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Italy - IBM Software Executive Briefing Centre in Rome has been designed to achieve a perfect space where visitors can experience the company's technology first hand thanks to an innovative video wall powered by Christie projectors.

This is not just a simple video wall, it is interactive, it can display Picture in Picture or be used as a white board. It gives IBM executives a platform to showcase IBM's software technologies and systems, with a broad application context helping visitors realise the capabilities of innovative technologies and systems.

Peter Dardarananda, manager at IBM Software Executive Briefing Programme in Rome, and mastermind of the project explains, "When customers come to visit us, we have to make sure they get the right impression about IBM. We want to

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UK - PixelRange has announced UK-based A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) as master distributor for its product range across Europe.

PixelRange general manager Paul Young confirms, "PixelRange is a brand of very high standing in the eyes of the industry and all its customers. With the all-new line-up of intelligent LED fixtures poised for immediate launch, we are dedicated to ensure PixelRange customers will receive the highest level of professionalism, service and care from manufacturer and point of sale.""

AC-ET's Northern UK sales director, Jonathan Walters, comments,""We are always striving to widen the choice of professional brands we offer to our very varied entertainment customer base. With many years of great trading between AC-ET and PixelRange, this opportunity complemented our existing product portfolio well."

(Jim Evans)

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China - The Zhengzhou Opera and Dance Theatre recently relied upon LumenRadio's CRMX wireless lighting controls for the stage production of Roselle between Moon and Water. Zhengzhou is the capital of the Henan Province and a vibrant cultural hub for central China. Numerous government dignitaries attended the opening night and the popular show has since gone on to play sold-out houses.

CRMX distributor Leafun provided equipment, including lighting consoles, media servers, digital lighting fixtures, and an extensive CRMX wireless distribution system for this elaborate production.

"LumenRadio's CRMX was instrumental in this production that made extensive use of digital projections and lighting effects," says Steven Cai at Leafun. "Four wireless DMX universes were distributed from lighting consoles and media servers to digital lighting fixtures and other devi

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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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UK - Like the ABTT, WiSE has much to celebrate: In just a few years it has grown to embrace over 420 female industry members worldwide; is about to complement its members only social networking site with a public facing website (so everyone can get involved) and, for the first time ever, will have its very own stand at the ABTT show.

WiSE was established in 2008 to address the under representation of women in the technical disciplines of entertainment. Since then the organisation has established links with colleges, businesses and training organisations, run a series of successful networking events, mentorship programmes and technical training sessions and lobbies for fair working conditions for everyone.

It could not have done this without the support of the industry it serves and works with. So, to celebrate its success, WiSE has invited aspiring cocktail designers from its

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Germany - In 1991, an instantaneous idea to help a local radio station set the path for what would end up as Germany's greatest indoor rave - Mayday. Traditionally held on the night before 1 May, Mayday has been in residence since 1997 at Dortmund's Westfalenhallen. Just as the Arena in hall 1 represents Trance and softer sounds, so the Empire in hall 3 draws fans of hard techno and electro.

Inside the Empire it's all about hard beats and massive sound levels - and the night is probably one of the longest. Approximately 14 hours of hard techno have become a benchmark for technology and event lighting designer Roland Aberle knows the task: "Reliability, under high pressure and over a long period is what I expect from the fixtures - and I also need tools which allow creative design. Techno is so much more than mindless 'boom boom' ... it's thrilling, demanding and diverse. Fo

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UK - As part of the ongoing celebrations to mark Northern Light's 40th year in business, the company plans to raffle a rare bottle of 1971 vintage single malt whisky at this year's ABTT Theatre Show.

The single malt is from the Macallan distillery and is billed as a traditional Speyside malt with balanced fruit and smoke elements and a rounding sherry character.

Lois Ferguson, marketing manager for the company, said, "As a Scottish company formed in 1971, it seemed appropriate to offer a bottle of Scotland's most famous export from the same year to one lucky customer. This bottle is a vintage release from Gordon & Macphail, one of the world's most respected distilleries."

Individuals can enter the raffle by visiting Northern Light on stand 93 in the Lawrence Hall at the ABTT Theatre Show on 15 and 16 June and providing their business card or completing a form to go

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UK - Gruv Gear has announced the V-Cart Solo, a multi-position personal utility cart, which has a 230 kg load capacity, and yet folds down to be small, compact and easy to store.

The V-Cart Solo is designed for creative professionals, including musicians, DJs, photographers, cinematographer, filmmakers, studio engineers, audio/video techs and stage crews.

Andrew Richardson, managing director of Adam Hall UK says, "The V-Cart Solo is incredibly versatile and has a huge load carrying capacity. It's the perfect vehicle for equipment transportation needs."

The V-Cart Solo comes with a range of accessories including flat bungee bands, grip tape, carpeted puzzle decks and an extra large extension frame.

(Jim Evans)

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USA - The call of the wild echoes throughout the Dallas World Aquarium, where visitors to one of the city's most popular attractions can experience nature from five continents, 14 countries and three oceans. As the sounds of wildlife emanate from the diverse range of live animal exhibits, a host of presenters and performers use a range of professional audio equipment to further enhance the visitor experience.

