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Portugal - PRG Europe supplied lighting and a G-LEC large scale LED system with video capabilities for the sixth annual Laureus World Sports Awards in Estoril. The event attracted an estimated worldwide TV audience of 460 million. Award winners included athlete Kelly Holmes, yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur and racing driver Alessandro Zanardi,

Designed by Peter Bingemann, the Awards set used video screens and lighting for all the visual elements, with the video content provided by specialists Hello Charlie.

PRG Europe supplied 56 G-LEC ClassicFrames covering some 112m2 with five linked graphics computers. Configured as eight columns of seven panels each, four columns of G-LEC were used as static elements, while the other four were mounted on tab tracks, moving the lightweight screens across the stage as required.

Lighting designer Al Gurdon used a large lighting rig provided by

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UK - London based events agency GSP was chosen by Red Bull to design its Star Wars party, which celebrated Red Bull's and Star Wars' brand partnership at the 2005 Monaco Grand Prix. Staged in Monaco's Grimaldi Forum, the star-studded event involved an exclusive screening of Revenge of the Sith and an AfterShow party. GSP used two auditoriums in the Grimaldi Forum. While one was deployed for the screening in a 400 capacity cinema, the second was used for the party.

GSP's Director, Emma Gold comments, "This was undoubtedly a challenging event, but one we so enjoyed perfecting. We drew from our experience to create a movie set with a twist that offered the Wow factor that we feel is essential to stand out and leave a lasting impression."

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Spain - Barcelona-based Lexon has won the HHB 2004/5 European Distributor Of The Year Award. Presented to José Bosch, general manager, by HHB Communications managing director Ian Jones at the Barcelona AES Show, the award recognises the Spanish distributor's status as HHB's leading European export customer in the period.

"It gives us great pleasure to make this award to our friends at Lexon in their home town, particularly at a time when the market for pro audio products in Spain is so vibrant," said Jones. "José and his staff have worked very hard as our distribution partners in Spain for more than eight years, and we are sure that Lexon will achieve continued success with future HHB products including the new CDP-88 Professional CD Player launched here at the AES Show."

(Jim Evans)

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UK - A.C. Lighting will be showing extensions to the Jands Vista and Chroma-Q Color Block product ranges plus a selection of products from its stockholding of leading technical theatre brands at ABTT.

The Color Block accessories range now features new Color Block pixel cap and 30-way power supply products, making the multi-purpose LED fixture suitable for a wider range of effects lighting applications.

The pixel cap is designed for applications under studio lighting conditions, where lens flare can appear on the TV camera image as a result of shooting into a bright light source. Designed to fit over individual RGB LED cells on the front of units, the cap blends together the RGB to show only the resulting colour, and because the light output is diffused, eliminates camera lens flare. Pixel caps can be used on all or any of the Color Block's 4 separate cells.

The 30-way PSU is

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Belgium - Sony Professional Solutions Europe has confirmed that it will be a Platinum Sponsor at ISE 2006 which will be held 1-3 February 2006 at the Brussels Expo. Following its successful debut at ISE 2005 in Amsterdam, Sony will demonstrate its "latest array of products that provide new ways to interact with multimedia information in the office and on the move".

"Sony is looking at the major shows to enhance its visibility in this emerging market and ISE is an emerging platform to achieve this." says Ian Collis, VP marketing for Sony Europe.

"We were pleased with the positive response, feedback and general enthusiasm generated by the 2005 show in Amsterdam and are delighted to see that ISE 2006 is already 40% bigger that the previous show. We see ISE as a pivotal event that has gained an important foothold on the Integrated AV systems market and we

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Bob Doyle was there for DiGiCo's third PALME; he said that take-up of digital technology seems to be slower in this region than elsewhere, again reflecting the need for technical knowledge out here. DiGiCo is investing in training and seminars, and emphasising its 100% back-up philosophy, to move things forward. Coincidentally, both Destiny's Child and Mariah Carey were performing in Dubai that week, and both with DiGiCo D5 consoles. Doyle added that 2005 has seen a marked shift in acceptance of the digital domain.

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Cadac's Mark Reay and Tony Waldron were at their second PALME, and in hindsight would have liked it to be their third, although generally things are very positive for this UK manufacturer. There are now Cadac desks in such prestigious locations as the Kremlin, Athens Concert Hall and China's State Parliament, adding to an already long list of prestige installations. They also reported that 2003 was the company's busiest ever year, and that plenty of tenders are coming up in the near future. Reay, a passionate advocate of clean sound in all parts of the audio chain, also commented on the "world's worst sound system" - otherwise known as the seminar room PA.

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Penn Elcom, S+H Technical Support, Freestyle Music and Metalworx (the manufacturer of Penn trussing) joined forces with Middle East distributor IBS Decor - which also manufactures flightcases in Dubai. S+H has put down roots in the region, having had a Dubai office for 14 months. The company reports plenty of business for its plain drapes in the UAE, as well as for its own starcloth product. Coming soon is S+H's second generation of remote table pinspots, with DMX control capability, which will be of interest to event organizers everywhere.

