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The Netherlands - Philips has introduced a new LED lamp with a difference. Based on a joint development with DSM, the Philips MASTER LED MR16 retrofit lamp is the first high-power LED application in which the aluminium cover is replaced with a thermally conductive plastic - Stanyl - to control the heat. Stanyl also offers the additional benefits of flexibility in design, exceptional durability and weight reduction, says the company. Going forward, this sustainable solution may be applied across Philips' LED retrofit lamp range.

The Philips MASTER LED MR16 is a 4W LED replacement for the popular low-voltage halogen spot lamp. With light output equivalent to that of 20W Halogen MR16 lamps, it offers the key benefits of up to 80% energy saving and a 40-times longer lifetime. MASTER L

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Benelux - Marco Borsato, the "darling of millions of fans of Dutch pop music with over 5.5 million album and DVD sales, is renowned for innovative shows that push existing boundaries". His current show, Wit Licht (White Light), which opened in Arnhem, The Netherlands in October last year and concluded in Antwerp, Belgium at the end of March again didn't disappoint. A three-dimensional light and video show that wraps the stage and downstage 'road' in innovative LED technologies creates an intense visual experience that enhances Borsato's energetic performances.

Sharing the stage with Borsato are some innovative LED technologies developed by Element Labs and supplied and supported by XL Video. Making its debut is the Helix P1 pixel string, which dominates the design of the 'road', which forms a video carpet that takes Borsato to the midst of his fans, and i

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UK - DMi D&M Installation (Europe) has introduced a complete redesign of its Boston Acoustics' range of CI in-wall and in-ceiling speakers.

The redesigned VSi and HSi series, debuted at ISE 09, introduces numerous design innovations, improved audio performance, versatility and ease of installation. An increased number of models includes more three-way designs, ultra-compact 'lighting can' style designs, and humidity resistant models for outdoor and wet environments.

The new series comprise more than 25 new in-wall and in-ceiling designs. Design innovations include a dramatic 70 per cent reduction in the visible bezel, providing for improved flush to surface mounting. Magnetically attaching grilles greatly improve ease of installation and servicing.

The new HSi in-ceiling range includes the HSi H460T2 high humidity, weather resistant model, a 2-way design ideal for outdoor us

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USA - The Vietnamese Martyr's Catholic Church (VMCC), built in Sacramento, California to serve a growing population of Catholic Vietnamese-Americans, has installed a Renkus-Heinz ICONYX digitally steerable audio system to bring a new clarity to its 900 seat sanctuary, with CFX121 system covering the Great Hall that's used as an overflow area for larger meetings and performances.

VMCC turned to full-spectrum AV systems integrator Quality Sound of Stockton, California for the audio systems. Iconyx was my go-to choice from the first look at the project plans," says Gary Roda, Quality Sound's house of worship expert. "Its balance of performance and aesthetic appeal is unique."

Iconyx's ability to focus sound precisely was Roda's answer to the complex shape and reflective materials at VMCC. The large, nearly square nave with a sloped t-bar ceiling has a large open cl

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UK - On April 2 2009, the leaders of the 20 most powerful countries in the world, including Barack Obama on his first international visit since taking office, gathered in London to address the global financial crisis.

In just 5-weeks of pre-production and four days on site, production company WRG had the responsibility of transforming the blank canvas that London's ExCel centre provides into a multi functional environment for the Summit to take place.

Key spaces included the Plenary Meeting Room, lounge and dining areas for the summit's main business, a press area that included a 700-seat press briefing theatre and six smaller theatres, and working environments for country delegations and the international media centre.

The key spaces were all connected by a 100m long corridor that acted as a central artery for the event flow and movement. Working alongside WRG, Essential Li

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Sweden - Wireless Solution Sweden AB has launched investigations against copycat companies worldwide using the same title as both the company and its well-known W-DMX brand of wireless DMX technology.

Niclas Arvidsson, CEO of Wireless Solution explains: "This has been a problem for a while, but it is getting worse. For example, there is an Italian company using the name 'wireless solution' on their website and printed in their catalogues, while the legal and registered company name has nothing to do with this. There is also a Chinese manufacturer selling OEM products with both 'W_DMX' and 'W-DMX' but are not in any sort of partnership with W-DMX made in Sweden by Wireless Solution Sweden AB. These examples represent blatant trademark infringement."

Arvidsson continues: "For OEM companies who support this theft of brand names we will start to take action in Europ

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UK - The £15.3m regeneration of The Crucible Theatre passed a milestone recently as the completion of Phase 1 of the project was marked by a series of preview test events from 21 March to 4 April. Theatre consultants Theatreplan LLP have been providing specialist planning and technical design expertise throughout the project.

Phase 1 of the comprehensive refurbishment programme included a new roof, new exterior cladding, additional reinforcement for the building's foundations and redevelopment of the front of house areas. Theatreplan's team of Clive Odom, John Whitaker, Peter Ruthven Hall, Charles Wass and Mathew Smethurst-Evans were tasked with bringing the auditorium in line with modern disability access standards, and to replace the flying, lighting and sound systems. Previously, the team had completed the stage refurbishment with an ingenious modular solution in time f

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With an LED life of 50,000 hours and low power use, the P6 cuts energy costs and supports the EU’s ‘Green Deal’ goals for climate neutrality by 2050. It also meets updated eco-design rules for lighting.

