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USA - This year, TMB will launch several new and products at InfoComm. These include: UberPan from Green Hippo - advanced multi-server control system that allows multiple Hippotizers to work as one, creating a single virtual canvas; amBIENT XC from amBX - the ambient lighting control system for the creation and delivery of immersive entertainment experiences; ProFan - high velocity DMX fan with detachable remote for manual control. Truss; ProPlex RMT - Remote Media Transceiver System; ProPlex GBS - GigaBit Switch; ProShell - Professional RJ45 housing, and Solaris CF-35 strobe.

TMB will also be showing a selection of popular products for the entertainment professional, including: AC Power power distribution boxes; Color Kinetics LED fixtures; curveLED transparent flexible video dis

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UK - London based draping specialists Cover it Up were in action again for the 2009 UK WWE wrestling tour. The company has worked with Davy Coates, co-ordinator of all WWE live events outside North America, for the last six years, and technological advances are constantly providing new challenges.

With HD broadcasting now common, Cover It Up has found that by exploiting the variances in the opacity of their fabric stock, draping and soft goods coverage can be maximized to provide more acutely defined edges, bringing greater depth to the set design, along with other production solutions.

Each textile has its own texture, light transmission and reflection quality which is much more noticeable with HD. Cover It Up's Elliot Sennett says, "We worked hard with the WWE production team to ensure that our grey and black wool serges work together. It's amazing how even a different

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France - Le Confort Moderne in Poitiers is a surprising place. The venue is unprepossessing from the outside, yet once inside, the visitor is exposed to 5000sq.m of modern and contemporary theatre and exhibition space. Billed as a "conceptual laboratory" Le Confort Moderne has been engaged since 1985 in the creation, production and diffusion of original works of contemporary art, music and trans-disciplinary experimentation. As part of a significant monitor system upgrade from a completely analogue solution to a largely digital one complete with EtherSound network, Le Confort Moderne recently invested in an Sy48 digital console from Innovason.

The new system was designed and installed by Z Professionnel, a Bordeaux-based rental company with offices in Poitiers. According to Z Professionnel's Bruno Gondrecourt, the brief was to optimise the existing Nexo system. "T

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Germany - The eve of 1 May found 25,000 ravers once again streaming to Dortmund's Westfalenhalle for the techno event of the year: Mayday. The slogan for this year's 15-hour marathon was Massive Moments. Werne-based service provider Satis&fy made sure that the sound system and the results it yielded lived up to the hype. The Satis&fy team led by technical director Jörn Busch opted for a substantial Electro-Voice system.

The system specifications for the marathon are impressive: 64 Electro-Voice TG7 amplifiers delivering 350,000 Watts, and 32 X-Line tops and 56 X-Line subs were distributed through seven sound stations.

Rüdiger Nürnberg of Satis&fy comments: "Not only in terms of overall loudness but also in point of homogeneity and even level distribution, the X-Line with the new presets is fully convincing. Normal bass loudspeakers in particular reach their ther

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Sweden - LumenRadio can officially claim the title Hottest New Swedish Company of 2009. The company won first prize in the Venture Cup Business Plan Competition beating close to 1,000 other competitors with its innovative technology and strong business idea.

LumenRadio develops wireless technology for the lighting industry. CRMX - LumenRadio's first product line for wireless light controls was released at Prolight+Sound in April of 2009 and has since continued to enjoy tremendous interest from within the entertainment community, as well as from major players in the architectural lighting market.

"The response from customers and distributors in entertainment lighting has been above our wildest expectations. We've been flying around the globe for the last two months meeting with excited customers who have been frustrated with the problems of the present wireless cont

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Germany - Harmonie in Bonn-Endenich is far from just another German music venue with a beer garden. With a history that dates back to 1899, this hall boasts 150 concerts, cabaret, themed parties, and lectures a year and enjoys r sound reinforcement, through a high-fidelity, low-maintenance audio system from Meyer Sound.

