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UK - A.C. Entertainment Technologies, an authorised UK distributor for German Lighting Products (GLP), has added the new Impression XL 5-colour version and Volkslicht LED models to its line-up of the innovative moving heads range.

A variation of the original Impression XL model, which utilises 240 K2 LEDs to deliver high light output and brilliant colour performance, the new 'RGBWW' version features five colours rather than the previous three. Adding to the red, green and blue diodes are two circuits of white - one rated at 3200K and the other at 7200K.

Adding two white channels to the existing RGB format gives designers more shades of colour than was achievable before, particularly with pastel ranges, and the ability to use single white LEDs for powerful and clean open white be

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UK - The ARC Show 2010 reports a record number of visitors (3075), which was a 17% increase on last year's total.

The event is now in its sixth year and 80% of exhibitors from this year's show have already re-booked for next year's event - with the majority signing their new contracts onsite.

The sold-out International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) Enlighten Europe Conference also ran alongside the show. The ARC Show was further supported by an additional four lighting associations, including the Institution of Lighting Engineers (ILE), Lighting Industry Federation (LIF), Lighting Association (LA) and the Society of Light and Lighting (SLL).

The SLL presented their Young Lighter of the Year award at the show, which was won by Seda Kacel from Total Light Design Studio.

Next year, the event will move to the Business Design Centre, Islington. Event Director

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Poland - One of the biggest rental companies in Poland, Transcolor has extended its equipment inventory to include grandMA2 full-size consoles. It was a logical 'next step' for them with grandMA series equipment, having previously used the grandMA full-size 'series 1', the company says.

Marcin Michna, one of Transcolor's lighting designers explained the reasons for purchasing grandMA2: "After nearly two years of the completely reliability of working with grandMA 'series 1', Transcolor made the natural decision to purchase the same equipment. This time however we have invested in two grandMA2 full-size consoles, which have already been used on two TV Shows, Strictly Come Dancing X' and Got Talent II."

Continues Michna: "With LED technology now in everyday use, we realised that our existing control desks were not sufficient to manage all the differen

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UK - An appeal court defeat for the company that licences music in shops is a victory for retailers, said the British Retail Consortium (BRC). It will save retailers £5 million a year and win them a £20 million refund of excessive charges they have paid over the last five years.

Today (Friday 12 February) Phonographic Performance Ltd (PPL) lost an appeal against a ruling - made last October by the Copyright Tribunal - that licence fee increases it had imposed were excessive.

Shops and other businesses that play recorded music (including from television and in-store or conventional radio stations) have to pay for a licence. PPL collects the copyright fees on behalf of record companies. In 2005 PPL dramatically increased the licence fee charges. Some outlets saw their costs more than double overnight. For example one clothing retail group's bill rose from £176,

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USA - Audio-Technica has announced updates to its 3000 Series Frequency-agile True Diversity UHF Wireless Systems. Now offering up to 1001 selectable UHF frequencies in 25kHz spacing in three available frequency bands (including the US's new I Band), Audio-Technica's upgraded 3000 Series delivers outstanding professional performance. Nine new pre-coordinated frequency scan groups simplify selection of usable frequencies in a multi-channel wireless system, the company says.

The UniPak body-pack transmitter features a backlit screen for easy reading in low-light situations and a locking battery door for added security. A three-position sliding cover on the transmitter's control panel prevents accidental shutoff or channel-switching.

The 3000 Series is available with either a dynamic or condenser handheld transmitter featuring robust metal construction and slim ergonomic design.

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UK - BBM Electronic trading as Trantec has recently confirmed Leisuretec Distribution as its 'premier distributor' for 2009. The Surrey based radio microphone experts reported record growth in sales from Leisuretec over the last 12 months, re-affirming the company's long standing business relationship.

An alliance was initially formed between Trantec and Leisuretec in the early 1990's during the disco and aerobic market boom, at which time both companies enjoyed the success of the thriving entertainment markets. For over 15 years they have continued to trade, enjoying a long standing relationship. 2009 saw Leisuretec reach new heights with the brand, becoming Trantec's top grossing distributor.

Steve Baker director, BBM electronics comments: "We endeavour to understand and meet the needs of all our customers. It is particularly important when dealing with our distributors

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Germany - Following extensive investment, a 170sq.m auditorium has been opened at the headquarters of loudspeaker manufacturer KME in Klingenthal. An audio competence centre with optimised, lively acoustics has been created to present KME systems under live conditions, the company says.

The new building includes a functional acoustic structure with symmetrical room design, with frequency neutral reverberation time delivering a natural listening experience. The space allows the company to demonstrate not only the acoustic properties of the systems, but also hardware features like rigging and mounting options.

Modern electronic and media infrastructures are also installed. An extensive audio-video production delivers a comfortable control of all elements. Heavy load mounting point with ChainMaster D8Plus chain hoists and FD34 truss allow the mounting of bigger systems, such as K

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The Netherlands - Alcons reports another very successful participation in the ISE show. This year's highlights on the Alcons stand were the CRMS three-way reference cinema sound system and the LR7 micro pro-ribbon line-array system.

