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USA - Biamp Systems reports that systems integrator JSN Enterprises has deployed a new AudiaFLEX solution at the Boise Centre On The Grove in Beaverton, Oregon. JSN Enterprises installed Biamp technology throughout the complex, which includes a luxury first-class hotel, major convention center and 350-seat auditorium.

The Boise Centre On The Grove was first completed in 1990. Over the following 17 years its paging system became antiquated, with system downtime increasing daily. Chris Morrison of Boise Centre On The Grove approached JSN Enterprises for consultation in 2006, and asked them to design a system for installation in August 2007, giving them almost a year to complete the project. However, the rapid onset of failures in the old system escalated installation of the new syst

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USA - More than 180 people attended NSCA's 10th annual Fall Business Conference (FBC). The two-and-a-half day event was held from 21-23 October at Paradise Point Resort in San Diego.

A variety of industry and professional speakers provided leadership, management and networking programmes. Keynote speaker Steve Farber entertained and challenged the audience with his presentation on "Extreme Leadership" based on his books, The Radical Leap and The Radical Edge.

FBC had "excellent guest speakers who all had different perspectives. I liked being able to interact with other members to share stories and how to solve real life problems," said Daniel Boylan, president, Southern Business Communications.

The next NSCA Business Conference, sponsored by InfoComm, is planned for the early spring of 2009.

(Jim Evans)

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USA - Loyd Ivey and Hardy Martin have announced the merger of their two companies, Atlas Sound, founded in 1934, and Innovative Electronic Designs (IED), founded in 1978.

"No two companies are closer in culture than IED and Atlas Sound," said Loyd Ivey, founder and CEO of Mitek, parent company of Atlas Sound. "We are merging two dynamic companies, with similar core competencies and similar value systems. The merger will allow us to become a global leader in communications systems. I am happy to join forces with the crew at IED to become modern day 'Davids' against the global Goliaths of today's communications industry. "

Hardy Martin, president of IED stated: "We are very excited to merge IED with Atlas Sound to combine the best practices of both our companies. The manufacturing proficiency of Mitek combined with the integrated audio and visual communi

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South Africa - ETC, through dealer Prosound, has supplied equipment for the South African production of Rent, which opened at the Alexander Theatre in Johannesburg in July - a theatre that had been dark for a decade - and has now gone on tour across the country. Included in the rig are some 75 ETC Source Four luminaires, split between 10, 19, 26 and 36 degree angles, controlled by an ETC Congo desk and SmartPack dimming.

"Although the show has come from Broadway," explains lighting designer Alistair Kilbee, "we wanted a design which was defined by Broadway but not copying it. Source Fours are the standard luminaire for theatrical work, and they let me achieve the look I want in this case, a stark, minimalist feel. They're the best profiles on the market, and you know what you're getting when you use one."

Kilbee added ETC SmartPack dimming to complem

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Italy - The Vatican has invested in a new conference system for the prestigious Sala del Sinodo (Synod Hall). The system chosen was a DCN Next Generation consisting of interpretation, camera control, PC control and 364 positions with flush-mount units and nine positions table top DCN Concentus.

The flush-mount units offer the same functionality and performance as the table top DCN Concentus systems while enabling tailor-made fixed installations to be built into tables and arm rests. The flush-mount units consist of a microphone, loudspeaker and microphone activation button, simply combined in a strip and finished with matching end-caps.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - The Shropshire Hills, designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in 1958, is the latest place to benefit from purchasing Sennheiser neck loops. The AONB Partnership works together to conserve and sustain the Shropshire Hills and one of the challenging roles is leading local people and visitors on guided walks in the AONB. It is on these walks where the Sennheiser products have proved their worth.

"We originally purchased them with hearing impaired visitors in mind," explains Diane Monether, Shropshire Hills AONB community landscapes officer, "those people who might have previously avoided coming on these types of walk.

"Often on our walks we have up to 20 people and keeping the group together can be difficult. This is where the neck loop really helped. Some people were really cynical about being seen wearing a hearing loop but once they tr

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USA - At LDI 2007 (16-18 November, Orlando, Florida) the TMB "Village" has expanded to house new additions to the TMB distribution family and many new product offerings. Global manufacturers will be on-site, as will TMB's entire global sales staff.

Alpha One of Germany will be showing their complete range of Falcon fixtures, including the new Falcon 6,000 Xenon unveiled recently at the PLASA Show.

FinnLight will introduce the Space Bag Accessory for the Toplight. This device ceates a "Space" type pattern overhead light. The Toplight and Space Bag Accessory are designed by Emmy Award-winning Director of Photography, Bruce Finn.

GDS' Blues System has been widely adopted as a solution for architectural lighting problems of all kinds. Blues' low-voltage, solid-state LED fittings are compact, low profile, durable and IP rated. They offer many mounting options,

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UK - Staging specialist Stageco successfully delivered a complex structure for a major promotional event by EA Games in one of London's busiest thoroughfares this October. The electronic games publisher was showcasing its latest generation of video games and consoles in Trafalgar Square, offering members of the public the chance to compete publicly with celebrities such as Dizzee Rascal and Lil Chris, alongside hosts Dick & Dom.

