For every £50 raised managing director Stuart Gibbons is going to be taking a pie to the face from members of his eagerly awaiting staff. To see photos and videos of the action happening on Friday 16 November, visit the website address below.
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New business has grown at a phenomenal rate for Crestron UK in the past 12 months, says the company which has regional offices now established in Doncaster, Scotland and Ireland.
Robin van Meeuwen, managing director of Crestron UK comments: "I've always felt that purchasing a product from a catalogue is a poor substitute for touching, seeing and actually experiencing a product before you buy it. I want our dealers' customers to experience the products we sell - and our new facilities here mean just that. We have created themed environments that replicate actual installation situations, from a corporate boardroom and lecture theat
The PA system and various ancillary equipment included COHEDRA line array cabinets and subwoofers, plus a number of flightcased VX2400 power amp racks and Digital Field Controllers. All the flightcased cabling/fly bars for the system was also included in the haul, along with a number of HK's self-powered F.A.S.T. monitors and ConTour CT112 speaker cabinets. The COHEDRA mid/high assemblies were housed in large grey flightcases, whilst the subwoofers were mounted four units high on dollies, protected by black road covers bearing the 'COHEDRA' logo.
Additionally, the truck als
NSCA corporate members update their company listing with all the markets they serve, such as corporate, houses of worship, education and others. Members also list all the types of equipment they represent or manufacture within the following categories: acoustics and audio, ancillary, automation and control systems, audio/visual, communications, digital signage, IT/data networks, lighting/staging, security/life safety, services and
"The Analysis is a proactive yardstick to help measure your bottom line against other like-size companies in the industry," said senior director of member services Jodi Montgomery. "It provides information on what the most profitable companies are doing. In addition, the Analysis outlines the technologies, vertical markets and sales methods that contribute to their profitability."
Company sizes were split into five different ranges - beginning with companies who earned less than $1 million a year up to one in 10 reporting gross revenues of more than $20 m
The judges awarded Le Mark the winner's trophy for the innovative design of their site which includes an image-menu system, making almost every product clearly accessible within two clicks of any page throughout the site.
The site (www.lemarkgroup.com) is managed in- house, minimising costs, and can be updated internally at any time.
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Former American Idol winner, Carrie Underwood, continues to take the country music scene by storm. Underwood took home 'Female Vocalist of the Year' for the second consecutive year. She also received the 'Single of the Year' award for Before He Cheats.
Kenny Chesney was awarded his third 'Entertainer of the Year.' Chesney performed the current single, Don't Blink from his most recent album, Just Who I Am: Poets and Pirates.
Rounding up the Bandit clients earning awards this year was Rascal Flatts. They won their fifth consecutive 'Vocal Group of the Year' award. The 2006 top-selling art
PlayMotion's software enables users to physically interact with fun, educational and fully interactive programs that are projected onto FogScreen's projection screen. Participants can engage in virtual games and activities using their hands and bodies to experience 'superhero powers', build virtual landscapes, and play sports - all in mid-air.
"We are very excited about this new partnership with FogScreen," said Scott Burkett, CEO of PlayMotion. "The synergy between PlayMotion's interactive platform and the FogScreen device opens the doors for creati
Showsec has enjoyed a strong working relationship with AMG management for the past ten years at its other venues including Shepherds Bush Empire, London, and Carling Academy venues in Birmingham, Liverpool and Newcastle.
Showsec's area manager, London, Steve Reynolds said: "We are proud to be working with the AMG team at the new Carling Academy Oxford, where we will be ensuring artists and clients enjoy a consistent standard of security and crowd management alongside their other award winning Academy venues."
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AB chief engineer Tom Janssen ordered a Midas H2000 for front-of-house and an H3000 for monitors. As part of the deal, Midas Consoles Benelux will be handling ongoing service and training for the venue.
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"So far, it has been very well received by our customers and we shall continue to add further refinements."
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"I was both surprised and delighted to be awarded an AES Fellowship, particularly because I've never presented any papers on my subject," notes Blyth. "What I have learned and done in the 37 years I've been designing consoles has more to do with having green fingers and a very inquiring mind than any structured research process, so I was flattered for the recognition of my contributions. It was also an honour to share the stage with such luminaries as Bob Ludwig, Phil Ramo
Comments Nico Lewis, director sales CCS EMEA, "I am absolutely delighted that we have been able to secure the services of yet another seasoned expert to add to our team. Stephen has already accumulated many years of precious experience in the broadcast, intercom and telecommunications market and has been active in a leading role for the last seven years in a variety of regions."
For years, I have admired the innovations and company philosophy of Telex/RTS," says Rodway. "To be a part of the firm now fills me with pride."