Three entrepreneurs from Bonn took over Harmonie in 1994, and in 2000, at the request of several musicians and sound technicians, Josef Schnorbus, co-owner and technical director of the venue, decided to replace its aged sound system, and compared several manufacturers' systems before settling on Meyer Sound's UltraSeries loudspeakers.

The Meyer Sound system initially acquired for the L-shaped live club in 2001 comprised two UPA-1P and three UPM-1P loudspeakers, a UMS-1P and two USW-1P subwoofers. The new system made a significant improvement on the sound quali

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UK - The success of GLP's Impression LED moving head - which became an immediate hit with both television lighting directors and concert touring LD's on its launch - is now finding its way steadily into the corporate world.

As the latest UK customer, Rob Mander of RM Lighting set out all 16 of his newly-purchased heads recently for a VIP launch of a new lifestyle magazine at a top venue in London's Mayfair.

Mander pinpointed the advantages of the GLP fixture. "These Impressions are so bright yet lightweight that we can both ground support and truss-mount them around the perimeter of a room to provide a constant colour changing atmosphere. However, at the same time we can use them on stage to highlight the performers, as the RGB versions produce a higher light yield than that of a conventional moving light or PAR can."

South London-based RM Lighting purchased the 16

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Australia - ARX Systems has announced the appointment of Moto Audio Sales as its new distributor for Denmark. ARX Managing director Colin Park commented, "Moto's Erik Bjerre and I have been discussing the possibilities of working together in Denmark for some time, Erik thought with the release of new additions to our USB DI product range and our MSX range of signal splitters the time was right to expand ARX's presence in the Danish market.

"Erik and his sales team also felt our range of signal processing products was a complementary fit with the other lines they currently represent, they were especially excited by the new products we released at the recent Frankfurt Pro Light and Sound Exhibition."

Companies represented by Moto Audio Sales include L-Acoustics, RCF, CAMCO, Aviom, Pinanson, Sennheiser and Yamaha.

(Jim Evans)

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Czech Republic - Czech professional lighting and sound sales company AudioMaster has installed Anolis LED products into its new HQ in Prague - both to enhance the functionality and aesthetics of the building and to demonstrate in situ, the benefits of the brand to their clients.

Music City is a new purpose built four-storey building, a collaboration between AudioMaster and the Prague Music Centre. The concept is to deliver the ultimate retail environment for musicians, performers, installers, technical specifiers, venue owners and managers and anyone involved in the professional entertainment and leisure industry.

Encompassing recording and demo studios, training plus conference and presentation areas, the Music Cafe coffee bar and specialist display areas for guitarists, drummers, keyboard and percussion aficionados of all types, Music City also features all the latest MI, DJ

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UK - Stage Electrics is holding its second round of Pie and Pint product demonstration events in London and Manchester, following the successful launch of the Pie and Pint concept last year. These free informal lunchtime events will feature a product demonstration on the ETC ION and Eos lighting control desks by ETC's Jeremy Roberts. During the demonstrations there will be an opportunity for guests to enjoy a pie and pint courtesy of Stage Electrics, network and ask some vital product questions.

The first event will be held on Tuesday 23 June from 11:30-2:30pm at the Sawyers Arms pub in Manchester. Following on from Manchester, Pie and a Pint heads to London's West End on Thursday 25 June from 11:30-2:30pm at the Theodore Bullfrog pub. Visitors can drop into these locations at any point during these times.

Chris Patton, divisional sales manager at Stage El

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USA - Norway's projectiondesign returns to InfoComm to showcase its broadest range of projection solutions. The company will lift the wraps off the FL32 projector, projectiondesign's first solid-state LED-based projection system that uses the company's new RealLED technology resulting in "greatly enhanced image performance and ultra-low maintenance". The FL32 is set to greatly reduce operating costs, and features a 100,000-hour life illumination system, says the company.

