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UK - Together with London's Central School of Speech and Drama (CSSD), ETC recently gave students a chance to undertake a comprehensive training programme with the aim of giving them a view of entertainment technology, from the perspective of the manufacturer right through to the spectator.

The training was carried out by ETC's Luke Delwiche and saw students undertake responsibilities including redesigning, upgrading and reinstalling the rig in the 'theatre style' training room - known as The Playhouse at Gypsy Corner - where staff, dealers and distributors learn about the workings of ETC lighting products. The 150W HID lamps were replaced with more environmentally friendly 70W HID lamps and the students serviced all the luminaires on the rig with help from Martin Professio

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Turkey - With sources claiming it to be the world's largest trade show booth, Turkish Telecom displayed a 4550sq.m booth for CEBIT Eurasia 2008 held in Istanbul, complete with concert lighting, a main stage, three cafes, and a vast video wall surrounding the entire space.

Istanbul-based The Partners was hired to design and build the booth, including lighting and video for Turkish Telecom and its partner companies Avea and TTNET. The Partners CEO Firat Kasapoglu explained, "We were approached last fall by Turkish Telecom to pull off one of their most ambitious trade show booth concepts to date. The idea was to create a world where visitors would enter and feel a part of it. They also wanted a live stage where performers could entertain the audience in a concert-like setting. The booth needed to entertain as well as educate, and show a unity of the three companies but allowin

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UK - Cadac Electronics was placed into administration yesterday, 1 December, following the eventual collapse of a prolonged 14-week negotiation over the sale of the company. LSI Online understands that all of the staff have now been made redundant.

A notice is expected to be posted on the Cadac website shortly.

News of Cadac's troubles emerged in June, with the announcement - premature as it turned out - that the company had been placed into administration, following an unexpected fall-off in anticipated sales of the company's analogue products. However, shortly after, a new finance package was agreed with the bank and a new business plan drawn up before the administration papers were filed - as revealed by Audio File in Lighting&Sound International's July-August 2008 issue.

This final confirmation of its entr

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Germany - The Milchwerk Radolfzell is a new event location on the shores of Lake Constance. In 1969 the factory was built as a production facility by a milk-processing company. After aquisition and reconstruction by the city of Radolfzell it reopened as a conference and culture centre in 1992. Following refurbishment, it now comprises eight congress rooms and two halls.

Praxl Licht- & Tontechnik under the direction of Stefan Praxl projected and installed a multi-functional system for using the event infrastructure in the smaller 200-seat hall. Audio is based on K.M.E. Versio systems.

Sound engineers, organisers and the 800 invited guests at the opening event were convinced and satisfied with the sound quality. "We like the sound and the user-friendly handling. This small, compact system with its clear design fits perfectly in our functional architecture," says a spok

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USA - Now, utilising field-tested RC4 DMX technology, The Pocket Console is offered in a wireless version with an internal RC4-DMXio transmitter.

The Pocket Console can function as a remote-controlled console, wireless circuit check device, redundant dimmer check, wireless DMX effects trigger or be a roaming WholeHog 2 as it is a wireless eight-submaster wing.

Operating in the 2.4GHz ISM band, the unit's indoor range is easily up to 300'+, with a rated range of 200'+. Outdoor line-of-sight range is up to one mile, and transmitter power output is up to 100mW (20dBm) EIRP, with a receiver sensitivity of -100dBm. The unit runs on a 9V lithium battery, providing a minimum life of eight hours.

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International Update - A Live Earth concert scheduled to take place in Mumbai on 7 December has been called off in the wake of last week's terror attacks. Bon Jovi and Pink Floyd's Roger Waters were among the artists scheduled to appear at the event, intended to raise awareness of climate change. "We will continue to work for solutions to the climate crisis for the good of the people of India," said organisers. "But for now, our thoughts are with the victims of this terrible attack."

Events in South East Asia also saw the cancellation of another concert due to be held in Bangkok over the weekend. The Bangkok 100 Rock Festival, scheduled for 29 and 30 November in the Thai city, was to have featured appearances by Manic Street Preachers, Ash and US band Hoobastank. The announcement follows demonstrations at Bangkok's international and domestic airports t

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UK - Stage Electrics is hosting a Freelancer Day at RADA's Gielgud Studio on Monday 12 January 2009. The programme, tailored to be of special interest to freelancers in the industry, will be an informal day of stimulating topical presentations, along with the opportunity to network.

Those attending will get to see presentations on Video Integration and how it will affect the Industry; Health & Safety for Freelancers; Finance for Freelancers; Sound Reinforcement - Developing Technologies and Current Trends and a special session on The Benefits of PLASA Membership.

To tie in with this, there will also be an exclusive PLASA Membership offer on the day. Any freelancer who signs up to become a member of PLASA will have the advantage of Stage Electrics contributing the first £40 of their annual membership fee - equating to a third off. In addition, PLASA has pledged to waive t

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USA - The Palace Grounds in Bangalore were transformed on 7 November into a celebration for thousands who turned out for The Great Indian Rock 2008. This international concert that featured three prominent Indian bands, Slingshot, Rainbow Bridge and Extinct Reflections and two Norwegian popular acts, Sahg and Satryicon. V&P Sound deployed an extensive Harman sound system that featured Soundcraft's Vi6 and included products from JBL, Crown, dbx, and AKG.

