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UK - A.C. Entertainment Technologies' lighting division will showcase the latest film, television and broadcast products from its key distributed brands at the BVE North show, Manchester Central 16-17 November.

Chroma-Q's Color Force and Studio Force LED battens and fixtures will be highlighted - specifically the new Studio Force LED range - which has been designed for TV, film, studio and touring applications as well as exhibitions, corporate events and theatre shows.

Studio Force is available in 12" (300mm), 48" (1.2m) and 72" (1.8m) versions, and the range features a choice of 6,100K CCT, daylight white (Studio Force D) and 3,000K - 6,100K CCT, variable white (Studio Force V) models - between them providing an extreme output ranging from 5,300 up to 28,000 lume

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Germany - Inspiring the science and technology professionals of the future is the purpose behind Ideen Expo, a nine day bi-annual event in Hannover which seeks to stimulate young people with a wide range of ideas for their future education and careers. The 2011 event relied on a sophisticated and powerful Yamaha / Dante digital media networking system, designed to be set up and operated very simply.

Aimed at 10-22 year olds, this year's Ideen Expo was the third time that the event had taken place. Opened by German president Christian Wulff, the 80,000m2 exhibition attracted over 310,000 people and featured a wide range of exhibits, including a several live performance stages, a fairground, numerous stalls and other interactive exhibits.

Hamburg-based Neumann & Müller supplied the event's huge technical infrastructure which, under the guidance of the company's Roger Clarke, to

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UK - EM Acoustics, recently hosted a series of demo days at the award-winning Music Bank rehearsal studios in south-east London. Deemed a "resounding success" by operations director Mike Wheeler, the event is likely to become a regular fixture on the EM Acoustics calendar.

The sessions were open to all interested parties and incorporated live demos of almost the full gamut of EM Acoustics' portfolio, from the EMS51 compact delay and fill speaker right up to the massive X3 high-Q horizontal array system launched at PL+S in Frankfurt this year. Particular attention was reserved for the all new MSE-159, described by Mike Wheeler as, "the end result of our goal to produce the finest two-way medium format loudspeaker possible".

"The whole thing was a huge success for us at every level," confirmed Wheeler. "The venue was excellent, the format worke

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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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USA - Located in Philadelphia's lively Rittenhouse Square area, the Whisper Club's debut has garnered rave reviews from local club-goers. Sixty-Five LED screens put on a spectacular light show in the club's sleek interior, while an A-List of top DJs set the tone through the club's powerful, rock-steady sound system.

Adam Freemer of Sonic Solutions LLC reports, "Nightclubs are a demanding audio environment. While their systems need high output and fidelity, durability also becomes vital. They must operate for six to eight hours per night without causing fatigue to the customers' ears over an extended time frame."

Freemer selected Community Professional Loudspeakers for the Whisper Club's sound system. He had used Community for several years in a wide range of applications, including Philadelphia's popular nightspot G.

"The owners (of Whisper Club) wanted a top

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Denmark - Loudspeaker manufacturer dBTechnologies has confirmed the appointment of Signal Audio as its new distributor in Denmark. Under the umbrella of the Matrix Group alongside Nordic Staging and Moto Audio Sales, Signal Audio covers the rental, installation, live and broadcast markets.

dBTechnologies' international sales manager Harald von Falkenstein says, "Our product range is so broad, it's important that the distributor that has a broad contact base to match. We are certainly in a good position with Signal Audio, a company which serves all areas of the market."

Morten Laulund Uldbæk, pro audio sales manager of Signal Audio, adds, "dBTechnologies has already built up a great reputation in Denmark. The Opera Digital series has proved to be immensely popular in the MI market, and both the DVA and DVX ranges have grown quickly in the realm of professional a

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USA - Elation Professional has introduced two new LED par cans - Opti RGBA and OPTI QA. The Opti RGBA is a compact yet powerful stage wash that produces "an infinite rainbow of eye-popping colours via its 36 1-watt LEDs: 10 Red, 10 Green, 10 Blue and six Amber. The Opti QA is the same case design but is powered by 18 x 5W RGBA LEDs that feature Elation's exclusive Quad-Color technology, combining red, green, blue and amber in one LED source.

Adding amber to the LED mix gives the colours a deeper, more zesty glow, making the Opti RGBA suitable choice for a wide variety of stage, theatrical, concert, video and display applications, where a warmer-toned wash is desired, says the company.

"We developed the Opti RGBA as an updated model to our popular Opti RGB with improvements for lighting pros who want the same great features but more colour range as well as power con i

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UK - West London based Entec Sound & Light celebrated 25 years of supplying lighting to cult Gothic rockers, The Mission, a remarkable achievement, and an anniversary also shared by Entec's own Adam Stevenson, who has worked both with Entec and - on and off - the band for a quarter of a century.

An incendiary gig at Brixton Academy, The Mission XXV- sold out months in advance - saw the Mission back in their original line up - all apart from the drummer, and this was followed by a club tour around Europe.

