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USA - The ESTA Control Protocols Plugfest, an event where manufacturers and developers can test their products for interoperability with other manufacturers' products, is scheduled to take place 20-23 January 2017, at the Dallas/Fort Worth Marriott Solana in Westlake, Texas. The event is free to attend and everyone is welcome.

The ESTA Control Protocols Plugfest is an educational opportunity for control manufacturers and developers to gather together in person and test their products for interoperability with the latest versions of the Control Protocols Working Group standards. Our goal is to assist you in ensuring that your customer is purchasing products that interoperate and communicate correctly on the same control network.

Attendees may bring controllers, intelligent li

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Australia - JPJ provided all things audio for the recent tour of Australia by legendary British band The Cure.

An L-Acoustics PA was specified by FOH engineer Paul Corkett with the main-hangs up to 14 x K1 over four K2 elements. This left a further four K1 and up to 14 x K2 (per side) to be used as side-hangs in chosen array configurations venue to venue.

"The tour went very well and we got pretty much what we specified," commented Paul. "I mix the show but technically I don't get over involved with all the boxes in front of me and the configuration. However, I have mixed on L-Acoustics many times, it's a format I'm more than happy with. The L'Acoustics K1 / K2 is consistently good in arenas and gives us a good spread evenly upstairs and on the floor.

"The guys can configure the boxes in different ways so we can get it to project higher in the audience or lower on the

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USA - A new permanent Meyer Sound Leo Family reinforcement system has been installed at New York City's Radio City Music Hall to support performances by the world-famous Radio City Rockettes, including this summer's New York Spectacular and the Christmas Spectacular slated for this upcoming holiday season.

"As the leading company in live entertainment, we are focused on delivering a theatrical experience at Radio City that is fresh, contemporary and unparalleled," says Larry Sedwick, senior vice president of production for the Madison Square Garden Company, which operates the iconic venue. "It's important to create a one-of-a-kind experience for our audiences no matter where they are seated in this 6,000-seat venue - the largest indoor theatre in the world. Our latest sound system upgrades allow us to bring our productions to a whole new level and make our audiences feel even

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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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USA / Germany - Fohhn Audio AG has officially announced the signing of an exclusive distribution partnership with AtlasIED. Through this agreement, AtlasIED will act as North America's sole distributor and provide local sales, marketing, and support services for Fohhn's growing US and Canada business.

With over 80 years of experience in the commercial audio industry, AtlasIED was formed as the result of an organizational merger in 2015 between two long-standing sister companies, Atlas Sound and Innovative Electronic Designs (IED). In its current capacity as an active global electronics manufacturer, AtlasIED offers around 2000 specialized audio solutions.

"With this partnership, AtlasIED can provide our dealers with complete turnkey systems for the most demanding acoustic environments. Fohhn's Linea Focus series provides incredible 'real-time' digitally steerable loudspeak

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UK - Members of PLASA attending the 2016 AGM at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire were presented with the Association's plans for the next 12 months.

Ed Pagett, formerly managing director of Panalux Broadcast & Event and current chairman of PLASA's Board has led the organisation through very challenging times. In his speech Ed outlined the many changes that have taken place over the last year including bringing in a new managing director following the departure of former CEO Matthew Griffiths, and the demerge from PLASA North America (which has now returned to its former name of ESTA) after four years. This development, said Ed, although not desired by PLASA, had brought fresh clarity and new opportunities for PLASA, but had also resulted in a financial fallout with the North American organisation that has yet to be resolved.

Ed commented, "My role as Chairman has been to navi

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UK - Following the recent formation of SLX, the hire and events brand of Stage Electrics, the company has announced the appointment of John Wallace as managing director.

John will be based at the all new head office in Bristol, leading a team servicing a wide range of customers within the theatre, broadcast and event markets.

John joined the entertainment world over 25 years ago at the Northcott Theatre where he completed the apprenticeship scheme under the tutelage of Maurice Marshal MBE. John started at Stage Electrics, working in their hire warehouse, during the summer of 1990 in Exeter and within a year moved to Bristol and joined the events department where he spent many years working with Europe's major production companies delivering state of the art events.

"I am looking forward to the next part of our journey and it is a huge honour to be able to do it with th

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Germany - Loudspeaker manufacturer d&b audiotechnik, has announced the creation of a new advisory board which has been appointed to support the strategy implementation process at d&b. Areas of focus include the continuation of the internationalization process; strengthening of the segment strategy with particular attention devoted to installed applications; and structural company development on the growth trajectory path.

d&b has appointed a number of high calibre professionals from both inside and outside the industry to form the new advisory board.