The sound system consisted of 20 JBL Vertec VT4889s with two main hangs of 10 per-side, 16 JBL VT4880A subs were flown in on four per-side hangs, eight JBL CSR subs were ground stacked with four per-side and VRX932LA's were used as centre-fills. Crown I-Tech 4000, 6000, and 8000 amplifiers powered the entire system and the FOH was mixed using the Soundcraft Vi6 digital mixing console running the new Version 3.0 software.<

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Armenia - Robert Juliat has, this autumn, supplied a large amount of profiles, spotlights, follow spots and dimmers to the landmark venue of the Karen Demirchyan Sport & Cultural Complex (SCC) in the Armenian capital city of Yerevan.

The Robert Juliat lighting and dimming equipment was supplied by City Trade Holding LLC and installed by Business Center Arlekino LLC, Russia, as part of a major refurbishment of this historic, iconic venue.

Built in 1983 to host various sporting, concert, social and political events, the SCC has been one of Armenia's most famous symbols since Soviet Union times. Its auspicious history has seen it play host to performers which include Michelle Legrand, Ian Gillan, Boney M, Thomas Anders and the Symphony Orchestra of La Scala theatre, amongst many others.

A full restoration programme to update the SCC (which was even without central heating for 2

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UK - The Arcola Theatre was honoured at the Growing Business Awards in London on 27 November, jointly winning the Green Award for commitment to sustainability. The awards - run by Real Business magazine and the CBI - are designed to recognize innovation and entrepreneurial spirit amongst Britain's business community.

The theatre, which is run by Mehmet Ergen, Leyla Nazli and Dr Ben Todd, aims to be the world's first carbon neutral theatre. The installation of a fuel cell in February 2008 made the venue the first in the world to power its main house shows and bar/café on hydrogen.

Other winners of Growing Business Awards include several household names. Will King, founder of King of Shaves, collected the Company of the Year award. Judges felt that King's men's grooming brand had proved that constant innovation was the key to continued growth. This year, the company he se

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USA - Physician's Quality Care in Jackson, Tennessee, a completely new kind of walk-in medical clinic is provided to patients giving them a one-of-a-kind non-medical experience. With audio components from JBL and Crown audio systems integration firm Internally Sound has designed a system that establishes a more hospitable environment for patrons.

The facility features a waiting room structured with a 26-seat movie theatre. JBL's Screen Array 4622 cinema loudspeakers, Cinema Series 4641 subwoofers, and 8340A Surround high power cinema surround systems, in addition to Crown's DSI 2000 amplifiers for 4622's and 4641's, and Crown's DSI 1000 amplifiers for surround systems play starring roles in this room.

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UK - The Government has reaffirmed its commitment to developing the nation's skills with the launch of an innovative new trial to develop Apprenticeship Expansion Programmes aimed at increasing current apprenticeship numbers to fill existing skills gaps. The trials, delivered through the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) will provide participating employers with access to funds of more than £10 million over the next three years, in a bid to increase the number of available Apprenticeship vacancies.

The Apprenticeship Expansion Programme trials will provide extra funding to employers who are currently running high quality Apprenticeships. It aims to develop and test models which will allow employers to recruit and train additional apprentices. The trials will help the apprentices secure employment with employers in the supply chain or elsewhere in the wider sector. This exp

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Czech Republic - SK Slavia Praha has scored another success after winning its first 1 Liga title in 17 years, installing Europe's first Renkus-Heinz RHAON-empowered audio system for its brand new Stadion Eden. The system delivers single-cable digitally networked operation throughout the stadium.

After a saga stretching back to the team's birth in Prague in 1892, the new 21,000 seat Stadion Eden opened in the Vršovice district of Prague this spring, with an innovative roof suspension that allows an unobstructed view from every seat.

Lucie Antonsonova of the company's Czech distributor, Audiopro, observes: "Sound distribution in sport stadiums is usually a big issue - there are only few which can be proud of their solution. It's often a last-minute solution because the budget has already been spent. SK Slavia Praha wanted their new stadium to set a new standard."

St

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UK - Adlib Audio supplied a V-DOSC sound system to the recent Scouting For Girls UK tour which was specified by the band's FOH engineer, Andy Williamson.

It was the first time Williamson had toured V-DOSC. It was also his first time using Adlib on a full touring show although he's known Andy Dockerty and Tony Szabo for many years and worked with them on previous gigs. "Adlib work in a very personal way with all their clients, and I wanted a company that could guarantee this commitment to service and attention to detail," he states.

They used 8 V-DOSC elements per side with six of the new L-Acoustics SB28 subwoofers per side and 4 ARCS per side ground stacked. Due to the large differences in venue sizes, they also carried 24 dV-DOSC and four dVSUBS to act as side-hangs. For the arenas on the itinerary, they upped the total V-DOSC count to 24. The ARCS also served as f

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France - Wireless Solution Sweden's W-DMX got a standing ovation from the lighting crew of this summer's Festival d'Avignon, an annual drama, dance creation and stage performance festival held in the French city of Avignon. Founded in 1947 by Jean Vilar, it is the oldest existing festival in France.

