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Canada - Wireless Solution Sweden helped Electric Aura take a carbon-friendly footstep during the 2010 Olympic Games at one of the installations found above Robson Square in Vancouver. Every night from 12-28 February, the skies overhead exploded with lights, pyrotechnics, lasers, projections and flying performers.

The project, aptly named Ignite the Dream was the creation of Partrick Roberge to be the signature show celebrating the end of each day of the Olympic competition. Lighting designer Robert Sondergaard of Electric Aura explains, "Patrick's vision was that this show had to be one of the top 10 things to see during the Olympics." The lighting, as well as all of the special effects, were designed to create a stunning 360-degree experience that would showcase

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UK - A syndicate of professional entertainment technology companies, including Fibre Optic Systems, AC Technologies Robe and HSL, are sponsors of Team Pyro in 2010's Elf Renault Clio Cup. The syndicate is looking for more companies to join them.

Leicestershire-based Team Pyro is already champion of the 2008 and 2009 seasons of the Elf Renault Clio Cup and for 2010 has joined forces with driver Jack Goff, reported as being one of the Motorsport News Fast 50 - one of the top 50 drivers to watch in the season.

The Clio Cup is run as part of the British Touring Car Championship programme and benefits from the huge popularity of the BTCC. It offers various avenues of media coverage including live television coverage as well as specific Renault race meetings, including the World Series by Renault.

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USA - For many types of entertainment, the Paradise Theatre is one of greater New York's leading destinations and now features a new D.A.S. Audio based sound system.

Engineer Fernando Garcia of the AVS Production Group, the Bronx, NY-based production company contracted to handle sound at the Paradise Theatre, was instrumental in both specifying and erecting the massive sound system that consists of 20 D.A.S. Audio Aero 50 large format, three-way line array modules plus another four Aero 12A 2-way, compact, mid-high line array elements.

"Prior to the theatre's new management," Garcia explained, "I worked this theatre with another sound system. We constantly had problems with inconsistent sound coverage and poor speech intelligibility. The upper balcony and the rear area of the main floor, in particular, had spotty sound. The only means of even marginally addressi

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Germany - Pro Audio Technik, German distributor of Out Board's TiMax range of audio delay matrix and tracking products, made the company's first sale to a German rental company when it supplied a TiMax2 SoundHub and TiMax Tracker system to Sugar Veranstaltungstechnik, PA contractors of Sinzing, Germany.

The system was specified by award-winning sound designer, Thomas Strebel of audiopool, Switzerland, for inclusion on the bizarre tour of musical comedy, Die Patienten by leading Swiss comic, Marco Rima. Strebel is well versed in producing clear and source oriented sound reinforcement for performances of vast proportions and also in the round, so he and his team were perfectly at home amongst the tour madness.

Die Patienten is the story of the members of a mental care institution who form a rock band but need to escape their current closed environment to fulfil the

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UK - All exhibitions claim to get bigger every year but in the case of this year's ABTT (Association of British Theatre Technicians) Theatre Show such a declaration is justified, say the organisers. Demand for space at the exhibition, which takes place at the Royal Horticultural Halls in London from 16 to 17 June, has been so high that the organisers are having to use all available space to accommodate both new and established exhibitors.

The list of companies taking stands at ABTT 2010 covers the spectrum of products and services for the theatre production and staging market, with a strong showing from the engineering sector. This is partly due to the biennial International Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference (ITEAC) running in parallel with the Theatre Show but in general the increased exhibitor attendance demonstrates that this event has become the key industry sh

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USA - With the growing success from each of the previous Control Protocols Plugfests, the event has now become a regular part of the ESTA Technical Standards Programme meeting schedule and will return for another run in July. The ESTA Control Protocols Plugfest will be held at the Dallas/Ft. Worth Marriott Solana hotel in Westlake, Texas. The Plugfest will run three days: Friday, 23 July 2010 from 16:00 to 22:00; Saturday 24 July from 09:00 to 22:00; and Sunday 25 July from 09:00 to 14:00.

"An official ESTA event, the Plugfest is an incredible free-form open source laboratory where the goal is to improve and progress control and feedback protocols including DMX, ACN, RDM and more," explains Jule Lauve of Theatre Projects Consultants. "Colleagues and competitors convene to discuss and present prototypes and production models, to plug different manufacturers' gear i

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China - SONO, a company specializing in event engineering projects, has chosen Barco to be its visualization partner for the Spanish Pavilion during the Shanghai World Expo 2010. The Spanish Pavilion extends over three rooms, each one directed by a leading Spanish filmmaker. A total of 47 Barco projectors help the design team to give visitors an impression about Spanish history, modern life and future dreams.

Inspired by the general theme of the Expo, Better City - Better Life, Spain asked their leading directors to work out the themes inside the Spanish Pavilion. The area is organised in three rooms. SONO was asked for the technical project design and implementation. They decided to use Barco's series of CLM projectors to project filmic images on the various screens. The CLM projectors are compact single-chip DLP projectors with 10,000 or 8,000 lumens light output that d

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France - Electronic pop duo, Air, recently completed an extensive tour of Europe and America to promote their new album, Love2, carrying a combined FOH and monitor iLive digital system from Allen & Heath.

