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USA - FiberPlex Inc., makers of the LightViper fibre optic audio transport systems, has announced the appointment of SF Marketing as the exclusive Canadian distributor for its professional audio product line.

Sam Spennacchio, FiberPlex's director of sales and marketing for Pro Audio, says: "I am really thrilled to have SF Marketing as our LightViper distributor in Canada. Sol has assembled an enviable group of people, from sales to technical support to administration. The extent of SF Marketing's capabilities and expertise is truly unique. We look forward to a very long and productive relationship with SF Marketing."

SF Marketing can be telephoned on, Canada 514-780-2070.

(Chris Henry)

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France - As part of Innovason's ongoing celebration of ten years of making digital mixing consoles, the company has launched an initiative to take back your old console and replace it with a new one at an extremely preferential rate.

Innovason's sales and marketing director, Xavier Pion explains why: "We felt that it was an excellent way of marking ten years in the business. It is a great way of saying thank you to our existing customers who have supported us since the beginning, and also provides us with a unique opportunity to tempt those who haven't yet invested in Innovason but are thinking about updating their console. We are confident that they will be delighted with their choice, and the offer we are making today is just one more good reason to take the plunge. And of course, we benefit from having a modern fleet of consoles in circulation which requires less mainten

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Japan - Opened in 1989, Yokohama Arena has quickly become the standard of measure for all Japan's other arenas and convention centres, both in terms of its design and its business model. The arena is constantly booked with trade shows, corporate functions, sporting events, and concerts galore. It's so solidly booked, in fact, that when the old sound system was replaced by a brand new one from Meyer Sound, the installation crew was forced to work around normal arena operations and bookings, and could only remove the old system after the new one was up and completely operational.

Most facilities would close for a job of this nature, however, Yokohama Arena is not a typical arena. Accommodating up to 17,000 people, the arena has played host to such high-profile events as the Pride Fighting Championships and the Rolling Stones on tour. Amenities abound: a projection system with four

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UK - Since 1992 Marantz Professional has been one of the leaders in professional compact disc recorders/players. Now the CDR310 expands on the success of the company's innovative and popular portable digital recorder family. With the CDR310, Marantz has made fully-featured CD recording technology available in a portable format. The CDR310 offers convenient long-term recording in uncompressed and MP3 formats, and provides a long list of the features most demanded by the professional market, including optional battery operation for up to four hours.

The CDR310 is capable of handling a project from beginning to end, incorporating built-in microphone preamps with XLR connectors and 48V phantom power for use with external condenser microphones, a built-in high-quality microphone for maximum convenience and portability, and the ability to record for hours, then finish the final projec

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UK - Dance4Life is an exciting new global initiative being delivered by SPW in the UK for the first time this year. As the youth arm of the World AIDS Campaign, it seeks to educate, empower and unite young people around the world to tackle HIV/AIDS. Dance4Life aims to provide an opportunity and platform for young people to become more actively involved in tackling HIV/AIDS.

Founded in 2004 in the Netherlands, the project has been highly successful in South Africa, the Netherlands and Indonesia, uniting thousands of young people around the world. The aim is for over 1 million young people from 24 countries to be united within their countries and internationally via live satellite links on World AIDS Day 2012. Through this they will be able to see their power as a united force for change.

The event aims to unite student representatives from 30 schools around the UK at one dance

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UK - The historic Coronet Cinema in South London's Elephant and Castle has undergone a multi-million pound refurbishment to create a stunning new live music and club venue. The 2,200 capacity Art Deco building, which began its life as a theatre in the early 19th Century before becoming a cinema in 1910, now houses regular live music gigs and club nights, with a newly-installed EV XLC line-array sound reinforcement system.

The team behind the Coronet re-launch includes Simon Parkes, the man who rescued the derelict Brixton Academy in the 1980s. Unsurprisingly, he has put live music at the core of the Coronet's new business plan, and wants to put the venue firmly on the touring circuit. So far, the club has hosted Franz Ferdinand, The Orb and Macy Gray, and is nurturing a commitment to showcasing new bands and avant-garde events.

Bernard Mani of Systems Etc has had a long relati

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UK - Next stop on D.A.S.'s trade show schedule is PLASA 2006 in London England, the only international show in this dateline that brings together this diverse industry in one single event. From the 10 - 13 of September, D.A.S. will be at Earls Court along with UK distributor Sennheiser, showing for first time in the UK, the latest D.A.S. products. The PLASA show is recognized as one of the world's most established professional technology trade events for the entertainment and installation industries.

From the 5 to the 8 of October D.A.S. will be at the 121st AES Convention at the Moscone Convention Center in the city of San Francisco. D.A.S. will be presenting some of it's newest products at this show including the bi-amplified Variant 25A linear array module specifically designed to be used in small and medium-sized installations, the new low-profile stage monitor systems: the

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UK - Lighting designer Tim Routledge was working to a tight timescale to deliver the goods for a broadcast by S4C, the Welsh TV channel and turned to Hawthorns to make it happen.

