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Vienna's Fanzone, organised jointly by the city of Vienna and the tournament organisers UEFA, which provided entertainment and screenings of matches on big screens. Stageco was asked to provide the structures for the main stage itself, in Rathausplatz, a large Communications Centre, the Supervision EM 2008 (a public video viewing support) and a huge experiential marketing zone for the public, Meinl's Kaffewelt, welcoming 12,000 visitors per day.

Stageco Germany had no fewer than five project managers working on the Vienna Fanzone, including Stageco Germany's managing director Werner Herbst, who project managed the structure in Rathausplaz. Here, the company provided its Micro Arch stage, which hosted a variety

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Owned and managed by equipment rental specialists Music Bank, users of Waterloo Sunset's facilities range from A-ha to Will Young, with Paul McCartney, Kylie, Queen, Muse and Madonna just a few examples of the calibre of artiste who rehearse their live shows there.

In addition to a considerable number of TFM-450 wedges and a range of TMS-3 mid-high cabinets, the facility has recently taken delivery of a pair of TA-500DP digitally powered Aspect Wide cabinets and TSW-218 subs.

"Waterloo Sunset's four (North, South, Blue and Green) rehearsal rooms are all equipped with the very highest standard of equipment and the Turbosound wedge system delivers exactly what artists need - high quality on-stage sound

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With mostly dry weather and a fantastically eclectic Glastonbury musical line-up including Kings of Leon, The Fratellis, Amy Winehouse, Jay-Z, Goldfrapp, Leonard Cohen and The Verve, there was plenty for audiences to smile about - including an all-new PA system design that saw RG Jones extend its contribution in 2007 from the stage sound to the main arena PA.

Engaged last year to provide full control systems and stage monitoring, this year the team was brought in by Chris Beale of CBA and Dick Tee, respectively Pyramid Stage sound co-ordinator and production manager, to supply a powerful, pristine, controlled sound solution and a highly experienced crew for both stage and FOH.

In charge of the South London based company's team was FOH engineer Simon Ho

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Low end is covered by a combination of six flown 600-HP subwoofers per side, along with eight 700-HP subwoofers per side on the ground. "Chris Pyne (FOH engineer) wanted a powerful but present low end, with both power and attack. Therefore we suggested the 600-HP and 700-HP together as an ideal combination to achieve that," explains Paul Timmins, Capital Sound's project manager.

As the massive production utilises the entire stage as a visual backdrop, a centre hang of

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After going roofless in 2007, Centre Court has assumed a more traditional look following the installation of the permanent non-moveable new roof. At the same time the seating capacity will increase by 1200 to 15,000, and the East and North stands have been equipped with upgraded leisure facilities.

The dilemma facing Jon Berry from RG Jones Sound Engineering, the All England Club's long-term pro audio contractors, was in finding a system that could be installed on a temporary basis for this year's Championships, knowing that immediately after the event it would need to be removed in preparation for the third phase. A soffit will be added to t

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"Sport brought some elements from the lighting rig we used last year for Prince: 21 Nights in London. I cloned the information from the London show (for which we had several weeks of rehearsals) into what we had at Coachella," says Fyssicopulos. "Once on site, we used an ESP Pre-Visualization system to massage the show and adapt it to the festival. A

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The Power Wrap is an art installation created for The Georgia Institute of Technology, by Amy Landesberg Architects with students from the Power Wrap Workshop, College of Architecture and the Georgia Institute of Technology. It was a recipient of an American Institute of Architects Merit Award and earlier this month received an Award of Excellence from the Atlanta Urban Design Commission.

The project goal was to screen the unsightly substation equipment that spread over several acres. It consists of a 500ft long screen made up of 75 panels; each panel has three sections of differently rotated vertical steel louvers, so that visibility varies depending on orientation. In daylight there is a visually rich pattern of light and shadow and at night, a surpris

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The Edinburgh-based company, now in the fifth year of trading, has been supplying and installing theatre equipment throughout the UK and is currently working on major projects in Theatre Royal Newcastle, Edward Alleyn School Dulwich and Usher Hall Edinburgh.

Strand Lighting offers a comprehensive and competitive range of luminaires, dimmers, control systems and software to answer the creative needs of lighting professionals in theatre, television, film, themed environments and architectural applications.

As part of the Strand expansion there are also exciting new products coming out towards t

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Adjacent to the stage, Arena Seating installed a bespoke, three tiered platform. It comprised a disabled viewing area with access ramps on level one, sponsors and VIP guest seating on level two and VVIP seating at the top level, complete with a cover, to host Mr Mandela, Prime Minister Gordon Brown and guests.

As an additional facility, Arena was asked to install a lift at the rear of the grandstand, making it easy for the guests to access the structure with minimal effort.

Arena Seating's sales and marketing director said: "It was a privilege to work with 46664, RW Productions and Live Nation to contribute to an event

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In December 2007, a jury of musicians, celebrities and journalists listened to the numerous CDs and invited the best 120 bands to take part in live concerts, with eight bands each appearing in 15 German cities between January and February 2008. After the heats, this was whittled down to eight bands, who competed in the final round at the Musikmesse in Frankfurt.

At the international music expo, the groups performed live under PR Lighting XL 700 spo

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Sports News: More than 90,000 visitors to the Beijing Grand National Stadium will hear the words of the opening speeches of the 2008 Olympic Gasmes mixed on two Aurus desks installed in the stadium's central control room,, which will be fed via a Nexus audio network to the sound reinforcement system of 220 line arrays. Additionally, around 40 billion TV viewers around the world will view the opening ceremo

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The public's appetite for it has shown no signs of diminishing. Despite having played across the world and having spawned an entire genre of dance shows and with production values far more akin to rock'n'roll than anything that had gone before in the dance genre, Riverdance continues to delight audiences in many countries.

