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UK / Hong Kong - Artistic Licence continues to expand with the opening of a new UK headquarters building and Hong Kong office. The recent launch and immediate market take up of products such as Pixi-Flex and Pixi-Web has led to an expansion of outsourced assembly, say the company.

Artistic Licence has selected Remploy to expand its manufacturing and assembly capability. Managing director, Wayne Howell comments: "Remploy is a very impressive organisation. They have been very responsive to our requests and have a good understanding of our need for quality and consistency in manufacturing. I am also extremely impressed with the ethos of the organisation and pleased to play our part in expanding the opportunities for disabled people."

Remploy is the UK's leading provider o

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Germany - The 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany kicked off in spectacular fashion on 9 June at Munich's Allianz Arena Stadium. Kicking off the four-week tournament of the most popular sport in the world, the opening ceremony included Brazilian star Pele - World Cup winner in 1958, 1962 and 1970; German supermodel Claudia Schiffer, and an address by German Federal President Horst Köhler. The event captivated over 60,000 spectators inside Allianz Arena Stadium and a worldwide television audience of 1.5 billion viewers.

Frankfurt-based Sirius Showequipment AG was contracted to provide sound reinforcement services for this high-profile event. Sirius Showequipment, in conjunction with regional sound company Crystal Sound, chose a 48-channel AKG WMS 4000 wireless microphone system to support the full spectrum of musical guests from traditional Bavarian folk performances to contemporary hip

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UK - British Telecom's Group Communications department has purchased a 32-channel GL4800 multi-purpose console and 14-channel MixWizard compact mixer to manage its corporate communications programme.

The department runs all of BT's senior management events within BT Centre, with two areas of operation - a broadcast TV studio and a 170 seat auditorium. The TV studio is used for corporate communications, with approximately 40 pieces to camera taking place every month. These webcasts are broadcast across the BT Intranet/network - accessed by 80,000 desktops - and live links are provided to TV/radio broadcasters and business press when there is breaking news concerning BT.

The new GL4800 desk has been installed in the TV studio, replacing an older Allen & Heath GL4 desk, which was originally installed in 1996. BT also purchased a WZ314:4:2, which is used as part of a portable loca

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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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UK - 3M Optical Systems today announced that its new Vikuiti rear projection window film is being trialled by a bar in Newcastle to show the football matches throughout the World Cup 2006. This trial is being held to enhance the viewing experience for football fans during of one of the world's most popular sporting events.

The 60" Vikuiti rear-projection film from 3M has been attached to both side and front windows of Bar 55 located in Newcastle's city centre allowing passers-by on the high street the opportunity to catch World Cup coverage while out and about and ensuring supporters enjoying a drink outside do not miss a moment of their favourite teams in action.

"I was very pleased to be offered a trial of 3M's fantastically innovative film as it has offered the opportunity for us to broaden our audience reach considerably," said Bob Senior, owner of Bar 55, N

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The Netherlands - With five shows performing in over 20 countries each year, Holiday On Ice is one of the most international and long-running quality entertainment productions around. Holiday On Ice is a part of Joop van den Ende's Stage Entertainment Group, Europe's leading live-entertainment production company. Based in the Netherlands, Stage Entertainment attracts combined annual audiences of around ten million people to its ice shows, theatre productions, musicals and special events.

The latest Holiday on Ice show in production is Romanza, with this season's performances scheduled in Germany, Korea and France. The central theme of the Romanza show are the world's most famous love stories, from Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" to Puccini's "Madame Butterfly". Artistic director Frank Wentink, choreochrapher Jamie Isley and their creative team

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Japan - March 2006 saw the colorful opening of Cocone Kamifukuoka, a multi-use complex in Fujimino City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Located north of Tokyo and situated directly in front of Kamifukuoka train station, Cocone Kamifukuoka offers a variety of services such as rental housing, shopping and medical facilities. Operated by the Urban Renaissance Agency, the complex's convenience and friendly atmosphere is already proving quite popular with locals. A new, dynamic façade illumination has added to the area's appeal.

