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Italy - Aethra SpA reports that all video communication services for the fifth Summit of Heads of State and Government of Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union (LAC-EU) are being provided exclusively by Aethra in collaboration with its partner in Peru Speednet Telecommunications.

Personnel from Aethra and Speednet are providing six dedicated videoconferencing rooms fully equipped with state-of-the-art Aethra vc solutions, including the set-top systems Vega X5 and Vega X3 and the next-generation videophone Maia XC.

These videoconferencing services are available during the event to the 60 heads of state and government and their delegations, the 1500 national and foreign accredited journalists following the proceedings, the event organization committee and the Peruvia

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UK - Gloucestershire-based LED lighting provider, Greenled, has appointed four new sustainable lighting specialists to its expanding team: Ian Russell, Paul Stearman and Paul Haines join the sales force, and Nigel Thomas joins the technical team.

Based in London, Ian Russell will manage key sales accounts in London and the South East, focusing on the new build and built environment sectors in particular. His duties include business development and delivering tutorials to make the building world more aware of the benefits offered by LED technology. "I have always had a passion for lighting and Greenled ticked all the right boxes," Ian explains. "I hope to earn my green stripes by educating and converting businesses to the benefits of sustainable lighting technology."

Ian ran his own property development business in London for several years after working for

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UK - Multiple London venue owner Billy Reilly, famous for his exploits with The Cross and Canvas in Kings Cross, has now diverted his attention to Pacha, the Ibizan club brand which he set up in London six years ago.

Midway through an £800,000 refurbishment, which will also see the creation of a roof terrace, he has commissioned Bernard Mani at Systems Etc to replace the old sound system with a new Martin Audio WT3 rig, processed via Martin Audio's new Engineer 418 DSP.

"Originally the club was specced with Martin Audio H3s but I wanted to achieve a more theatrical and accurate sound. I knew all the components of the WT3 so was confident in what a fully active system would sound like - and that is predominantly a much smoother midrange and greater warmth," says Mani.

The compact three-way trapezoidal system's mid-range and HF are generated by compound mid-hi

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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!

Read more about the Indochine tour in the latest issue of LSi

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Switzerland - Gahrens & Battermanns provided over 73sq.m of Mitsubishi Electric IDT series LED screens at the prestigious Geneva Motor Show. One of Europe's leading display hire businesses, the company operates the largest fleet of Mitsubishi's high resolution IDT6 and IDT4 Black Package indoor screens in Europe - all of which were in action over the 10-day event on behalf of Chrysler, Honda, Lexus and Bentley.

Motor shows are notoriously demanding applications for big screen displays, and especially so for LED screens as colour fidelity, contrast and image quality must be maintained over wide viewing angles and close distances. Having already experienced the superior performance of the Mitsubishi screens at the Frankfurt Motor Show last year, Chrysler, Honda, Lexus and Bentley once again specified IDT4 4.00mm and IDT6 6.00mm Black Package screens for the main video features on

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Argentina - The Buenos Aires Live Show (B.A.L.S.) deployed a large VerTec system for Rod Stewart's recent concert at Velez Sarsfield Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The show was part of Rod Stewart's current world tour supporting his latest release, 'Still The Same - Great Rock Classics of our Time'.

The 11 April concert at Velez Sarsfield Stadium drew a sell-out crowd of 40,000 people. To meet Stewart's concert rider specifications, B.A.L.S. used a total of 52 VerTec line array enclosures. The main left/right arrays featured 14 VT4889-1 full-size line array elements per side, with 12 VT4889-1 elements per side for out fill arrays. For additional low-frequency output, B.A.L.S. used both stacked and flown subwoofers - a total of 32 enclosures - to complement the full-range VerTec system. JBL's new VerTec V4 DSP presets were used.

JBL's new VT4889-1 full-size line array loud

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Italy - Griven has introduced the Micro-Clip, a compact spotlight fixture that houses three high efficiency full-colour 3W LED chips.

Ease to install and IP65 weather protection Micro-Clip is adaptable to a wide range of indoor and outdoor environments. Providing a vibrant and brilliant colour palette from a particularly thin and stylish bodywork, Micro-Clip features a straightforward operational efficiency where stand-alone colour sequences are available for spectacular synchronized effects and digital remote control via DMX 512 signal is a standard attribute, says the company.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Artistic Licence has been celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, marking the time during which the company has evolved from its rock 'n' roll origins into a company focused on architectural lighting and installations, whilst simultaneously developing its international presence.

Talking to Robert Bell in 2004 for his book Let There Be Light, managing director Wayne Howell says: " I take the company name quite seriously. Lateral thinking is the most important part of a design . . . (in addition) you make it as future proof and reusable as you can."

By focusing on the two halves of the company - product development and project design & installation - Howell has developed a product range which can be taken both as total solutions or as components for incorporation into individual designs.

Feedback has always been of prime importance to Artistic Licence

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USA - American DJ has introduced the X-Move LED which utilises one super-size 20-watt white LED to create a brawny beam that's powerful enough to project gobo patterns and colours across floors, walls and ceilings, says the company.