Lighting manager Philippe Catalano collaborated on the festival's technical direction with Philippe Roy as second desk operator and network manager for Romeo Castelluci's Inferno from Dante's Divine Comedy. Philippe Roy was in charge of the dramatic fireball scene, a very special effect on the upstage wall of the famous court of honour.

The idea is to give the impression of a free-moving ball of fire behind all the windows, so that spectators believe there is nothing but void behind the wall. This fireball effect requires the projection of a light beam from the

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Bermuda - Roselle Park, NJ based sound company Audio Inc. utilised BSS Audio Soundweb London to help run live sound reinforcement at the Bermuda Music Festival, a multi-day live concert event held in October, featuring artists such as Beyonce, Alicia Keys, and UB40.

Mike Sinclair, vice president of Audio Inc. learned how useful Soundweb London could be to him at the InfoComm 2008 show. "We were looking for a return snake for large sound systems, and it was suggested by Geoff Lissman of Harman that we consider Soundweb London.

"We used Soundweb London devices to do all the processing," stated Sinclair. "We can get 256 channels to the stage and I have complete control and confidence in how they run. BSS Audio gave us the flexibility to have three or four consoles live and plugged in all the time. Soundweb London became the system matrix. Everyone had t

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UK - A new Electro-Voice foreground and background sound system installation is boosting the customer experience at Spearmint Rhino Rouge, one of the UK's best-known "gentlemen's clubs", set in Brighton's club district.

The first Spearmint Rhino Gentlemen's Clubs were established over 12 years ago in the USA, and have since become a popular fixture throughout the UK. Midlands-based installation company ALG Sound & Lighting was commissioned to equip the club on Brighton's sea-front, and chose ZX1s and EViD loudspeakers from the Electro-Voice range.

"The club is in one of the older buildings in town," says Andy Gilbert of ALG, "so there are high and low ceilings in different rooms. We install a lot of EV equipment and we knew that the ZX1s would give us the coverage we wanted as well as high SPLs on the dance floor." 12 ZX1s have been wall-mounted t

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Belgium - Heralding the arrival of a new family of compact, budget-friendly multipurpose lighting desks, ADB Lighting Technologies has unveiled the Mikado manual/memory control desk.

With a host of features generally not available in its price category, the easy-to-use Mikado is intended for stage and studio lighting, particularly when manual and memory control are required.

Major features include 12 channels/two presets or 24 channels/one preset, 36 memories or chasers on three pages, manual and automatic dipless crossfade, remote control of chasers, and audio input. Stored memories can be edited and previewed with channel level indicators.

Speed control of chasers is provided, along with chaser effects including Start/Stop/Step, random, bounce, single shot, forward/reverse direction, and delete/add steps.

ADB lighting marketing manager Jerome Bel comments: "The new

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Germany - ChainMaster is adding new production, presentation and training facilities to its premises in Eilenburg. The new buildings are needed to keep pace with the expanding worldwide demand for ChainMaster products whilst maintaining the shortest possible lead times.

The first phase of the project, which will see the production area expanding by a further 350sq.m, began on 3 November. The shell of the building should be in place by the end of the year; the scheduled completion date is the 31 March 2009. During this phase, eight new jobs are being created and two new test beds, each with a well 6.5 metres deep, installed.

The second phase of construction will begin in the spring. When complete, it will add a further 400sq.m to the production and presentation areas. During this phase, a training facility will also be created, which will provide a realistic environment for par

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Czech Republic - Specialist LED lighting manufacturer Anolis has launched its Anolis ArcPad 3.48, an LED RGBW 'brick' fixture, designed for colour-changing applications like wall washing and highlighting of large alcoves and areas where space is a premium and installation can be challenging.

Its neat dimensions and flexible focus options enable it to be squeezed into small recesses and other inaccessible corners, nooks and crannies, while the projected lifespan of up to 60,000 hours make it suitable for all types of 'fit-and-forget' architectural applications. It is IP 65 rated, so is suited to exterior use.

The ArcPad 3.48's head is a cast aluminium radiator onto which the LED matrix and lenses are fitted, and this can be panned plus or minus 46 degrees and tilted plus 60 and minus 90 degrees in relation to the base.

The cast aluminium base can be utilised for

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Ukraine - In the summer of 2007 Indigo Music, D.A.S. distributor for the Ukraine, finished the light and sound installation at the SunRay Hotel. This hotel is located 20k from the city of Dnepropetrovsk situated in the South East part of the country. It has recently added a new restaurant divided on two floors with sound reinforcement via D.A.S. Audio systems.

Indigo Music installed the D.A.S. audio systems having in mind that there were three distinct acoustic areas: the terraces on each level, the restaurant itself and the first floor indoor area. The Variant array systems were installed in the restaurant zone. The set-up comprised eight white Variant 112A units. These powered systems are specially designed for fixed installations, and are capable of providing both versatility and compactness.

For bass reinforcement the Variant 18A systems were used. Two were installed in th

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