"I received a phone call from The Pop Factory Production Company on Monday asking me to provide the lighting for a S4C shoot of the programme Dechrau Canu on the following Wednesday," says Routledge, "I had been working with Hawthorns over the last twelve months so I knew, even though the timescale was tight they would pull out all the stops to help me."

St. Asaph Cathedral, North Wales is the smallest Cathedral in Britain, so with space at a premium Routledge had to design an exacting lighting configuration to achieve the 360 degree lighting effect he required, whilst keeping as much of the lighting out of shot as possible. "Following a swift site visit, and a sketched design

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UK - It's been a summer of musicals, and will turn into an autumn of musicals for entertainment lighting supplier White Light. Having already supplied the lighting for the acclaimed new production of Evita, the company is now supplying the lighting for three new musicals and one incoming tour in London and one show in Moscow.

The Palace Theatre in London will house Spamalot, the smash-hit Broadway musical "lovingly ripped off from" the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Lighting designer Hugh Vanstone was nominated for a Tony Award for his work on the Broadway production, and will re-create his design for London; the show is designed by Tim Hatley and directed by Mike Nichols.

Vanstone's rig for the show features a wide range of Vari*Lite equipment, including tungsten and arc VL1000s, VL2500 Washes, 80V VL500s and VL3000Q Spots as well as ETC

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USA - Total Structures has announced the forthcoming opening of a sales office in Atlanta, Georgia. The office will be managed by Elmer Veith, who until recently was the long-term sales manager of Atlanta Rigging Systems.

Vice-president Adrian Forbes-Black explains this further expansion: "We have known for a long while that although we have been very strong in the Western and Central areas of the country, the three-hour time difference from the East coast has definitely been a factor in our further growth. With that in mind, earlier this year we consciously decided to look at opening an office somewhere in the Eastern time zone. When the opportunity to employ someone of Elmer's calibre and experience arose the decision to open the office in Atlanta made perfect sense. It's our hope that being in Georgia will allow us easy access to the large markets in Florida and Tennesse

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UK - Leading UK-based amplifier manufacturer MC2 Audio is expanding its lightweight E Series with the introduction of the E4-75 power amplifier. This latest addition to the highly successful E Series further underscores MC2 Audio's commitment to providing high quality, high performance solutions to the fixed installation and touring sound markets.

Designed for use in a wide variety of applications, including touring monitor racks, the E4-75 is a 4-channel amplifier capable of producing 750W/channel into 4 or 8 ohms; it has automatic impedance sensing and changes the power accordingly. Inputs are via four XLR sockets, which can be linked to the next channel via a rear panel switch providing greater flexibility to supply more speakers with the same input signal. In addition, the E4-75 has five-segment LED metering for each channel and an indicator to signal 4 or 8 ohm load.

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Republic of China - Taiwanese-based Mipro has appointed Fuzion plc as its UK distributor, with effect from August, 2006.

During its 11 years in existence, the company has built up a healthy reputation internationally with the production of UHF wireless receivers and transmitters, as well as wireless microphones, amplifiers and portable PA's.

Eugene Chen, Mipro international sales director, said "Mipro is delighted to be to entering this partnership agreement with a top-notch firm like Fuzion. I believe with their excellent portfolio and technical expertise, strong dealer relationships and after sales services, our radio products will be in good hands."

Fuzion plc managing director, Tony Oates, says: "The arrival of Mipro among our distributed brands has further strengthened our product portfolio, and helped provide balance across the entire multimedia spectrum

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UK - Students from Derby University's Events Society launched the university's new bar earlier this year with a weekend of live music. The events society is a student-run technical service with the aim of providing further extra curricular experience for students on live event and other technically-orientated courses at the university.

With this in mind, the society approached several manufacturers to provide new products to give the students hands-on experience with industry products. These came from several manufacturers the main being A.C. Lighting providing Tourwash fixtures and Funktion-One providing there latest RM12 and RM15 monitors for their very first outing. Further equipment was provided by RCH hire to supplement the university's existing stock.

The main sound system comprised two stacks of three Funktion-One 218s and two Resolution 4es with Resolution 2s providing

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Germany - Automobile museums are not exactly a recent invention. In contrast to other commodities, the horseless carriage became a cult object and collector's item just a few years after its invention. The new Daimler-Benz Museum in Stuttgart has a more comprehensive exhibition concept. Its ambition is to structure the fascination with Mercedes automobiles under various topics and to establish historical connections. In that context the entanglement of the group during the Nazi-era and World War II is not ignored and even their participation in forced labour is explicitly stated.

The highly polished automobiles from the first motor carriage to the record breaking racing cars and Unimog utility vehicles, remain literally in the spotlights and constitute the visual heart of this collection.

The building was designed by UN Studio, Amsterdam and was inspired by the DNA double heli

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UK - The University of Plymouth Student Union May Ball was a sell out this year. It took place at Plymouths Guild Hall. All 1400 places were sold and another 200-300 were turned away at the door. Acts for the evening included Trevor Nelson, GLC soundtrack and Maggot, and Steve Edmards.

