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14 March 2016

Owned by The Resort Group, Tortuga Beach Resort & Spa will consist of a variety of bars and restaurants, pools and relaxation areas, a beach club, gymnasium, shops, 52 villas, 306 apartments, 14 hotel suites and a Sol Meliá brand Yhi spa. The resort will be operated by Sol Meliá. The £1.1m IVC network will provide multiple services to the resort including fast internet access, multi-channel high definition TV capabilities, video on demand, telephony, fire detection, door entry systems and CCTV all controlled by a remotely monitored, centralised manage

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14 March 2016

The Christie MicroTiles system represents a step forward in large-format display technology, offering "superior colour and image reproduction, the widest possible viewing angles, and a near absence of seams on display walls, with only a 1mm gap between the tiles," says the company.The groundbreaking LED- and DLP-based system is designed for long, reliable commercial use in public areas, with no lamps or other consumable parts to replace. The LED light engine, a key component of MicroTiles, is rated at 65,000 hours to half brightness usage, or nearl

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14 March 2016

Darya Nikolskaya, director of 360Project said: "We started the implementation of this new form of classical concert performance, accompanied by large-scale projections, in cooperation with MMDM and the Moscow City Symphony Orchestra - 'Russian Philharmonic' - some years ago when we created the visual background for a series of concerts for children. Last year we showed in the same format Carmina Burana. The concept of such pe

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14 March 2016

Pink is one of the few singer?songwriters in the contemporary entertainment world who takes on challenging, performer?flying routines herself, creating her very own captivating fusion of stage arts. Her moving rendition of Glitter in the Air brought the crowd to their feet. Never missing a beat, Pink delivered the song from her Funhouse album with typical aplomb in conjunction with an elegant trapeze act.

Pink slipped into a white silk sling that lifted her up above the stage where she remained airborne throughout the song with three gold?clad si

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Putting the system through its paces on this vibrant show was German front of house engineer Werner Schmidl who, by his own admission, didn't get to choose the audio equipment on this tour. "As someone who was used to using another brand of digital console, it was hard to convince me, especially as I only had a few hours to get into the PRO6," he says.

"However Lars Lüdemann (from Midas' German distributor Mega Audio) did a great job in training me quickly. The whole system can be easily set up in a few minutes. The PRO6 is very logical and user friendly to operate. The control surface, which works with

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Piddington is well known within the pro-audio community having held long-term senior sales and marketing positions at companies such as Sennheiser and Harman. Piddington says: "Lectrosonics have long been recognised as a global leader in wireless systems and now that Ofcom have allocated Channel 38 for PMSE users in the UK, it means 2010 presents an exciting opportunity for Lectrosonics' comprehensive product line."

Hodsman, who formerly ran his own advertising and marketing agency in the City, adds, "We are the first significant post-recessionary dealership to come into t

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14 March 2016

The Saltire Centre in Glasgow Caledonian University is home to the campus library and offers students access to the resources they need, in an open and airy environment. The £23m learning centre, situated in the heart of the university's campus, won several architecture and design awards after opening in January 2006 with the objective of integrating all learning and students services in one building.

The main atrium within the Saltire Centre has been used for events by the University, using hired in conventional loudspeaker systems, and had always resulted in complaints about the quality and intelligibility of the audio or the intrusiveness of the speaker positions.

In early November 2009, after an on-site demonstr

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14 March 2016

"Winning this prominent award means a great deal to us because it recognises the effort we put in to establishing, developing and maintaining strong relationships with everyone we work with," said Simon Wood, sales director, Stage One.

The event took place on 8 February at the Novotel, Hammersmith. The evening was hosted by presenter and DJ Chris Evans and attended by over 1000 representatives of the music and live event industries.

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Haute Qualité Environnementale (High Quality Environmental) is the standard for green building in France, based on the principles of sustainable development first set out at the 1992 Earth Summit. The standard is controlled by the Paris based Association pour la Haute Qualité Environnementale.