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UK - Rightway Audio Systems, Midas and Klark Teknik's distributor for China, Hong Kong and Macau, has also been appointed to handle the brands in Taiwan, with immediate effect. Appointed last May, Rightway has already sold 10 Midas XL8 Live Performance Systems and five PRO6 Live Audio Systems, and is a leading distributor of Klark Teknik, in particular the Square ONE range.

"We're very honoured to be expanding the brands across Greater China," says sales manager Alan Wong, who will initially be handling the business from Rightway's Hong Kong office and appointing dealers across the new region.

"In just a year Rightway has proved to be an excellent distributor for Midas and Klark Teknik, as their sales performance demonstrates," says Midas and Klark Teknik's sales and marketing director David Cooper. "We're confident in their ability to develop our bran

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UK - The fifth series of 4Music's popular weekly music programme The Shockwaves Album Chart Show was recorded live at London's Koko.

Benefiting from Koko's state-of-the art technical infrastructure, including its JBL Vertec rig, 30 artists and their crews including Lady Gaga, Lily Allen, Pet Shop Boys, The Enemy and Kelly Clarkson deployed Koko's in-house FOH mixing desk - the Soundcraft Vi6.

Koko's in-house technical manager, Tim Hamper comments: "This is the third series of The Shockwaves Album Chart Show that I've been involved with using the Vi6. Its on-going success is largely down to its ease of use, mainly because it's been designed to work logically and in-tune with how a live sound engineer has to operate on the night."

(Jim Evans)

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USA - Renkus-Heinz has named its first factory-authorised commissioning specialists, appointed as part of a programme to extend the community of specialists qualified to commission Iconyx and RHAON equipped audio installations.

Sam Berkow, Adam Shulman and Steve Sockey of SIA Acoustics; Stephen Solberg and Robert Ledo of CFA Consulting; Bruce Coffman of Touch Thirty Three Consulting and James Brawley of James Brawley and Associates are the appointed specialists.

The announcement follows an intensive two-day training session at the firm's Foothill Ranch, CA, factory, part of which was spent on-site at the nearby Iconyx-equipped San Juan Capistrano Mission Basilica.

David Rahn, US national sales manager, explains: "Our in-house system commissioning programme has become very popular with Iconyx installers, and a lot of other integrators have been using it as well, perhaps

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UK - Black Cat Music will once again be displaying its comprehensive range of education and performance equipment at the ABTT Theatre Show next month.

Products displayed will include music stands and lights, posture chairs, choral risers, staging equipment and theatre products and staff will be on hand to discuss and demonstrate products. Copies of Black Cat Music's new comprehensive price list and catalogue will be available from the stand.

The Black Cat Acoustics division is a professional noise control company with an experienced and friendly team offering a complete range of acoustic products. Enquiries are welcomed for the design, supply and installation of high performance acoustic equipment as a total package, or to find economic solutions to individual problem areas within existing buildings.

(Jim Evans)

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Mexico - Allen & Heath's new iLive-T digital mixing system was recently evaluated by one of Mexico City's top music venues, the Bull Dog Café. The system - comprising an iDR-32 MixRack and iLive-T80 Control Surface - was road tested for a week, managing combinations of FOH and monitor sound for the venue's busy schedule of events.

During the hectic weekend line up, which featured many of Mexico's up and coming artists, iLive-T was used to mix FOH for headliners Division Minuscula and Simplifires and their support bands, Victimas del Doctor Cerebro and The Dancers. During the week, the system was moved between monitor and FOH position for acts which included girl group, Ha-Ash, Allison and Alicia Villarreal, culminating in Los Amigos Invisibles, where the system mixed monitors.

"Most of the bands had their own engineers, and they all had positive feedback for iLive-

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UK - The Association of British Theatre Technicians (ABTT) and PLASA - the lead body for those working in the live events, entertainment and communication industries - have announced their intention to endorse each other's skills initiatives.

The announcement, which came during the first day of PLASA Focus, the organisation's new regional event in Leeds, will see PLASA supporting the ABTT in becoming one of the organisation's preferred assessment centres for the theatre sector, whilst the ABTT will actively endorse and support the future development of PLASA Qualifications.

PLASA Qualifications became an Awarding Body in 2008 as part of the organisation's aim to become the 'Industry Awarding Body', a key element of its wider strategy to ensure the industry has the right skills and professional development opportunities to meet both present and future demand. The organisation w

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Arts Funding Up - Arts Council England has pledged an extra £44.5 million to artists and organisations to offset the impact of the recession. Dame Liz Forgan revealed the measures in a speech at an Arts Council-sponsored seminar in London. "We cannot protect artists from the realities of recession," she said. "But we can be as imaginative, open and useful as possible in our efforts to get us through this with minimal damage to the creative life of this country."

