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Mexico - The jewel in the crown of Mexico's live music scene is the Vive Latino festival. Now in its 17th year, this hugely successful concert weekend takes place in the Foro Sol in Mexico City. Its concept is to gather important and upcoming bands from all over Ibero-America. This year, 150,000 people gathered to hear the performances of 70 artists and groups from 18 countries.

As in previous years, the primary PA systems were provided by Tecnoson Espectaculos, for the promoter OCESA Group. Under the leadership of sound designer Sergio Zenteno, two of the main stages were set up with Nexo STM modular line array systems. Drawing on Tecnoson's extensive inventory, the system specification for the Tecate Stage was an example of the diversity and sonic compatibility of the range of

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Chile - Clay Paky's Chilean distributor, Valook, showcased more than 80 units of the company's latest fixtures as part of an open day event for local rental and production companies, theatres, lighting designers and TV representatives.

Organised by Valook - which has been a Clay Paky distributor since 2014 - the event was held on the rooftop of Santiago's 64-storey Costanera Centre Tower, which opened in 2013 and is the tallest skyscraper in South America.

On show were Clay Paky's Mythos, Glow Up, Scenius Spot, Sharpy, Sharpy Wash, B-EYE K10 and K20, Stormy and Stormy CC fixtures. The event was introduced by the Valook staff, accompanied by speeches and product demos by Clay Paky's Francesco Romagnoli and Massimo Piccinini.

"The open day was a very luxurious and sophisticated event, where only the most important and well known exponents of the Chilean show business ind

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The Netherlands - The Koninklijke Schouwburg, or Royal Theatre, in The Hague has recently taken stock of a large number of Robert Juliat 614SX 1200W tungsten profile lanterns, supplied by Robert Juliat's project partner for the Netherlands, Controllux, in a major refreshment of its lighting inventory.

Built at the end of the eighteenth century as a palace for Prince Charles of Nassau-Weilburg, the beautiful building of the Koninklijke Schouwburg was transformed into a theatre in 1804 and is now one of the oldest theatres in The Netherlands. It hosts a programme of international theatre productions, musicals, cabaret and dance, in addition to a season from the award-winning Amsterdam Baroque Opera, and plays from its own national theatre company, Het Nationale Toneel.

Having undergone extensive refurbishment from 1997-1999 to modernize the venue, it was apparent that, 15 ye

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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!

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Australia - With less than one week to go until the lights ignite Vivid Sydney 2016, TDC - Technical Direction Company is working closely with organisers to deliver record-breaking technical production.

After 11 months of planning and research into new technology and trends, TDC is finalizing their design for city-wide multimedia that will be deployed across the festival's footprint and brought together with participating local and international artists and designers.

Some fun facts about what goes on behind the scenes includes: TDC employs 35 staff working full-time to produce a massive 11,500sq.m of video projection in excess of 120m pixels. Over 70 projectors will be deployed in custom-made projection towers located in and around Sydney.

TDC's work will be found on some of Sydney's most iconic buildings and locations including the Museum of Contemporary Art Australi

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UK - Utopium has invested in new lighting and rigging equipment to expand its creative possibilities and offer improved energy efficiency and the highest quality performance.

This investment has bolstered Utopium's already extensive inventory, increasing its choice of modern LED lighting and the latest rigging equipment available to production companies, lighting designers, venue managers and event organisers.

Utopium's range of new products includes SGM P-2 LED RGBW Floods, Martin MAC Quantum Profile LED Moving Lights, Chauvet Rogue R1 LED Moving Wash Lights, Robert Juliat Roxie LED Followspots, SGM G-Spots LED IP65 Moving Profile, SGM Q-7s LED IP65 Strobe / flood / Blinder and ProLights Z8 LED IP65 Wireless Battery Battens.

Utopium's Colin Bodenham comments, "We have expanded our range to match clients' creative requirements. LED technology brings improved sustainabi

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UK - The Huntingdonshire Charity Ball has been organised by Le Mark's Kirsty Fisher, the partner of the late Dave Cartwright.

Dave, Le Mark's national business development manager, tragically suffered a stroke in June 2015 and passed away one month later. Kirsty wanted to commemorate the anniversary of Dave's passing and at the same time find a way to thank and support both the Woodlands Centre at Hinchingbrooke and Addenbrookes Hospitals, which battled to save his life.

After discussing with friends and colleagues Kirsty's decision was to ensure it was a true celebration of Dave's life and the idea of a VIP Charity Ball was born. Forming a group under the heading of 'Friends of Huntingdon Charity' the event has grown and grown.

Kirsty says: "It's been incredible. Once people knew of the plans and the charities that would benefit, local business people came forward and

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UK - When Kevin Mobberley set up his West Midlands based rental company Stage Audio Services at the beginning of the 1980s, the mainstay of his PA inventory consisted of Martin Audio's classic B1, B2 and legendary MH212 'Philishave' components.

Fast forward 35 years and the wheel has turned full circle as the company has placed the first of what will become several tranches of investment, in the High Wycombe manufacturer's new MLA platform.

