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UK - Dynamax Technologies announced today the exclusive UK launch of what it claims is "the digital sign industry's most intelligent scheduling and broadcast software yet" - PointOfView-NG. The system, which will be officially unveiled at the In-Store Marketing Exhibition at Earls Court (15 - 17 June 2004), is a new method of delivering dynamic advertising content to display screens at remote locations, say the company.

New features of the software include full audit capabilities and management functions enabling operators to control where and when messages are displayed, at the touch of a button. The software is designed to alert network operators if the displays are not being utilized to their full capacity, maximizing the ROI with digital screen networks. Dynamax's development director, Howard Smith, comments: "To make best use of digital screen technology you

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Denmark - Capped by a vaulting glass mosaic dome, the new conference room at Danske Bank's headquarters in Copenhagen is one of Europe's more graceful presentation venues. Designed for a maximum 150 capacity, it is a classicist's vision of light and space. But roll down the projection screen, dim the lights, cue the show, and technology begins to impose its presence in a subtle fashion that belies its potency. "The bank approached us with a good brief, very specific in terms of application, but quite open when it came to equipment," explained Jesper Rosgaard of Informationsteknik, the company charged with defining and providing a complete AV system for the conference room.

"Danske Bank had several clearly-defined needs: they wanted a facility that could accommodate events of widely varying scale and complexion, so a dominant demand was for flexibility of equipment

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UK - DHA Lighting has been called upon to offer its gobo services to the new musical, Beautiful and Damned. The show, now running at the Lyric Theatre in London, is set in the glittering 1920s and tells the story of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayne. To create the sparkle the show required, lighting designer Nick Richings has included moving spotlights from Martin Professional, including MAC 500s and MAC 2000s, in his rig. Into these lights he has fitted a huge array of gobos from DHA. "We created both custom black-and-white and colour gobos," Richings explains, "to match the back projection used in the show. Designer Christopher Woods supplied us with the original artwork, which we adapted to make work in gobo form."

DHA Lighting can meet practically any gobo needs, whether a production requires a single metal gobo from its library of over 1,100 de

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UK - XL Video is supplying projection for an acclaimed production of Maria De Buenos Aires, a co-production between Buxton, Bath and Norwich Opera festivals, directed by John Abulafia. The rare Astor Paizzolla work with libretto by Uruguayan poet Horacia Ferrer, is a story of love and betrayal, good and evil and the tragedy of 'The Disappeared' during Argentina's oppressive military regime of 1976-1983.

XL Video's Malcolm Mellows was contacted by audio-visual specialist and programmer Graham English, with whom he has worked on previous projects. English was asked onboard by Abulafia to design and produce artwork and images for the show, working alongside designer Isla Shaw. XL's other recent work in theatre and the performing arts contributed to their recommendation as equipment supplier.

The projection surface is a simple, upstage 'stonework' set piece, providing abstr

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Australia - Hippotizer, the versatile digital media server from Scene Change, has found a home in Australia, having been selected by the Rise nightclub in Perth as the centrepiece of a new visuals system, installed to help the venue set the standard for clubbing in Perth with "a massive dancefloor, a world-class sound system and a lighting rig that redefines the phrase full-on."

Simon Barwood, managing director and resident DJ for Rise, explains: "We were ready to launch Rise into the 21st century with the installation of a club visuals system. I first came across Hippotizer in a review in DJ Mag's VJ Scan section. After extensive research of software and hardware products I could find no other comparable system offered as an 'out of the box' solution, which included pre-loaded content and an intuitive interface. The claims in the technical literature were substan

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USA - Barco Events has reported that all the LED displays used at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) show, were from Barco. Approximately 3,510 tiles of Barco's popular indoor LED display products and 19,000 tiles of its innovative MiPix LED blocks were used at the show, which was held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, from 12-14 May 2004. Over 400 exhibitors and audience of 65,000 industry professionals attendedE3.

Barco's indoor LED display systems represented at the E3 show were supplied via some of the company's worldwide rental partners, including Creative Technology USA, XL Video USA, IMAG USA, AV Dimensions, Background Images, VER, E-Videowall, Impact, GL Image and AVHQ. In addition to its new award-winning MiPix displays and its indoor ILite 6 mm and 10 mm products, Barco's DLP projection products and its new flat-panel LCD displays also impressed show at

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UK - David Carr has today announced that he has fulfilled his plans in the role of managing director at broadcast television equipment rental company Charter and is ready to pass the reins on to a successor. He will remain with the company as caretaker managing director until July this year.

