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George Davies, head of cameras, Sky News, said that, given the microphones and cameras had to be used worldwide, sometimes in hostile environments, it was the equipment's physical toughness that had primarily informed the broadcaster's choice.

"Robustness and reliability come first," he explained. "Sennheiser kit is made from metal and is therefore heavy duty. It is also capable of reasonably high-powered output which is important to us, as our journalists want to do walking, talking pieces to camera and sometimes start fifty yards away."

Sky News is currently using the Sennheiser equipment in Wash

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CitySprint, with its national network of 30+ Service Centres, has also delivered J&C Joel's drapes, fabrics, tracking and stage machinery to various locations across the country.

Maxine Hickey, domestic despatch manager for J&C Joel, says: "We trust the CitySprint team to be there especially when time is of the essence. Some courier companies will fob you off with what you want to hear rather than the truth. But with CitySprint's CourierLocator technology there is total transparency; all I need to do is lo

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Avolites' will also introduce Aziz Adilkhodjaev a new member of the technical sales team. A fluent Russian speaker with a background in engineering, mobile telecoms and business administration, Adilkhodjaev's presence at the show underlines Avolites commitment to Eastern European markets, says the company.

Many of the technical support documents have been translated into Russian and Adilkhodjaev is also a media server specialist, offering integration support for the constant stream of emerging video technologies.

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The three-day training session was taught by Sherif El Barbari from L'Acoustics and was co-ordinated by Adlib's Tony Szabo. Szabo first toured the system in 1999 then took the original course in 2004 and has since worked extensively on the road with V-DOSC systems, in the process becoming a Certified V-DOSC Engineer (CVE). This also qualifies him as an assessor for other engineers working towards the next level.

The training - designed to ensure the engineers know the theory behind the DOSC systems and the best methods for optimising the gear on the road - took place over three days at Speke City Learning C

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Pozzoli reports: "I imagined the show as a metropolitan jungle: music, lighting, sound, visuals, all fighting at maximum level. I needed the best LED lighting fixtures on the market - so no doubt in my choice. I first used PixelRange products in 2005, each one for their own specific characteristics. Now they are a fundamental element in all my plots."

The 110s are aligned to the two main trusses providing key lighting for the band, whilst the 1044s are rigged behind the band in seven horizontal groups creating a distinctive graphic sign. The PixelPars are positioned under the stage focusing on the musicians - all running synchronize

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The sessions will take up an afternoon, and will cover everything a retail assistant should know - from assembling a PA for a variety of applications and budgets to actually miking up and soundchecking various types of live acts, from a lone singer/songwriter to a multi-piece band with drums and amplified guitars, basses, and keyboards. By the end of each PA School session, attendees should know everything they need to sell a live rig to a s

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At BMW Welt visitors not only experience the finest BMW automobiles first hand, they can also receive delivery of their newly purchased vehicle - a staged event worthy of music and lighting. BMW Welt also serves as an event forum and conference centre.

Since 2005, the various construction phases of BMW Welt were supervised by eventa AG in co-operation with NAT AG (Dachau) and K+B E Tech GmbH (Cham). The technical specifications of lighting designers AG Licht (Bonn), the electrical planning company Pro Elektroplan (Ottobrunn), as well as the formative specifications of Coop Himmeb(l)au (Vienna) and investor BMW AG (Munic

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As theatre practitioners in a teaching environment, school theatre staff can be in a unique and isolated situation, outside of regular theatre, but with the same intentions, products, rules and problems. The group currently has nearly 100 members from a wide range of independent and state schools, colleges and universities around the country, allowing members to share ideas and problems specific to school theatres, as well as raising awareness of school theatre work amongst fellow professionals.

The conference was organised by Paul Durose of The Leys School, Cambridge, and was hosted by Rugby Schoo

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XL's project managers were again Chris Saunders and Paul Wood. Saunders co-ordinated the cameras and control side, while Paul Wood managed the screen elements and specials. Both worked closely with the event's technical production manager Mick Kluczynski and his team from MJK Productions, lighting designer Al Gurdon, set designer Nicoline Refsing from Stufish and The Brits TV production.

The central screen measured 8.4m high and 6m wide, and the Punk Stage screen on stage left was 18m wide by 4.6m high, both screens were made from Lighthouse R16 16mm resolution LED panels.

XL also supplied two flown 20ft by 11ft r

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The company worked with show producers MJK Productions to build three separate projects, turning the blank canvas of the empty Earls Court floor into a world-class venue.

Although this is the 12th year Stageco and MJK have worked together on the Brits, the event always presents new challenges. In 2008 the venue had a split tenancy with another event, offering late access to parts of the hall, meaning much of the work had to be

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The tour of mid-sized venues such as The Sage, Gateshead, The Lowry Centre, Salford and The Colston Hall in Bristol, saw the star "dipping his toes" back into live performing, so the emphasis was very much on a lightshow which complimented the music rather than an "all guns blazing" spectacular.

"The brief from Boy George was, 'There is no brief'," says LXCo's Mark Wheatley. "We used in-house lights at most venues, supplemented by a small number of mo

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The installation - carried out by JVG Sound, Lighting & Visual - is part of a lighting upgrade being undertaken at the popular nightclub. The fixtures were all supplied to JVG by Robe's Australian distributor ULA, whose HQ is nearby on the Gold Coast.

The Cocktails & Dreams dancefloor has been completely revamped lighting wise, and now features 17 Robe ColorSpot 250E ATs, two ColorWash 250E ATs and six ColorSpot 170 ATs.

