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UK - London based drapes specialist Cover It Up supplied soft goods and dressing services for production company IMG at the Paulaner Lager Beerfest, a three-day corporate event staged at Old Billingsgate Market, London.

Cover It Up has worked in the venue on numerous occasions. They decked out the perimeter walls of the famous historic site in black wool serge, in a design that included careful back-filling of the arches in an operation that diligently and subtly maintained the integrity and shape of the architecture.

The brief also included the creation of a complete infrastructure of cloakrooms, a reception area, catering and washing up facility rooms, waiting staff holding areas, a green room and production office - all utilising drapes hung on catenaries.

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UK - Today, 21 major organisations representing the breadth and depth of the British Entertainment Industry have launched a campaign calling on the UK Government to act to secure the future of live music, news gathering, musical theatre, film making, television production, sports events, concerts, conferences (including party conferences) and church, school and community events in the UK.

All of these activities, that benefit everyone either directly or indirectly, are under threat. This is because Ofcom, supported by Government, has decided to clear out and sell the radio frequencies that the industry relies on, and move those evicted elsewhere. The precise location of this new much smaller 'home' remains for the most part undetermined. Meanwhile, all proceeds from the sale of the old 'home' will go to the Government.

As a consequence of the enforced 'migration', the vast maj

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USA - The Entertainment Services and Technology Association (ESTA) has announces the election results for its 2010 Board of Directors. Elected to their first terms were Manufacturer Director, Charlie Davidson and Professional Services Director, Jules Lauve. Davidson is the Chief Operating Officer for ARRI Inc. and Lauve is an associate at Theatre Projects Consultants.

Re-elected to second terms were Secretary Fred Mikeska, Vice President of US sales & marketing for A.C. Lighting Inc.; Dealer Vice President Dinna Myers, director of sales and marketing for Musson Theatrical; and Dealer Director Steven Way, president and co-owner of ALPS / Advanced Lighting & Production Services.

ESTA would like to extend its sincere thanks to Duncan MacKenzie and George Studnicky III as they complete their terms of office for their dedicated service to the Association.

The new Board members ta

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Qatar - Doha-based Creative Communication Group (CCG) has recently purchased a large stock of the Clay Paky Alpha line to use at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival, giving them the largest Clay Paky stock in the Middle East.

Adding to over 300 Clay Paky Alpha Series already in stock, CCG has recently purchased 22 Alpha Beam 1500, 24 Alpha Spot HPE 1200, 24 Alpha Wash 1200 and 6 Alpha Profile1200.

In early 2009, Creative Communication Group was chosen by Clay Paky Italy to be the official agent and presenter to the brand in Qatar. Creative Communication Group is a thriving full-service event management and production venture based in Qatar under the direction of managing partner Jalal Dudin.

"Choosing Creative Communication Group to represent Clay Paky in Qatar is an outcome of a long-term business relationship, we are so pleased to represent a world level reference brand in

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India - Pravin Godkhindi has been performing in front of live audiences since he was six years old, honing his skills with the bamboo flute as he steadily rose to the top of India's musical elite. Now, with his own band and a steady line up of live appearances on some of India's most popular television shows, he uses the AKG WMS 450 wireless microphone system and IVM 4 in ear monitoring system to reliably deliver his award-winning brand of music.

"AKG has allowed me to excel as a performer throughout my entire career," said Godkhindi. "Their dedication to quality is reflected in every product they make, which is why I have used AKG in every single one of my live and televised performances."

As one of the first Indian bamboo flute players to consistently turn to AKG for his performing needs, Godkhindi has emerged as AKG's brand ambassador to India. His loyal

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France - Robert Juliat celebrated its 90th Anniversary at Siel-Satis, Paris and, to commemorate the occasion, created a 'museum' at the entrance to Porte de Versailles in which were exhibited a fascinating array of historic lanterns and lighting products.

Dating from the 1920s - 1980s, the exhibits included profiles, followspots, magic lanterns, an electro-magnetic colour-changer, ancestors of the modern day PC and the first Robert Juliat followspot, the Comete.

The milestone event was marked with a party at Wednesday's nocturne, the late evening opening, during which a competition took place offering entrants the chance to win a five-day trip to Las Vegas with two tickets to one of the many shows there equipped by Robert Juliat, and a helicopter flight over the city. Further prizes included a Robert Juliat Espion DMX tester and a Leatherman.

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UK - CIE-Group continues the development of its own UK designed and built Clever Little Box range, with the launch of the new So.Net Cat 5 Audio Distribution System.

Priced at a fraction of alternative, more complex sound-over-ethernet systems, So.Net has been designed to simplify and speed up audio installations where multiple microphone inputs or line level inputs need to be situated a distance from the amplifier equipment, says the company.

Using only one shielded Cat 5 cable to run up to four channels of mic and/or line over a distance of up to 1km, So.Net removes the need for multiple cable runs from remote audio inputs to the amplifier equipment.

Comprising of two double-gang faceplates - Input and Output, each featuring four XLR connectors - the signals can be independently configured for balanced or unbalanced signals and mic or line level. There is also an option to

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USA - As energy concerns rise, LEDs have commanded much of the lighting world's attention.

