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USA / UK - London-based motion graphics studio The Darkroom, joined forces with global advertising agency BBDO to promote HBO's new TV series, Game of Thrones.

The Darkroom has created a world-first projection (watch it here), which was shown on an 80ft billboard from April 8 - 17 in the Hollywood and Highland Center in Los Angeles, for the US promotion of the show.

The projection was designed and produced by The Darkroom's creative director Bruce Ferguson, who designed the projection to be exclusive, while staying true to the design elements of the show, such as the gate, shields, and the sword, along with the series strap-line, 'winter is coming'.

This projection included a wall that looked like ice -

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UK - Mongrels is a British puppet-based sit com series first broadcast for BBC Three. It has recently been commissioned for a second series.

Richard Martin Lighting (RML) embraced the opportunity to be involved in something fresh, exciting and 'different from the norm', by supporting lighting designer Jamie Cairney who chose VL3000 Spots for the show.

(Jim Evans)

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France - The Zero 88 Orb Lighting console from Cooper Controls was chosen by lighting designer Chris Withers for the Warner Brothers hospitality events at MIPCOM 2010.

Held every October at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes and its surrounding areas, MIPCOM is the world event for co-producing, buying, selling, financing and distributing entertainment content. It provides the people involved in the TV, film, digital and audiovisual content, production and distribution industry a market conference and networking forum to discover future trends and trade content rights on a global level.

Warner Brothers International Television hired the private beach belonging to the Hotel Majestic Barriere for the duration of the show, creating an exclusive venue that consisted of the hotel beachside restaurant and a specially constructed bar area as well as a private pier for meetings and rel

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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's - 40 thousand LED pixels on a ceiling!!! Indochine's whirlwind tour transports fans to another level of the live experience - immersing them from floor to ceiling with PixMob's X4 wristbands, and an LED ceiling made entirely of its NOVA Minis! With the vision of Indochine's creative team, PixMob used its LED fan-technology to turn attendees and venues into an ocean of effects, and a starry sky of LED magic. Très très cool!

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Europe - Martin EMEA is hosting local events across Europe on an Engineered for the Eye road show tour that brings Martin directly to customers for an up close look at dynamic lighting and visual solutions.

The Martin Road Show van will soon be in Italy, hosting local events in Milan (10, 13 May) and Rome (19 May), before heading to France for a number of dates. Those events will be followed by a visit to the Lounge exhibition in Antwerp (31 May 31-1 June) and then additional stops in France, including the Stadia & Arena trade show in Marseille (15-17 June), before heading to the UK. In late summer and fall, the Martin Road Show will be visiting Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Scandinavia.

(Jim Evans)

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Thailand - The Bangkok office of Acoustic & Lighting System has provided 144 PR XLED 590 moving head washlights to Light Source for use on the 30th anniversary tour by local rock legends Carabao. These meet the lighting design by Tanat Pitiporntapin.

The band's lengthy One Province One Concert (OPOC) tour, which started on 1 April and runs until 15 December, will take in all 76 provinces throughout Thailand.

Acoustic & Lighting System, who have been working with PR Lighting products since July 2005, took the opportunity to expose the new LED heads, which have been programmed into the scenography alongside conventional spots and washes by Chaiwut Panomchon and operated from a Road Hog Full Boar console.

Acoustic & Lighting System are headquartered in Selangor, Malaysia, and their Bangkok-based branch manager, Veera Lee, says, "We like the XLED 590 as it is extreme

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Germany - On 12 and 13 March the Dresden philharmonic orchestra performed the sixth cycle concert in the sold out Kulturpalast.

On debut was Igor Strawinskys Suite No. 2 for small orchestra with a series of four dances (march - waltz - polka - gallop) followed by Lucernaris - a concert for trumpete, live electronic and orchestra of the young Swedish composer Tobias Broström. The Great symphony in C major by Franz Schubert concluded proceedings.

The reproduction of the live electronics was realized by a 5.1 reinforcement. Hartmut Lissner, technical director of Konzert- & Kongressgesellschaft opted for Versio active systems VL 750 plus VSS 18 subs, positioned on the gallery achieving a balanced sound dispersion within the entire hall.

(Jim Evans)

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USA - Intelix has recently partnered with Shawn McLoughlin, who joins the company as a senior account manager. In this capacity, McLoughlin will manage and develop Intelix's growing customer base.

"Shawn is a welcome addition to our team," states Cameron Smith, national sales and marketing director. "His wealth of industry experience and aggressive sales philosophy make him an ideal part of our team."

A long time veteran of the audio-visual industry, McLoughlin most recently served as the sales manager for a major industry distributor. Previous experience includes audio-visual system design and installation.

(Jim Evans)

Csaption: Shawn McLoughlin

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France - Analog Way has announced the appointment of John De Cet as new sales director for Europe, Middle East and Africa. He is taking over from Alexander Schöpff's who was promoted VP of American Operations last March.

