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South Africa - DiGiCo has announced the appointment of DWR Distribution PTY as its exclusive distributor for South Africa from April 2016.

Founded in 2006, DWR has built a reputation in the South African market for supplying predominantly lighting products. The company has grown rapidly adopting a work ethic with a motto of "it's all about the people", which ties in with DiGiCo's own philosophy. DWR provides a complete service from concept through to installation and commissioning, but more importantly great after sales service, all from a highly motivated and experienced team. As a result, it has an impressive list of brands in its portfolio.

"I was truly honored to receive a phone call from Ian Staddon from DiGiCo, who was on the search for a new representative for his pro

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Germany - Meyer Sound will debut the three latest additions to its line of sound reinforcement solutions at Prolight+Sound 2016: the MJF-208 compact stage monitor, the MDM-5000 high-power distribution module, and the Lyon-WXT extended vertical option.

Also in focus will be the Leopard linear sound reinforcement system's Native Mode, a timesaving advancement that "delivers great sound right out of the box, regardless of the array size".

The self-powered MJF-208 stage monitor incorporates the performance and reliability of the MJF-212A and the MJF-210 into a smaller, lightweight package. Each MJF-208 measures less than 13 inches high and weighs 45 pounds. The monitor delivers impressive power-to-size ratio and very low distortion in a small-footprint, lightweight option for applications that do not demand the extreme output levels of the MJF-210 or the MJF-212A.

"The MJF

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Germany - After a very successful start of 2016, wireless lighting control manufacturer LumenRadio sets course for the upcoming Prolight+Sound show at the Frankfurt Messe.

With the company's biggest trade show booth to date and a launch of a brand new product, LumenRadio is promising something extra this year.

"We've have this crazy idea for a while that high performance wireless DMX doesn't have to be reserved for the big shows with the big budgets. Thanks the success of our TiMo platform, we have been able to design something quite extraordinary that we believe will open up a completely new market for us", says Michael Karlsson, R&D Manager for LumenRadio.

LumenRadio will not only bring the entire CRMX line-up, but also showcase a wide range of products from the company's many OEM partners. "We have certainly established ourselves as the dominant force and technology

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UK - In the wake of his successful Right Here album, released back in the Autumn, former Westlife star Shane Filan and his band recently embarked on a successful theatre tour, with a set list that mixed old Westlife favourites with new material.

It also reunited husband and wife sound engineering team of Chris Pyne (FOH) and Becky Pell (monitors) - metaphorically linked by 100 metres of cable - the former mixing the house sound on a Martin Audio MLA Compact System 36.

The two had previously worked together with Kylie Minogue, Anastasia, Il Divo and the original Westlife before Chris took up his position at Martin Audio as Asia Pacific product support engineer.

In the meantime he had picked up the mantle with some of Filan's solo dates in South East Asia, while his wife has continued to work with the artist for the past six years.

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UK - Thousands of fundraisers from across the UK flocked to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park to run, swim or cycle to raise money for Sport Relief, 20 March 2016.

Blackout worked alongside Progress Productions to supply and install two Prolyte H30V PA towers in the Sport Relief Event Village, from which loudspeaker clusters were hung, to update spectators on fundraising efforts and event updates throughout the day. Truss was also supplied to construct the south gantry providing a VIP walk-in entrance to the Sport Relief Event Village.

Participants were challenged to walk or run a one, three or six-mile route around the London venue for the Sport Relief Mile. The event, led by celebrities including Danny Dyer and Radio 1's Greg James, attracted over 10,000 athletes.

Blackout director, Kevin Monks said, "With a short lead time it was paramount the load-in happened swiftly an

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The Netherlands - Playing around 180 shows a year, Dutch covers band Anderkovver (Another Cover) is a popular attraction at clubs, parties, corporate events and as a support act to higher profile artists. When the band's analogue mixer recently failed they decided to make a long-term investment in the form of a Yamaha CL3 digital console and R-series i/o units.

Formed by Raymond Weysters (bass/vocals) and Roger Damoiseaux (guitar/vocals), Anderkovver performs music of many different styles with, as the band says, "a touch of humour and a dash of chaos". With a large and varied repertoire, the band needed a mixing console that could adapt quickly to changes in the set list, as well as to the different styles of music that they play.

Run as a full-time concern, the band owns all its own equipment and transport, including full lighting and sound rigs. Raymond and the band's f

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UK - Manchester-based audio specialist tube UK limited has installed a comprehensive new d&b sound system with Midas and Yamaha control into the popular 800 capacity site comprising bar, lounge and live music venue Gorilla which is right at the heart of Manchester, UK's vibrant nightlife.

Approaching its fifth year as one of the city's best loved venues and celebrating its past connections as the 'Green Room' theatre space, Gorilla has been adapted as a live music, performance and DJ platform.