David joined Charter as managing director in 2001 with thirty five years experience of the film and television industry, and over the last three years he has worked to develop Charter's presence both in the UK and abroad. David Carr said: "I feel that I have now reached a point where I can hand the company over to someone new who will be able to drive it forward over the coming years. I hope to enjoy a continuing relationship with Charter and its sister company Blitz."

Michael Breen, CEO of Blitz Charter Group commented: "I would like to thank David for his dedication to the

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UK - Stage Electrics recently managed the technical requirements of the Conservative Party's campaign launches for the European Parliament and the local council elections. The two launches held in two very different venues were given a unified look, coordinated by Stage Electrics' Stuart Miller, who handled the account for CCO Conferences.

For the European election launch Stage Electrics provided a full set in Studio 12 at Granada TV Studios. Placed in front of 100m of white cyclorama, the opaque polycarbonate set was applied to a white steel frame grid of squares. Two large projection screens were incorporated into the set with projection also provided by the company. The huge stage consisted of four varying height linked circular platforms which ranged from two meters to six meters in diameter. The set was constructed in short order by the Stage Electrics scenic workshop and m

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Germany / Czech Republic - Munich-based advertising specialist, CityChannel, has been involved in a number of LED screen installations around Europe, the latest of which is a 100sq.m advertising billboard sited on the main road into the centre of Prague. The 32-panel Lighthouse Technologies LVP3165 LED screen shows a combination of advertising and city information and was used by the European Parliament on 1 May to celebrate the Czech Republic joining the European Union.

The LVP3165 30mm pixel pitch screen gives a maximum 6,500 nits of brightness, so it can easily cope with high ambient light levels from direct sunshine, as well as dull weather conditions and night-time viewing. The screen gives a TV quality image from a distance of 30m and a viewing angle of 140/40°, making it easily visible from street level when mounted on the side of a building. All this, combined with 13-b

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Japan - Jere Harris, Chairman and CEO of Production Resource Group (PRG), has announced the establishment of an Asian subsidiary - PRG Asia Inc - to be headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, and dedicated to supporting PRG's many clients in the Asian marketplace.

"We've been serving clients throughout Asia for many years from our offices in North America and the UK," Harris explained. "The establishment of an Asian subsidiary is an important step in the expansion of our client support services in Asia."

PRG has more than a decade of experience serving clients in Asia in projects including theatre installations, theme park attractions, concert tours and corporate and special events. PRG Asia Inc will be engaged in business development and client support for all types of PRG products and services.

Makoto Yamazaki will serve as president of Asian Operations for t

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UK - Christie Vivid projection is at the heart of an AV upgrade in the high-profile Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station in Cornwall. Winning a competitive tender for the refurbishment, Christie's Bristol-based partner, Merlin Presentation Solutions, replaced the existing three-gun overhead projector with a Vivid LX33 (3300 ANSI lumens) multimedia projector in the 50-capacity BT conference room, rear projecting onto a 3mm polycarbonate 6ft x 4ft rear projection screen.

As the largest satellite earth station in the world Goonhilly has the ability to transmit to every corner of the globe via space, and through undersea fibre optic cables. The station simultaneously handles millions of international phone calls, emails, and TV broadcasts.

From Goonhilly, BT provides global communications and manages networks, and the AV Room is central to their operation. Merlin MD, Merlin Wigley, s

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UK - Stage Electrics and Projected Image Digital will be demonstrating the new Pixelmad software at Stage Electrics HQ in Bristol on Wednesday 2 June and Thursday 3 June from 10am - 7pm. The software is designed to control lighting using video and still images, and has recently been used on the Radiohead tour.

PixelMad software is similar to Catalyst however it outputs DMX rather than a video signal. The software uses an Artistic Licence Ether-Lynx Interface, which links the DMX lighting controller to an Apple Mac computer on which the video clips and images are stored. With up to four layers; two outputs; video signal input i.e. cameras and DV playback; 200 DMX fixtures; and eight universes, the control system produces some amazing lighting sequences.

The demo will feature a rig comprising of 20 Thomas Pixel Line 1044 LED battens; 16 Ayrton Eyecolor LED moving-heads; and some

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Uk - At this year's ABTT show (16-17 June, London) James Thomas will show its comprehensive ranges of theatrical lanterns. Its asymmetric Cyc lights feature a high quality electrostatic paint finish and robust yoke, complete with T-bar for positive lock-off. Cyc lights can be used flown or floor-mounted - the body of the unit having an inbuilt 30 degree angle floor-mount facility - optional floor mounting plates are also offered. The units have adjustable lamp-holders and feature ventilation slots to prolong bulb and gel life.