They have acquired a substantial MLA Compact rig (including MLX subs) promising that this will be the start of a steady upgrade path into both Martin Audio Multicellular Loudspeaker Array and Differential Dispersion technology (with the DD12).

Explaining the timing of the new MLA acquisition Kevin Mobberley said, "With the outdoor season approaching we were getting asked increasingly by our clients to investigate MLA. The system is

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Denmark - 4EVAC has confirmed the appointment of its new Danish distributor, Pro-Partner AV Solution A/S at El & TEKNIK 2016, the annual commercial electronics exhibition in Denmark.

4EVAC presented its range of commercial voice-alarm control and iIndication equipment systems solutions at the show. The new 4EVAC Compact500 audio/voice evacuation system made an impact as a systems' solution in a 'box'.

Offering the latest Voice-Alarm technology for modern environments, the Compact500 is easy to install and fulfills the exacting demands of engineers, electrical contractors, architects and facility managers. In addition it provides peace of mind as fully compliant with EN-54 standards.

Kasper Christiansen CEO, Pro-Partner AV Solution, commented, " We're delighted with the positive feedback from our clients about the Compact 500. It seems that a "single box' non-compromisi

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USA - The 2016 Billboard Music Awards delivered an action packed, star-studded and powerful show. As touted by both Billboard and Rolling Stone, P!NK flew away (literally) with one of the best performances. Consistent with her now infamous previous live performances, P!NK took flight and soared acrobatically above the Billboard Music Award audience, for her world television debut of her latest single Just Like Fire, a song from the Alice Through the Looking Glass soundtrack. To accomplish this dare-devil feat, Tait Towers, provided P!NK's performer flying elements and proprietary automation software, Tait Navigator, which guaranteed her safety by controlling the speed and movements. Despite previous performances where P!NK typically uses a harness for her flight expeditions, this time, she performed without a harness - live on TV.

Ben Gasper, project manager at T

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UK - Chaos, craziness, excitement and anticipation all give Macklemore & Ryan Lewis gigs an edgy vitality. A turbo-charged whirlwind of energy, politics, clever and meaningful lyrics and some great music, accompanied by impressive lighting and visuals.

Their just released new album The Unruly Mess I've Made follows up 2012's Grammy award winning The Heist with the band embarking on a major new world tour. The lighting and visuals design is by Paul 'Arlo' Guthrie and the rig includes Robe BMFL Spots and PATT 2013s.

Arlo has worked with production manager Chris Fussell for some time, and was invited on-board to produce a stage design for this new album cycle, a process that started in late 2015 with numerous discussions around ideas from Ben Haggerty (Macklemore) and Ryan Lewis who really wanted to step up the production from their last tour.

The lighting a

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Online Fraud - Music and sports fans trying to secure event tickets lost more than £5m to online fraud in 2015, councils have revealed. Customers who fell victim to ticket fraud lost an average of £444 per transaction, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said. It urged social media sites urged to do more to prevent the problem as they were used for almost half of the scams.

Councils have warned that the problem is increasing, with total losses up from £3.35m in 2014. Officials say that summer could be "ripe for criminals to exploit desperate fans", with a series of sporting events, festivals and Wembley concerts by Beyoncé, Rihanna and Bruce Springsteen all expected to be targeted by fraudsters.

Grounded - Eagles of Death Metal have been dropped from two French music festivals, after their singer reiterated his suggestion that securit

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Germany / USA - Sommer Cable is presenting their latest development at the InfoComm 2016: the compact pushbutton modules of the Cardinal DVM series. The new pushbutton modules make media control easy, especially in situations where an operation directly on the device is either too complicated or not possible.

"It has been our goal to develop a convenient, economically priced and yet high-quality controller solution for devices and media. With the quad pushbutton modules of the Cardinal DVM series we've hit the nail on the head. Whether you have integrated a single beamer under the ceiling or a big media controller in a data cabinet, it won't matter anymore. With our pushbutton module the direct operation is now performed a single push of a button," says Sommer Cable's key account & distribution manager Peter Rieck.

Beside the fast setup and wiring the pushbutton modules al

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USA - InfoComm 2016 will see a completely redesigned AV Stumpfl booth that will enable visitors to interact with real-life applications and productivity tools including large-format and mobile screens, high-resolution multimedia management and control! Additionally, AV Stumpfl will use InfoComm as the platform to make several new global product announcements.

The multi-award winning super media server, Wings Engine Raw 8K will be shown in the Americas for the very first time. "We're the first to create a product that manages uncompressed 8K content out of a single machine," enthuses Fabian Stumpfl. It produces an unrivalled four streams of full 4K uncompressed content at 60hz plus media overlays, text generation and show control on top."

On the AV Stumpfl booth, Wings Engine Raw 8K will be integrated with four large-format projectors from Digital Projection International a

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The Netherlands - Vivitek has announced the expansion of its successful D3000 series of projectors with the launch of its new DH3331, a full HD 1080P projection solution, offering a rich feature set and capable of delivering "outstanding image quality". The D3000 series is suitable for corporate and education applications - including boardrooms, conference rooms and teaching spaces - and the DH3331 is set to further expand the range's appeal.

