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UK - When Norwich Family Life Church moved into their new premises recently, they found they needed an in-house PA system to match. The church approached installation experts Moonlite Productions for guidance, and the Aylesbury-based firm had no hesitation in recommending a nine-box Tannoy VQ Live and VNET system.

"The in-house sound engineer at the church has the challenge of delivering high sound pressure levels from bands, choirs and of course preachers to quite a sizeable audience," says James Iyengar, Moonlite's managing director he says, "so his choice was Tannoy VQ Live and VNET."

Tannoy VQ Live and VNET systems are designed for installations such as churches, seminar rooms and mid-large halls because they provide a very simple single box solution whic

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The Netherlands - Christie used the occasion of 'The IBC Big Screen' theatre screenings at RAI Amsterdam to deliver the world's first mass-audience demonstration of a 3D High Frame Rate (HFR) D-Cinema system using a single projector - the Christie Solaria Series CP2230 projector - in combination with other currently-available components.

"The RealD XL Cinema System and International Datacasting's SuperFlex Pro Cinema Event Player (PCEP) are available today, along with Christie's DLP® projectors, providing cinema owners and content owners with the foundation they need to realize new revenue streams from the projection of 'alternative content' sporting and theatrical events in 3D HFR," said Dr. Don Shaw, director, product management for Christie's Entertainment Solutions division.

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UK - Over 9,000 people attended the first ever Music On The Hill festival on the weekend of 24-26 June at Kings Hill in Kent. Despite rain, over 3,000 people watched Katherine Jenkins perform with Wynne Evans on Friday, followed by the biggest crowd on Saturday for McFly and the Sugababes. Family Sunday was a great success, with performances from Stacey Solomon, Björn Again, ABC, Ben Mills and others entertaining the crowds, with hosting by Capital FM's Dave Berry.

Another outing in what has turned into a busy summer season for UK rental company Subfrantic, Music on the Hill presented some challenges in terms of less than perfect weather and some tight audio restrictions, but the company's Flex Array coped well and pleased the organisers with perfect coverage and excellent sound quality.

In what is now a favoured system configuration for the company, Subfrantic's Steve Davies

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Germany / Belgium - Berlin-based AFMG (Ahnert Feistel Media Group) reached an important milestone recently when Belgian manufacturer APart Audio became the 100th pro audio company to enter its loudspeakers into the EASE database.

"We're very proud to have reached this level of participation," said Stefan Feistel, AFMG's managing director. "EASE has become an industry standard not only because of its advanced and accurate calculation engine, but because designers can simulate and evaluate a wide range of products. With its emphasis on meeting the full range of customer requirements through continual R&D efforts, APart is the perfect company to become the 100th member of the EASE community."

For APart, the major investment in EASE data measurement is an opportunity to win additional projects. Kris Vermuyten, sales and marketing director for APart, declared &q

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Poland - Two Iconyx digitally steerable loudspeaker systems and a building-wide digital audio network have been provided for Poland's most historic building by M. Ostrowski Company, system integrator and Renkus-Heinz distributor for Poland.

Built between 1518-1619 as the residence of Sigismund III Vasa of Poland, Warsaw's Royal Castle has a rich and turbulent history. An imposing Baroque building by the river Vistula, the castle was fought over and repeatedly plundered by the Brandenburgian and Swedish armies. Having been rebuilt several times in the 18th century, it was almost completely destroyed by the Nazis in 1944.

Thirty years later, the fabric of the building had been reconstructed, and 1988 saw the entire refurbishment completed. The imposing façade, facing Castle Square, is 90m long, with Sigismund's Tower forming a magnificent centrepiece, flanked by two smaller spi

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Japan - Earlier this year the Japanese city of Fukushima became known worldwide due to the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant caused by the earthquake and tsunami.

In order to boost the moral of the population of this area, a music and arts festival called Project Fukushima has been established as is set to continue on a long-term basis. Musicians and poets who were born and raised in Fukushima gathered together for this very special occasion.