The event, part of the London Games Festival, was produced by Live Nation, who called on Stageco to build a double stage, linked by a catwalk, two band roofs (previously used by Johnny Halliday and Bon Jovi) and two extensive screen support structures.

Live Nation's production director John Probyn felt that Stageco had performed an exemplary job under tough conditions. "Trafalgar Square is not the easiest place to stage an event," he says. &q

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USA - Being located only 70 miles North West of downtown Los Angeles, Ventura, CA, based truss and structure manufacturer, Total Structures, was ideally located to recently help support Q1 Production Technologies install a revolutionary rigging system for the new state-of-the-art NokiaTheatre L.A. Live.

For the new Los Angeles venue, designed to be a hybrid of concert hall and 7,100-seat arena, it was imperative to be able to place lighting far over the audience area as can be achieved at an arena show. However the sloped floor under the raked seating, necessary for the concert hall usage, means that there wasn't any space to assemble a truss grid that could be flown.

Q1 Production Technologies worked with Paul Flanagan of AEG, the developers and operators of the venue, to develop a solution that comprised of a rolling rigging system utilizing Total Structures' catwalk truss.

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UK / Russia - dbx Professional has announced the appointment of A&T Trade as its new Russian distributor. Commented Glen Harris, dbx Professional sales director, Europe: "This is an excellent strategic move which brings dbx into line with the remainder of the Harman Pro portfolio, which A&T Trade distributes."

A&T Trade's Evgeni Ilnitski admits that they had waited a long time to land the dbx brand, stating, "dbx has a huge profile here. There was a gap in our product line which we have finally been able to close with this acquisition."

The new agreement takes effect from 1 November 2007.

(Jim Evans)

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Malaysia - Once a year Adidas hold their strategy meeting - the Adidas RSOM. This year the meeting took place in Kuala Lumpur's convention centre. Around 700 dealers and distributors attended the event which was spiced up with a sophisticated show. Fares Aljunied created the lighting design using a grandMA light and a grandMA video media server.

Aljunied, who was also the programmer and operator for the show, reported: "To make the show interesting, I used the grandMA video media server to control 46 units of Barco Mipix-20. The grandMA light controlled all the lighting fixtures as well as the media server. Last year I used a grandMA for the first time and since then it has been my choice of console. The flexibility, reliability and robustness are the best I've ever seen."

(Jim Evans)

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USA - High End Systems' new Showgun automated luminaire is adding its aura to a new American TV show, Phenomenon. The NBC-TV reality series features mind games and illusions, a bit of magic and mystery as contestants compete for most compelling mental feat. LD John Morgan of Design Partners Inc. in Los Angeles specified eight Showgun units from VER.

Mike Zinman worked on content with LD John Morgan. Says Zinman, "This was the first time that I've seen the Showguns in action and we were all impressed by not only the output, but by the flexibility of the fixture to perform as a wash light and a spotlight. The gobos projected were amazing and I've never seen anything like it before for such a high output/large format fixture." Matt Firestone programmed the entire show.

Pete Radice is the automated lighting programmer. Says Radice: "They [the Showguns] read v

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UK - Early on Monday 5 November, a white M.A.N. 7.5-tonne truck with tail lift, registration FN54 FPZ on hire to John Hornby Skewes & Co Ltd and containing an HK Audio COHEDRA line array concert system, and numerous other PA systems, was stolen from the car park at the Innkeepers Lodge, Sheldon, Birmingham.

The PA system and various ancillary equipment included COHEDRA line array cabinets and subwoofers, plus a number of flightcased VX2400 power amp racks and Digital Field Controllers. All the flightcased cabling/fly bars for the system was also included in the haul, along with a number of HK's self-powered F.A.S.T. monitors and ConTour CT112 speaker cabinets. The COHEDRA mid/high assemblies were housed in large grey flightcases, whilst the subwoofers were mounted four units high on dollies, protected by black road covers bearing the 'COHEDRA' logo.

Additionally, the truck als

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Europe - Veteran bluesman Joe Cocker is currently touring Europe using a Sennheiser SKM935 G2 wired mic for his mighty vocals. Front-of-house engineer Chris Madden is the man behind the decision. He joined the Joe Cocker team on a permanent basis this summer and planned on bringing his selection of Sennheiser microphones on the first leg of the tour over 11 weeks of European festivals. Circumstances dictated otherwise.

"I went in with a whole kit of SKM935s," explains Madden, "and wanted to carry a front of house rack and a wireless monitor system with us. We set the whole thing up, but then found it wouldn't fit on the private plane we were touring in, because we had really strict weight demands. So we had to use what was already at all the festivals."

For the second leg of the tour that began at the end of September, Madden was able to bring his own choic

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Switzerland - Lausanne-based rental company MS Productions recently expanded its already impressive inventory to include an extensive line-array system from Electro-Voice, purchased at the end of June from EV's Swiss partner Audiotech.

