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UK - Stage Electrics London has complete the move into its new shop, after more than 12 months at its Long Lane premises. "We wanted to give our customers easier access to the facilities at Stage Electrics," says Linda Moore, head of sales and marketing for the company. "We have the added value of parking at the rear of the building where we now have customer access to the shop and hire warehouse."

There have also been some additions to the team at Long Lane. Stephen Bray has joined as sales manager for the branch. Bray has come to Stage Electrics from a background in sound, most recently at Media Tools. Also, James Morris has joined as a customer service representative after working at Vodafone. Bray and his team will shortly be holding a series of open eveni

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UK - One of the UK's more famous golf clubs, the links at Frinton-on-Sea, has given a high-tech boost to its old clubhouse, with the installation of Electrovoice EViD background music systems in several of its bars and function rooms.

Installation company Xtreme Audio Visual, based just down the road in Clacton-on-Sea, has designed a zoned system using off-white coloured EViD 6.2 and 4.2 compact full-range speakers. The small but highly stylized speakers have been fitted in the main club bar and into the club's function room, as well as the Ladies' Dining Room and the Bridge Room.

"All the cables have been hidden," explains Craig Wiggins of Xtreme, "and the speakers have been painted off-white so that they blend in really nicely with the existing décor. We were keen to have very low visibility in a traditional environment like this, so it's great that the memb

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UK - Neon wire is a new form of flexible lighting based on the electroluminescent principle. The cable consists of a centre core of phosphor coated copper wire with a spiral wrap of two fine wires covered with a plastic outer sheath. When a voltage is applied across the wires, the phosphor glows. This gives a neon like effect. This cold light source is currently available in seven colors and four sizes ranging from 2.3mm, (2.5mm high brightness) 3.2mm 5.0mm and the maximum length on a roll is 250m.

Laser Electronics has now developed the first in a range of DMX 512 control units for driving flexible neon wire. These control units have a very fast response time giving an almost strobe like effect. All channels can chase, flash, sequence or have continuous output when controlled with the company's pc-based software or any DMX lighting desk. Neon control units are available in many

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UK - Monday 7 March marked the culmination of eight years of planning, fundraising and building as The Junction in Cambridge opened three new facilities for the creation and presentation of new art as part of its £7.5 million Arts Council lottery funded redevelopment programme.

The three new facilities - a theatre, an education space and an art and new technology laboratory will help enable The Junction to realize its ambition of establishing a national centre of excellence for contemporary culture and entertainment.

At the heart of the new development is Junction 2, a modern and uniquely versatile 220 capacity performance space. Affectionately nicknamed The Shed, the timber clad structure will house a growing programme of contemporary drama, dance, spoken word, comedy and world music. Inspired by Georgian courtyard theatre, the auditorium bridges the distance between audienc

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China - Robe ColorSpot 1200 ATs were a vital element of Roy Chooi's lighting design for the final of Singapore Idol, produced by MediaCorp Studios. This was staged in the Singapore Indoor Stadium in front of a live audience of 7,000 and a TV audience of 1.8 million.

Chooi's design was operated by Kenneth Chow, and all lighting equipment was supplied by CSP Productions. The 16 Robe 1200 AT's were used heavily throughout the show as powerful upstage beam effects. Chooi chose the Robe units specifically for their zoom facilities, brightness and selection of gobos. He had previously used ColorSpot 1200s during recording of the Singapore Idols TV series - at MediaCorps' Studios - and wanted to recreate elements of that lighting scheme for 'The Final Showdown' event designed for TV as well as live viewing.

CSP's, managing director Kenny Heng comments: "We are finding that Robe

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UK - Northern Light has just supplied one of the first GB8 consoles from Soundcraft, after its launch at NAMM, to Galeri Caernarfon. The GB8 is the new eight-bus console augmenting Soundcraft's GB4 console range and is available in frame sizes from 16 to 48 channels, each with four full-function stereo channels and four stereo returns. A 32 channel GB8 has been supplied to Galeri as part of the complete £500k technical fit out of the new Creative Enterprise Centre for Cwmni Tref.

The GB8 console was selected after the centre manger Huw Aled Jones visited PLASA 2004 where Soundcraft unveiled the GB4 - as soon as he saw the GB4 he was impressed with quality and functionality of the desk - but wanted something more and after careful deliberations with Northern Light's project manager Simon Cooper and Soundcraft's UK sales manager Gary Dent it was decided to wait for the release of

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Italy - FBT Elettronica SpA has announced the appointment of Mr. Roberto Mataloni to be in charge of international sales for East Europe, Africa, Middle East, Far East and Oceania. He will work alongside with Mr. Mauro Zazzini.

