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France - Glasgow's Soccer Circus has selected Medialon Manager show control for its new enterprise. Housed within a multi-activity visitor centre at Xscape, the attraction has been developed by former football manager and international footballer Kevin Keegan, Scottish entrepreneur Peter Barr, project director Clive Mockford, and principal engineers David Birchall and Alistair Harrison.

"The project has been very thoroughly researched, and we believe we have a soccer-based attraction that is second only to the thrill of taking part in a professional match," says Keegan.

Soccer Circus is centred on football skill games intended to allow everyone to play. Visitors are guided through a series of interactive and fully automated games that use real footballs.

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Spain - In Liébana, a valley in the Cantabria Province of Northern Spain, many thousands of pilgrims travelled to the monastery of Saint Toribio de Liébana to attend a series of social and cultural events culminating in a spectacular show titled IDE, presented by the Catalan theatre company La Fura dels Baus.

Set in a National Park, the play was based on mythological characters and stories of the region. The Park laid down stringent noise and lighting conditions relating to the show. The production company, Goma 2 Producciones Audiovisuales, called in pro audio sound and lighting rental company Siempre Creativos to rig for the performance.

Sound Chief David Castelló, chose d&b audiotechnik's J-Series line array system to provide the sound. Assisted by David Roselló from d&b Spain and Jonas Wagner from d&b's Central Application Support based in Germany, t

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USA - Aviom has confirmed that SF Marketing Inc. is the company's new distributor in Canada.

"Sol Fleising and his team have an outstanding reputation throughout Canada and we're very happy to add them to our family of talented distribution partners," said Joel Brazy, Aviom's director of international sales. "As our product line continues to grow and we expand into new markets, SF Marketing's organisation, expertise and experience in the Canadian marketplace will be a great asset to Aviom in this important territory."

Montreal-based SF Marketing was established in 1978 by Fleising and also has sales offices in Toronto, Halifax, Calgary and Vancouver.

"SF Marketing is thrilled to be the new distributor of Aviom products for the Canadian market," said Fleising. "Aviom's leading position and technical innovation in personal monitoring and audi

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UK - The new Liverpool FC TV channel which launches on 16 August has invested in a Soundcraft BB100 small format audio console to handle interviews, commentary, and satellite feeds for Liverpool's Premiership matches.

Producer/director and broadcast consultant Vernon Antcliff at Liverpool FC TVsays, "We wanted a good, solid analogue console which was relatively straightforward to operate and very, very good at what it did and that's why I went for the BB100." Part of the nine-channel Setanta Sports Pack on Satellite TV, the new Liverpool FC channel will also be broadcast live over the web.

The BB100 will be based in the gallery of Liverpool FC TV's studio and used for live transmission of premiership, UEFA Champions' League and reserve matches along with a fifteen minute news programme broadcast twice every evening.

(Jim Evans)

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Italy - High End Systems has announced a new partner agreement with One4All to supply HES products to the entertainment, television and cruise ship markets in Italy.

One4All is the first dealer to supply Showgun to the Italian market. The company will also represent other HES products including DL.2 and the Road Hog console.

Luisa Valenti, sales and marketing director for One4All, says, "We are excited at the opportunity High End Systems is giving us and we shall do our best to make High End products popular and successful in our domestic market. Showgun is a unique product and we are confident it will be a success."

"We are thrilled about the new opportunities we'll now have in Italy because of this new relationship," says Ruediger Haeming, HES regional sales manager for Central Europe. "I look forward to working together with One4All in promoting o

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UK - UK - Bryan Adams has been added to the list of users that the Outline array has been collecting over the last few years. At Doncaster's Keepmoat Stadium, a venue with a capacity of 15,000, Britannia Row used 56 Butterfly Hi-packs for the Canadian singer's recent performance.

20+20 CDH 483 Hi-packs were used for FOH and 8+8 CDH 483 on 'side' coverage, all backed up by 16 Subtech 218 subwoofers, amplified by Series T power amps and controlled by Genius 26 processors, also by Outline.

July 2007 was a busy month for Britannia Row's Butterfly systems, with engagements including the Concert For Diana and Live Earth at Wembley Stadium and the Metallica concert at the same venue.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - An Avolites Diamond 4 console has been specified by LD Mikey Howard and installed into Bournemouth Opera House - the South Coast's new independent multi purpose live music venue.

The D4 is controlling the venue's stage lighting rig plus over 800 architectural LED fixtures which are illuminating the interior walls, balconies and general auditorium architecture.

The Opera House in Boscombe originally opened in 1895 as the Boscombe Grand Theatre and has been an entertainment venue of sorts throughout its entire colourful 102 year history. Most recently the premises were leased to local rave 'Slinky'.

Now restored to its former Victorian splendour after a seven-month multi-million pound refurbishment project, spearheaded by owners Arnwood Estates, it has reopened as Bournemouth Opera House, a 3-tier 2200 capacity live entertainment venue.