Since making its global debut at last year's InfoComm, projectiondesign's active stereoscopic 3D projector, the F10 AS3D has earned worldwide praise from the audio visual and visualization community for its ability to provide convincing and compelling 3D imagery from a single, portable device. This year the company will be showing the F10 AS3D, as well as F32 and F22 3D stereo projectors using INFITEC

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USA - Barix reports that Nickelodeon Universe, a seven-acre amusement park located inside Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn., is now using multiple Barix Audio over IP and automation devices for on-demand audio playback, live music streaming and message repeating.

The mix of Barix Instreamer encoders, Exstreamer decoders and Annuncicom IP intercom/audio streaming devices, programmed by DataNab of Burnsville, Minn., provides Nickelodeon Universe with a varied and flexible approach to delivering audio entertainment, ride information and public safety announcements to every corner of the theme park. The migration to Barix also enables remote monitoring of the entire system from anywhere inside or outside of Mall of America, the largest retail and entertainment complex in the United States.

According to Jason Brown, events technician at Mall of America and Nickelodeon Universe,

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£15m bonus - The Isle of Wight council has estimated the island's annual music festival is worth £15m to the local economy. The annual event was restarted at Seaclose Park in Newport in 2001 and has since become one of the biggest festivals in the UK. About 50,000 enjoyed the event this weekend with the Pixies and Neil Young headlining on Sunday. The council said it had helped change the island's image and brought millions into the economy each year.

John Metcalfe, Isle of Wight Council's assistant director for economic development and tourism, told BBC News: "The festival is hugely important to the island, especially to Newport. We estimate it is worth at least £10m spent in the Newport shops, and that is just from people from off the island visiting for the festival. If we put on top of that the money spent by the organisers with island businesses and or

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UK - Hawthorn is this week celebrating the extension of its relationship with events venue Millbrook Proving Ground.

A key supplier over recent years, Hawthorn has now been awarded the contract to provide all of the in-house rigging service to Millbrook Events. The development continues the growth of Hawthorn's venue rigging service packages which offer a combination of design, support and full equipment testing to their clients.

At the same time Hawthorn will replace the existing truss in Concept 1 with a bespoke curved section following the shape of the building and the feature lighting throughout both Concept 1 and Concept 2 is currently being upgraded to LED fixtures. This will allow the structural elements of the buildings to be lit to suit the client's requirements without the cost and time involved in replacing gels.

Martin Neale, head of events and marketing at Millb

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USA - Every year, RTS & Telex invite users from the nuclear power plant community to attend a workshop on outage communications. Held at the specialised training academy inside RTS & Telex's Twin Cities headquarters, the two-day workshop guides attendees through all aspects of intercom configuration and usage.

Britt Bowers, regional sales manager for RTS Intercom Systems, was one of the presenters at the workshop this year. "This was our highest attendance ever. We had approximately 30 nuclear plants represented, in addition to contract suppliers." says Bowers. "Attendees take away knowledge [of the intercom system] and application capabilities that help them coordinate operations in their plants more simply, creating a safer working environment."

The two-day workshop covers everything from maintaining wireless fidelity and setting up beltpack users to link

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UK - An interactive video bar has opened in Islington's Essex Road, with Martin Audio's architectural AQ loudspeakers handling all the audio output.

Owner Aria Ariantalab has spent close on £1 million fulfilling his dream to create Bar Sequence, a 75-capacity environment (with separate pavement seating) in which everyone from media creatives to the gamer generation can interact in a social environment.

A former electronic engineering lecturer and technology consultant, Ariantalab says: "Anyone can come in with a memory stick and plug into one of our laptops. "Media artists, graphic designers, photographers and photographic agents can show off their work - and as for DJ's and VJ's, we can assess these at our Wednesday 'Open Deck' nights."

