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UK - A.C. Special Projects (ACSP) Ltd. have designed, supplied and installed a custom trussing, lighting and acoustic dampening solution for the new cutting-edge 4,000sq.ft demonstration facility of leading UK pro audio and MI distributor, Sound Technology - located at their premises in Hertfordshire.

Sound Technology is the UK and Eire master distributor for high profile Harman Professional pro audio brands including JBL Professional, Soundcraft, Crown, AKG, BSS Audio, Lexicon and dbx Professional. It operates in multiple market sectors including studio & broadcast, pro live sound, commercial audio, cinema sound and music retail.

When it came to providing the demo facility solution, ACSP were an obvious choice due to their extensive experience working with leading venues and cl

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UK - Lift Turn Move has confirmed that White Light will be a UK sales distribution outlet for the LTM Entertainment-based product ranges. This is a natural evolution of company strategy, with a focus towards increasing the avenues to market for their Entertainment Products through key distribution channels within the UK.

While the LTM office will still deal with a number of its UK customer portfolio such as stage engineering companies and professional rigging companies, top tier professional distribution companies like White Light, with its established distribution network, will ensure that the products get to end users helping LTM to keep up with the increasing demand that they have been experiencing of late, says the company.

Dan Holme, director of the LTM Entertainment Division comments, "The LTM Entertainment Division has enjoyed continued growth this year with the Lo

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UK - From April 2013 Britannia Row Productions Training will be offering courses in live sound practice and theory to people seriously considering a career in live audio. There will be a three month intensive full-time 'Live Sound Technology' course covering all essential aspects of live audio production. Advanced courses will offer training to industry professionals who wish to develop their skills further in specialist areas such as mix engineering.

Since its formation in 1975 Britannia Row Productions has always been at the forefront of live audio. In the ensuing decades, touring credits include artists as varied as The Pink Floyd, The Cure, Neil Young, Frank Sinatra, Florence and the Machine, Paul Simon, Duran Duran, Kasabian and the Foo Fighters. The company has also provided audio for events such as Live8, the Golden and Diamond Jubilees, as well as TV events such as BRIT

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UAE - Palme Middle East has announced that it will host Soundcheck, a dedicated product demo area, for the first time when the show's 2013 edition opens for trading at the Dubai International Convention & Exhibition Centre on 21-23 May.

In a dynamic response to exhibitor requests for a working environment in which to showcase their new technology, organisers Informa Exhibitions have created Soundcheck, which will be located in a purpose-built (and fully air-conditioned) temporary structure in the plaza area outside the Ibis Hotel.

Announcing the move, exhibition director, Richard Brook, said, "This will provide exhibitors, especially manufacturers and distributors of audio equipment, the opportunity to present their products in a live environment alongside the show.

"Taking this feature to a purpose-built outdoor environment means there's more flexibility for exhib

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Europe - After spending more than a year touring North America, Cirque du Soleil's Michael Jackson THE IMMORTAL World Tour has finally touched down in Europe. After a run of nine shows at London's O2 Arena, this production, which fuses the King of Pop's greatest hits and Cirque's trademark acrobatic prowess, will then head into Europe for an extensive six-month stint, returning to the UK again in March 2013 for several shows in Manchester and Birmingham. For the whole tour, two DiGiCo SD7s are in control of everything audio at both FOH and monitor positions respectively.

"This isn't a typical monitoring position, but it's great, as I am in the perfect place to see the stage and the people," smiles monitor engineer, Renato Petruzziello, whose SD7 is positioned on the upper tier of London's O2, looking down on the stage, and boasting a panoramic view of the arena.

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Singapore - Henry Saravanan, founder and director of Synergy AVL Pte Ltd has been awarded with the Most Promising Entrepreneur Award by the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards 2012.

The event took place at Marina Bay Sands and was attended by business people and renowned public figures from various industries in Singapore.

The Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards (APEA) is one of the region's most prestigious awards-giving bodies which recognises and honours business leaders who have exhibited outstanding performance and persistence in the development of their businesses, says the company.

Organized by Enterprise Asia and APF Group Pte Ltd, APEA is supported by local governments and businesses. It aims to urge advancement, fair practices and expansion in the field of entrepreneurship.

"The awards judging process is meticulously screened and audited by regionally ackn

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UK - Preparations are now underway for the inaugural Edinburgh Guitar & Music Festival, the largest of its kind to be held in Scotland. The three-day festival takes place in Edinburgh's historic Corn Exchange from 25-27 May 2013 and aims to attract participants and visitors from all over the world with an extensive programme of performances, seminars and competitions, as well as a trade exhibition.

Performances will embrace a variety of genres and styles, featuring an international line-up of artists that includes acoustic guitar virtuoso Peter Finger from Germany, Italian fingerstyle guitarist Daniele Bazzani, swing jazz guitarist Anth Purdy and Scotland's jazz virtuoso Nigel Clark with many more to follow.

In the Festival's seminar programme, visitors can learn skills, tips and tricks from leading performers and practitioners. With something for every guitarist, sessions inc

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UK - Live Experience has announced its education programme for the 2013 exhibition featuring new theatres, influential speakers and interactive areas. The exhibition runs alongside sister show International Confex on 19th - 21st March at ExCeL, allowing for one education experience across two shows.

