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Australia - Cunard's spectacular Queen Victoria liner helped kick off International Women's Day activity around the globe by turning purple in Sydney.

Wearing a 60m long banner on her hull sporting this year's campaign message 'PledgeForParity', the Queen Victoria took on a purple hue as dusk fell in the city, reflecting the internationally recognised colour for women's rights, which celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women.

The event was managed by Event Emporium with lighting designed by Ziggy Ziegler and operated by Ben Ronczka. Chameleon Touring Systems supplied 31 x Martin MAC Quantums, 16 x Clay Paky Mythos, and two MA Lighting grandMA2 light consoles.

The ship was lit from both sides as well as from the bow. Ziggy required a pun

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UK - Apex has announced the appointment of CUK Audio as the exclusive distributor for the innovative, all-in-one Liviau control platform throughout the UK and Ireland. CUK has already taken delivery of the first shipment of Liviau devices, and is preparing "to hit the ground running".

Liviau is available in two flavours: the first is Liviau R for conference room control applications, now with integrated Skype, YouTube and MirrorOp streaming software in addition to its high definition audio capabilities and all the other integrated services you would expect from a conference room control platform. The second version is Liviau S, now integrating the Spotify app, which is aimed at bars, clubs, retail, houses of worship and corporate applications.

Liviau S benefits from the same high quality audio functionality as Liviau R but with greatly enhanced video and lighting capabilit

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Singapore - Loudspeaker system manufacturer d&b audiotechnik has announced the latest addition to its global network of wholly owned subsidiaries. d&b audiotechnik Asia Pacific Pte Ltd is to open in Singapore and will play a key role in the company's regional expansion.

The new Singapore premises will provide facilities and resources for d&b to strengthen its position in the Asia Pacific mobile market and make further inroads into the installation market. The APAC team will focus on supporting d&b Distributors and the company's growing customer base in the region. They will also roll out the industry leading d&b training program, providing resources and support as well as workshops and seminars.

By the end of 2016, the office will operate as a full service hub for the Asia Pacific region. The hub will enable d&b to deliver a faster service and provide a spare parts service

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Indochine X PixMob Fan Immersion

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's - 40 thousand LED pixels on a ceiling!!! Indochine's whirlwind tour transports fans to another level of the live experience - immersing them from floor to ceiling with PixMob's X4 wristbands, and an LED ceiling made entirely of its NOVA Minis! With the vision of Indochine's creative team, PixMob used its LED fan-technology to turn attendees and venues into an ocean of effects, and a starry sky of LED magic. Très très cool!

Read more about the Indochine tour in the latest issue of LSi

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UK - At the recent AGM of the Institute of Sound and Communications Engineers (ISCE) Phil Price MInstSCE was appointed President for a term of three years, taking over from Tony Smith.

At the same time, Helen Goddard FInstSCE, managing director of AMS Acoustics, was appointed Vice-President.

In his inaugural speech at the AGM, RCF executive, Phil Price, thanked the outgoing President, who remains on the Council and will serve as a Director of the Institute.

Setting out his goals over the next three years, Price said he faced a challenging period ahead. "I want to 'spearhead' much more awareness of the Institute from outside our membership," he said. "I also want to see the Institute become more prominent as a 'recognised' body for ensuring the correct standards are applied when projects and installations are competed."

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Europe - L-Acoustics has announced the appointment of Scot Wakelin as regional manager, responsible for the Balkans and Central European regions, as well as Israel, Turkey, Cyprus and Malta. The newly created position reflects the company's commitment to emerging markets in Europe, which continue to represent growth for the brand.

Wakelin, who holds degrees from the School of Audio Engineering and Brighton College of Technology, is based in the UK and brings over 20 years of experience in the professional audio industry. Most recently, Wakelin handled vertical sales for the Northern European Install and Touring Markets at the TC Group, as well as developing key partnerships for the group internationally. Previous positions include sales posts at Dimension Audio and Marquee Audio as well as Crest Audio.

Jochen Frohn, director of business development at L-Acoustics states, "

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Germany - Panasonic will recreate the world's largest-ever projected image at the forthcoming Prolight+Sound 2016 exhibition in Frankfurt.

The highlight of the Panasonic stand will be a reproduction of the Circle of Light festival projection where over 100 Panasonic PT-DZ21K2 projectors created a 19,099m2 image on to a group of Ministry of Defense buildings on the Fruzenskaya Embankment in Moscow.

Hartmut Kulessa, European projector marketing manager at Panasonic, said, "The projection at the Circle of Light festival is a great example of the type of spectacular shows 3D mapping can help create. We look forward to replicating this at Prolight + Sound."

Also being showcased at the exhibition will be the recently launched PT-RZ970 series, the industry's lightest and most compact 1-chip DLPTM 10,000 lumens laser projectors. The three-model series (WUXGA, WXGA, XGA) builds

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Germany - PRG Proshop is hosting a mega sale of used equipment at the Prolight+Sound trade show in Frankfurt. The company is operating a pop-up warehouse close to the exhibition grounds for the five days Prolight+Sound is on.

