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Germany - SGM used Frankfurt's Prolight+Sound to demonstrate the growth it has experienced since coming under Peter Johansen's ownership just over a year ago.

The booth was permanently packed with visitors wanting to be among the first to witness the global launch of the new IP65-rated G-Spot, and make sure it lived up to its claim of superior optics and weather-resistant body. A constant stream of water splashing across the chassis left no-one in any doubt.

But equally important, SGM has built up a family of loyal and highly-motivated resellers during the intervening period and the company CEO was able to welcome partners from across the world to a pre-show dinner, awards presentation and distributor conference, so they were primed for action when the curtains were raised on th

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UK - West London based rental specialist, Entec Sound & Light supplied lighting equipment for a massive one off show by chart busting Hong Kong based band Big Four at London's O2 Arena, working for producers, Netherlands based Orient Touch.

Entec's team was production managed by Simon Tutchener and crew chiefed by Pete "Pepper" Schofield. The challenge was getting a substantial one off loaded in and set up and rocking in the same day ... although this is something that Entec has honed to a fine art! Soundcheck/rehearsals were scheduled for 1pm.

The Entec team - project managed by Noreen O'Riordan - worked to a lighting plot submitted by Big Four's lighting designer Lund and his assistant Boris.

The lighting rig comprised three straight trusses and two bespoke trussing constructions which flanked an upstage centre LED video screen that was supplied by XL Video.

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Germany - Martin Audio can reflect on its most successful trade show appearance ever following its participation at this year's Frankfurt Prolight+Sound Show.

Sharing its stand with German distributor Atlantic Audio the centrepiece was the global premier of the keenly-anticipated MLA Mini loudspeaker array. Partners and customers from around the world flooded the booth - all wanting to be among the first to witness this third generation deployment of Martin Audio's unique and award-winning Multi-cellular technology, following the successful launch of the original platform at the same show three years earlier.

Stated Martin Audio marketing director, James King, "The introduction of MLA in 2010, MLA Compact in 2012, and now MLA Mini at this show, represented to customers a complete offering of venue solutions. Not surprisingly, interest was overwhelming with all our distrib

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UK - The Bodyguard, the hit musical from producers Michael Harrison and David Ian, has already won Best New Musical in the 2013 Whatsonstage.com Awards. Richard Brooker, no stranger to such mammoth productions having worked on some of the industry's biggest theatrical productions, including Jesus Christ Superstar, The Sound of Music, Chess and Cabaret, took on the challenge of the show's sound design. He has once again deployed a DiGiCo SD7T digital mixing console at Front of House, with an SD824 at the monitor position, to help him meet some new challenges.

Playing at the West End's Adelphi theatre and based on the 1990s Oscar nominated film starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner, the stage adaptation of The Bodyguard is directed by Thea Sharrock and sees Heather Headley take Houston's role alongside Lloyd Owen, who plays Costner's

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UK - A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd. will be showcasing products at PLASA Focus 2013 from a selection of the leading brands which it distributes, including Chroma-Q, Jands, High End Systems, Spotlight, SGM, PixelRange, Chauvet, LedGo, Green Hippo, Christie Nitro, Soundcraft, RCF, BroadWeigh, Columbus McKinnon and many more - on stand N-E2.

Chroma-Q's new award-winning Inspire high output, RGBW colour-changing LED House Light and AutoLED II ultra-bright (16,430 lumens) daylight white LED moving head fixture will share their UK tradeshow debut at PLASA Focus 2013. Also on show from Chroma-Q are a selection of other intelligent LED lighting products including the Studio Force multi-purpose and Studio Force Phosphor broadcast-sector ranges of white LED fixtures available in daylight, tungsten and variable white, the hugely popular Color Force range of RGBA colour fixtur

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Germany - The combination of new products, expanding networks and record attendances at this year's Prolight + Sound ensured Funktion-One had an extremely busy and very positive show. Attendees flocked to the stand in Hall 8 to see the new products and to chat with the team, and to the demo room, which saw a constant rotation of enthusiastic audiences over the four days.

