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Australia / UK - LSC Lighting reports positive feedback to the product developments it unveiled at PLASA 2005. The new-look maXim took centre-stage and LSC previewed Version 2 of the software. The new code supports double the number of moving lights; syncopated Tap To The Beat; Global Chase Speed; Reload of a single playback, and new Stack Control with GoTo command.

The new e24v2, a natural evolution of the established LSC e24 compact touring dimmer system that includes a touch-sensitive LCD control panel and networking, caused considerable interest.

The DNAnet/R rack mount DMX/Artnet converter which can convert two DMX512 Universes to Ethernet, or vice versa, was well received as was the new ePLATE series of architectural controllers specifically designed to be used with the EK

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USA - Lasernet will be showing the Trinity and Matrix entertainment RGB laser systems at LDI in Orlando in November. "The full colour, solid state RGB laser systems feature the latest in laser technology, the diode laser," says Lasernet president Tom Harman. "By aligning an array of diodes into a single white light laser beam, we step into the future by eliminating the traditional laser requirements of 3-phase power and water-cooling. Now the lasers are truly 'Plug and Play'.

"To be honest, I never thought I'd see the day when we could have full colour lasers without the water and 3-phase power. These long life diodes are a technical breakthrough that's going to change the way everyone looks at laser shows from now on."

(Jim Evans)

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Czech Republic - The Prague Quadrennial 2007 ( PQ 07) takes place in the Czech capital city from 14-24 June, 2007. The organizers report that they have confirmed a record-breaking number of 52 countries who will exhibit there. First-time participants will include artists from Georgia, Ireland, Singapore and Malaysia. In addition, Portugal and the Philippines will return.

Fifty countries will feature in the Section of National Exhibitions, 26 countries in the Section of Architecture and Technology and 38 in the Student Section - Scenofest.

Further information about the Heart of the PQ exhibition now touring the globe, as well as the PQ installation displayed in the framework of the Salon of Czech Scenography exhibition in Prague can be found on the official website below.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - LxDesigns has announced the release of LxActive an add-on for its popular lighting design package. This add-on allows the DMX stream from the lighting console to be monitored and the plan automatically updated. With this enhancement it means LxDesigner users do not have to redraw their plans in a third party piece of software to enjoy the benefits of actively monitoring their rigs, says the company.

(Jim Evans)

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Denmark - DPA Microphones has launched two new instrument mics, which offer musicians "flexibility and quality at an affordable price point, whether live or in the studio". The 4090 and 4091 mics feature an omnidirectional condenser capsule in a lightweight aluminium housing with a 3-pin XLR connector.

The DPA 4090 and 4091 microphones are housed in a 19mm anodised black aluminium barrel casing which tapers down to the 5.4 mm capsule. The mics, which are a total length of 12 cm, fit neatly into the mic clip included.

"Studio and live sound users who wish to experience DPA's quality and open, natural sound at an affordable price can now do so with the new 4090 and 4091 microphones," says Craig Parrish, sales and marketing manager at DPA. "The price level will mean that every studio and rental company will be able to own a pair."

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UK - The third 2005 Scottish Lighting Show was another major success, according to organisers and hosts black light. The well-attended event was held on 23rd and 24th September at the Granton Lighthouse, Edinburgh.

"We had more exhibitors and a wider range of products than ever," says black light managing director Gavin Stewart. "This year's move to the Lighthouse was a major step up as it provided much more space, it was very visually pleasing and created a really good personal atmosphere."

Having previously been held at black light's own premises, the move to the nearby lighthouse meant that the company's day to day business could also carry on unhindered. "We had to run a broadband line from our building and miles of power cabling, but that sort of thing is what we do every day," continues Gavin. "The staff at the lighthouse were keen to h

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Slovakia - Bratislava-based Centron Slovakia S.R.O, led by managing director Radoslav Bako took over the distribution of RTS/Telex systems in the region earlier this year, and the recent addition of two internationally respected TV broadcasters to the Centron reference list underlines the standing of the firm within Slovakia.

One of Slovakia's leading broadcasters, TV Markiza, which is also based in Bratislava, commissioned Centron to install a customised system for the TV series Big Brother, with a view to establishing an easy-to-use, reliable and modularly expandable system of wireless communication for the production team. The broadcasters opted for a system from RTS/Telex: a Zeus digital matrix with 24 ports and a generous supply of peripherals, including KP-32 keypanels and a BTR-700 wireless intercom system.

TV JOJ also opted for a Cronus and were so impressed with the r

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France - The 24th SIEL, France's leading exhibition for the live entertainment and events markets, will be held from 12-15 February 2006 in Expo-Porte de Versailles in Paris. SIEL has for two years now been offering shows on two separate floors: SIEL Live Entertainment and SIEL Nightlife.

