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UK - Musician and TV presenter Jools Holland unveiled his latest composition - a new Mass commissioned by the Bishop of Bath and Wells - at two concerts held during March at Wells and Rochester Cathedrals. On both occasions, production company One Fifteen commissioned Fleetwood Mobiles to capture the performances, which are expected to be released on CD later this year.

Both concerts were mainly acoustic, with Holland backed by his touring rhythm section, the Cathedrals' choirs and singers including Beverley Knight, Ruby Turner and Louise Marshall. The second performance at Rochester Cathedral attracted nearly 700 people, including HRH Prince Charles. Money raised from the performances is being used to help with the upkeep of these historic buildings and to create an endowment to

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Hong Kong - Lighthouse reports that its LED screens are being widely applied in the group qualifying matches for the 2008 European Football Championship staged in both Serbia and Croatia.

Using LED screens means that the old 'paint on plywood' approach of pitch-side advertising hoardings, where one advertising space is limited to one commercial brand, no longer applies. Now sports can generate far more advertising revenue because literally anything can be displayed in any space at any time, says the company.

This is a key market for Serbian and regional LED screen specialists Pietra Union, which has been helping various sporting institutions in Eastern Europe to make full use of the advantages that Lighthouse LED screens offer. Most high profile of those has been the home ties in Serbia's and Croatia's group qualifying matches for the 2008 European Football Championship.

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UK - Blitz has completed a contract providing AV refurbishment for Associated Newspapers' offices in Kensington, London. Blitz has worked with Associated and its various divisions for the last eight years. Most recently, it was commissioned to undertake the AV refurbishment of its reception area. This involved the installation of equipment that enables the display of breaking news.

For the new reception area, Blitz designed and programmed a system that employs a combination of nine Mitsubishi 67" DLP cubes and the Folsom Encore product. This enabled the creation of one singlebranded background 4.2m x 3.1m into which various windows could be inserted showing current front pages, websites, breaking news stories as well as the corporate videos.

Custom software applications were written by Blitz to enable the manipulation of incoming news feeds and data. The daily operation o

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USA - PanAVid, a regional sound company in Pompton Lakes, NJ, has just taken delivery of a further two InnovaSON Sy48 digital mixing consoles from Erik Wayne of Consolidated Audio. The purchase boosts PanAVid's InnovaSON inventory to a total of four control surfaces and a Stage Box.

Serving a premium clientele from the federal government, international corporations, local and regional festivals and general live music reinforcement, PanAVid's Walter Loehr says, "Naturally, we evaluated the market very carefully before we took our decision, but in the end, the InnovaSON route was our best choice from every point of view.

"Firstly, InnovaSON is already a console we know and love," explained Loehr. "We already have two of a much earlier vintage, and they have made some difficult shows go very smoothly indeed. Secondly, they are future-proof. We are in the proce

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UK - Allen & Heath has launched the XD-53 professional monitoring headphones, designed to complement the company's brand of Xone DJ mixers. The XD-53's incorporate a circumaural isolation design, providing high level isolation from ambient noise, making them the ideal product for DJ's requiring immersive listening in loud environments, says the company.

Comprising 53mm diameter drivers - the largest drivers currently available - with high power neodymium magnet design, 1500 mW of power handling, and high SPL capacity, the XD-53 headphones deliver clear sound reproduction. They also have rotating earpieces for easy one-ear monitoring, a coiled cable with convenient one-side exit, and a folding design for compact portability.

"The Xone range of DJ mixers has a staunchly loyal following and many customers were asking if we could design headphones to complement their audiophi

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UK - Blitz is working to design and equip an exclusive mobile installation for the Ducati team at the MotoGP events - the premier class of grand prix motorcycle racing. The Paddock Club Complex at each MotoGP event provides necessary amenities for the team as well as exclusive facilities for individuals and corporate groups.

The composition of the facilities, made up of five individual 40ft long adjoining trailers creates its own challenges from a technology installation point of view. However, within the VIP hospitality area, ten distinctive zones have been created, each with its own specific purpose including offices, kitchen space for catering, dining areas and relaxation spaces.

In each individual zone, Blitz has developed a system which gives customers the choice of watching any of the individual circuit feeds - a total of approximately 20 video and audio channels are ava

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USA - Wybron has introduced its latest product offering, the Split IT (opto-splitter) for use with Wybron's InfoTrace Control and Management System. The Split IT is a one in, eight out, RDM/DMX optically isolated splitter/repeater. It will enable InfoTrace users to run any DMX-controlled lighting devices, such as colour changers, moving lights, conventional lights and dowsers on the system, allowing easier installations and remote maintenance and repair.

"We wanted to make sure that Wybron offered its clients a cost effective DMX/RDM splitter to facilitate the acceptance and utilisation of any lighting device on the InfoTrace System, as well as any future product introductions," said Miles Dudgeon, Wybron's director of marketing.

