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UK - High End Systems announced that during the Projected Image Digital's Technology Open Days in London, 7-8 December, various HES products will be on show and demonstrated.

Products include the Catalyst v4 software, the DL2 Digital Light fixture, the new Studio Command automated wash luminaire, the Hog iPC and Wholehog 3 console

Event hours are Wednesday, Dec. 7 from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. and Thursday, Dec. 8 from 2-8 p.m. Festive refreshments will be served. Projected Image Digital is located at 53 Northfield Road, London W13 9SY.

(Sarah Rushton-Read)

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UK - Audix has launched its new HT-5 omni-directional light, slimline headset microphone. The company say it is ideal for artists working in theatre, live sound, musicals and TV work.

It is designed to maintain high speech intelligibility without sounding hollow and harsh, while the ultra slim condenser microphone is unobtrusive. Audix say it has also made sure the headset is very comfortable adjusting for different head sizes and weighs just 1.1ounce (31grams). The flexible and durable steel frame includes a strain relief at the back of the frame to protect the microphone from damage.

The dual ear piece ensures it is stable on the head during dance routines. It has a flat response across the audio spectrum and an SPL handling of 140dB. It comes in either black or beige.

Available with either 3pin or 4 pin mini XLR. The Audix HT-5 is available now from Stirling Trading.

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Georgia - A football stadium in Tbilisi, Georgia provided the unlikely location for a huge rock concert - in honour of the BP operated Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline running some 1100 miles between Baku in Azerbaijan on the Caspian Sea, to a newly constructed terminal at Ceyhan on the Mediterranean.

RG Jones was contracted to provide the audio - based around their Synco Martin three-way W8LC/WLX line array system - for an event which was headlined by Simply Red and staged at the Mikheil Meshki Stadium, home of Lokomotiv FC.

The company were working for Steve Nolan's Chromatic Productions, who in turn had been contracted by Neos Creative, BP's main contractor for the event.

RG Jones' engineer, Simon Honywill explained: "BP as operators of the BTC pipeline are staging events to celebrate the completion of this pipeline which runs through Azerbaijan, Georgia and Tu

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Hungary - The Palace of Arts is a multifunctional and extraordinary architectural construction. Situated along the banks of the Danube on the Pest side of the Lágymányos Bridge in Budapest, it is described by the Palace of Arts Co. as "a place where tradition and avant-garde can coexist and interact fruitfully, in all branches of the arts."

The building's design - by Zoboki, Demeter and Associates - and a 21st century technological backbone enable the staging of high quality and large-scale performances, bringing together various branches of the arts under one roof. Its permanent residents include the Ludwig Museum, the National Concert Hall and the Festival Theatre. It is part of the Millennium City Centre, a major urban renewal development program in Budapest that includes the adjacent National Theatre.

Client and main contractor on the project, Arcadom Co. Ltd.,

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China - Aviom, manufacturer of the Pro16 Monitor Mixing System, has announced that a digital snake consisting of five AN-16/i Input Modules, five AN-16/o Output Modules and three A-16D A-Net Distributors was installed for audio distribution at the opening ceremony at the 10th National Games at the Nanjing Olympic Sports Stadium in Nanjing, China. The Aviom gear was supplied by Acton Audio & Musical Instruments, (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., which is part of the Tom Lee Group.

"For the opening ceremony, more than 60 audio signals generated from the mixing console needed to be distributed to processors located 300m away," comments Jeffrey Lim, Aviom's international sales manager for Asia. "System designers Ruan Feng Audio & Lighting Company Limited decided against using a conventional analog snake system, choosing instead to use a distributed audio system from Aviom."

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UK - Metway Electrical Industries Limited has announced the appointment of Ches Harding as business development manager covering the London area.

"Ches has a wide experience in the lighting industry, particularly within the lighting control and structured wiring system sectors," comments sales director, James Hughes. "His knowledge of these products, the market and the demands of installation projects places him in an excellent position to provide consultants and contractors with invaluable consultation and support."

Metway is a major supplier of structured wiring systems for commercial properties and has worked with many of the country's largest electrical contractors on a number of prestigious projects.

(Sarah Rushton-Read)

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USA - Now in its ninth year, the Rock 4 Xmas Foundation is presenting its annual holiday tour, covering over thirty cities throughout the US. Again this year, Community Professional Loudspeakers is donating six of the company's M12 stage monitors for the events.

Founded in 1996 by Morrison Music and Production's Wayne Morrison, the Rock 4 XMas Foundation works to bring food, gifts and holiday spirit to less fortunate families by hosting the annual concert series. Past shows have featured performances by Bad Animals, Blue Oyster Cult, Randy Jackson, and members of Toto, Quiet Riot, Dio, Vanilla Fudge and many others.

