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New sports facilities, clubs, hotels, airports, theme parks, broadcasting stations, and entertainment venues are springing up right across the country, creating strong demand for pro-sound, lighting and entertainment products. This is demonstrated by the fact that over 12,000 professional visitors - including retailers, dealers, distributors, technicians, engineering contractors and stage & lighting designers - attended the show in 2006.

China has allocated some US$17 billion in funds to build 42 new airports over the next five year

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Included in the Accu-Cable line are mic, patch, speaker and DMX cables and connectors, as well as AC extension cords. A large product selection is offered within each of these categories.

"We developed the Accu-Cable line to provide a complete cable solution, a one-stop source where audio and lighting dealers and end-users could pick up all of their cable and cord needs," said Scott Davies, general manager of the American DJ Group of Companies. "We were hearing from our customers that it wasn't always easy to find good, quality affordable cables in the leng

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Simpson has extensive experience of the broadcast industry having previously run his own company, Audionics, which handled productions for television, advertising agencies and the audio industry.

Commenting on his appointment, Tom Haye, director of Broadcast Networks, says: "Broadcast Networks is expanding and with more projects coming in, we needed a general manager who could take charge of the office, liaise with clients and co-ordinate our workflow to ensure efficiency."

Simpson adds, "I ran my own company for more than 20 years and have a thorough understanding of what it takes to make a business successful. Tom is simply too busy to do everything himself and I am looking forward to the challenge of helping the company

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The result of a collaboration between Bob Schluter, president and chief engineer, Middle Atlantic Products, Bill Whitlock, president, Jensen Transformers and Neil Muncy, president, Neil Muncy Associates, this new white paper provides installers with a basic understanding of effective power distribution while offering tips and tricks for avoiding common problems, says the company.

Commenting on the announcement, Schluter said, "The intent of this paper isn't to teach integrators how to be electricians. Rather

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Co-exhibiting with PNY, an Nvidia distributor, the 3Dims stand will be inside the 'Digital Factory' trade fair, which acts as a showcase for industrial visualisation, simulation and digital content.

"Our company works with the manufacturing design and imaging departments of a number of German car manufacturers as well as universities and other leading companies," explains Friedhelm Birk, managing director, 3Dims. "Our stand at Hannover Messe will have a software scenario which reproduces a realistic, life-like

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The Powerlift consists of one of 5 Star's Tour Grade cases together with a recently launched, electrically powered lifting mechanism. The lift has been custom designed for the specific requirements of lifting LCD and plasma screens. It features a small footprint and a robust all-steel construction.

The 24V motor drive is coupled to a high quality lead-screw jacking system that has both upper and lower limit settings for fine tuning and adjustment. A wireless hand-held re

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Co-ordinated by Ben Pugh, the event enabled visitors to assemble between dusk and midnight over a three-week period and see 70ft high-definition portrait-shape projections depicting work from cutting-edge New York artists Mark Downie, Shelley Eshkar and Paul Kaiser under the title Recovered Light.

The task to deliver the content was entrusted by City of York Council to locally-based video specialists, YSL Videowall Hire; they in turn sub-contracted The Picture Works, whose director, Robin Wealleans, knew that his Christie Roadie 25K 25,000 ANSI lumens 3-chip DLP projectors were probably alone in being able to meet the stringent criteria.

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Produced by Aslize and designed by Scenographism, the projection show featured two Christie 25K projectors and E//T//C France's OnlyView control system.

The event marked the end of a year of celebrations for Van Cleef & Arpels' centenary, which started when they moved into the Place Vendume salon in 1906. The interiors have now been completely redesigned by Patrick Jouin.

The opening was a select, invitation-only red carpet event for Van Cleef & Arpels' 500 best clients. The exclusivity of the occasion demanded some very special presentation, so Van Cleef & Arpels turned to innovative event producers Aslize to conceive and design a 'magical' video projection

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Already sold out, this years show will play host over 100 exhibiting companies filling all three halls to capacity. With several new exhibitors, including ChamSys Consoles, Sunbaba Fabrics and Northern Stage Services, the event presents a comprehensive range of products and services for professionals and non technical users involved with equipping, refurbishing or up-grading their drama studio, theatre, auditorium or multi-purpose performance space.

One of the show's aims is to illustrate all aspects of performance technology and offer practical advice from leading suppliers about the enormous value that can be added by investing in technology.

Also illustrating the Show's commitment to education, drama schools from around t

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QED director Paul Wigfield says that these devices are the brightest high definition projectors in their class, setting new standards in quality and ease of use. "We are delighted to begin a new partnership with Christie and I can confirm that this purchase is just the start," he promises. QED is also the first company in the world to take delivery of the new HD18K extreme high brightness projectors from Christie.

Wigfield set up QED with co-director Stephen Heliczer over 20 years ago, since when they have remained in the vanguard of technical production in a range of sectors from prestigious live events to broadcast. "We had been looking closely at t

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From the AV perspective the entire project was managed by Grant Collie of technical solutions company LDPS, Ne

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John Wiseman, CEO and president of XL Touring Video, says, "This is not only a large tour in terms of scale of production, but in terms of fixture quantity, this is the largest tour DL.2 has ever been on. We're proud to be supplying the fixtures for it. The DL.2s are a major element in Justin Collie's design, and this is definitely a visual experience to see."