The Fukushima event and festival featured the musical artistry of Japanese greats like Otomo Yoshihide, Michiro Endo, and the award-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto.

One highlight of the event was the performance by a 300 member free-jazz 'orchestra', made up of professional and amateur musicians, all playing their hearts out to show their support for the people of Fukushima.

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India - 10 Lounge is the latest venture launched by the iconic Hyderabad pub 10 Downing Street and a proud component of the 10 Downing group. 10D, as it's affectionately known by regulars, has been a pioneer on the local pubbing scene since its initial appearance in 1989. Styled along the lines of English public houses and blended with Indian hospitality, 10D's signature is one of welcoming ambience, sophisticated interiors and friendly service.

Turbosound's Indian distributor Narain Proaudio Lighting Pvt Ltd was once again called upon to design and install a high-end Turbosound system of TCS Contracting loudspeakers at 10 Lounge. Narain has already completed four venues for the popular club chain in Raipur, Jabalpur, Bhopal, and now at 10 Lounge at Secunderabad, making a significant mark on the party circuit.

The most recent 10 Lounge venture is a more up-market nightclub, ai

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South Africa - Electrosonic SA reports the addition of Renier Smit to the Johannesburg lighting sales team. With the demand for our lighting products getting larger all the time Electrosonic had to increase their sales team in order to continue to provide the level of service our customers are used too, says the company.

Smit comes with a wealth of entertainment lighting and rigging sales experience, having spent the last six years at AC Entertainment in the UK. He was responsible for export sales to the Middle East, Europe and Africa.

"What's great about Renier is that he already has relationships with South African clients, did not need any product training and literally was quoting on his first day in the office "says Bruce Schwartz lighting division manager.

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UK - A lighting designer and programmer from Tel Aviv, Israel has been named the winner of Clay Paky's Win-a-Sharpy competition at the recent PLASA show in London.

Alon Cohen, 41, said it was a "huge surprise" to hear his name called out over the public address system at the Earls Court exhibition.

"I was so happy, I couldn't believe it. I thought someone was having a laugh," said Cohen who was one of almost 2000 PLASA attendees to try their luck at winning a Sharpy by playing a pair of specially customized slot machines at the Clay Paky stand.

The vintage machines had been carefully restored by Clay Paky president Pasquale Quadri, a long-time collector and slot machine enthusiast.

Alon Cohen was at PLASA in his new role as product manager for lighting console maker Compulite Systems. "It was almost not to be," said Cohen. "I've only been

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Turkey - Stageco provided the festival stages for Rock'n Coke and the Fanta Youth Festival in Istanbul this summer.

Rock'n Coke took place on 16-17 July at Hezarfen Airfield. The popular festival, which has been running since 2003, attracts major international artists which this year included Limp Bizkit, Motorhead, Moby, Travis, Paolo Nutini and Skunk Anansie.

An audience of over 50,000 people attended, with the main stage capacity catering for 25,000 fans at any one time. Stageco provided its 18m by 14.5m Boogdak stage system, incorporating two PA wings with in-built video screens.

Uluc Dundar, production director at Rock'n Coke, said, "The Boogdak roof provides perfect clearance and width of performance area for the artists. The PA wings adds to the quality of the artist's performances and helps to make the festival a big event in our territory.

"We have used

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USA - On 28 August, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum welcomed back the Latino Heritage Festival, an annual event that celebrates the rich Hispanic culture and its musical traditions. Held on the outside plaza of the Rock Hall, the event featured performances by Hector Tricoche, Sammy De Leon y su Orquesta, the Latin Soul Ballroom Dance Company, the Julia De Burgos' Explosion Divina Dance Troupe, Zumba instructors, and others. The sound system featured Aero 12A line array enclosures from D.A.S. Audio.

