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14 December 2016

Penn Elcom chairman and founder Roger Willems stated: "The Irish pro entertainment industry market shows definitive signs of recovering from the economic dip, there are many installations and other projects happening and flourishing! It's been our intention to open a base there for some time, but then circumstances converged to make this a really opportune time."

These circumstances include Rory becoming available to run Penn Elcom Ireland and also the 7000sq.ft warehouse facility in south County Dublin coming on-stream, so with these two plusses, Roger activated the plan. Stock of Penn's extensive standard flightca

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14 December 2016

When Geraint Pughe from Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts contacted joint head of theatre market, Peter Marshall, with a request for a long-term loan of some moving lights for students to experiment with and train on, PRG was happy to help.

Peter Marshall commented, "We were delighted to support Mountview, as we have previously done with many colleges, with a combination of Arc and LED sourced automated lights, namely the very popular Vari*Lite VL3000 spot and the GLP Impression LED RZ120 RGB zoom wash light."

Geraint explained, "It's important for us that all lighting students have access to up to date lighting technology in the classroom,

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14 December 2016

A provider of technical staging for TV, West End theatre shows and high-profile events, the company's recent activities have included supporting the launch of the Britain Stronger in Europe campaign and the Olivier Awards. It is also a preferred supplier for venues including the Camden Roundhouse, the o2 Arena, the Saatchi Gallery and the Royal Airforce Museum in London.

Founded in 2002 by Ian Riley, Lee Bradshaw and Stevie Warne, Blue-i employs 21 staff at offices in Leeds and Hemel Hempstead. The investment will allow it to expand its team and further develop its innovative technology. Lee Bradshaw will now become MD and Stevie Warne technica

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14 December 2016

Penn Elcom chairman and founder Roger Willems stated: "The Irish pro entertainment industry market shows definitive signs of recovering from the economic dip, there are many installations and other projects happening and flourishing! It's been our intention to open a base there for some time, but then circumstances converged to make this a really opportune time."

These circumstances include Rory becoming available to run Penn Elcom Ireland and also the 7000sq.ft warehouse facility in south County Dublin coming on-stream, so with these two plusses, Roger activated the plan. Stock of Penn's extensive standard flightca

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14 December 2016

PLASA Show's first year at Olympia sees the show showcasing the latest technology in Olympia's National Hall and the Gallery floor above, with the two seminar theatres, product demos and interactive showcases also situated on the Gallery floor.

As always, every session at the PLASA 2016 Seminar Programme is free-to-attend, with subjects including audio, lighting, AV, staging and business skills being covered. The first 15 have been confirmed and include the return of LSI journalist Phil Ward's popular panel

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14 December 2016

The two shows took place on 28 and 29 May, playing to 30,000 people each night. At that time of year, the concert was largely in daylight, but that didn't stop the band investing in a full production presentation. "We put in a four-camera pack and two 8mm daylight LED screens for the band's long time video director Paul Eggerton," explains Leinste

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14 December 2016

Achieving an ABTT diploma from the City of Westminster College, Draycott commenced his audio career in theatre sound before running his own audio installation and hire business. He was systems engineering director of Fuzion plc and joins Marquee AV from RaceTech, where he held the position of head of audio engineering.

Ed Draycott commented, "I'm very excited to be joining a company with the reputation and profile of Marquee AV. The company has an experienced team of people that combine enjoying their work with delivering great results. The scale and variety of applications make this a challenging and rewarding role and I'm

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14 December 2016

The stereoscopic projection technology used by the BBC is what enables presenter Jeremy Vine to move around the studio and point out specific pieces of information within the projected, semi-transparent screens without the projection landing on the presenter themselves. To the viewer the information is floating in the studio and the presenter is able to interact with it.

