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USA - Peavey Electronics is is playing a major role in the re-opening celebration of the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville on 28 September as an official provider of amps for the iconic show.

"Peavey amplifiers have a long history with the Grand Ole Opry," explains Hartley Peavey. "It feels great to be able to support the restoration of the Opry to its home stage and the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville following the flood."

Not only will Peavey amps be centre stage for every Grand Ole Opry performance, but also the artists' dressing rooms will be equipped with Peavey's Vypyr 15/ Rage 258 amps, and bass amps. On stage, artists will perform with Peavey Sensation 212 and Classic 50/212 guitar amps, as well as Trace Elliot bass amps and cabs ( AH600/ 1048H/ 151

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UK - PLASA Media, publisher of Lighting&Sound International magazine, has announced that the videos of the PLASA Award for Innovation product presentations from this year's PLASA Show are now available to view at the LSIOnline YouTube channel.

The Awards for Innovation, for the first time, were judged 'live' at the Innovation Gallery by an independent panel of 16 expert judges, in front of show visitors and a camera team on Sunday 12 September. Show visitors are able to watch the judging process replayed on large screens in the interactive Innovation Gallery for the rest of the show.

Seven Awards for Innovation and one Gold Award were presented by PLASA CEO Matthew Griffiths.

The winners of the 2010 PLASA Awards for Innovation were . . .

Clay Paky Sharpy, a newly developed beamlight t

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South Africa - Sun City Resort is home to one of Southern Africa's major venues for entertainment, the Super Bowl. This indoor venue, which can seat 6,855 people for a show or handle up to 10 500, with a standing configuration downstairs, has recently taken delivery of a new J-Series line array system, installed and supplied by Stage Audio Works.

The new sound system, designed by Gustav Barnard from Stage Audio Works and Stefan Goertz from d&b Audiotechnik, comprises of 16 J8 and four J12 Line Array modules, together with flown arrays of five deep J-SUB per side together with four J-INFRA and Q-Series out-fill. The entire system design was first conceptualised and designed using d&b's ArrayCalc and simulated in acoustic prediction software, EASE, to ensure optimal design.

Alan Barry, head of sound for the Sun City entertainment department commented, "After quite a few yea

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Abba Anger - Abba stars Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus have criticised the far-right Danish People's Party (DF) for using their hit Mamma Mia at rallies. The band had threatened to sue the DF, saying the band never allowed their music to be used politically. But their record company, Universal, later said the DF had agreed to stop using the 1976 hit.

The youth wing of the party had changed the lyrics of the song to Mamma Pia, in honour of their leader Pia Kjaersgaard. The anti-immigration DF is the third largest party in the Danish parliament. Andersson said he found out about its use when he was contacted by a left-wing pressure group who asked whether he supported the party's policies. He said he and Mr Ulvaeus had instructed lawyers to start legal action against the party if they did not stop using the song immediately. "Firstly, you cannot just rewrite

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Saudi Arabia - For the technical fit-out of the new Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE) building in Riyadh City. Integrators KHALDI EST turned to RCF to provide high speech intelligibility and full translation facilities.

The MOHE building is considered to be one of the major projects in Saudi Arabia's new era of development. KHALDI EST masterminded the technical fit-out after winning a competitive tender, which included the design, supply and integration of all audiovisual components for the Ministry's main auditorium. The company, which specialises in delivering complete turnkey projects, has so far completed in excess of 100 major auditoriums.

The Ministry auditorium was designed to seat 850 people, with the ground level for use by male guests only, and the upper balcony for ladies (with separate entrances provided for each level). Part of the A/V system design was to link

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USA - For over six decades, Doug Weston's The Troubadour has been a flagship venue of the American music industry. The famous club on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood has been the site of performances by top artists through rock history, including the Eagles, Elton John, James Taylor, Metallica, Franz Ferdinand, the Strokes and Guns N'Roses, who, like many classic artists, got their careers going as a result of performances there.

The Troubadour continues to be a vital link in the evolving American music industry and culture, and microphones from Audio-Technica have played a key role in keeping it that way. Bobby Crown, the FOH Mixer, production manager and system engineer for The Troubadour for the last seven years, brought an all-A-T package of microphones into The Troubadour in 2008 and they've been in use since.

Crown, who at one point was simultaneously an enginee

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USA - The Polynesian Cultural Centre (PCC) in Laie, Hawaii has purchased a complement of six Robert Juliat DMX Cyrano followspots which the Centre immediately tapped for its Ha: Breath of Life show. 4 Wall Entertainment in Las Vegas made the sale of the 2500W HMI followspots that feature a high-performance quartz condenser optical system and DMX-controlled dimmer.

The Polynesian Cultural Centre is one of Hawaii's top attractions. Set on 42 acres on the North Shore of Oahu, the PCC offers a chance to explore many of the Polynesian cultures in the South Pacific. Billed as Hawaii's newest ancient story with a cast of more than 100, Ha: Breath of Life is an evening spectacle featuring singers, dancers, fire-knife performers and drummers staged in the dramatic 2,800-seat Pacific Theatre.