Cleveland-based Vertical Sound, a sound services firm with a focus on the special events market, was contracted to provide sound services for this year's festival. Richard Masarik, owner/operator and one of the firm's chief engineers, commented on the project and his decision to deploy the D.A.S. Aero 12A line array system.

"The plaza outside the Rock Hall spans an a

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Qatar - Two soccer stadiums in Qatar have each been equipped with custom designed Renkus-Heinz IC Live digitally beam steerable PA systems, configured to deliver music, safety announcements and match commentary in the largely roofless venues, which are owned by the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC).

The multi-purpose stadium in Al-Rayyan, Qatar, home to the Al-Rayyan and Al-Kharitiyath sports clubs, and the near-identical Al-Gharafa stadium, seat around 25,000 apiece. Both are largely open-air apart from VIP grandstands, and in a country where summertime temperatures can hit 40°C/104°F, the term "bleacher" means exactly what it says.

They are the latest in a series of high profile Renkus-Heinz beam steering installations in the Middle East, two other recent prestigious projects being the Qatar Royal Mosque and the Dubai Swim Stadium.

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Saudi Arabia - Allen & Heath mixing consoles have been installed throughout the new Princess Noura bint AbdulRahman University for Women in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Supplied by CAP France BAT with the support of Allen & Heath distributor PAXT Pro Audio Engineering, the audio installation encompasses the University's Convention Centre including a 2800 capacity theatre, a smaller 1400 capacity theatre, a rehearsal/multi-purpose theatre, and ten seminar rooms.

The University was officially opened by Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah less than three years after laying the first foundation stone. The major building project covers 8m square metres, and includes administration buildings, 13 faculties, a 700-bed student hospital, laboratories, research centres and a residential area including accommodation for students and staff. The capacity of the university is around 26,000 students.

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UK - Canford announced at PLASA that they are to exclusively distribute the MA2 series of Inter-M mixer amps in the UK. The MA series provides a cost effective solution for zoned PA in smaller installations such as houses of worship, retail, education etc. There are three models each featuring six inputs and five zones and both a single low-impedance and 100V line outputs. The units are all mono and rated at 60W, 120W and 240W respectively.

Despite the relatively low cost, each of the models in the MA series is well equipped. Facilities include input signal indicators, an output level meter, a graphic equaliser, announcement chime, siren and VCA remote control of volume using just a standard potentiometer. There are also external mute and chime controls.

The level of inputs three to six are controlled by the priority control volume when inputs one and two, or the chime or sire

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UK - At PLASA 2011, Coemar presented Reflection LEDko, its new range of LED profilers complete with accessories and optics that make it "the ideal tool for TV studios and installations of every type".

Reflection LEDko is especially suitable in segments of the lighting market particularly attentive to innovation, and which are sensitive to the need for energy savings and reduced maintenance - the real strengths of the Reflection LEDko range, says the company.

Reflection LEDko is a further step in the Coemar strategy: after winning the Award for Innovation at the 2010 Plasa Show in London with its Reflection technology, Coemar now aims to revolutionise the profiler market.

The Reflection LEDko range offers three models - Full Spectrum, VariWhite 3000/7000 K and White 3200 K with interchangeable optics, and Soft Profile with Fresnel or PC lens and Profile Zoom 28°

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UK - PLASA Media has learned the sad news of the death of veteran live sound engineer Moray McMillin. Moray, a concert touring veteran and most recently EAW's Application Support Group Representative for the EMEA region, passed away after a long battle with cancer. He was 58.

Moray worked with many of rock's greatest acts over the past three decades, including Black Sabbath, Saxon, Ozzy Osbourne's solo outings, Motorhead, Dio, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Whitesnake - culminating in a 10-year spell as Deep Purple's front-of-house engineer.

