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Commissioned by Caesars Entertainment in 2009 with an overall vision to change the Las Vegas skyline with a new iconic landmark, construction on the world's tallest observation wheel began. On the lighting side of this extravagant architectural project, NYXdesign teamed up with Martin Professional, systems integrator 4Wall Entertainment and electrical contractors Bombard Electric.

The installation includes 1,120 Tripix 300 fixtures, 1,008 Tripix Wash fixtures, 560 Tripix Power IP66 power supplies and four MAC Viper fixtures.

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The show's creative director and lighting designer was Gerard Maijenburg. With an impressive 35 years as a lighting professional spanning rock 'n' roll', TV and special events under his belt, his high profile clients include the award-winning airline. In addition to, designing the lighting, he co-ordinates the creative and technical production for all KLM's live events.

KLM commissions a major birthday show every five years. For this one - the precursor of 2019's centenary - Maijenburg, wanted to use some new, different and outstanding visual aspects for the fast-paced show, which came from two d

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Built for the 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, the O2 Arena is home to the HC Slavia Praha and HC Lev Praha ice hockey teams and also hosts a range of other sporting and corporate events and concerts.

The venue needed to replace its existing PA system installed 10 years ago, a point source system that was, by the venue's own admission, under-specified and under-powered. The brief required a complete new PA/VA system to provide information and emergency announcements as well as music: also the new system needed to integrate easily into the Arena's existing systems, and to represent good value for money.

"We looked at the best technology a

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Situated on the stunning shores of Lake Constance, the month-long annual Bregenz Festival sees the picturesque lakeside town of Bregenz in Austria taken over by regular theatrical, musical and operatic productions, with the spectacle of the Spiel auf dem See (Music on the Lake) as its centrepiece, taking place on a gigantic floating stage in the lake itself.

As with most modern live stage, musical and operatic productions, the Bregenzer Festspiele has made increasing use of wireless microphone technology over the years. However, the use of RF at Bregenz has always been constrained by local environmental factors. The town is very close to borders with Germany and Switzerland ('border

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5 Star's Keith Sykes co-ordinated the project, saying, "We were approached by WNSC's chair Sam Baxter as they needed to be able to stow and transport their timing kit safely and easily. It's one of their biggest capital assets, so we were very happy to offer a custom solution."

Two of the cases each take four timing pads, and both feature a split-top design making the cases as accessible as possible, facilitating extremely quick and easy removal and deployment of the pads from the large cases.

They are constructed from 5 Star's Tour grade specification materials with 9 mm ply utilised to minimise the w

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14 March 2016

As the National Advisory Body for Theatres, The Theatres Trust works to secure a sustainable future for theatre buildings. Its aim is to ensure that current and future generations have access to good quality theatres that reflect our cultural life and offer inspiring places to enjoy theatre.

Mhora Samuel, director of The Theatres Trust, said: "This year saw the Trust once again in the spotlight - alerting authorities to the impact of relaxation of planning policy on the viability of theatres, continuing to be a voice for theatres, raising awareness of their needs, and celebrating the resilience and creativity of those in charge of our theatre buildings."

In 2013/14 the Trust published its annual <

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ECI Cultuurfabriek includes a theatre, stage, two cinemas, café and gallery space all under one roof and hosts a variety of cultural events from music, dance and theatre to workshops and special project days. Restoration of the former factory, actually a historically significant building, took two and a half years to complete.

"This was the perfect moment for the new location to start with a complete LED i

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An offshoot of the Norwegian government's Ministry of Culture, Riksteatret stages shows in 70 venues around Norway, its mission being to ensure that nobody has to travel for more than an hour to one of its productions. Productions are developed and previewed in two venues at the Nydalen complex, the 300-seat Store Gull (Large Gold) and 120-seat Lille Gull (Little Gold).

Formerly a television studio, Store Gull had a very dry acoustic response, the reverb time being as little as 0.56s. This resulted in a rather uncomfortable experience for both actors and audiences - the actors feeling disconnected from the audience, wh

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The venue is on the campus of Lincoln University and is the city's busiest live entertainment space, featuring a lively mix of music, comedy, club nights and conferences. This latest Adlib installation is one of a series of highly successful projects delivered by the company to leading student managed venues around the country.

Engine Shed engineers first came into contact with Adlib through the various training programmes available at their Liverpool HQ. The company has also gained a good reputation for designing excellent sounding, rider-friendly systems for a number of high profile similar venues in the last two years including at Leeds and Leicester Universities and Manchester and Sheffield Aca

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14 March 2016

Rabinovitz has over three decades of industry experience. As the former vice-president of Ballantyne Strong, among many other roles, he offers a mix of product development, sales/marketing experience, and relationship building to his clients. As one of this industry's biggest trade shows, LDI in Las Vegas, draws closer, the timing was perfect for enlisting Paul Rabinovitz in the business development role.

Co-founder and CEO of Parasol Sy

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The APRS's annual celebration, hosted by Sir George and Lady Martin, sees the recognition of six new recipients of the APRS Sound Fellowship bestowed on individuals who made a 'significant contribution to the art, science or business of sound recording'.

This year the association is recognising:

Colette Barber - Studio Manager, Abbey Road Studios

Mutt Lange - British record producer and songwriter

Jim Marshall OBE - Master of 'Loud', Marshall amps and speakers designer

Al Schmitt - US recording engineer, producer, mixer

Roger Waters - Singer, songwriter, composer, co-founder of Pink Floyd

Lamont Dozier - Motown writer/producer

Tom Robinson, BBc 6 Music presenter and singer/songwriter, has been invited to give the 'keynote' address by w

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14 March 2016

AED Rent Franchise UAE will be the dry hire partner for the rental companies in the United Arab Emirates. AED Rent sees the AED Rent Franchise offices as an expansion to EMEA and the East. As from 2015 this formula will be commercialized - one company per country will be able to become an AED Franchisee under the AED Rent nv conditions.