Although the X-Move LED's effects are indistinguishable from a conventional moving head to the eye, the unit offers the benefits and ease of LED technology, such as a long 50,000-hour rated lamp life and a low power draw. At 44W, it consumes a fraction of the energy of a traditional 250W effect. In addition to saving energy, this lets the operator hook up more units on a single electrical circuit.

The X-Move LED is also much smaller than a typical 250W effect, weighing only 10 lbs. and standing just 12.5" high. The fixture's compact size allows it to fit virtually anywhere, even in the tightest spaces, and makes it easily transportable for ban

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UK - Powys-based installation company Sound Induction Systems has just completed the sale of Sennheiser Tourguide systems to two Welsh language translation companies, Menter Bro Dinefwr from Llandeilo and Trosol from Cardiff.

Menter Bro Dinefwr is part of Menter, a government-funded group promoting the Welsh language. The translation part of the organisation, Dewis, has four full-time translators providing live simultaneous translations for public meetings and conferences in Carmarthenshire. Dewis hands receivers to non-Welsh speakers at public meetings, ensuring that when someone asks or answers a question in Welsh, non-Welsh speakers can hear the translator translating the Welsh into English.

Sound Induction Systems provided Menter Bro Dinefwr seven sets of Sennheiser 2020D digital Tourguides. "They have seven boxes of headsets with transmitters," Philip Nicholes o

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The Netherlands / Belgium - In an operation involving almost 200 staff in two countries and hundreds of tons of stock and equipment, the Ampco Flashlight Group has just completed a series of office and warehouse moves designed to relocate almost all its operations into three brand new, purpose designed facilities in Holland and Belgium.

Over the course of two months, three buildings have been completed, fitted out and equipped in Utrecht, Holland and Boom, Belgium to house all but two of the group's 14 separate companies including the head office of the parent company, Ampco Flashlight Holding.

The final piece of the jigsaw was put in place when lighting rental company Flashlight Rental moved into the massive 15,000 square metre (162,000 square foot) Rental and Technology building at Proostwetering 50, on a new industrial park outside the centre of Utrecht.

In the same build

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USA - Renkus-Heinz has named Tim Shuttleworth to the key role of engineering manager, leading the company's engineering team.

A resident of California, Shuttleworth's has previously held positions with Cerwin-Vega, KRK, JBL Professional, Neve Electronics and Cadac. An AES member since 1976, healso has personal patents issued or pending on 11 audio innovations.

Renkus-Heinz president Harro Heinz says, "Tim brings a tremendous track record of leading by example in contributing to new product concepts, and overseeing the development of detailed specifications for both hardware and software components. His know-how of engineering project management on demanding and time critical projects, as well as providing support and fostering skill development, is a tremendous addition to our engineering team."

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean's Dancing on Ice: The Live Tour is a nationwide tour following on from the successful series of Dancing on Ice which was broadcast on ITV1.Durham Marenghi designed the lighting for the tour using two grandMA full-size and four MA NSPs. The idea was to emulate the TV show on a grander scale whilst making everything visible and attractive to an arena audience.

The grandMA is the console of choice for programmer Tim Routledge who comments, "With both a video and lighting element, certain parts were programmed simultaneously using both consoles networked together. Even a last minute request to drive some monitor software over Art-Net was not a problem and easily integrated into the show."

The lighting rig includes 56 x Vari*Lite VL3500Q wash, 34 x Clay Paky Alpha Spot HPE 1200, 20 x Clay Paky Alpha Beam 300, 20 x Clay

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USA - Bosch Communications Systems pro audio brands Electro-Voice and Dynacord co-sponsored the first annual Live Indie Rock Wars, held at Lake Las Vegas in April.

The event showcased the top 21 bands from this competition. These up-and-coming bands were all in the running for the $50,000 grand prize and two year management deal. The winners of the event, The Underground Rebels, also won a complete EV mic package.

Bosch Communications Systems pro audio rep Buck Tallman was on site to support the show: "This is what it's all about! A live, full-bore rock n roll war. We were there to provide hands-on support and meet the bands - we're committed to supporting new talent, and that fact was heard loud and clear over the course of the competition, with EV mics all across the stage and an array of EV, Dynacord, and Midas PA equipment (provided by FBP Group of Las Vegas) ensuring

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UK - Multiform, known for its Multiphase lighting controllers and dimmers for more than 35 years, has appointed ADELTO to distribute its newly designed LED fixtures worldwide. After 18 months development the new LS-series consisting of three models was launched first at PLASA 2007, London and LDI 2007 in Orlando and featured at Musikmesse, Prolight & Sound fair in Frankfurt this year.

(Jim Evans)

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UK Adlib supplied sound and lighting equipment and crew to the recent John Barrowman UK tour. FOH sound engineer Walter Jaquiss (whose current clients include the Sex Pistols) has worked with Adlib on many previous occasions. He worked closely with Adlib's systems engineers James Neale (FOH) and Ben Booker (monitors) on this tour.