The shopping center's façade, a five-storey construction housing a large parking garage, features a colour changing illumination from 11 Martin Architectural Exterior 200 Long Barrel colour changing luminaires. The IP65-rated fixtures, mounted with 12° lenses and spaced equally atop the structure, focus a narrow beam of seasonal shades vertically across the

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Spain - DPA Microphones has supplied a quantity of mics to Radiotelevisión's Catalonia facility in Sant Cugat, Barcelona, for its two new digital studios. The order, supplied by DPA's Spanish distributor SeeSound, includes 18 DPA 4011 cardioid mics, chosen for their high sound quality and versatility, which are being used largely for acoustic instruments as well as crowd ambience.

Radiotelevisión - one of Spain's leading audiovisual companies and programme makers - has also purchased 24 DPA 4060 miniature omnidirectional which it is using together with some 4066 miniature omnidirectional headband mics for producing news programmes and documentaries. The company is also finding that DPA's 4088 cardioid headband mics are ideal for its sports broadcasts such as the UEFA Champions League.

The final weapon in Radiotelevisión's DPA armoury is a 3530-A kit comprising a factory-mat

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Argentina - D.A.S. Audio's Aero linear array system continues to conquer new frontiers, this time in Argentina where French singer Manu Chao sold out two concerts (on 17 and 19 March, at Jujuy and Mendoza respectively). Chao demonstrated once more that he is a force to be reckoned with in Latin America, where he is committed to the struggle for prosperity and equality.

Some 6,500 people attended each performance, for which a D.A.S. Audio sound reinforcement system was provided by Argentina's Merino Technical Productions. The company set up a PA system of 24 Aero 28 speakers with two CA-215 enclosures stacked at ground level for the Jujuy concert, which took place at the Old Jujuy Station. At Mendoza's Pacific Stadium, regardless of the poor acoustic, the main PA system (which consisted of 32 Aero CA-28 speakers with four CA-215 and 12 Compact 218 Sub for low-end reinforcement) d

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UK - The Rigging Partnership this week launched their new online shop for PPE and rigging equipment. The bespoke shop is aimed at the entertainment rigging industry; servicing venues, riggers and technicians. Equipment lines include: Rope Access & Rescue Equipment, Fall Protection & Personal Protection Equipment, Bags & Tools, and General Rigging Equipment which includes pulleys, dead hang bracket etc.

Through a growing stock list which has with the entertainment industry in mind, all the leading brands are brought together onto one site, including: Petzl, Troll, Miller and Bacou-Dalloz. Whilst items can be directly purchased by credit card on the site, TRP also run a telephone advice line and phone shopping service.

TRP also specialise in performer flying and a section of the site is dedicated to the large range of hire and sale stock of performer flying equipment and service

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UK - Audio-Technica Ltd is pleased to announce the availability of its ATH-PRO700 professional monitor headphones. Designed with DJs and other audio professionals in mind, these headphones offer the highest level of sonic accuracy, combined with maximum comfort for hours of listening in a variety of environments.

Representing the latest in Audio-Technica transducer technology, the ATH-PRO700 headphones incorporate a neodymium magnet system and combine rugged construction with a stylish look. Their closed-back, dynamic circumaural design provides excellent isolation in loud listening environments - ideal for privately auditioning tracks. With an ability to handle extremely high SPLs, the headphones deliver outstanding sound reproduction with 53mm diameter drivers and extended bass frequency response.

The padded, easily adjustable headband ensures a comfortable, secure fit throu

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Australia - When designing sound reinforcement systems for churches, there are two priorities that are of equal importance: high intelligibility and aesthetic unobtrusiveness. The latter is especially true in historic church buildings, where the architecture is often extremely valuable.

Sydney-based church specialist Clare Communications has good experience at designing such installations and takes full advantage of Turbosound's TCS and Impact series, which the company says combine high quality acoustics with a small, discreet enclosure and are specifically designed to fulfil the twin requirements.