Boasting a Full HD 1080p resolution, 5,000 ANSI lumens and a 10,000:1 contrast ratio, the DH3331 is designed to offer a high quality, sharp and bright image. In addition, the projector features new DICOM Simulation Mode making it ideal for viewing grayscale medical images - such as X-rays - for medical training and seminars. The dual-7W built-in speakers and the microphone input ensure clear sound in a meeting room.

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USA - Sennheiser will be participating at InfoComm 2016 held from 4-10 June in Las Vegas. The audio specialist will be expanding its new wireless conferencing system, TeamConnect Wireless, with an alternative charging base being launched at InfoComm.

Sennheiser will also be presenting the second new addition to the TeamConnect Family, TeamConnect Ceiling, an innovative ceiling mounted array microphone with automatic beamforming technology for fixed installations. Visitors to the Sennheiser booth (C10908) can experience the wide range of professional products for business communications, including its newly expanded SpeechLine Digital Wireless microphone range, Speakerphone series and MobileConnect audio streaming solution. For those wanting to learn more, Sennheiser will also be offering a special Manufacturer's Training session and a dedicated demonstration-room.

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UK - GLP gave an auspicious debut to its newly-established UK operation at the recent PLASA Focus exhibition in Leeds. Led by head of operations at GLP UK, Noel 'Roly' Smith, the company gave UK premieres to the new hybrid GT-1 spot and beam fixture and the latest accessories in the X4 atom RGBW line up.

Response was reported as being highly positive - right across the range, which included the latest products like the compact impression X1, the IP65-rated X4 atom, the pixel-mapping impression X4 L, and the new GT-1, which marks GLP's return to discharge fixture technology in this new hybrid format.

"It was great to be launching the new UK office at such an important show, and to have the opportunity to meet so many interested visitors," Roly stated. "These ranged from established industry professionals to many young students just starting out on their careers.

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South Africa - The Durban Ice Arena is currently closed for public skating from 16 to 31 May, and has undergone a transformation to host the Brutal Fruit Netball Premier League. Black Coffee, commissioned by Shaun Brickell from Umlilo Brands, an event management, brand activation and technical company, provided the television lighting, a few Philips Selecon Arena and Rama Fresnels providing a lighting solution. Brandon Bunyan, owner of Black Coffee, gives a delightful rendition.

"This is a gig that has turned into an interesting science for us and a nightmare for our client," said Brandon. "Because it is in an ice rink with a special sports wooden floor covering, there is a major moisture / condensation problem making the play field very slippery.

"We were looking for an LED sports arena flood solution for this job that would not affect the temperature of the play field, w

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UK - LED, visual effects, drapes and starcloth specialist, S+H Technical has boosted its stock of LED screen with the addition of 182 panels of Glux's 10mm outdoor BAtn product in readiness for a busy summer events season.

S+H already has a substantial stock of LED video with over 1000 panels of Glux LED including 12mm, 3.9 indoor and both 10 & 20 mm floor tiles, and this latest addition of the outdoor screen was a logical extension to the range.

Having a wide range of LED screen stock - plus several other LED technologies - ensures that S+H has the flexibility to service its wide and eclectic range of projects.

"We're getting asked ever more frequently to supply LED screens to various projects many of which are outdoor, so we need to have a solution in stock," comments S+H's MD Terry Murtha. "It made sense to keep with the same manufacturer for continuity and quality

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USA - How does a large and rapidly growing house of worship still maintain an intimate small church feel? While there is no one answer that applies in all situations, the leaders of First Redeemer Baptist have come up with an approach that works well at their 2000-seat church. One of the fastest growing churches in the Southeast, First Redeemer has nevertheless maintained a relaxed atmosphere that makes it easy for worshippers to feel connected. A variety of steps, from having small breakout worship groups, to serving Wednesday night suppers, to holding contemporary and traditional services, have contributed to making each individual worshipper feel welcome.

In keeping with its welcoming philosophy, First Redeemer had a clear objective when it hired Paragon 360 to remodel its sanctuary: create a space that makes everyone feel at home. The Springfield, MO company accomplished t

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USA - A 4,400sq.ft video wall boasting over 65m pixels and comprising 1,640 2.5mm Christie Velvet LED tiles at the Westgate Sports SuperBook is keeping visitors to the Las Vegas casino up-to-date on everything from the rugby world cup to tennis. This enormous video wall spans the length of the world's largest sports book creating a stadium-like experience where every seat in the newly renovated Westgate Superbook is a "front-row" experience.

Westgate Resorts teamed with RP Visual Solutions (RPV) and Christie to build the world's largest LED Video wall inside the Westgate Superbook at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino. Working with HB Communications, RPV and Christie created an enormous curved array measuring 20ft tall and 220ft wide.

Along with the construction of this screen, the Westgate Superbook was completely transformed to create a stadium-like experience, inclu

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