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Dave King of LTM (Lift, Turn, Move) was joined on stand by the industrious Adrian Forbes-Black of Columbus McKinnon, manufacturer of the Lodestar hoists which are a mainstay of LTM's services. Forbes-Black, who began working for Columbus McKinnon in the UK and Europe a little over two years ago, reports that CM has doubled sales of its entertainment hoists in that time. This was the first PALME for LTM, which was formed just last autumn, but King was having a worthwhile time nonetheless.

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Avolites is another company with a history in the region. Tony Shembish has been out here for several years, running Avolites Middle East & North Africa, based in Abu Dhabi, and business is booming. With one of the larger stands at the exhibition, and with good support from familiar Avo faces from the UK, Avo ME was also playing host to James Thomas Engineering's Pixelline range of LED fixtures, which played a central role on the stand; Avo ME was appointed the official Middle East distributor for the range at the show. Tony Cameron, European sales manager for PixelRange, said: "The response to PixelDrive and PixelRange was phenomenal, much more than I had forecast. This show has guaranteed us big business in the Middle East, not just in Dubai but many of the surrounding territories as far as Pakistan."

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UAE - In its short history, Dubai's Pro Audio & Light Middle East (PALME) exhibition has provided many companies with a platform on which to build, or boost, their business activities across the Middle East region.The UAE in particular is a much-hyped potential market, with staggering sums of foreign investment pouring into the ambitious development of tourism and business facilities (see L&SI March 2005). Dubai itself is now the UK's main export market in the whole of the Middle East, having shown a 93% growth in 2004, and a further 43% so far in 2005.

Generally speaking, the companies who are benefiting most from this potential are those who had a business presence in the region prior to PALME's emergence in 2003; of the rest, those returning for their third, or at least second, PALME show are generally now beginning to see benefits. For others, there is a feeling that they ma

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Executive Audio is a new company set up by two very well-known figures in pro audio sales, Hans Freytag and Steve Smith, following discussions at PLASA last year. The company is targeting the UAE, and already has a tidy portfolio of leading audio brands (EAW & EAW Commercial, Lake Technology Corporation, TiMax and DiGiCo) to which they are hoping shortly to add a high-profile amplifier manufacturer. The emphasis, says Freytag, is on high-end, high-performance audio, with plenty of scope for residential and commercial markets. EAW Commercial was showing its latest ceiling monitor, the CIS-400.

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Other companies who were exhibiting at PALME in a supporting role, with established business relationships in the region, included leading UK manufacturers such as Midas/Klark Teknik and Martin Audio; French manufacturer L-Acoustics already works in the region with V-Dosc partner Gearhouse (who provided a V-Dosc system for Pavarotti's Dubai show in April) and ARCS user, Prism. PALME saw the regional debut of the company's Kudo system, and of its SoundVision acoustical simulation software.

German manufacturer ic audio had teamed up with Millbank in a joint-branding exercise aimed at promoting and increasing the companies' presence in the Middle East's commercial sound installation market.

A.C. Lighting has been doing business in the region for years, and was at PALME in a supporting role for existing clients, but also to work on developing the projects side of their business in the Mi

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Stardraw, believe it or not, had a great show. While David Snipp was one of those who took the opportunity to present a well-attended product-led seminar session (struggling to make himself heard above the hideous buzz of the PA system), Rob Robinson said that after a slow start, this turned out to be one of their best exhibitions ever: when you consider the response that Stardraw Control has had at PLASA, LDI, NSCA and ProLight&Sound, this is no faint praise. Latest additions to Stardraw Control include the New Product Wizard, which allows the user to add products not already included in the extensive library, and the ability to talk to any legacy script in any computer language. This opens up even more possibilities for this "disruptive technology" as Snipp likes to call it, "because it changes the way that people do business".

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Martin Professional Middle East's CEO, Nour Assafiri, said business was excellent for his company, which has been operating since 1991, and as Martin Pro Middle East since 2002. The full lines of Martin Pro and Martin Architectural, Jem smoke machines and Mach sound reinforcement products are complemented by other distributed brands: Advanced Fibre Optics from Spain, and Eurotruss from The Netherlands.

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Adam Hall, now at their third PALME, were reporting an "excellent" show, with good responses to its LD Systems audio product line, particularly the wireless mic system, which had recently voted best mic in its price class by Play Music. The company was also picking up strong interest in its protective cases products.

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Representing Pulsar in the Middle East for some time now is the well-known face of John Lethbridge, exhibiting on the stand of NMK, the company's UAE distributor. Lethbridge reported a big gain in momentum in the regional market since Pulsar's first PALME show in 2003, with particularly good growth in Saudi. Pulsar has exclusive distribution in Kuwait, and recently sealed distribution in Qatar. Also on the NMK stand, it was good to catch up with Roy Millington of Cloud Electronics - one of the many pro audio brands represented by the distributor.

