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, on 20 September and is a bold departure from traditional TV studio premises.

Showlight 2009 will take place from 16-19 May and will be of interest not only to TV lighting directors, but anyone involved with entertainment and architectural lighting design. The BBC's high definition equipment will be utilised to illustrate papers from all genres of lighting, including theatre, film, event, education, architecture and, of course, television.

Organising committee chairman, Ian Dow, said: &q

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Varizone Line Managers were installed to monitor 128 analogue speaker lines in accordance with DIN 60849. The Public Address System is used for public announcements, individual and automatic announcements at the gates and voice evacuation.

100V technology was chosen as it seamlessly fits in with existing equipment. The new northern amplifier room became operational in the summer of 2007. The central unit, amplifiers and Line Managers were supplied by FG-El

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The event honoured the best in the fast moving world of music-related digital innovation and communications. It was presented by Sara Cox and broadcast on Channel 4.

E/T/C UK's Andy Joyes was approached by Paul Corrick, from production company Reality, to supply projection for the event. It was the first time the two companies have collaborated, and Reality's Creative Director Alice Lindars worked closely with Joyes and the E/T/C UK team to design and programme the widescreen Awards nominations/winners graphics package plus live screen inserts.

The projection screen was curved around the rear of the stage in keeping with the nat

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Hawthorn's managing director, Martin Hawthorn comments, "Rex Howard was an obvious choice to consolidate our position as a 'one-stop' technical solutions company. Following our acquisition of Core Creative back in March we now have a successful and established base in London and the purchase of Rex Howard allows us to build on that and further expand our London presence, as well as increasing our Drapes inventory."

(Jim Evans)

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A decision was made earlier in the year to replace the Studios aging Strand dimmers and Andrew Veitch, Channel 9 Lighting Supervisor, knew exactly what he wanted; 24 channel wall mount installation LSC EKO dimmers.

"You really get bang for buck with the EKO dimmers and basically, they're very good," he remarked. "The dimmers have been installed for a few months now and we've had absolutely no problems with them. The installation by Coemar De Sisti was brilliant. They put them in and everything worked on the first day.

"With the EKO's you don't have to put any contactors in to run movi

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Fadi Serhan, the general manager of the company, has been an expert on the Lebanese broadcasting market for over twenty years, working as a broadcast engineer for 10 years before founding Vatech Video & Audio in 1996. The company, which recently opened a new showroom in the centre of Beirut, maintains excellent contact with all the major Lebanese broadcasters, and now employs a staff of seven to handle sales, logistics, engineering and support.

"With Telex/RTS systems in our portfolio, we can now offer our customers the best intercom solutions available on the market," declares Serhan. "Furthermore, the Lebanese market has put the uncertainty of recent years behind it and is now growing fast. Private broadcasters are investing i

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Space 50 is a series of events celebrating 50 Years since the launch of the world's first artificial satellite - Sputnik 1 - which the Telescope tracked - significantly marking the dawn of the "Space Age".

Creative Media Techniques (CMT) supplied all technical infrastructure - including projection, lighting, lasers and sound - and crew, working closely with show producer Dr Alastair Gunn, a radio astronomer from the University of Manchester's School of Physics and Astronomy - who conceived the event.

The CMT team was led by Richard Hawkins. The original brief involved projecting moving images onto the 75m wide dish, together with a sound system for the audio tr

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The contest is the national beauty pageant and has been held since 1952. It selects the country's representatives to the Miss Universe, Miss World, and Miss International pageants. The final competition telecast generally lasts about four hours and is broadcast live across Latin America by the television channel Venevision, with edited versions for the USA and Mexico.

"Since my first contact with MA Lighting products in 1992, my experience with them was absolutely positive in all aspects," explained lighting designer Roberto Penso, who was responsi

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Lighting for the European dates included MAC 2000 Washes, MAC 2000 Profiles, Atomic strobes with Atomic Colors scrollers and LED tubes. Lighting supply for the European tour was by Bandit Lites UK with Bandit programmer/lighting technician Greg Shipley handling lighting design duties.

"The band likes to feel surrounded by their set. After I designed and presented several plots, the band chose the final design that we carried for the tour. I chose Martin lights for many reasons but durability would have to be at the top of the list. The European tour was out for one month and there were no issues

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The 'official' tournament Breakfast was hosted by North Melbourne and staged in hall 2 of Melbourne Exhibition Centre, with all lighting and rigging supplied by Clifton Productions. The rig included Robe ColorSpot and ColorWash 1200E AT moving lights.