Says the company, "The way of working with interactive workflows guarantees AED to work fast and to the point. Touchscreen monitors in the warehouses allow the employees to work paperless, updates go very fast and all the information is centralized which allows AED to maintain high standards. The aim of this Rental Franchise formula is to provide the best service to the rental companies anywhere."

(Jim Eva

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The Gigpiglet team has worked with JoeCo's award-winning BlackBox products since the first models were released in 2009. The computer-free 24- and 64-channel 1RU recording and playback systems are compatible with any analogue and digital consoles, or other equipment, offering a range of i/o options that include MADI, DANTE, AES, Lightpipe and analogue line or mic. Audio is recorded di

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The company now has six full time staff and works with a regular pool of freelancers servicing a whole range of shows including TV productions, corporate events, concerts and theatre shows - most of which are using Robe fixtures from their rental inventory.

As well as lighting design and equipment rental services, Event Lighting builds scenery.

There was already an investment in Robe when the company started as Jernej had actually had the wherewithal to make his first purchase of Robe moving lights with ColorSpot and ColorWash 575 XTs to use on shows he was lighting. These were among the first of the ranges that Robe produced after launching as an 'own-brand' i

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The band's production team met with Thunder Audio pre-tour to discuss the challenges that they'd face in bringing the exact same show to Bastille fans every night, despite tight load in- and out- times and a varied list of venues - from sports arenas to intimate theatres - with the resulting mix of gear rigging restrictions and sonic differences. As a result, the touring sound company specified a portion of its newly acquired L-Acoustics K1 complement - including 24 K1

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Metzger gained fame for his role as 'Dä Blötschkopp' and is one of the most sought-after artists of the popular Cologne Carnival that takes place every year in western Germany. "In Cologne, we have five seasons instead of four," comments Stephan Flören of LichtUnit GmbH, who wore several hats for the production, including lighting designer and spot caller as well as key and show lighting op. "The fifth season is the Cologne Carnival, which is very special, and for this special season we have special artists and comedians and Marc is one of them."

Recorded live for German station WDR, Metzger's anniver

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It was the second year that XL Video has supplied the event. XL Manager Guy Vellacott and his team worked alongside brand experience agency Flourish Creative's director Guy Tremlett and technical production manager Mark Brattle to create a slick streamlined video-orientated set environment to suit the vibe of the event.

Highlights included presentations by Google and YouTube executives together with some of the channels' most successful content creators like fashion and beauty vlogger Zoella and supe

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The festival takes place over three days in August, with a main outdoor stage in the town's central market square, the Grote Markt. Smaller outdoor stages are housed at nearby Klokhuisplein (Clock House Square), Oude Groenmarkt (Old Greenmarket) and Nieuwekerksplein (New Church Place). This year's edition featured artists like Oleta Adams, VanVelzen and Eva Simons.

Jurlights supplies and manages the technical production

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Services for the church are held at a variety of campuses ranging from high schools to community centres and entertainment venues and are produced primarily by volunteer "worship teams". While the sermon is delivered from the Grants Mill main campus in Birmingham, Alabama via the Internet, each campus worship team runs the program and services locally. "We wanted to create a p

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14 March 2016

ACSP's Lance Bromhead visited the school to discuss their project requirements. Having worked on numerous ACSP school drama LED lighting installations, Lance suggested that Kennet School's Head of Creative Media and Film, Peter Scoggins, and Dave Yates, drama technician, visited a recent system installation at Passmores Academy in Harlow, Essex.

He commented, "Passmores Academy had required a similarly efficient, low maintenance, user-friendly lighting solution. Fortuitously, the day we visited Passmores, they were putting on a show production, so it provided a good live demo of the lighting system."

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Over the 21 years there have been hundreds of companies and thousands of visitors who have supported the show. Organisers want to say 'cheers' and invite the industry to help celebrate. There will be a lot happening at the show to mark the special occasion with the industry.

At the last ENTECH show in 2013, a total of 4,705 visitors came through the doors and an all over attendance of 5,469 including revisits (audited) attended the last ENTECH. In 2015, organisers are expanding and improving the show to make it even bigger and better, say the organisers.

ENTECH will take place 7-9 July 2015 at the Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park. It's easy to get to via public transport, close t

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At the heart of the sound system is a pair of Avid Venue control surfaces, Gareth's regular mixer of choice, while the sizeable sound system is an all-d&b audiotechnik affair. V-Series forms the core proscenium system (V8 and V12 cabinets), complemented by V and J-Infra Subs, and a T-Series centre cluster.

Overall, the complete system totals some 120 sp

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14 March 2016

The Clay Paky Roadshow, put together and run by DWR's Robert Izzett was a wonderful success. Instead of having a central venue where clients were invited to see the products, The Projectors consisting of Supersharpy, Mythos and Stormy were taken to rental companies and theatres in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town.

"This has been an amazing experience for the Clay Paky team," comm

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The Avignon Festival has invested in a Cobalt 20 desk for their main performance space with a Congo jr powered by Cobalt as online backup during the shows. Back in 1996, the event's organisers bought the first Avab desk to use in the Cour d'Honneur (Court of Honour) of the Palais des Papes (the Pope's Palace) and they also own 25 further Avab style desks that they use each year for their other spaces. So it was fitting that, when the Cobalt desk was released earlier this year, they were keen to try it out.

Says Jean Louis Pernette, commercial director for ATF, "The festival's technical managers realised they needed to modernise their main