Dan Quayle, a lighting technician at Stage Electrics, who has over 18 months experience with Martin lights, designed the lighting for the evening. Quayle says: "We went for moving heads as standard to create this effect and from my point of view as a designer nothing can beat Martin lights for ease of use, reliability and visual effect. The optics and amazing visual effects martin products gave us were second to none and helped us achieve our brief with ease."

Quayle used Mac 250+s, Mac 300s, Mac 500s, and Mac 600s along with a pair of Roboscan Pro 918s, which were all supplied by Stag

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Greece - Designed from the ground up, the new Irida live music venue has opened in time for the summer season in Crete. Located in Peza, 15km outside Heraklion, the club is owned by the company, D. Chatziathanasiou S.A., who will host social and cultural events mixed with live music. The total cost of the project was around € 2,500,000.

The venue, which trades on an impressive 3500m, spread across three levels, boasts a remarkable sound and lighting fit-out, with equipment supplied by Bon Studio.

The company's Elpi Bofiliaki says: "The project was undertaken through our dealer, Mr Ritsopoulos. He chose Bon Studio because of our all-year-round operation, our excellent reputation and technical expertise, after sales support - and our ability to deliver top quality audio and lighting products, which are exclusively distributed in the Greek market."

Among these is a 4

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UK - IIR an organiser of professional audio, lighting, AV, and events industry trade exhibitions, is exhibiting at PLASA06 to promote its expanding portfolio of international trade fairs and exhibition brands.

In a year that has seen the company launch the PALA India exhibition and consolidate its position in the South East Asia market, IIR will announce a further expansion of its international activities at a corporate presentation at PLASA on Monday 11 September.

The presentation in Room 208 at 12 noon, will see Peter Rigby, CEO of Informa Group, IIR's parent company, and IIR Exhibitions Entertainment and Technology Group, Group Exhibitions director Darren Brechin address exhibitors and press, along with a newly expanded international management team. Guest speakers will include PLASA Managing Director Matthew Griffiths.

Announcements will include new international industr

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USA - Color Kinetics Incorporated, an innovator of LED lighting systems and technologies, today announced its results of operations for the second quarter of 2006. Revenues were $15.5 million, an increase of 21% from the $12.9 million reported in the second quarter of 2005. Net income for the second quarter was $1.0 million or $0.05 per fully diluted share prior to non-cash charges of $613,000 associated with the FAS 123R accounting standard. GAAP net income was $425,000 or $0.02 per fully diluted share, compared to $1.0 million or $0.05 per fully diluted share for the second quarter of 2005.

"Our strong second quarter performance reflects continuing worldwide demand for versatile, efficient LED-based alternatives to conventional lighting in many markets - whether for dynamic architectural lighting, visual merchandising, or international concert tours. We have also shown th

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USA - It's a long-standing challenge in pretty much every small and mid-sized club the world over - how to get the stage monitors loud enough for the band without blowing them up or creating a feedback howl that will chase the audience out the door.

For the Elbo Room, a popular local club in the city's Mission District, San Francisco Audio's Radley Hirsch came up with a novel approach, suspending three Community R.5HP loudspeakers above the stage to create a stage monitoring design that is as efficient as it is powerful. The R.5HP, a weather-resistant sound reinforcement loudspeaker typically used for music and voice applications in arenas, fairgrounds and other outdoor venues, proved to be an ideal solution on a number of levels.

"It's hard for smaller clubs to budget for stage monitors, and the R.5HP's made perfect sense as a more affordable option," Hirsch explain

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UK - At the PLASA Show this year (10-13 September 2006, Earls Court, London) Italian manufacturer Clay Paky will be showing the latest additions to its Alpha line of moving body projectors - which the company says is now the most complete range on the market, boasting 12 different models.

New at PLASA'06 is the Alpha Profile 1200 - a professional beam-shaper which combines the technology of the Alpha projectors with Clay Paky's patented framing system. The Alpha Profile 1200 has a wide-range zoom of 10° - 30°, a "total colour system", 14 gobos, animation effect and a prism. All the effects can be combined with endless varieties of beam shapes and sizes.

Also new at PLASA'06, the Alpha Wash 1200 is the most powerful washlight in the Alpha family. The optical system uses uniform CMY colour mixing which, together with a fixed colour wheel with linear CTO and a C

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USA - The Seminars & Training Committee of The ESTA Foundation will offer two day long rigging classes at LDI2006 in Las Vegas. On Wednesday, 18 October, Eddie Raymond and Bill Sapsis will team-teach a course in Arena Rigging, while Jay O. Glerum will present his Stage Rigging Fundamentals Workshop on Thursday, 19 October. Both courses are part of the annual LDInstitute, which provides in-depth professional training in various facets of entertainment technology.

The Arena Rigging course covers the basics of fall protection, hardware, hoists, trusses and the math involved, and effective methods to communicate the standard to be met to the crew, the work to be done, and their roles in getting it done. The course is designed for riggers with 1-3 years of practical rigging experience. The instructors are rigging experts Bill Sapsis of Sapsis Rigging and Eddie Raymond of IATSE Local

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