The tour started in Tokyo, moves to Australia, hits Europe/UK in April-June, and North American arenas July-September.

(Jim Evans)

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Broadcast live on ITV, the 12 panels x14 panels Lighthouse R16 screen with measurement of 12.72m wide by 10.64m high dominated the Brits' stage, while a second, rectangular R16 screen, measuring 12 panels x 9 panels (12.72m wide by 6.85m high) was positioned stage left, upstage of one of the two performance areas.

The screens and control system were supplied by XL Video. Featuring a mixture of live camera footage, VT play-ins and graphics, control for the screens was provided by XL's new portable

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The 57" NEC MultiSync LCD5710, available from Trident, is designed to offer public venues a cost effective and easy to maintain solution to providing high quality viewing experiences. Using wide viewing angle technology, clear and bright images can be viewed without glare, distortion or reflections, regardless of the position of the audience or varying light conditions. Video walls can be created with up to 5x5 displays to produce a more powerful impact to the audience "whether at a conferenc

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The robust R4 Series Four Post Open Frame Racks can be ordered in two different styles, each with specific features that make them suitable for use with certain components.

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Manageable through a web interface, Christie ACT allows the user control and flexibility. It can be accessed from any web browser on a networked computer making it accessible from a portable handheld computer or laptop.

With an intuitive graphical user interface, even the novice can easily customise tasks and events to suit specific needs, says the company. Featuring pre-d

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Well-known in the live entertainment and architectural markets, Element Labs is now applying its technology to develop solutions for film and video. Both new products will debut on Element Labs' camera set at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Convention in Las Vegas.

The Kelvin series LED-based white light fixtures provide unlimited variable colour temperature settings, creating a new level of flexibility in lighting. Plus, Kelvin fixtures maintain a colour rendering index (CRI) of 95 between 3200 K and 6500 K, resulting in extremely high-quality light. And, unlike traditional lighting products, colour temperature remains consistent throughout t

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Some 1,000sq.m, a quarter of the overall capacity at Singapore Expo, will be set aside for Event 360º Asia. Heartened by the initial response, Davin Er, who is responsible for developing this sector, believes that interest has not only been stimulated by the support from the Singapore Tourism Board, but the building of the S$3.85bn Marina Bay Sands complex, housing casino, hotel and convention centre.

Event 360º Asia will also be working closely alongside Singapore-based UnUsUal Productions, who are among an increasing number of local companies that have the capability of offering world-renowned ev

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The free event, organised by Mean Fiddler for the Mayor of London, featured the best of contemporary and traditional Irish music on the main stage in Trafalgar Square, with video specialist The Picture Works supplying all the visual elements for the show.

Two 5 x 5 panels of Lighthouse R16 16mm LED screens, each measuring 5.08m (w) x 3.85m (h), were positioned stage left and right, with a further 4 x 3 panels of Lighthouse R16 measuring 4.05m (w) by 2.8m (h) placed centre stage.

"We've done this particular job for six consecutive years," says The Picture Works owner Robin

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Production North's Steve Levitt and Sarah Hollis (also the tour's production manager) came up with a set design which also incorporated the video screens. They wanted something a bit different, a slightly discreet and understated visual effect that would work appropriately in the venues that Lemar was playing.

The seven screens consisted of six plasmas ranging from 42 to 61" dotted asymmetrically around the set for a quirky slightly random feel, and a 6ft by 4ft panel of Barco i-Lite 6 LED screen to stage left. The plasmas were attached to various bits of set and trussing with scaffolding clamps and adaptors. All surfaces were driven by content stored on the Catalyst, which was tr

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The Stonex group, founded in Madrid in 1980, specializes in engineering and turnkey stage equipment projects for theatres, auditoriums, congress centres, casinos and theme parks, encompassing stage engineering, show lighting, architectural lighting and audio-visual installations. The company has offices in Madrid and La Coruña, and boasts more than 300 reference projects in the Iberian market, such as WB Madrid theme park, Pamplona Auditorium and congress centre (Baluarte), Colon Theatre in La Coruña, Campoamor Theatre in Oviedo, Expo 98's Lisboa Camoens Theatre and Gran Casino de A

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Raising issues about how best to maximise theatre design in the 21st Century, the Performing Theatres Conference is chaired by Ian Brown, artistic director, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Genista McIntosh and Venu Dhupa, director of creative innovation, Southbank Centre. The one day event promises to offer a lively and wide-ranging debate on how the design of theatres will meet our needs in the 21st Century.

Complementing ABTT's annual Theatre Show, which highlights technological innovation a

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Installed behind semi-frosted surfaces, the Board unfolds its full potential, while the Module is designed for direct view applications and features a protective housing that allows for a variety design inlays. The 16 pixel Board and Module can be easily installed on almost any surface including walls, ceilings and ground surfaces.

The Quick Clip Mounting System ensures fast mounting and demounting,

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The course includes both introductory and advanced levels, with topics covering media-server connectivity between Hippotizer and Catalyst, LED matrix programming, Timecode programming with MIDI and SMPTE, and Networking awareness.

All courses will take place at Fuzion's offices in Walton-on-Thames, and run from 10am to 5pm (including lunch with refreshments). The courses are already booking fast and have limited spaces, says Fusion.

(Jim Evans)