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China - Mixers from both Studer and Soundcraft appear at numerous events and broadcast facilities at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Digital consoles from both companies have been chosen and purchased by local Chinese broadcasters as well as worldwide companies who are installing or providing facilities at the events, says Harman.

The largest consumer of Studer consoles for the games is CCTV (China Central Television). Their English-speaking International channel, CCTV-9, is using a Studer Vista 7 in its on-air studio, while the main studios of CCTV have been equipped with four Vista 5s and five OnAir 3000s. Quindao Radio has purchased an OnAir 3000 for the games, and Hong Kong's TVB has purchased a total of five Vista 5s, three for its studio for the games and two for OB vans.

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Spain - Equipson has published its latest catalogue which features all the company's LED products, including the LP and LHR Series.

Featured new products include tri-colour high power LED - billed as "a very interesting alternative to conventional spotlights, with all the advantages of LED devices.

(Jim Evans)

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USA - Community Professional has introduced Entasys, a new three-way full-range column line-array loudspeaker system that "delivers true line-array performance in a compact weather-resistant package".

Designed for permanent installation applications including auditoria, airports and train stations, conference centres, houses of worship, stadium concourses and museums, Entasys offers high output and high power handling, boasting multiple low frequency, midrange and high-frequency drivers for the most consistent, lobe free, coverage available, and delivering a uniform, constant vertical beamwidth from 800 Hz - 16 kHz.

Each Entasys full-range column includes six low frequency neodymium drivers, 18 2.35" midrange drivers and six 7" long x 1" wide planar-coupled Compact Ribbon Emulator (CRE) high frequency elements. The Entasys line is designed to be modula

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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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USA - With fuel prices hovering at $4/gallon, NSCA made sure its grand prize at InfoComm 08 would save at least one lucky member some serious green. All NSCA members could visit the NSCA Zone to enter to win a 2008 Toyota Hybrid Prius, valued at nearly $29,000.

"Saving our members money is important to NSCA," said NSCA senior director of member services, Jodi Montgomery. "We're constantly looking for new solutions and new ideas to help members succeed."

Greg Bedross, regional sales manager for Kramer Electronics Sierra Video, was the lucky winner of the Prius, which averages 46 miles to the gallon. Bedross said he received the news via cell phone while working on the show floor.

"I just can't believe it. I want to thank everyone," said Bedross when he picked up the keys to his new car. "I think (NSCA) is a wonderful organisation and I'm ver

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China - Camco has appointed Right Way Audio as its new and exclusive distributor in China. Based in Hong Kong and Guangzhou, Right Way already represents a number of international brands including Midas Consoles, Klark-Teknik and L'Acoustics. Within weeks of appointment, Right Way's owner Danny Lau has already secured a major installation contract for Camco amplifiers.

Camco's international sales director Mick Anderson comments: "As the complexity and maturity of the Chinese market continues to grow, it becomes ever more important to plan and develop long term business strategies.

"They say its not what you know but who you know that counts. Here at Camco we have found that it is a combination of both that works best in China. Right Way Audio's knowledge and professional attention to service and support means that it is correctly positioned to represent the Camco bra

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USA - Milestone announced at CEDIA Expo 2008 that it has agreed to distribute differentiated versions of the CLO Systems, LLC's products under Milestone's brand names in Europe. CLO Systems' products include X-arm and T-arm series motorised wall-mounts which are designed for retail, residential and commercial applications.

Paul Feenstra, vice-president of Milestone AV Technologies B.V, said: "We are excited to add CLO Systems' products to our existing branded product portfolio. We believe automated mounting solutions represent an important, emerging product category, and our well-known Chief and Sanus brands will be strengthened by this welcomed addition to our product line."

Sung Oh, CEO of CLO Systems, added: "This is a great new strategic alliance for CLO Systems, and we look forward to working with the consumer and commercial sales teams at Milestone to sign

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UK - An impressive new space has been created at the Foresight Centre at Liverpool University, dedicated to training and business support services. Key to the success of the Hub is the technology that allows it to be used as a multi-purpose space for large and small meetings, promotional events and conferences, all of which has been specified and installed by Apple Sound.

Apple Sound elected to use Bose audio solutions throughout the venue, including products from both the FreeSpace and Panaray ranges, as well as the Bose ControlSpace ESP-88 audio management system which gives a flexible DSP solution that university staff can operate with ease and confidence.

Transformed from the basement of the former Royal Infirmary, the Hub delivers a new concept in meeting and networking space on campus. It complements the existing award winning facilities by providing relaxed and informal

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UK - Ampetronic has entered into a distribution partnership with Scandec Systemer AS of Norway. Located just south of Oslo, Scandec was established in 1984 and has enjoyed steady growth, today employing 25 people and offering a full range of services to the industry, including sales, systems design, technical support, transport and warehousing.

"Our mission is to work with the best brands in the pro and commercial audio industry," says Scandec product manager Bj°rnar Riise. "We sell through a well established dealer network throughout Norway, consisting of AV integrators, electro-installers and special audio companies.