Mataloni is pleased to be back to FBT after the six years he spent at Proel, he comments: "For me this is like returning home, having previously worked ten years with FBT before joining Proel. A lot has changed during this time and this opportunity finds me very motivated: over these years FBT has built a stronger reputation of a professional sound reinforcement manufacturer, developing and manufacturing high quality products to meet the most demanding applications. FBT has grown a lot in these last years, both in sales and in "made in Italy" technology: today, the company can present one of the most advanced R&D department. Products like t

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USA - NYC based RF Pro has recently supplied Trantec's internationally award winning S6000 radio mic system to NY based theatre sound rental specialists Sound Associates. Specified by sound designer Tom Morse, the system has been deployed as the lead wireless system on Good Vibrations - the new Beach Boy musical staged at the Eugene O'Neill Theater in the heart of Broadway.

Tom Bensen of RF Pro commented: "The S6000 performed superbly on the show. Its exceptional bandwith and frequency agility was invaluable in an extremely RF hostile environment, which is a constant problem for Broadway shows. Trantec is synonymous with innovation and quality and we're looking forward to supplying the S6000 system complete with its new hand-held mic on many upcoming Broadway productions."

The system provides an alternative across a number of sound production levels, its two U

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Spain - Perhaps one of the most popular and colourful carnivals in the world, as well as Spain's oldest is the Tenerife Carnivals held in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Such is the diversity of the people who attend the carnival that it has been declared an International Tourist Interest event. This year, the Santa Cruz de Tenerife carnival's main theme was "The Great Comedy" inspired by famous Broadway musicals and D.A.S. Aero line array systems provided sound reinforcement for the event.

The Plaza de España hosted the stage that has seen 27 years of murga (a traditional carnival song) contests, dance groups, live concerts and the crowning of the Great Queen of the Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival. This year's gala event was broadcast live by RTVE (Spanish National Television) to over 30 million spectators worldwide. The stage, reinforced with D.A.S. Audio's Aero 48 and Aero

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Germany - W-DMX is a new wireless DMX system developed by Wireless Solution Sweden AB. Most systems for sending wireless DMX today, transpose the data on to a proprietary standard such 802.11 (W-LAN) and use compliant wireless equipment for data transmission.

W-DMX Black Box Mk2 is the second generation of transceivers for Wireless DMX 512. A small unit that that can handle up to 512 DMX Channels with a built-in power supply of 90-250V giving an option for low voltage power. Also a large range of different antennas is available for various applications. W-DMX Black Box Mk2 is also available with built UPS function of 5-8 hours use and an IP65 version for outdoor architectural applications.

The system is developed in association with lighting designers and radio engineers from Sweden largest GSM Manufacturer. By bringing these two worlds of expertise together the company has cr

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Canada - Interalia, a leader in the design and manufacture of call processing and voice announcement solutions, has launched what it calls "one of the world's most advanced promotional on-hold music/message announcement systems". Called iProMOH, the new system overcomes all of the problems associated with traditional systems and provides a much greater level of power, flexibility and choice than the simple devices integrated with new telephone switches, say the company. The iProMOH utilises IP technology to remotely renew messages and schedules by "calling home" for updates.

Unlike CD or tape players, there are no moving parts and it does not require media to be sent out when the unit needs updating. A whole network of systems can be updated from one server and set to play the production at a predetermined time. Providing two solutions in one, the iProMOH is

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Czech Republic - Corporate audio specialists, Audio Alliance, recently provided an extensive sound and communication system for the sales conference for Roche UK, set in Prague. Roche, a leading research-based healthcare company, has been established for over 100 years and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

Audio Alliance has worked with the UK business on several occasions, and was invited back to supply its services to production manager, Peter Woods and production company CCL-Live, the companies responsible for staging this week long conference.

Nearly 700 delegates were hosted at Prague's Hilton Hotel. The conference operated in and around 10 rooms, comprising a main auditorium and nine breakout facilities. Audio Alliance supplied specific systems for each location. Peter Woods, the event's production manager, says: "I chose Audio Alliance because of their renow

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UK - Presentation Service Providers (PSP) is continuing its strategy of investing in the latest technologies with the purchase of a new range of Pixel Par 90 LED-based Par cans. The range is highly energy efficient with up to a 90% reduction in heat and power in comparison to incandescent sources. Ian Willcox, Director of PSP, commented: "This is part of our continued investment in technology. We have been monitoring the developments in this field for a while but we now feel that they have got this particular product right and have been delighted with the results we have seen so far. Clients are expecting and demanding the latest effects and technologies so it is extremely important that we offer state of the art techniques and solutions."

(Lee Baldock)

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Austria - On 10 December 2004, The Empire Club opened in Vienna, bringing a new focus for the Viennese 'in crowd'. With Empire venues across Austria, owner Joachim Natschlager brought in Kraftwerk, who have worked on Empire and other projects all over the country, to equip the new venue. The Empire club is subdivided into three plains; the main dance area, a VIP bar where special guests can have a specified seating area, and the lounge, where guests can relax.