"I've been using an iLive-112 system ever since I toured with Florence & the Machine in 2008," says AIR's FOH engineer. Dave McDonald. "iLive's two greatest attributes are the way it's laid out and the way it sounds. When I glance down everything's in place telling me what's going on and it's very easy to understand, whereas with some of the other digital boards there's a lot of scrolling and you end up becoming a mechanic, which kills the artistic side of mixing."

The Air iLive system comprises an iDR10 MixRack digitally split to an iDR0 minirack positioned on stage, with iLive-112 Control Surfaces at FOH and monitors.

"The FX are amazing to

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UK - For 10 years the Teenage Cancer Trust (TCT) has famously staged one of the biggest music extravaganzas on the UK calendar, and this year's 10th anniversary event was no exception.

A star-studded and eclectic line up took over the Royal Albert Hall for the duration of the 10-day event, including Suede, Noel Gallagher, JLS, The Specials, Arctic Monkeys, The Who and Them Crooked Vultures, to name but a few in an exceptional line up.

Throughout this anniversary series of gigs, Shure was to the fore with their newly launched PSM900 wireless Personal Monitoring System. London-based Entec Sound and Light provided the PA for the event, as they have done since the very first TCT event back in 2001.

"We'd already heard demonstrations of Shure's PSM900, and it was immediately obvious from the sound quality that we had to showcase them at the Teenage Cancer Trust shows,"

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Norway - Since its opening in mid 2009, up to 900 guests daily have been making their way to the fashionable Club Gossip in Trondheim. The managers of the new dance temple offer a variety of events and genres on the club's three different levels, ranging from house, rock 'n' roll, soul and R&B playback to live concerts - a bandwidth that demands considerable versatility from the sound reinforcement system.

After carefully comparing the offerings of three other suppliers, Gossip's managers opted for a sound reinforcement system from Electro-Voice, designed by Norwegian installation engineers and audio consultants avon a|s.

The nerve centre and heart of the system is found in the air-conditioned equipment room on the first floor of the club, where 10 of Electro-Voice's CPS series amplifiers deliver the power, while a NetMax N8000 signal processor with IRIS-Net v.2.0 software sup

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UK - Electrosonic announced today that it has acquired The Multimedia Group, owners of the DRV companies DRV Integration - one of Europe's foremost designers and integrators of corporate, medical and educational audio-visual technology, and DRV Support - a leading provider of multimedia managed service and maintenance solutions to organisations across the UK.

The acquisition further expands the reach of Electrosonic's audio-visual solutions and reinforces its focus on growing its service business. DRV's clients include an impressive list of high profile users of audio and video technology including blue chip companies, government departments and some of the world's most prominent banking, pharmaceutical and educational establishments.

"DRV is a perfect fit with Electrosonic. This acquisition aligns well with our strategic goals and also brings a wealth of talent and exper

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Turkey - Ströer Kentvizyon, Turkey's largest developer of out-of-home advertising, has installed its Outdoortv digital ad network in 16 metro stations in Istanbul and Ankara, with the help of Scala. To date, Outdoortv has a total of 41 135-inch Panasonic projector-driven screens in the Metro network, with plans to add 15 more by July.

The screens, which are located in the centre of each metro station, also provide advertisers a way to reach consumers with appealing digital content and brand messaging. Outdoortv Metro uses projectors to show ads on high-definition screens on the wall of the metro platforms. The screens play content until a train approaches the platform, and projectors cease content when the train stops. When the train continues to move, content begins to play again.

Outdoortv has become popular with advertisers due to its ability to broadcast location-specific

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UK - The RevEAL CW colour-mixing washlight, the first product from innovative new manufacturer Prism Projection and the award winner for Best Debuting Lighting Product at last year's LDI Show in Orlando, is now available in the UK - exclusively from White Light.

Designed to offer "unparalleled colour rendering and colour repeatability in a compact, well engineered and environmentally friendly package", the RevEAL CW overcomes many of the problems found in other LED fixtures, in particular being designed to project a beam of light rather than just creating a wash of light - a range of field angles are available.

"The beam of the RevEAL was what first drew our eye to the fixture at LDI last year," comments White Light's managing director, Bryan Raven. "Eeven before further exploration revealed how much work the Prism team have done to overcome the proble

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China - PALM Expo Beijing is the first tradeshow for Robert Juliat following its successful launch of the RJ Aledin LED profile spotlight at Prolight & Sound, Frankfurt in April.

The Aledin has been an instant hit as it is the first product of its type to combine high quality, powerful image projection with an extremely low power consumption, says the company. Interest has come from theatre, opera, architectural and event markets and this LED fixture is now on show in Asia for the first time.

Further examples of Robert Juliat's wide range of lighting products will be exhibited including the 710SX 2.5K tungsten profile and the RJ 329HF 2.5K Fresnel spotlight which have been designed for the long throw applications of large theatre and opera houses.

Horus, Robert Juliat's popular tungsten cyclorama fixture, has been redesigned and updated to ensure it remains as relevant and p

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UK - Showsec has been selected as the new venue security supplier at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC).