Arts Council England distributes public money from the Government and the National Lottery. Its new initiatives include Sustain, a £40 million open application fund for arts organisations suffering due to the economic problems. There will also be additional support for individual artists and smaller arts organisations through the Arts Council's existing Grants for the arts programme. Its 2

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UK - PLASA Focus, Leeds - the first regional trade show event from the PLASA Events portfolio - opened its doors at 10am this morning at the start of what promises to be two valuable days of business and networking opportunities. In total across the two filled halls of Leeds Royal Armouries, 100 of the industry's leading manufacturers and suppliers are exhibiting at this inaugural PLASA Focus event.

Aside from the genuinely strong exhibitor commitment to the show, organisers PLASA Events say that the response from potential visitors has also been very satisfying, with almost 2,500 online pre-registrations received prior to the closure of pre-registration facility last week. If you haven't already registered for the event but would like to visit, don't be put off - you can simply register on the door at the venue.

The show is open until 5pm today, and from 10am to 4pm tomorrow

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Denmark - The Martin MAC 301 Wash is an LED moving head washlight with a powerfully fast zoom and impressive zoom range. Designed for a variety of settings including rental applications, television use and night-time venues, it is capable of producing a wide range of exceptional colours from rich saturated shades to uniform pastels through the entire zoom range, says the company.

The MAC 301 Wash's zoom provides beam angle control from 13 - 36° for more accurate and flexible design possibilities, and the fixture's RGB colour mixing is maintained through the entire zoom range.

The fixture's 108 LEDs produce a bright and well-defined beam. With LEDs arrayed in a high density design, a more even blending of colours is achieved.

A principal feature of the MAC 301 Wash is its RGB colour mixing system. The full spectrum system combines with the optical system to produce a wide

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South Africa - ETC's Eos lighting control desk has had its first outing in South Africa, with Prosound/T&A Lighting supplying one for use on the theatrical production of High School Musical.

Lighting director Declan Randall says, "This is a user-friendly but powerful desk which was able to do everything that I needed. I was sceptical at first, but very quickly learned my way around it and was able to program all 768 lighting cues without any problem. I am very impressed. It is a new system and as ETC is frequently issuing software updates, it is improving all the time. I would not hesitate to specify it for any other show in the future."

ETC's senior programmer Luke Delwiche went over to South Africa to help with the programming, where T&A Lighting also made him available to others who were interested in learning more about the desk.

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UK - Peavey has announced that it has again been asked to provide the sound system for the main stage at the London International Music Show (LIMS) from 11-14 June 2009. A Peavey system was also used last year for the inaugural LIMS, when Yngwie Malmsteen and Joe Satriani headed the list of artists performing (along with The Blockheads, who made a special appearance at the exclusive Peavey-sponsored exhibitor party).

This year's line-up includes Jan Akkerman, Albert Lee with Hogan's Heroes, and The Swans.

"This is a fantastic showcase for music, musicians and the equipment that goes with it, and Peavey is proud to be playing its part in presenting such a talented line-up - including many of my personal idols - to the visitors at LIMS", said Clive Roberts, managing director of Peavey Europe. "Last year's show was a fantastic advertisement for the UK music scene,

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UK - British Harlequin's Hi-Shine floor will be to the fore when the company exhibits at the ABTT Theatre Show 2009 to be held at London's Royal Horticultural Halls next month.

Also on show will be a wide range of examples from Harlequin's extensive catalogue of floors for the performing arts. Visitors will able to examine many different floor types with expert support on hand to provide guidance and advice.

Although widely known for their floors for dance and the performing arts, Harlequin also provides special flooring for theatre stages, television studios, exhibitions and display. Harlequin manufactures a comprehensive range from portable, roll-out floors to cushioned, heavy duty permanent floors, plus permanent and touring sprung floor systems. These are complemented by a range of accessories including tapes and cleaning products, roll straps, storage bags and an extensiv

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UK - Proteus Displays is running two open days to demonstrate its new Mezzanine Imaging system. Mezzanine combines a tracking system to calculate the beam and footprint positions of moving lights alongside a media player with unique image controls. The system provides a facility for integrating lighting with video enabling conventional moving lights to project digital imagery on to the reflective display surface.

Paul Silsby CTO comments, "After all the interest we received at PLASA 08 we have been keen to develop this system further. The Mezzanine effect provides lighting designers with a new canvas which enables a level of integration between lighting and display technologies that has not been possible previously."

The demonstrations are taking place at LED Screenhire in Littlehampton on 7 and 8 May.

(Jim Evans)

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USA - Vice president of Pyrotek Special Effects, Lorenzo Cornacchia, worked alongside production designer Daunte Kenner and production manager MaceoPrice to help create an explosive show for Lil Wayne's I Am Music World Tour.

Kenner and Price collaborated with Cornacchia to integrate a series of effects for the tour. Cornacchia was introduced to Kenner during the 2007 BET awards, where Cornacchia designed a barrage of custom flame effects, including a flaming microphone stand for Lil Wayne's performance of Gossip.Cornacchia, who has worked on numerous occasions with Kenner, enjoys doing so because "He's innovative and brings fresh ideas to the table". The Lil Wayne I Am Music World Tour consists of an array of various special effects. One of the custom effects designed for the tour resembles a gatling gun which acts as a flame thrower, shooting an

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