Ariantalab, who is also a DJ, provided his own playback equipment for the DJ booth but contacted Sound Division Group

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UK - A popular Central London pub has turned back the pages of history and reverted to its origins. The imposing plaque on the fascia reveals that the hostelry on the corner of Marylebone Lane and Bentinck Street was christened The Coach Makers Arms back in Victorian times, although it was latterly trading as The Conduit of Tybourne and as Irish pub, O'Conor Don.

That was before gastropub specialists, Large Bars, took it over, and following extensive refurbishment of the three trading floors, reopened it as The Coach Makers of Marylebone in April this year.

Large Bars directors, Lee Bradshaw and Sarj Chotai, tasked Sound Division with specifying an audio infrastructure as part of the design overhaul.

The technology specialists were contracted after providing a similar solution for the company's Islington pub, The Angelic three and a half years ago; but Large Bars' operations

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USA Tomcat will be on hand for this week's InfoComm Exhibition in Orlando, featuring their latest products: Sky, Edge and (core). Tomcat is also partnering with InterAmerica Stage, a specialty equipment company that provides rigging and show system solutions to the broadcasting and entertainment industry, in their promotion of SkyDeck. SkyDeck is a modular wire grid system that provides safe access to theatrical lighting, audio cables, loudspeakers, stage rigging, and effects.

Accompanying the InterAmerica SkyDeck system is Tomcat's Sky product. Sky is a ladder beam truss product with a sturdy spigot connection. It is designed for light, medium and heavy duty applications over short and large spans. It utilises a 'Star Connection' system or can also be connected direct and has a range of accessories making it ideal for building grid structures and modular trusses. Its ladders ar

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UAE - PR Lighting fixtures have been out in force at a number of major events and festivals in the Gulf recently.

Earlier this year, territorial distributors and event production company, TechnoPro LLC, produced the spectacular staging for the Muscat Festival 2009 at Al Qurum National Park in Oman, including lighting, audio, lasers, pyrotechnics and rigging equipment.

The gathering, which included Oman's royalty, and dignitaries from the government and private sector, witnessed the splendid lighting effects created on the set during the Opening Ceremony.

12 PR Lighting Mega Color 4000 CMY, 36 x XL1200 spot and 24 x XL1200 wash lights turned the set into a spectacular show, which reached its peak with a multimedia laser show and fireworks display.

All FX were triggered from a grandMA lighting desk, programmed and operated by Elie Khader from TechnoPro, and the show w

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UK - ABTT 09 saw the successful launch of Goboland UK which has been formed with the purpose of bringing Goboland's expertise in custom and collection gobos direct to its customers in the UK.

Goboland UK has introduced the 'Credit Crunch Custom Gobo'. For the next six months, customers can take advantage of this offer which aims to help with customers' production costs in this difficult economic climate. The 'Credit Crunch Gobo' is made from an alternative, non-coated, metal to the high grade Black Steel of Goboland's existing gobos. It is easier to etch and retails at £27.00 for the first gobo with copies at £6.00 each.

"The idea has been met with great enthusiasm," says Goboland UK director, Vicky Fairall. "Customers appreciate the additional option to our Black Steel custom gobos and see it as an extra facet to their - and our - production capabil

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Austria - A combined Allen & Heath iLive and iLive-T system was used at the recent opening ceremony for the Vienna Festival, held in the city's Rathausplatz.

The inaugural event saw the debut of a specially-commissioned composition exploring the emotions and depicting scenes that characterise Vienna and the kindred cities of Paris, Lisbon and New York, traversing musical styles including blues, classical, Portuguese fado, French accordion, and jazz and soul from the USA.

Having used an iLive-144 system to manage the FOH orchestra mix at last year's opening ceremony, festival sound designer, Adolf Toegel, decided to use two iLives at FOH for the 2009 event.

A revolving stage was constructed to accommodate set changeovers for the many and diverse artists involved in the production, which included manoeuvring a grand piano on and off both sides of the stage. The blues band was

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