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UK - Legendary singer Ozzy Ozbourne's Black Sabbath headlined a bill featuring the worlds leading heavy rock acts ranging from Garbage, Feeder, MC5, Motorhead, Slayer, Slipknot and System of A Down.

Whilst the bands might have been screaming '666'; three was the magic number for Download Festival organizers this year: the festival now in its third year, with three stages and expanded to run over three days. It was also the third year that Simon Battersby led an experienced management team and 450 staff to look after the 50,000 fans who enjoyed the weekend.

Aside from the increased logistics to accommodate the larger crowd and 35,000 campers Showsec worked with officials from the SIA. Showsec had 48 SIA licensed staff and officials commented on the high level of organization and preparation in place meaning that no crisis management was ever called on during the weekend.

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UK - Following on from the success of last year's Human Resources Seminar, PLASA (the Professional Lighting and Sound Association) is presenting a one-day workshop that will focus on giving practical advice on key employer responsibilities and employee rights. The seminar will also highlight future changes in employment law, including legislation relating to flexible working, work-life balance and parental rights. The session will be delivered by HR specialist Clive Payne, and areas covered will include key elements of the employment contract; disputes resolution and discrimination issues; family rights; and the impact of what's new and on the horizon.

Throughout the workshop opportunities will be given to discuss real issues and to evaluate your own situation and the processes currently used in your workplace against legal requirements. Places are limited due to the practical a

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UK - Clarion Events Ltd has acquired a controlling interest in ATE, the commercial exhibition, conference, publishing and services subsidiary of the British Amusement Catering Trades Association (BACTA), the UK trade association for the pay to play amusement industry.

The newly owned portfolio includes the industry leading events Amusement Trade Exhibition International (ATEi) and International Casino Exhibition (ICE), staged in London; three other smaller exhibitions including Amuse UK in Blackpool and The Betting Show in Birmingham; three European industry conferences; and three leading publications - Coinslot, Betting Business and Casino Review.

Simon Kimble, Managing Director of Clarion Events is pleased to have completed the investment in ATE and said: "We are delighted to have secured what is a fantastic company with great products and people in an exciting market.

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UK - Many companies are finding that recent changes to employment legislation are making their lives more complicated and proving a growing expense they could well live without.

And the situation isn't going to get any easier. Employers' costs are set to increase further when government plans to increase paid maternity leave from six to 12 months and to allow new mothers to transfer leave and pay entitlement to fathers, together with legislation that extends disability rights and allows staff to request flexible working arrangements, comes in. Many small and medium-sized companies have already acknowledged that these are going to prove some of the most challenging aspects of running their businesses.

PLASA (the Professional Lighting and Sound Association) is running two seminars for anyone in the industry who would like to be better informed about the planned changes. Taking p

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UK - United Business Media (UBM) has announced an agreement to acquire Theme magazine and the Bar exhibition from Mondiale Publishing, to complement the 'Publican' group of publications and events which UBM acquired in February. Integration of today's titles into UBM's operational infrastructure will reduce overheads and generate cross-selling opportunities, say the company.

The purchase price is £5m million in cash. Theme and Bar Show generated £2.1m of revenue and £0.6m of EBITA in the year to end of June 2004. The proposed acquisition should be earnings enhancing in its first 12 months and is expected to exceed UBM's hurdle rate of return in its first year. The transaction is subject to approval by the OFT.

These businesses will report into Bernard Gray, CEO of CMP Information (CMPi) and United Advertising Publications (UAP). Gray said: "These leading publishing ass

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UK - Following the technical and social success of last year's meeting, the Electroacoustics Group of the Institute of Acoustics is organizing a special Reproduced Sound 21 conference, which will take place in Oxford from 4-5 November. This "coming of age" meeting promises to be a landmark in Reproduced Sound's history and will be an opportunity to look back, and forward - "Feeding back to the future!" - say the IoA.

Reproduced Sound conferences represent the cutting edge of modern audio and acoustics, presented in an informal and convivial environment that allows consultants, manufacturers, contractors and end-users to mingle and share insights and information. It's an opportunity for business networking in an atmosphere that proves you can have 'high brow' and 'informal' in one place at one time, say the IoA.

This year, as you would expect from such an im

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Singapore - The CommunicAsia and BroadcastAsia trade shows have ended on a vibrant and positive note, say the show organizers, having attracted 60,552 attendees from the IT, communication and broadcasting industries. An estimated 1,600 delegates and speakers were at CommunicAsia and BroadcastAsia conferences. The exhibitions at the Singapore Expo accommodated 2,238 exhibiting companies from 55 countries covering 62,000sq.m of exhibition space.

For the first time the CommunicAsia Summit conference featured a three-day CEO Perspective panel session, where senior executives of telcos and vendors exchanged industry views and insights with the audience. "I find this conference very good for sharing and bouncing ideas," says Tom Goodwin, regional CTO of Lucent Technologies, and one of the panel speakers.

Another attendee at the CEO dialogue session was Siemens Communicatio

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