The main fixtures used to create the interior look consisted of 51 ChromaPanels (600mm) in total, of which 25 were used to create the chessboard effect on the ceiling, 10 were used as backlighting and enhancement for Cola text images behind the bar and 16 were used to highlight the text of Heineken and Eristoff. 40 Chroma MR16 WallWash fixtures are used to wash and highlight the walls surrounding the seating area and a fur

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UK - The Society of Light and Lighting, part of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE), is to host an interview with the prolific TV lighting director, Mark Kenyon, on 15 March. Kenyon's work ranges from 'traditional' shows such as Parkinson and Blind Date through to entertainment extravaganzas such as Party at the Palace, which took place in the grounds of Buckingham Palace as part of the celebrations for the Queen's Golden Jubilee, and for which he received an RTS Lighting Award nomination.

Rather than give a lecture, Kenyon will be interviewed by Peter Phillipson about his TV Lighting techniques. It will be open to SSL (CIBSE), ILE and ALD, ESTA and PLASA members and interested members of the public. The session will begin at 6.00pm sharp, and guests are asked to arrive by 5.30pm. Entry is free, but guests must sign in.

(Lee Baldock)

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Germany - t&m Systems will unveil the new FG Series of loudspeaker enclosures at ProLight&Sound in Frankfurt next month. Following the exhibition, the range will be available in the UK through the German company's exclusive UK distributor, Fuzion plc.

The full range includes the FG61 (6" + 1"), FG81 (8" + 1"), the FG101 (10" + 1"), the FG122 (12" + 1.5") and the FG152 (15" + 1.5"): all are compact 2-way loudspeakers in trapezoidal enclosures. For the low end are the FG112S (single 12"), the FG115S (single 15") and the FG118S (single 18") subwoofers.

(Lee Baldock)

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Italy / USA - At the end of December 2004, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted a design patent (US D500,306 S) to Italian pro audio manufacturer Outline, for the design of its Butterfly line array (hi-pack C.D.H. 483 element). The patent's priority is dated 9 July 2002.

Outlien has told us: "This acknowledgment, granted after a lengthy period of examination by the US Patent Office, gives Butterfly a great added value and, following the International WIPO patent, is further confirmation of the originality of the Butterfly's design, relegating the numerous variations that have appeared at international level to the role of mere imitations."

The following is a list of patents and numerous applications for patents (some still at the approval stage) regarding the overall Butterfly system: U.S. - D 500,306 S (Butterfly Design) - Granted; Ital

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Bolivia - "Festimusic", the music event which premiered in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, held live concerts for two days at the Santa Cruz Royal Stadium. Friday's headliner was Paulina Rubio, the "Golden Girl", who shined on stage, while Saturday's main event was Café Tacuva's live show. About 4,500 people attended the event each day to enjoy the first ever musical festival organized by "Paceña" the country's most popular brewing company, with sound reinforcement provided by D.A.S. Audio's Aero line array system.

Sonilum, the Santa Cruz based sound reinforcement company, was in charge of all the technical details and audiovisual setup under the direction of Abelardo Suarez. As with the recent Chayanne concerts held in Bolivia, the area technicians were Juan and Paulino Montaño for stage and structures, Carlos and Walter Paichucama for audio

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UK - A.C. Lighting has supplied 169 Chroma-Q Color Blocks to prime-time BBC One programmes Comic Relief Does Fame Academy 2005 and Red Nose Night. Comic Relief Does Fame Academy returns this year to see another 13 well-known celebrities go head-to-head in the ultimate singing competition to raise money for good causes in the UK and abroad. Hosts Cat Deeley and Patrick Kielty also return to present the extended series from the new Academy location on the banks of the Thames.

The show aired for the first time on Saturday 26 February and sees the students perform live from the Academy every night on BBC One. At the end of each show, one is expelled until just three are left for the final showdown during Red Nose Night on Friday 11 March. Extended backstage coverage of the show is also running for digital viewers on BBC Three and BBCi.

Show lighting is by Ma

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USA - In a move that is bound to set the lighting industry talking, Strand Lighting announced today that Sonny Sonnenfeld would be rejoining Strand after a 20-year absence, as commercial consultant and New York representative, serving the consultant, Broadway, and dealer community. Sonnenfeld joined Century Lighting (now Strand) in 1945, after serving throughout World War II in the South Pacific. In 1961 he co-founded Lighting & Electronics, rejoining what had then become Strand Century between 1975-85.

Strand president Tim Burnham comments: "Sonny is coming home to Strand after a brief 20 years away from the family - it's a very cool thing! Sonny has forgotten more about this business than most of us will ever know, and his rejoining us speaks volumes for the direction Strand Lighting is taking. We're working very hard every day to satisfy our growing customer base, and n

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UK - It's been a case of in with the new at Scottish lighting specialist black light, with two new faces on the team. Hire manager Alan Jackson has decided to return to his native England, so managing director Gavin Stewart has taken the opportunity to reorganize the company's hire department.

Richard Hogg was already doing a fine job running the day-to-day business of the department and Seonaid "Shonny" Aitkenhead has now joined him, having worked with black light as a freelancer at the end of 2004.

This has allowed Jackson's successor to fulfil an expanded role. Phil Haldane has now joined the black light team as events manager to actively develop the company's specialist events work.

"We are seeing our events business develop with an increasing amount of themed weddings, presentations and corporate projects running alongside events like the Edinburgh Fringe

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