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UK - Suppliers to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be able to champion their involvement in last summer's sporting spectacular, after a landmark deal has been reached by the Government, British Olympic Association (BOA) and International Olympic Committee (IOC). The deal will give companies the recognition that they deserve for the part they played in the success of the London Games.

Culture Secretary Maria Miller and BOA Chairman Lord Sebastian Coe announced that the companies which helped build the Park, venues and provided goods and services for the Games will be able to actively promote their work on the London 2012 Games. The move is designed to provide a significant boost to the country's economy by helping firms land contracts and deals on the back of their

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Denmark - Just because a venue is located in a small town and prides itself on its community links and support for local artists doesn't mean that it is content with being simply average. The Godset Rock Club in Kolding, Denmark is an excellent case in point. Managing director, Christian Haugk clarifies for the uninitiated, "Although we are not a large community, the local government has been consistently supportive in our efforts to create a set of rehearsal rooms and a live venue that has quality written all over it.

"The Godset is run by an amalgam of volunteers and music organisations and provides a wonderful platform for developing grass roots talent, but our commitment to professional quality means that we have a national profile that attracts acts of international stature. Our success provides a feel good factor that politicians recognise as something of a vote

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UK - PR Lighting has produced a fully-featured, compact and light weight LED moving Spot to add to its successful XLED range. The new PR XLED 250 Spot has been designed for club and bar use.

The fixture houses a Luminus PhlatLight CBT-90-W Big Chip white LED source - designed for demanding applications that require maximum lumen density, efficiency and reliability. With a 6500K colour system, power consumption is just 120W at 220V.

Features include a colour wheel comprising eight colours (plus white) and a gobo wheel (with 11 gobos plus white). The head movement offers adjustable speed 540° (pan) and 190° (tilt), with pan, tilt, swap and invert function, auto position correction and magnetic sensor positioning.

Other features include 0-100% linearly adjustable dimmer, electronic strobe (with 0.3-20fps) and standard beam angle of 20°. Control is via DMX512 (11 cha

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UK - Crestron UK has announced expansion in Scotland with two new appointments; Alistair Kelly as commercial account manager and Peter Brown as business development manager. They will be key members of Crestron's expanding UK team, based in Scotland.

As commercial account manager Kelly will be supporting reseller partners and training programmes, and provide end users with a dedicated solution for their commercial needs. He joins Crestron with a good knowledge of its products and solutions, having worked for over five years at an AV conferencing distributor. He says "I am looking forward to joining a market leader and such a forward thinking company. In my previous role I was in the AV industry dealing with products for a distributer, so I have a good knowledge of Crestron's solutions and the market. I am looking forward to extending upon this knowledge and developing it fu

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Cultural Affairs - The submission process to find the UK's second City of Culture in 2017 has been launched by arts minister Ed Vaizey. The announcement came just days after Derry-Londonderry officially began its year-long celebrations as the inaugural UK City of Culture and sets out the timescale for submission of bids from cities interested in participating. Vaizey said, "The UK City of Culture is a prestigious title that is a vehicle for encouraging economic growth along with highlighting the very best of the country's cultural talent. Derry-Londonderry are already making the most of the opportunities being UK City of Culture brings and I would urge other local authorities and partnerships across the length and breadth of the UK to consider putting themselves forward."

Those interested in submitting bids to be UK City of Culture 2017 are being asked to register with

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The Netherlands - Crestron will introduce the European market to its Integrated by Design solutions in Amsterdam during ISE 2013. Crestron solutions enable global monitoring, management and control of AV, energy, voice & data, lighting, security, room scheduling, and HVAC on a single platform to maximise energy savings, lower operational costs and increase productivity. ISE attendees will have the opportunity to experience the fully-functional integrated building environment live at the show.

"No one is building schools, hospitals, hotels or office spaces that aren't energy efficient, networked and digital," says Robin van Meeuwen, VP of sales and marketing at Crestron International. "While the various technologies and systems may be on the network, they all run separately. Our clients want and expect all systems on the network to work together in an intelligent w

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Israel/USA - Continuing its strategy of delivering creative AV Signal Management solutions to customers around the world, Kramer Electronics reports that it has entered into a licence agreement with ComQi.

Kramer Electronics is a leading manufacturer of high-quality analogue and digital audio, video and computer signal management products for the ProAV industry. ComQi (formed from the merger of Minicom Digital Signage and EnQii) is a leading digital in-venue media management company.

The agreement provides Kramer Electronics with exclusive manufacturing, sales and marketing rights for ComQi's (MiniCom Digital Signage) media distribution products, and allows Kramer to provide an end-to-end digital media solution encompassing media distribution, network management, content management and proof-of-performance, on various digital signage platforms, such as mobile web and computer

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UK - Back in 2002, lighting designer Richard Williamson and Peter Kirkup (a student at the time, now VP of entertainment at LumenRadio) had the idea of setting up an online forum to discuss life and work backstage. On 29 January 2003 The Blue Room technical forums were born.