The venue was challenged for ceiling height, particularly over the raised dancefloor area explains JVG's general manager Jade Golar, so he was looking for compact and neatly sized fixtures that would not take up much space or intrude. In terms of aesthetics, he also wanted to o

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Courses are available on a wide range of subjects including rigging, sound, stage lighting, working from heights, moving lights and the ever popular pyrotechnics safety awareness. New courses for 2008 include Introduction to Sound Training, Advanced Moving Lights Training and Legislative Guide to Rigging.

Stage Electrics' training manager Sara Alarabi comments, "Our January courses sold out in record time, I think this is a clear indication that the requirement for formal, structured training within the industry is increasing. Our courses are designed as a direct result of what our customers have asked us for. They are constantly evolving driven by latest technology and le

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Kim Johansen, a consultant for the Danish DiGiCo distributors Soundware confirmed that DPA Sound Co A/S requested the three consoles; no selling of the products was required. According to Johansen, the reason DPA chose the desks again was because of the "flexibility of the DiGiCo systems, and the sound quality. DPA likes the fact that the same consoles have the ability to do theatre, corporate and music. The company also received great feedback from other users."

The desks have already been used for a number of tours with Danish bands, including those of Tina Dickow, TV-2, Big Fat Snake, Pou

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The concert's theme highlighted this summer's Beijing Olympics, is part of a world tour and featured many of China's top names including Chinese-American singer Kris Phillips, known in China as Fei Xiang, as well as British opera singer Alfie Boe. The show, which will also be visiting Toronto, New York and Los Angeles, is one of CCTV's most popular offerings, with audience figures estimated to be around 100,000,000 when it was aired the following weekend.

"The brief for this show was quite vagu

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Two training sessions will be held on the day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, each catering for up to 10 engineers. At each session, following an initial technical presentation, the 10 will be divided into two groups of five, each with access to their own Vi6, so that every attendee is assured of some properly supervised hands-on time with the console.

(Jim Evans)

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The new Viking XPRS had to be tailored for the growing customer needs that have characterised the Helsinki-Tallinn route since Estonia joined the European Union in May 2004. The emphasis was thus on providing full facilities, including a modern range of shopping and dining choices, flexible conferencing spaces and a nightclub. At the same time it needed to meet the increased requirement for passenger vehicles - 365 days of the year.

Multiple Soundweb SW9088iis DSP devices from BSS Audio were specified to create the routing flexibility.

Jouni Sironen, AV co-ordinator for Viking Line Abp, developed an archite

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The 'Split Body' twin trunks feature a new design by 5 Star, complete with integral cradles which secure the lighting fixture when packed head down in the case, keeping them completely steady during transit. Hawthorns' 17 'Super Tour' trunks were finished in their corporate navy blue laminate together with HTH screen printed identification.

Hawthorns supplied full lighting production including 140 CP Alpha Spots and their new trunks for the recent Liverpool, the Musical event, marking the official opening of the city's new venue, the Echo Arena Liverpool.

(Jim Evans)

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When it came to improving its sound reinforcement system, the church worked with AV specialists Michael Garrison Associates to install two XL8 systems in the 5,000-seat sanctuary at their new campus, a 550sq.ft octagonal space with stadium seating.

Kris Hillstrom, technical director at Christian Faith Center, described how the church is sounding better than ever: "We knew that we wanted to make a substantial investment in our new sound system. Seattle is a very music-savvy part of the world, and we all felt that, as one of the largest hou

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Stage Audio Works' CEO, Will Deysel, remarked: "It's an exciting time in the history books of Stage Audio Works; from a small business in a garage to two offices, one in Port Elizabeth and the other in Johannesburg. We are constantly making improvements in all areas in order to offer clients the best possible service and products while retaining the 'Stage Audio Works Flavour'. The future looks bright - this is the start of wonderful things."

(Jim Evans)

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For the concert's live TV and radio simulcast, as well as a live audience of 13,000, Regensdorf, Switzerland-based Habegger AG met the challenge with a robust system of Meyer Sound self-powered loudspeakers, provided by Hamburg, Germany-based Procon Multimedia AG.

System design was handled using Meyer Sound's MAPP Online Pro acoustical prediction programme. "The Hallenstadion is highly reflective, especially in the rear," says FOH sound mixer Dani Niedermann. "But we managed to design a great-sounding array with no reflection whatsoever.

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On the subject of the Middle East, the region continues to grow as a serious marketplace for our industries. Serious Stages, working with Atlantic Enterprises, saw one of their Space Roof buildings air freighted from East Midlands Airport to Saudi Arabia for a foundation stone laying ceremony to launch KAUST - the SR10 billion King Abdullah University of Science and Techno

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PALME is taking a tough stand against the copycats to support legitimate companies in the professional audio, light and AV industries whose long term investment in product development and branding is threatened by the counterfeiters.

Dubai-based group director of PALME, Neil Hickman, said: "Original manufactures and their authorised agencies exhibiting at our shows are understandably upset that copycat manufacturers are allowed to exhibit at certain other industry events. Having suffered ourselves from copycat events, we fully appreciate the considerable investment in research and development, not to mention the marketing b

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SceneControl 500, in use in theatres, performing arts centres and concert halls, provides top-of-the-line motion control. SceneControl 500's accurate, 3D display of the theatre lets technicians easily select the sets they want to control on the touch screen. The user-friendly interface lets users develop simple or elaborate cues and modify them to match the flow of each performance. Using SceneControl 500, operators can move scenery, lighting, acoustical banners, reverberation doors, travelers, speaker clusters, winches, revolves, orchestra lifts and more.

Scenic designers can now prepare SceneControl 500 by downloading a show from the SceneControl 500 console to a laptop computer, and using SceneControl's intuitive 3D interface to select ba