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14 March 2016

ECA2 - a French-based company specialized in creating and producing major events and shows around the world - was in charge of designing the entire Big-O show as well as the O structure. The artistic and technical production of the show was also part of ECA2 mission.

During daytime the Big-O is a giant sculpture that will remain after the Expo as a symbolic landmark. By night, it is the centrepiece of a show that embraces the Expo's themes.

The O itself features a water screen inside the outer rim, which shows films and other videos. The outer rim also produces special effects, such as la

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14 March 2016

Kimbra has been touring the US with monitor engineer Rod Metheson using a DiGiCo SD11. "The great thing about the SD11 is that I could fit it into a Samsonsite case," says Metheson. "I made a frame which goes over it that keeps the buttons and screens protected. It just looks like luggage to customs officials. They seem to make a big fuss when they see a road case, trying to charge additional freight and the like. It's pretty amazing that I could just check it in as

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14 March 2016

The patriotic Sharpys, dressed up in custom made Union flag jackets, were a welcome sight amongst the pageantry during the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations as they delivered a dazzling display of laser-like lighting at the Jubilee Concert that marked the 60th anniversary of Queen's reign.

Pio Nahum, chief commercial officer for Clay Paky is delighted: "It is great to see the Clay Paky luminaires doing such an exemplary job on such a prestigious project. The Sharpys seem to feature in the forefront of many of the official photographs of the event.

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14 March 2016

Located on Svobody Avenue, by the city's opera house, the 30,375m2, free-to-enter Lviv Fanzone was open for 10 hours a day throughout Euro 2012 and relayed all the matches. When matches weren't in progress, other entertainment included live music and DJ sets, while the space was also utilised for three of the city's annual cultural fe

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14 March 2016

Flip Sandell (HSE) asks: A shackle falls to the stage and hits a stagehand causing life threatening injuries: what happens now?

Flip Sandell currently works in the HSE's Entertainment and Leisure Sector and is responsible for their role in live music events, theatre, film, broadcasting and fairgrounds. Flip's session will explain what happens during the investigation - from when the investigator first arrives until the final closure of the file. He will be able to answer questions such as: what are the legal duties, where do they lie and what planning can you

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14 March 2016

Created to encourage the exchange of important ideas, the new Pro Development Programme puts unrivalled focus on content provision, significantly developing the show's educational offering.

The four-day programme consists of 80 free-to-attend sessions taking place in four brand new, purpose-built seminar theatres on the show floor. Organised into nine distinct categories, the new format provides unparalleled access to entertainment & installation technology's leading thinkers and doers.

The first category is Future Trends, a series of sessions looking at the current direction of technology and where it might lead us. This programme includes the headline session Are we near to Perfect Sound? -

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It was in 1985 when Hansen set off in his wheelchair on his Man in Motion World Tour, covering 40,000 kilometers through 34 countries in over 26 months to raise funds for spinal cord research.

Vancouver production design firm Electric Aura Projects and PRP have a history of creating events for the physically challenged, including the World Wheelchair Rugby Opening Ceremonies, the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Opening & Closing Ceremonies and past events with Rick Hansen.

This event had to accommodate the needs of Rick Hansen, The Rick Hansen Foundation and CTV. There would be musi

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14 March 2016

FOH engineer Paul 'Pab' Boothroyd found out that there was a new e15 system available with a significant quantity of Y18, Y10 and T21's to support the stadium show in Bogota and jumped at the opportunity.

Ewan McDonald and Leo Vilar of C.Vilar, provided the system design with left and right main hangs, each made up of 15 x E15 above two SpekTrix 5 degree enclosures, and two SpekTrix W 15 degree enclosures. The design for side-hangs featured 12 x Y18's with an under-hang of four Y10's per side, 16 T21

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14 March 2016

Following a hugely successful Dutch theatre tour, Within Temptation is setting off on a mammoth festival tour that will take in 35 music festivals across Spain, Sweden, Italy, Belgium, Romania, Bulgaria, France and many others.

Rotterdam-based Elberse, discusses, "The show is divided into two sets - An acoustic and an electric set. We wanted to create a design fitting for both moods, and because we are touring we needed fixtures that could handle both."

Comprising a riser-setup and LED-walls, with additional decorative banners and backdrops, Elberse wanted the main stage to be clean, which meant using only small fixtures on and in front of the risers.

Pim says he chose to use Sharpys, which were supplied

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14 March 2016

The club's independent owners Ladislav and Michael Uhlar and Daniel Fojtík approached Robe lighting, , whose HQ at Valasske Mezirici is just 25 Kms down the road in Moravia, and asked them to propose a 'spectacular' lighting and visuals design.

The brief was to maintain the high production values characteristic throughout their other clubs, and make Meinl Dance the must-go destination nightspot in the local area.

Robe's Ales Gill, Anolis's brand manager Peter

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Musik Markt Bad Saulgau, under the direction of its proprietor Alfons Müller, was the company charged with the planning and installation of the audio system. After conducting numerous comparative tests, the company opted for an EVA line-array system from Electro-Voice.

"There were stringent financial constraints as well as aesthetic ones," says Müller. "The system needed to blend harmoniously into the elegant interior design of the hall, as we

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14 March 2016

Audio-Technica held the awards ceremony to honour its dedicated force of manufacturer's representatives during the InfoComm Expo on 13 June 2012, at the Wynn Las Vegas. The A-T Rep of the Year recipient was congratulated for outstanding sales performance and bestowed with Audio-Technica's Samurai doll award. Ark Productions & Marketing was acknowledged for its consistent success in the areas of sales, marketing and customer service.