From small beginnings it has grown to become a huge resource to technicians all over the world, receiving well over 5m million hits per month from over 70,000 unique monthly visitors. Members have contributed over 450,000 posts to the site over the 10 years, with over 19,000 members using the site from across the industry.

The Blue Room technical forums are very pleased to be celebrating this landmark

birthday and hope for many more years of support, advice and friendship to come. Peter Kirkup commented, "Richard and I would like to thank all of the users for making us a huge success. We look forwar

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India - A Milos MR5 roof system was recently used for a high profile open-air concert by Oscar award winning Indian megastar A R Rahman, staged at the YMCA Grounds in Chennai, India. Organised by popular Tamil broadcaster Jaya TV, the event was attended by 30,000 enthusiastic fans.

The multi-deck layered stage was designed by leading Bollywood set designer Varsha Jain, and this, the Milos roof system, all trussing, rigging and assorted scaffolding and structures utilised on site were supplied by Chennai based 'Men At Work Stagecraft Management Pvt Ltd'. The project was managed for them by Mankaran Singh.

The Milos roof system measured 24m wide by 18m deep with 13m of headroom. Various trusses were sub hung from its mother-grid, including six straight ones of different lengths and four circular - one at 8m, one at 4m and two 6m diameters.

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UK - A squad of Clay Paky Sharpys proved the must-have gadgets for lighting designer Nick Gray at the latest Bond film premiere party at London's iconic Tate Modern.

Gray, of London-based lighting creator Renegade, specified 24 pure-beam Sharpys to create a high impact welcome for 1600 A-list guests at the Turbine Hall party to celebrate the release of Sam Mendes's James Bond film Skyfall.

The Sharpys were positioned pointing directly toward to entrance, shooting piercing shafts of light down The Bridge at arriving guests, taking advantage of Sharpys brightness usually achievable only with far greater wattages than its 189W rating, and the fixture's ability to produce a perfectly parallel, laser-like beam with an incredible output of 59,760 lx at 20m.

"I've been a long term user of Clay Paky luminaires for these sort of shows as well as for all my Kasabian concer

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UK - At midnight on New Year's Eve, the Mayor of London's New Year's Eve Firework Display celebrated an extraordinary year for the capital. Jack Morton Worldwide, the award winning global brand experience agency, created the display for the ninth successive year. The agency engaged lighting designer, Durham Marenghi who worked with Stage Electrics to supply CRMX wireless distribution of DMX data to achieve the design. Marenghi's lighting provided an impressive visual display including a large quantity of Clay Paky and Vari-Lite fixtures, as well A&O SearchLights. Control was linked to a GPS Timecode source to provide true synchronization with the fireworks, audio playback and other production elements.

As has now become custom, Marenghi placed a moving light into each of the 32 capsules on the London Eye and once again turned to the CRMX Technology to provide the critical wirele

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Germany/Austria - Lighting designer Tino Weinhardt from Dessauer based rental company i:TECS Germany recently lit two high profile gala fundraiser events - in Munich and Vienna - for the Ronald McDonald Kinderhilfe.

Together, these raised nearly 2m Euros for the Ronald McDonald House Charities.

The events - staged at the Albert Schultz Ice Hall in Vienna and the Postpalast in Munich - were attended by a glittering guest list of leading business people, politicians, celebrities and sports personalities, and featured a wide variety of live performers.

Robe SRO and Swiss distributors Signal also contributed directly to both events, with the provision of 12 additional Robin LEDBeam 100 fixtures for both concerts.

Weinhardt's designs varied slightly to take into account the different venues, but the essence was to be as adaptable as possible to make sure that all the act

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USA - Audinate has announced the newest member of the Dante product family: Ultimo. Ultimo is a complete, fully-featured, ready-to-use Dante interface for networked audio products, integrated into a single 13 x 13mm chip. By providing an integrated, cost-effective networked audio solution over a 100Mbps Ethernet interface, Ultimo extends the benefits of Dante networking to a wide new range of audio devices.

As with Audinate's other networked products, Ultimo uses high-quality, low-jitter clocks with ±1?s time alignment between networked devices. Ultimo does not require specialised switches, and works with existing network infrastructure.

Ultimo includes well-established Dante features like automatic device discovery, plug-and-play networking, network-based firmware updates, and customization of device names and channel labels.

"The Ultimo integrated chip solution accel

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The Netherlands - Visualization expert Barco will demonstrate three new features for its ClickShare meeting room presentation system during this week's ISE trade show. Launched in September 2012 and an overwhelming success already, ClickShare will soon offer dual-display functionality, be iPad compatible and integrate audio. The new features, available from end March 2013, tie in with the ClickShare concept: they add to the system's user-friendliness and help boost meeting room productivity.

ClickShare's new dual display functionality may well be the most exciting of the new features: when two displays are connected to the ClickShare Base Unit, the latter will automatically activate 'Dual display mode' and show the content on both screens. This is especially useful for businesses with a video conferencing system: when they don't use the video conferencing mode, they can now pres

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Hong Kong - LED screen manufacturer Lighthouse Technologies has announced the launch of X3, the latest product in its indoor portfolio of large-scale LED video displays.

