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The spectacular gala event is broadcast annually on the eve of Chinese New Year by state-run China Central Television (CCTV). It is estimated that this year's show, held on 13 February, captured some 96% of the Chinese television viewing audience on the mainland and had more than 700 million-plus viewers worldwide, including large numbers of people watching the show live via the internet.

The CCTV Spring Festival Gala, which has grown into a genuine cultural phenomenon since its inception in 1982, runs more than four hours and features a colourful assortment of diverse entertainment, including pop songs, dances, crosstalk, stage comedies and drama, acrobatics and other folk arts.

For this year's show, CCTV deployed a High Definition LED

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Mayar Abbas, managing director of Dubai Artistic Innovation, who delivered the lighting equipment together with InHouse Productions reports: "The grandMA2 was chosen as the lighting designer felt it was the best console for the job. The advanced programming functions were extremely useful, as well as the networking, allowing the grandMA2 light and grandMA onPC to become full tracking backup console

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As a lighting partner in Music City Lab, TLS created an Elation showroom at the facility, featuring some of the lighting supplier's leading products and technologies. Included are Elation's EWDMX wireless DMX control system, Impression RGB LED moving head, Platinum Spot 5R with Philips MSD 5R lamp technology, Design Beam 300 spot/wash/beam projector, and Opti Tri Par RGB LED

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Chairman Uli Behringer said: "This online feature is a simple, high-tech solution that will allow visitors to view all of our new products, and gain valuable information on the brands without ever leaving the comfort of their living room."

Behringer continued: "Attending multiple trade shows can be costly and time consuming for our dealers. We believe this is an innovative alternative that just makes perfect sense. We also encourage customers to follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and to check out the new product demos on YouTube."

At the upcoming Mus

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The exhibitors include: Ampetronic, Ateis UK Ltd, Baldwin Boxall Communications, BC Technology, Cloud Electronics, Communication Technology, CUK Audio, Current Thinking, DNH World-wide, Duran Audio, EAW, Fuzion plc, Gent by Honeywell, Ikon AVS, Institute of Acoustics, Neutrik (UK), Rackz, RCF, RK Sound Engineering, RW Salt Communications, Sennheiser UK, Shuttlesound Telex Communica

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Mirage is specifically designed for the rental market, featuring a robust structure and a quick, tool-less connection system that allows it to be assembled and hung on a truss system in a few minutes. Roadies and riggers will appreciate the light weight at ju

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"The XLC system is a great product from EV, we have a number of customers that are using the system in a variety of events," commented Richie Hiranandani, marketing manager. As we have resigned from our position as a distributor of EV products this sale will be our last XLC system."

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In fact, there will be two stages this year, both fully equipped with a Peavey Versarray line array system powered by Crest Pro 200 Series amplifiers. Featuring ribbon drivers, neodymium woofers, angle-adjustment technology and multiple rigging options, Versarray represents Peavey's entry into the line array market. Each stage will benefit from a Crest CV 20 48-channel console to handle FoH duties and a Crest HP-Eight (40 frame) to run monitors.

The stages are side by side and are being run as A and B stages, flip-flopping from one

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There are two wedding suites in this guesthouse style venue, each consisting of a chapel, garden and dressing room (called the Bride's Room), with a Banqueting Hall accommodating approximately 120 seated guests. This allows two weddings to take place simultaneously.

When it came to lighting, the owners were looking for something contemporary and completely different to make their venue stand out from others - the wedding market in Japan is fiercely competitive, and there are more than six other wedding facilities - including hotels - with the facilities to host weddings in the same business complex.

They approached Robe's Japanese distributo

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To manage the problem, Thurman contacted Tim Landry Sound Construction of nearby Mandeville, LA. "Mumford Stadium is a classic horseshoe shape," notes Tim Landry. "The scoreboard is at the open end and has to cover the entire stadium. That's a throw of over 400ft to the far end. The fi

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Having recently bought his own Avolites Tiger console, Parry emphasised: "It was great to use a desk that I knew wouldn't fall over and the Tiger was the perfect size, enabling me to go from tent to tent programming the lights, and then leaving it backstage for the evening."

The glamorous wedding organised for over 1000 people

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This substantial installation was completed entirely under the aegis of the Tabernacle's in-house technical team, led by Trevor Bowron and Ian McAlees, members of which were unanimous in their choice of the 42-fader Vista 5, the first digital console for the church.

"There's a lot of experience in our team, much of it gained from the broadcast industry," says Ian McAlees. "So we were well-versed in Studer's reputation for reliability. As well as the capability to handle the large number of sources

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The console was sold to Neumo's by K. Berry Associates, a leading Seattle-area sound and lighting systems sales and installation provider, which also provides the club's other sound and lighting systems. Bay Area-based Plus 4 Marketing sold the Si2 console to K. Berry Associates.