Mark Logan says, "We are delighted to be appointed as the AECC's ongoing security partner. The venue indicated they were looking for improvements in their customer service and security delivery. Showsec's Scottish team proved to the venue's management that they could achieve the consistency and customer based approach synonymous with the company's operating ethos."

AECC managing director, Brian Horsburgh comments, "As one of Scotland's leading event venues our decision to appoint Showsec as our security provider will ensure the AECC continues to offer our clients the highest standards of customer service, security and safety."

Since opening the company's Edinburgh office in 2009 Showsec has supplied a range of events and venues and ha

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UK - Jamie Oliver is launching his own specialist events catering company, Jamie Oliver's Fabulous Feasts, this month.

Blended with Glen Chadwick's 20 years' of event catering and logistical expertise, Fabulous Feasts will make the Jamie Oliver experience accessible to all types of events throughout the UK and Ireland. "I've been cooking for large events since I was a kid, and ever since then I've been really keen to take the event catering model to another level," says Oliver. "Twenty five years on, I'm now lucky enough to have the best team behind me, the most fantastic food suppliers, and loads of really exciting ideas.

"Our only focus is to make sure that our food lifts an occasion or an event, whether it's a big family wedding or a work party or a corporate event - we want to help make it as memorable as it can be for all the right reasons. We'll have

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Italy - Magazzini Generali is not just a high-spirited discotheque in Milan; it also serves as a concert hall and multi-functional event centre which has staged photo shoots, fashion shows, music festivals, and theatre productions.

The owners of Magazzini Generali were motivated to maintain a versatile ambiance to meet the multi-faceted needs of this venue. To accomplish this, they have entrusted the experience of Martin Professional.

The club required a lighting fixture that was fast and reliable with low power consumption and the choice fell to the Martin smartMAC. Used throughout the space, the smartMAC is an extremely bright, fanless 150 W moving head luminaire offering precise image quality with economic advantages and ease of installation. Designed for clubs, lounges, bars and restaurants, it is appropriately silent for noise sensitive environments.

The smartMAC offers

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USA - The AVnu Alliance will enjoy its first birthday celebrations at the InfoComm 2010 tradeshow in Las Vegas. The alliance was founded in mid-2009 by six member companies, and has since more than tripled its membership. To celebrate, the alliance will host both a dedicated AVB technology and product pavilion on the show floor, and an alliance panel discussion.

The pavilion will include participation from AVnu Alliance members Broadcom, Harman International, Lab X Technologies, Marvell, and Meyer Sound, with each of the participating member companies demonstrating its progress with the new AVB technology. The AVnu Alliance itself will also have a dedicated area of the shared floor space, for visitors to learn more about the practical benefits of the emerging AVB standards and to inform interested parties about membership opportunities. The members of the alliance extend a parti

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USA - A critical letter about the use of chemical pesticides on its lawns in 2008 led to a series of steps and decisions at Farnsworth Art Museum that culminated with a resolution to become a leader in environmentally sustainable practices. Converting the entire museum from halogen to LED light bulbs was a major part of that decision.

The effort will make the Rockland, Maine, institution one of the first art museums in the nation to use LED lighting for all of its galleries. The lights will dramatically reduce the museum's energy consumption, allowing the Farnsworth to allocate more funds for programs and exhibitions.

For the LED project, the museum has partnered with Efficiency Maine and California-based LEDtronics. The relamping will not only help protect displayed artwork by reducing the potentially harmful effects of standard lighting on works of art, but it will also prov

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Indonesia - As Nexo enjoys consistent growth in south-east Asia, a new distribution appointment has consolidated the company's network in the region. E&E Indonesia will now be the exclusive representative for the brand in Indonesia.

Nexo's marketing manager Joe White, who worked closely with E&E Indonesia to reach agreement, is delighted to complete a regional picture which includes Yamaha Music Asia in Singapore and Audio Solutions in Malaysia.

"Over recent years, we have seen each country in south-east Asia developing personalised market needs that have to be addressed on a local level," says White. "Our current distributors have established a great presence for Nexo in Malaysia and Singapore, and we've been seeking to duplicate this kind of support for Indonesia, which has high potential for us in both the installation and live sound sectors.

"E&E Indo

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China - Themed as Better City - Better Life, the Shanghai Expo 2010 recently started with a spectacular Opening Ceremony, produced by David Atkins Enterprises from Australia, for which a grandMA2 system was used for lighting control. Robert Dickinson and Ted Wells realised the lighting design for this major event.

The 2010 Expo lasts from 1 May to 31 October 2010. Over 190 countries and more than 50 international organisations attend - and 70m visitors are expected.

Paul Collison, the project's lighting manager, reports, "Our main MA system was built from three grandMA2 full-size, three grandMA2 light, six MA NPU (Network Processing Unit), 32 MA 2Port Nodes and eight MA NSP (Network Signal Processors) which we used as 4Port Nodes. The grandMA 3D software was used as well for pre-programming and designing purposes. grandMA2 was the ideal platform given the size of t

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