"The annual Rock 4 XMas tour is a massive effort, and has grown bigger every year," remarked Morrison. "We'd never be able to pull it off without the help of our sponsors. Community has been a generous supporter of the organization, and we really app

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UK - Windsor is rapidly becoming home to a thriving community of stylish bars and nightclubs, designed to standards more usually found in the capital, just 25 miles away. The latest addition to Windsor's nightlife is Bar Indigo, built underneath the arches supporting a railway line, with all the acoustic challenges to match.

Privately owned by local Berkshire entrepreneur Duane Clark, Bar Indigo comprises two discrete areas; a separate bar and chill-out zone at the front of the club, and a much larger bar and dancefloor at the back. The long tunnel-like shape of the club premises ensures a great architectural space, but also offered, "fairly foul acoustics" for sound installer Paul Knight of Ascot Audio.

"The reverb time is horrendous, like being in a cave," says Knight. "The only solution was to get everyone as near to a direct source as possible, so

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UK - 100% Light is a brand new show launching in 2006. Running alongside 100% Design and 100% Detail, it will feature the very latest and best in architectural and contemporary lighting product.

50-60 selected lighting companies will exhibit, the majority new to the 100% brand. 100% Light is a selective show and all exhibitors will be vetted by the 100% Light Selection Panel, made up of lighting industry experts.

The 100% branded shows held at London's Earls Court, attract over 25,000 architects, specifiers, interior designers, engineers and lighting designers amongst the 36,000 visitors each year. Exhibitors at 100% Light will not only be able to build on this established visitor attendance, but meet new visitors only interested in seeing the best lighting product.

100% Light will be located between 100% Design in Earls Court 2 and 100% Detail in Earls Court 1. A comprehens

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UK - Buro Happold engineers dominated this year's Teambuild competition taking home the overall winner prize as well as the award for best contract strategy.

The competition, run by the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), sets a series of challenges for groups of up to six engineers under the age of 30 to test their team working skills. Each team has to provide the necessary, multi-disciplinary skills to cover all aspects of masterplanning, building design and construction, tested through completing five stages of a build project, based on a real site.

The winning team, named Imhotep after the architect credited with building the first pyramid in ancient Egypt, included Rachel Banham, Rachel Sandbrook, Ivan Chan, Ben Worth and Ruth Bailey, all based in Buro Happold London, and Alex MacLaren, an external architect.

"Congratulations to all our staff who took part,"

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- Doha was the destination in November when Stage One worked for technical director, Adam Wildi and production company, The Bank, on the official opening ceremony of the 'Aspire Academy for Sports Excellence'. Built by the Government of Qatar, Aspire offers an enormous complex of sporting amenities, providing unparalleled facilities for training and developing student athletes.

Stage One was responsible for building the Paul Bonomini designed set for the opening ceremony, which highlighted the history of the region, including shipping and pearl diving. Students of Aspire played a starring role in the performance.

The set included several stages, a huge desert backdrop, billowing wave effects and the movement of a dozen aerial performers swimming 'underwater' across the set, using Stage One's Q-Motion control system. To achieve this, Stage One mapped each individual performers

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UK - Weather Cluster is an ambitious multi-screen permanent video installation launched in November 2005 at the Clacton County High School. The installation is part of 'Coast', a major visual arts project which started in 2003. Over four years, a series of newly commissioned permanent and temporary artworks will be installed along and around the Essex Coast.

Hanging in the atrium of Clacton High School's new wing, Weather Cluster is a complex web of screens and data-cables, which resembles a 21st Century chandelier. This cloud of thirty screens emits weather conditions from around the world. Students from the school film weather conditions at every opportunity; these video clips form a computer database, which constantly searches the Internet to ascertain the local climate. As the weather conditions change, the computers broadcast the relevant video loops. Year after year, the d

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UK - Barcelona pro-audio manufacturer Vieta has announced the signing of Mick Brophy as its new international sales and marketing director. Having worked part-time for the Vieta team last year, in the position of export sales consultant, Brophy is now making a full commitment to the Barcelona company, and will be moving to Spain next year.

Company manager Nacho Alberdi explained that the deal was the result of Brophy's impressive performances over the last 12 months, adding that his new team member's extensive experience on the international circuit would provide valuable rewards for Vieta in 2006. Brophy has, in the past, worked for Amek, Kling & Freitag and Garwood.

(Sarah Rushton-Read)

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Belgium - Following a busy spell of exhibitor bookings during the last two months including 3LCD and Belden, the organizers of ISE 2006, Europe's biggest trade show for AV Systems Integrators report that the event next February in Brussels will be twice the size of the 2005 show and is almost sold out.