Stevenson was asked by lead singer Wayne Hussey amd manager George Allen to design a special show for Brixton, and leapt at the opportunity. "It was a real honour - the band have been such an important part of my life and I still think of them as friends and family first and employers second after all these years". He was also the only original crew member to clock t

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UK - London-based design studio United Visual Artists (UVA) have created the stage design for the latest Red Hot Chili Peppers 'I'm With You' tour. Using d3, their real-time production toolkit, UVA were able to pre-visualise moving and expanding screens, as well as to pre-sequence the show months before the tour started. d3 was then successfully integrated with the GrandMA lighting console for maximum versatility in live show control and expanded to receive tracking data from the TAIT Navigator system. d3 will continue to be used throughout the RHCP world tour.

Functioning as a 3D pre-visualiser, real-time sequencer and output tool, d3 has for the first time been successfully integrated with the GrandMA lighting console for the most flexible live show operation. During show time the GrandMA sends Art-Net commands to d3, which triggers the chosen track and specific cue, as well a

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UK - SES Entertainment Services has announced the appointment of Ben Stearn as their national sales manager. Stearn, who has been with SES since leaving school, has moved through the company and now heads up the sales team based in their Datchet head office.

Stearn will be tasked with the introduction of further sales staff and the management of the whole team, along with promotion of the company's extensive range of power distro products, introduction of new product lines and exhibition promotion.

" I am very pleased to be given this appointment and really look forward to the challenges of this demanding role, and relish the opportunity of leading the new sales team into the future," says Stearn.

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UK - A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET's rigging division, the exclusive UK distributor of Litec truss has announced the latest evolution of their most popular truss range QX30S.

The new version, named QX30AC, has been developed directly for A.C. Rigging in answer to requests from some of its most prolific customers and is a direct evolution of the most widely used truss from the manufacturer.

The primary feature of the new QX30AC is a change to the main chords of the truss, which now feature a 48.3mm outer dimension tube with a wall thickness of 3mm. Additionally, the diagonals have been changed to a 16mm x 2mm tube to keep weight down while maintaining maximum strength of the structure.

This change makes the truss even more useful as a key rental product. The thicker wall makes the truss more robust to knocks and bumps and the 48mm O.D. means the truss can be used wit

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USA - Parasol Advanced Systems of Vancouver, BC, Canada, was stopping traffic with its new KLRTM System (Kinetic Light Ring) during LDI 2011in Orlando on the Clay Paky booth, demonstrated with 12 Clay Paky Sharpys.

With its eye-catching display, Clay Paky won the LDI Booth Award for 'Most Creative Use of Light' at a ceremony on the show floor on Saturday, 29 October. The award was accepted by Clay Paky chief commercial officer Pio Nahum, who thanked Parasol for their involvement in making the Clay Paky booth the talk of the show.

Nahum says, "The Parasol system made a spectacular contribution to our booth, and is an ideal partner to our Sharpy spotlight. Apart from being unique on the market, the KLR system is standardised and completely market-ready. I feel sure that the Parasol system will be widely adopted and initiate an entirely new approach to designing with automat

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UK - Cadac Holdings has announced the departure of director of sales Bob Thomas, who is leaving to pursue personal business interests.

The professional audio and electronics industry veteran joined Cadac Electronics plc in 2005 as managing director. Charged with broadening the company's product portfolio beyond its core theatre sound market and addressing its accumulating financial difficulties, he directed R&D activity towards the exploitation of the company's renowned engineering superiority across a wider product range. At the same time he oversaw the acquisition of the company by Soundking Group Company in January 2009, resulting in the recapitalisation of the business and its R&D programme.

With the Soundking Group acquisition, Thomas was appointed general manager of Cadac Holdings and for a period also acted as interim general manager of Studiomaster which had also been

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Europe - Following the success of the first leg of the Europe and Middle East wide Vista roadshow, Jands has confirmed the next set of dates through November and December in Germany, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium and Poland.

The roadshow is designed to give everyone a chance to take a look for themselves at the next generation Vista v2 software for the Jands Vista lighting and media control range.

Events in Norway, Sweden and Switzerland have proven to be a major success, with much positive feedback received afterwards from attendees, says the company.

Jands Europe's Neil Vann says, "If you haven't taken a look at Vista v2 for yourself yet, the roadshow gives you a great opportunity to see just how fantastic it really is. We have heard back from many visitors that have expressed how impressed they are with Vista v2, as well as how they wished they had taken a look earl

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China - Leading Hong Kong based lighting rental company A-Team Plus has become the first operation in greater China to invest in Robe's new Robin MMX Spot moving lights.

This follows on from also being the first company in the region to purchase Robe's Robin 600 LEDWash fixtures at the start of the year, where their first show was the highly anticipated 2011 Hong Kong Fashion Week.

Internationally renowned lighting designer and technical director Troy Daniel had initially been reluctant to use any LED fixtures on the HKFW show at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre's Grand Hall. However he now reports, "Let's get serious, nothing beats Robe's Robin 600 LEDWash."

Fellow Australian and now Hong Kong based Luke Hall, who is production manager and lighting designer for Untitled Entertainment Asia, one of the A Team's top partners adds, "Our company prides i

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UK - Chauvet reports that season two of ITV1's television show Ant & Dec's Push the Button, showcased nearly 100 COLORado 1 Tour wash lights which were used to uplight the set.