"As a major gathering of the pro audio industry, architects and designers attending SIEL Live Entertainment will have access to all of the market solutions and be able to choose the right equipment for using lights or video to the greatest effect," says a spokesman.

SIEL Spectacle is also organizing a series of conferences dedicated especially to applying live entertainment techniques to other fields.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Sennheiser UK held a champagne reception for its staff in High Wycombe to celebrate the company's 60th birthday. What began in June 1945 in a former university laboratory with a team of only seven and a great deal of pioneering spirit has now become a global corporation with a workforce of more than 1,600.

Managing director Paul Whiting told staff that despite increased competition both nationally and from overseas, they had continued to grow to record levels. He added, "Without the dedication of the Sennheiser team over the years, this would not have been possible. Thanks are due to everyone connected with the company both past and present, and for as long as we maintain our solid customer focus we will be assured of the company's continued success for many years to come."

Each member of staff was presented with a limited edition 340 page book commemorating the

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Germany / Austria - Zero 88 has announced details the German and Austrian leg of its Frog 2 tour 2005. The "road show" style tour will begin on Tuesday 25th October, taking in some eleven dates across the region. Following the very successful UK leg of the tour, Zero 88's Northern Europe market manager Franck Tiesing will be providing hands on demonstrations and training on Zero 88's latest performance console.

The sessions are offered free of charge and will give new users the chance to get to know the console and experience its capabilities, whilst also offering existing users the opportunity of further training.

Confirmed dates are as follows: 25-26 October - Fischer, Bremen; 27 October - Fischer in Cologne; 3 November - Lighting Innovation, Graz; 4 November - Lighting Innovation, Vienna; 14-15 November - LSS Musicpoint, Berlin; 22-23 November - Ateon Mediensystem

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UK - Launched at PLASA this year, Audio-Technica's re-engineered UniPoint range of full-line, miniaturized, condenser installation-sound microphones, now features unique Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) shielding. The new UniPoint range, comprising gooseneck, hanging, boundary and handheld models, enables improved standards of audio reinforcement in the increasingly hostile RF environments associated with commercial and industrial AV installations.

The original full-line miniaturized, condenser installation-sound microphones, UniPoint remains a market leader within the commercial audio and AV integrator sectors. Comprising over 30 different models, UniPoint is designed for the widest range of applications, in corporate, institutional, civic and religious installations, including sound reinforcement, broadcast and recording. Audio-Technica's proprietary UniGuard shielding est

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UK - For the third successive year, Blitz supplied cutting edge projection and video solutions for the Liberal Democrats Autumn Federal Conference held in Blackpool at the Winter Gardens, last month. Blitz working, with Qwerk Ltd, supplied the event with equipment and expertise to help host the conference.

Blitz managing director Paul Hutton commented: "Blitz strives to ensure that it provides a total AV solution for its clients by combining industry expertise with the highest quality technology that meets each venue's unique requirements. Having worked with Qwerk on a number of projects, we understand their needs and are able to provide the company with a one-stop solution for projection, cameras and graphics. All this combined with the technical experience of hosting such large events successfully."

Equipment supplied by Blitz included two projection screens, digit

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Belgium - Michiel Haverkorn has been appointed as the new general manager of Philips Optical Lamps. In this role, Haverkorn will be responsible for Philips' Broadway lamps for the entertainment industry, and for the Focus Line range for various optical applications. Haverkorn joins Optical Lamps from Philips LCD Backlighting, where he held the position of general manager.

His predecessor Hans van Wijngaarde, will become global marketing and sales manager for Philips Special Lighting, with responsibility for the marketing and sales of UV Health & Wellness, InfraRed and Optical Lamps.

(Lee Baldock)

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UK - Stage One has been helping give ITV regional news programmes a fresh look with a series of new studio sets. Awarded the contract by ITV's chosen designer, Simon Jago of Jago Design, Stage One was tasked with ensuring that his creative and artistic design was translated into reality.

"We are delighted to be working with Simon Jago on such a high profile project," said Mark Johnson, managing director, Stage One. Simon Jago added, "The new sets are based on an identical design, but incorporate an iconic regional image. This helps to form a coherent and stylish consensus for all of ITV's regional news programmes."

Fully built and installed by Stage One, each set takes around two weeks to complete and comprises a curved rear wall, screen tunnel, two plasma screens (suspended on stainless steel posts) and a staging unit upon which the new perspex newsdesk/co

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France - L-Acoustics reports that the summer of 2005 has been a very busy one for the company's sound systems which have been used on hundreds of recorded events around the globe. Coldplay started their world tour in June. The sound equipment included 64 V-DOSC(r), 24 dV-DOSC, 24 ARCS, 24 115FM and 32 SB218. The service provider is Tourtech from the UK. Jamiroquai has been touring since July and will continue worldwide until December. Britannia Row Productions (UK) and For Music (Austria) are providing standard system will consist in 32 V-DOSC, 9 dV-DOSC and 11 ARCS.

