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14 March 2016

The video, which was made by Edinburgh-based Cagoule Productions, is for the band's latest single A4 in Ecstasy. It features two boxers battling it out in a down-at-heel ring.

Black Light supplied all the lighting for the video production. "The Lighting designer has worked closely with us in the past and knew he could rely on us to deliver the right equipment in a quick and efficient manner, at the high standard expected by video production companies," says Black Light's head of events, Stephen Reid. "The video is well worth a look, as it is lit with real imagination and shows that you can be creative using a relatively simple approach."

The video's lighting director, Ma

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"Ness is an ideal partner in Australia," says Steve Cohan, Intelix CEO. "Their exceptional support, extensive product offerings, and numerous stocking locations cover over 95% of Australia's population, making them a leader in the datacom, security, and commercial and residential AV markets."

"Ness partners with quality suppliers from North America, Asia and Europe, allowing us to bring leading edge technology to our customers in all areas of the industry," says Greg Kingsley, Ness national integrated solutions manager. "We are always looking to expand our range and co

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14 March 2016

The drpvideo team is looking for new video producers and directors keen to get started in the industry as well as both Midlands and London based editors. The drpdigitalmedia team is looking for a senior web developer, graphic designers and a presentation designer/operator to join the busy team. drpevents is looking for senior level event management staff to help deliver projects for new clients and the drptechnicalservices team is looking for production manager, senior show technician, show technician, warehouse servicing assistant and assistant stage and set carpenter.

The positions, apart from one London-based video editor role, will be at the group's Hartlebury base and are in addition to the 19 full-time and 17 part-time staff members t

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"Education is a huge part of our market. Our own business is no different and we've invested in the best communications technology throughout our new training and education offices," says Jamie Blakemore, UK sales manager at Crestron UK. "These are used throughout the year to train and educate our staff, partners, consultants, architects, technology suppliers and customers. We have about 1.000 people coming through our doors for training purposes alone annually. For the display of information, we're using nothing less than the 8,000 lumens high-brightness models of the F32 series.

"The projectors are certainly being put through their paces and able to ha

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14 March 2016

Syngenta is one of the world's leading companies with more than 25,000 employees in over 90 countries. 800 staff are employed at the Centre in Berkshire, which is the company's largest site for agrochemical R&D.

As part of an efficiency drive to increase productivity and site usage, Syngenta put into place a three part programme, which included improving communications, the main focus of which was on making The Elements Building a central hub of the site. Already home to the dining room and refreshments areas, as well as some little used meeting rooms, the Elements Building underwent a complete refurbishment incorporating eight meeting facilities plus informal meeting areas, all run by an on-site dedicated concierge.

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Debra Beckman has an extensive background in sales management. Previously, she worked as sales manager at Lumens Integration, where she was responsible for the company's higher education document camera business. She has also worked at SMK-Link Electronics and Incline Corporation, and she has led her own advertising and consulting firm.

"Debra brings a diverse range of talents to Hitachi, with a proven ability to create and implement successful sales programs," said Ray Soltys, director of sales, Hitachi America, Digital Media Division, Business Solutions Group. "With the addition of Debra to our team, we are in a stronger p

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14 March 2016

The merger has created one of the largest networks serving the industry worldwide. Operating from regional offices in Europe and North America, PLASA now has a membership of 1100 businesses, organizations and individuals working across the entertainment, events and installation industries, giving it a substantial worldwide industry voice.

The move also greatly strengthens PLASA's position of leadership in the development of industry standards, best practices and skills.

The formal merger represents the first phase of the two associations coming together, and the months ahead will be focused on the further unification of the wider range of projects and initiatives that now sit under the PLASA banner.

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14 March 2016

The C2-8000 System features multiple DVI-U input modules that accept DVI, RGB, Composite Video, S-Video, YUV and YPbPr Component Video. 3G-SDI input and output modules can also be factory fitted if required as well as audio in and out.

The two high resolution DVI-U outputs are selectable as virtually any PC or HDTV resolution. The available SDI modules also add a further two

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14 March 2016

Special Projects was formed in 2007 by directors Tim Roffey and David Green. Prior to forming the company, Roffey, one of the country's top experts in entertainment rigging and installation, spent 10 years at Unusual Rigging where he managed the worldwide tour of Mamma Mia! and engineering projects such as Old Trafford's Quadrant

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14 March 2016

Produced by Brand Events, Top Gear Live is the live arena show for the award-winning TV programme Top Gear. Featuring stunts, special effects and blockbusting driving sequences, the show packs in pyro, noise and spectacle.

This touring show features its most complex stage set to date, using 3D projection mapping to generate exotic backdrops on a 36m wide screen. Content created by Bruce Ferguson from The Darkroom has been programmed by Bluman As

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Now responsible for overseeing all aspects of sales activity conducted throughout the region, Richards comes to his new post with over 20 years of experience within the AV industry. Formerly with Jerusalem, Israel-based Kramer Electronics, where he served as VP of sales for the US market, Richards will make New Jersey his home base of operations on behalf of Liberty.

Richards effectively replaces Liberty's former Eastern director of sales Dan Reich, who has taken on new responsibilities within the company as its sales operations manager. In this capacity, Reich will assume day-to-day management of all zone managers throughout the US, order entry, and be working closely with internal sales operations revolving around purchasing, marketing, and finance.

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Working closely with the university's consultants and main building contractors BAM, IVC Media will bring together the traditional AV and IT world to provide an integrated solution which has the capacity to grow with the future requirements of the university's students and its business clients across the globe.