New areas for 2013 include Live Lounge which as well as hosting the final stages of the popular industry talent competition The Next Big Thing, will be a technology hub with demonstrations of the trends set to impact the industry in 2013 such as holographic technology.

As the social media phenomenon continues to grow, the Status Update theatre explores the latest innovations and trends, with a specific focus on how they can be maximised for the events industry.

The Brand Activation Bubble will cover all things experiential featuring headline speakers Liz Richardson, Director at C

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UK - Hertfordshire's Radlett Centre is smoothly gearing itself up for a busy autumn season after investing in a Unitrack system from pioneering entertainment engineers at Triple E.

The venue - which provides theatre, art and music, and kids' entertainment in affluent Radlett - upgraded to Triple E's Unitrack following seven years of using outdated standard theatre tracks.

"The tracks we were using were bolted together with small nuts and bolts making them time consuming to change and move, the bobbins tended to get jammed in the joints and the whole thing was pretty unreliable," says the Radlett Centre's Myles Robinson. "I instantly saw the benefits of the Triple E track design: quick to assemble and dismantle, quick to move the entire track using G clamps to rig it rather than fixed bolts as with our old track; the joints are less of an issue due to the sturdy

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UK - Buckinghamshire-based live event technical solutions provider, Universal Event Productions (UEP) has made a major investment in new 12 mm pitch LED screen.

UEP already stocks its own 40 mm and 18 mm LED screen products which are used extensively on a whole variety of shows, which include live events, brand experiences, corporate presentations and conferences, awards shows, concerts and live music.

UEP's Steve Butcher says, "We wanted something that offered a higher resolution but that also complimented our existing ranges, and above all something that was versatile, lightweight, quick to assemble and generally user-friendly."

The initial purchase is of 60 tiles / 30sq.m of the bespoke screen that has been specially developed for UEP.

Devon based drapes, soft goods and LED specialist S+H Technical Support has also purchased a quantity of the same 12 mm screen

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Australia - Stage Technologies has increased its Australian rentals presence substantially with two major projects. Saturday's official opening of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the Capitol Theatre in Sydney marks Stage Technologies' second rental in Australia in as many months. The company also provided an automation system on Legally Blonde, currently playing at Sydney's Lyric Theatre.

Having automated the shows in London's West End and on tour, Stage Technologies has designed rental automation systems that allow both productions to repeat the magic for Australian audiences.

Before landing in Oz, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ran at the London Palladium from April 2002 to September 2005, and was followed by tours in the UK and internationally. Stage Technologies designed a sophisticated automation and control system to cover everything from simple scenery moves an

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Russia - Set up in 1957, the Rostov State Circus, based in the southern Russian city of Rostov-na-Donu, has numerous circus troupes and shows.

Recently, they decided to illuminate one of these international programmes, Dreams of Egypt, with PR Lighting fixtures, having first started using the Chinese company's effects - supplied by Russian distributors, Asia Trade Music - in Autumn 2011.

The company's Rostislav Serishev explained that the circus owns all its own equipment - including PR Lighting discharge and LED heads. "They have been using 12 of the XL 700E and XLED590s on this show, and are so delighted with the effects that they will now be buying a further four of each," he confirmed.

The XL 700E has proved popular with customers around the world, using a 700W short arc discharge lamp, and optimising its full feature set thanks to an advanced optical pa

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UK - Forward-thinking problem solving theatre design consultancy Charcoalblue has provided full planning, technical systems design service and business planning for one of the most up to date, technically sophisticated UK training facilities for the entertainment industry.

The Charcoalblue team has used its hands on theatre and training talents to help develop The National Skills Academy (NSA) in Thurrock, Thames Gateway, which delivers industry-endorsed training for young people and professionals as well as a national centre, rehearsal and administrative space.

The £13m scheme is currently supported by more than120 leading employers working in the theatre and 'live' music industries and signifies an ambitious vision to provide world-class training for the world's greatest stages.

Charcoalblue's responsibilities included developing alternative master-planning proposals

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Denmark - Neets A/S, making AV control systems has introduced Neets EasyConnect - 'Complete AV Connectivity and Control for Your Tabletop'.

Neets EasyConnect solves one of the most common and frustrating problems encountered in AV presentations - When a guest presenter wants to connect a laptop computer, all too often the proper cables cannot be found, or they are too short, or the connection point is hidden away in a floor pocket or wall panel. Neets EasyConnect is the obvious solution.

All necessary connections are readily accessible, right on the tabletop or lectern, inside this durable metal enclosure. The standard version accommodates all five typical connections for laptop computers and most tablet-type mobile devices. A sixth cable (optional) can be included to accommodate, for example, a DVI connector, an XLR microphone, ¼" audio jack or RCA jack for composite vi

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UK - In an agreement that celebrates a melding of technology, people and shared values, Autograph Sales & Installations has announced a new collaboration with the Barbican.