"At Scandec we have a lot of experience with induction loop amplifiers and we believe Ampetronic has the best products in the industry - the output voltage capacity and metal loss correction of Ampetronic equipment are certainly superior

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UK - Avolites lighting consoles were once again in widespread use across the numerous stages at the 2008 Glastonbury Festival. Over 28 Avolites consoles were in action, along with at least 20 Avolites Art2000 dimmer racks.

At Jazz World, lighting was supplied by Essex-based DPL for the second year running, and designed by DPL director Pete Watts, who specified an Avo Diamond 4 Vision for his console. This was controlling 28 moving lights (a mix of Robe and Martin), an assortment of PARs, ACLs and ETC Source Four profiles, plus ChromaQ db4 LED battens, a backdrop of 42sq.m of ChromaQ ColorWeb LED and six Robe LED blinders on top of the PA towers.

The LED fixtures were fed with content from a Hippotizer v3 digital media server triggered by the D4. "The D4 is flexible, powerful and gives instant access to everything, which - when you have moving lights, generics, digital and

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USA - The finale of American Idol, this year aired live to a record breaking audience of 31.7 million viewers. No less spectacular than the show-off between the finalists was the stage design, developed by Idol veteran Andy Walmsley.

Walmsley, renowned for his previous production designs for Pop Idol in the UK, turned to California-based Sweetwater Video to supply all video equipment for the show, including the 340 panels of Element Labs Stealth LED displays used to grace the stage during the finals in the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.

The Stealth panels, configured to form four strips upstage centre and additional strips above and below the main LED screen, allowed Walmsley to create a design in which video and lighting integrated seamlessly within the overall set design.

"The Nokia Theater has an enormous stage that requires a significant volume of equip

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UK - Christie has introduced the latest addition to the DS+ Series of dual lamp, single-chip DLP projectors. Compact and quiet, the projector delivers top-quality image reproduction for medium to large meeting rooms and classrooms, government facilities and executive briefing rooms where smooth, reliable operation is critical, says the company.

Optimised for brighter whites and vivid colour, the Christie DS+655 is designed for business presentations in high ambient light environments. It delivers 6,500 ANSI lumens and combines SXGA+ resolution with a contrast ratio of up to 7500:1. BrilliantColor, DNX, and the latest-generation 10-bit image processing technology produce "dramatic colour rendering and video reproduction, broader colour bandwidth, and significantly reduced image noise".

"The Christie DS+655 draws upon cutting-edge technologies and features the lat

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Denmark - DPA Microphones has appointed its first-ever distributor for Mexico, AM Tecnología (AMTEC), based in Mexico City. AMTEC was founded in 1991 by current president Andrés Martínez to represent TV, film and audio equipment manufacturers in Mexico.

"Our appointment as the DPA representative means a lot for AMTEC, because we had been actively searching for a high quality, reliable microphone range which we can sell into our different market sectors," says Martinez. "With DPA we've found all of this, plus their desire to support us in introducing their products to Mexico."

AMTEC has got off to a flying start, selling 48 DPA 4063 miniature omni-directional mics to Azteca Digital (TV Azteca), which has already placed an order for another 50.

"When we met Andrés we immediately felt that we had found the right partner," says DPA f

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UK - The Ultimate Fighting Championship has returned to the UK, and PSL is once again supplying the event with Christie S+20K projectors and massive projection screens.

The UFC tours four British cities, taking its brand of mixed martial arts to the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle and the MEN Arena in Manchester. London's O2 Arena is the biggest tournament on the UFC's British itinerary. It can accommodate 18,000 fight fans, most of which have been introduced to the sport by the UFC Series broadcast on cable TV from the USA. An essential element in the arena presentation of the event is the giant screen, which allows the audience to follow closely the action and characters such as The Irish Hand Grenade, El Conquistador, The Hitman and Hands of Steel.

Although the sightlines in the O2 Arena are excellent, especially in this in-the-round conf

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Slovenia - Over 1,500 fans flocked to the Samsara club in Maribor on to attend a concert given by the German group Marquess. Maribor-based Prostt D.o.o. took care of sound reinforcement.

The centrepiece of Prostt D.o.o.'s concept was an extensive Electro-Voice XLD system comprising 16 XLD281, four XS212, and four Xsub enclosures that delivered powerful, transparent sound while Electro-Voice CP2200, CP3000 and TG-5 amplifiers supplied the requisite power.

"The XLD system makes it all easy," says Marko Pigac of Prostt D.o.o. "It delivers excellent sound and is delightfully uncomplicated to transport and rig. As a result, the Marquess show went like a dream. No stress whatsoever - and heaps of praise for the sound quality. What more could you wish for?"

(Jim Evans)

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South Korea - Allen & Heath's iLive digital mixing system has been employed for Juan Presbyterian Church's recent musical production, Unfailing Love, in Incheon, South Korea.