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Dubai - Aerosmith played Dubai's Exiles Rugby Club recently as part of their 2007 World Tour. Production Technology LLC (Protec), a Dubai based rental company furnished and installed the show that was witnessed by a crowd of nearly 16,000. For control two grandMA full-size were used.

The lighting rig included 12 x Clay Paky Alpha Spot 1200 HPE, 18 x Clay Paky Alpha Wash 1200 and 168 x Par Cans. They were used to light the 18m x 16m stage with 16m x 11m wings.

Rick Wade, Protec's operations director, said, "I didn't receive a single complaint about the kit we provided. The Aerosmith crew was extremely happy with the venue, set-up, and of course the turn-out, which was very encouraging.

MA Lighting International recently opened its own office, MA Lighting Middle East India, in Dubai. "The idea of our global network is to getting even closer to the market", comme

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Italy - RCF has announced the launch of the RCF Group on the Expandi Market of the Italian Stock Exchange. The Group comprises RCF SpA and AEB (which owns the brand dBtechnologies).

In making the announcement the company emphasised the benefits of the flotation in allowing it to increase its capital in order to continue its current phase of growth.

The group's turnover in 2006 was close on €50 million, showing an impressive growth of 26% over 2005.

Arturo Vicari, managing director of RCF Group said: "Through the quotation operation, the RCF Group intends to continue its growth in the international markets. The synergies between the high-toned prestige of the brand, the know-how of an internal Research and Development team, as well as the abilities to catch the high growth potentials of both professional audio and public address markets represent the strong points of ou

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UK - High Wycombe-based Pandemonium Productions was appointed by Brunel University to design, manage and produce its five-day graduation ceremony event. Returning to the Brunel campus after several years, eight ceremonies were staged in Brunel's internationally acclaimed Athletics Centre.

Pandemonium Productions' MD, Simon Garrett collaborated with Brunel University's event manager, Liz Thomas, from the outset. Garrett appointed Malcolm Birkett as production manager. Together they managed their team of preferred suppliers to tackle the challenge of transforming the Athletics Centre into a ceremonial auditorium environment, which complied with current DDA regulations.

Working with appointed set designer, Ian Fogden of IFD Design, Pandemonium configured a set that was sympathetic to the simplicity of the hall.

Custom built by Centre Stage, the modular stage boasted a curved fr

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Spain - French digital mixing console manufacturer InnovaSON, has announced the appointment of Doscientos Veinte Sonido SL (also referred to as Doviente) as its new distribution partner in Spain. The distributor has already invested in two consoles (an Sy48 and an Sy80) for demo purposes.

Doscientos Veinte CEO, Jose Maria Mendez comments: "I carried out my own market research on InnovaSON consoles within my territory, and what came back was that this was a reliable and stable product much appreciated by sound engineers who love the sound quality and user-friendly control surface."

InnovaSON's Xavier Pion adds: "If Doveinte has a great reputation for providing both high quality products and high quality service, it's because they've earned it. They work hard to put their products in front of their customers as often as possible so that the customer has the opport

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USA - The Full Sail Real World Education facility based in Winter Park, FLA, has standardised on Stardraw A/V Lite for its Sound Dynamics course, which forms a part of the Recording Arts programme.

Full Sail is probably one of the best known music and media production schools in the US and Full Sail graduates continue to make their names working on award-winning films, albums, live productions and more.

Recording Arts programme director Bill Smith comments, "The Sound Dynamics course, which is where A/V Lite is principally deployed, is fundamental to the Recording Arts program in that it addresses the issue of audio itself; signal flow, acoustics, how studio design can affect sound, as well as basic live sound principles. If you haven't got to grips with the principles taught in this class, the rest is irrelevant."

(Jim Evans)

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UK - ETC has released the dates of Congo and Congo jr demo sessions at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The sessions will be conducted by David Gray - a former board member of Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society and currently ETC's associate regional manager for the Southern Region.

There is no requirement to be working at the Fringe to attend. Sessions are being held at Assembly Universal Arts (venue number 7) between 9am and midday each day from 13-17 August and 20-22 August.

Anyone interested in attending should contact ETC on telephone: +44 (0)20 8896 1000.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - HSL is supplying three trucks of lighting for the 21st World Scout Jamboree - 12 hectic days of activities, shows and entertainment staged in Hylands Park, Chelmsford, Essex.

The event is attended by over 40,000 Scouts from 160 countries around the globe. An additional 10,000 support staff and services personnel are also on-site, involved in running the Jamboree, which features full daily programmes of entertainment taking place on one main and four 'hub' stages.

Mike Oates leads the HSL team who are working closely with Jamboree technical production manager Mike Bryan and lighting designer Andy Hook of Shock Solutions. Oates comments: "It's great to be involved in this event. It has all the infrastructure and demands of a major festival with an excellent atmosphere and lots of dedicated staff all very passionate about doing the job."

