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UK - AV technology specialist Peerless-AV has announced two new additions to the export sales support team with the appointment of Loyola Cotte and Valentina Bunu as export sales administrators.

This recent expansion signals the company's significant growth outside the UK and the need to increase the administration team to meet this demand. Both Loyola and Valentina are multilingual. They will work closely on a day to day basis with export sales managers and export customers.

"As our Export business continues to grow, we need to ensure that all areas of the business have the support necessary to deliver the high level of service that our customers have come to expect from us," said Keith Dutch, sales & operations director. "Loyola and Valentina are great additions to the tea

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UK - Event technical production and rental specialist PR Live has expanded its team with the addition of three new key staff members who joined the south London based company following strong business during the first half of the year.

Dave Gillett joins as head of technical, while Karl Travers and Rhys Williams both come on-board as senior project managers, all bringing a fund of experience, knowledge and excellent contacts to the PR Live equation led by founder and MD, Ian Coull.

Ian comments, "I'm delighted to welcome Dave, Karl and Rhys to PR Live, and we all look forward to the hectic pace continuing for the rest of the year. It's great to attract three people of this calibre to join our excellent and highly committed team who all share our core values, ideas and personality."

Dave Gillett has a decade of industry experience, starting off with a lighting company i

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Europe - Shure has announced that Microflex Advance Ceiling (MXA910) and Table (MXA310) Array microphones are now shipping. This portfolio of premium networked ceiling and table array microphones, audio interfaces, and control software for enhanced A/V conferencing integrate seamlessly into premium meeting space aesthetics, says the company.

With the ability to flush-mount the MXA910 alongside standard ceiling tiles, and the innovative new-to-the-world "toroid" polar pattern in the MXA310, these microphones offer a dynamic package of technologies to ensure a best-in-class audio experience. Microflex Advance also presents an enhanced evolution of the Company's industry-leading IntelliMix Digital Signal Processing Suite, including Steerable Coverage technology, enabling incredibly accurate control of audio capture in any location within a meeting space. Lastly, Microflex Advance

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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!

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Europe - The DICENTIS Wireless Conference System is based on a Bosch Smart Wireless Management Software, which ensures interference-free and highly flexible wireless conferencing using standard Wi-Fi technology. This technology frees users from having to search for the best Wi-Fi channel by automatically switching to the strongest channel without interruption.

The newly released software version V1.3 offers rental companies or council technicians more comfort and peace of mind when configuring the DICENTIS Wireless Conference System. The system is even more stable and more robust, leading to less acoustic artefacts and improved channel switching.

It is now possible to assign and configure wireless access points (WAP) as primary or redundant, for improved meeting continuity. In case of an unforeseen infrastructural problem such as a power shortage, the redundant WAP will au

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Canada - After more than a year and a half of extensive beta testing BlackTrax has released realtime motion tracking system version 2.0. BlackTrax 2.0 has the largest number of new features, GUI and workflow to date.

Marty Cochrane, BlackTrax product manager, explained, "A lot of these improvements were developed from customer suggestions, requests and general feedback. This includes better system reporting, real-time chapter programming and more control over fixtures during the calibration process."

The new fixture calibration mode improvements on the BlackTrax solution ensure faster calibration. Multi-person calibration enables several people with several different beacons to calibrate their own selection of lights. Color and gobo on the fixtures will automatically be cleared and BlackTrax will have control over zoom/iris. This will allow the user to jump in and start ca

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Poland - Billed as the biggest event in the world, two and a half million people are believed to have flocked to the 2016 World Youth Day (WYD), an international Catholic event focused on faith and youth, which this year took place at two sites in Krak

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USA - Multi-award winning 'Queen of Country' Miranda Lambert is currently touring North America on her Keeper of the Flame tour, featuring 27 x Robe BMFLs - 19 Spots and 8 Blades - part of a completely new lighting design by Minneapolis-based Paul 'Arlo' Guthrie, his first for the artist.

Arlo's brief from Miranda Lambert herself and her production and management teams was to help create a show focused on her powerful music and great connection with her fans, rather than relying on gags, ego ramps, confetti blasts and wizzy effects.

"I wanted the whole stage to have a straightforward and clean look and to ensure the LED blended seamlessly into the environment rather than being stark, obvious and contrasty," explained Arlo. The playback video content created by Empirical Studio has followed this aesthetic through beautifully, giving the video a softer and more filmic projec

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UK - Serious Stages designed and manufactured a custom-built scaffolding system along with bespoke specials to accommodate the impressive 1,200m? Crystal Village stage at Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) UK, Milton Keynes, 8-10 July.