The advantage of using Wybron's Split IT is that it can communicate with any product that utilises the Remote Device Management protocol ov

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UK - Arena Structures, a specialist division of the Arena Group, has expanded with the acquisition of over £250,000 of staging and scaffolding this April.

This recent investment in plant and equipment includes a substantial amount of stage decking system which introduces a totally new staging service the Arena Group can offer clients. The new stock includes ancillary items such as steps, handrails and stair cases, including many bespoke items that are useful for the events industry and media sectors, says Arena.

Martin Clark has been appointed commercial director of Arena Scaffolding, coinciding with this expansion. Clark has been delivering staging and scaffolding projects to various events over recent years within his role at the Arena Group, such as the London Marathon and televised music shows such as X Factor and The Music Hall of Fame.

The Arena Gro

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UK - The final of Unsigned Heroes 2007, the bands competition sponsored by AKG microphones has been postponed owingto the permanent split of The Cooper Temple Clause, who were due to headline at the final in support of unsigned talent.

"The Cooper Temple Clause's split was only announced on Tuesday, leaving us insufficient time to find a replacement headline act for the final on Thursday (April 26)," said Harman Pro UK's Marketing Manager Amanda Chester. "In the circumstances, we're very sad to say that we will have to postpone the event untilanother band can be found. We'll make an announcement about the rescheduled date as soon as we can."

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Sweden - Palco 5, one of the most powerful colour-changing LED fixtures in the SGM range, has now adopted W-DMX wireless DMX technology by Wireless Solution Sweden as standard. Thanks to GSM-based technology, it can recognise transmission signals within a radius of over 500m. Palco 5's smart lines and its functional and mechanical features have now been joined by those of the new wireless DMX system.

Signals leave a DMX controller and reach the wireless transmitter's antenna which, from a distance of over 500m , sends it to the Palco 5 fixtures' antennas. The (GSM-based) wireless DMX link does not interfere with other types of signals, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or GPRS-UMT and is not disturbed by them. The system has been tested with excellent results. The signal is transmitted via 512 DMX channels, so can be fed to several Palco 5 fixtures simultaneously, providing they are the

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UK - The new Land Rover 2007 Defender was launched to the press at Calcott Manor in Gloucestershire, with Stage One (sets, scenery and live events), production company Cricket and designer James Grey all bringing their skills to the fore to ensure the event was a success.

Brought on board by Cricket, Stage One was asked to build three different elements - an external car plinth, an internal main set and a small set at a second venue, following a 'ride and drive'. The unusual car plinth consisted of a steel 'I' beam, with scaffolding poles threaded through and finished in silver paint. The plinth held the new Defender along with one of the first Land Rovers to come off the production line (chassis number 9). Two lighting towers were also built in the same style.

Inside the venue, the main set incorporated four 'I' beams which Stage One manufactured from mdf. The beams were erec

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UK - The Central School of Speech and Drama hosts one of a series of events organised by the ALD (Association of Lighting Designers). Professional Development for Working Lighting Designers on 3 May is sponsored by MA Lighting and will be a chance for professional lighting designers to meet in London and see new equipment in use. The event makes use of Central's excellent theatre and professionally-focused lighting design and production lighting students (some of whom will be demonstrating the equipment).

Nick Moran, lecturer in lighting at Central says, "I am delighted that Central is able to host this event in the fully-equipped Embassy Theatre. It offers professional lighting designers a chance to discover new technologies, and a chance for them to meet the students who may soon be working alongside them in theatre and elsewhere. The event underlines our commitmen

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Germany - The 8th annual Musikmesse International Press Awards (mipa) ceremony once again lauded Meyer Sound's Milo family of loudspeakers when it bestowed a mipa Award for Large Format PA System on the M'elodie ultracompact high-power curvilinear array loudspeaker. M'elodie's Milo family siblings, the Milo high-power and MICA compact high-power curvilinear array loudspeakers, received the same award in 2004 and 2006, respectively.

The mipa Awards are the result of ballots submitted by 107 music and audio magazines from around the world, and are given out each year at a ceremony held during the Musikmesse/Prolight + Sound exposition in Frankfurt.

"M'elodie has been enormously successful from the very first time we showed it," says Meyer Sound director of marketing Rachel Archibald, "and we are honoured that the worldwide music and audio press have recognised M'e

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UK - ETC has received over a 100 orders for the new SmartFade ML in London alone, even though the console, which is designed for smaller venues and non-technical users, is not yet shipping, says the company.

ETC has introduced the SmartFade ML - ML for moving lights - which brings ETC-quality control to the smallest venues and events, within a compact, portable and easy to use board.