The technology behind this has been developed and refined over more than a decade. Originally invented in Japan by a company called NHK in around 2001, the concept was known as invisible light. It was achie

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14 December 2016

"Coveloz is a technology vendor of media networking and processing solutions," says president, Nestor Amaya. "We firmly believe that these solutions should build on open standards, such as those promoted by AIMS. The goals of AIMS align with our vision of how to best serve a market seeking the flexibility and affordability of a COTS packet-based

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14 December 2016

Consisting of six screens and stretching 72m in length, Storm Cromination London is situated at a prime location on Cromwell Road, the main artery running from Heathrow Airport into the capital. Its owner, media giant Clear Channel UK, digitised the original traditional series of billboards in the autumn of 2015 to offer brands dynamic, data-driven advertising opportunities at this unmissable site.

In the spring of 2016 Clear Channel UK approached ACSP with a desire to upgrade the site by adding a dynamic lighting scheme that would respond live to the dominant colou

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14 December 2016

Hailed as the most successful Vision to date, the event was staged in the Anson Rooms at Bristol University's Student Union building. CPL was working for production company Bright and has been involved in the event for the last four years. This year project manager Mike Radford ensured that everything ran smoothly on site, integrating elements of the venue's house lighting system where possible into the event design.

In the main room, normally used as a live band stage, they added a laser projector system utilizing a 16 X 9ft screen fed by one Panasonic RZ12k laser projector, with a

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14 December 2016

As part of their commitment to providing first-rate technical solutions, the company recently decided to partner up with Chao GanGuan, exclusive distributor of D.A.S. Audio products in China, by expanding its inventory into D.A.S. Audio professional sound solutions. Neuro Tech Asia has made a massive investment in an army of D.A.S. systems, including the first full Aero 40A Advanced Line Array System (ALASTM) in China.

Neuro Tech Asia has purchased 24 of

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14 December 2016

Endemol Shine Africa produces the Angolan version of the Big Brother Reality Television Franchise for DSTV. This is the seventh consecutive year that Blond has worked on the series.

"It's a privilege to be part of an on-going production which has consisted of various countries and formats," said Christiaan Ballot, owner of Blond. "It's one of the shows that has helped us grow through the years."

Lighting designer Mauritz

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14 December 2016

Battling against pouring rain and mud that threatened to swallow flight cases, the Melksham-based company is proud to have survived and serviced its biggest Glastonbury festival to date.

With trends in special effects rapidly becoming a staple of festival entertainment, the Quantum team were called upon to supply bespoke visuals for Foals, Muse, and Adele on both Friday and Saturday night.

In close collaboration with the individual production teams, Quantum worked tirelessly over the weekend to ensure each act had its own stand-out programme of SFX to entertain the crowds. Starting with Foals on Friday night, Quantum provided 30kg of white confetti alongside four stadium shots of white and blue streamers for t

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14 December 2016

S+H MD Terry Murtha was approached by DJ's new management to help create a visual scheme to make the space a vibrant nightspot. The premises had been empty for a year and before then had been a sports bar.

"It's a great brief to have almost a blank canvas and be asked to produce something original and imaginative," comments Murtha, who decided on a fresh visual approach based around using LED screen and video content as the main lightsource.

"I thought video was a great medium to produce a versatile environment," he explained, "It is excellent for creating mood, and used correctly, the dramatic contrasts between bight and dark really enhance atmosphere, especially in an i

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14 December 2016

Greg states that while VDL's mission of offering best practice to a wide client base of audio visual professionals and their clients will remain the same, the company will offer a more direct approach with regard to sales, specialist consultancy and installation architecture.

"The new structure has been designed to liberate much more of my time for working with clients and developing new display IP for them," he stated. "I had a life-changing experience on the board of InfoComm and at the same time developing ANSI S

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14 December 2016

Michael Ledesma, LD for Santana, is using ImageCue with LED panels in a "V" configuration on either side of the stage. The video director controls the central imag screen, but Ledesma controls the "V" visuals from the lighting console allowing him greater coordination between the lighting and video effects.