Serious Stages was tasked with producing a 30m tall by 70m wide stage structure, complete with cascading waterfalls, crystal towers and a giant owl's head, synonymous with this magical event. The EDC owl incorporated 1,000 lighting fixtures, over 400 video tiles, 28 lasers, pyro and 15 CO2 cannons, and Serious Stages was entrusted to ensure the stage could withstand its weight-loading requirements. Serious Stages also designed and built the stages' bespoke crystal towers, to ensure they were structurally sound.

To support the stage set and the three pyro platforms, the Serious Stages scaffolding was constructed using three heavy duty truss system

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USA - Lighting designer Victor Fable has been incorporating digital lighting and graphics effects from Elation Professional's Emotion digital light on television shows lately and recently turned to the new generation luminaire for the 2016 season finale of the popular competitive reality television series Survivor

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UK - For four years Alex Leinster and his team of video technicians have installed and managed a thousand square metres of LED screen and camera package for AEG's highly regarded Barclaycard presents British Summer Time Hyde Park concert season.

The equipment supplied by Video Design has been slightly expanded this year, "We've added a 1.1m-wide vertical wrap around strip to the stage left wing to improve the view from the VIP area," explained Leinster. This well-reasoned attention to detail illuminates the bigger question, what do performers actually do with this generous expanse of video screen?

"The band are very energetic and rock their show, but they are not really a video band in the sense that on tour they don't have a scrap of LED on stage." Such was the conundrum outlined by Steve Price, video director for Mumford & Sons, one of the half dozen acts that headlined

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Spain - This year's Sonar+D festival in Barcelona saw Eurecat - the technology institute renowned for its ground breaking work in the world of immersive sound technology - unveil its SF

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Australia - The Wizard of Oz was staged recently to sold-out audiences at the 2,000-seat Thomas Hassall Anglican College in Middleton Grange, Australia. To give the school production a professional stage look, technical supplier Showtools Australia specified a host of Chauvet Professional fixtures, including 12 Rogue R1 Spots, 24 x COLORdash Par-Hex 12s, 24 x COLORdash Batten- Hex 8s and two Vesuvio RGBAs to create maximum dimension and atmosphere on stage.

"It was vital for us that the production of the Wizard of Oz look professional in every sense of the word," commented production designer Michael Clisdell. "Each individual element of the Chauvet Professional lighting rig enabled us to really step beyond the realm of the typical school production, and elevate the experience for the audience to that of a genuine theatrical outing."

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UK - Disney's hit new musical Aladdin recently celebrated its West End premiere at the Prince Edward Theatre, opening to critical acclaim on 15 June 2016. Now in its third year on Broadway and with productions playing in Tokyo and Hamburg, Aladdin will also open in Australia this summer. White Light has been called upon to provide the lighting equipment for this dazzling and much-anticipated production.

Aladdin is designed by Olivier and seven-time Tony-winning scenic designer Bob Crowley, Olivier and two-time Tony-winning costume designer Gregg Barnes.

The lighting designer for the show is five-time Tony-winner Natasha Katz whose previous credits include Once, Motown and The Little Mermaid. As the leading lighting supplier to West End Theatre, WL was approached to provide the lighting equipment on the production.

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UK - Harman Professional's leading pro-audio brands dominated the Big Top Stage for the first time at this year's Standon Calling festival in North Hertfordshire.

The fast growing boutique event, which began as a birthday barbecue for founder Alex Trenchard in 2001 before becoming a single-stage, one-day live music event in 2004, has since grown exponentially. Today it occupies the picturesque Standon Lordship site, where Suede, Kelis and Jess Glynne were the main stage headliners.

Dominating the landscape, the vibrant red and white canvas of the Big Top, which was largely used for electronic dance and other diverse acts, could be seen for miles around. Here the line-up included Goldie MBE, Greg Wilson, Theo Parrish, Joey Negro, as well as rising talent Gold Panda, Luke Abbott the Mercury Prize nominated Ghostpoet.

Glasgow-based Alive Sound are the traditional sound sy

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South Africa - DWR Distribution has been appointed South African distributor for DMXking. Designed and manufactured in New Zealand, DMXking supplies high quality DMX512 interfaces.

"We were looking for an Artnet solution that would be cost effective and suitable for our market," said Nick Britz of DWR Distribution. "When we first came across DMXking we decided to bring a couple of units to South Africa to have a proper look. They are awesome units, well made, easy to use and capable of both Artnet and sACN.