"When we were first investigating the properties of commercially available LED wash fixtures," says Wybron director of technologies John Sondericker III, "it became obvious that the current offerings were poor in both the color rendering and the amount of light these fixtures produced. We surveyed some of the new and emerging LED technologies for what would be a generation ahead of the current offerings."

Wybron says that such new technologies have made possible the Wybron Cygnus 200W Wash, an LED luminaire . Cygnus is the first fixture on the market to incorporate red, green, blue and white elements housed in a single LED package. This technological adaptation allows colour mixing to occur in the lenses, rather that outside the fixture itself, and also eliminates dis

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USA - Last week Element Labs closed a round of financing led by Expansion Capital, a top tier Clean Technology venture firm. Based on the momentum developing in the company's new Cobra line of products, Expansion Capital provided additional funding to Element Labs to allow the company to take full advantage of new market opportunities. Element Labs will be developing and launching additional products off the same Cobra platform as the existing Cobra V8 and C11 products in the near-term.

After Element Labs completed the 274sq.m City of Dreams casino project in Macau in June, Cobra has sold into numerous other applications around the world, including Times Square in New York. In addition, Element Labs has experienced increased demand for its industry standard products such as Stealth and Versa Tubes.

Element Labs products have recently been deployed for Britney Spears' Circus to

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USA - Pro Media/Ultra Sound (PMUS) of Hercules, California recently installed One Systems 312CIM speakers at the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the largest domed stadium in the world.

With speakers mounted near each entrance, on either side of the quarter-mile long imported steel trusses running the length of the stadium, the new system provides seamless pre and post-game production coverage to fans. The speakers, installed nearly 85ft from the ground, are secured to the trusses with custom One Systems 212IM-U brackets, designed specifically for these applications.

"We thought we would have to give up sound quality for aesthetics due to the architectural requirements, but the 312CIM's provide both," says Demetrius Palavos, senior sales and design engineer for Pro Media/Ultra Sound (PMUS). "The compactness of these speakers is incredible and wor

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UK - Scottish producer and songwriter Calvin Harris took his studio wizardry on the road this summer with an array of equipment from Sennheiser. Harris has been using SKM 945 G2 wireless mics paired with ew 500 G2 receivers for his vocals, while both the singer and drummer Benny Clavert have been taking advantage of the benefits of ew 300 G2 IEM monitors.

"We chose Sennheiser equipment mainly for the IEM system," explains monitor engineer Jimmy Nicholson. "I have had plenty of experience with Sennheiser in-ears previously and found them to be extremely reliable. The lightweight, compact receiver packs in the G2 system are leagues ahead of the competition. The frequency agility is also vital. We are using B and C range, so we quite often have to tune all over the range to fit around local RF conditions. And aside from the frequency agility, the backlit LCDs on the

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UK - Out Board has been appointed global re-seller partner for the entertainment and presentation technology sectors by Ubisense, the Cambridge, UK-based leaders in precision real-time location systems (RTLS).

The move follows on from Out Board's substantial successes with their own audio show control application of the Ubisense technology, TiMax Tracker, which tracks actors and performers around stages and arenas to automatically localise their amplified audio signature via real-time control of the TiMax2 SoundHub audio matrix processor.

Out Board has also supplied this highly versatile precision tracking technology to control other third-party audio show controllers such as the Meyer LCS system, and provided support to developments in further disciplines such as control of lighting, cameras, multimedia servers and advanced show control environments such as the CAST BlackBox

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UK - Delta Sound has won Most Innovative Installation in the first Audio Pro International Industry Excellence Awards for The Atrium, the event space at Westfield London, which has also just celebrated its first birthday.

Launched this year as a virtual ceremony - saving on cost of to both pocket and liver - the awards acknowledge the best products, companies and people in all sectors of the business, with each nominee put forward by people in the industry and the finalists picked by a panel of judges from the industry.

Delta's Lee Dennison, who designed and oversaw the project, is delighted that Delta has been recognised in this way and is full of praise for everyone involved, particularly equipment manufacturers EM Acoustics, Yamaha Pro Audio and Lab.Gruppen.

"The on-going support and consultancy that they have provided is phenomenal," says Dennison. "

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UK - Ateis UK is part of the award winning installation at the Brit Oval cricket ground, which won a Noise Oscar on 4 November 2009. Ateis Messenger L loudspeakers are a key part of the design by acoustic consultancy the Sharps Redmore Partnership, which won the Noise Abatement Society's John Connell Award for Innovation.

The Award, named after the Society's founder, was presented at the Society's 50th Anniversary ceremony held at the House of Commons and recognises innovative ways to deal with the problem of noise pollution. Sharps Redmore was honoured for its forward thinking approach to solving the problem of extraneous sound escaping from the cricket ground and potentially disturbing residents in neighbouring flats.

Three Ateis Messenger L loudspeakers were specified by Sharps Redmore's Clive Bentley to achieve this goal. The management of the Brit Oval has always c

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UK - The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has released a consultation document outlining how it plans to implement a European Union (EU) Directive to protect workers from hazardous sources of artificial light.

