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There was a festival feel across Madrid, with MTV hosting a number of events during the week. This culminated in the Outdoor Broadcast Show at the Puerto de Alcala, where a mammoth stage was built in front of the landmark, in the middle of a roundabout. A complex security plan was agreed with the National and Municipal police, whereby a series of road closures and pedestrian control points created an audience area of up to 50,000 people. Saturday 6 November was MTV Spain day with a line-up of top Spanish pop acts, whilst the Sunday delivered a visually spectacular event featuring Katy Perry, 30 Seconds to Mars and Linkin Park.

Showsec used a team of 11 managers from the UK, who were each responsible for different a

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The investment brings a number of advantages not just to Lighthouse, but to China and the Huizhou area as well, says the company. With RoHS compliance, the manufacturing facility is an eco-friendly investment, well aligned with the Chinese government's low carbon development policy put forth in 2009. It's also an investment that brings some of the most advanced technology and management experience to China.

For residents of Huizhou, the facility has also been an important source of economic growth, bringing more jobs to Chinese citizens and contributing to Huizhou's GDP and government revenue. And, following the acquisition, factory employees can now receive

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Director of the ballet company, Dame Monica Mason, said she was "thrilled" about the production being shown in such a huge venue as it would "introduce our work to so many new people". The 17-19 June performances are being staged in association with impresario Raymond Gubbay, who staged the first opera at the London arena earlier this year.

Half Time - The Black Eyed Peas are to perform during the interval at the Super Bowl next year, organisers have said. The Gr

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Sadler is a chartered engineer who specialises in modern theatre hydraulics and is actively involved with the running of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Eastern Area, acting as treasurer for the organisation. He is also a technical associate of the Royal National Theatre and received a Lifetime Achievement award from the Association of British Theatre Technicians in 2009.

Since 1978, Sadler has been closely involved with many industrial and theatrical projects including the stage settings for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight Express and The Phantom of the Opera. He is currently working on the hydraulic systems for

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Countries across Europe are clearing a block of frequencies to make way for new services like next-generation mobile broadband. Part of this block - called channel 69 (854-862 MHz) - is used by wireless microphones.

Replacement frequencies for channel 69 have been made available in channel 38 (606-614 MHz) as well as other frequencies - but existing microphones will need to be replaced or modified to work at these new frequencies.

In July 2010, the Government announced that it will be providing a contribution towards the cost of new equipment for those users who are eligible under the terms of the scheme. Those a

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Group MD, Tony Laurenson, commented on the nomination from China, where GIG is currently working on the Guangzhou Asian Games. He said: "It was such a privilege to have been shortlisted. We know the quality of the companies that entered and to just be recognised for our international business activities is a great success in itself."

GIG also recently picked up the top honours at the UK:Event Awards 2010 in the Supplier Awards Best Caterer category. Their award submissions entitled 'A Truly Global Infusion Group' impressed the judges wit

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Most recently, Morgan spent 18 months in Berlin as an editor at Communication Director magazine. He has previously lived and worked in the UK, France and Germany. "As someone who has been into music since a very young age, it's great to get the chance to work with musical instruments and fellow music fans on a daily basis," says Morgan. "I'm looking forward to my new role and getting to know and work with everyone in the industry."

(Jim Evans)

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The annual Awards, produced in association with IFEMA - The Fair Trade Institute of Madrid - is now in its 8th year, recognises the best creative, technological and human achievements and developments across all sectors of the professional production and installation world.

The Award was announced during a lively evening of celebrations staged at the Auditorio Sur, a large theatre at the IFEMA Convention & Congress Centre in Madrid last week. This attracted leading industry movers and shakers from Spain and other parts of southern Europe including representatives from TV channels, cinema, production companies, advertising agencies, music and concert promoters, post studios, sales, events, technical production and rental companies.

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Cover It Up has supplied six sets of different generic scenic drapes to Westfield London that were specified by technical manager Simon Jones for use on different events throughout the year. For some of these - as was the case for the Switch On - the existing drapes are augmented with bespoke additionals.

Cover It Up's team was led by Elliot Stennett. Their task on this occasion was to create a VIP area and drape off the stage and wings.

They used white molton as a base layer with white trevira and voile over the top - taken from one of the standard Westfield packages - and draped about 50m along one side of the atrium to make the VIP balcony space.

Drapes from

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Geelong-based Total Events Co was given the task to provide audio requirements for the Championship's nine event precincts.

"We had 14 different systems over nine sites for the Championships and it was a total Jands-fest," reports Bill Busbridge, managing director of Total Events Co. "From JBL PRX and VRX boxes, Shure microphones, Crown amplifiers, DBX processing, BSS, Soundcraft to Jands HPC Air Gap power distribution units. We had it all. Plus we had great support from Jands' service and customer support."

A total of 12 JBL-VRX932

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As of now the Pixled F-6 display will be available either with a standard proprietary processor or with the latest generation of a range of processors from Mitsubishi Electric.

The Mitsubishi options will include multi input HD and DVI with super resolution technology, MPEG noise reduction and enhanced grey scale processing.

"To unite all these vital elements and achieve the standards of excellence we required, we needed to combine with the best processing, which is now a reality" says Pixled general manager Bart Van der Beken.

(Jim Evans)

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Research showed as well that audience appreciation of a dance performance did not change with the use of sustainable or conventional fittings. A group of renowned theatre technicians, lighting designers, directors and stage designers headed the research.