IVC Media will equip all the teaching rooms, boardrooms and theatres with a high-end AV system from interactive white boards, video projection right through to large screens and Crestron control system plus all audio, including PA system, induction loops and radio microphones.

"IVC senior team members come from backgrounds within telecoms, audio visual, broadcas

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Stage One were asked to create an in-the-round performance environment for the 45-minute celebratory show, which included a 360º seating block, 360º projection screen (160m x 10m) to the rear of this, a central pool that was used as a performance area and 20 different Qmotion controlled elements.

Steve Dolan, account director for Stage One, said, "The scale of this job was huge, with on-site assembly requiring over 1000 man days. However, a close working relationship with our client, along with extensive experience of working in Qatar, meant we were able to facilitate a

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The whole system was run by the light console using a Catalyst media server synchronised to the show's timecodes. The media server stored all of the various video displayed on the screens, while simultaneously managing the live cameras used for both recording the show and providing live video to the concert-goers.

This final show of the tour opened with a 25m wide Kabuki screen which appeared above the stage as the lights went

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A popular, well-connected, and highly involved member of the industry, Taylor was born in London. He studied theatre aesthetics at the University of London, followed by attendance at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and graduate studies at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Taylor spent 21 years at Theatre Projects Consultants where he was involved in a number of acclaimed and high-profile projects, including the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, New Amsterdam Theatre in New York, Hyper

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14 March 2016

These are colour LCD Monitors for the professional market. Their respective sizes are 19" and 15" diagonally and they are housed in rack mount housings that tilt up or down to optimise the viewing angle. This is particularly beneficial when circumstances necessitate that the monitors be mounted above or below normal eye level. Also included is an integrated swivel stand on the rear of both units to allow table top use if desired.

Both models feature high brightness, Active Matrix LCD Displays with wide viewing angles, PIP and POP. They are flicker-free, low radiation, space saving, feature low power consumption. NTSC and PAL Television Standards are supported and automatically detected, says the company.

Both models have two composite video, one YC, three ste

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Featuring Antari's pump system, it produces "a fine, dry fog with minimal fluid consumption". For example, just one liter of fog liquid will provide five hours of continuous fogging, so each bottle of fluid lasts longer and less time is spent re-filling the machine.

"The Antari F-3 Fazer is an advanced water-based dry fog machine that's ideal for a variety of applications," said Eric Loader, director of sales for Elation Professional, the exclusive North American distributor for Antari products. &quo

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All machines were networked via HippoNet and controlled remotely by Green Hippo's ZooKeeper control software. The individual monitors on each machine allowed the operator, Russ Grujbiak, to easily see and access all outputs.

Using one Hippotizer HD, one HippoCritter and two Hippotizer Stages, Peachment controlled all video and digital lighting via these four systems.

The Hippotizer HD fed the centre screen from one output and the side screens from the second output, with these screens going via a scan converter to the vision mixer so that they could be switched. The HippoCritter with its one output was used to drive the two Olite

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Michael Breen, Chief Executive Officer at Media Powerhouse says, "We have invested significantly in audio equipment and James's appointment continues our strategy of employing forward looking experts in their field, in order to deliver technically excellent events - kit without the right, exceptional people to operate it equates to limited use."

James Loveless adds, "The fact that Media Powerhouse continues to invest in its people and purchase the latest equipm

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14 March 2016

The space is currently taken up by the Royal Courts of Justice housing an extension to its 120-year-old Victorian gothic building on The Strand and a leading offshore bank.

Working for clients Delancey, the main contractor and installer for the construction project, LTP was brought in to provide specialist AV and integration services for both the video wall and a surrounding scenic lighting 'frame' which is prominent in the reception area.

LTP specified Philips SSL Flex MX nodes, complete with frosted shallow lenses to back light and diffuse the light evenly

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Other Sharp products on display at the show include an indoor sports installation made up of frameless 60inch monitors for pitch, track, court and arena advertising.

Darren Gaffey, UK product marketing manager, said, "The Video Cube application showcases the tremendous visual impact that can be created combining our 60-inch PN-V601 screens. We're very pleased to premiere this cube solution in Europe, especially after the excitement it cause

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14 March 2016

For the first-ever Ghent Light Festival, a large number of national and international light artists and AV companies have joined forces to create a spectacle. XL Video and Spectaculaires opted for Barco's event projectors to support four different artists and artist collectives, who want to spotlight some of the city's magic. In total, eight CLM and 13 FLM projectors support creations from noted artists like Pablo Valbuena.

"In recent years, Ghent has invested heavily in

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Highlights of the new version include: New audio layer; Extra video layer bringing the total to five layers; New Scribble Clip to allow freehand drawing on a layer; Test card clip to display test images; SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) support; Text Clip for displaying text on the screen; Optional larger toolbox icons for touch screens; Extra effects generator shapes; Add custom images to effects generator; Improvements to display profile editor; Firefox web browser; Layer size and position control through DMX.

Other Features allow users to adjust settings whilst running a show at the same time. Visit www.screenmonkey.co.uk to download and install version 3.5 and to view a video demonstrating the latest ve

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This is to service current and ongoing work due to an excellent end to 2010 and a busy start to 2011, as well as to meet the increase in client demands for HD video, and to maintain the company's policy of keeping abreast of the latest technology in this fast moving world, says the company.

The cameras are Sony HXC-100 HD/SD studio spec units. These are HD/SD switchable, can also run both formats simultaneously and have an array of programmable function buttons on the camera head. The camera uses the latest 14-bit A/D conversion circuit and 2/3-inch Power HAD FX CCDs for superior picture quality.

(Jim Evans)