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"This year carried on the great spirit of the first two parties very well in that it gave everybody in the production community a chance to meet up and have some fun in a relaxed and social atmosphere. A lot of people thoroughly enjoyed the event and had big smiles on their faces," said Bryan Grant at Britannia Row.

The event saw around 900 friends and clients from each of the companies enjoy flamboyant Burlesque Music and Entertainment in a classic and Western themed venue.

Entertainment was supplied by Lost Vagueness who provided the main focal points in party areas including a Golden Nugget casino, Gaol and a Pamper Parlour. Other en

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They went on to appear in every Morecambe and Wise show, returning to Rex Howard for maintenance and storage in between shows.

Rex Howard Drapes is now a trading division of Hawthorn, and the company report that these unique tabs are going to be used again in a Morecambe and Wise Christmas Memories TV tribute special, to be shown this Christmas. The gold drapes have been fully cleaned and serviced ready for the show by Hawthorn's in-house specialist maintenance team.

Mike Watling, general manager of Rex Howard Drapes said: "These gold tabs are part of TV history. It's been a real pleasure for the whole team to be involved in getting this special piece of TV memorabilia ship shape for the Christmas TV s

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The Centre was opened by the University's vice-chancellor, Dr Ruth Farwell, and Patrick Jordan, managing director of Mojo Barriers, in the company of many distinguished guests from the security, crowd management and close protection industries.

The Mojo Barriers Education & Training Centre is the world's only centre for training staff indoors on using pressure sensing equipment with the Barrier Load Measuring System (BLMS).

The launch featured a full demonstration of the BLMS, lead by Patrick Jordan and Warren Tucker, who provides technological support for the Centre, enabling guests to witness the benefits of the system at first hand. Mojo Barriers has donated the BLMS to Bucking

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On 25 September 2007 the Wyvern, a busy receiving venue, reopened after nearly a year in the dark following the discovery of asbestos in the auditorium roof (see Lighting&Sound International magazine November 2007). Stage Electrics was contracted by Swindon Borough Council to design, install and supply technical infrastructure and equipment to the venue.

The Wyvern Theatre is a truly multifunctional venue hosting everything from Shakespeare to ballet, live music to comedy and conferences to cinema. With a reasonably small team of staf

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The news service will resume on Wednesday 2 January 2008, and the next email news bulletin will be sent out to subscribers on Tuesday 8 January.

Until then, our thanks to all our readers for making use of our website through the year, and our best wishes to one and all for the holiday season and a happy and successful 2008.

The PLASA Media team.

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This six-day professional training week includes courses for lighting programmers, technicians, and electricians, as well as for arena and stage riggers. Some of the courses carry re-certification credits for ETCP certified electricians and riggers.

Courses offered in the Rigging Track are: Arena Rigging Math Fundamentals on 21 January taught by G. Anthony Phillips and Stage Rigging Fundamentals on 22-23 January taught by Jay O. Glerum. The Lighting/Elect

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Lee Norton has been appointed as DLES regional sales manager for Europe, and David Ayotte has transferred from group company Microwave Radio Communications (MRC) to take up the position of International DLES regional sales manager, with responsibility for Asia. In addition, Laurence Venner has joined the team as a specialist systems engineer.

DLES business unit director, Matthew Richards, commented: "These appointments reflect the market opportunities for our unique combination of solutions, providing best of breed systems for a range of government agency and defence applications."

(Jim Evans)

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Owen joins Biamp Systems with extensive sales management experience in professional audio and systems integration. He became international sales manager for Martin Audio in 2003 and was responsible for all operational and distributor management in 20 key territories. Prior to Martin Audio, Owen was project sales specialist at Arbiter Group in London where he managed projects including installations at major stad

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This contract continues Procon's involvement with the Olympic Games, having previously been one of the main service providers for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000 and at Athens in 2004.

Morten Carlsson, CEO of Procon MultiMedia comments: "This order shows that Procon is able to stand up to the Asian competition. Essential criteria for the assignment have been our 20 years of experience of more than 10,000 successfully executed events as well as our reputation in the area of large scale events. Based on our sales focus in this market, we are confident to gain further orders for international events in 2008."

(Jim Evans)

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The new Middlesex Skillset Media Academy - a three-way partnership between the SAE Institute, Middlesex University and Top TV Academy - is one of only 17 institutions in the country to gain this recognition.

Matthias Postel, head of SAE Institute in the UK, commented: "SAE is excited to be part of this vibrant partnership. We bring our expertise in audio engineering and digital film production to the table, augmented by Qantm College, our specialist division of games design and 3D animation. We have been a global partner of Middlesex University for the past ten years and the Skillset partnership is yet another milestone."

(Jim Evans)

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The main criteria on which the decision was made in choosing the DCN system were ergonomic design, total control through a central PC and high-quality speech intelligibility. Added to these features were Bosch's proven product reliability and superior after-sales service support, says the company.

The National Parliament DCN system includes 225 discussion units in Bosch's flush-mount version that allows easy 'click-to-fit' installation and choice of functional panels that can be customised according to requirements. The specification also includes votin

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Based in Calgary, Alberta, Likeness will provide in the field support for the company's stockholding of general distribution products and leading technology brands - including the exclusively distributed Jands Vista, Hog 500/1000, Event, ESP and Stage lighting console ranges, and the Chroma-Q range including colour changers, gobo rotators, PSUs, and the Color Block, Color Split and Color Web multi-purpose LED solutions.

Likeness has nearly 20 years' entertainment lighting sales experience, holding the previous positions of VP for sales and marketing at Pathway Connectivity Solutions for 11 years and eight years

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Jenkins has over 30 years' industry experience. He was employed by Blitz for 17 years and prior to this he worked at Hammond AV for 13 years. Jenkins joins forces with Alan Macdonald and Kevin Orwin who are already installed in the new enterprise.

(Jim Evans)

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The new CT office in Shanghai, China joins the company's well-established offices in UK, USA, Germany and Dubai. "CT Shanghai will enhance our already excellent global coverage to further support existing and new CT clients," the company says.

General Manager Tom Hui heads up the day-to-day operations of the Shanghai office and warehouse. Hui has been in the industry for over 25 years, having managed a large, full service AV company in Shanghai and brings invaluable knowledge and experience of the market and requir

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Students interested in the following fields are encouraged to apply for the scholarship: acoustics, audio, automation and control systems, AV, communications, data networks, digital signage, information technology, interactive display, life safety, lighting, telephony or video.

"NSCA Education Foundation scholarships provide people interested in the commercial electronics industry with the means to get started with a broad-based, practical and theoretical education," said Tom Frericks, president of the Foundation Board. "Students participating in the NSCA Education

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Rodney Houston, product manager at Amber Technology NZ says, "After watching Klotz Digital build up an impressive market share in Australia, we are very happy to be representing their market leading products now here in New Zealand. I am happy to start our working relationship off with a multi console sale including routers to Radioworks and look forward to the growth of Klotz Digital in New Zealand."

Amber Technology has already received an order for two Aeon consoles with Vadis 212 routers which will be installed in one of the Radioworks' On-Air studios in Auckland in the next couple of weeks.

"I am certain that this will be a long and prosperous partnership for both of our companies. We have learned a lot during our

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The Digidesign ANO A-Net output card is an option for Digidesign's Venue Stage Rack that now allows users to connect the popular Aviom Pro16 Series personal mixers and audio networking devices, including the Aviom A-16II Personal Mixer, directly to a Venue system, providing "a simple and cost-effective artist-driven monitoring solution." It integrates with Digidesign's D-Show 2.6 software, and offers features such as Auto Link, which automatically links channel pairs across all Aviom personal mixers.

"We're very excited to add Digidesign to our family of A-Net partners,&q

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"As would be expected, we are in the process of re-aligning our operation; however we will not be recruiting anyone to the position of managing director," said Henden. "I am now heading up the business with the existing management team."

To further develop the logistics aspect of the company, two new recruits have joined Leisuretec - Cliff Dounting to the position of operations manager, and Bill Daniels as Logistics team leader. Brian Payne has also joined the company in the capacity of technical sales back in August and Leisuretec is now recruiting further personnel to bolster the logistics team.

Despite 2007 being another challenging year in terms of the economy, Leisuretec achieved a year-end sales

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The former distributor AST and its owner Friedemann Wüstner joined Laauser & Vohl to form an extended and strengthened operation for the distribution of Powersoft products in this market.

With this enlarged team of pro audio professionals, Powersoft will benefit from a broader market coverage and a deeper market penetration, with the aim of enhancing the brand perception and the relevant business growth, says the company.

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Protape is also beginning to combine multiple non-urgent deliveries to closely situated destinations further afield in order to cut down on the number of deliveries they make, and is replacing the bags they use in the shop with fully recyclable ones over the course of the next two months.

Bob Matthews, Protape's managing director, explains the company's new policy. "It's pretty clear to us that ideally, all companies need to do their bit to reduce carbon emissions where they can, and to use recyclable materials. Of co

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Wireless University is an ongoing series of presentations and hands on demonstrations aimed at educating the industry on the technology and benefits of wireless DMX. The programme kicked off at PLASA07, with courses scheduled throughout 2008 in all major exhibitions worldwide. As opposed to a sales pitch, Wireless University teaches the concept of wireless DMX technology, which techniques work best, and pitfalls to avoid.

Niclas Norlén, R&D manager and founder of Wireless Solution led the Guangzhou course, covering topics such as support training with advance cell planning for larger projects, service training for repai

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The Safety Induction Course is designed for companies and business that have a fully implemented health and safety policy and safety management structure and who wish to induct their staff in these policies and structures, as well as providing basic health and safety training.

Stagesafe founder Chris Hannam will be available to discuss the new courses, and Stagesafe's other services, at the Even

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Ritchie brings a wealth of experience to this new role with a combined production, technical, exhibition and sales management background in the entertainment services industry.

Reporting to Mike Goldberg, Selecon's European sales and marketing director Ritchie will work alongside Louise McCoy in the on-going development and support of Selecon's position as recognised leaders in fixed luminaire technology for theatrical and entertainment lighting.

"Ritchie's experience with corporate clients at Edric Audio Visual brings the understanding that the end user is the all important part of our busine

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"The research presents valuable information on what marketing and promotion strategies industry stakeholder groups are using to help differentiate their company from the competition and to gain new business." said senior director of member services, Jodi Montgomery.

Many topics are detailed in the report, including member responses regarding their top market initiatives, tracking methods, marketing infrastructure and most effective marketing tools.

Overall, the most popular way to deploy marketing plans was to