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The licence, which was issued before the 2007 event, lasts for four years and allows organisers to continue holding the Glastonbury Festival until 2010, after which they will need to apply for a new licence.

One main issue dealt with by the district council was concerns about noise. Wind and low cloud meant that some Mendip residents who have normally not been able to hear the festival could hear some noise this year. However, according to Mendip's director for planning and environment, Charles Uzzell, although noise monitoring had taken place there was no significant breaches of the licence, and the levels of noise were within the national recommended guidelines.

Tom Killen, Mendip's portfolio holder for licensing and public protection

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Grant Thomas, sales director for Batmink, explains: "It soon became obvious that although still images and video footage give a flavour of what this flooring system can deliver, there is absolutely no substitute for seeing the floor operating 'in the flesh'. With this in mind, we have decided to take a 6m x 6m floor on a tour of the UK to enable interested parties to come and have a look, see a demonstration of its motion graphics and text capabilities and discuss any questions they might have."

The floor will be in Glasgow, on Monday 11 August, Leeds on Tuesday 12 August, Donington Park on Wednesday 13 August and London on Thursday 14 August. For more information regarding venues and

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"Historically, you don't think of handheld microphones as being go-to devices on Broadway," says Spring audio engineer Francis Elers. "But as the nature and scope of the shows change, so do our needs for mics. There are four or five full-on rock songs in Spring Awakening that haven't been diluted one bit for theatre sensibilities.To meet the needs of these numbers both in look and performance, handheld mics were the only choice."

Sound designer Brian Ronan' comments, "This is a very rambunctious show. The first mics we chose weren't up to the task of taking hard knocks. We needed something that could be punished regularly, and that's one of the reasons the switch was mad

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Rogers' portfolio includes some of the most notable buildings of our time - the Pompidou Centre in Paris, the Millennium Dome and Madrid Bajaras airport.

GE CMH TC 70w 3000k lamps with IOS reflector with narrow and beams are used in all ambar track mounted and suspended units which light up the exhibition models and stands.

The Richard Rogers + Architects exhibition, which has already run for three months in the Pompidou Centre, Paris, opened at the Design Museum in April and will run until 25 August.

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Lighting designer Paul Nancollas used one grandMA full-size, one grandMA light and five MA NSPs. "The grandMA is the only desk capable of controlling something so complex, the choice was obvious," he says.

The show also used two grandMA video servers and was visualised via grandMA 3D. The design integrated over 2500 LED strips of various types from German manufacturer Schnick-Schnack-Systems. "I had used the B25 and B12 strips in previous shows to great effect so I was very excited when the C25

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"In my role as entertainment consultant to P&O Cruises I was instrumental in selecting Martin as the lead supplier to provide the moving light elements of the entertainment systems for Ventura," reports Chris Blackburn of Snap2Black.

Ventura incorporates flexible Martin lighting systems into several areas of the ship. "Most major entertainment areas are multi-use, although they do have a main use focus," says Blackburn. "They all have an identity."

The two-deck Arena Theatre is the ship's primary show space. "The brief was to augment the generic rig with moving light and mirror fixtures. There w

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Owner Jonathan Lutz turned to United Digital Integrators (UDI) to fix their "musical problems" and bring in an efficient and easy to use solution for their indoor and outdoor seating areas. Prior to the installation, the previous system needed to be reset every 20 minutes, causing massive interruption with the service of its customers.

The new system consists of two Crown amplifiers; the 180MAx Pack is an 80W mixer amplifier with built-in XM Radio tuner and comes with four JBL Control 1S speakers. The system also includes a Crown 1160MA 160W single channel amplifier and eight additional JBL Control 1S speakers.

"Our goal for Uptown Kitchen was to fix two big issues; the unreliable digital

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The Canadian company is a division of JAM Industries, which itself has been distributing audio and music equipment in Canada for over 30 years. The company has office and warehouse space in Montreal and a nationwide sales force.

John Vellone, director of Erikson Commercial comments: "Cloud products are truly designed for the contractor's ease of installation and the user's ease of operation. Cloud products are a perfect fit and compliment Erikson Commercial's product offerings."