The results of the research programme will be revealed today during the symposium VPT has organised, called Sustainability on stage! in Zwolle. There, all possible ways of making work in the cultural world more sustainable will be considered say the organisers.

In the spring of 2011, together with supplier

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The jury was composed by the Editorial Board of the Spanish magazine Total Media, a professional publication for DOOH (Digital Out of Home), digital signage and mobile marketing. The nominees for the awards were selected by the votes in a survey among industry professionals on the Total Media web.

"It is an honour and a source of pride to have won these two influential prizes," says Antonio Abad, head of Christie for Spain and Portugal, w

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The event was instigated by Clay Paky UK Sales Manager Ashley Lewis. "We had no problem filling places on the course, and I am sure this was partly because we chose to focus on the Alpha 700 range.

"Most courses try to cover too much, skating over the detail. Here our aim was to provide our customers with really useful, detailed information - with help from the guys that developed the Alpha range in Italy."

Clay Paky's Marco Zucchinali

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La Soirée presents a 'twisted take on cabaret and variety'. Playing to audiences of 900 people a night, the show takes place in a spiegeltent sandwiched between the National Theatre and Royal Festival Hall.

This is the second time Point Source Productions, working in conjunction with Dan Watkins of The Production Desk, has worked with lighting designer, Willie Suddon, having provided the lighting equipment for last year's La Clique show at the Roundhouse.

Point Source Productions' equipment includes Litec trussing, cabling and power distribution, lighting control via an Avolites Pearl, and all exit and emergency lighting. Dimming is in the form of the new 48-way Jands FPX touring dimmer, with Point So

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Wong has recently embarked on a national 'comeback' tour after a five-year break from performing. Such is her popularity that, according to local media, a computerised ticketing system in Taiwan crashed within a minute of tickets going on sale for the limited number of performances. However, the tour has been recorded for posterity via an Innovason Eclipse digital mixing console.

The tour kic

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"SDIG is singularly committed to improving HiQnet System Architect on every criteria at every opportunity," Holladay says. "We regularly examine the user experience, the performance engine and hardware integration and we religiously seek out new ways to improve each. With version 2.3, our base of 30,000 registered HiQnet users will see advances in the look and feel of the software, the speed and efficiency of the software and operational fun

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"As we continue to grow in the cinema market, it's important that we provide the same level of support to our partners in the field," says Helen Meyer, co-founder and vice president at Meyer Sound. "These personnel changes will enable us to work more closely and effectively with the cinema industry and also allow Steve, Jim, Mauricio, and Brian to focus on their core strength

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Held in conjunction with leading manufacturers Sennheiser and Shure at the company's High Wycombe and Leeds offices, attendees received an in-depth 2012 digital switchover Q&A session by members of the BEIRG committee and demonstrations of the manufacturers' new Channel 38 compliant equipment, as well as showcasing other brand ranges distributed by Sennheiser and Shure.

James Hudson, director of Futurist Sound & Light commented: "We've attended a couple of seminars previously at AC-ET, and indeed in this instance visited both open days at their High Wycombe and Leeds offices as we were keen to learn as much as possible about the ramifications o

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The Awards were hosted by BBC Breakfast regulars Bill Turnbull and Sian Williams. XL Events' director Rich Rowley and business development manager Nick Hart collected the Award on behalf of the XL Events team, who have offices in Hemel Hempstead and Bromsgrove in the UK.

Says Rowley, "XL Events has enjoyed an outstanding year. Our market position has strengthened and we have continued to deliver during a fragile economic climate. More importantly our business has been agile and adaptable enough to offer these Agency's a whole series of multiple and creative solutions for their clients."

(Jim Evans)

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These and many other questions are answered in the catalogues of rigging products published by J. R. Clancy throughout its 125-year history. Members of USITT soon will be able to see digital files of every page of these catalogues, beginning with the first from 1886.

In celebration of J.R. Clancy's 125th anniversary year, the company has scanned and digitized all the pages and cover of every catalogue. J. R. Clancy has provided access to these digital files to USITT in acknowledgement of the company's 45-plus years as a member of this organization. These files are available to educators, students, faculty members and other researchers with a serious interest in the hist

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Trott says, "We pride ourselves on the levels of quality and ingenuity across our businesses but we also have a mantra of continuously improving everything we do; however large or small that improvement might be. It is Alan's role to drive the business on all fronts of quality, ISO, process improvements and Green initiatives; we consider these to be business imperatives, hence why this function reports directly to me."

Wright joined Harman in 1995 with BSS Audio then moved to Soundcraft under the same roof in Potters Bar. He has an MBA from the University of Hertfordshire.

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Receiving his medallion at a White House dinner on Saturday, Sir Paul said "great things just come in bundles." The ex-Beatle was at the US President's home in June to receive another award. "I am a big fan of this president, and I think he's a great man who's got some difficulties," Sir Paul said at Saturday's event, hosted by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Sunday night's concert, held at Washington arts venue the Kennedy Centre, was filmed by US network CBS for broadcast later this month.

In The Money - Susan Philipsz

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The conference will bring together the backstage and offstage industry to network, take part in practical seminars and look at the changing landscape of the industry.

Confirmed Speakers include Paul Latham of Live Nation, Melvin Benn of Festival Republic, Alison Wenham from the Association of Independent Music and John Northcote of the Academy Music Group.

Seminar sessions will include: Maximising your resources - practical session for staying on top; Industry & Education - Effective 2-way communication; Apprenticeships - How can your business benefit?; National Training Vs In-house training - what works for you?;

Delegates will also have the opportunity to attend th