As a result of the increasing interest in Alcons pro-ribbon sound systems for sound-for-picture applications, Alcons Audio showed the CRMS system. The Cinema Ribbon Monitor System is a reference-quality sound reproduction system, with fully matched loudspeaker, processing and amplifier components.

The three-way reference system is designed for A/V projects, high quality screening rooms, post-production rooms and high quality home theatre installations.

The LR7 micro pro-ribbon line-array saw its first appearance at ISE in final finished mode, including the LR7B micro line-array bass.

Alcons MD Tom Back comments: "Again, the ISE show was ab

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Estonia - Located in Estonia's capital Tallinn, the Solaris Cultural and Leisure Centren is a gleaming new arts, retail, and cinema complex. The centre's primary venue, the 1,829-seat Nokia Concert Hall, features Meyer Sound's Constellation acoustic system and sound reinforcement loudspeakers.

The Nokia Concert Hall was envisioned from the outset as a multi-use venue for hosting a broad range of events, spanning everything from plays, corporate presentations, and rock concerts to opera, chamber music, and symphony orchestras. As such, the hall relies on the flexibility of Constellation to provide acoustical environments ideal for each production. Operators may select one of the five pre-programmed Constellation presets to create frequency-balanced, natural reverberation with decay times spaced between one second (off) for amplified concerts and two seconds for choral and organ m

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China - Robert Juliat's continuing success in China extends to Qingdao, the coastal city at the southern tip of China's Shandong Peninsula.

Site of the 2008 Olympic Games sailing events, and now the National Training Centre for Aquatic Sports, Qingdao holds an annual 10-day festival, Qingdao Sea Culture Festiva, and is home to the Qingdao Olympic Sailing Centre Grand Theatre, a prestigious new venue which opened late summer 2009.

Four Robert Juliat Aramis 2500W HMI followspots have been installed in the Qingdao Olympic Sailing Centre Grand Theatre which, located inside the international marina, is the main venue for the opening and closing ceremonies of all major international events centred around sailing. The Grand Theatre also plays host to a growing number of international performances such as the recent Moulin Rouge - Passionate Europe by The Russian Song an

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Canada - International staging and structures company Stageco has completed the construction of the video screen supports across the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics sites.

Stageco was commissioned to design and build a series of video wall structures across five outdoor locations in Vancouver's Whistler Mountains and at the BC Place Stadium in downtown Vancouver.

Stageco's team of engineers and R&D specialists designed a series of bespoke solutions for each location. The differing requirements of each support structure were determined by location, weight and size of the screens and the required viewing angles for spectators.

Stageco managed the design process, transport logistics and crew in advance of the icy build to start in November 2009, planning for the extreme weather conditions and transportation of material across mountainous areas.

Project manager Thierry Nataf re

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UK - The Bacardi Superior Rum Legacy Cocktail Competition 2009 challenges the best contemporary bartenders in the UK and Eire to create similarly balanced and appealing drinks in classic style.

Having already lit a number of lead iconic London venues, Matt was chosen by event organisers Boutique Creative to provide a complete lighting solution for the grand final at One Marylebone.

Specialising in bringing theatrical flair and a premium service to corporate events and business communication, lighting designer Robert Jones and project manager Matthew Clutterham set about transforming the venue from a cold church into a haven of cocktail luxury, bringing out the features of the venue and enhancing Boutique's strong design style.

Boutique's production manager commented, "We have had a lot of very nice compliments from the clients. Everyone was blown away with the look of t

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UK - LED specialists i-Pix has developed a new four and six lamp Power Bar, to which it's new BB1 LED fixtures can be fitted.

This is suitable for all types of portable applications from film & TV shoots and location work to small stages live concerts and performances, site-specific theatre, exhibitions and conferences.

The BB1 is a sealed, low voltage, self-contained fixture, requiring only power and data, offering completely homogenised optics for the smoothest of output and available in either 20 or 35 degree beam angles. Its powerful customised RGB LED light engine has iextensive colour mixing capabilities including the effortless sourcing of tungsten and daylight colour temperatures. The BB1 is fully RDM/DMX enabled, with remote address mode and detailed fixture feedback.

The Power Bar provides low voltage to the BB1 and is equipped with an onboard user interface. This

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Germany - The Music Group has announced the departure of Michael Deeb from the roles of group CEO and director. Uli Behringer and Arie van den Broek will lead the Group on an interim basis as it searches for a permanent CEO replacement. Arie van den Broek served Behringer as CEO for several years.

Founder and chairman Uli Behringer stated, "Changes are always challenging but also present great opportunities. We have just celebrated our 20th anniversary and as we enter our third decade, we are once again reinventing our company."

The Music Group recently acquired the Midas and Klark Teknik brands and embarked on a major repositioning of the Behringer brand. Uli Behringer continued, "Despite the change internally, this will not impact the high level of service our dealers and customers have grown to expect. I am confident that we have the very best team in the ind

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Brazil - Some 50 participants recently attended MA Lighting Latin America's latest grandMA2 open house in MA Lighting Latin America's latest grandMA2 open house in São Paulo. On display were grandMA2 light and grandMA2 ultra-light consoles. Following product presentations a comprehensive training session was held by MA's Latin America manager, Daniel Ridano and certified MA technicians Paulo Lebrão and William Quintino de Souza (Abilinho).