Simon Curtis, managing director of Cloud Electronics, adds: "For the distribution of the Cloud brand across Canada, there really is no other company that better fits o

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Last year's inaugural Award was won by Tony Andrews of Funktion One for his decades of dedication to the advancement of loudspeaker design.

The Nomination phase of the 2008 Gottelier Award is now open, and industry professionals worldwide are being asked to put forward the names of individuals who they believe should be considered for this year's award.

Following the nomination period, a shortlist of the leading nominees will then be ope

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With such an eclectic array of performers, the lighting rig needed to be equally diverse and able to adapt to each unique show. Putting it all together again this year was lighting designer Paul Normandale, who laid out a spectacular rig on the main stages for the various guest LDs who came and lit individual shows. With so many artists and so many LDs in such a short period of time, once again flexibility was the order of the day.

Paul explains the brief: "The lighting had to be suitable for a live, multi-band event which has a constant BBC/TV broadcast element. So a bal

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"In response to modern production specifications, we decided we wanted to bring a new roof to the market," says Hedwig de Meyer, Stageco's president. "Bon Jovi needed three roofs and approached us for a standard roof type. We told them we wanted to invest in a new roof type and offered them the new, original product."

The Bon Jovi team has always used innovative production elements, where possible, to create an exciting live show, and the three new roofs

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The largest consumer of Studer consoles for the games is CCTV (China Central Television). Their English-speaking International channel, CCTV-9, is using a Studer Vista 7 in its on-air studio, while the main studios of CCTV have been equipped with four Vista 5s and five OnAir 3000s. Quindao Radio has purchased an OnAir 3000 for the games, and Hong Kong's TVB has purchased a total of five Vista 5s, three for its studio for the games and two for OB vans.

Local broadcasters Guangdong TV, Beijing TV and Shanghai Media Group all feature Vista 8s in their t

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"Saving our members money is important to NSCA," said NSCA senior director of member services, Jodi Montgomery. "We're constantly looking for new solutions and new ideas to help members succeed."

Greg Bedross, regional sales manager for Kramer Electronics Sierra Video, was the lucky winner of the Prius, which averages 46 miles to the gallon. Bedross said he received the news via cell phone while working on the show floor.

"I just can't believe it. I want to thank everyone," said Bedross when he picked up the keys to his new car. "I think (NSCA) is a wonderful organisation and I'm ver

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Camco's international sales director Mick Anderson comments: "As the complexity and maturity of the Chinese market continues to grow, it becomes ever more important to plan and develop long term business strategies.

"They say its not what you know but who you know that counts. Here at Camco we have found that it is a combination of both that works best in China. Right Way Audio's knowledge and professional attention to service and support means that it is correctly positioned to represent the Camco bra

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Paul Feenstra, vice-president of Milestone AV Technologies B.V, said: "We are excited to add CLO Systems' products to our existing branded product portfolio. We believe automated mounting solutions represent an important, emerging product category, and our well-known Chief and Sanus brands will be strengthened by this welcomed addition to our product line."

Sung Oh, CEO of CLO Systems, added: "This is a great new strategic alliance for CLO Systems, and we look forward to working with the consumer and commercial sales teams at Milestone to sign

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Apple Sound elected to use Bose audio solutions throughout the venue, including products from both the FreeSpace and Panaray ranges, as well as the Bose ControlSpace ESP-88 audio management system which gives a flexible DSP solution that university staff can operate with ease and confidence.

Transformed from the basement of the former Royal Infirmary, the Hub delivers a new concept in meeting and networking space on campus. It complements the existing award winning facilities by providing relaxed and informal

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"Our mission is to work with the best brands in the pro and commercial audio industry," says Scandec product manager Bj°rnar Riise. "We sell through a well established dealer network throughout Norway, consisting of AV integrators, electro-installers and special audio companies.

