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UK / Americas - Pulsar is pleased to confirm that Jerry Colmenero has joined Pulsar as sales manager for the Americas. Colmenero, who will be based in Texas, will offer support and develop Pulsar's activities in the Americas, and in particular will act as a support mechanism for the company's distributors in Canada, USA, Mexico and South America.

Pulsar's managing director Paul Mardon said: "The Americas are an important sector of our business; Jerry's appointment will ensure that we are in a position to react quickly to the needs of our customers in the region."

Andy Graves, head of sales and marketing said "Jerry is well known in the lighting industry and in particular his knowledge of the US industry will greatly enhance our market presence and customer support

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UK - Neil Riley and Mark McClellan of Liverpool-based Absolute Lighting & Events have created an extensive LED environment for the newly-opened Viper Lounge bar restaurant in the Warrington suburb of Stockton Heath. The company designed the split-level interior entirely around the products distributed by Lighting Effects Distribution (LED Ltd) to produce a result which Riley describes as "quite spectacular".

Absolute has incorporated a wide range of products to achieve maximum impact, including 46 x 3W stair light 'injectors' placed in the venue's entrance and on the stairs to the second floor. Two sets of Alkalite Riva 80 recessed 8-head LED colour-change systems have been placed in the ceiling at various points, and two sets of the Octopod 30 8-head systems have been used to create strips of light along the length of the recessed ceiling.

Absolute has also used &qu

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Australia / India - Australian lighting control manufacturer, LSC Lighting Systems has appointed Acoustic Control of Bangalore as its stockist and distributor for India. Acoustic Control will be responsible for the importation, distribution network and technical support of LSC's lighting control desks, DMX network products and the complete range of portable and installation dimming systems.

Acoustic is already well established as one of India's leading audio and lighting suppliers. Their staff includes LDs, console programmers, service technicians and CAD experts, to provide a total service to the customer, either directly or via their network of resellers throughout India. The company has made a heavy investment in LSC and its products, purchasing the entire stock from the large LSC stand at the recent PLASA Show in London.

Ian Pope, LSC's business development manager, recent

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France - Major refurbishment work at Paris Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport includes a new all-digital PA and emergency sound system with over 1000 loudspeakers. Bosch Security Systems and the voice-data-image communication specialists Axians, based in France, cooperated closely to put together a system based around Bosch's Praesideo digital PA and emergency sound system.

The main point for the choice of the Bosch system, says the company, was the fact that Praesideo easily met the tough EVAC requirements for Terminal 1 and is "far more cost-effective than would be possible with an analogue system". Additionally, the system has been independently certified to the IEC 60849 safety standard.

Terminal 1, which handles the bulk of the international traffic of Paris' largest airport, presents special challenges for a PA installation. Managing the flights of around 60 airl

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UK - Adlib Lighting - newly streamlined and fresh from major investments in Martin Professional, James Thomas Pixel range technology, Highend systems and motors from LTM - supplied production, lighting and crew for the recent Royksopp tour.

Sister company Adlib Audio also supplied sound for the two largest gigs of the UK tour - Brixton Academy and Manchester Apollo - plus selected effects and 'specials' for FOH engineer Patrick Walsh for the whole tour which covered three weeks in the UK plus European dates.

Adlib Lighting supplied Royksopp LD Dave Ross with a rig of specials for the entire tour, including 6 Martin MAC 2Ks, 6 PixelPARs and 6 PixelLine 1044s and one of the latest High End Systems Hog IPC consoles with an expander Wing.

For the Brixton and Manchester shows, additional lighting equipment included 12 PixelLine 1044s, 2 MAC 2Ks, 12 HES Studio Beam wash lights, 12

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Korea - An Outline Butterfly line array made up of 16 Hi-Pack C.D.H. 483 modules and four Low-Pack C.D.L. 1815 has been installed in one of the largest cathedrals in South Korea - the Kwangjoo Gyeojassi (Mustard seed) Presbyterian church. The enormous 8,300 square metre building can seat 3,000, with weekly attendance figures of around 15,000.

The sound system is powered and controlled by Outline's Series T PWM amps and DSP Genius 6. The line array was installed by Kong Gan Electronic of Seoul, Outline's South Korean distributor, which has long experience in installing sound systems in houses of worship.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - To launch the new 407 Coupé to key fleet customers in the UK, Peugeot Motor Company appointed Arcstream AV to produce an evening's entertainment to launch the new car at the Grove Hotel in Hertfordshire.

Arcstream deployed many of their special visual effects to set the scene for the car's unveiling, including lasers, and moving and generic lighting. They built a curved wall emblazoned with the Peugeot logo, which gradually rotated to reveal the new model. On the floor was Arcstream AV's poolSystem - a special effect using interactive floor projection. The images in the Peugeot poolSystem, which focused on the dancefloor, changed throughout the evening, featuring the manufacturer's famous lion logo.

