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Say the organisers, "Together, we will explore the real return on investment in skills and what impact this is having on the sector. We will look at the issues we're facing, explore possible responses and focus on real, practical solutions. We will also be acknowledging and celebrating the inspirational achievements of the last year, and looking at how we can build on these for the future.

"This is no talking shop - come prepared to make decisions! Please join us for a crucial two days, as we prepare to move forward into 2012-13 and the challenges a

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Together with Ukraine, Poland is co-hosting the Euro2012 international football championships, so its authorities are aware that much attention will be focused on it throughout the year. Wroclaw always hosts a New Year's Eve (Sylwester in Polish) celebration in its Market Square, so this year there was an added incentive to show the country's celebrations at their very best.

Wroclaw's Sylwester event was hosted by TV presenters Gra?yna Torbicka and Hubert Urba?ski and featured over 15 different live bands from across Europe, who played in front of an enthusiastic crowd of over 220,000 and a televised audience of millions.

High profile Polish acts including Vavamuffin, Kayah, Zakopower, T. Love, LUC, Urszula Dud

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The city has a strong commercial heritage based on the heavy industries that grew up around its high quality black coal deposits, discovered in the late 18th century. More recently it has launched a big initiative to clean up the environment and control the many years of accumulated pollution, reinventing itself as the 'City of Colours', highlighting its equally rich history as a centre of innovation, creativity and education (as a major university city).

This, the city's first civic lighting scheme, is part of the process of helping to create a new cultural identity for Ostrava. Its numerous creative and entertainment

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The system has four independent engines each controlled by Gerriets with DMX option. As Rafal Mrzyglocki, CEO of ARAM Group sad, "We have used totally 54m of track, divided into two rails. Each track has two engines and two controllers, but the front screen has four screen tiles while the back screen has only two screen tiles. After long discussions with Gerriets, we chose the rope-free system has proved a good choice". All automation has been operated from an Avolites Tiger Touch console.

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Candidate information, including eligibility requirements and applications, is available on the ETCP website (http://etcp.plasa.org), or if you would like the information mailed, please contact Meredith Moseley-Bennett, ETCP Certification Manager, at 212-244-1505 or etcp@plasa.org.

Can't make it to USITT? ETCP examinations are given daily at over 190 computer based testing centres across the US and Canada. After an application has been received and accepted, can

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The show was staged in the new Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, the largest theatre in the city and the fourth largest in Italy, well known for its stunning interiors and colourful history. It starred 13 different contemporary artists all of whom performed one of Modugno's most popular songs.

The main lighting challenge was to give each one of them a totally different look and feel for their performance for which was able to take advantage of the flexibility and scope brought to the occasion by using Robe fixtures.

There were 20 each of Robe's new MMX Spots and LEDWash 300s, plus 20 Color

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The significant investment in Adamson's E15 system was no surprise to Sound Image president, David Shadoan who comments, "Adamson kept us closely informed as Energia was developing. As soon as beta testing began, we confirmed that we would join in Phase One. The Sound Image philosophy is to deliver leading technology and to stay ahead of the curve. Energia was a simple choice. This system is progressive and a very powerful solution. We look forward to getting it on the road."

Sound Image has carried Adamson Y-Axis and T21's in their inventory since 2007 and the move to the Energia series was a natural step forward. Adamson Systems Engineering, president, Brock Adamson c

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Opened in 2011, the 700ft Television Tower includes a TV and Radio studio complex catering for six channels, and houses an OB fleet. There is also a revolving restaurant and offices built in the shape of the national emblem - an octagonal star - which is registered with the Guinness World Records as the largest star in Turkmenistan.

The building's sole conference facility has a small control room, which required a similarly compact mixing console. Consequently, audio and lighting contractor, Asimetrik, selected an iLive-T80 Control Surface and iDR-48 MixRack system.

"The tiny control room now has a small mixing system but with enormous features," comments Mert Kiliccote from Asimetrik. &

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Running at the Teatro Nuevo Apolo (New Apollo Theatre), Shrek El Musical is keeping family audiences spellbound with its mixture of comedy, choreography, a wide range of new songs and heart-warming plot, all suitably adapted for the Spanish audience.