The fixtures were specified by lighting designer Mark Kenyon and supplied by TMB, a production and services company for professionals in the entertainment production and architectural lighting industry.

The richly appointed set was a feast for the audience's eyes - both in the studio and for those at home. The woven textured walls were uplit in saturated washes by COLORado 1 Tour fixtures discreetly lining the staircases contestants descended to reach the stage.

"The COLORado 1 Tour performed amazingly well," said Mark Kenyon. "They are tremendously bright, with an even field of rich colour and convenient dimming curves for smooth uplighting. They allowed me to create a visual im

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UK - Steady growth in all its core sectors during 2011 has resulted in Paradigm Audio Visual ending the year with a short move from its Bedford base to vastly expanded facilities on a modern industrial estate.

"With over 10,000sq.ft at our disposal this gives us between two and three times the capacity we had at Swan Works," states founder and CEO Greg Jeffreys. "We are replacing the quaintness and quirkiness of a former laundry with an open plan scenario, which will enable us to build infrastructure to support the growth."

The move has largely been brought about by the increase in simulation business - which now operates as a separate division. "We needed an expanded demo and proof-of concept areas, which we now have," continues Jeffreys. "At the same time the move coincides with a substantial investment in infrastructure, such as advanced s

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UK - Stage Electrics supplied its new 20mm pixel-pitch LED curtain for Portishead's recent European tour that included two headlining slots at the I'll Be Your Mirror festival staged by All Tomorrows' Parties at Alexandra Palace, London.

Providing the central visual focus of the production, the stage-wide LED video curtain, using 100m² of panels for a screen size of 14 x 7m, showed the work of video director John Minton and video content designers As Described, an hallucinatory smorgasbord of grungy imagery and deliberately lo-fi, distorted i-mag work.

Stage Electrics was brought in by As Described, and flew the screen from four 1 ton Lodestars and 14m of Prolyte Truss, as well as supplying mains distro and a portable production unit consisting of two Analog Way Tetra-VIO scalers, preview monitors and a 32x32 Composite Matrix Switcher. For the final two IBYM shows at Alexandr

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Italy - Coemar S.p.A. has announced that the company has a new majority shareholder, Salvatore Grillo, who will immediately take up the role of sole administrator. Ten years after being acquired by the private equity fund Mezzanine Management UK Ltd (now MML Capital Partners), the company, which has a long history in the field of entertainment lighting, again has an Italian majority shareholder.

Salvatore Grillo is a 37-year old entrepreneur who, after accumulating his professional experience in a wide variety of companies in Germany and the United Kingdom, has decided to undertake a new challenge at the head of Coemar, alongside the renewed commitment of MML Capital Partners, which remain as minority shareholders.

"After nearly 15 years abroad, I'm very pleased to be able to sustain an Italian firm that is a real ambassador of the 'Made in Italy' in over 70 countries&quo

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UK - London-based AV and technical production services company Presentation Rentals (PR) supplied external building projection and sound and lighting equipment for two party areas within the Freemason's Hall in London's Covent Garden for the press launch of the latest Batman game sensation - Arkham City.

PR was working for production company Limited Edition, for whom they are a frequent supplier of technical production design and services.

Outside, across the street from the entrance of Freemason's Hall, the PR crew built a scaffolding tower, and onto this was positioned two Panasonic 10K projectors, double stacked and fitted with .8 lenses.

The venue is an imposing Art Deco building dating back to 1933, now Grade II listed inside and out, and one of the finest examples of this architecture in the UK. The throw distance was 10m and the projection area about 45ft wide,

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USA - Allen & Heath recently conducted an iLive User Certification in the Minneapolis metro are with over 40 attendees being part of the event.

The programme is based around the iLive Fixed format series and features a four-hour certification course on programming, networking and overall operation of the iLive Digital Mixing System. Attendees included, local dealers, production companies end users and consultants.

Michael Palmer, sales manager for Allen & Heath USA comments, "We have received an overwhelming response to these hands on mixing clinics. The opportunity to be able to sit users down at the system and go through the nuts and bolt of this amazingly flexible system is priceless.

"With the networking capabilities of the iLive system we have live multi-track demos connected via our new Dante card into the Master system and all other systems are receiving aud

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USA - Long before the curtains were first raised in Miami Beach's New World Centre, expectations were high that it would be a spectacular educational and performance facility, home to the New World Symphony, America's Orchestral Academy. While bringing to life its mission of becoming a destination for creativity and inspiration, the Centre also debuted as a cultural icon, introducing Pulse, a spin on the orchestral experience within a nightclub setting.

To help performers get the best monitor mixes in a hall where the acoustics are quite reverberant, Pro Sound and Video, a Miami-based company that specialises in providing high quality, technology solutions for audio, video, theatre, club and broadcast projects, equipped the New World Centre with an Aviom Pro16 personal mixing system.

Early in the New World Centre's first season, Aviom's Personal Mixers played an important role

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