Crescent Sound and Light, a Louisiana-based production and systems integration company, recently upgraded the sound systems for several exhibits. The company chose Technomad Noho and Vienna advanced audio loudspeakers to reproduce intelligible voice and full-range musical audio in the Giant River Otter and Crocodile display in the Orinoco exhibit range; and the Temple of the Jaguar in the Mundo Maya exhibit range.

Mike Smith, president of Crescent Sound and

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UK - Robe moving lights and Anolis LED fixtures were specified by lighting designer Simon Marcus from Enlightened to illuminate Bath Abbey, Pulteney Bridge and other key architectural features around the UK World Heritage spa town's city centre for the opening night of the 2011 Bath International Music Festival - Party In The City.

It is the second year that locally based Marcus has designed a lighting scheme for Bath Abbey, which was founded in 1499. His client was Bath Tourism & Leisure.

He needed a selection of reliable, flexible, bright lightsources which could be rigged over four levels of the Abbey. Having large quantities of both Robe and Anolis units in Enlightened's hire stock, and long experience of using them for many applications, he knew they would be suitable for the job. He also took the opportunity to use six newly purchased Robe Robin 600 LEDWashes.

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Italy - Pala Phenomenon is a new multipurpose entertainment centre in the North of Italy. It hosts a space for live bands with a 150sq.m stage and live music five evenings a week. It has a disco bar with pre-disco, after dinner and post-live-music events, a restaurant, and a selection of large halls There is also a swimming pool, open from May to September, which is covered with transparent panels during the winter to become a dance floor.

Denis Biaggi was the scenic and lighting designer for the whole establishment. He reports, "One of the owner Marco Cerutti's basic requirements was to create a stage that could be adapted to different types of show: concerts, conventions, theatre and dance. In view of the various different purposes the structure needs to serve, my first concern was to set up widespread convenient suspension points for any future shows, and an adequate num

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Paraguay - An Axiom system was chosen for the celebration of the bicentennial of the Independence of Paraguay.

The event was held in mid May in Paraguay's capital city, Asunción, and included the leading national pop and folk artists. Among the political figures who took part in the event was president Fernando Lugo, who welcomed the presidents of the neighbouring countries and addressed the enthusiastic celebrating crowd.

NJ Audio & Lighting was in charge of the technical production of this event, which was held in the park next to the Government Palace.

The features of the location led to the choice of Proel Edge bi-amplified monitors for the main stage, as they could provide the power and the acoustic clarity needed and also because their low profile fitted the purpose of keeping the focus on the event. The side-fills were two Proel Axiom clusters with relative sub-woofe

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UK - Spotlight will show a selection of its extensive range of theatrical lighting fixtures and accessories at the 2011 ABTT exhibition in London this week, where it will have its own dedicated section on the stand of K distributor, A.C Entertainment Technologies.

The Spotlight display will feature a preview of the Midi LED Zoom RGBW Profile 200W fixture and Midi LED Zoom RGBW Wash 200W - a 'twin' version of the successful Midi LED Zoom RGBW Wash 100W offering double the brightness and coverage. The high intensity LED module features an adjustable zoom from 12° to 50°. With the combination of RGB and white LEDs, it can generate a near infinite mix of colours as well as pre-determined whites ranging from 2900K to 6000K, says the company.

The Spotlight Pole Operated theatrical lighting range is designed for educational establishments, amateur theatres, conference auditor

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UK - Released at the ABTT show are products from the new Opus 9 range of loudspeakers from Opus Audio Technologies.

Utilising Opus Audio's Pistonic Wave Integration Technology, the new Opus 9 range covers high quality reproduction loudspeakers, from the T950 with its 85 degree conical coverage and 900W of full range power, through the smaller T925 with wider coverage but slightly lower power handling, to the T900 mid/high only unit.

The T800 continues the tradition of the former PSD800T whilst the smallest conical dispersion cabinet in the range currently is the T300.

Coupled with the powerful, yet lightweight sub bass cabinets ranging from the T115 through to the T218, the Opus 9 range looks set to provide a versatile series of components for touring and installation applications, says the company.

The first pair of T950 cabinets has been installed in the Spa Grand Hall i

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USA - Audinate announced the introduction of Dante Netspander at InfoComm 2011 this week.

Dante Netspander allows scalable digital A/V networks to be built without current constraints. For the first time, Dante Netspander makes it possible to deliver tightly synchronised networked audio across subnets in a Layer 3 TCP/IP routed network, says the company. In addition Dante Netspander uses Dante's zero configuration networking capabilities to enable devices in a routed network to be discovered and easily managed. Dante Netspander will be made available as a powerful software application that runs on target PC platforms specified by Audinate.

"A/V design consultants and contractors have been requesting solutions to route synchronized audio across subnets for large scale enterprise solutions such as campus-wide networks, universities, hospitals, theme parks, convention center

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UK - 10K is to launch what it believes is "the world's first real-time professional wireless Audio and DMX wireless solution "at the ABTT Show in London this week.