After extensive tests, the team led by managing director Luc Chassot, decided in favour of 12 EV XLD 281 three-way enclosures, along with four EV XLC 215 and eight EV Xi1191 subwoofers. "What impressed us above all about the system was its outstanding sound quality," explains Luc Chassot. "That was the most powerful argument in its favour. The fact it is also ultra-compact and therefore enormously versatile made this a pretty easy decision for us."

The first test for the new PA came at the recently inaugurated St. Prex Festival at the end of August. A top-level cultural event featuring a high-calibre line-up, including the so

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Canada - Xantech Corporation has announced today the appointment of Claude Sabourin as the company's head of overseas sales. Sabourin brings with him a wealth of experience in the Asian and Pacific markets.

In his new role, Sabourin will oversee Xantech's sales efforts in Asia, South America and Canada and will establish new sales initiatives in the world's fastest growing markets such as Indonesia and China.

"Claude has a great deal of sales experience in the audio industry in both consumer and commercial electronics," said Graham Hallett, president of Xantech. "This is a mix we very much need in the underdeveloped CI markets around the world."

No stranger to the Asian markets, Sabourin spent over seven years working out of Taiwan. His experience spans two continents, having established effective sales teams, composed of distributors and representatives,

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UK - HSL supplied full lighting production and crew to the recent War Child concerts at Manchester Apollo and Brixton Academy, hosted and curated by Keane, who were joined by special guests.

The lighting rig was designed by Keane's LD Rob Sinclair, with whom HSL have worked on many past projects, and the event was co-ordinated for HSL by Mike Oates.

Keane wanted a completely different looking lightshow from their touring one, and the rig had to be diverse enough to deal with a variety of artists including The Pet Shop Boys, Lily Allen, The Magic Numbers, The Guillemots and more. It also had to be expediently budgeted as the whole idea was to raise money and awareness for War Child - which is dedicated to helping children living in war torn countries.

This gig marked the launch of War Child's Iraq Appeal, a new initiative to raise £1.5 million to give immediate help to

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Sweden - Hotel Aveny in Umeå, one of ten Profil Hotels across Sweden and Denmark, is situated in the heart of the city and offers 87 rooms, a restaurant, bar, and gym to customers from all corners of the globe. In 2006, the hotel was completely renovated and acquired its new look from Arkitektbyrån AB of Gothenburg. Inspiration for colour choices came from the Beatles of the 60s and Sgt. Pepper's. A complementary lighting design was then created by Marcus Persson of Kreativ Teknik AB using Martin Professional fluorescent colour changing Cyclo luminaires and LED lighting.

Entry to the hotel is through an archway of glass lit by IP65 rated LEDs that bathe the portal in slow colour changes throughout the evening, making for an eye-catching exterior for passersby and an impressionable entrance for customers.

Inside, the lobby bar offers drinks in another ever-changing environmen

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UK - Coinciding with its promotion to the Championship, Bristol City Football Club has had a completely new sound system installed at its Ashton Gate stadium. The club had been considering upgrading its audio facilities for some time, and awarded Bristol-based systems integration company Sounds Commercial the contract to design, install and commission the new system.

Damian Orritt, installation contracts manager of Sounds Commercial, commented: "The old system was underpowered and also very dated in terms of equipment, range and reliability. There was little or no fault monitoring and quite simply it was not up to the club's expectations for the forthcoming season."

The new sound system had a number of roles to fulfil, firstly it had to be integrated with the voice alarm system to form part of a life safety system that would comply with BS 5839 part 8, BS 7827 and BS

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Germany - Sirius Showequipment recently provided audio services for a sold-out concert featuring Germany's most popular band Pur with a supporting symphony orchestra on twin stages in the round at the Veltins Arena. The event, held on 8 September, drew a crowd of approximately 65,000 people.

Originally named Arena auf Schalke, the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany is the nation's largest indoor venue and one of the world's most modern stadiums. It is home to the football club FC Shalke 04, and the arena has also hosted five matches in the 2006 FIFA World Cup and the 2004 UEFA Champions League final. The Veltins Arena was designed for multi-purpose use, as evidenced by its busy concert schedule.

For the Pur concert, Sirius Showequipment deployed a large, multi-zone JBL Vertec line array system to meet the show's in-the-round requirements, which were made more complex by t

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USA - NSCA has updated its Members on the Map online directory. "It's a terrific way for industry professionals to promote their company and all the products and services they provide," said senior director of member services, Jodi Montgomery. "Anyone searching for your company will be linked back to your website for more information. Members are frequently awarded projects as a result of their Members on the Map directory listing."

NSCA corporate members update their company listing with all the markets they serve, such as corporate, houses of worship, education and others. Members also list all the types of equipment they represent or manufacture within the following categories: acoustics and audio, ancillary, automation and control systems, audio/visual, communications, digital signage, IT/data networks, lighting/staging, security/life safety, services and

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