Spot banks are available in various configurations of Par 36 lamps. Lamp changing is simple due to quick-release knobs on lamp's front retaining ring. Units can be supplied with stand-off colour frames if requires, and with two or four-way barn doors. Adapters are also made for all the major brands of colour changers. Spot Bank units can also be supplied w

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UK - Rosco will show two new products at the ABTT Theatre Show at London's Horticultural Halls (16-17 June). The X-Effects Projector, say Rosco, provides large-scale 3D effects previously unavailable to lighting designers: it utilizes a 200W Enhanced Metal Arc source, whose short arc allows for an output of 5,000 lumens, and a 2,000-hour lamp life. The colour temperature is comparable to a Xenon source at 6000°K but with nearly two times the luminous efficacy of a halogen source.

The effect itself is created by rotating two B-size glass gobos off centre of the optical path. This results in a projection that does not appear to have a visible direction or pattern. Onboard potentiometers control the speed and direction of both gobos, and the colour slot will accept dichroic colour filters. Lens trains are available in 30, 50 and 70° configurations. Due to the efficiency of the la

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Australia - Coemar DeSisti Australia (CDA) has announced the addition of new products to its portfolio. Imagine 300 is an elegant new display projector, say the company, which allows the projection of a range of gobos for striking visual effects. Utilizing a high-output HTI arc lamp, the fixture is suited to a range of applications, including point of sale promotions and marketing events. Features include high-output, long-life arc lamp, twin condenser lenses, thermal protection, die-cast aluminium construction and a range of optional attachments including rotating gobo and adjustable pivoting mirror.

CDA has also announced the addition of the Europoint range of powerful motorized hoists and droppers, ruggedly constructed and suitable for lifting extremely heavy luminaires and other equipment. Features include SWL capacities ranging from 100kg to 200kg, maximum heights up to 5m,

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Germany / Bahrain - CT Screenco maintained its long association on the F1 Grand Prix circuit this month, providing screens for the inaugural event in Bahrain, before launching their newly-commissioned mobile displays, with rotating masts, at the Nurburgring for the European Grand Prix. At the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, they supplied two 50sq.m 25mm screens. One was positioned at the exit to the pit lane (facing the grandstand) and the other out on the track.

But it was the race in Germany on May 30 that marked the debut of the two new identical 44sq.m, 15mm LED mobile displays - one owned by Creative Technology in the UK and the other by sister company JVR, warehoused in Holland. Avesco business development director, Dave Crump, comments: "These are identical 13m trailers, the only difference being that one is left-handed and the other right-handed. If you put

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UK - Plasmascreen Co provided its state of the art 84" plasma screen to 2Ci Sound to Light for the Homelands 'Strongbow Rooms', allowing dynamic visuals and branding to accompany the varied types of music.

The 2004 Homelands festival attracted tens of thousands of dance fans to enjoy a mix of live DJs and bands. This year they introduced the 'Strongbow Rooms' as the eighth performance arena, which hosted a diverse range of DJs including Jon Carter and MTV's comical and entertaining Cuban Brothers.

Strongbow maximized its branding on site, where enormous tents are the norm, by creating a club atmosphere and venue. Rather than large dark tents and grass for the floor, Strongbow created a higher quality experience for its visitors. Their marquee included its own DJ listing, outdoor terrace, bar and seated area, with wooden floors throughout, and it proved very popular with t

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UK - An imaginative use of LED lighting from the portfolio of Lighting Effects Distribution, has created a striking bar back display in the upgraded Loaf at Manchester's Deansgate Lock.

The former halogen colour-changers had fallen into disuse after problems with overheating, and the venue's owners, Mitchells & Butler asked Liverpool-based installers, Orritt Electronics, to provide a new look for the venue. LED technology provided the obvious solution, with its long lamp life, minimal maintenance, low heat emission and low power consumption. Orritt's redesign includes 18 Mood Light panels (split into two groups of 3 x 3 behind the bar, and running off the slowest setting). These are complemented by six Thomas PixelPar 87's and 12 Octopod 90 heads (divided into four groups). All were supplied by L.E.D. Ltd to create focal points and drama.

The Mood Light panels were deemed part

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UK - TV Director Mike Christie - who's previous hits include the popular Jump London - approached XL Video to supply projection and screens for Channel Four's recent, highly acclaimed, Body Talk documentary.