Based in Massy in France, where Analog Way's headquarters are established, John De Cet will oversee management of sales activities over EMEA territories. He will also lead Analog Way's sales teams in the region, including the company's sales offices Analog Way UK, Analog Way Italia and Analog Way Deutschland. He will report directly to Adrien Corso, CEO at Analog Way.

"I'm thrilled to join Analog Way as sales director for Europe, Middle East and Africa, a diversified region showing an exciting potential", says De Cet. "Together with my team, we will further increase our presence in the area and strengthen our relationship with customers to prov

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UK - Black Light has played a key part in the recent revamp of the studio theatre at the Maltings Theatre in Berwick-upon-Tweed. Working to a very tight deadline, the company provided a full package of light and AV equipment to turn an unequipped rehearsal space - the Henry Travers Studio - into a fully-functioning professional studio theatre for small scale theatre and dance performances.

"Black Light did a superb job," says Dr Miles Gregory, the Maltings' chief executive & artistic director. "They were courteous and professional to deal with, and the finish they achieved was exactly to the specifications we demanded. The new Henry Travers Studio is a beautiful room, which delivers the flexibility we wanted as well as looking like a high-quality theatre space. We love it."

The project involved reviewing the plans for the refurbishment of the 100-seat studi

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Korea - The Arena Group's continued expansion saw a new Arena International Asia business get off to a successful start at this April's Ballantine's Championship.

The Arena Group's increased international capabilities now extend into the Far East, with a permanent base set up in Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia. This new venture is underpinned by significant investment, broadening the company's global services to now provide temporary events overlay, temporary structures, seating, interior design and fit-out to prestigious clients from offices across three continents.

Greg Lawless, Arena Group CEO, says, "The global Arena Group has developed from a highly respected UK based business, with an exceptional 'blue ribbon' client base and a reputation for delivering consistently high quality events infrastructure. The logical step for the business, in response to client's requests and bu

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UK - Central Presentations (CPL), West Midlands and Bristol based AV rental specialist, has maintained its ISO 9001:2008 certification for the fourth year running - without any non-compliance or non-conformance requests.

The standard refers to the quality of the management and other systems in place and the company's overall commitment and ability to deliver outstanding customer service, products and general support and efficiency to its clients.

ISO9001 is designed to encourage excellence in companies and organisations and to help them understand and instigate the best and most appropriate processes for delivering the premium services.

A rigorous audit, including a comprehensive inspection and report precedes the certification being awarded or renewed annually.

CPL has just doubled its West Midlands warehouse and office facility in a recent expansion which will help strea

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USA - Martin Audio and On Stage Audio (OSA) have confirmed OSA's purchase of a 54-box Martin Audio MLA Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array system. With this purchase, OSA joins North Carolina-based Special Event Services (SES) as key North American members in the growing MLA worldwide network. OSA plans to station its MLA system across both its Chicago and Las Vegas facilities.

"OSA and MLA are a perfect fit," said Mark Graham, Loud's CEO. "Show after show, the MLA has drawn enthusiastic attention from the Pro Audio community and audience members alike. By delivering an unprecedented level of coverage, consistency and fidelity through its true generation-2 technology, MLA has reset the standard, and expectations, above legacy live sound equipment. And true to their first-to-move strategy, Mario [Educate, OSA founder] and Jim [Risgin, OSA vice president] immediately s

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France - Digital mixing console manufacturer, Innovason, has announced the appointment of Alexandre Liagre to the role of sales manager for Innovason's domestic market in France. Alex, who is based in Paris, takes over from the highly respected Philippe Guillo who returns to manage and run his own rental company, Koroll Sonorisation, but nevertheless remains a strong ambassador for the brand.

According to Innovason's international sales director, Marcel Babazadeh, Alex is an ideal fit for Innovason in France. "He is trained as both a salesman and a sound engineer, so in terms of profile, we couldn't ask for much better! Furthermore, he is one of the new generation of sound engineers for whom digital technology is as natural as breathing, and so again, ideally suited to represent Innovason who have always been at the forefront of pioneering digital console technology. I'm lo

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Dubai - A regular exhibitor at PALME Middle East, Unusual Rigging & Engineering was there promoting the broad array of services and products it offers in the Middle East, with excellent results, said Alan Thomson, managing partner at Unusual Rigging & Engineering.

Since the show finished on April 28, the company has already supplied equipment to a significant number of new clients in the region and is now following up many requests for quotes. Such positive indicators lead the company to book its stand for 2012 before this year's event closed.

Unusual Rigging & Engineering's recent projects have included the Zaha Hadid Pavilion at the Abu Dhabi Festival, the Laureus Awards ceremony in Abu Dhabi, the Kuwait Centre of Autism and Ferrari World, Abu Dhabi.