A diverse mix of entertainment also includes cult film screenings and award-winning underground comedy. It's a favourite bespoke hire and party location as well as being among the best trending city bars and restaurants. This versatility has helped generate a lively mixed vibe for everyone with an interest in food, band and DJ culture, multimedia and the arts.

tube UK's team, led

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USA - At USITT in Salt Lake City, Fred Foster, CEO of ETC, presented a cheque for $19,259.35 to Behind the Scenes, which reflected ongoing proceeds from sales of ETC's iRFR and aRFR (Radio Focus Remote) applications for iOS and Android devices.

This amount brought the total donated from the apps to just over a quarter of a million dollars, a number that overwhelms everyone involved. When first launched, it was unimaginable that these apps, developed by ETC software engineers Chris Mizerak and Anders Ekvall, would bring so much help and hope to our colleagues in need.

Upon presenting the cheque, Fred commented, "We're once again humbled by our customers' generosity. As we celebrate ETC's 40th anniversary and reflect on our history, we continue to be proud of the impact that the funds from the iRFR and aRFR sales have made over the years in the lives of those supported by BT

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Italy - British laser production company - ER Productions - put together the world's biggest laser show in Milan, Italy, for the release of Samsung's Galaxy S7. The event took place in the beginning of March 2016 and it featured more than 220 lasers and 80 fog, haze and smoke machines, across six remote locations. Four of the remote locations was controlled by W-DMX WhiteBox F-1 units.

Andrew Turner, project manager and designer of this show, chose Wireless Solution from the start: "We had other wireless equipment on other shows but the experience so far hasn't been the greatest - often these systems crash when suddenly you get 10,000 people in a venue, minutes before the show. We talked to Wireless Solution during the planning stage for this show to understand the differences between systems. It was the first time we worked with Wireless Solution."

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UK - Following on from last year's highly acclaimed event, Letters Live returned to the Freemason's Hall in Central London in mid-March for its second run of shows.

Letters Live celebrates the art of letter-writing, and features a variety of well-known actors, personalities and performers, reading interesting and significant correspondence, both modern, and from history.

This year's shows supported a number of literacy charities and organisations including First Story, as well as providing some much needed profile for Help Refugees UK, which supports people fleeing from conflict in their home countries.

For the show production, PRG XL Video worked with production consultancy NP+Co, and their creative director Nigel Peters, and production manager Kahren Williams, to supply high brightness video projection inside the historic Freemason's Hall.

The intri

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Denmark - Building on its 15-year relationship with Roskilde Festival, Mojo Barriers has secured a further three-year contract to ensure artist and audience safety throughout the eight-day event.

Roskilde Festival is one of Europe's most established large festivals, taking place in Denmark from 25 June- 2 July 2016, with Mojo Barriers once again supplying its barrier configuration. This pen system splits the front of stage area into four pens, which are emptied between the bands, allowing organisers to control the number of people in the front of stage areas and divides the audience to prevent large crowd surges.

As well as the barriers, Mojo Barriers will also supply its proprietary Line Up Gates to enable Roskilde to operate its unique entry system, allowing organisers to control the flow rate into all the pens and give the security staff an effective monitoring system.<

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Denmark - Kristoffer Nielsen is a lighting designer based in Herning, central Denmark who also runs his own rental company, Lystek.dk as well as being the proud owner of around 50 Robe moving lights, which help ensure that his creative work stays fresh, dynamic and interesting.

His design-based approach has gained him a lot of work in the genres of theatre, musicals and opera - from runs at specific venues to touring productions - an active and buzzing scene in a country with a performance-loving population. Many productions circling the country will have a semi-professional cast and a professional technical crew and a typical touring run lasts around six weeks and visits a series of theatres and arts centres with capacities between 300 and 1600.

"So scalability is fundamental to any touring lighting design," explains Kristoffer, and a parameter that led him to invest in t

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Italy - QSC is pleased has announced the appointment of Exhibo S.p.A. Communication Systems as of 1 April 2016 as its multichannel distribution partner in Italy, who will represent both the QSC Professional and Systems divisions, providing the company's renowned portfolio of professional live sound and systems products and solutions to customers throughout the Italian region.

Exhibo S.p.A. brings more than 50 years' experience as a leading distributor in the region, enabling premium international manufacturers of audio, communication and security products and systems to consistently gain top market share positions within their respective segments in Italy.

"QSC is a premium brand that is an honour for any partner to represent," says Luca Maragliano Caranza, managing director of Exhibo S.p.A. Communication Systems. "We feel that Exhibo is a natural partner for QSC, as we ar

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Germany - This year at Frankfurt's ProLight + Sound, EAW is a sponsor of the 2016 PRG Live Entertainment Awards (the 11th annual German awards for live entertainment). The Awards Gala Evening is the official opening event and is being held in the FestHalle on Monday, 4 April.

Like last year, as part of PRG Germany's LEA Awards broadcast and stage set up, an EAW ADAPTive System - this time comprising Anna and Otto - will be employed and will remain in place for the duration of the exhibition. We will be holding 10 minute demonstrations of the ADAPTive System at 12:00, 14:00, 16:00 and 17:50 daily.