Located in the heart of the City Of London and opened in 1982, the Grade II listed Barbican complex comprises a large concert hall, two theatres, a cinema, two art galleries, a library, a roof top tropical conservatory, three restaurants and numerous public foyers and spaces.

Referred to by the Guardian as 'A building where there is always something rich and strange going on', the Barbican is Europe's largest multi-arts and conference venue presenting a diverse range of art, music, theatre, dance, film and creative learning events. It is also home to the London Symphony Orchestra.

The association between Autograph Sales & Installations and the Barbican dates back some years, and includes the installation

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Taiwan - The Buddha Memorial Centreof Taiwan's Kaohsiung City is a symbol of tranquility and spiritual exploration. As a meeting place for Buddhists from around the world, the memorial centre must be prepared to host any number of events. Covering more than one thousand hectares, the Centre faces east and is built along a central axial line. It consists of a Welcoming hall, eight Chinese styled pagodas that stand for the Noble Eightfold Path, photo terrace, Bodhi square, Memorial hall, four stupas that symbolize the four noble truths and the Fo Guang Buddha.

"It is not an easy task for us to find a system that can meet our requirements, as we launch a wide variety of activities in the hall such as seminars, conferences or concerts," explains Master Miao Zhi, who works with the Memorial Centre. "The Grand Enlightenment Auditorium (GEA) alone covers around six hundr

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France - The largest MLA Compact rig to date made its French debut at the Paris Bercy recently, when a capacity 17,000 crowd attended a six-hour marathon concert, called La Nuit de l'Outremer (the Overseas Night).

This technical deployment could hardly have provided a more exacting challenge for production company Franck Sono, who have become the first French customer for the new MLA Compact Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array, by investing in a System 36.

This French Caribbean festival saw the appearance of a succession of artists highly popular in the black community, including Admiral T, Kreyol La, Akiyo, Daly, Esy Kennenga, Desiré François, Stony, Princess Lover, Jean-Marie Ragald, Tanya St Val, Jean-Marc Ferdinand, Daddy Yod, Tiwony and many others.

Since Franck Sono wanted to achieve coverage over the vast space without setting up delay points, they rigged

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Hungary - One of the largest contingents of pro audio professionals working across Eastern Europe assembled in Budapest recently for a Martin Audio MLA and MLA Compact system presentation.

Earlier this year the manufacturer had hosted a customer convention for MLA at Wembley Arena before formally launching the MLA Compact with an event at The Apollo, Hammersmith. And it was the success of these events that Martin Audio recaptured by rolling both events into a single day at the 17,000 capacity Papp László Budapest Sportaréna in Hungary for the benefit of the East European technical community.

The event was hosted by Martin Audio's territory distributors, RMS Audio, run by Tibor Kiss and Gergo Szentivanyi, and was supported by Martin Audio's top brass - headed by MD Anthony Taylor, and including Simon Bull, Jason Baird and export sales manager, Martin Kelly, who is resp

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USA - Gerriets International has announced two new flooring products: Vario Color and Vario Sparkle. Gerriets' Vario has long been beloved by dance companies and scenic and event designers for its exceptional durability and portability; it rolls up for compact storage and easy transport, then unrolls to lie perfectly flat.

With a range of 183 colours, the new Vario Color line creates a whole new spectrum of possibilities for performance, touring, exhibiting, and other applications in which a hard-wearing, portable floor is required, says the company. Vario Color is available in matte and glossy finish and was among various new products Gerriets exhibited at LDI 2012 in October.

Vario Sparkle is an eye-catching new event flooring that has glitter embedded in the surface. Sparkle is available in six variations: white with silver or gold glitter; black with silver or gold glitter

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UK - The new Dolby Atmos implants cinema into a more natural and realistic sound field - providing total immersion for the audience and transporting them into the story with a lifelike sensory experience.

Supporting this dynamic shift in audio, which reinvents the traditional surround sound methodology by offering a new 'objects based' (rather than channel) concept have been Harman JBL Professional loudspeakers, Crown Audio amplification and network technologies, which are already declaring themselves Dolby Atmos ready.

Supplied by Bell Theatre Services Ltd, Dolby Atmos solutions, consisting of multiples of Harman's JBL loudspeakers and Crown amplifiers, are already being installed at key sites in the UK with Dolby overseeing the installations.

Two of Dolby's own facilities have been equipped - Screen 1 at Royal Wootton Bassett and the Ray Dolby Theatre at the company's new

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UK - Strictly Come Dancing decamped to Wembley Arena for the second year running during Children In Need weekend. LD Mark Kenyon reports, "Having an extra two load-in days provided more time to set up, rehearse and fine tune the look for each individual dance act."

Last time round crew chief Joe Sherno and his six man team performed miracles to have all the lighting set up in under two days. This time they had an extra couple of days on site and also spent several days prepping gear at ELPs main distribution warehouse in Alconburry before load-in. Shemo worked closely with ELP project manager Barry Denison on the technical drawings and specifying a vast amount of ELP truss for the job.

"There were 850 lighting fixtures on this year's Wembley show. That's about 50 more than last time round." calculates Denison. "The main difference on this produc

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