An advocate of line array technology, Moray became one of the first certified V-DOSC engineers in the UK, and later, through the company's links with Deep Purple, he assisted German manufacturer HK Audio in the development of its COHEDRA system. Moray took the decision to leave his life on the road in 2004 and took a sales role with the HK

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UK - Hundreds of lighting professionals gathered at the fourth Knight of Illumination Awards in London on 11 September to celebrate the work of lighting designers working in the UK.

Organised by The Society of Television & Lighting Design (STLD), The Association of Lighting Designers (ALD) and Clay Paky, the Knight of Illumination Awards provide public recognition for outstanding achievements in touring, television and theatre lighting design, and forge closer ties between designers and the industry as a whole.

This year's winners included Simon Butcher, for the television drama Casualty, Roger Williams for the variety series Tonight's the Night, Matt Carter for the morning talk show ITV Daybreak, Al Gurdon for the Super Bowl Halftime Show, Michael Straun for the Glasvegas tour, Nick Whitehouse for the last Kylie tour, Jamie Thompson for The Script'

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UK - Leading international agents and promoters John Giddings of Solo/Isle of Wight Festival, Stuart Galbraith of Kilimanjaro Live and Rob Hallett of AEG Live will be among the speakers at the LIVE UK Summit, set for 5-6 October in London.

Other speakers will include Free Trade Agency boss Paul Boswell, HMV/MAMA Group's Daryl Robinson and Academy Music Group's Carl Bathgate.

One particularly lively part of the conference programme will undoubtedly be the ticketing session, Selling The Show, following eBay-owned US resale giant StubHub's announcement that it's about to enter the UK, and the surprise takeover of See Tickets by French media conglomerate Vivendi.

"StubHub's arrival will significantly increase activity in the resale sector, especially in the battle for hearts and minds, and general endorsement of the concept," says Summit producer and Audience managing

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UK - LumenRadio enjoyed a very successful PLASA Show in London with exceptionally positive customer response to powerful new CRMX products, a new catalogue with extensive case presentations, and a dozen new OEM partnerships.

SuperNova 2.0 with CRMX Unity had its debut at the show and garnered much interest from a steady stream of visitors to LumenRadio's constantly busy booth. CMRX Unity extends SuperNova's RDM capabilities to wired networks and offers a unified technology and user-interface for systems that utilize a combination of wired and wireless DMX/RDM signal distribution. CRMC Unity also received a nomination for the prestigious PLASA Innovation Awards - a third nomination for LumenRadio that have resulted in two consecutive awards.

The new catalogue released at the show chronicles a broad spectrum of new installations and projects showcasing the versatility and perfor

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USA - Audinate has entered into a distribution agreement with Digicustics S.R.L., to support the South American market. Under the agreement, Digicustics will act as an authorized distributor and engineering partner for all of South America. Digicustics will actively work with AV OEMs in South America to integrate Audinate's patented Dante media networking technology.

Digicustics S.R.L., created five years ago by Sebastian Wenger and Martin Gutierrez, offers consulting, design, systems integration and engineering services for the install and live sound markets. Based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the company is oriented to all segments of these markets with coverage throughout South America.

"By establishing this new relationship with Audinate, we are confident that we will be able to provide our customers a whole new era of solutions for audio and media transport," com

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USA - Audio-Technica has announced two appointments to its Latin American sales team. Mary Eisaman has been named sales and marketing manager for Latin America. She will be responsible for all countries in Central and South America except for Brazil. Alexandre (Alex) Algranti has been named sales and marketing director for Brazil. The announcement was made by Audio-Technica US president and CEO Philip Cajka.

Mary Eisaman joined Audio-Technica in 2008, and has served the company since then in a variety of roles, most recently as sales support manager.

Alex Algranti's previous positions have included sales and marketing responsibilities for Latin America and Brazil for Beyerdynamic and Sennheiser respectively.

Cajka stated, "Audio-Technica is strongly committed to meeting the needs of Latin America. I am confident that Alex Algranti and Mary Eisaman will help us continue

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