Featuring concurrent transmission and reception of 48kH, 16bit audio and 512 DMX channels, the tri-Wi system will find favour with companies who need to send either or both signals at distances up to, or in excess of, 2.3km using the less cluttered, registration free, 5GHz band, says the company. Additionally, by employing Open SSL encryption to offer secure, tap proof transmission, the tri-Wi system allows users to improve signal security as well as save costs when compared to cable solutions.

The tri-Wi system comprises of two main components, the tri-Wi transmitter and the tri-Wi receiver [Rx]. An optional Repeater unit is available where greater distances are required. The Tx unit features a pair of th

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USA - A short but breathtaking drive from trendy Aspen, St. Benedict's Monastery reflects the natural serenity of its majestic surroundings. Nestled in a valley on several thousand acres in western Colorado's Elk Mountains, it offers spectacular views of nearby Mt. Sopris' twin summits. It is an idyllic environment for the Benedictine monks who mix their daily meditation and prayer with the running of a working ranch and bakery. The monks also operate the architecturally renowned Retreat House and Hermitages, hosting personal and group retreats, conducting daily liturgical services, and occasionally welcoming performances by world famous musicians from nearby Aspen.

Built in 1958, the Monastery's main chapel is simple but elegant, its rustic red brick walls accented by a quarry tile floor and barrel-vaulted, pine-beamed arched ceilings that soar to 32ft at their peak. A single 1

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USA - Following a period of rapid growth since its appointment as a distributor of Global Truss products in the USA, California-based GLP (German Light Products) US Inc has now announced that it has been appointed as the sole and exclusive distributor of Global Truss products for the US and Canadian markets.

Global Truss is an established manufacturer of trussing, support systems and clamp accessories. All products are approved to the stringent TÜV standard. "GLP German Light Products Inc have shown the utmost level of commitment to the Global Truss range since becoming a distributor, and hold a large stock inventory at its California head office. Offering immediate delivery, competitive pricing and outstanding customer service, the company is extremely gratified that it has been awarded exclusive distributor status," says a statement from GLP Inc.

(Lee Baldock)

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USA - Christie unveiled at InfoComm 2011 the newest members of its MicroTiles solutions family, the Christie i-Kit touch interactivity kit, powered by Baanto ShadowSense, and the Christie JumpStart software and media server.

The Christie i-Kit, billed as "a breakthrough multi-touch interactivity kit suitable for large format displays", attaches to the perimeter of any large arrayed display up to 16 x 6, including Christie MicroTiles, allowing multiple users to interact simultaneously with a rectangular video wall with sufficient resolution and speed to support finger-based gestures.

Easy to install and operate, the Christie JumpStart is an affordable and high performance front-end content solution suitable for delivering informative and attractive content to 5-10 megapixel tiled digital displays such as Christie MicroTiles.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Orbital Sound is highlighting a line-up of new products from its extensive portfolio of international brands at ABTT 2011 in London this week.

On display is the new two-channel HME DX210 digital intercom system, as well as intercom systems from Clear-Com, with the brand now exclusively distributed in the UK by Orbital and being shown on its stand for the first time. From Zaxcom, Orbital is demonstrating the company's third-generation TRX900LT digital wireless transmitter, complete with new user-selectable filters that emulate a more traditional analogue sound when required, without losing all the benefits of digital transmission and clarity.

Orbital is also highlighting the extensive T-Series line arrays from d&b audiotechnik, as an authorised sales and installation partner, together with the new White Range product lines.

Added to these curtain-raisers is the newly reb

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Czech Republic - Metropole Zli?ín is a fashion and entertainment complex, nine kilometres west of Prague city centre. It includes a cinema with 10 modern movie theatres, equipped with high quality sound systems, one of the most modern bowling alleys in the Czech Republic, plus clubs, bars and restaurants.

The fountain is the heart of the Clay Paky rig. Alpha Spot HPE 300s and Alpha Wash 300s hang from the ceiling above the waterworks and illuminate them with various colours as the music changes.

The lights were installed by Art Jgs, Clay Paky distributor for the area, which also dealt with the lighting design.

(Jim Evans)

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Middle East - Recent travels by the Sennheiser ME team have seen them visit Kuwait and Qatar, to provide local support to their partners.

In Kuwait, Phil Massey, general manager of Sennheiser UK and ME, Mig Cardamone, business area manager for Middle East, Ryan Burr, business development manager for ME and Heston Saldanha, consumer channel sales manager, met up with partner aDawaliah Trading, part of Universal Holdings, to undertake a two-day training schedule.

The first day saw Ryan Burr conduct a session on installed sound, focussing on how the various products within the Sennheiser's portfolio are suited to various situations.

This included comprehensive information on the new ADN conference system, infrared simultaneous translations systems, system 2020 for both tourGUIDE and translation, as well as the fully automated guidePORT system. The group of 15 attendees drew fro

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