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In January, Source takes up residence in new, 3000sq.ft premises in north-west London. The building combines offices, warehousing, technical support and product demonstration areas, providing Source with the room and facilities to accommodate a growth in both personnel and product lines.
In the first of a series of new staff appointments, Steve Fisher joins the company as its dedicated Genelec product specialist - with responsibilities for providing technical support to resellers and end users, performing Genelec product demos, providing dealer training and offering advice on speaker placement, room set-up and acoustic treatment. With a background in both architecture and sound recording,
With a large rig comprising over 80 moving lights - including Vari-Lite luminaires - and over 300 conventionals, the show is set to open at Barcelona Teatre Musical on 29 November. PRG Europe will be supplying all lighting and control for the show. The venue is a multipurpose indoor arena recently converted from a sports stadium to take musical theatre.
Lighting designer is Howard Harrison, working with Pia Virolainen; programmers are Marcus Kromer and Ros Baker; production electrician is Ian Moulds working with electrician Chris Durnford; and production manager
During ACF Maarten Engels, director of Visual Productions, stated that he was "delighted to meet Quiet and Shadow's first customer for Canvix Matrix Control: GSF Sonoraisation" and to hear about "the two VisualDMX installation projects that are being supplied to the LED specialist company RGB-LED Lightin' Art."
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The winners for 2007 are: Expendable Category - Lex-Loc Cage Clamp NEMA Wiring Device from Lex Products Corp; Widget Category - Gel Miser from Apollo Design Technology; Equipment Category - Right Arm from Apollo Design Technology.
The Dealers' Choice Product Awards were presented during the LDI 2007 awards ceremony on Saturday, 17 November in Orlando.
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The Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) has announced discounted pricing agreements with 25 manufacturers of energy-efficient products, including Dialight, covering indoor lighting, clean vehicles, traffic and street lighting, building products, advanced waste management technologies, water system components and alternative energy technologies.
Dialight will offer solid-state lighting products, based on the use of the latest light emitting diodes (LEDs), to 1,100 cities in the United States and 40 key cities throughout the world. The initial focus will be on traffic signals but will eventually include other products which use LEDs.
Roy Burton, group chief executive of Dialight, comments on Di
Getting things underway, Johannes Müller, msm-studio's DVD producer, explained the advantages of the new medium over DVD: "With a storage capacity of 50 GB, the new medium offers enough space for an HDTV resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels - something like six times that of a DVD." Not only the image but also audio tracks, according to Müller, derive enormous benefit from the literally loss-free reproduction: "DVD is
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The façade of the company's red brick headquarters has been adorned with a spectacular illuminated wreath which was constructed out of 250 Christmas trees sourced from Balcombe Estates in West Sussex. It is filled with 8,000 glimmering UV blue LED lights. Underneath the sparkling wreath is a huge blue and green bow attached to a ribbon made entirely from blue neon.
The impressive Imagination building, flooded in a wash of blue light serves as the backdrop to the wreath. The installation of the lighting display took place over the last weekend in November. Imagination enlisted the help of a team of 19 construction specialists as well as Imagination's in-house production managers and lighting designers.
This is the largest event of its type ever to take place in this territory so Malaysian promoter Live & Loud drew on the international expertise of Stageco to help achieve state-of-the-art production values. The project demonstrates how Stageco can help medium-sized promotion businesses anywhere in the world grow to meet the standards demanded by international artistes.
In conjunction with the Malaysian government, Live & Loud is organising a series of major concerts featuring Western, Chinese and Malaysian acts, in a pop and rock spectacle featuring Whitney Houston, Shaggy and James Morrison among the global acts on the bill.
For Live & Loud's head of technical
"We take pride in, and feel an obligation to, continue our support of the NSCA Education Foundation because of our shared commitment to ensuring high quality training and education of future audio professionals," said Shure US vice-president and general manager Al Hershner. "Through this matching campaign, we encourage others in our industry to join us in contributing to the expansion of the Foundation's activities."
"We are honoured that Shure continues to support our programmes," said Tom Frericks, president of the NSCA Education Foundation. "Each year, industry members meet Shure's challenge, which emphasises the value th
"We were already familiar with Crest, having owned 7001s and 8001s in the past, which were, in my view, the best amplifiers available at the time," noted Sound & Light Factory co-proprietor, Danny Juretzko. "When the time came to renew our stock, we had no hesitation in going back to Crest. We loved our trusty 7001s and 8001s, but the Pro 200 Series amps are even better."
The new Pro 200 Series amplifiers are mainly destined for rental stock to drive their EAW PA system as well as Sound & Light Factory's proprietary PA. Being so close to Ma