The garden was an integral part of architect Wallyn Sézille Eurl's vision for the re-build, and lighting it enables the space to be enjoyed after dark in addition to bringing an exciting new dynamic to the space. Naturally they wanted to use LEDs for all the energy saving and environmentally friendly properties - low power an

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14 March 2016

Once the major international trade exhibition for the entertainment technology industry, SIB saw the emergence of the Show-Way exhibition in 2007 following a split in the trade association supporting the event. APIAS, the Italian lighting and sound association, put its support behind the new Show-Way exhibition which took place in Bergamo in 2008, while a new trade association, TEN (Technology & Entertainment Design) formed by a splinter group of former APIAS members committed its support to SIB.

Show-Way, which was due for its second event this month, announced its postponement i

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The event is now in its sixth year and 80% of exhibitors from this year's show have already re-booked for next year's event - with the majority signing their new contracts onsite.

The sold-out International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) Enlighten Europe Conference also ran alongside the show. The ARC Show was further supported by an additional four lighting associations, including the Institution of Lighting Engineers (ILE), Lighting Industry Federation (LIF), Lighting Association (LA) and the Society of Light and Lighting (SLL).

The SLL presented their Young Lighter of the Year award at the show, which was won by Seda Kacel from Total Light Design Studio.

Next year, the event will move to the Business Design Centre, Islington. Event Director

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Marcin Michna, one of Transcolor's lighting designers explained the reasons for purchasing grandMA2: "After nearly two years of the completely reliability of working with grandMA 'series 1', Transcolor made the natural decision to purchase the same equipment. This time however we have invested in two grandMA2 full-size consoles, which have already been used on two TV Shows, Strictly Come Dancing X' and Got Talent II."

Continues Michna: "With LED technology now in everyday use, we realised that our existing control desks were not sufficient to manage all the differen

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14 March 2016

Today (Friday 12 February) Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL) lost an appeal against a ruling - made last October by the Copyright Tribunal - that licence fee increases it had imposed were excessive.

Shops and other businesses that play recorded music (including from television and in-store or conventional radio stations) have to pay for a licence. PPL collects the copyright fees on behalf of record companies. In 2005 PPL dramatically increased the licence fee charges. Some outlets saw their costs more than double overnight. For example one clothing retail group's bill rose from £176,

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14 March 2016

An alliance was initially formed between Trantec and Leisuretec in the early 1990's during the disco and aerobic market boom, at which time both companies enjoyed the success of the thriving entertainment markets. For over 15 years they have continued to trade, enjoying a long standing relationship. 2009 saw Leisuretec reach new heights with the brand, becoming Trantec's top grossing distributor.

Steve Baker director, BBM electronics comments: "We endeavour to understand and meet the needs of all our customers. It is particularly important when dealing with our distributors

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14 March 2016

The new building includes a functional acoustic structure with symmetrical room design, with frequency neutral reverberation time delivering a natural listening experience. The space allows the company to demonstrate not only the acoustic properties of the systems, but also hardware features like rigging and mounting options.

Modern electronic and media infrastructures are also installed. An extensive audio-video production delivers a comfortable control of all elements. Heavy load mounting point with ChainMaster D8Plus chain hoists and FD34 truss allow the mounting of bigger systems, such as K

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14 March 2016

The Nokia Concert Hall was envisioned from the outset as a multi-use venue for hosting a broad range of events, spanning everything from plays, corporate presentations, and rock concerts to opera, chamber music, and symphony orchestras. As such, the hall relies on the flexibility of Constellation to provide acoustical environments ideal for each production. Operators may select one of the five pre-programmed Constellation presets to create frequency-balanced, natural reverberation with decay times spaced between one second (off) for amplified concerts and two seconds for choral and organ m

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14 March 2016

Site of the 2008 Olympic Games sailing events, and now the National Training Centre for Aquatic Sports, Qingdao holds an annual 10-day festival, Qingdao Sea Culture Festiva, and is home to the Qingdao Olympic Sailing Centre Grand Theatre, a prestigious new venue which opened late summer 2009.