"At Scandec we have a lot of experience with induction loop amplifiers and we believe Ampetronic has the best products in the industry - the output voltage capacity and metal loss correction of Ampetronic equipment are certainly superior

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At Jazz World, lighting was supplied by Essex-based DPL for the second year running, and designed by DPL director Pete Watts, who specified an Avo Diamond 4 Vision for his console. This was controlling 28 moving lights (a mix of Robe and Martin), an assortment of PARs, ACLs and ETC Source Four profiles, plus ChromaQ db4 LED battens, a backdrop of 42sq.m of ChromaQ ColorWeb LED and six Robe LED blinders on top of the PA towers.

The LED fixtures were fed with content from a Hippotizer v3 digital media server triggered by the D4. "The D4 is flexible, powerful and gives instant access to everything, which - when you have moving lights, generics, digital and

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Walmsley, renowned for his previous production designs for Pop Idol in the UK, turned to California-based Sweetwater Video to supply all video equipment for the show, including the 340 panels of Element Labs Stealth LED displays used to grace the stage during the finals in the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.

The Stealth panels, configured to form four strips upstage centre and additional strips above and below the main LED screen, allowed Walmsley to create a design in which video and lighting integrated seamlessly within the overall set design.

"The Nokia Theater has an enormous stage that requires a significant volume of equip

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"Our appointment as the DPA representative means a lot for AMTEC, because we had been actively searching for a high quality, reliable microphone range which we can sell into our different market sectors," says Martinez. "With DPA we've found all of this, plus their desire to support us in introducing their products to Mexico."

AMTEC has got off to a flying start, selling 48 DPA 4063 miniature omni-directional mics to Azteca Digital (TV Azteca), which has already placed an order for another 50.

"When we met Andrés we immediately felt that we had found the right partner," says DPA f

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The UFC tours four British cities, taking its brand of mixed martial arts to the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle and the MEN Arena in Manchester. London's O2 Arena is the biggest tournament on the UFC's British itinerary. It can accommodate 18,000 fight fans, most of which have been introduced to the sport by the UFC Series broadcast on cable TV from the USA. An essential element in the arena presentation of the event is the giant screen, which allows the audience to follow closely the action and characters such as The Irish Hand Grenade, El Conquistador, The Hitman and Hands of Steel.

Although the sightlines in the O2 Arena are excellent, especially in this in-the-round conf

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The centrepiece of Prostt D.o.o.'s concept was an extensive Electro-Voice XLD system comprising 16 XLD281, four XS212, and four Xsub enclosures that delivered powerful, transparent sound while Electro-Voice CP2200, CP3000 and TG-5 amplifiers supplied the requisite power.

"The XLD system makes it all easy," says Marko Pigac of Prostt D.o.o. "It delivers excellent sound and is delightfully uncomplicated to transport and rig. As a result, the Marquess show went like a dream. No stress whatsoever - and heaps of praise for the sound quality. What more could you wish for?"

(Jim Evans)

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"I have always been an avid Allen & Heath user and find the desks excellent value for money. My first mixer was a GL4 and there is an ML5000 VCA console installed at the church," says H. T. Kim, executive mixing engineer at the Juan Presbyterian Church.

"Some engineers I know are still concerned about the stability of digital mixers and I was one of them before I touched iLive. By the first day of the show I had complete confidence in iLive and it is surprisingly intuitive for a digital system. One of the key benefits of going digital is the scene memory and recall function, which saves a lot of set up time as you can recall settings from the previous night's performance."

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All lighting for the Jazz World stage was supplied by Essex-based DPL for the second year running, with 12 Robe ColorSpot 1200E ATs and six Robe ColorWash 2500E AT's taking centre stage for DPL director Pete Watts' design.

DPL installed a trussing grid underneath Jazz World's 18m Serious Stages Orbit roof, and the moving lights were arranged across that, together with a selection of generics and 42sq.m of ChromaQ ColorWeb LED as a backdrop and around the sides of stage.

Three Robe 8-lite LEDBlinder 196 LT fixtures were also rigged on top of the PA towers for audience illumination.

It was the first time that Watts had used the ColorWash 2500E ATs for one of his designs, which he describes as "Ludicrously bright" and very reliable.

On the front truss they replaced all the PARs that he'd us