"I have always been an avid Allen & Heath user and find the desks excellent value for money. My first mixer was a GL4 and there is an ML5000 VCA console installed at the church," says H. T. Kim, executive mixing engineer at the Juan Presbyterian Church.

"Some engineers I know are still concerned about the stability of digital mixers and I was one of them before I touched iLive. By the first day of the show I had complete confidence in iLive and it is surprisingly intuitive for a digital system. One of the key benefits of going digital is the scene memory and recall function, which saves a lot of set up time as you can recall settings from the previous night's performance."

(Ji

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UK - Robe moving lights made an impact on many stages at Glastonbury 2008.

All lighting for the Jazz World stage was supplied by Essex-based DPL for the second year running, with 12 Robe ColorSpot 1200E ATs and six Robe ColorWash 2500E AT's taking centre stage for DPL director Pete Watts' design.

DPL installed a trussing grid underneath Jazz World's 18m Serious Stages Orbit roof, and the moving lights were arranged across that, together with a selection of generics and 42sq.m of ChromaQ ColorWeb LED as a backdrop and around the sides of stage.

Three Robe 8-lite LEDBlinder 196 LT fixtures were also rigged on top of the PA towers for audience illumination.

It was the first time that Watts had used the ColorWash 2500E ATs for one of his designs, which he describes as "Ludicrously bright" and very reliable.

On the front truss they replaced all the PARs that he'd us

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The Netherlands - The DPA 4017 shotgun microphone has provided an ingenious solution for Broadcast Facilities Nederland (BFN) for the radio broadcast of Olivier Messiaen's opera St François d'Assise at the Muziek Theater Amsterdam.

Soloist Camilla Tilling, in the role of the angel, had to descend from heaven, with her vocals captured clearly by chief broadcast sound engineer Rob Heerschop from BFN - without showing the microphone. Heerschop asked DPA's Dutch distributor Amptec if he could try out the 4017 and found the results to be so good that BFM ordered the shotgun right away.

The 4017 was mounted in two different positions during the production. The first was on a stand in the middle of the orchestra, aimed at the angel 10m above. "The microphone was in the middle of a large woodwind section but this had hardly any effect on the angel's voice, which was open

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Germany - The Autostadt is a visitor attraction in the area around the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg that features a museum, pavilions for each manufacturer in the Volkswagen Group, a cinema, and a customer centre where customers can pick up their new cars. As a communication platform of the Volkswagen Corporation, the Autostadt is more of a modern adventure park. Since opening of the Autostadt in 2000, more than one million customers have taken delivery of their brand-new Volkswagen there.

The centerpiece is the Car Distribution Centre with its two glass-encased car towers, or silos - the landmark of the Autostadt - each rising 52m into the sky. Used as storage for new Volkswagens, the two towers are connected to the Volkswagen factory by a 700m underground tunnel.

Thomas Wlocka, project manager of Technical Event Management at Autostadt, who was also responsible for the li

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USA - When the Disco Fever tour headlined by KC & the Sunshine Band made a recent stop at L.A.'s Greek Theater, thousands of disco fans of all ages turned out. Although the music may have been classic '70s dance tunes, the lighting effects were over-the-edge 21st century, thanks to Acclaim Lighting's X-Panel low-res LED screen system, which put on a high-tech display of colourful graphics on the wall behind the stage.

Lighting design/production company Stage-Tech used 36 X-Panel Frame Systems linked together to create the video display. The X-Panel is a lightweight 8.3" square panel with 25 high-intensity RGB LEDs that can be used in multiples to produce video, graphics, text, animated cartoons, or any combination. Each X-Panel Frame System consists of a 3' x 4' flying frame with 12 X-Panels and an Acclaim X-PD-150 power supply pre-mounted to it.

According to Stage

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UK - Theatre Projects and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) have always enjoyed a fruitful collaborative relationship, but they have now further cemented this relationship with the renewal of The Robert Stanton - Theatre Projects Bursary Fund for LAMDA students.

Conceived as an acknowledgement of Bob Stanton's founding of the innovative Two Year Stage Management & Technical Theatre course at LAMDA in 1965, the bursary was originally launched as a celebration of Bob's 85th birthday. Stanton was a legendary British stage manager and honorary LAMDA fellow who was instrumental in helping Theatre Projects' founder and chairman emeritus, Richard Pilbrow, to start up his early career and then establish Theatre Projects.

Stanton became a consultant to Theatre Projects and was the original director of the pioneering Two Year Stage Management & Technical Theatre cours

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UK - Lightfactor Sales reports that Mick Hannaford has left the company, stating, "We wish Mick the best for the future and thank him for 30 years of dedication to the business.

Lightfactor Sales was acquired by the Polaron Group in December 2004 prior to Polaron's acquisition by Cooper Industries in March 2007 and currently operates within the Cooper Controls division of Cooper Lighting.

Simon Sparrow, director global operations for Cooper Controls and Emma Waissman join the Lightfactor team to provide additional management support and allow the team to focus on customer needs. Peter Coles continues as the primary point of contact for Lightfactor .

(Jim Evans)

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