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USA - Martin Audio has again walked away with the Best Club Sound System (Design) category in the 26th International Dance Music Awards (IDMA), held during the Winter Music Conference at the Miami Beach Convention Centre.

The custom dance system installed at the Ministry of Sound in South London beat off nominations from top international venues, Beta in Denver, Cielo and Pacha in New York and Space in Ibiza.

The Ministry of Sound has systematically converted to Martin Audio over a long period, capping this off last year with the completion of a bespoke club stack in its main room (the Box). The final piece in the jigsaw came in February 2010, when it became the first venue to adopt the manufacturer's new ASX active sub.

MoS technical manager, Alex Barrand, said, "Winning

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DmxSoft.com will be launching a number of new DMX control products including Sunlite Suite 2, the DVC2 PAD and iPhone/Android phone lighting control with the STICK.

At PLASA Focus: Leeds 2011, Nicolaudie Group will launch what it calls "the dimmer switch of the 21st century", in the shape of its brand new range of DMX touch sensitive controllers, the Nicolaudie STICK2, LumiDesk Touch and Daslight Pad, with sleek, glass-fronted designs.

The controllers feature 128 DMX channels and come preloaded with RGB effects. The top button allows for the unit to be switched on and off. The Dimmer, Color and Scene selection can be made using the left and right arrow buttons, and effects can be quickly modified with the easy to use included control software.

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UK - Connector and cable assembly specialist Ten 47 celebrates its 10th anniversary at the upcoming Frankfurt Prolight&Sound exhibition, Frankfurt.

Ten 47 was set up to provide "high quality connector solutions with a superior service". Throughout the past 10 years the company has introduced many new products and innovations, continuing the trend this year by launching the new Tourline SHC Screened Hybrid Connectors. This new connector offers combined power, audio and Cat 5 connections with a 360° screening of the power contacts from the audio and Cat 5 contacts. Visit Ten47 at ProLight&Sound - Hall 9.0, stand E35.

(Claire Beeson)

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Maltbury Staging will use PLASA Focus: Leeds 2011 to launch its new, Backdrape system for weddings, parties and theatres. The system comprises curtain and aluminum support systems -also known as pipe and drape systems or backdrops - which, says the company, transform performance and event spaces. Two different types of Backdrape systems are offered, Performance and Event. Both systems include aluminium uprights on steel bases; extendable aluminium cross-bars which hook onto the uprights; drapes which thread onto the cross-bars; and storage bags for safe and portable storage.

The Event Backdrape system has been specifically designed, says Maltbury, "to transform a simple venue into a sophisticated and beautiful area on a budget". Event Backdrape comes with shimmering ivory drapes, suiting it to backdrops for weddings, parties and other special events. The Event Backdrape can b

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UK - Arena Seating supplied 200 seats on three tiered grandstands for the annual ISS Canary Wharf Squash Classic that took place between 21-25 March in East Wintergarden, London.

By carefully constructing the grandstands surrounding the courts glass walls, Arena were able to offer spectators the best possible comfort and viewing experience as the world's leading squash players fought for the title of champion, which was eventually won by England's Nick Matthew.

Arena Seating project manager, Bradley Merchant comments, "It is great to be involved in a sporting championship such as the ISS Squash, which was located in the spectacular Canary Wharf. As we do with a range of sporting and live events organisers of all different sizes, we worked closely with ISS to create the venues unique atmosphere. We provide events that require anything from 100 to 25,000 seats, each of whic

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UK - Yellow Jacket, manufacturer of the popular cable protector has now opened a manufacturing facility in the UK to serve the European market.

"Manufacturing in Europe will enable us to offer significant lead time reductions, much lower transport costs and the elimination of import duty," says the company.

Yellow Jacket's Advanced Modular System allows for a floor of cable protectors in multiples of 5 channels, this combines with the company's WASP wheelchair DDA / ADA ramp system already used in prestigious venues throughout Europe. Also offered are the extra heavy duty Yellow Jacket Classic from 1 to 5 channels, and the versatile heavy duty Bumble Bee range.

Yellow Jacket Europe also offers custom marking which can be incorporated at short lead times on selected products. Visit the company at the Frankfurt Prolight & Sound exhibition in Hall 9, stand E35 where t

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UK - White Light has been chosen to supply the lighting for Betty Blue Eyes, the new musical from producer Cameron Mackintosh.

Based on the film A Private Function by Alan Bennett and Malcolm Mowbray, Betty Blue Eyes is written by Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman with music by George Stiles and lyrics by Anthony Drewe. Starring Sarah Lancashire, Reece Shearsmith and an animatronic pig called Betty, the show is being directed by Richard Eyre, choreographed by Stephen Mear, designed by Tim Hatley and the lighting is by this year's Olivier- and Tony-award winning lighting designer Neil Austin.

To light the show, Austin is using a wide selection of equipment from White Light's extensive and diverse rental stock, including a core moving light rig of ETC Revolutions, Vari-Lite VL3500 Spots and VL2500 Washes and DHA Digital Light Curtains, plus a conventional rig incl

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Germany - The stage set for one of Germany's most famous and longest running live TV shows was recently illuminated by 120 XLED 590's from PR Lighting.