Production company Theatre Properties specialises in musicals and has a number of Yamaha digital consoles in its inventory. A Yamaha PM5D-RH was chosen to mix the FOH requirements of what is a fairly complex production.

"ThePM5D-RH was specified for a number of reasons," says Jacinto López of Yamaha Music Europe Ibérica. "A prime one was that the company's

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The sheer scale of the event is extraordinary, certainly when compared with even the largest European festivals - the 150,000sq.m (about the same as 28 American football pitches) area of the Parque do Atleta in Jacarepaguá can accommodate 800,000 people.

Gabisom Audio Equipment, sound provider for the show and one of the world's largest audio rental companies, deployed an Outline GTO line-source system on the 'Sunset' stage, one of the most prestigious stages at Rock in Rio, featuring a diverse array of acts including Joss Stone and local favourites Sepultura as well

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The project required the illumination of four specially selected 'iconic' buildings in the city centre over the Christmas and New Year periods. The buildings chosen were the City Chambers, New College, The Royal Scottish Academy and St John's Church in the West End.

The brief required the sites to be linked to allow synchronised colour changing using the theme of 'Fire and Ice'. Lighting hire manager and lighting designer Dave Morris chose a combination of Studio Due City Color 2500W, and Chauvet Colorado IP 1s and 2s for the sites. The Warehouse used their extensive stock of Wireless Solutions W-DMX units and aerials to establish the radio links across the City, which performed flawlessly over the entire period. With

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The 17,000sq.m Nike store showcases the latest innovations in professional sports and casual footwear from the brand and is situated in an impressive double-storey glass fronted outlet.

Nike Europe's retail design director Greg Stobbs, who created the look and feel of the interior, wanted to maximise the space as a versatile display area. Due to its layout, a substantial and unique atrium space was available reaching three metres back from the front façade, with eight metres of headroom.

Stobbs envisaged a truss grid that could be moved up and down for easy and safe accessibility and quick changeovers, that would look contemporary, attract

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The studios have been newly upgraded to include some of the latest lighting and camera technologies, bringing the facilities up to full multi-camera and HD spec.

The University offers qualifications with some of the UK's leading media orientated courses, and the studios are used for full programme making and a variety of other associated functions. They are run by the University's Media, Humanities & Technology Faculty, and overseen day-to-day by studio engineer and technical specialist, Steve Judge who also teaches the practical and technical

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Texas lighting guru Richard Cadena comments, "I have been overwhelmed by the wide range of reasons to visit PLASA Focus: Austin 2012. In addition to the world-class line-up of manufacturers and new products, the side-shows will undoubtedly make this a memorable first event for Texas."

While new audio, staging, lighting and AV products will top the show floor agenda, The Professional Development Programme will see educational sessions from PLASA's partners in the event: The Stagecraft Institute of Las Vegas, The Broadway Green Alliance, Austin City Limits Live, The Production Equipment Rental Group, and the Long Centre for the Performing Arts, among others.

Joining an already packed floor pla

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"Univision's old set had an outdated conservative office look with dark wood veneers everywhere. For their new look, they really wanted to push the envelope and be completely different by having a lot of brightness and color," said Frank Burton of Event Ignition (San Antonio), which designed and installed the lighting in Univision 41's news sets, using LED products from American DJ and its sister company Elation Professional.

The station's management wanted lighting

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The PA set up by Wanzo Producciones consisted of 16 DVA T12 and 16 DVA T4 and a further eight DVA T4 as out-fill. Rental company owner Sebastian Wanzo says. "The result was excellent. Everyone was impressed with the clarity as well as the dispersion of the sound."

The firm's audio team had tested the newest dBTechnologies line array at smaller venues, but this was the first large event using DVA T12, and Wanzo wasn't disappointed. "

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At the Future Trends Summit in Amsterdam on Monday 30 January, Joe Bocchiaro III, vice president of InfoComm's Standards and Industry Innovations Programme, will present a session titled Is the Future More Standardized? In it, he will emphasise how embracing standards can boost business and offer a competitive edge for AV industry practitioners, as well as outlining the standards emerging from InfoComm and from other associations that will impact the future of audiovisual systems.