Intense sources of artificial light in the workplace, particularly from UV radiation and powerful lasers can harm the eyes and skin of workers and need to be properly managed.

The Directive aims to ensure that standards are set and harmonised across the EU so all workers are protected from harm arising from exposure to hazardous sources of artificial light.

Workers in Great Britain are generally well protected from hazardous sources of light and the majority of businesses know how to manage these risks effectively. The draft regulations are designed to ensure that businesses do not face unnecessary additional burdens where there is no risk of harm to workers.

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Germany - The d&b audiotechnik E-Series range has enjoyed quite a few new additions in recent times. Notable as the smallest subwoofer in the entire d&b audiotechnik product range, the latest addition is the new E12X-SUB. Being a small, lightweight, low profile, bass-reflex subwoofer fitted with a 12" long excursion neodymium driver, its looks disguise the extra dimension it brings to the E-Series, says the company.

The E12X-SUB can be deployed in two different ways, firstly in an active mode with a dedicated d&b amplifier configuration with the smaller E-Series loudspeakers. In the second operational mode, the internal passive crossover of the E12X-SUB enables connection in parallel with an E8 loudspeaker driven by an appropriately configured single d&b amplifier channel, giving the same functionality of the larger E15X-SUB with E12 or E12D. The E12X-SUB will completely re

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UK / India - ASL Intercom has confirmed Setron India Private Ltd as an ASL distributor in India. Now in its 15th year of trading and with offices in New Delhi and Mumbai, Setron India Private Ltd is one of the leading importers and distributors of broadcast and pro-audio equipment in India.

"Setron India Private Ltd is a very forward-looking company and we have been very impressed with the way that the company has embraced India's rapidly expanding and technically improving broadcast and live entertainment industries," says ASL sales and marketing director Susan McLohon.

"Setron has an excellent reputation for customer support and so, as a forward-looking company ourselves, we believe that it is the ideal partner to help expand our interests in the region. We are sure that it will prove to be a very rewarding relationship for both companies."

(Jim Evans)

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USA / France - Zylight LLC, manufacturer of intelligent LED lighting for the film and video production industry, has been awarded the first place trophy at the SIEL-SATIS Show 2009 in Paris, France. The new Zylight IS3 Intelligent LED Instrument received Les Trophées in the Production Equipment Category for outstanding lighting innovation.

Judged by a panel of 11 industry professionals the Zylight IS3 LED instrument won the prestigious award over 14 other manufacturers in the highly competitive Production category. The IS3 is the latest instrument from Zylight, designed specifically for demanding studio and location use. Judges commented on the IS3's superb light quality and precise colour temperature adjustment, which is unique to any LED instrument in its class.

The IS3 LED instrument combines Zylight's unmatched colour-mixing technology and high-quality construction

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USA - JBL Professional 's MSC1 Monitor System Controller includes features found in large mixing consoles to control essential monitoring functions from the mix position. Since acoustic issues in the room can compromise the quality of the mix, the MSC1 includes the new third generation of JBL's RMC Room Mode Correction Technology that tunes the monitor system to overcome low frequency room problems that can affect the quality of the mix.

The affordable MSC1 works with any speaker system, and is designed as an add-on to JBL's new LSR2300 Series studio monitors.

"JBL has led the charge to tackle problems in the room that have plagued music recording and post customers," said Peter Chaikin, JBL Professional director of recording and broadcast marketing. "Our LSR6300 and LSR4300 studio monitors with RMC are helping mix engineers create better mixes. The new MSC1 giv

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UK - Chris Whybrow is the man tasked with designing the sound for the London West End production of The Rat Pack Live From Las Vegas. "We're using a lot of Shure microphones on this show," he reports, "but the star is undoubtedly the KSM9 handheld condenser. We needed mics that looked authentic, so we chose eight of the KSM9s. We have two in black, but the six main ones we use are in champagne. So yes, they look authentic, but it's not just that. I use the KSM9s because they sound fantastic.

"With the KSM9s I don't need to treat the sound of their voices coming in to the desk - it's pretty much just flat, natural sound. You don't really have to put any EQ on the desk as they're a very natural sounding microphone. We add some light compression, but nothing major like you'd find on pop vocals."

Whybrow continues, "During the show the mics com

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USA - Jason Lyons, lighting designer for the new Broadway musical Rock of Ages is using a full Martin MAC rig to visually energize the rock love story.

Playing at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, one of the ideas of the show, says Lyons, was to have a flavour of 1980s rock lighting, "par can rock" as he calls it. He started by creating a configuration of MAC 2000 Washes that worked both theatrically and looked great in the air for the show's big numbers.

"The 2K Washes are amazing and punchy and perfect for this kind of task," he comments. "What we really needed was the ability to cut through the washes in a big way, both for punchy aerials and very powerful specials within full stage looks. The MAC III Profile fit the bill perfectly. Even with dense templates and saturated colour, the MAC IIIs really stood out as a major part of the stage picture.&

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