The BR (Bass Reflex) Range made its global debut, while the MST (Modular Stadium Technology) Horn made its second tradeshow appearance, after landing at ISE in January. As well as the official launches, the show offered Funktion-One the chance to whet appetites with previews of products that are due for release later this year. The Funktion-One demo room hosted the first public showing of the company's new flagship PSM318 DJ Monitors.

Reflecting on the show, Ann Andrews said, "Frankfurt is always a really

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UK - POLARaudio recently invited leading systems integrators and members of the press to attend two events organised to present the Behringer Eurocom range of products. The first of the events took place at the Music Group Research and Development Centre in Manchester. Set up by Music Group as a UK Centre of Excellence for developing cutting edge digital audio technology, the facility occupies 24,000 square feet and is home to many of the group's 300 UK employees. Two days later, Mercedes-Benz World at Weybridge provided a fitting backdrop for the presentation, in a similarly high-calibre environment of merit and quality.

Anchoring the proceedings was Music Group senior VP marketing, Costa Lakoumentas, whose infectious and engaging delivery was matched by his obvious genuine conviction that here was a range of products to seriously challenge the status quo. Although now operatin

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USA - In order to meet market demand for Martin Professional's M2GO lighting controller, Christie Lites has purchased no less than 200 of the compact consoles for its rental inventory.

"We were looking for the best console for everyday rental and found that the M2GO made the most sense," says Christie Lites CEO Huntly Christie. "It was the only console in its category to offer powerful onboard processing with a small footprint."

The M2GO is equipped with a fast, dual-core processor with no external computer required. Having set Martin records earlier in the year for the largest number of pre-sale orders for a lighting controller, it continues to establish itself as the lighting control choice for rental houses.

"We are extremely pleased that Christie has added the M2GO to their inventory," states Martin product manager Paul Pelletier. "It w

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UK -Stage Electrics have recently supplied the Baglan Community Church with a Roland M-300 Digital Live Mixing Console and two S-1608 Digital Snake Stage Boxes as part of a full audio, visual and lighting installation for their recently renovated multi-purpose venue in Port Talbot.

The renovation of the venue, previously a social club, which was started in August last year and is due to be completed later this month, took the building back to 'bare bones' allowing the audio installation to be designed utilising newly fitted Cat5e points. The venue is currently used primarily to host church services for the 220+ church members, but once the renovation is complete, the intention is to hire out the building to the community to use as a conference centre or hall. The audio solution therefore needed to be digital with a flexible setup to cater for a number of uses from varying live b

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Finland - Finnish rockers Sunrise Avenue used Robe LEDWash 600s and MMX Spots on their recent Big Band Theory Tour 2013 European tour which were specified by their LD, Timo Saarinen.

The 16 x LEDWash 600s and 10 MMX Spots formed the core of the lighting rig and were used for a variety of tasks and effects including washing the stage with many colours and hues, and for creating complex multi-layered effects with the MMXs.

Timo was hugely impressed with the reliability of the fixtures - which was 100% for the whole tour!

He's looking forward to using more of Robe's latest technology on upcoming festival dates this summer and also for Sunrise Avenue's ongoing touring work which is scheduled to continue into 2014.

The fixtures were supplied to the tour by Finnish rental company RMC Light & Sound based in Vantaa, who bought them from Robe's Finnish distributor, Live Nati

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UK - For the sixth year of BBC Worldwide's CBeebies on Tour, XL Events joined in the fun once again, supplying LED, camera system, playback and custom LED set elements.

The huge tour, which saw Justin Fletcher MBE bring together his favourite CBeebies characters for the very first time, was a brand new Easter egg-stravaganza!