Adam Bennette, ETC's technical director in London says: "Until now, novice end-users and small scale productions haven't had access to really good - in terms of both quality and usability - but still affordable equipment. That's something that I, as the SmartFade ML design team leader, wanted to do something about. As more people add moving lights to their rigs, I'm sure they'll find the SmartFade ML to be the perfect solution."

With a capacity for up to 24 moving lights and an additio

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UK 3M has announced the appointment of rear projection specialists Paradigm Audio Visual as a 3M Digital Signage reseller in UK, Ireland and mainland Europe. Vikuiti Rear Projection film from 3M will be marketed and resold on a consultancy basis by Paradigm according to the specific application requirements of customers in the corporate, retail and leisure, advertising, formal travel information displays (FIDs), control rooms and CCTV, TV and medical markets.

"We envisage Vikuiti Rear Projection film playing an incremental role in the development of Paradigm's existing rear projection product portfolio", commented Greg Jeffreys, business development director, Paradigm Audio Visual. "We have an ethos of not selling 'one size fits all' but work closely with customers to sell the best suited product for a given application."

Paradigm is currently working on a

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UK - Lighting Partners, operators of usedlighting.co.uk, have been appointed as the UK distributor for Smoke Factory.

Commenting on the agreement, David Morgan of Lighting Partners said, "We have seen many Smoke Factory machines come through our operation and have always been impressed with the build quality and their longevity. Since meeting with Florian von Hoffen and the team in Germany, we have been very excited about bringing a dedicated sales and technical support service to the UK while expanding still further our new sales offering."

Smoke Factory's Florian von Hofen added, "We are very excited about this new co-operation. The UK used to be one of our most important markets, and with these dedicated partners we are looking forward to serving our existing customers as well as many new customers with Smoke Factory machines and service in the UK."

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UK - Tuesday 1 May and Wednesday 2 May sees the return of the annual A.C. Lighting North event at the Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds, aimed at buyers in the Midlands, the North of England and Scotland. Visitors can pre-register for the show.

The showcase will include first UK showings of a number of lighting, staging, audio and visual products, and representation from over 70 leading industry companies.

A range of guest speakers will be taking time out of their schedules to provide informal seminars on topics including different lighting techniques for stage and TV, lighting the 15th Asian Games in Doha, selling off the airwaves and how video will change the lighting industry.

The event also provides an opportunity to catch up with key industry associations PLASA, ALD, ABTT and PSA, which will all be represented at the show.

Show admission is free for registered industry

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New Zealand - Selecon is involved with supporting the upcoming OISTAT student Scenofest!, both with sponsorship funding and with providing Selecon Rama PCs for the Lighting Laboratory venue. This festival of scenography, held during the Praque Quadrennial in June 2007 provides an opportunity for professionals and students to get together in a truly international arena where interests and experiences are shared during in an intensive week of performance, lectures, exhibitions and workshops. There are over 300 activities on the schedule for this year.

As part of the Scenofest! programme the art of stage lighting is recognised as making its own distinctive contribution to the theatre and this is reflected in the calibre of the workshop and presentation speakers such as Beverly Emmons, Nick Schlieper and Richard Pilbrow.

Beverly Emmons has designed for Broadway, Off-

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India - Sound reinforcement company Sound.com recently provided a Vertec line array system for the annual Femina Miss India pageant. The event was held 8 April at the Bandra Kura Complex in Mumbai.

"We began our audio careers in search of milestones like these," said Warren D'Souza, Sound.com's founder and owner. "Sound.com was proud to be providing sound solutions for Femina Miss India, undoubtedly one of the biggest and most-watched international beauty pageants. We decided to provide superlative audio to make it a surreal aural experience."

To create this experience, Sound.com provided a combination of JBL Vertec products, including VT4889 full-size line array elements, VT4887 compact line array elements, and VT4880 arrayable subwoofers. Additionally, JBL VRX915M loudspeakers served as stage monitors, while JBLVRX932LA loudspeakers provided

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Slovakia - Leading Dutch trance-master Tisto and 6,500 enthusiastic dance music fans rocked the Incheba Expo Arena in Bratislava, Slovakia, together with one of his renowned, blockbusting theatrical shows, featuring over 60 Robe moving lights.

The lighting rig was supplied by Ministry Light and Sound from Banska Bystrica, who provided the trussing, rigging and all lighting fixtures including the Robes, plus an Avolites Pearl for control that was operated by Ludek Kovarik.

The trussing was sculpted into an interesting shape. It featured three long 'fingers' linking the stage with a circular truss that was suspended over the audience, together with several wide straight trusses, running the width of the building, positioned at FOH and at the rear of the stage.

The Robes - a mix of ColorSpot 1200 ATs and ColorSpot and ColorWash 575 ATs - were distributed all over the various tr

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