Michael Edwards said, "Ark Productions & Marketing is keenly dedicated to their customers and the brands they represent, which are among the

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14 March 2016

Design Electronics based in Niagara Falls, contributed to more than 60 Boston Pizza installations. For this restaurant, which is located in the middle of Toronto's bustling entertainment district, Rob Jones, project manager for Design Electronics, and Darren Fousert, systems technician for Design Electronics, installed and programmed the lighting, audiovisual and system control components.

The team used a combination of Ilumipod Logic 6, Ilumipod Logic 12 and Ilumipod Logic Tri-4 interior lighting solutions to provide variable and controllable lighting in the dining ar

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14 March 2016

Designed by Populous, and funded by the NSW Government, Royal Agricultural Society and the AFL, the AUD $65m stadium is considered special because of its adaptability. It remains the main arena for the Sydney Easter Show, but it is now also an intimate stadium for AFL.

The stadium comprises two new grandstands built onto the existing infrastructure. The north-west side grandstand also hosts new coach's boxes, broadcast rooms and a massive scoreboard.

The PA People were called upon to fit out the public address systems for the new grandstands and integrate it into the existing systems of the existing areas. For this type of project JBL's AE Application Engineered Series of versatile loudspeakers for a wide variety of fixed ins

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To keep up with the demands of the fast-paced broadcast environment, they installed ETC lighting equipment.

In Ukraina's largest studio, the lighting staff rely on an ETC Ion control desk with a Universal Fader Wing. They had looked at other lighting desks, but decided on the Ion in order to future-proof their rig, as dynamic light becomes more prevalent in broadcast applications. They also liked the output count and the fact that the desk supports tw

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14 March 2016

Representing some of the industry's leading international brands, AVSC sees Optocore's high-speed, high-performance digital networking system as the perfect solution for reliable transmission of audio, data and video signals in large installation projects, rental/touring applications and the broadcast market sectors, according to AVSC's sales manager, Wayne A. Gutor.

"With the addition of Optocore to our product portfolio, AVSC will be recognised as a total system solution provider for PA and AV markets in the Philippines," he said.

Faced with an increasing demand for a reliable

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This will give the company much greater responsibility. But what makes the move significant is that SGM had been the first professional lighting brand that SF Marketing - originally established back in 1978 - brought into its portfolio almost a decade ago.

There is also an irony in that 20 years ago SGM's chief executive Peter Johansen came close to signing up his company at the time with SF Marketing president, Sol Fleising. How that decision might have impacted on the respective companies' fortunes we will never know - but two decades later the two industry giants are determined to grasp the opportunity this time around.

Equally opt

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The new office - PAS's first in the US - is part of a planned expansion strategy for the company in the US, which will offer an extensive range of innovative standard and custom products, built to the highest standards at highly competitive prices.

PAS has been steadily expanding its range of 19 inch rack range enclosures and accessories over the last two years.

PAS's American business has been steadily growing in recent years. Opening the office and warehouse was the next logical step to consolidate the service and ensure the backup, technical support and standards associated with the brand are maintained, says the company.

New products are constantly being launched in respo

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14 March 2016

"We listened to a whole range of speakers and we were continually drawn back to the EM Acoustics products," commented James Gosney, Stage Electrics' business development manager for audio. "The energy and philosophy of this independent British manufacturer sits very well with our aims. We strive to deliver well designed and high quality audio and the EM range just sounds superb."

EM Acoustics operations director, Mike Wheeler, is equally pleased with the arr

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14 March 2016

"I'd been working on a maxed out board since I started with the band and I thought, now is the time to make a change in this set up. I talked with Foster's FOH engineer James Lawrenson about what we should do to make the gig better and what we both wanted to do with the set up. After our numerous chats, I came to the conclusion that there are not many boards out there that could give me more than 32 auxes."

Francois was familiar with DiGiCo's D5 and SD8 and liked the sound of the consoles. His decision was between the SD10 and the SD7.

"I finally chose the SD

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14 March 2016

Plus 4's Stewart Chaney reports, "I've been looking at Uniline for a while now, and have always been attracted to its power-to-size ratio, which is very important in a TV studio environment. However, when APG launched the UL210D down-fill element, which is actually a system in i

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14 March 2016

Digital insanity headed up the audio visual production of this highly anticipated film premiere. Along with the red carpet, celebrities and fans, a huge red spider hung at the front of the stage. Free runners and other visual performances worked on the stage as large screens relayed rendered images of the film, video streams and parts of the trailer to the crowd along with live video feeds of the actors as they walked down the red carpet.

Digital insanity used Hippotizer HD's running a dual output, driving a lighthouse R7 screen and a 8mm Cobra screen using Videomapper. As well as playback prepared GFX by Digital Insanity; they used live cameras at the premier via HDSDI. By using the HippotizerHD as the media server Digital insanity was able to

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14 March 2016

"I've been using iLive on tours with Tindersticks over the last couple of years, most recently renting a pair of R72 surfaces, and I've enjoyed the experience immensely. So, I had been wondering how it would perform on a Morrissey tour," comments Millward.

The tour has already visited Japan, Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, The Philippines, Hawaii and USA during April and May.

"All the backline equipment was to be air freighted around Asia at considerable cost but it seemed the only realisti

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14 March 2016

Horace Trubridge, assistant general secretary of the MU, told The Stage, "We have been sending [LOCOG] examples all year of professional musicians who are being approached by LOCOG representatives to work for free . There seems to be a trawling exercise going on where LOCOG representatives are looking at band websites, listening to the music, thinking, 'I quite like that' and sending them an email to see if they will work for free. That seems to be what's happening, which is a complete breach of the agreement that we have with LOCOG."

A spokesman for LOCOG sa