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UK - ShowTex is sponsoring the 2012 TPI Awards which take place in London on 13 February. 2012 marks the second year in a row that ShowTex will sponsor this annual gathering.

The awards ceremony, hosted this year by BBC 6 Music's Stuart Maconie & BBC 5 Live's Danny Baker promises to be an entertaining show honouring the hard work of companies represented in the 30 award categories as well as a great opportunity to network in a relaxed atmosphere with some of the best in the industry.

Sponsoring the awards is also a fun and easy way to support the live production industry that ShowTex is an integral part of, says the company. The drape, tracks, and motion systems specialist supplied custom manufactured stage curtains and one of a kind flameproof fabric constructions over the past

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UK / USA - By Design Day, the annual fundraising day for Light Relief in the UK and Behind the Scenes in the US and Canada, takes place this year on Tuesday 24 April on both sides of the Atlantic.

The main fundraising event for these charities, By Design Day focuses attention on the various ways that individuals can support the two organisations that are dedicated solely to helping entertainment technology professionals in need. Many make personal donations, some hold collections at their places of work and often designers support the day by voluntarily giving a day's royalties to one or both of these charities. Light Relief assists those involved in the UK lighting industry while Behind the Scenes aids professionals based in the US and Canada working in any area of the entertainment technology industry.

By Design Day 2012 has the full backing of a host of award-winning design

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Denmark - The Danish arm of KPMG, a worldwide accounting and consulting firm, makes a bold statement through its new 33,000sq.m headquarters building in Copenhagen designed by architects 3XN. As part of the building architecture characterised by three interlocking polygons, KPMG's auditorium features a virtually invisible system of Meyer Sound MM-4XP miniature self-powered loudspeakers to ensure intelligibility for company presentations.

"It was a challenging room because the architects did not want any loudspeakers visible, not even colour-matched ceiling grilles," states Anders Jørgensen of Kastrup, Denmark-based Stouenborg, the firm responsible for the A/V systems. "The only place allowed for speakers was in angled lighting slots built into the ceiling design. And the only systems available that could provide the power and clarity we needed inside that s

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Canada - grandMA2 has proved to be a good bet for Casino Rama, Ontario's only First Nations commercial casino, which stages 150 shows a year featuring top names in music and comedy. First Nations is a term that collectively refers to various Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis. Casino Rama invested in a grandMA2 full-size late last year, and it has quickly become their "console of choice," reports lighting designer and programmer Derek Noble.

"Casino Rama purchased a grandMA2 full-size because of the size of the shows they attract," says Andrew Beck, senior account executive with PRG Canada who sold the system. "They have an extensive amount of equipment, including all their own lighting and rigs, and many acts request a grandMA. They've had a grandMA full-size for a while but in the interest of keeping their facility as c

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UK - Events crewing firm Gallowglass has entered into a joint venture with Kirsten Henson, managing director of KLH Sustainability. A new company, Gallowglass Sustainability, has been launched to assist clients, suppliers and contractors in making cost savings and improving public relations through events planned with environmental and social considerations.

Gallowglass managing director Nick Grecian said, "Clients such as the BBC and Eve Trakway have already pledged to embed sustainability throughout their organisations' working practices, and we are committed to sharing their values. As a company, we have already achieved BS8901 and ISO14001, but we need to take this to the next level. Kirsten Henson is ideally-placed to ensure that sustainability policies convert into practical reality throughout the supply chain."

Kirsten Henson has been providing consultancy in

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UK - With their new album Mylo Xyloto having already hit the number one spot in 19 countries, Coldplay are promoting it with live dates through 2012. Hire company Wigwam Acoustics is providing a DiGiCo SD7 mixing system and three XTA DP548 processors, which have been specified as part of the sound system.

Unlike many bands, Coldplay aren't playing a conventional 'tour'. While there are strings of dates arranged, the band is apt to play one or two dates at different places in the world at comparatively short notice. As a result, a close relationship with their audio supplier, Wigwam, is vital to the smooth planning and execution of the shows.

"It's fairly fast and furious with Coldplay at the moment, they jet off here there and everywhere," says Wigwam's Alex Hadjigeorgiou. "They do a pretty good job of moving their kit around, but they do get to the point

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UK - POLARaudio in conjunction with Stage Audio Services recently provided the trackside sound for the Top Gear Live Expo at the Birmingham NEC and London's Excel.

Hire company Stage Audio Services were commissioned to provide the on track audio for the popular event, held in November last year. Top Gear Live developed an indoor track extravaganza in partnership with Group Lotus Motorsport, designers of the original Top Gear test-track. The tracks were the central feature of the all-new Top Gear Live event at NEC Birmingham and ExCeL London and were configured to enable all manner of driving disciplines during a full programme of incredible action.

The Renkus Heinz IC Live series was chosen for the event and took centre stage around the track. Eight IC Live R with IC215S-R subwoofers were positioned in front of the audience area.

Mark Bromfield, business develo

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Bali - Requiring a modern conference system, the Holiday Inn Resort Baruna Bali has chosen Bosch conferencing technology for its banquet hall and its five conferencing rooms which can accommodate up to 350 people. For the luxurious five-star hotel located directly on the picturesque waterfront, both aesthetics and top quality standards play an important role. The building management chose the Digital Congress Network (DCN) Wireless Discussion System by Bosch.