Chris Cheetham, Peugeot's fleet marketing manager said: "We wanted a truly innovative reveal of the new 407 Coupé. Arcstream AV helped achieve this with the

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USA - Compulite Systems, manufacturer of the Vector line of lighting control consoles, will offer free Vector training sessions throughout the first two days of the ETS-LDI exhibition next week (11 & 12 November). Two sessions will be held each day, at 11:00am and 2:30pm. The two hour sessions will take place in a dedicated room at the convention center, with several consoles available for hands-on training.

Participants will receive an overview of the console, as well as basic setup, operation and a taste of advanced features such as Matrix programming, Multimedia attachments and bi-directional WYSIWYG integration.

Registration is by email - please indicate name and preferred session.

(Lee Baldock)

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Canada - Cast Software reports two new partnerships which add to the growing list of manufacturers that are bundling their consoles with WYSIWYG Perform Console Edition (CE), the lighting design and pre-visualization software.

Leprecon Pro Lighting will offer LP-X users the option of pairing a copy of WYSIWYG CE with every LP-X48 and LP-X24 console. The Leprecon LP-X series lighting consoles will control up to 1024 DMX channels of moving lights and static instruments.

Lehigh Electric Products Co. will bundle WYSIWYG CE with their Millennium Series of consoles, providing seamless integration of all available features, including visualization, AutoPatch, fixture selection, and AutoFocus.

"These new partnerships are adding to the industry buzz, confirming that manufacturers want to join forces so they can offer their customers a complete solution," says Gilray Densham

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USA - Chauvet reports that despite the difficulties caused by hurricane Wilma, the company is fully operational and will attend next week's LDI show and conference as planned. Last week, the company lost power, phone and e-mail communications in the aftermath of the hurricane. Thankfully, neither Chauvet's main office nor any of its warehouses sustained structural damage, but the company's management determined that it was best to keep employees at home for the week out of consideration for the hardships and safety concerns caused by the hurricane.

CEO Albert Chauvet said that dealers and distributors have been overwhelmingly supportive. "We thank every dealer, every employee and every customer for sticking together through these trying times. Our employees specially deserve our admiration for putting aside their own personal concerns to serve customers. If anything, we've

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UK - Tomcat UK has appointed Malcolm Davis as Europe sales representative. Davis comes to Tomcat UK with wide-ranging sales experience which he gained throughout the UK, Europe and Middle East at companies like Strand Lighting and Zero 88 Lighting where he was the distributor sales manager.

"I'm very encouraged as to the long term plans for Tomcat UK and excited at being given the opportunity to join them," commented Davis. "After being out of the industry for a while I'm looking forward to coming back and making an invaluable contribution to the future growth of the company."

(Lee Baldock)

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USA - Entertainment Technology is to release software version 3.0 for the Marquee and Marquee ILC lighting control consoles at the 2005 ETS-LDI Trade Show in Orlando, Florida.

"We are very excited to be releasing software version 3.0 for the Marquee lighting control consoles," stated Alan Keen, entertainment technology product manager. "With this upgrade, the Marquee and the Marquee ILC are continuing to set themselves apart from the other consoles on the market."

Designed by Horizon Control, the new software version 3.0 will introduce the Effects Editor feature to the lighting control consoles. Along with allowing the user to build their own effects on to any lighting attribute, the Effects Editor feature will include pre-defined effects such as Ballyhoo, Cancan, Circle and Rainbow.

Also inside software version 3.0, the Indepe

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Denmark - The Eurovision Song Contest, celebrated its 50th Anniversary on October 22nd at the Forum in Copenhagen. The live event, Congratulations, was performed in front of a 5500-strong audience and broadcast to 31 countries worldwide with a viewer base of over 90 million. The show presented Eurovision stars from the original show held in 1956 and artists of today including special guests Ronan Keating and Riverdance.

The stage was an unusual shape but roughly 40m x 18 m, with three large screens dominating it. A curtain of approximately 700 square meters, consisting of 460 LCD elements, which were used to create different lighting effects in addition to 250 moving and 500 stationary lights, as well as seven XML 25's R18's and R8's.

Sound Designer Jens Elsborg of Nordic Rentals, assisted by the Adamson Shooter software, calculated placement and coverage for the venue.

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Hungary - Midas' Hungarian distributor Bluesound reports the sale of a Verona 320 console to the Gönczi Ferenc cultural centre located in Zalaegerszeg, a small town in southern Hungary. The console will be used for theatrical performances and live musical events.

"The acquisition of the Verona is a big step for us," says Peter Bácskay, sound engineer at the centre. "The console is transparent, I can hear all my settings clearly and I don't have to tweak the knobs to their limits as I've had to do with other consoles I've used."

The sale is the beginning of a key strategy for Bluesound, which has represented Midas and Klark Teknik since May 2004. "We have sold five Midas Verona consoles this year, together with more than 30 Klark Teknik signal processing units," says Thomas Csernus, managing director of Bluesound. "This is a small step for M

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China - Color Kinetics Inc has announced a series of newly completed marquee installations in mainland China, reflecting its growing momentum in the region. Most recently, installation of Color Kinetics systems was completed at LG Tower, a multi-million dollar construction by LG Building Development Co Ltd, whose 460ft towers will be lit by more than 7,600ft of Color Kinetics' iColor Accent system.