Occupying the role of chairman and supporting the overall company strategy development and implementation is Dr. Rolf Hagemann, ex-CFO and deputy CEO of Media-Saturn, Europe's leading consumer electronics retailer. Prior to this, Hagemann spent 12 years with BMW AG in a number of top management positions, including his final r

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Germany - Hamburg-based event technology service provider Nordlite has expanded its rental fleet to include 60 X4 Bar 20. "You can no longer avoid the X4 Bars," says managing director Wolfgang Frahm. "They are being increasingly requested by our customers and it was time to reinvest again in GLP products. These lights are simply awesome, both the colours and the light output. They are particularly easy to install, and the increased demand for this fixture is understandable. "

Nordlite, one of the leading full service technology service providers in northern Germany, provides its customers with technical design and consulting, as well as planning of events, CAD and 3D visualization and design, décor and technical equipment. Overall, the company has 35 employees, its own fleet and 2,000 sq.m of storage space.

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UK - Panasonic, the National Trust's technology partner, has played a key part in supporting the National Trust's video conferencing trial.

The six-month trial involved the conservation charity's regional team in the North, who regularly travel between five different hubs, zig-zagging to meetings from Newcastle in the East to Manchester in the West.

Following their introduction into the project, Panasonic delivered large 4K 55" TVs to a number of Trust regional office locations, linking them into a Video Conferencing service. The regional team were then able to set up a video conferencing facility linking the various locations very quickly and easily,

Darren Belton, who was involved in the trial said, "Not only was the audio, size and quality of the screen superb but video conferencing saved me driving over 200 miles, dramatically reducing my impact on the environment.

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Indonesia - Allen & Heath iDR-8 matrix mixer and Qu-16 digital rackmount mixer were installed in the recently inaugurated Taqwa Great Mosque in Kutacane in Indonesia's Aceh Province.

The largest mosque in the area, Taqwa can accommodate up to 4,000 worshippers inside and 2,000 outside, and the main objective of the new audio system was to deliver excellent speech intelligibility to the entire congregation.

The installation team, comprising Kairos Multi Jaya and Multi Electronic Terrain, faced the challenge of providing clear audio coverage to a 2,700 m2 area, with a building interior, consisting of high ceilings and reflective surfaces, without affecting the design aesthetics.

An Allen & Heath Qu-16 compact digital mixer was selected at the heart of the new audio system, with an iDR-8 matrix processor installed to manage audio distribution and provide flexible zoning o

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USA - Pete's Big TVs (PBTV) got the outdoor summer fun off to a big start in New York City at the kick off concert of Samsung's Live @ 837 series. Having opened Samsung 837 this past spring, Samsung Electronics America, Inc. surprised the neighbourhood with an early summer street concert featuring Gwen Stefani and Diplo. PBTV mounted LED screens on the fa

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Brazil - Celebrating more than 20 years in Latin America Barco is strengthening its presence in Brazil with a growing deployment of advanced visualization projects that support public health and safety, commerce and entertainment in the region.

Many of Barco's technologically advanced AV solutions have contributed to the success of Brazil's most high-profile public venues and events, as well as supported the development of corporate and commercial enterprises in the region.

Projects that are helping to fuel the transportation, utilities, and healthcare infrastructures serving the country's 200m residents include: control room visual collaboration platforms help safeguard and manage efficient travel; best-in-class cinema projection and immersive sound systems enrich the movie-going experience; and innovative diagnostic, surgical and clinical medical display systems ensure o

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India - Nexo STM M28 line array systems have been purchased by three rental companies in the Mumbai/Goa region: Just Audio, Karryman Sound and Chakor Sound are out and about with STM systems configured with the M28 as main module.

In a country where music can be heard on every corner, Nexo's STM Series modular line arrays are delivering versatility to India's rental companies, enabing them to design a wide range of systems from just four core modules. The breakthrough product has been the STM M28 module, the newest and smallest member of the STM family of loudspeakers. This injection-moulded all-purpose 2-way loudspeaker cabinet provides 90°/120° of horizontal dispersion and 0° to 15° splaying angle between modules.

Troy Furtado, owner of Just Audio in Goa has long been an admirer of Nexo and recently added 12x M28s, six B112 bass cabinets and six S118 subs

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Belgium - At the end of July every year, two million visitors hit the medieval streets and market squares of Ghent for the annual 10-day Gentse Feesten, a music and arts festival with a 160-year pedigree. One of the central hubs at the festival is to be found at the Sint-Baafsplein square which houses one of the largest stages at the festival. Tasked with designing a lighting concept for the Sint-Baafsplein stage, LD Vince de Schinckel specified 16 x Chauvet Professional Maverick MK2 Washes, 16 x Maverick MK2 Spots, six STRIKE 4s and two Atmos smoke machines from Belgian rental specialists Euro PA to create stunning looks at the traditional heart of the festival. After testing out the Maverick series earlier in the year, de Schinckel was convinced that the Maverick MK2 Spot and Wash would provide an arsenal of tools with which to create huge looks on the central Sint-Baafsplein

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South Africa - ARX has announced the appointment of Octave Distribution as their new exclusive distributor in South Africa.