The DCN system enables stable and secure communication, has capacity for interpretation in ten languages and is immune to mobile phone interference. It also suits the hotel's preference for stand-alone integrated systems for different, flexible conference room set-ups.

PT.Multi Sistem Komunikasi and Smart Technic, two local system integrator partners of Bosch Security Systems, consulted the client onsite and set up the de

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Norway - W-DMX by Wireless Solution Sweden is currently being used for a rigorous show schedule at the Oslo Opera House, home to the Norwegian National Opera and Ballet and considered one of the landmark modern buildings in Oslo.

Director Stefan Herheim has taken on the challenge of staging La Bohème in a modern-day interpretation of Puccini's masterpiece and the most performed opera production ever in Norway.

The technical crew at the Oslo Opera House currently has a total of 24 W-DMX G4 units that they use on a regular basis. They are currently rotating the operas La Bohème and Giselle.

Lighting technician Audun Bull-Hanssen explains, "On La Bohème we use an F-1 G4 transmitter and six receivers for 5000W and 2500W HMI DMX dowser and scroller, plus it's used for the star wall. For Giselle we use an F-1 G4 transmitter and six receiv

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Denmark - Philips Selecon and Strand Lighting has appointed Gobo - Highlight A/S as its new distributor for Demark. Gobo - Highlight A/S, which has a main office and warehouse in Copenhagen and a sales and administration office in Aarhus, is well respected in the region for its sales and projects in the theatre, television, architectural and rental markets.

Bob Roos, himself recently appointed as Philips entertainment brands' key account manager for Scandinavia and Benelux comments, "Philips Selecon and Strand Lighting is delighted to welcome Gobo - Highlight A/S as an authorized dealer for Denmark. The company is renowned for the top class service it provides in supplying entertainment technology equipment to rental companies, theatres, venues, architectural installations and television production companies.

"It's also well respected for its participation in public

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UK - Innovation Productions and Merging Technologies, eMerging UK have announced a joint demonstration day in order to showcase the new Ovation 3.0 show control and playout software and Yamaha, Martin Audio and Sennheiser Products.

Merging Technologies has over 20 years' of experience in building complex mix engines and audio DSP to the broadcast and music world. "In that time they have developed and built some of the world's most advanced and powerful mix engines and audio systems, for applications ranging from theatre playout, live events, fixed installations, exhibitions and much more. Sequencer and Controller is the ultimate choice when performance and quality is a necessity," says the company.

Ovation 3.0's features include: support for different file types: WAV, MP3, AAC, FLAC; Optional hardware control with theatre-style 'go' button; Full integration with Pyra

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UK - In a new initiative to introduce the latest MA Lighting and Clay Paky products to their customers in a 'hands on' environment, Ambersphere Solutions have announced a series of regional showcases in performance venues throughout the UK.

The first of these will take place in the Brighton Pavilion Theatre on Wednesday 29 February from 11am - 4pm.

Philip Norfolk, sales director for Ambersphere Solutions, says: "This is an opportunity for us to take to the road with the latest additions to our product portfolio from our partners Clay Paky and MA Lighting. By going to where our customers are, we are offering them the chance to see the products in a real venue environment and on a handy, localised basis. It will also be a chance for those who may not currently source Clay Paky and MA Lighting kit to drop into the local venue to see what Ambersphere has to offer".

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Canada The Rose Theatre in Brampton, built in 2006 in the very centre of the city, is a confident combination of glass and brick that boldly reflects the city's pride in itself.

The new theatre came equipped with a new loudspeaker system but, as Trevor Nash, technical co-ordinator explains, all was not rosy in the garden. "Plans on paper don't always successfully translate into real world situations. There were coverage issues in several areas of the auditorium. Although adding ground stacked subwoofers and two-way cabinets provided some acoustic improvement, sightlines were compromised as a result."

Nash had worked with a rented d&b audiotechnik loudspeaker system from APEX Sound and Lighton Jesse Cook's Canadian tour in 2010 and was in no doubt it would be the right choice for The Rose.

"Having mixed on just about every type of speaker system around the worl

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UK - A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) will be featuring new broadcast lighting innovations from Chroma-Q, Mole Richardson, Manfrotto, Avenger and Gekko Technology at the BVE South Show at Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, UK, on 14-16 February (Stand K24).

AC-ET's stand will be exhibiting the leading brands that it distributes to these sectors. It will also highlight services like AC-ET's Cable Express, which is among the most comprehensive custom cable assembly facilities in the industry, with instant access to massive stocks of cables and connectors and super-quick turnaround times.

AC-ET is the exclusive UK dealer for the Chroma-Q range of LED technologies and will be showcasing the latest Chroma-Q Studio Force daylight (D) and variable (V) white light sources.

Mole Richardson has a long history dating back to 1927, as a premium equipment manufacturer in the f

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UK - BBC Northern Ireland has upgraded its dubbing studios with another Yamaha DM2000digital mixing console, adding considerable flexibility to the facility.