Jaquiss chose L-Acoustics dvDOSC for the left and right arrays, 12 mid-high boxes a side, along with 4 dvSUBS and eight of the new L-Acoustics SB28 subs, all of which were ground stacked, and they used eight ARCS cabinets for in-fill.

"It sounded superb," says Jaquiss, "It was the perfect system for the largely cabaret style show."

They took two Soundcraft Vi6 consoles, used for both FOH and monitors. It was the first time Jaquiss had used a Vi6 on tour. "It's a good sounding desk," he comments, "It's designed to

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Bahrain - Almost a year to the day after Creative Technology (CT) formally established its Dubai operation, the company has again played a major part in the Middle East's flagship Bahrain Formula 1 Grand Prix.

The event, in its fifth year; has taken place at the spectacular Sakira Circuit in the Gulf Kingdom of Bahrain has involved CT every year since the inaugural race in 2004. This year however saw the introduction of several new products from the CT inventory.

CT works alongside long-time partner Screen Visions, who are responsible for the overall project management, logistics and production of the circuits dedicated closed circuit TV channel 'Fan TV'. In previous years this required a fully equipped PPU (Portable Production Unit). This year CT streamlined the production with the introduction of the "Slate", a revolutionary PC-based production system which incorpo

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In the increasingly digital environment we work in, interested parties are making big efforts to explain the potential benefits. The Roland Systems Group (RSG), for example, is to host a series of Open Afternoons to introduce the new M-400 Digital Mixer and the Digital Snake, the latest technologies from RSS by Roland. RSG is recruiting specialist support from allied companies to provide a fully rounded programme for "a day rich in hands-on opportunities".

The major lighting story of the week is Clay Paky's announcement that it has signed Production Resource Group, LLC (PRG) as the exclusive distributor of Clay Paky moving lights in the US, English-speaking Canada and Japan.

China continues to offer great business opportunities for specialist manufacturers and installers. In total, the multiple venues of Guangzhou University City utilised 124 Community R2, 124 R.5 systems,

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Turkey - The CRR (Cemal Resit Rey) Concert Hall annually hosts a wide variety of live shows, concerts and events - including rock, pop, jazz and classical in addition to conferences, theatre and dance productions.

ELIT, L-Acoustics distributor in Turkey, supplied and installed a complete L-Acoustics FOH line source array in the 860 seats venue. The system consists of nine dV-DOSC and three dV-SUB cabinets per side, all driven and protected by six LA8 amplified controllers. In addition L-Acoustics self-powered coaxial enclosures 112P and 108P are being used as mobile systems for monitoring and fill applications to suit the various production requirements.

Cédric Montrézor, technical support engineer for L-Acoustics, comments: "I was very impressed by the professionalism of ELIT's crew and by the quality of integration in this project. Our combined engineering

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UK - Academy Music Group (AMG) has agreed terms with Portmanor Projects to acquire the Dome on Bristol Street, Birmingham, for development as a live entertainment venue. AMG proposes a full £4m refurbishment programme of the 45,000sq.ft purpose-built 1970's nightclub, which has been closed for many years.

Birmingham has welcomed major regeneration in recent years, including the Bullring Shopping Centre and in 2006, Birmingham City Council granted planning consent to Martineau Galleries for a £600m Eastside Parks development, including the Priory Square Shopping Centre and Dale End, incorporating the existing location of Carling Academy Birmingham and surrounding area. The project team proposes a mixture of retail, leisure, office and residential spaces, with work anticipated to start in 2009. The Academy will continue to trade whilst development of the new venue take

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Spain - The Carnaval de Vinarós in Valencia is one of the most famous Spanish fiestas. The whole town is given over to two weeks of highly colourful festivities including parades, concerts, and this year's highlight, a spectacular drag queen fashion extravaganza. Full service production company, E.J.R. Systems SL based in Benicarló was responsible for the complete system used throughout the carnival, with collaboration from two other production companies, Dodinuf and Yapadú Produccions.

Dodinuf and Yapadú Produccions, who were responsible for the audio element, opted for Lab.gruppen amplification throughout, in the form of 10 fP Series fP 6400s, eight fP 3400s and two FP 13000. Processing was courtesy of Dolby Lake with an EAW KF730 system on the front end.

Eduardo Soriano, Yapadú Produccions co-owner and sound technician specialist reports, "I honestly enjoy my job

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USA - Bill Sims will depart Philips Solid-State Lighting Solutions, formerly Color Kinetics, at the end of June 2008, the company reports. He will be succeeded in the role of CEO by Jeffrey Cassis, currently the company's senior vice-president and COO.

Under Sims' leadership, Color Kinetics achieved sustained profitability and its revenues grew 30% per year on average between 2001 and 2007. He guided the company's strategic direction, sales operations, expansion of its OEM business, and the creation of its successful licensing program. He also oversaw the company's most pivotal milestones, including its successful initial public offering in June 2004 and its acquisition by Philips in August 2007 for just under $1 billion.

As a result of this and other acquisitions, totaling more than $4.2 billion in the last two years alone, Philips has emerged as a leader in the increasingly

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