Lighting and video designer, Michelle Sarrat, is using ImageCue this summer on the Grimes tour with a background video wall. The tour is hitting many of the festivals throughout Europe.

Michelle says "I've been very satisfied with the ImageCue so far - it's been very helpful on all these festivals." ImageCue LLC is based in Running Springs, California with a European office in Dietlikon, Switzerland.

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14 December 2016

Midwich is constantly investing in its staff to continue to service its channel partners to the highest possible standards, the company says. All new staff will be involved in induction weeks as they are welcomed to Midwich.

Iain Campbell, Sales Director at Midwich, said: "We are delighted to be able to announce so many talented individuals joining Midwich. Our employees are the expertise in this business and they are crucial to our success. We are always looking to invest in our existing workforce and to brin

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14 December 2016

The highlight of the conference is the presentation of Ancient times seen through a modern lens, a collaboration on how to enrich the visitor experience using today's technology, with Moesgaard Museum and CAVI (Centre for Advanced Visualization and Interaction).

On the booth, Panasonic showcased its hybrid lighting projector, the Space Player, which allows the creation of stunning micro mapping attractions and Light ID technology, which enables simple sharing of content via a mobile app for information, entertainment, guidance and advertising, using the transmission of Light IDs from LED display technology.

Hartmut Kulessa, European marketing manager for projector products, sa

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14 December 2016

This one-of-a-kind experience is live for the whole five weeks of the competition and has been created by Kings Cross-based event-makers and placemakers PRODUCE UK. Nine months in the making, the project was commissioned by Hyundai Motor UK to host 45,000 guests across 45 games. With the content reacting in real time to the action in live matches with everything from goals scored, red and yellow cards, penalty shootouts, national anthems and even injury time

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14 December 2016

What makes the Norwegian Olympic Museum a must-see attraction for all is Lysgaardsbakkene roughly translated as 'Jump Hills'. It forms the centrepiece; a large-scale circular raised-platform interactive model measuring 3.5m in diameter, the Olympic jump hills. Local systems integrator Bright Norway achieved a true to life interactive presentation using AV Stumpfl Wings Engine Raw uncompressed 4K media servers and Wings VIOSO calibration software to manage and warp native video content across 4 edge-blended projectors.

Bright Norway was also responsible for multimedia and presentation equipment for la

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14 December 2016

The two-day event takes place at Victoria Park in East London, and featured an eclectic line-up including Air, John Grant, Anna Meredith, The Avalanches, and headliners James Blake and PJ Harvey.

To ensure the capacity audience of 30,000 had the best view of the main stage, PRG XL Video were called in to supply an IMAG package which consisted of three HD cameras and Panasonic AVHS-450- based PPU system, together with two high resolution LED side screens each measuring 5.

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14 December 2016

The museum has four distinct zones, each highlighting how audiovisual technology can be integrated to create engaging, modern exhibits.

Panasonic product experts guide visitors through the museum and provide an insight into how Panasonic products and solutions can enhance the museum environment, creating an engaging visitor journey and, importantly, helping generate additional revenue. They will also be on hand, live, to answer any questions visitors may have.

'Experiential projection' combines laser projection, edge blending and ultra short throw lenses to demonstrate how large scale, high brightness, high resolution panorama projections can be created within the museum environment.

The 'informative display' zone looks at how d

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14 December 2016

The brand new Wanda Cultural Tourism City includes an indoor theme park (Nanchang Wanda Park), shopping mall with an indoor ocean park (Nanchang Wanda Ocean Park), entertainment attractions, hotels and dining districts. The attraction is quite literally the size of a city at 200-hectares and Chinese conglomerate Wanda are behind it all.

7thSense supplied uncompressed, high frame rate and extreme resolution media serving technologies to three experiences inside the Nanchang Wanda Park; The Flyover Jiangxi Flying Ride Theatre, VASE (the Flying Theatre pre-show) and the 12-metre fulldome auditorium at the Nanchang Wan