The spectacular rock and roly-poly show, which toured UK arenas across the three week Easter school holiday, playing up to three shows per day, included Robert The Robot and Little Monster from Justin's House.

The main upstage screen was made up of XL's Lighthouse R7 LED, with five additional custom-built moveable screens on the stage constructed from Pixled FX-11.

"As always, it's a pleasure getting the team together for another CBeebies run," commented XL Events' director Rich Rowley.

"This year we changed the mix slightly in

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UK - Richard Martin Lighting supplied 30 of the MilTec Batten2s to the BBC for the main Red Nose Day broadcast.

Steve Wells, RML operations manager commented,"Comic Relief is one of those National Treasures that as a company we are always so proud to be involved in and support. For a rental company or manufacturer, high profile show such as this are an ideal opportunity to showcase their most recent products and it goes without saying, that as a company, RML will always help the lighting designer achieve their desired look. With this in mind we provided Chris Kempton with the MilTec MTC-Batten2 LED Batten, the ideal choice to match his chosen specification."

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UK - Motorised systems specialist Triple E will be demoing its recently launched wireless control for its popular TracDrive motor systems at PLASA Focus Leeds, stand RA-B14.

Triple E - which has a 30-year history of inventing engineering solutions for the entertainment industry - has constructed a mock up curtain scenery display to show off the simple plug and play Wireless TracDrive unit, which attaches to the XLR socket on all TracDrive, EDrive, and SDrive motors and enables cable-free operation.

"Many venues require additional control positions or even the ability to operate anywhere in a building or auditorium so the simple 'plug and play' wireless system with a hand held pocket size remote is the answer," says Triple E's managing director David Edelstein. "It saves time and money on routing cables and literally takes a couple of minutes to connect and set u

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Serbia - The highly-anticipated Mrs. Carter Show World Tour began last week in Belgrade, Serbia, with Beyoncé delivering a dynamic performance. Set designer, LeRoy Bennett, was at the helm of the show's visual display, which ranged from incredible light displays to performer flying and pyro effects.

Working closely with Alex Miasnikof and Malcolm Weldon, production managers for the tour, Tait combined optimized rental assets with custom elements to deliver a complete staging solution. Following opening night, Miasnikof stated, "No matter how complicated or crazy the project, Tait will come up with a solution. They have a team of great people that will support your efforts in all aspects, from paper to show; no matter where in the world it might be."

The rolling mainstage includes a flaggapault lift, retractable dance bar, band risers, duck blinds, propa

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UK - Traction Sound has announced that it will be once again running its demo room in the Arthur Conference Suite at the Holiday Inn during PLASA Focus: Leeds 2013. As the Holiday Inn is adjacent to the entrance to the event's Main Hall 2 it give's visitors the easy option of coming to hear their PLASA Innovation Award nominated SDS Range of loud speakers.

The company will also be showcasing its new BP18 Atlas sub alongside their new portable front of

house stack that wowed the PA Experience at last years' BPM show in Birmingham, says Traction.

Traction Sound's Business Development Director Jonny Goodwillie comments: "We're very much looking forward to visiting PLASA Focus 2013 as it was here two years ago that we first announced our company and technology to the world. Having the demo room is extremely important to us as we always say that our speakers should do the ta

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China / Vietnam - The Portuguese audio manufacturer brand Next -proaudio has announced the appointment of new distributors for China, Hong-Kong, Macau and Vietnam.

Real Music Acoustics & Lighting Technology has been awarded full brand representation by the Portuguese manufacturer for China, Hong-Kong and Macau and the Newstar Music and Technology Joint Stock Company for the distribution in all the market of Vietnam.

Real Music Acoustics and Newstar Music and Technology new status were confirmed during Prolight+Sound 2013 in Frankfurt by Next-proaudio CEO - Antonio Correia.