Bocchiaro will follow this at 11:30 on Tuesday 31 January by leading an ISE Education Zone class titled Audiovisual

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Already hitting the ground running, Cosmovision recently supplied HQView320 to the Macau Science Museum for a large video wall exhibition display.

"For this application, we were searching through the Calibre UK product line and found HQView 320 to be a perfect fit. It processes signals up to 1080p to create a high-resolution image. The geometry correction, warping function and edge blending is utilised to create a soft edge blend and seamless projection display wall," says Philip Yeung, director Cosmovision.

"The addition of Calibre UK HQView to our product portfolio complements our exis

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As part of their ongoing relief programmes in Tunisia and Niger and most recently South Sudan, Le Mark's printed products team have worked with Save The Children to supply a range of custom printed tapes and labels, helping their relief workers to identify their equipment and supplies in the field.

Le Mark's print manager Jenny Darnell says, "The work that Save the Children does is truly remarkable, they're a work force that not only want to help the situation now, but also put structures together to make things better in the future. I urge everyone to take just 5 minutes out of your day and look at the work they do and, if you can, donate to support them.

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The revamp has addressed some of the most common items that users look for when visiting their site including an easy to navigate product page with all their latest products in the G4 line including transceivers, receivers, repeaters, antennas, tools and accessories. The site also lists W-DMX OEM partners, a worldwide map of distributors and a current list of upcoming trade shows. Case studies and current news are also available.

Most importantly, the new site has updated and simplified an area to download software, manuals and catalogues, which the company considers important to access on a 24-hour basis. The company also worked with search engines to make this information easy to find

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Solotech, which is providing all the tour's lighting, rigging and specialty lighting fixtures, supplied 130 Clay Paky Sharpys from its inventory to lighting designer Nick Whitehouse. "The design of the tour is very modern and eclectic," says Richard Lachance, at Solotech, which is headquartered in Montreal. "The lighting, lasers and staging are very different - there's a centre module that's a B stage which is very prominent, and the show is laden with LED products."

Karl Gaudreau at Solotech, adds, "The first time

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The current line-up of Dweezil Zappa, Scheila Gonzalez, Pete Griffin, Billy Hulting, Jamie Kine, Ben Thomas, Joe Travers, and Chris Norton has toured the ZPZ show - a tribute to Frank's amazingly prolific output of over 60 albums performed in exacting detail - around the world for several years now and continue to do so on a fairly regular basis.

Mansfield-based ESS were contracted to supply audio for the UK dates, in the shape of a Turbosound Aspect system. The band and crew were relaxed and on top form for this last show of the tour at the Brighton Dome, with the iconic venue pr

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As part of the Festival of Britain anniversary celebrations, GDS were approached by Roger Hennigan technical Manager at The Southbank Centre, to assist with the redevelopment of disused outside area of the Queen Elizabeth Hall roof. The space was to be part of the centre's redevelopment project, with plans to build a garden and green event space for the festival celebrations.

From April - September 2011, the Southbank Centre site was transformed for the Festival of Britain 60th Anniversary celebrations, celebrating British talent and creativity with the biggest cross-arts festival South Bank had seen since the original festival in 1951.

After completing a site survey and taking into consideration the long and difficult cable routs on site, coupled with the inc

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The exhibition explored the impact of the 1750km stock route on Aboriginal people, through an innovative blend of contemporary art, oral history, photography, film and interactive multimedia.

Clifton's Perth was engaged to supply the overhead rigging and lighting for the exhibition which prompted them to purchase 72 ETC Source Four Juniors which allow maximum field-angle flexibility.

"We chose the ETC Source Four Juniors mainly for their zoom capability," commented Ed Matthews, managing director of Clifton's Perth. "Plus they are a good compact size and sell at a reasonable price. They certainly are the benchmark light in that category.