Clare has recently worked with Matt Donovan from Audio Telex, Turbosound's Australian distributor, to design and install new systems into two very different Catholic churches in Australia - the Mosman church in Sydney and St Aloysius Catholic church in Cronulla.

The Mosman church

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UK - Roland Systems Group has appointed Total Audio Solutions of Bromsgrove as a main supplier and servicing centre for its Digital Snake products. Adding to an already extensive product range including Neumann, Genelec and Sony broadcast, it was agreed that Digital Snake made an ideal partner for the company's studio and broadcast solutions.

Product manager for Roland Systems Group, Neal Tomlinson, commented: "We feel that the expertise and background offered by Total Audio allows us a great opportunity to expand further into the live, broadcast and installation market."

64 channels of RSS by Roland Digital Snake is being used at T in the Park to connect the Pet Sounds Arena Stage to the BBC mixing truck. 64 channels of RSS by Roland Digital Snake, supplied by Total Audio Solutions Ltd. Using two 32 x 8 stage units and two front-of-house units, the whole system will

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Europe - XL Video is supplying Robbie Williams' Close Encounters stadium tour with all production video equipment and a 14-person crew, including chief engineer Stuart Heaney, project managed for XL by Phil Mercer.

XL purchased 125sq.m of new Mitsubishi OD8 LED screen for the tour, and is the first company to bring this particular resolution technology into Europe. The Mitsubishi is configured as three portrait-shaped screens - two 11 x 5 panel surfaces either side of the stage used primarily for IMAG, and one 9 x 5 panel centre-stage screen.

Embedded into the bellies of the tusks and Scorpion Tails set-pieces (designed by Ray Winkler of Studio Fish) are 6500 Barco O-lite blocks. These impressive set pieces wrap the stage in a horseshoe shape, providing a 'live' 3D backdrop. Every surface facing the audience, apart from the floor and ramps, is video. XL is supplying one

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USA - The dates have been set for Tomcat's Hoist & Rigging Workshop 2007: the workshops will run the course of four days, 21-24 February, in Midland, Texas. The annual school includes workshops pertaining to hoist, rigging, truss, and fall protection taught by some of the foremost experts in the industry, say Tomcat.

Making its third appearance - after becoming a huge success among participants over the last two years - will be the Advanced Workshop. This two-day workshop covers a variety of interesting topics on hoist motors and truss design and is meant for those who have already completed Tomcat's four-day workshop and/or those with extensive experience working with motors and truss in the field. Advanced workshop dates are 23-24 February, also in Midland, Texas.

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Morocco - 40 years ago, exclusive French tour operator Le club Méditerranée, opened a village in Agadir, Morocco. To celebrate their birthday in style, the resort received a complete refurbishment, which included the addition of eight PixelPar 90s.

Club Med's Entertainment division asked French lighting designer Olivier Legendre to design the scheme. Fortunately, Olivier had used PixelRange fixtures before on many tours with Paris-based company Prévues - so from experience he chose PixelPar 90s as his creative lighting solution.

He says: "This was a great opportunity to introduce LED technology to Le club Méditerranée. The PixelPar 90 is the perfect plug-and-play fixture, creating fabulous effects with low power consumption and no maintenance - which are key points for this kind of international product."

The PixelPars, chosen for

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Singapore - Singapore's Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC) has announced the creation of a new permanent multimedia night-time spectacular, which will be installed over the sea. The new production, designed and produced by ECA2, is to be launched during the second quarter of 2007, and will be operated two or three times per night for a minimum period of three years.