Alan Thomson was on the stand with project manager Leon Ingram, along with Denis Bramhall, the UK's Operations Manager and S

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UK - Thirty-two Audio-Technica microphones (a combination of ES935ML6 MicroLine condenser gooseneck microphones and U851R cardioid condenser boundary microphones) were installed in Westminster Abbey for capturing the audio of the royal wedding.

The microphones were located in key areas of the Abbey; a computer touchscreen showed the operator their exact positions within the building. The ES935ML6 microphones were switched on and off locally by the user or controlled remotely by a verger using any of the touchscreens. Additionally, several U851R microphones were used on the altars.

Greg Pinto, Audio-Technica US vice president, marketing, said, "We are incredibly honoured to have our microphones employed for such a momentous occasion. The royal wedding was one of the most highly watched events on television, and we believe it speaks to the quality and dependability of our p

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France - The French National Railway Company (SNCF) has instituted an important change aimed at improving its position in the face of stiff competition from other European transport companies. The first element that SNCF has put significant effort into is renovation of its many key railway stations.

At the Austerlitz Railway Station in Paris, the process has just begun and will last until 2025. An important part of the new look is illumination of the lattice structure of the main hall in order to visually bring it in step with the 21st century.

During initial contact with the Austerlitz managers, the frame of the project was already well developed - to bring animation to the station without disturbing the daily activity or altering the architecture. Starting from this brief, Martin France was able to propose several ideas, including the decision to use the main structure as a

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USA - This year's Coachella Music & Arts Festival in Indio, California may now be over, but the success of Le Mobile Remote Recording Studios and its Fly Pak System that includes a Yamaha DM2000 console lingers on. Le Fly Pak was used for mixing the live webcast at the Mojave Stage.

"With shows and projects getting bigger and bigger, Coachella being one of them, we thought it would be important to make our Fly Pak system as flexible as possible," states Ian-C. Charbonneau, mixing engineer LeMobile. "We added four MADI cards to the DM2000 allowing an all-digital interface between our Pro Tools rig, Apogee converters, and the console. The MADI cards also provide more flexibility when using the console with our other recording systems, like Le Box or even Le Mobile."

"I had used MADI previously with the Studer digital recorder and knew this format was one

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UK - Paradigm AV is set to launch a new Simulation Displays division this month, at the ITEC Show in Cologne, Germany.

Paradigm AV has been producing simulation displays and components since the 1990s. "Steadily increasing demand has driven the launch of a separate division - and a consolidated show specialising in defence, training and simulation is the obvious launch-pad," says company founder and chairman, Greg Jeffreys. "The setting up of Simulation Displays Ltd to serve our many simulation and visualisation clients on an exclusive basis was a logical development."

Simulation Displays will "combine world-leading expertise in specifying, creating (and measuring) projected displays with advanced parametric 3D design department and extensive manufacturing and testing facilities".

It will become a primary source for the specialist services requi

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Malaysia - Two sets of FBT's Modus line array system have been installed in the National Institute of Valuation's (INSPEN) newly developed Campus 2, Sepang, Selangor, West Malaysia. INSPEN is the training and research arm of the Valuation and Property Services Department under Malaysia's Ministry of Finance.

INSPEN Campus 2 measures approximately 48 acres and is located in the vicinity of Putrajaya, the federal administrative centre of Malaysia. INSPEN is tasked with advising the government on all matters relating to the value of real estate, the impact of property development and management policies and to enhance the knowledge and expertise of the human resources in the real estate industry.

The new INSPEN Campus 2 consists of a central North-South axis connecting the northern building components comprising female hostels, student union, kindergarten, a central park and a pr

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China The evening concert on 8 March 2011 at the National People's Congress in the Beijing Trade Hotel was performed by MYC with the Sequenza 10 line array from Kling & Freitag. The 330m high building with its 81 floors is at present the highest of Beijing.

In order to comply with these noise constraints, MYC used the Sequenza 10 Line Array from Kling & Freitag. The 40 m wide show stage was equipped with four K&F Sequenza 10N for the far field and two SEquenza 10W for the nearfield.

Six Sequenza 10B and two Nomos XLC in cardioid setup supported the system in the lower frequency range.

In total, 40 different radio and hand-held microphones were employed. A high quality monitor system, consisting of two Scena 15, provided the musicians with precise feedback, with a warm and precise basic sound. All speaker systems were driven by the K&F SystemRack. The combination of the digit

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Czech Republic - Robe lighting's marketing team has expanded with the addition of graphic designer Bo Hyun Choi who will be taking care of the visual aspects and design of all the company's branding and marketing collateral, including the overall corporate identity, together with logos, merchandising, brochures, newsletters and all other printed and promotional material.

She will also be involved with exhibition booth design and potentially with future product lines.

Hyun Choi studied industrial design at Hongik University in Seoul, renowned as the best design academy in Asia, specializing in product and interior design.

After graduating, Bo continued her studies at Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Art (ENSA) in Dijon, France, studying 2D, 3D and spacial design, before moving to Prague in 2010. She speaks English, Czech, French Italian and Korean.

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