"These two distributors will be highly important for Next-proaudio and it builds on the idea of growing in the Asian professional audio market and this is a truly exciting progression that will further strengthen our support of the Next and NSound brands in these markets. it will ensures a professiona

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USA - Professional Nexus 4x4 once again makes a statement during a significant event, shining on the Outdoor Theatre stage at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, an annual music and arts festival featuring various music genres for two consecutive weekends.

Forty-eight Nexus 4x4 fixtures were placed in vertical columns equidistantly on stage and used for their pixel-mapping capabilities to accompany hip-hop group and headliner Wu-Tang Clan, and performances of Jurassic 5, Beach House band, Puscifer, Pretty Lights and Two Door Cinema Club.

"Nexus 4x4 were stacked into six columns of eight and they were built onto traveller truss so they could be slid on and off the stage," said Todd Roberts, owner of Visions Lighting, a premier lighting, staging, video and production company that provided the fixtures.

Nexus 4x4 has 16 20-watt RGB COB LEDs and is capable of del

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Indonesia - The New Wine International church in Jakarta, Indonesia, has the unusual distinction of being located on the third floor of a large shopping arcade. It is nevertheless extremely well equipped and places a big emphasis on music. Indeed, the church had planned a major Easter celebration concert which they wished to record. As a result, they turned to Innovason distributor La Mesa, who provided an Innovason Eclipse digital console equipped with the integrated M.A.R.S. 64-track digital recorder especially for the event.

"The church already has an analogue console," explained La Mesa's Didi Kartanegara, "but they felt that they would achieve better results using an Eclipse as FoH console and recorder rather than bringing in an external recorder and having to patch it to their existing console. I have to say, I agreed with them."

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UAE - Mario Bentley has joined Bosch Communications Systems as sales manager ProSound effective 15 April, 2013. In the future, Bentley will hold responsibility for Electro-Voice and Dynacord sales in the Middle East and Africa.

In the past, Bentley has successfully held various positions with Middle Eastern companies, including as project manager for Electro-Voice partner ALMOE AV Systems. "I have always been drawn to the commitment and professionalism that both Electro-Voice and its sister company Dynacord profess," explains Bentley. "This is evident from the commitment shown in the product and the faith customers have. I am excited to get involved with the two brands that I love from personal experiences and look forward to getting involved with growing the business in the Middle East and Africa."

"Mario has been residing in the UAE for more than 15

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Canada - Associate Designer for the Times of India Film Awards, Robert Sondergaard of Electric Aura, encouraged lighting designer Atul Sonpal to go with the 1000 W Martin MAC Viper Profile instead of an originally speced 1500 W fixture, a decision that Atul and Robert proved happy with.

"Given my previous experience with the Vipers on the 2012 Grey Cup, I encouraged him to try out the Vipers instead," Robert Sondergaard stated. "I was very impressed with their speed and output and I knew he would be as well."

The Vipers were hung on three set arches as well as the furthest upstage truss where they worked as top color and gobo wash onto the stage.

The MAC Viper Profile is an award-winning fixture whose 26,0000 lumens of power outperforms that of market-leading profiles in the 1200-watt range and is even finding service as an alternative to 1500-watt

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South Africa - Cape Town University's The Baxter Theatre has invested in 10 Philips Strand Lighting Wallrack Dimmer units as part of a major upgrade to its lighting facilities.

The theatre, which is the second largest performing arts complex in Cape Town (after the Artscape Theatre Centre), purchased four Philips Strand Wallrack Dimmer 24 x 2.5kW, two Philips Strand Wallrack Dimmer 6 x 5kW - 25 Amp, and four Philips Strand Wallrack Dimmer 6 x 2.5kW units from Philips Strand Lighting's South African dealer DWR Distribution.

"We chose Strand because it is a trusted name in theatre lighting," commented Patrick Curtis from The Baxter. "The linkage to Philips is a positive development, and added to that with Strand Lighting products we are assured of 100% backup from DWR."

The Philips Strand Lighting Wallrack is designed for small to medium entertainment and a

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