Colin Park, ARX's managing director said, "Octave Distribution is Nigel Booyse's new distribution venture. Nigel was employed at Matrix Sound, ARX's previous distributor. Matrix have recently stepped back from product distribution to focus on their rental and production business.

"Nigel has been involved in the Pro Audio market for the past 15 years, and with his experience and knowledge in the industry he decided to form Octave Distribution to provide a seamless transition of product supply and support for the brands distributed by Matrix.

"Here at ARX, we're looking forward to working with Nigel and his team, they're very enthusiastic about further developing the Southern African market for the growing ARX digital and analogue product range."

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Germany - This summer, the global phenomenon Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo stormed into Germany for two dazzling months, stopping off at Berlin, Cologne, Mannheim, Osnabr

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UK - On 1August, founder of Leisuretec Distribution Ltd. Mike Henden officially took back the position of managing director following the departure of Cliff Dounting from the company. Mike Henden commented, "I would like to thank Cliff for his contribution towards the success of the company since he joined us in 2007 and wish him the best of health and happiness for the future."

Cliff Dounting commented, "I want to thank the people that have made my journey so special and I will miss working with such a great bunch of colleagues that make up Team Leisuretec."

Mike Henden further commented, "Our business has seen many market and economic changes over the last 26 years and inevitably personnel come and go as well. I am proud to say that I have always reinvested in Leisuretec to ensure that it is robust and does not rely too heavily on one or two single aspects, whether it be

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USA - City Theatrical has announced the launch of a new group of high quality, constant voltage B-Series dimmers in a variety of capacities and configurations. All partner with City Theatrical QolorFlex professional quality LED tapes.

Users can select from either 8 or 16 bit dimming with 16 bit dimming giving extremely smooth low end dimming that will meet the needs of the most demanding designers. 16 bit dimming requires two channels of control per output. 8 bit dimming produces good dimming with only one channel of control per output.

LED tape users in the film world often are challenged to avoid flicker when using high speed cameras. This line of new dimmers features 30 user selectable PWM frequencies from 500Hz to 30kHz.

Ninety-nine built in user selectable dimming curves give the ability to match the dimming curve of other dimmers, or to tune the curve exactly to

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UK - Elation Professional will bring its most impressive line-up of PLASA products ever to this year's Show at Olympia. Elation will have on hand at Stand C40 an unprecedented line-up of new cutting-edge innovations for entertainment lighting that includes the new Fuze Series of dynamic LED wash lights, ZCL Series of high-output LED effects, and DTW Series of variable white LED lights.

Also showing will be the new seven-colour Platinum Seven LED wash luminaire along with a cyclorama wash fixture, the TVL CYC RGBW, an ideal floodlight for theatre and broadcast applications. The Sniper Pro, an upgrade of Elation's award-winning Sniper 2R that features three times the power, will also feature as will the Protron 3K Colors, a high-power 40,000 lumen LED colour strobe.

Elation will also be showing the latest offering in its line of creative high-resolution LED display panels, t

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Ireland - UK-based image innovation technology company, GBvi, has recently delivered two VOID infinity display experiences to a new art installation by media and technology artist, David Cotterrell. The new installation work, Mirror II - Distance, is on show in Dublin as part of the Seeing exhibition at the Science Gallery.

Mirror II - Distance is part of the "Mirror" project, a series devised to provide insight into global communities that experience distancing and objectification. It is inspired by observations of the Diplomatic Enclave in Islamabad and features two Pakistani guards standing and watching over the expat compounds they are stationed over. The two men observe each other across a distance as they listen to the visitors, the experts and the specialists discuss Pakistan, its people and its future.

The art installation comprises two VOID installations by GBvi,

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USA - MCA Nashville recording artist David Nail is known for his powerful lyrics with emotionally-charged vocals that have garnered him both Grammy and ACM Award nominations. Currently on tour in support of his fourth album Fighter, Nail and his production team are making their way across the United States bringing his music to fans in packed houses and festivals across the country. With a lighting design and playback system created by Cour Design, the production team needed a tour provider who understands the value of quality gear and support so they once again turned to Nashville-based Elite Multimedia.

"This will be our second tour with David and his shows are really focused on the music and the storytelling of his life," says lighting designer Gordon Droitcour. "To make sure we are supporting him best as an artist, the lighting design has to be dynamic for both high

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