The sale will run from 4-8 April and will be open from 11:00 to 19:00. PRG XL Video is offering a wide selection of high-quality lighting, audio, video, rigging, LED and broadcast technology for sale, including moving lights, LED panels, audio consoles, overhead lights, speaker systems, lighting control consoles, microphones, conventional lighting, video cameras, network technology, followspots, trusses and much more.

A detailed list of the equipment available for sale in Frankfurt can be accessed through the PRG XL Video website. Further information with regards to the exact location will be provided on the site. All products are fully tested prior t

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Germany - Green-GO, the digital intercom over Ethernet system from ELC Lighting, is set to debut the sports edition of its professional wireless system at Prolight + Sound.

Silvio Cibien, sales manager at ELC Lighting, explains, "Vistors to the Green-GO stand can expect to see all the latest developments in the field of intercoms and the range of Green-GO products available to them. We are extremely proud to be bringing both our new wireless system and also our sports edition of the system to the show. Prolight + Sound is an important platform from which to launch these products, putting us in front of a truly international audience."

The new Green-GO wireless system uses DECT wireless technology and provides all the same features and flexibility expected from the wired system. Each PoE antenna will support up to four beltpacks and simply use additional PoE antennae to ext

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Germany - Syncrolite will be exhibiting at Prolight + Sound for the first time ever (Hall 3 space A78). At the show Syncrolyte will be highlighting the new SyncroMITE Beam fixture that was introduced at LDI last year. The SyncroMITE is now in full production and will be making its live show debut next week at WrestleMaina 33 and at the Grand Finale episode of American Idol.

Prolight + Sound will be the site of the introduction of Syncrolite's first new Strong product - the Blue Box Ballast (B3). Designed to be compatible with all past followspots the B3 is a road ready upgrade for thousands for Strong followspots around the world.

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Germany - Kinesys will exhibit at Prolight+Sound 2016 in Frankfurt and be located in Hall 3.0 on stand D15 with a totally new stand design, a fresh look and a different feel to illustrate their range of standard and bespoke premium products from the world of automation engineering.

The booth will feature a widescreen video wall and also an exciting new show-reel and product videos. As always the stand will include live movement demonstrating the flexibility and creative scope of products including Kinesys' winches, as well as the integration between automation and media servers.

A DST trolley system, built by trussing manufacturer LITEC and controlled by Kinesys, will be highlighted on both the Kinesys and LITEC stands. Recent examples of this in action include M

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Germany - ArKaos PRO and High End Systems have announced a new software collaboration which delivers simple, seamless, fast integration of video and lighting control. The two companies have worked in close cooperation to create a new Auto Patch feature which enables any Hog lighting console to take control of an Arkaos media server, quickly and easily, at the press of a single button.

The new Auto Patch feature allows any Hog lighting console to automatically detect and configure itself to any ArKaos media server and its MediaMaster software, so the lighting designer/programmer can patch the media server with just a simple button-press. This means lighting designers can skip the time-consuming configuration of DMX channels and universes, and focus instantly on the creative part of their job.

"High End Systems is the first console manufacturer to forge such an association w

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USA - Built in 1971, the John Lance Arena at Pittsburg State University (PSU) in Kansas is home to the Pitt State Gorillas basketball team. The University recently received significant contributions, led by Alan and Roberta Whetzel, for renovations to the 6,500-seat capacity arena. Included in the improvements was a wall-to-wall maple hardwood floor covering the main court and two practice courts, new seating, new shooting standards and a VUE Audiotechnik sound system designed and installed by Reliant Media Systems.

The new VUE sound system in the John Lance Arena consists of four arrays and two zones of fill speakers. The two arrays that face the North and South sides of the arena each are made up of four VUE al-4 Subcompact Line Array systems and one al-4SB Flying Subwoofer System. Each of the two arrays facing the East and West ends of the arena are comprised of six al-4s a

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China - The Ko Shan Theatre in Hong Kong, China has installed MIna line array loudspeakers to upgrade its long-standing Meyer Sound system. Used to discreetly support a schedule of Cantonese opera productions, the compact Mina system was chosen for the 1,031-seat theatre due to its low profile, as it was important to theatre management that the system had zero visibility.

"The Mina system has been more than just a technology upgrade - it has truly transformed our entire audio operation and system workflow," says Yeung Tsz Yung, the theatre's resident deputy technical manager. "We are very impressed, and truly appreciate the support Meyer Sound provided before, during, and after the installation."

Aesthetics proved to be one of the project's most significant challenges. "The Mina arrays are hung within cave-like concrete compartments, and concealed behind black mesh cloth-t

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USA - The Ultra Music Festival keeps expanding in dazzling fashion. Now in its 18th year, the three-day multi-sensory experience of bright lights and fast beats continues to draw bigger and bigger crowds. A large share of the more than 165,000 people who jammed into Miami's Bayfront Park for the festival this year trekked over to the World Wide Stage to see EDM superstars perform under a high octane lighting rig created by Steve Lieberman of SJ Lighting.