The new attraction will be created by internationally acclaimed designer Yves Pepin, founder and president of ECA2, a company recognized the world over as one of the most experienced international teams for conception, creation and production of multimedia shows. Pepin, along with film directors Steven Spielberg and Zhang Yimou, and Ric Birch, the talented producer of the Sydney 2000 Ceremonies, have recently been appointed Artistic Advisers in the creative team for the Ceremonies of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games by

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Germany - After touring Germany for the past two years, the FIFA Globe has finally come home. The 17.8m tall structure designed by Multimedia Artist André Heller was built using 60 tons of zinc-coated steel (and can be seen on the BBC's World Cup Match of The Day, standing in the background behind Gary Lineker's shoulders).

Before arriving in Frankfurt, the FIFA Globe had been travelling across Germany promoting their hosting of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Looking like an oversized football by day, the sculpture is transformed into an illuminated globe by night, thanks to 40 Tryka Strip Module Optic IP67 1200mm and six Strip Module Optic IP67 600mm - all driven by Tryka Modulation Drivers and programmed by DMX. Lighting designer Antonius Quodt was responsible for specifying the equipment.

The interior of the imposing FIFA Globe - made connecting 256m of steel pipe t

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Germany - Meyer Sound brought its long-running worldwide professional training program to Hamburg, Germany, recently with a successful seminar on the SIM 3 audio analyzer and its source independent measurement system. The four-day interactive event, titled 'SIM 3 Training and System Design', drew 40 audio professionals from varied backgrounds, including the touring, theatre and AV installation markets. The intensive sessions were presented in English by Mauricio 'Magu' Ramirez, Meyer Sound's engaging senior seminar technical instructor.

Seminar logistics were coordinated by Meyer Sound's German office and the event's co-host, Klaus Rahe of Procon Event Engineering, a leading sound rental firm based in Hamburg. The actual site for the sessions was a studio at CINETEC, a local television production facility.

The SIM 3 Training and System Design seminar is an in-depth, intensive

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UK - West London-based Entec Sound and Light is supplying cult US thrash metallers Tool with full lighting and sound production and crew for their current European tour, supporting their newly launched '10,000 Days' album. Entec's ability to offer an integrated sound and lighting package helped them win the competitive bid for the tour - their first with the band - via tour manager Craig Duffy. The tour is being project managed for Entec by Noreen O'Riordan (lighting) and Dick Hayes (sound).

LD Breck Haggerty has worked with Tool since 1998 - initially as lighting crew chief before graduating to the design hot seat. His main lighting consideration for this tour was designing something floor-based and optimised for easy rigging and de-rigging. The concept is that this toured to festivals throughout the summer, enabling them to have as much of their show as possible with a minimum

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USA - At the recent Infocomm 2006 in Orlando, Florida, Gear-Source Inc and Christie Digital finalized a deal making Gear-Source the exclusive online reseller of Christie's coveted b-stock video projectors. The deal - which gives GearSource.com hundreds of new video listings, also offers Christie new exposure for their re-conditioned, b-stock and discontinued inventory. "This deal really provides us a ton of credibility in the video market, plus offers inventory to the lighting market we're already deeply rooted in. We couldn't be more thrilled to become a part of the Christie family of re-sellers," says Marcel Fairbairn, president of Gear-Source Inc.

Heading up the relationship on the Gear-Source side is Henry Kones, director or market development. "Henry worked hard to make this happen, it's only fitting that he continues to manage the relationship," says Fa

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UK - Shure's UHF-R wireless system, distributed in the UK by Shure Distribution UK, carried away this year's prestigious 2006 NSCA Expo Innovations in Technology Product Award, in the audio category. Spanning seven product categories, three finalists for each were chosen out of more that 100 entries by an independent voting committee. Attendees of the 2006 NSCA Expo then cast their votes for one winning company per category.

The Shure's UHF-R wireless attracted award winning votes from NSCA members because of its unique set of features. The system offers superior RF performance and rock-solid reliability, as well as unparalleled control even in large, networked systems. With 2,400 selectable frequencies across a 60MHz bandwidth, UHF-R allows up to 40 preset compatible systems to be operated per band: up to 108 systems can be put to work using multiple bands. Shure say of the sys

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