Sound design for all Riverdance productions is by Mick O'Gorman and his sound design company MOSCO,

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CBA Wireless Events, the networking operations part of CBA, founded by Chris Beale in 2005, has been quietly developing event-proven, mud- and rain-proof, battle-hardened wireless IT, networking and telephony services to event sites. This was the company's second year at Glastonbury - where Beale also doubled his duties as Pyramid Stage sound coordinator - delivering those services to every corner of the sprawling site that for the other 50 weeks of the year is Michael Eavis's working dairy farm.

Beale has long been an enthusiastic embracer of technological progress - including the UK's first wireless linked festival PA delay stacks at Doningto

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The tour - which proved as popular as the 2008 TV series - featured the 10 finalists including winner George Sampson and other popular artists like Kate & Gin, Strike and Nemesis - plus two runners up. It was a fast-paced, high-variety show playing UK arenas and theatres.

Farmer's design was based on having a clear, clean stage and the flexibility to light each of the 12 very different performers differently and dramatically. The backdrop was a large projection screen filling the whole upstage space, and he also has to avoid light spilling onto this.

The lights were positioned on a box truss and across upstage and downstage trusses, with the moving lights a mix of Robe ColorWash 700E ATs and ColorSpot 2500E ATs.

The front truss featur

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The size and shape of all cartons for the Microflex products, ULX Wireless Systems, and three PSM Systems (PSM400, PSM600, and PSM700) as well as the strength, durability, and product protection they provide will remain unchanged. As an environmental incentive, the elimination of the Mylar coating and full-color graphic printing on the cartons increases the recycle-ability of the packaging.

"We currently produce a wide variety of full-colour packaging across all product lines, but recently made the decision to move toward a more environmentally friendly design for several products," said Terri Hartman, director of b

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Andy Wright, managing director for Aethra UK says: "Aethra is a very special company and I am proud to be spearheading their new operations here in the UK. Our offices have already been set up and I've recruited a team of specialists to work

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Series producer Jim Parsons, of Spin TV, commissioned Red TX for the seven-episode project, which features live performances from three bands per episode. Additional tracks are also made available by New Stream Media to download via the O2 mobile network and online.

To date, four episodes have been recorded featuring Paul Weller, The Courteeners, Scouting For Girls, The Enemy, One Night Only, Amy McDonald, The Zutons, Alphabeat, Royworld, The Charlatans, We Are Scientists and Newton Faulkner.

Red TX director Conrad Fletcher, who is the engineer for the project on board Red TX's main OB truck, says: "It's a fantastic series to be involved with because o

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Situated in a breathtaking seven-story high glass atrium, The Comcast Experience is a joint gift to the citizens of Philadelphia from Comcast Corporation and Liberty Property Trust.

By transforming a public transportation hub into an artistic focal point for the city, The Comcast Experience encompasses a number of important "firsts." From a technology standpoint, the world's largest four millimeter LED wall is 83.3' wide by 25.4' high, and is comprised of 6,771 Barco NX-4 LED modules. With 10 million pixels mounted in a seamless flat array, the wall provides an extremely high degree of photo-realism - five times the resolution of high-definition television. Behind the scenes, Barco image processing equipment includes six DX-700 LED digitizers, s

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"We are proud to announce the launching of our UK operation, which is another major milestone for our company and an indication of the worldwide strength of the American DJ brand," said Scott Davies, general manager of the American DJ Group of Companies. "ADJ products are already known and well-accepted in the UK, and having a facility and staff to specifically service that market will only further increase our presence there."

The UK operation is headed by Kris Dawber and Dave Swin, who have a combined total of more than 16 years in the lighting and sound industry. As a result of their experience, Dawber and Swin

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Following the launch of English Heritage's new Heritage at Risk register The Theatres Trust highlighted the importance of its own work with local authorities, theatre owners and the public to secure historic theatres for future generations. Director Mhora Samuel added: "English Heritage is encouraging local authorities to make use of its new ambitious and syste

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AKG's K181DJ headphones work for Ravi because they were designed specifically to meet DJ requirements, says the company. "I love the way these headphones reflect what's going on in my mix," Jakhotia adds. "With other headphones I've tried, you can't get that deep low end and all the highs. These give me all I need for everything I've got going on. The sound is incredible."

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The hours are based on the projectors running non-stop from their first full day of operation in late August 2007 through June 17, 2008. The routine changing of the consumable components, some of which may have been replaced during this period, is part of the normal expected maintenance and is not counted.

Christie confirmed the high reliability of its

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Kurt Heitmann, senior VP of marketing CP Communications and sister company Total RF Productions, explained his firm's use of the LightViper: "We furnished our clients, ESPN and NBC, each with two complete 32X8 LightViper fiber optic audio systems in our 'booth kits'. The audio run from the golf course to ESPN's SportsCenter golf set was around 5,000 ft., nearly a mile away. From this location, ESPN also handled their

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The two day festival is a celebration of everything Celtic, with Celtic food, folk tales, dance and most importantly, music. The event hosted eight bands over the two days from Ireland, Brittany and Wales.

"I have managed monitors for the festival for several years and decided to use A&H's digital system this year," reports Roland Dupertuis, from Allen & Heath's Swiss distributor, Decibel SA.

Comprising an iDR10 stage rack and iLive-144 control surface, iLive managed a range of musicians playing a diverse range of instruments from electric guitars and bass, to harps, mandolins, bagpipes and accordions.

"All the musicians praised the sound quality on stage, and the scene recall is very fast