The initial two-part series was written and presented by psychologist Peter Collett, revealing the subconscious power of 'tells' - the secret language and actions that reveal what people are really thinking! (the term 'tells' was originally appropriated by the gambling community).

Body Talk required a way of putting Collett and the archive footage being analysed - including politicians like Bush, Clinton, Blair, Brown and famous couples like Princess Diana and Charles, et al - together in the same shots. He didn't want to go the traditional 'talking heads' route, and instead came up with the idea of using a series of giant projection screens with Colle

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USA - Christie Digital Systems, a leading provider of visual solutions for business, entertainment and industry, has introduced the Christie Roadie 25K, the next generation of its purpose-built projection solution for large audiences and high-end users. Utilizing advanced three-chip DLP technology, the Christie Roadie 25K features 2K resolution, a 1500:1 contrast ratio that is among the highest on the market, and an unmatched level of brightness performance for Xenon-based projection systems, at 25,000 ANSI lumens.

The Christie Roadie 25K also features separate projection head and ballast, and an external extraction fan that provides more versatility and placement options. A self-aligning lamp, adjustable brightness levels and eight lens options enable the use of a single projector for a wide variety of solutions to better match a user's precise needs. The projector also feature

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Belgium - A commercial centre located in Mons, approx 60Km south of Brussels, Les Grands Prés has had its façade lit. Whilst creative lighting of commercial structures is not a novelty in itself, the novelty of the Mons - Les Grands Prés project lies in the type of spotlights used: effects projectors that are able not only to diffuse the colour but also to project pictures and writings, or to draw precise and imaginative shapes with light.

According to the manufacturers Rain Spot 575 from Clay Paky is currently the only IP65 product on the market able to meet this requirement: it is provided with advanced optics, four interchangeable lenses with 18° to 46° beam angles, electronic focusing and an effects section consisting of four fixed gobos, four indexable rotating gobos, four rotating prisms, dimmer and immediate beam stop.

Koert Vermeulen, lighting and pr

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The Netherlands - Rotterdam's Ahoy arena has witnessed a 'virtual' LED stage set for the first time, created by conceptualiser Philip Pelgrom for the recent Fox Kids Planet Live event. Pelgrom juxtaposed the different screen resolutions of a conventional centre 32sq.m (8 x 4) 25mm Unitek display, flanked by a recessed Element Labs Versa TILE wall, and 'book-ended' by a 5.4m x 1.8m Barco MiPix display (provided by CT Germany), incorporating around 3,000 of the tiny pixelblocs. All the equipment was supplied by JVR Audiovisual.

Promoted by Palm Plus Events, the event featured an Anglo-Dutch cast of boy and girl bands, including Girls Aloud, Big Brovaz, Liz McClarnon and a host of Dutch artists. Mindful of the fact that the stage design had to resonate with an audience of 6-12-year-olds, Philip Pelgrom's team sent block slabs of colour to the Versa TILE flats, with recognizable, ra

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UK - Event company Logistik co-ordinated and produced the Athens 2004 Ball - a high profile charity live event staged at London's Battersea Park Marquee, for Sparks, The British Olympic Association and The Sir Steve Redgrave Charitable Trust.

Over 1,000 people enjoyed the event during an evening of entertainment hosted by Radio 2's Jeremy Vine and Sir Steve Redgrave - an official 'send-off' party to wish the GB Olympic team success at the upcoming Athens Olympics. Leeds and London-based Logistik were called in to oversee the event's creative and technical production including the design, graphics, dressing and venue themeing for the event.

The night culminated in live performances by international artists including Gabrielle, Mike & The Mechanics and Amy Winehouse. It was recorded for broadcast by Radio 2, and a post-event DVD will be produced by Logistik Vision, the company's

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France - Quiksilver Bowlriders 2004 (now ratified as a world cup skateboarding event) was again held on Prado Beach in Marseilles 16-20 June. CT Screenco was commissioned to provide its 32sq.m, 25mm large-screen LED presentation trailer (and vision mixing facilities) by the lifestyle/sports and surfwear brand to enable the 10,000 people who gathered full access to the action.

Situated in front of the ocean, the park has been custom-built to provide Europe with one of its most beautiful skateboarding venues. Now in its fifth year, the event again attracted the international hardcore skateboard elite including Omar Hassan, Alex Chalmers, Rune Glifberg, Tony Trujillo and Chet Childress (Californian Hassan once again picking up the €9,000 top prize).

Supporting the full-on PA, the Screenco display mixed feeds supplied by Brotherhood, who were filming the event. As business develo

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