Brent Pritchett, project manager at 4 Wall, specified the Cyranos for the PCC and

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UK - The Knight of Illumination Awards, organized by ALD, STLD and Clay Paky, have now become an unmissable event for the whole show lighting business. They are the only awards, entirely devoted to lighting designers, to provide public recognition of the best works in the theatre, touring and TV sectors.

The final act of the event takes place during the PLASA Show, and gathers together a large number of lighting designers, trade associations, production companies, rental companies, dealers and the press, in other words the leading players in the entertainment sector. It is a special occasion for a precious mutual exchange of professional expertise, as well as a time for celebration for lighting designers.

Once again the evening was held in the Enterprise Suite, Hotel Ibis, Earls Court, London, on 12 September 2010. The organisers set up a scenic rig for the event, mainl

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UK - LumenRadio was awarded its second consecutive PLASA Innovation Award, this time for CRMX Nova Flex.

The PLASA jury gave high praise for LumenRadio's latest innovation: "CRMX Nova Flex impressed the judges for its ability to act as a complete cross-protocol wireless lighting control system. It was also noted for its recent use of RDM in an architectural application, giving feedback from external sensors - thereby providing an energy efficient outdoor lighting solution."

For the first time on market, CRMX Nova Flex offers complete compatibility between all supported protocols. The user can input any protocol into the transmitter and receive any protocol from the receiver. CRMX Nova Flex can also be configured by the user to function as either a transmitter or receiver.

"We are the first new company to receive the Award two years in a row, which shows that o

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Italy - Moresco is a medieval hamlet only few kilometers from the Adriatic Coast, in the Marche Region, and a 25m high heptagonal tower dating back to the 12th century is its symbol. On 26 June 2010 the municipality celebrated 100 years since its autonomy and Proel took care of the permanent Lighting system commissioned for the event for the ancient tower; the technical installation has been directly managed by the municipality.

In detail, the installation included seven Proel Nightwave PLAT150CNBKs - a DMX-controlled architectural colour changer with a 150 W discharge lamp and CMY colour mixing system - positioned at the base of the tower, in the corners. These will provide programmed colour changes or fixed colours, as Mayor Amato Mercuri himself explained at the Grand Opening, according to each type of event taking place during the year.

"At this point Lighting no long

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UK - Preparations for the 2011 InAVation Awards are now well in train, as the event heads into its fifth year. 2010 saw nearly 1000 industry professionals attend the awards ceremony held during Integrated Systems Europe, making it the biggest yet.

Technology: All manufacturers of AV technology are invited to enter products for consideration in the 2011 Awards. Once again the pro AV industry will vote for the eventual winners online.

Project: All AV system designers, consultants, integrators, distributors and manufacturers of AV technology are invited to enter installation projects that have or will be completed in the 2010 calendar year within the EMEA region.

For full details on the available categories and how to enter, visit the relevant sections of the awards web site www.inavationawards.com. Technology entry closes 10 October 2010; Project entry Closes 7No

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UK - Since 2003, when Rosco introduced #313 Light Relief Yellow to its Supergel range, the company has contributed thousands of dollars to the UK charity Light Relief, and at PLASA 2010 charity trustees, Matthew Griffiths and Rick Fisher, accepted a cheque for over $3,179 (approximately £2,027).

Making the presentation, Mark Engel, president of Rosco, said, "This is the largest cheque we have presented to Light Relief since the programme began, with total contributions now in excess of $21,207, funded totally by purchases of #313 Supergel."

"Throughout Rosco's 100 year history, we have had the pleasure of developing innovative solutions with designers and other creative craftspeople. Supergel 313 Light Relief Yellow, the result of just such collaboration with Rick Fisher, provides a unique way for us to show how much we value our relationship. We continue

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Ireland - ETC's Republic of Ireland dealer Cine Electric has completed installation of two Eos control desks at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin.

Dave Carpenter, deputy head of lighting & sound at the theatre, says, "We were looking around for a replacement for our old desks, which were becoming old and difficult for our suppliers to support. Trying an Eos at ETC's offices in London proved it to be a perfect replacement. It had a familiar programming syntax, making it really easy to learn."

The theatre, which is the national theatre of Ireland, already had Cat 5 cabling installed, which meant that installation was as simple as plugging the desk into the gateways which Cine Electric installed around the venue. "I love the fact that the desk has direct select buttons," continues Carpenter. "They make programming so much quicker."

"We tried a new d

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UK - Following a 10-year stint supplying bespoke multi-seat automated PAT and cable test resources to major entertainment and presentation sector rental companies, Out Board Electronics and longstanding software associates Data Strategy have launched an all-new incarnation of their HSE-savvy electrical safety test and logging systems.

The PAT-MK4 Test Processor has been re-designed from the ground up incorporating a 32-bit RISC ARM processor to allow it to be configured to a wide range of emerging international test standards such as the imminent British Standard BS EN 62638. The revamped PATData test automation and database logging software not only controls and records the tests but also provides an audit-trail for all aspects of warehouse safety inspection plus prep, pick, despatch and return logistics.