They were selected by show lighting director Manfred Voss (voss | mediaDesign) as floor effects for the ZDF show, Wetten, Dass, a game and entertainment TV series, which broadcasts six times a year from different theatres in Germany.

The LD, who has enjoyed a long relationship with both the show and the public-service German television channel, used them to highlight the recent performances of German stars, Bruno Mars and Udo Jürgens, enabling the Saturday night prime time viewing audience (plus 2,000 in the auditorium) to see the bright floor-mounted effects, which were integrated in the stage sets of both acts.

"We have a standard lighting set, which is customised for the respective needs of each show - and for

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Serbia - ETC's Serbian distributor Studio Berar welcomed over 600 visitors through the doors of Belgrade's BelExpo Centre for an open day last month.

Representing ETC, Fulvio Cotogni and Davide Gabbani presented a full range of lighting and control equipment, including the Congo, Eos and SmartFade lines, Selador LED fixtures and Source Four automated and conventional luminaires.

"We were both surprised and impressed by the number of people who came to the day-long event," says Cotogni, who is ETC's regional manager for southern Europe. "And they were of extremely high calibre. We gave hands on product demonstrations to professionals from across the industry, including freelancers, rental companies and TV studios. In fact, one conversation led directly to an order for Selador fixtures for a TV studio in Bosnia. It's unusual for open house events to achieve visito

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UK - The latest addition to the LSi Online website - home of PLASA Media's daily news service, LSi magazine archives and other resources - is the LSi Online Video Hub.

A database-driven resource for videos from across the industry, the LSi Video Hub aims to become a one-stop location for LSi Online's 20,000+ global audience to source and view industry-related video content. Visitors to the site can search by category, tag and keyword to refine their searches.

Beginning with almost 100 videos, the site will grow as more companies put their video content directly in front of LSi's regular online audience. With more than 20,000 regular users making an average of 240,000 page requests at LSi Online each month, and a wide-ranging global appeal, LSi Online is ideally placed to present video resources for product training, demo

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Disaster Relief - Liam Gallagher's band Beady Eye have released a cover of Beatles song Across the Universe to raise money for the Japanese disaster relief effort. The band played the track at a Japanese disaster benefit gig in London on Sunday having recorded it the previous day. The Beatles originally recorded the song for 1969 WWF fund-raising album No One's Gonna Change Our World. It was then re-recorded for the Let It Be album, released in 1970. The song is available digitally through the Beady Eye website for 99p, with 69p from each download going to the British Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal.

Pop Music - Pet Shop Boys have been confirmed as the main support for Take That's record-breaking summer Progress tour. Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe will join the reformed boy band for the series of gigs starting on 27 May in Sunderland. Pet Shop Boy

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UK - PRG Distribution and PixelRange (a subsidiary of James Thomas Engineering UK) have announced that effective immediately PRG Distribution will be the exclusive European distributor for the range of LED luminaries from PixelRange.

PixelRange is a long-established and respected brand having produced some of the early ground-breaking LED fixtures including the PixelLine 1044 batten. Building on this technology PixelRange has developed a new line-up of intelligent LED fixtures for immediate launch. The new PixelSmart multi-use luminaires was developed from an idea from International LD Andi Watson. The PixelSmart utilises 12 Cree QUAD RGBW LED's and 13 Cree XPG warm white LED's. It has 61 individually addressable channels allowing creative pixel-mapping via either DMX or Digital Media Server. The PixelSmart is typical of the PixelRange build quality with precision CNC'd construc

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Few issues in recent years have caused as much controversy in this industry as the state sell-off of substantial portions of the wireless frequency spectrum in the so-called Digital Dividend, a by-product of the UK's switchover from analogue to digital television.

Despite an energetic and high profile campaign co-ordinated by BEIRG (British Entertainment Industry Radio Group, whose sponsors include many leading pro audio manufacturers and PLASA) and the Save Our Sound Campaign, the impending changes in frequency allocations are set to lead to a vast proportion of wireless equipment currently in use becoming redundant. Meanwhile, the Government's proposed compensation for this has been denounced as both inadequate and over-complicated, with the need to provide proof of ownership a particularly thorny issue.

With London 2012 and the digital switchover itself rapidly approaching, the im

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USA - Electrosonic has confirmed its acquisition of systems integrator Excel Media Systems Inc. The company will become part of Electrosonic's corporate solutions business, offering meeting room and video conferencing systems with full after-sales services from offices in New York City.

The acquisition expands Electrosonic's corporate solutions business in the New York tri-state area and allows the company to better serve its international clients with local offices.

"We are excited to bring Excel Media's talented team to Electrosonic," says Jim Bowie, president of Electrosonic Group. "Together we will continue to expand and develop our systems and service offerings."

"Both our companies have decades of systems experience. By building on our strengths we will provide the highest value for our customers," adds Robert Menell, founder and owner of

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UK - Sharpy, the award-winning, narrow-beamed moving spotlight launched by Clay Paky in January 2011, has already proved a success on its first stage performance in the UK.