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Germany - LSC Lighting Systems will again be exhibiting at Frankfurt on botth C66 in Hall 3.0 level 0 to offer the market some new and exciting products.

With the new Mantra Lite console breaking all sales records at LSC Lighting, new software to be released at the show will extend this little console's power even further.

As a complement to the Mantra Lite, a new Mantra Wing will be previewed at the show. Due for release in June, the wing adds an additional 12 fixture faders and 10 further playbacks as well as an extra DMX 512 Universe hardware output.

Also on show will be the Clarity LX-Series range of consoles showing the latest software. This new version is a substantial and significant step forward and way ahead of the competition in the control of compound and complex multi-segment fixtures.

Fast becoming an industry standard, the GenVI dimmer/distro range co

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Germany - One of the innovative features in all RC4 Series 3 products is the ability to CodeLoad new firmware into existing devices to add new features and capabilities, avoiding obsolescence and adding versatility.

RC4 has announced new firmware v4.071 / 2.71.3.0 for all RC4 Wireless Series 3 Harmonized Design devices, including RC4Magic Series 3 (2.4GHz and 900MHz), LumenDim for CRMX, and W-DIM for W-DMX. Referred to as v71, it's a big leap forward from previously released v19 and v50. Existing customers and users can update their devices using the RC4 Wireless CodeLoader cable (http://tinyurl.com/zj48q9p).

The v71 update includes the following improvements:

RC4Magic Series 3 DMXio Auto Mode: If a transmitter is already present on your system ID, it will automatically become a receiver. If no other transmitter is running on your ID and DMX is present at the XLR input

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Germany - At Prolight+Sound 2016, Fohhn Audio will release the AIREA Breakout Extension ABX-3 - a new D/A convertor for the company's fully digital, networkable and remotely controllable AIREA system, whose Master module and compact active loudspeakers are connected via a single Cat-5/Cat-7 cable.

The compact ABX-3 breakout box has the same basic functionality as Fohhn's existing AIREA ABX-1 D/A convertor, but is additionally equipped with a high performance Fohhn DSP. This enables the inclusion of active loudspeakers without integrated Fohhn DSPs in the AIREA system. When the ABX-3 is connected in the signal path before a group of these speakers, it acts as their Master, providing additional signal processing functions such as EQ and Delay. It also facilities more effective remote control when using Fohhn Audio Soft.

Equipped with its own AIREA-Net outputs, the ABX-3 addi

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Germany - After 50 successful years IMG Stageline is being relaunched. Debuting at the Prolight + Sound show in Frankfurt (Hall 3, Level 1, E89-91), IMG Stageline is bringing new products, new prices and a complete new look,

In support of the relaunch there is a new website (www.imgstageline.com) and social media campaign (including Facebook IMG Stageline International and Twitter @IMGSTAGELINEinternational).

Highlight products of the new look IMG Stageline include the compact and easy to use DMIX-20, a digital mixer with both 7" touchscreen and full iPad control. The CUBE-630LED is billed as "a draw dropping light effect unit", and the DRIVE series active PA speaker range with DSP.

(Jim Evans)

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Germany - Lawo will be exhibiting at Prolight + Sound, showing numerous IP-based products and solutions natively equipped with SMPTE 2022 and RAVENNA/AES67 - all demonstrated in a fully-operational setup in Hall 4.1/Booth D30.

Visitors to the show can experience at first hand the mc

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Following the introduction of four new speaker models at ISE 2016 by Cloud Electronics, the CS-S3, CS-S4, CS-S6 surface speakers and the CS-C3 in-ceiling speaker are now available and shipping.

Designed for commercial audio projects in retail, hospitality, industrial and leisure markets the new speaker models are complementary additions to the CS-C In Ceiling Speaker Series introduced during 2015.

The new CS-S3 3" full-range surface speaker uses clever angled rotational planes along with an innovative omnidirectional mounting system allowing integrators to rotate and aim the CS-S3 at any point within a space. Cutting edge styling, easy-mounting and excellent acoustics make the CS-S3 an exciting proposition for Retail and Hospitality applications.

Featuring two-way concentrically mounted drivers, the new CS-S4 4" and CS-6 6.5" surface speakers utilise soft dome tweeters to pro

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Germany - A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd will showcase a selection of the very latest solutions available from their vast portfolio of over 200 premium brands - on stand A26 in Hall 5.0 at Prolight & Sound 2016 in Frankfurt, Germany.

Staff from AC-ET's international sales division and specialist product, film & TV, and technical sales teams, will be on hand to demonstrate and discuss leading technologies from a portfolio supplied to dealers, distributors and end users in over 80 countries worldwide.

The stand will feature the very latest premium performance entertainment & broadcast LED solutions from Chroma-Q. Designed and built to exacting standards in North America, the award-winning range has been adopted by many leading designers and specifiers for some of today's most demanding and prestigious lighting applications.

Highlights include the innovative

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