PATData carries full details of equipment preparation and test paramete

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UK - GLP and G-LEC used their imposing stand, located right inside the main entrance at London's Earls Court, to whet the appetite of visitors to PLASA 2010. The two companies revealed a new benchmark in LED lighting - both in video pixel walls and the developed optical paths of high-output production spots and washes.

Pride of place went to the new member of the Phantom range. The Phantom 15 (15mm pixel pitch) is 100% integratable with the Phantom 30 large format, high brightness LED display (with 30mm pixel pitch) and the Phantom 60, as all share the same software platform. Billed as the most transparent LED video systems available, the frames can be easily connected together regardless of resolution using the famous patented quick lock system.

Also sharing the same operating platform (to ensure total integration), was the Solaris+. This is a hanging LED video curtain - comp

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Denmark - The roster of Supernova front-projection displays from Danish optical screen pioneers, dnp denmark, is about to undergo a further paradigm shift by embracing 3D technology.

This follows the successful trial at this summer's InfoComm expo in Las Vegas, where visitors donned active stereo shutter glasses to experience one of the unforgettable moments of the show. They were able to view specially-created 3D content on a huge Supernova Infinity screen, equipped with a 0.8 low gain material to provide unique contrast and horizontal half gain viewing angles.

Fed from a Mechdyne Dimensions Media and 3D Server, projected from a Digital Projection TITAN Reference 1080p 3D projector, dnp met their combined goals of providing a high-contrast image with super wide viewing angles in a harsh overhead lighting setting.

As dnp Product Manager Johnny Jensen explains, "Watching

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UK - GDS has reported its busiest PLASA to date. GDS experienced particular interest from industry professionals in its new CueSystem NET and LiteWare HO high output wireless battery uplighter. GDS also exhibited the multi-award winning BluesSystem and MainsSystem working lights, MotorControl, The Stage Managers Console and MOBAL, the award winning multi-functional Socapex fault diagnosis and correction tool.

Matthew Lloyd, managing director at GDS commented, "PLASA is always a good show for us, but this year it surpassed all expectations. It was extremely busy and we met with many new and existing customers. During the show we successfully added to our global distribution network. The icing on the cake for us was winning the Theatres Trust Peoples Choice Award for BluesSystem, we are thrilled to receive recognition from the industry professionals that voted for us.&

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UK - PLASA 2010 saw much interest lavished on Alcons Audio's new range of subwoofers, the high output BQ211 quarter-wave loaded, all-carbon 21" subwoofer and the BC543 triple, all-carbon-coned triple 18" in bass-reflex configuration: a self-contained cardioid subwoofer or: with cardioid controllable dispersion pattern.

Particular interest in the new products was shown by live sound engineers, both being the first introductions of the upcoming LR24 mid-sized pro-ribbon line-array touring system. However, both can also be used with all of the company's current pro-ribbon line-arrays.

"PLASA was a good opportunity to meet up with existing clients and make new contacts," says Alcons' Tom Back. "The annual Alcons dinner on Tuesday was also an enjoyable gathering of Alcons Network members and partners. It is always a great opportunity to 'talk audio' and enj

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UK - Bright Space Technologies, has been awarded the UK distribution of the Picturall Octo media server and display control system. Bright Space Technologies will now supply the Picturall Octo media server, which has been described as 'one of most powerful and cost-effective solutions for multi-screen video or projection installations available,' to broadcasters and event companies throughout the UK.

"Picturall is a company with a flair for the technical and an eye for innovation," says Colin Clarke, senior technical sales & support manager, Bright Space Technologies. "We are delighted now to be able to supply the Picturall Octo media server which is a quality solution for playout of many media files types within the conference, events and studio environment. The Octo contains two Tb hard drives, a base of eight DVI inputs, which can be increased to a total of 24

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UK - Christie has announced the addition of the DHD800 digital projector to its wide-ranging product line-up. Aimed at the professional market, the Christie DHD800 provides 8,000 ANSI lumens and full HD 1920 x 1080 true native resolution for unparalleled brightness and colour precision in a 1-chip DLP projector. The Christie DHD800 with BrilliantColour offers 10-bit image processing, interchangeable colour wheel, and four-sided edge-blended colour matching.

The successor to the DHD700 digital projector, the DHD800 is designed for use in applications including rental staging, houses of worship, and medium-to-large meeting, training, and conference rooms needing a cost-effective DLP solution.

"Christie has continued to enhance colour and brightness using 1-chip DLP technology," said Christie Business Products product manager Frank Anzures. "The Christie DHD800 is

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USA - Connectivity solutions provider Gefen has announced the release of a new product line called GefenPRO. All GefenPRO products are designed to be professionally installed in broadcast, rental/staging and post-production environments.

All products include 24/7 customer support from trained technical service representatives available at Gefen. This enhanced customer service is designed for highly demanding industries such as broadcasting and the rental/staging markets. GefenPRO products also feature a more rugged construction and internal power supplies using industry standard AC cords to improve performance in the field, says the company.

The GefenPRO product line offers advanced matrix systems with 16x16 and 32x32 switching systems supporting more sources and displays. Additional products in the line include longer distance signal extenders based on fibre optics and a mix

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