Mike Blackman, managing director ISE 2006 is delighted, but not surprised by these figures. "The AV Systems Integration market continues to grow at an increasing rate, the outlook for new business is buoyant and we have more than justified our decision earlier this year to invest in a substantial increase in floor space at the Brussels Expo to accommodate the increase in bookings."

Visitors who attend will see a number of new displays, a comprehensive conference including a new manufacturer's forum and a series of displays in the Brussels Expo. The Residential Solution

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UK - Crest Audio has introduced the first in a series of new mixing consoles, all designed for the install market.

Sharing the same frame sizes as the company's HP-Eight Series, the new HP-W features two additional sets of alternative stereo outputs, including a dynamics section which can be used for recording purposes or as a versatile stereo output for delay speakers, secondary rooms, etc.

Other features include an ambient mic input and a dedicated stereo input module with four mono and four stereo inputs. All mono inputs feature line inputs via an additional jack to the XLR mic input. Another new module features eight-channel automix which can be disabled, making the HP-W ideal for the contracting market when no technically trained personnel are available. All input modules feature a BNC connector for adding a Lillite while auxiliary outputs will be XLR. Other provisions in

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USA - Theatrical Lighting Systems (TLS) has received the Parnelli Award for Regional Lighting Company of the Year at the 5th annual Parnelli Awards in Orlando.

Named after Rick "Parnelli" O'Brien, the awards honor both individuals and companies in the entertainment industry who keep it moving forward with the "four H's": Humanity, Humility, Honesty, and Humor. These qualities were the defining traits of Rick O'Brien, a renowned production manager and respected colleague.

The award banquet was held in conjunction with ETS-LDI, the industry's yearly product and services convention. Chip Monck presented this year's lighting awards. TLS David Milly said that receiving the award was a real honor, but having Chip Monck present the award was just as notable. Monck is a previous Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award recipient.

The award is voted on by

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USA - Chauvet's Colorsplash Jr. is a four-channel, linkable DMX-512 LED washlight. Fitted with 86 ultra bright red, green and blue light emitting diodes, it is suited for architectural, ambience-setting and entertainment applications say the company.

The Colorsplash Jr. can create numerous colors via RGB color mixing. Other features include blackout, dimming and strobing capabilities, individual control of the red, green and blue diodes, built in color change programs, master/slave mode and a 23-degree beam angle. Lumens output is 110 lumens at meter. The lifespan of the diodes (44 red, 21 green, 21 blue) is estimated at up to 100,000 hours. Power is switchable, 115V/230V or 230V. Each unit weighs 3.31lbs and has a two-year limited warranty.

(Sarah Rushton-Read)

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UK - Amnesty International's Protect the Human week was launched on 23 October 2005 at its newly opened Human Rights Action Centre. The new headquarters are in London's Shoreditch area of the East End. There was music from an all star line up including Starsailor, The Others, Dreadzone, Mark Moore from S-Express and an acoustic set by Kill City.

Protect The Human is major new initiative 'to get a million more people standing up for human rights in the UK' by 2010. During the weekend, AV rental company Mushroom Event Services supplied dramatic lighting for the new building, with a total of 60 2K Fresnels illuminating 30 windows across three floors. Each light was individually controlled and dimmed, giving a wide variety of colour and brightness at any window at any given time.

Protect The Human was written across the façade in 25Watt lamps hung from the roof with steel rope wh

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UK - Chris King, the friendly face that's greeted visitors to White Light's base in Wimbledon for the last few years, is to retire in December after being with White Light for over sixteen years. He leaves White Light's Wimbledon base to escape the hustle-and-bustle of London for a calmer life in Devon.

As White Light's 'senior communicator' King is the cheerful voice that greeted telephone callers and, unlike the computerized systems favoured by so many organizations these days, welcomed regulars by name. He's put their call through to the appropriate team while figuring out how stressed they've sounded and greeted new callers as long-established friends, while working out which member of the company could best assist them.

A former car salesman, King first met White Light's co-founder and chairman John Simpson through their local amateur theatre company. He joined White Ligh

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UK/Spain - Switchcraft has strengthened its international representation by appointing Madrid based Magnetrón, S.A. to stock and supply its connectors, audio and video patchbays and cable assemblies to the broadcast and professional audio markets in Spain.

Stephen Waldron, Switchcraft's director of international sales, says: "Magnetrón is a very well established and respected supplier within its market place and we are very pleased to enter this new relationship that will increase the availability of our products and introduce the Switchcraft range to new customers."

(Sarah Rushton-Read)

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