When Graeme Sewell of Vortex Lighting saw the spotlight at a major industry exhibition he was determined to be the first to use it and gave Sharpy its debut with the Huge Party Band at two recent sell-out concerts in York.

"I realised that Sharpy was significantly different from anything else on the market," says Sewell . "We are a relatively small operation in the North of England and perhaps because of this I've always been a firm believer in the less-is-more approach. Sharpy fits the bill perfectly: less weight, less cost, but more power."

Vortex used just eight Sharpy units to light the concerts at York Grand Opera House, alongside a number of LED wash lights. "They're just in

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UK - In the space of little more than a year, Tinie Tempah has gone from relative unknown to double BRIT Award winner.

Tempah has just finished a tour of some of the UK's best known arenas and he, his band have and his audio crew have appreciated both the quality of Sennheiser's product and the back up that they receive from the company and in particular special projects manager, Phil Cummings.

Tinie's microphone of choice is a 'blinged' SKM 2000 handheld and his in ear monitoring system is a combination of SR2000 and EK2000 (also blinged) which, says monitor engineer Raphael Williams, have proved to be particularly effective, especially in festival situations.

"We use the in ears for clarity and noise reduction," he reports. "They give definition, clarity and directness - and reduce injury for others. If you want to deafen yourself, that's up to you, but you

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UK - MilTec (UK) will be launching several new products from their LEDHead LED and MT Professional Acoustics ranges at PLASA Focus 2011.

The LEDHead LED range will include three new moving heads. The 90P is a spot fixture powered by a 90W LED light engine giving a light output comparable to a 575W discharge unit. Two gobo wheels, colour wheel, iris and prism make this a very cost effective luminaire.

The 324W is a wash luminaire with 108x 3W LEDs. This includes 9x cool whites which help to give a wide output spectrum including pastel colours.

The LEDHead WP is a combined wash-profile fixture with a 60W LED source for the spot function and eight 3W tricolour LEDs.for the wash. This versatility makes it suitable for venues/rental companies who need maximum versatility for their money.

The range will also include a par64 can and a 1m batten, both fitted with 18 8W Edison quad

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UK - A.C. Special Projects hosted a successful Control of Colour Changing LEDs lighting workshop at Somerset House in London in conjunction with the Professional Lighting Designers' Association (PLDA).

PLDA UK co-ordinator Sarah Adams approached ACSP's managing director Peter Keiderling to ask if the company would be willing to stage a Workshop for its members. After consulting PLDA member and former president, Paul Traynor of Light Bureau, who suggested that control would be a topic of much interest to the members, this set the theme for what turned out to be a somewhat cold but enjoyable evening at Somerset House.

Traynor contacted Somerset House director Gwyn Miles and lighting designer Patrick Woodroffe - who the company had worked with on providing the architectural lighting scheme for the venue's Edmond J Safra Fountain Court - to request permission to use the ins

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Germany - LSC Lighting Systems' Richie Mickan and Pete Floyd will be on hand at this week's Prolight + Sound to show off no less than fivenew products. In conjunction with LSC's German dealer LMP Lichttechnik they will be revealing the following new additions:

The Redback Wallmount Dimmer was first shown in prototype at PLASA last year and is now in full production. Sporting a new colour LCD touch screen display, these new units offer world class performance including 6,12 and 24 channels models, RDM and the option of mixing relay channels and dimmers in the same package.

To supplement the Redback Wallmount units, LSC are also showing for the first time anywhere, the new Redback control plates for architectural control. These plates interface simply to a Redback Wallmount unit and come in single, two or six button varieties. Within the Redback these plates can be configured to

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Germany - This year marks the first time ShowTex will take part in ProLight +Sound. The stand design features a printed dance floor, an ecological velvet main curtain , a circular glassless mirror and the latest in stage motion control systems for drapes and decorative fabrics.

The popular Shakespeare and Molière flame retardant cotton velours developed by ShowTex are the first in the industry to be awarded OEKO-TEX Standard 100 certification.

For almost 20 years, the OEKO-TEX Standard 100 has been acknowledged as the world's most comprehensive and verifiable method for ensuring that textile products and the supply chains that create them do not use hazardous chemicals such as pesticides, carcinogenic dye stuffs, heavy metals, or other concerning substances that can hurt people and damage the environment.

Shakespeare velvet velour is 100% cotton, weighs 500g/m2 and meets fl

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Germany - Mobile Air Wall from Event Acoustics makes its Pro Light+Sound début this week, following a hugely successful launch at ISE 2011. This sound isolation baffle system will be on display in the form of a booth-within-a-booth so that visitors can experience for themselves how it performs at sound isolation on a busy trade show floor.

Adapted to standard entertainment mounting and rigging systems, Mobile Air Wall enables an exhibitor to create a quality meeting space in noisy environments like tradeshows.

Mobile Air Wall is the latest addition to Event Acoustics' range of sound isolation solutions, which includes the TexLNT sheep wool baffles that have been deployed to great effect at venues such as the Ahoy in Rotterdam for the North Sea Jazz Festival.

Designed to be hung from standard entertainment mounting and rigging systems, Mobile Air Wall enables an exhibi

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