A long day of great entertainment ended with the post match After Party, held in the Punt Road Oval (home of Richmond Cricket Club) in downtown Melbourne - with Cliftons again supplying lighting, staging - and more Robe moving lights.

Lighting design for the Breakfast was a collaboration between Alex Saad (also the event's moving light operator) and TV lighting director Don Collins (who operated the generics). Cliftons' main systems tech was Michael Parsons.

The stage set w

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The five day event has been running for the past 23 years, and Bruce Kirk has been working on it for 22 of those. The event began as a promenade concert inside the beautiful Temperate House, once the largest plant house in the world and now the world's largest surviving Victorian glassstructure. Kirk was lighting designer for the second concert and soon became overall production manager. He is now Kew's consultant production manager for this and other major events at the gardens.

"When I first started working on the event, it was for a few hundred people inside the Temperate House," explains Kirk. "Now we have

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One of the most successful comedy and entertainment venues at the Fringe, The Gilded Balloon was established in 1986 and now operates eight spaces at what is, in real life, Edinburgh University's student union building.

In addition to the SmartFade MLs, Northern Light project manager Calder Sibbald also supplied two ETC Congo jr lighting control desks and five SmartFade desks, as well as various ETC Source FourR luminaires.

Calder says: "I recommended the Gilded Balloon take ETC equipment for the festival because of the quality of the equipment, as well as the superb after-sales service provided by the company, especially by their associateregional manager for UK & Irelan

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"While everyone at Apollo shares a concern for the environment and workplace safety, switching technologies could not happen overnight," states company founder and president Joel Nichols. "We have been transitioning into this new process for over a year to ensure laser technology met or exceeded the quality and service standards our customers have come to expect from Apollo. We are extremely pleased to be delivering our products in a cleaner, safer way."

(Jim Evans)

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The Roadshow, powered by Integrated Systems Europe, begins in the Danish capital of Copenhagen on 17 October, before visiting Warsaw (19 Oct), Prague (22 Oct), Vienna (24 Oct), and Zagreb (26 Oct).

In addition to an expanded exhibition area, the Roadshow will feature a strong line-up of education sessions, led by some of the AV industry's most respected professionals, and all provided free of charge to attendees.

"Our training sessions give attendees a unique opportunity to update their knowledge about the latest technology developments in this thirving market," says Mike Blackman, managing director, Integrated Systems Events.<

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The session will highlight the full range of the Apex Audio product line, with particular emphasis on the Argos and Hera ranges of sound level limiting equipment - proven, essential tools for any installation requiring sound level management.The seminar will also highlight the dB range of analogue signal processing, including the recently launched dB-G8 8 channel gate and dB-C8 8 channel compressor limiter along with the popular dB-Q zero graphic equaliser, and the Intelli Series of digital products. Further details can be obtained from andys@kv2audio.co.uk .

(Jim Evans)

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"We are pleased to be a part of the MVP programme and to offer our high end speaker product information to SI users," said Daniel Jacques, president of Audio Plus Services, North American importer for Mordaunt-Short, "We look forward to not only contributing to the success of the MVP programme as a whole, but also enhancing individual client projects with our advanced engineering and renowned design."

"We are pleased that Mordaunt-Short joined the MVP Programme," said Adam Stone, president of D-Tools. "Their products are cutting edge in technology and design and will give our users an additional high end product to integrate into their client's unique systems."

(Jim Evans)

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A Broadway lighting designer will provide "inspiration." A dozen theatre lighting professionals will speak. About 20 manufacturers will be on hand and have technical personnel and equipment to demonstrate.

Sonny Sonnenfeld says, "the programme is designed to educate beginners and new professionals who seek additional training. It will be 10 hours of hard work, fun, and a great learning experience."

(Jim Evans)

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Biamp has organised a series of special events to take place over the course of AV Week including visits to local area High Schools to perform complimentary hearing exams and present a lecture on the science of sound and a tour of the company's R&D and manufacturing facilities by students from the DSP programme at Portland State University.

Commenting on the declaration, Biamp Systems marketing project manager, Abbey Masciarotte noted, "With the advent of digital technology, audio and video technology pervades so many aspects of everyday life: