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UK - Compulite Vector control systems and Hippotizer media servers, all supplied via Stagetec Distribution, provided all the intelligent lighting and media control on the latest production of X Factor - Battle of the Stars on ITV, shot at Fountain TV Studios in Wembley.

A Compulite Vector Blue operated by Russell Grubiak controls the three Hippotizer Stage media servers, all running in dual output mode and a Vector Green operated by Bill Peachment controls the intelligent lighting rig consisting of 34 Vari*Lite VL3000 spots, 32 Vari*Lite VL3000 washes, 30 VL5s, 34 VL6Cs, 10 VL1000TSFrm, four High End Cyberlights, 20 James Thomas Pixel Par 90s, 46 Pixel Line 1044s and 36 Pulsar Chroma Strips - all run on eight streams of DMX transmitted via Ethernet from the Vector.

The Vector control systems were used for the previous series of X Factor, but the Hippotizer media servers

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USA - Color Kinetics Incorporated today announced that it has been awarded approximately $1.7 million by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop an LED-based alternative to incandescent lamps for general illumination.

Color Kinetics is one of five companies, including General Electric, Eastman Kodak, Osram Sylvania and SRI International, to be awarded a share of $7 million in this round of DOE funding for LED-based solid-state lighting. As is customary, the awards and the specific details of the proposals are still subject to final negotiation between DOE and the participants.

Color Kinetics' proposal, An Integrated Solid-State LED Luminaire for General Lighting, aims to develop replacement lamps for 60-watt incandescent light sources that, with a four-fold increase in efficacy to 80-lumens per watt, would meet or exceed the efficacy of nearly all conventional li

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UK - Leading staging company Stagecraft Theatre Services recently completed the design and installation of a new theatre system at the award-winning Mossbourne Academy in London. Mossbourne, which recently won the RIBA Award for Design Excellence, is one of the new flag-ship community academy schools in London, opened by Prime Minister Tony Blair in 2005.

"Working with the team at Mossbourne, we have created a lighting and sound system which is equal to that of many professional theatres. The lighting is rigged onto a flown truss to give the school complete flexibility and we have installed a variety of lanterns to ensure that every angle of the stage is covered. Likewise, the sound system includes sound desks which give direct access and control of the CD/DVD players, the mics and radio mics, to allow students to move around the theatre without losing sound quality,"

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UK - In Cardiff, the Albany Road Baptist Church has opted for one of the UK's first installations of Electro-Voice's new Zx5 high-performance lightweight loudspeakers, elegantly presented in white.

Specified by local church installation specialist David Corick of Springwood Professional Services, the system includes a Dynacord PowerMate 2200 22-input mixing desk, and a comprehensive package of Electro-Voice lapel and lectern microphones, ideal for a church which regularly features bands of up to 12 pieces in its services.

EV's new Zx5 is a 15-inch, 2-way cabinet featuring the newest generation of EV components, the all-new DXV3150, 500W, 15-inch woofer and the all-new 2-inch neodymium ND2 compression driver. Rated for 600 watts long-term power handling and capable of producing high SPLs whilst providing a very smooth frequency response, the Zx5 is ideal for the variety of prog

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USA - The Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn, is one of the largest churches in New York. Built on an eleven-acre campus that includes a café and book store, prayer centre, gardens and restaurants in addition to the worship centre, conference facilities and a preparatory school, CCC now has a congregation of more than 25,000 with another 300,000 tuning in to hear CCC's senior pastor and founder, Reverend A. R. Bernard, on New York's Christian radio station, WMCA-AM. In fact, Rev. Bernard was recently cited as one of the most influential men in New York by New York Magazine.

This spring, CCC was asked to provide a two-hour special to air around the globe on the world's largest religious network, Trinity Broadcasting Network. As the church does not typically produce television shows, they brought in Steve Simmons of Concentric Seminars and Consulting in Atlanta, Georgia,

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USA / UK - Theatre Projects Consultants has announced that leadership and ownership of the firm has been transferred to a new generation of leaders. "For the past few years, we have been planning this ownership transition of the UK and US companies to the younger members of our team, and we feel that now is the right time for that change," said Richard Pilbrow, founder and chairman.

The transition allows key members of staff to take on both leadership and ownership of Theatre Projects Consultants and provides for ownership to extend to other members of the firm in the future, the company says.

The UK team will be led by David Staples, Alan Russell, Jerry Godden, Mark Stroomer, Marion Daehms and Andrew De Rosa. Staples comments: "Theatre Projects has been at the leading edge of theatre planning for almost 50 years. This transition allows us to build on that wealt

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UK - In an impressive bid to deliver inclusive and accessible theatre, the new Leicester Performing Arts Centre will reveal its stage and backstage areas to the street outside. The new venue, under construction in the heart of Leicester City, is part of the overall plan to revitalise and regenerate the city centre and will become a symbolic landmark for cultural industries in the East Midlands. The innovative, glass building will allow people to see inside the building from the outside including backstage activities such as sets being built.

The centre will include two auditoria, totalling 1,000 seats, and will be fitted with the latest theatre technologies, including complete automated power flying from Stage Technologies. The system will include BigTow winches and a MaxisID control system operated by Nomad control consoles.

The Leicester Performing Arts Centre, due to open i

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UK - South London based PA company Systems Etc debuted its new Electro-Voice XLE compact line array system at London's Hackney Empire on a live music/DJ night featuring the Groove Armada Sound System.Supplied by Shuttlesound, this is the first XLE system in the UK, and Systems Etc owner Bernard Mani has customised it with EV's new 2 x 15" subs - nominally part of the XLC range - and an ideal match for Systems Etc's dance music clients. The new rig was also used at the Evolution Festival in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the UK's largest free outdoor festival, at the end of May, over the Bank Holiday weekend.

Founded by Bernard Mani in 1996, Systems Etc has been carving its niche in the London club and live scene since 1996, providing state-of-the-art fully integrated audio-visual systems. In 2001, the company took over Eskimo Noise, creating an even larger output potential, a substan

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Spain - Projected Image Digital has supplied, installed and commissioned 60 Element Labs VersaTube LED fixtures in a stunning basement bar lighting scheme at the Hard Rock Café in Barcelona.

This follows on from PID's work with Paula Reason of Cadmium Design and Steve Inwood, Hard Rock International's director of European Development at the Hard Rock Café in London. Here they supplied a customised VersaTile installation for the back wall of the basement bar.

PID's David March says: "We were delighted to working with Paula, Steve and the Hard Rock Team again - they are always up for pushing technology to new and interesting boundaries."

The award winning Barcelona site is the busiest HRC venue in Europe - situated right on the aorta of Plaça de Catalunya. Such was the success of the VersaTile installation in London, that it was decided a similar featu

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UK - Electronic ballast manufacturer Harvard Engineering has appointed LichtFocus as its sole Netherlands agent. LichtFocus is part of the specialist lighting group Lichtned and has been in business for five years. Harvard's range of electronic ballasts will complementLichtFocus' existing agencies for professional lighting brands including We-ef, Antares, Martini, Rossetti and Uni-Q.

Michael McDonnell, commercial director at Harvard Engineering says: "LichtFocusimpressed us with their technical knowledge and enthusiasm. Their sales operation combines a network of professional lighting planners with direct customer accounts, so I am confident that our range of compact, high performance, ballasts will be made available to the widest possible audience."

Rick ter Wee of Lichtfocus adds: "The Harvard brand is growing fast across Europe and I am delighted to have secu

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UK - A.C. Lighting is an official race sponsor of the Arden team for the GP2 British Grand Prix, which takes place at Silverstone this weekend (9-11 June). GP2 features cars running at speeds only a few seconds shy of F1 pace and is designed to equip every member of every team with the experience, knowledge and determination to succeed in Formula One.

Arden finished second in the overall Team Championship of the inaugural GP2 season last year. The sponsorship emphasises the natural affinity between Arden and A.C. Lighting, with both companies operating at the forefront of new technology in their industry sectors. The company believes the race will provide a dynamic environment for A.C. to network with other sponsors and countries at a business to business level to promote its products and services.

A.C. Lighting's Special Projects division also reports that it supplied a Litec

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The Netherlands - At the star-studded UNICEF gala in The Hague on the 25 March, AVEQ Rental & Sales supplied the equipment and expertise for the entire production - relying on systems from Electro-Voice.

It was the top social event of the year in The Hague. Celebrities from the cultural, sporting and political worlds thronged the atrium of the town hall to have a good time and donate money to a worthy cause. UNICEF was delighted to make a net profit of 143,500 euros - money that will be used for charitable purposes.

To heighten the mood of generosity among the guests, the UNICEF team had organised a high-calibre live programme that included not only local and national acts such as Jim, Told U So and Frank In Person (F.I.P.) but also the legendary disco group of the Eighties Sister Sledge, who made sure the dance floor was packed and stayed that way. Their much-appreciated set

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UK - Serious Stages supplied one of their 25 metre two bay Space Roofs for the main stage at the new Hedgestock Festival at Knebworth House, compete with 8.4m wide x 15m high video and PA wings.

The exclusive new style 2-day corporate event with music - headlined by The Who as part of their Teenage Cancer Trust work - describes itself as a 'festival of networking' for the Hedge Fund Industry - with the adage "because conventions don't have to be conventional".

Serious was asked onboard by production manager Nick Fisher with whom they've worked on several projects. Fisher was brought in by organisers Albourne Partners to co-ordinate the supply of all the technical production and infrastructure, which also included Entec (sound) and PRG (lighting).

The Serious team of 20 crew and riggers was led by Aleksis Zarins. The site build started 14 days in advance and was com

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Italy - Proel, the Italian leader company in audio/lighting systems, consumer electronics, musical instruments and accessories manufacturing, is proud to announce that Fantasy Sound International has been appointed as the exclusive distributor in Taiwan.

Under this multi-year agreement, Fantasy Sound International will sell and co-promote all of the various Proel product lines: stage equipment and accessories, sound reinforcement, lighting, trussing, Die-Hard cables and Tamburo drums.

Also included in the distributor's portfolio, is Proel Installation division, featuring audio, trussing and lighting products for large fixed installations and conferences.

Luigi Paoloni, the Proel International export manager says: "We are very excited about this new agreement. Fantasy is a highly dynamic and professional company and we strongly believe that they are the right choice as p

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UK / India - Charter has supplied 16 radio mics and engineering support for the Sport Relief Celebrity cricket match in Bombay filmed by the BBC, with just three days notice. The match in aid of Sport Relief, between a UK all-stars team and a Bollywood Megastar 11, required a radio mic on every player on the cricket pitch and contracted a local company to provide the necessary equipment. At the last minute it became clear that that many radio mics could not be made available in the time within the available budget. Tim Hunt, a freelance sound man who has worked with Charter on such programmes as Springwatch knew that Charter were radio mic experts and introduced Kimberley Littlemore, the BBC producer responsible for the programme, to Colin Bowman, audio engineer at Charter Broadcast.

With just three days to spare, Charter set about bringing together the 16 radio mics and

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UK - Digidesign's Venue live digital mixing environment is enabling the famous Montreux Jazz Festival to celebrate its landmark year by moving exclusively into the digital domain. On its 40th anniversary (coinciding with the 70th birthday of its founder Claude Nobs) the Festival has proudly announced that Digidesign has agreed to become the official Montreux Audio Sponsor, signing a three-year contract.

Digidesign will install the D-Show digital mixing console, FOH Rack (with digital mix engine and embedded control computer), Stage Rack unit with recallable, remote-controlled preamps and multi-channel digital snake in the FOH and monitor positions of the three major auditoria used for the world-famous Festival - the Stravinski Hall, Miles Davis Hall and Casino Barrière - along with full Pro Tools HD rigs so that operators can seamlessly integrate a Pro Tools workstation with Ve

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The Netherlands - This May saw VisualDMX testing the wits of contestants vying for the big € 100,000 cash prize on the Dutch National Lottery's monthly game show: De Staatsloterij.

Producer Endemol asked Visual Productions to programme a special facility in the VisualDMX software that would enable it to control a new game based on the Labyrinth principle. Two 18 square metre platforms of MultiLEDs floor were supplied by Blue Magic rental and project house, located close to the Studio Aalsmeer used for filming the show.

Utilising the ever popular Matrix Mania software feature of VisualDMX, the software was programmed to enable a complex route of touching squares travelling from one side to the other of the LED floor, to be hidden from sight until the contestants step on the correct path. VisualDMX was linked via MIDI to a show control system; in the event of a contestan

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UK - Digidesign has launched a complete redesign of its corporate website located at www.digidesign.com. Built using the latest web technologies, the new site features an improved navigation system and media-rich content - including My Digi profiles, 360° product views, Icon Empowered Studios, interactive console overviews and more.

By signing up for a free My Digi profile, users can customize some content of Digidesign.com based on preferences they control. For example, users can filter press releases to get the latest information on products of interest, manage subscriptions to newsletters and e-mail blasts, keep track of Digidesign events, retrieve DigiStore order history, and even register hardware and software online. In the future, My Digi will offer alerts when new software is released, media 'Quick Links' for tabbing a user's favourite media content, plus the ability

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Hong Kong - Artistic Licence is pleased to announce the launch of Artistic Licence Hong Kong. The new office provides a sales, projects and support hub for Southeast Asia. The Hong Kong office is building a dealer network throughout the region. While the network evolves, the Hong Kong office will handle direct sales to territories not yet serviced by local dealers. The new office will also provide a very high level of support for product integration including full system design and technical support.

Managing director Wayne Howell comments: "Artistic Licence has always been strong in Southeast Asia and Asia Pacific. Setting up an office in Hong Kong is the next step and allows us to build market share by doing what we do best: supporting our customers and dealers.

The Hong Kong office will focus on dealer support and training plus project management. Large-scale project d

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UK - Due to the continuous worldwide demand for V-Dosc, Japan and Poland have decided to invest in the genre. Based in Tokyo, Hibino Sound Division has earned the praise of major artists in Japan and around the world owing to their specific knowledge of concert venues throughout the country as well as mixing and mastering. Hibino sales manager Mr Ryoichi Hashimoto explains: "We can meet the needs of virtually any client with our 27 teams of trained professionals, and we have sufficient equipment to stage events simultaneously at four different stadiums and two arenas."

Hibino Sound Division is in a position to provide sound systems for a wide variety of other applications, such as public or corporate events and exhibitions, special movie previews and so forth.

Fotis Sound is the new V-Dosc Partner for Poland. Founded in 1979 in Poznan, the company has established a s

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UK - First published in 1952, the New Musical Express, or NME, has always based its success around being the champion of new and emerging rock music. It was the first organisation to publish a British singles chart some 54 years ago and since 1953 has organised regular awards and poll-winners concerts across the UK with the aim of promoting tomorrows big stars in front of an ever demanding audience.

This spring's New Music Awards Tour, consisted of four bands per night playing 13 venues over 18 nights. The headline act were the London-based quartet Boy Kill Boy; described by NME recently as "like The Smiths splitting half a disco biscuit with Hard-Fi in the Hacienda gents". Amidst the frenzy on stage for much of this new band tour was monitor engineer Stan Saunders, sporting not only a new haircut but the equally new Yamaha M7CL mixing console.

"I first saw the

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USA - Bowling Green State University's Doyt L. Perry Stadium celebrated its 40th anniversary with a newly renovated scoreboard and sound system. Remarkably, the 28,000-plus park is now amply covered by only five Community R6-51 loudspeakers, all hidden behind a mesh screen in the new scoreboard.

The new system was installed by Torrence Sound of Perrysburg, Ohio, who also provided EASE modelling and consultation for Toledo-based JDRM Engineering, who designed and engineered the fibre-optic based system.

A single Community R6 in the centre fires down to the far end of the field, with two more on either side covering the left and right seating areas.

Crown CTs3000 amplifiers, monitored and controlled via their IQ network, power the system from a single weatherproof enclosure under the scoreboard, and a Media Matrix system provides deep control over routing and signal processing

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UK - First-time visitors to ETC's new offices on a north Acton trading estate are in for a surprise: behind the industrial facade is one of a different kind - a Victorian theatre that threatens to out-match Matcham. Probably the first themed corporate reception area in the UK, the affectionately named 'Playhouse at Gypsy Corner' is the brainchild of ETC's CEO, Fred Foster, and follows on from the Town Square atrium at the company's US headquarters in Middleton, Wisconsin.

"The idea behind Town Square, which is based on the paintings of Edward Hopper, was to have an informal meeting place for staff and visitors that acknowledged the industry we work in - the theatre," explains Foster. "Although at Acton we have far fewer employees than in America - 25 as against 450 - I wanted the same sense of place and the same great way of presenting our products."

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UK - A conference in early July will look at the moving image in the public environment. The conference will explore the potential use of the moving image in the visual arena of public spaces and the creation of large-scale permanent artwork for the public environment. The combination of new technology and creative thinking on urban design has evolved a canvas for new and emergent digital media, interactive art, outdoor screens, external cinema and responsive architecture.

Key professional practitioners working in the area of contemporary new media and the design and management of the public realm will present current practical experience, projects and research in the fields of art, architecture, urban studies and digital culture. The conference will examine the growing infrastructure of giant public screens and external moving image displays that are becoming a major aspect of

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