Boasting a stunning 3.9mm pixel pitch, X3 is Lighthouse's highest resolution LED screen to date and opens up a new world of creative possibilities for the indoor rental and staging market. X3 addresses the needs of a variety of disciplines including set and stage designers, concert touring and television shows producers and shows design specialists and is destined to become the preferred choice for the market, says the company.

Developed in conjunction with XL Video, a leading player in the AV rental and staging business, X3 combines Lighthouse's processing and a sophisticated mechanical design developed by XL Video, resulting in a unique curable and flexible joint structure that allows the screen to be shape

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The Netherlands - Magenta Research will utilise ISE 2013 (booth #11-C84) to introduce new additions to its Voyager, MultiView and HD-One core product ranges as part of a complete, end-to-end solution for fibre and UTP-based signal switching and distribution.

Magenta's fully digital Voyager Series of fibre-optic based products, which began shipping in 2011, extend, switch and distribute video (including HDCP protected content) and auxiliary signals digitally over fibre-optic cable.

The new Voyager 4-port core (now shipping) can serve as the heart of any transmitter or receiver and opens up an additional sphere of distribution options - use as a 1x4 distribution amplifier, as a 4x1 switch or as a daisy-chainable receiver with the ability to route signals in four different directions. The Voyager four-port core is also a key component in enabling Voyager matrix switching solution

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The Netherlands - As ISE 2013 opened its doors, organiser Integrated Systems Events has announced a further extension of its contract with Amsterdam RAI.

ISE has been located in Amsterdam for eight of its 10 years. Its previous contract with the RAI - one of the world's most successful convention venues - ran until 2016. This has now been extended for a further three years.

"Extending our contract with the RAI provides certainty for all of our event's stakeholders: associations, exhibitors, visitors and press," explains Mike Blackman, managing director, Integrated Systems Events.

"The RAI has invested heavily in infrastructure and facilities over the past two years, and this programme will continue in the future, further enhancing the venue and making it the clear choice for ISE for the foreseeable future."

ISE is also announcing changes to its dates

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UK - Prolyte Products UK has expanded its projects team with the appointment of Alex White as trainee project manager.

This development follows Prolyte Group's acquisition of Brilliant Stages in July last year, which consolidated the custom capabilities already established within its special projects division, Litestructures. As envisaged, the two entities have pooled their knowledge and experience to deliver several impressive projects over the past six months. The synergy between the companies has proven to be very successful, with further collaborative ventures already lined up for 2013.

White recently completed a Foundation Degree in Live Events Production from the industry-led training centre Backstage Academy. The graduate has already acquired some valuable experience through working on The X Factor Live Tour 2012 and the Goodwood Festival of Speed, as well as a p

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UK - From riggers and tradesmen to specialist stunt teams, Dirty Rigger's new Secutor Utility Belt has drawn much interest from end users and distributors around the world.

The new belt has been designed and engineered with comfort and versatility being paramount. The Secutor Belt features a 5-inch wide padded back, lined with specially selected foam and a breathable mesh for exceptional all-day comfort.

The belt also boasts four fully adjustable and re-positionable D-rings for securing additional attachments and a 2-inch outer belt, designed to work with all Dirty Rigger tool pouches and accessories.

Dirty Rigger's designer Steve Marshall said, "This belt has been months in the making, testing materials and construction variations to enable us to maintain the renowned Dirty Rigger quality and performance.

"From Finland and Austria all the way over to Korea, pre-

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Russia - SES Entertainment Services has appointed the Moscow based company Skyfox as its sole distributor for the region. Following a very positive meeting at PLASA, in September, the deal was finally signed in the offices of Skyfox in Moscow, to the satisfaction of both companies.

Gordon Cooper from SES commented, "We are committed to finding quality distributors in several key areas around the globe, and having Skyfox in Moscow fits perfectly with our plans. The company have a very professional approach to the market and offered SES exactly what was required in order to use and distribute our products to a growing audience in this growing marketplace. Skyfox will be exhibiting at the forthcoming Prolight + Sound NAMM show in Moscow, and will be unveiling SES to the Russian marketplace."

SES are currently in early negotiations with companies in two other key areas,

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Spain - Expanding their coverage across Europe, the Dirty Rigger team have announced a new distribution deal with Spain's CineTools.

Stocking a wide selection of Dirty Rigger's tool pouches, rigger gloves and accessories, CineTools will be a valued new addition to a trusted network of stockists around the world, says the company.

Dirty Rigger's Hannah Attfield said, "CineTools offer years of personal experience to the industry and carry this forward in their business. It gives customers great confidence and trust to know their product information and recommendations come from hands-on experience."

CineTools' Beatriz D. Muñoz said, "CineTools decided to bet heavily on the Dirty Rigger brand, a decision we very quickly became proud of. We have been working with the Le Mark Group (Dirty Rigger's parent company) for years and the export team is always aware

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