Van Morrison is currently touring around the world (and until end of October), using the services of Northern Ireland rental company Production House with a dV-DOSC/ARCS-based sound system.

Agora provided a 104 box V-DOSC system for the Italian leg of Live8 which was held in Circus Maximus in Rome with an audience

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Australia - The Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre (SCEC), Australia's largest and most successful venue for conferences, exhibitions and special events, is in the midst of major upgrades and refurbishments. The Centre's Ballroom is Sydney's largest dedicated, purpose-built ballroom accommodating up to 1000 diners at 100 tables of 10. The Ballroom opened in 1998 when moving mirror lights were installed to act as individual lights for each table. In 2005, Paul Davison, SCEC's audio-visual services manager, and his team began the hunt for the ideal replacement.

Extensive research into what products were available followed. The team liked the idea of going for a moving yoke rather than a moving mirror as they needed a fixture that gave them a variety of options to meet market demand. They impressed by the punch and brightness of the Martin MAC 250 Entour, and also liked their ro

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UK - Audio-visual artists Hexstatic provided one of the highlights of the Lord Mayor's Thames Festival this year, taking their live set out into the middle of the River Thames. PSL Music was called in to equip a floating pontoon with sound systems, projection and a huge 45m x 25m spray screen, enabling an audience of many thousand to watch the show from the riverside.

Pod Bluman of PSL Music, who has been actively involved in guerilla projection for the last few years, supervised the technical aspects of the event, which involved projection of Hexstatic imagery onto the arc-shaped water screen. The screen used water pumped from the Thames itself to provide a screen for the projection, creating eerie and atmospheric visuals floating above the dark river.

Stuart Warren-Hill and Robin Brunson, aka Hexstatic, who have made an international name for themselves as AV performers, del

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Spain - With the development of three major commissions in the last few months, the Barcelona- and Madrid-based audiovisual service company Unitecnic, part of the Mediapro group, has become the year's most successful RTS / Telex distribution partner in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

Eumóvil is a production company with one of the largest fleets of outside broadcast vans in Spain; just under thirty Eumóvil truck can be on the road at any one time, gathering news from all over Spain. The nerve centre of each of the three newest outside broadcast vehicles - which will be utilised at the 2006 World Cup Finals in germany - comprises a system from RTS / Telex - whether an 96 x 96 Advanced Digital Audio Matrix (ADAM), as is the case in two of the vans, or a Cronus.

España Directo is a flourishing Spanish news production company that now communicates by means of RTS / Telex KP-3

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UK - Stagetec Distribution has recently supplied Compulite Vector lighting control systems to three major TV Companies: RTE in Dublin has purchased a Compulite Vector Blue system with iControl and WYSIWYG; BBC Northern Ireland has purchased a Vector Green and Vector Blue system with iControl, WYSIWYG, two Ethernet nodes and a Fader Wing, and Granada Television in Manchester have invested in a Vector Green and Vector Blue system with iControl and WYSIWYG.

The Vector systems in Northern Ireland were immediately put in to use on the BBC Proms in the Park. There were outdoor concerts in several of the main regions, all contributing to the main network show, including a live link between all the regions in turn. The venue was the grounds of Belfast City Hall with performances from the Ulster Orchestra with conductor Kenneth Montgomery, along with the City of Derry Youth Choir

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UK - London's latest major live music club KOKO picked up the Best Live Venue Award at this year's British Dance and Entertainment (BEDA) Awards at the recent awards dinner, held in the Birmingham NEC Metropole Hotel.

The 1500 capacity venue in Camden Town features an integrated Harman Pro audio reinforcement system, incorporating JBL, Crown, BSS, and dbx brands, and providing all speaker cabinets and arrays, signal control, processing and amplification throughout. At the heart of the system is a 28 kW front of house JBL Vertec Line Array system.

Famous throughout the 1980s as The Camden Palace, the venue was reopened by the Mint Group in September last year as KOKO, after undergoing a major refurbishment, which saw the former Victorian vaudeville theatre restored to its full former glory and lavish style.

A major part of the work involved designing an integrated sound syste

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UK - LD Andy Hurst specified 48 James Thomas PixelLine 1044s and 10 PixelLine 110s for M People's Another Night in Heaven! tour. The 1044s were arranged in four specially made frames each holding 12 fixtures and the 110s were used to upright a large silver upstage drape.

The frames were hidden behind the backline and then lifted into view half way through the performance of Open Up Your Heart for maximum impact. Hurst created a series of pulsing hearts across the PixelLine wall by first making the heart shapes in PixelDrive and then applying a zoom chase to animate them. The fixtures were then used as a high-impact effects surface, with Hurst crafting very specific PixelLine looks and patterns for each relevant song via his PixelDrive software.

All lighting equipment was supplied by PRG Birmingham and the crew were Nigel "Skippy" Monk (chief), Pat Fitzs

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