Given the shoulder-to-shoulder density of the crowd, not every fan was lucky enough to get a direct centre stage sightline. Still everyone in the crowd got a clear and direct view of the action on stage (and on the lighting rig), thanks to an innovative design by Lieberman, which drew on sharp, clearly defined "fingers of light" from 36 Chauvet Professional Next NXT-1 moving LED fixtures.

"The large crowd at the World Wide

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USA - Establishing an identity with young worshippers is essential to the success of church youth conferences. While many conferences rely on colourful on site banners to accomplish this goal, Love Is Red has taken this concept a step further, putting its logo in pixel mapped lights, using the Nexus 4x4 from Chauvet Professional.

The largest Christian youth conference in the Midwest, Love is Red draws thousands of 17- to 29-year-olds from throughout the Great Lakes region for three days of worship, learning sessions, and music from noted Christian bands such as Elevation Worship, which recently reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts with Here As In Heaven. Contributing to the experience at the conference is an engaging lightshow that is anchored by an impressive centre stage logo display created with Nexus 4 x 4 LED panels from Chauvet Professional.

"We wanted a dyna

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USA - As many fans are getting their first look at one of country music's hottest performers, Cole Swindell is quickly winning over crowds nationwide on his first headlining tour. The production team needed to create an impactful tour design that would best accentuate the experience of the music. Wanting an expansive gear list that also included HD LED video, the production turned to Nashville-based Elite Multimedia who provided quality lighting and video solutions, along with a custom set cart design as well, all fitting in a single truck for travel.

"On this tour, it really all starts with the music and the artist behind it," began production manager James 'Mo' Butts. "As a passionate songwriter, Cole is also a high-energy performer so we wanted to incorporate quality HD video into the tour design to heighten the experience for this headlining tour. When looking for a tour p

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New Zealand - PA company, Noise Productions Ltd., employed its new Allen & Heath dLive digital mixing system to provide various broadcast feeds for the annual International Sheep Shearing competition, The Golden Shears.

Sheep shearers from more than 25 countries travel to the small rural town of Masterton in New Zealand every year to compete for the most coveted title in the international sheep shearing calendar, which takes place in a 1600-seat stadium.

Coverage of the event is broadcast live to various national and international networks, provided by local AV provider, Noise Productions Ltd, which has been providing live broadcasts of the event for the last three years. This year, the company utilised its new dLive system, comprising a S7000 Control Surface with DM48 MixRack and DX32 expander rack, to provide the audio mix for the live broadcast.

"The new system lite

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USA - The transition from academics into the working world can be daunting. That's why for the last 17 years, ETC has offered the LDI Student Sponsorship, which gives undergraduate seniors and graduate students an all-expenses paid trip to the LDI tradeshow. ETC selects five students from North America and at least one international student to participate in the programme.

This year's show will be held 21 to 23 October, in Las Vegas, where you could get a jumpstart on networking and job hunting, and stay up to date on the latest technology trends. By taking a few short minutes to fill out the application at www.etcconnect.com/LDISponsorship - due by Wednesday 1 June - you could get your key to a brighter future.

Are you nervous about graduating and no longer having a faculty advisor to help guide you? ETC's LDI Student Sponsorship gives you the chance to get that support.

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UK - West London based lighting and visuals rental company Colour Sound Experiment continued its three-year association with the Rudimental and lighting designer Jonny Gaskell, suppling lighting, associated rigging and crew for their most recent UK tour which included a sold out show at London's O2 Arena.

Colour Sound was brought in by Jonny when he became involved with the band. "Once again the service was fantastic as you expect. Everything was spot-on, and H (Colour Sound's MD Haydn Cruickshank) ensured that the kit was absolutely optimised for the available budget as well as supplying an amazing crew."

The award winning band are still riding high on the success of their second number one studio album My Generation and on this tour played a real mix of venues, mostly academy sized in the UK, followed by the O2, then larger venues in Europe.

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UK - The Theatres Trust responds has responded to the Culture White Paper published by the DCMS on 23 March 2016.

Says the Trust, "We are pleased that the Culture White Paper recognises the absolute importance of the arts and culture in people's lives - in education and the economy; within local communities and internationally. Whilst the ambition of the White Paper shares much with Jennie Lee's paper of 50 years ago, in our own 40th Anniversary year we agree that the economic challenges faced today are very different.

"So we welcome initiatives to promote the role of culture in place making through the new Great Place scheme; improve access to the arts through the new Cultural Citizens programme; and support the development of the historic built environment through the establishment of new Heritage Action Zones.

"We look forward to playing a full and active role in th

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Italy - Adamson Systems Engineering has announced that Audiosales, the Italian company based in Sorbolo (PR), Italy has joined the Adamson network. The announcement was made by Jasper Ravesteijn, Adamson's European sales manager.

Since opening their doors in 1996, Audiosales has provided the highest quality professional audio equipment to production and rental companies, performing arts centres, theatres, and system integrators throughout the area. The company takes pride in doing extensive research on every brand they represent to ensure the highest performance and reliability.

"We are very excited to distribute Adamson in Italy," explains Stefano Rocchi, Audiosales owner. "Adamson has tremendous brand awareness in our country and we see an enormous opportunity with the new S-Series in our market."

Audiosales has taken delivery of a full complement of Adamson gear inc

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