Bryan and his Technical T

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UK - Colour Sound Experiment supplied Robe moving lights to the main Glade Stage and the Vapour tent at the 2007 Glade Festival staged near Aldermaston in Berkshire.

Thousands of dance and electronic music fans braved the torrential rain, mud, flooding and truly abysmal weather conditions to attend one of the UK's friendliest alternative 'boutique' festivals.

London-based Colour Sound has supplied the Glade since the event started four years ago, but this year was the first time they lit both main spaces - deciding to go with Robe in both. Twelve ColorSpot and 12 ColorWash 700E ATs - newly bought for the summer - featured on the Glade stage, with six ColorSpot and ColorWash 575E ATs in the Vapour Tent.

Colour Sound's Jasper Johns and Kester McClure looked after lighting for the Glade Stage, producing a generic design with plenty of options and flexibility that would suit all

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USA - Lighting Designer Nancy Schertler chose to use Selador X7-48 fixtures with its seven LED colours for the Tony-winning regional theatre, Children's Theatre Company (CTC) on its recent Mainstage production of Suessical.

"Helen Huang used intense colours in both her scenery and costume designs," says Schertler. "Because the scenery was basically a unit set, it was necessary that my design control the palette to create a leitmotif that would underscore both the characters and the storylines. The Selador units were an important tool in making this work."

Rebecca Fuller Jensen, lighting and video coordinator for CTC explained that Suessical was just the opportunity that CTC had been looking for, "We had seen a demo of the Selador units before, about five months ago and asked if we could try them in production. It just happened that Nancy

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UK - Audio Light Systems, the specialist installer based in Edinburgh, has moved to new premises.

"Now in the fourth year of trading the time is right for enlarging our accommodation and facilities to cope with the sustained growth of business," states Eddy O'Hare, company director.

The company's current commitments include major theatre refurbishments in Newcastle, Coventry and AV, lighting and sound projects of all sizes throughout the UK.

The new contact details are: Audio Light Systems, 8A West Telferton, Edinburgh EH7 6UL. Tel: 0800 043 4600. Fax: 0131 669 4231.

(Jim Evans)

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Austria - ARX Systems, the Australian pro audio manufacturer, has announced the appointment of Exact GmbH as its new distributor for Austria.

ARX managing director Colin Park says: "Exact's product manager Roman Wieser and I finalised the distribution agreement at the Frankfurt Pro Light& Sound show earlier in the year and we both agreed ARX's range of signal processing products was a very complementary fit with the other lines Exact currently represents."

Alongside ARX, Exact also represents manufacturers including Audix, QSC, HK Audio, Rane & Adam Audio.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Green Hippo has announced the first full release of Hippotizer V3 software for its media server range. Although V3 hardware has been available for several months, all systems to date have been supplied with V2 software alongside a Beta Version of the latest incarnation. Extensive testing has been carried out on projects as large as The Eurovision Song Contest with Spectra in Finland and Frobisher with Mode Studios in the USA to ensure the system has real-world verification, says the company.

Features new to Version 3 are timeline, media synchronisation across servers, HippoNet multi-system communications and built in media encoding capabilities. The frame-blending and full HD playback capabilities remain, as does the intuitive user interface, albeit now with multi-monitor integration.

"To some of us it feels like we've been in BETA phase for ever," says Green Hi

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Germany - Actor/musician Herbert Grönemeyer possesses near-legendary status among the German-speaking public. The talented rocker and outspoken activist has sold over 15 million recordings since his eponymous 1979 debut solo album. His recent tour of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland played to sold-out stadia of 60,000 and more through a massive Meyer Sound self-powered loudspeaker system provided by Hanover, Germany-based Rocksound Management.

The main system used a total of 80 M3D line array and 24 Milo high-power curvilinear array loudspeakers. As a point of reference for the immensity of this system, 24 Milo cabinets has proved more than sufficient as the main system for outdoor shows by major rock acts, while the same number of M3D cabinets has been used to power a hard rock festival. The Grönemeyer system used well over four times that many cabinets.

The M3D complement

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Serbia - Studio Berar recently deployed a JBL Vertec-based live sound reinforcement system for EXIT Noise Summer Fest, the largest music festival in southeastern Europe. The annual event once again took place at a striking, historical castle fortress in Novi Sad, Serbia.

The EXIT festival's musical programme mixes major international hard rock and hip-hop artists with dance music. The artist lineup this year included The Prodigy, Beastie Boys, CSS, Lauryn Hill, Robert Plant & Strange Sensation, Basement Jaxx, Snoop Dogg, The Wu-Tang Clan, LTJ Bukem with MC Conrad, and more.

''Even though we have worked on this festival for the past seven years, we perform detailed preparations each year in order to achieve the best possible sound quality," said Zoran Matic, system engineer for Studio Berar. "This festival has a great meaning for us here in Serbia, because in doing it

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