Broadcasting House, Belfast, features two dubbing areas - Dub1 and Dub2 - which have respectively featured Yamaha DM2000 and 02R96 digital consoles for the past five years.

With the facility working on ever-more complex productions, Dub2 has now been upgraded with a DM2000 to match the facilities in Dub1, with Yamaha Studio Manager used to exchange mixes between the areas.

The new console was supplied by Aylesbury-based specialist Aspen Media, which has a long track record in supplying high quality technical systems to national and international broadcasters.

"Supplying a second DM2000 was the ideal solution, as the BBC staff had a lot of experience with the existing two Yamaha consoles and it means both dubbing

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UK - Allen & Heath has released new firmware V1.12 for the Xone:DB4 digital DJ FX mixer, with many enhancements and new features, including a rotary mixer mode, revised gain structure, new effects architecture, new FX types, and the addition of X:Link functionality to connect other compatible Xone products.

New effects types have been added, including a Masif-Q DLY FX, BitBash-2 DMG FX, and new Classic/KillSend/Send FX modes. The revised gain structure provides better signal level alignment between analogue and digital inputs, and the effects architecture now allows the tails of reverbs and delays to continue in the mix when the Wet/Dry control is turned back to Dry.

There is now the option to switch to rotary mixer mode, which swaps the functionality of the channel fader controls and the FX Wet/Dry knob. The added X:Link functionality allows the user to connect compatible Xon

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USA - Elation Flex Pixel WP, a 3m (10') tri-colour SMD LED flexible tape with pixel control and a water resistant covering. Each tape features 72 tri-colour (red, green, blue) LED pixels, spaced 40 mm (1.6") centres. You can cut and extend the tape every 100mm (4") to fit a wide variety of design applications, says the company.

A variety of mounting options opens more creative possibilities to designers when using Flex Pixel WP. You can mount the tape on just about any surface using the optional Flex IP Clip kit, or simply use double stick 3M adhesive tape or Velcro (sold separately).

Flex Pixel WP can be driven by the Flex Pixel Driver 1, a dedicated DMX driver for up to 144 pixels (two tapes) and up to 432 DMX channels of control. The compact size makes it easy to conceal and mount the driver anywhere.

Another option is to run the tape remotely using the Flex Pix

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UK - MilTec (UK) Ltd started the new year by exhibiting at ISE in Amsterdam. Items on display included lightweight multi-channel amplifiers, signal processing and mixing products from the MT Audio range.

The LEDHead LED lighting products included the LED Batten2, fitted with 18 x 8W quadcolour LEDs and LED tapes with tricolour and white LED options.

Directors David Faulkes and Graham Gosden were at the show looking to increase their overseas distributor network. "This was a very successful first show for us," said David Faulkes. "We have picked up a number of companies from different parts of the world looking to distribute our range of UK designed audio and lighting products. However, we still have work to do, finding distributors to complete the network."

Based in Kent, England, MilTec is responsible for the design and manufacture of LEDHead LED Lightin

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Germany - The Westfalenhallen exhibition centre in Dortmund boasts a well-earned reputation as a multi-purpose exhibition hall. From 6-8 January, die-hard motocross fans from across Europe descended on the Westfalenhallen for the 29th edition of the ADAC Supercross to see the Who's Who in the global motocross scene come together, as teams from around Germany and Europe took part in a variety of different categories and races.

Venue specifications, as well as the direction of the action, meant that centrally positioned LED screens were essential. The live event was broadcast onto LED screens hung in the centre of the venue to bring the experience and performance of the leading drivers even closer to the more than 9,000 spectators each day. Music clips, advertisements, statements, progress reports, greetings, and awards ceremonies were recorded and broadcast to every seat in the h

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UK - Drapes and rigging specialist Blackout provided extensive draping across five areas of ExCel for the Cisco Live! conference, 30 January - 3 February 2012.

Over 6,000 IT professionals from across the globe attended the event, with prestigious speaker sessions being staged back-to-back across the venue.

Blackout was called in by event agency George P. Johnson for the fifth year running, using drapes across the venue to create bespoke areas for the conference's popular Breakout Sessions, including the creation of three rooms in Capital Hall and a further eight in the South Hall.

The South Hall alone consisted of over eight tonnes of white voile drapes backed with black wool serge, used to create eight equal sized rooms all with a height of over 10 meters.

Chris Brain, Blackout installation director, said: "The key aim for us at Cisco Live was to create comfortable a

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USA - Members of the team from the d&b audiotechnik US office will join exhibitors at PLASA Focus Austin, showcasing new products and contributing to the show's Professional Development Programme.

At booth 326, one of the latest additions to the compact E-Series, the E4 loudspeaker will join the T10, a loudspeaker that "with a twist of the wrist encompasses both line array and point source technologies in a single package".

On Wednesday 22 February, Jason Waggoner from the Education and Application Support team will present Demystifying Audio in Room 1 from 2-3 pm. During the session, Waggoner will use demonstrations and experiments to guide his audience through the principles of acoustics, from the loudspeaker to the listener's ears. The seminar is open to all and free to attend but please arrive in pl

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