The grandMA2 presentation introduced the grandMA2 system theory, with its software, hardware and networking capabilities, and included the new grandMA 3D and MA VPU (Video Processing Unit).

Ridano stated, "The grandMA2 presentation was very successful. Our guests showed great interest in the new interface, the new design, the powerful hardware as well as the newly designed software. The grandMA 'series 1' compatibility mode also recei

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Saudi Arabia - Outline reports that its loudspeaker systems were used to amplify the 2010 edition of the Global Competitiveness Forum, held at the Four Seasons Hotel, in the Kingdom Centre, Riyadh.

Founded by the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) in 2006, the Global Competitiveness Forum, a meeting held annually, is regularly transmitted by TV broadcasters Al Jazeera, NBC and Bloomberg.

Through the years, the GCF has attracted thousands of eminent political leaders, multinational company CEOs, ministers, government officials, intellectuals and academicians from every corner of the globe, with the sole aim of meeting and exchanging ideas.

Due to the event's importance at international level, Events AVP, whose chairman is Sharif Tabbara - exclusive Outline distributor for Jordan - was selected, as it is a company with the necessary experience for supplying the

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UK - Lighting Technology projects (LTP) has designed, installed and commissioned an architectural lighting scheme for the new Perryn Road footbridge that traverses the busy A40, one of the main highways into London from the west of the country.

LTP was appointed as specialist lighting sub-contractors and consultants to SH Structures, who fabricated the 32.6m bright yellow single span steel bridge that now crosses the A40 in Acton, London W3. It was part of a major project by Transport For London (TFL) that also replaced the two 1920's Western Avenue road bridges in this area, and was conceived and designed by architects Grimshaws and consulting engineers/architects Hyder Consulting. The main contractors for construction and delivery of the project were Carillion.

The LTP team was led by Terry Reeves and Jonathan Adkins, both of whom have considerable experience in lighting bri

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Germany - The upcoming ProLight+Sound Show in Frankfurt sees the world premiere of Camco's new V8 high-performance Class H amplifer, delivering 8800 Watts of power whether in two Ohm or four Ohm mode. The first of three planned additions to the celebrated Camco Vortex Series, the V8 shows off a new design aesthetic and streamlined user interface, says the company.

There are no control knobs or switches, front or back. In this new format, the control of all parameters is via screen display and gain sliders.

"The new V8 is much beefier than its distinguished stablemate the Vortex 6, because the industry across-the-board is asking for more power from its amplifiers," explains Camco international sales director Mick Anderson. "This unit will give you 4400 watts of peak power per channel whether you use two Ohm or four Ohm mode; being able to sustain the same power o

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Germany - The Lanxess Arena in Cologne recently played host to one of the city's most widely- anticipated events of the year. On New Year's Eve, no fewer than 10,000 fans flocked to the arena to witness the 40th anniversary concert of German cult band, the Bläck Fööss. Cologne-based full service production company, event-solution Veranstaltungstechnik, was responsible for providing all the audio equipment required for the highly complex show, including an Innovason Eclipse digital mixing console at FoH and a Grand Live on monitors.

Event-solution have been the Bläck Fööss's supplier of choice for their big New Year's Eve shows for the last eight years, looking after every aspect of the audio set-up including mixing consoles, microphone set-up, stage monitoring, and of course the main PA system. This year, for a change, the band used in-ear monitoring. "The specially-d

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UK - London-based theatre consultancy Theatreplan has announced that Robin Townley joined the practice at the beginning of February. Prior to taking up his position at Theatreplan, Robin had been responsible for managing major venue development projects for over 12 years, most recently as building project director on behalf of DanceEast in Ipswich.

Robin's involvement in the project to create a new dance facility within the new Waterfront development, called DanceHouse, generated plaudits from the whole development team. Robin Bater, Area Building Control Surveyor for Ipswich Borough Council said: "It has been a pleasure to work with someone who has such a depth of knowledge in the field of theatre design." Russell Williams, Interim Chief Executive of Ipswich Borough Council added: "On behalf of Ipswich Borough Council, I would like to thank you for your hard work

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UAE - The recent Formula 1 Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi included four nights of post-race concerts featuring Beyoncé, Aerosmith, Jamiroquai, and Kings of Leon. The lighting rig supporting these shows featured over 100 Clay Paky fixtures.

The concerts, produced by Flash Entertainment, were held at Ferrari World on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi and were open only to ticket holders for the race weekend.

The stage's back wall carried the bulk of the lighting along with a giant high-resolution screen, flanked on both sides with 45m wide LED wings with additional effect lighting. Towers placed at the front corners of the stage contained front and side lights.

Forty-four Clay Paky Alpha Spot 1200 and 42 Clay Paky Alpha Wash 1200 were the mainstay of the back wall, with 20 Alpha Beam 300 fixtures placed on the wings for additional effect. Control came from three grandMA full size consoles

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