Neumo's is a complex venue, hosting its restaurant, Pike Street Fish Fry, and the aptly named MOE BAR neighborhood pub, as well as its VIP Room. But the concert hall side of the business is its priority, with advanced lighting production, a serious sound system, and a carefully scheduled music calenda

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The brief was to supply a system that would provide high quality sound for up to 100 passengers. The system needed to be loud whilst retaining clarity.

Utilising the voicing of the D8 D-Lite Speakers, Savilles were able to install a high quality audio system within the constraints of the customer's budget.

The Violet Audio ADP61 Studio AV Preamp Decoder was installed to process the surround-sound before being fed to the Biamp MCA8150 8 channel amplifier. The MCA8150 delivers 150Wat

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The Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress began its remodel to comply with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Green Lodging programme, a voluntary initiative for hotels and motels across the state to adopt cost-saving green practices to conserve energy, reduce water consumption, protect air quality and reduce waste. In order to become a more environmentally conscious organization as well as to reduce its extensive utility costs, resort managemen

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"In the 20-plus years I've used Beyer mics, I've always been impressed with the sonic quality," states Hansen. "These mics sound like studio mics onstage. I don't want hyped midrange or narrowed spectrum to assist in feedback rejection, I want to hear what I'm putting out, and Beyer does that in a big, warm way. I sing a demanding range of music, and I'm very particular about what I need to hear, so I choose Beyer, every time."

"We carry two systems right now, based on the new Opus 900 wireless with the EM981S condenser capsule," says monitor engineer Lorenzo Banda, who has been with the band three years. "Bar none, it's one of the b

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Located at the historic 63 Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, iSQUARE was built to be Hong Kong's premier shopping destination, providing a shopping and entertainment experience. iSQUARE chose Lighthouse's P10-FA 10mmFront Access SMD panels for their high brightness and contrast ratios ensuring the screen would be clearly visible in the mall's high ambient light environment.

Comprising 30 panels, the 3.84m (w) x 2.4m (h) screen is situated in between iSQUARE's third and fourth floor concourse, a high traffic area where thousands of shoppers pass through every day. Thanks to its wide 140-degree viewing angles, shoppers will be able to view advertisements and promotional messages, and other im

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The in-depth SIM 3 seminar, taught by Bob McCarthy and Oscar Barrientos, provides participants with a thorough theoretical and operational understanding of source independent measurement and a solid grounding in application of SIM analysis in the design of complex audio systems. The seminar gives a brief review of SIM theory and system development, followed by a comprehensive discussion of field use procedures for the SIM 3 audio analyzer.

The seminar then extends the foundation of SIM measurement into sound system design. Participants also look at the complex interaction

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Acting as a US distributor partner, City Theatrical will sell Vectorworks Spotlight and Vectorworks Designer software through their distributor network of more than 200 lighting dealers in all major cities.

Nemetschek North America, in turn, will be able to offer their customers the product Lightwright 5, a quintessential tool for tracking all aspects of selecting and arranging, numbering and comparing, assigning, and footnoting lighting paperwork.

"The partnership between John McKernon's Lightwright and Nemetschek North America's Vectorworks is a natural fit," stated Gary Fails, presid

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Johnson has used the grandMA2 light on a number of other tours and events this year, including Maximo Park and Tracy Chapman. He likes many features of the grandMA2 light. The screens and faders are a "joy" to use. He's also impressed by the hardware the build quality and the sheer speed at which it saves.

He's now experienced a few tours and software upgrades with the grandMA2 light, and with the latest one, is very happy enjoying the power of the new effects engine within his sequence stacks, and watching them slow-fade in and out as required. "The spe

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That's Spain, Italy and China in one breath, so perhaps we shouldn't be surprised to find Germany added to the mix, for when it came to audio, Feng Pan of Nanjing Li Te Mei Technology Co, Ltd recommended loudspeakers from d&b audiotechnik. "There is a recent tradition in China for dance clubs to install enormous PA systems," explained Pan, "much bigger than is needed. The owners of S

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"As a long-time provider of large scale, all-weather loudspeaker systems, we have had a long association with the Winter Olympics", commented John Wiggins, Community's vice-president of business development. "In Turin 2006, Community loudspeakers were installed in three of the major venues. This year Canadian contractors have installed many more Community loudspeakers, not just in host venues but also in numerous practice venues. There's been a major focus on these venues' longer term benefit to their communities."

The Speed Skating Oval in the Vancouver suburb of Richmond is the first Olympic venue to install Community's Entasys compact three-way, full-range, weathe

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In 2000, TSO created two separate touring groups-TSO East and TSO West-to allow the band to cover more ground, and they've maintained that format ever since. Last year, as the band was clearly maxing out their monitor board, the conversation got the ball rolling to implement DiGiCo SD7s for both touring outfits. They previously toured with D5's on monitors and the change to SD7s gave the production what they needed. It quickly became an integral part of TSO's live sound.

"I prompted the discussion early on last year for the SD7 primarily because the biggest handicap for us was the amount of outputs our show