Four Robert Juliat Aramis 2500W HMI followspots have been installed in the Qingdao Olympic Sailing Centre Grand Theatre which, located inside the international marina, is the main venue for the opening and closing ceremonies of all major international events centred around sailing. The Grand Theatre also plays host to a growing number of international performances such as the recent Moulin Rouge - Passionate Europe by The Russian Song an

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14 March 2016

Stageco was commissioned to design and build a series of video wall structures across five outdoor locations in Vancouver's Whistler Mountains and at the BC Place Stadium in downtown Vancouver.

Stageco's team of engineers and R&D specialists designed a series of bespoke solutions for each location. The differing requirements of each support structure were determined by location, weight and size of the screens and the required viewing angles for spectators.

Stageco managed the design process, transport logistics and crew in advance of the icy build to start in November 2009, planning for the extreme weather conditions and transportation of material across mountainous areas.

Project manager Thierry Nataf re

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Having already lit a number of lead iconic London venues, Matt was chosen by event organisers Boutique Creative to provide a complete lighting solution for the grand final at One Marylebone.

Specialising in bringing theatrical flair and a premium service to corporate events and business communication, lighting designer Robert Jones and project manager Matthew Clutterham set about transforming the venue from a cold church into a haven of cocktail luxury, bringing out the features of the venue and enhancing Boutique's strong design style.

Boutique's production manager commented, "We have had a lot of very nice compliments from the clients. Everyone was blown away with the look of t

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14 March 2016

The grandMA2 presentation introduced the grandMA2 system theory, with its software, hardware and networking capabilities, and included the new grandMA 3D and MA VPU (Video Processing Unit).

Ridano stated, "The grandMA2 presentation was very successful. Our guests showed great interest in the new interface, the new design, the powerful hardware as well as the newly designed software. The grandMA 'series 1' compatibility mode also recei

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14 March 2016

Founded by the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) in 2006, the Global Competitiveness Forum, a meeting held annually, is regularly transmitted by TV broadcasters Al Jazeera, NBC and Bloomberg.

Through the years, the GCF has attracted thousands of eminent political leaders, multinational company CEOs, ministers, government officials, intellectuals and academicians from every corner of the globe, with the sole aim of meeting and exchanging ideas.

Due to the event's importance at international level, Events AVP, whose chairman is Sharif Tabbara - exclusive Outline distributor for Jordan - was selected, as it is a company with the necessary experience for supplying the

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14 March 2016

LTP was appointed as specialist lighting sub-contractors and consultants to SH Structures, who fabricated the 32.6m bright yellow single span steel bridge that now crosses the A40 in Acton, London W3. It was part of a major project by Transport For London (TFL) that also replaced the two 1920's Western Avenue road bridges in this area, and was conceived and designed by architects Grimshaws and consulting engineers/architects Hyder Consulting. The main contractors for construction and delivery of the project were Carillion.

The LTP team was led by Terry Reeves and Jonathan Adkins, both of whom have considerable experience in lighting bri

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14 March 2016

Event-solution have been the Bläck Fööss's supplier of choice for their big New Year's Eve shows for the last eight years, looking after every aspect of the audio set-up including mixing consoles, microphone set-up, stage monitoring, and of course the main PA system. This year, for a change, the band used in-ear monitoring. "The specially-d

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14 March 2016

The concerts, produced by Flash Entertainment, were held at Ferrari World on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi and were open only to ticket holders for the race weekend.

The stage's back wall carried the bulk of the lighting along with a giant high-resolution screen, flanked on both sides with 45m wide LED wings with additional effect lighting. Towers placed at the front corners of the stage contained front and side lights.

Forty-four Clay Paky Alpha Spot 1200 and 42 Clay Paky Alpha Wash 1200 were the mainstay of the back wall, with 20 Alpha Beam 300 fixtures placed on the wings for additional effect. Control came from three grandMA full size consoles