Additionally, Color Kinetics' systems illuminate Sands Macao and Grandview Hotel in Macau, Garden Hotel in Guangzhou, the China Resource Centre building in Shenzhen, Tianjin (Yi Do Cam) Business Centre in Tianjin, Lilly's Restaurants and Nightclubs in Shanghai, and Chongqing Times Square in Chongqing, among others.

"Color Kinetics' success in mainland China reflects the strength of our technology, depth and quality of our product portfolio, and the timely execution of our on-go

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Europe - Lighting designer Craig Allnutt is using an Avolites Diamond 4 console on the current Bloc Party UK and European tour. Allnutt joined the Bloc Party team in February 2005 following the NME tour and had previously worked with Keane.

"I particularly like the way the Diamond 4 is set up and the fact that you can patch anything to anywhere," says Allnutt. "It's very simple to pick up, particularly if you have an Avolites background."

The rig on Bloc Party is slightly asymmetric to match the non-conventional nature of the band and their music. The rig consists of two 40ft trusses - front and rear - the upstage of which has four truss drop-beams off the bottom rail. There are five truss towers onstage all at different heights, to 'break up' the overall appearance of the space.

Moving lights are 11 SGM Giotto 400 Washes and 13 CMY Spots, which ar

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UK - Kelsey Acoustics' boat took overall first place at this year's Audio Industry Regatta (AIR), fending off stiff competition from a fleet of thirteen others representing all branches of the industry. The winner's trophy is competed for over five races, which this year took place in The Solent.

The Audio Industry Regatta (AIR) is run annually to raise money for the Portsmouth-based Elizabeth Foundation, a voluntary organization for deaf babies, deaf pre-school children aged up to five years, and their parents. The Foundation provides parent-centred services on a nationwide basis and often without charge.

Following a disastrous last place in the opening race, the Kelsey Acoustics crew fought back to achieve first place in each of the remaining four races to cement their overall winning position for the weekend.

This year the regatta attracted nearly 100 crew members, while

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Sweden - RCF S4012 subs have recently been installed in the Friskis & Svettis fitness centre in Stockholm. The S4012 is an extremely compact, high output bandpass subwoofer system delivering a tight and fast bass response using a new RCF high-powered 12" woofer, say RCF.

The subs, wall-mounted in this case, are part of a complete system for the centre. Erik Tapper of Luthman, RCF's distributor in Sweden, said: "It is not often that we see subs wall-mounted like this, but I have to admit that they sound great when working with the rest of the system."

(Lee Baldock)

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UK - Sky News is now broadcasting from its new, state-of-the-art Sky News Centre studio complex in West London. Central to the operation is the main combined studio-newsroom, complete with the first LED backdrop solution in a 24/7 UK broadcast facility. Barco supplied all of the LED backdrop walls equipped with unique diffusers especially developed for the broadcast market, and projectors used in news studios and monitoring rooms in the purpose built facility.

Paul Vickerage, head of studio production for Sky News states, "One reason for the purchase from Barco was that Barco is a total solution provider and could provide us with all the LED and projectors needed for this new and technologically advanced studio."

At 7,500sq.ft Sky News' new newsroom is over twice the size of its previous facility, which was around 3,000 square foot. Measuring 14m x 3m, and 34 tiles l

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Northern Ireland - ACK Productions of Belfast has become the first company in Northern Ireland to purchase HK Audio's COHEDRA Compact Coherent Dynamic Response Array system.

"We are trying to expand the market to which our sound systems are pitched," says ACK owner Alastair Kerr. "We do a lot of theatre and corporate events that our existing HK Audio systems are great for but we want to start looking at systems for bands and small outdoor festivals for which the COHEDRA Compact is ideal."

ACK has purchased 16 CDR 108 mid/high units, eight CDR 210 C subwoofers and two PR8 amp racks with additional controllers to enable two smaller systems to go out on hire at the same time. The company already has a substantial inventory of HK Audio systems. ACK's introduction to COHEDRA Compact came about when UK distributor John Hornby Skewes brought over a demo system for

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USA - Compulite's Vector lighting console was chosen by LD Jeff Lava for Audio Adrenaline's fall tour. Established for ten years, Audio Adrenaline is a leading Christian music group, with sales of over 3 million album sales and 18 number one radio hits.

The AudioA tour ran 26 shows in six weeks, and was Lava's first experience with Vector. "After having seen a demo of the desk at Bandit, I was very impressed and decided to try it out on my next tour," he commented.

"The learning curve was immediate. Within a few days I was running the console as if I had been doing it for years. I was specifically impressed with Compulite's support. Whenever I had a question, I called their product specialist and got an answer within minutes. When I ran across things I didn't like, I had Compulite's engineers call me for details, and on several occasions I received a software up

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