"In essence, this means that users can expand their existing console outputs, it's capable of doing Artnet out and in so they can use it as an input. It can merge Artnet so when someone is using two consoles and they want a back-up, or they need a quick changeover, this is an ideal solution."

"DMXking is pretty much plug and play out the box. Software is very intuit

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UK - As houses of worship strive to improve the audio quality of their services and other hosted events, Yamaha Commercial Installation Solutions (CIS) products are proving popular for a market where ease of installation, cost-effectiveness, flexibility and simple operation are key requirements. Three London churches have recently begun enjoying the many benefits that CIS has to offer.

Yamaha Commercial Audio products already feature in a number of high profile UK houses of worship; these include London's Westminster Abbey and St Martin in the Fields. The CIS range has also seen regular adoption in the German house of worship (HoW) market; the Yamaha MTX3 matrix mixer being leading installer Klartext AV's processor of choice.

The CIS series is now making significant inroads into the UK market, with installer RG Jones Sound Engineering recently equipping three London church

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UK - Power distribution specialist ide Systems has launched ide Online (ideonline.co.uk), an online store where customers can buy power distribution equipment. The user-friendly interface and enhanced navigation ensures online orders are quick and easy. Free delivery is available on all orders and, as an introductory offer, all first time orders will qualify for a five per cent discount.

The range of equipment available to buy on the new website includes power distribution units, automatic transfer switches (ATS), site transformers, single and three-phase power cables ranging from 16A-125A, as well as a wide range of electrical accessories.

The new website will also feature an online exclusive in the form of the Vulcan range. This budget range of power distribution units features a high-visibility orange enclosure, making it ideal for outdoor use.

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Italy - Kappa FuturFestival is an annual two-day electronic festival in Turin, which features popular and emerging names from the worlds of house and techno.

Attracting over 40,000 fans to the disused warehouse location of Parco Dora from noon to midnight, Kappa FuturFestival gives the audience a chance not only to revel in electronic beats but to enjoy a first class sound system provided by Rome-based Loud Professional. This year they powered the Main Stage PA to large extent with Powersoft's advanced Class D amplification.

The Main Stage, playing through a sound system designed by Michele Azzimonti, was an all-star line-up, including Gandalf, Monika Kruse, Sam Paganini, Solomun , Davide Squillace, Marco Carola, Just a Mood, Kerri Chandler, Sven V

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World - James Bay's current tour still has six months to run as the European festivals of the early summer give way to a stint in Asia then on to the USA for an exploratory month. Liam Tully has been at the helm of the lighting design since 2014.

Currently, his full design is stacked full of Clay Paky Mythos and Ayrton Magic BladeTM Rs and he is a firm follower of MA Lighting control using a grandMA2 Light as the main board, onPC Command Wing as back up and MA NPU for DMX distribution.

"From a control perspective, I moved to an MA setup a few months before taking on James Bay," opens Tully. "Everything works seamlessly together. For the festival events on this tour, it is almost a given that there will be a grandMA2 FoH. On those days, we even leave our control in the truck and I just walk up with a USB pen. We have a festival rig that includes 20 of the MagicBlades that a

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UK - Sennheiser has announced three upcoming courses from the Sennheiser Sound Academy, which will be run in various locations in the UK in August, September, October and November: Wireless Mics Monitoring Essentials; D9000 Digital Wireless Mastered Seminar; and Wireless Mics & Monitoring : The Master Class.

The Sennheiser Sound Academy offers tailor-made learning systems and expert knowledge for anyone working with microphone systems, whether you are an experienced engineer, or just starting out. Each course offers a combination of classroom training, which includes hands-on practical modules, and eLearning, which keeps things interesting and allows you to learn at your own pace and within the restrictions of your work schedule.

Wireless Mics Monitoring Essentials will be held at SSE's London base and Wigwam in Manchest

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UK - Leading visitor experiences company Merlin Entertainments has revealed that it is making extensive use of Audinate's Dante audio networking technology at a variety of its London attractions. These include a number of popular sites on the city's South Bank, including the Coca-Cola London Eye, Sea Life London Aquarium and Shrek's Adventure! London.

The installation at Shrek's Adventure! London - which opened in July 2015 - is particularly notable given that it is "one of the 'heaviest' attractions that Merlin has created in terms of AV," says Simon Casey, who is senior show services manager at the Coca-Cola London Eye and has also been involved in many other Merlin AV system projects.

For Shrek's Adventure! London, Dante facilitates audio processing and playout as part of a set-up that also features Medialon show controllers, 7thSense media servers, BSS DSP, Crown ampli

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