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Lighting director Phil White and show projectionist Chris Gadd were instrumental in getting RADlite specified for the tour, having used the system before and knowing that lighting and video supplier Entec has also invested in RADlite systems.

Visuals are looked after during the show by Gadd, along with White and video aficionado Richard Hutton. These three are joined by super-tech Simon 'Boff' Howarth, another Entec regular, and rigger Danny Spratt. Lighting has again been designed by Dave Hill, who

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Most of the early design was created on Martin Show Designer, back in the ElectricFly studios. This was then manipulated and pixel mapped using Maxedia.

"As we did all the programming in the office, when I got out on site it was all there, I just had to tweak it a bit," says Jevons. "When we got it up and running at the first venue of the tour, we realised it was too tight a fit, so using the Maxedia I was able to do some quick pixel mapping and reconfigured the graphics in just ten minutes. The show sti

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The system integrators were London-based Handy AV, who in just five years have built up an extensive portfolio of clients in their specialist areas of providing a complete systems approach to corporate and retail. Their product supply ranges from their specialist own-branded HandySCREEN and interactive HandyTOUCH displays (such as those showcased at the Hayward Gallery on London's South Bank) as well as mainstream A/V utilities.

Christie's long association with Harrods extends back to the Peter Pan window display during Christmas 2003, which was followed up with the permanent installation of two Christie S+16K 16,0000 lumen DLP projectors, firing onto a vast 4.7 x 3.5m portrait canvas

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A major element of this was five columns of 33-string Barco MiSTRIP supplied by XL Video. These were specified by Hardiman, who had been wanting to introduce video to the band's show for some time. THC has been involved with the Lost Prophets' stage visuals throughout the Liberation Transmission world tour, which is now drawing to a close.

"I wanted something new and exciting for the arena section of the tour - and video was definitely the way to go, and naturally we came to XL as suppliers," says Hardiman. He and Farmer have worked with XL on a number of artists including UB40, Will Young, The Doves and others.

XL's project managers Phil Mercer and Jo Beirne comment, "TH

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The 800 Light Years show is the first UK Son et Lumière to use E//T//C's OnlyView control platform. This is running eight HD Christie S20+ video projectors, montaged together to produce a 64m metre wide by 14m tall image onto the rear face of St George's Hall in central Liverpool.

St George's Hall, designed by Harvey Lonsdale Elmes and originally opened in 1856, is being reopened this week by HRH the Prince of Wales, following an extensive £23 million refurbishment.

In just two weeks, E//T//C UK's Ross Ashton and Paul Chatfield researched, sourced and created all the video material, visuals and custom artwork needed for the 25-minute sh

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CEDIA will be staging a full educational programme which commences on the opening day (May 20) with a three-hour presentation on Home Cinema Designby Peter Aylett.

The schedule also includes: Introduction To Systems Integration (presented by Simon Buddle), Residential Audio and Video Multi-Room Systems (Steve Martin), IP In Residential Custom Installation (Peter Aylett), and Project Management Workshop (Simon Buddle and Steve Martin).

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Using LED screens means that the old 'paint on plywood' approach of pitch-side advertising hoardings, where one advertising space is limited to one commercial brand, no longer applies. Now sports can generate far more advertising revenue because literally anything can be displayed in any space at any time, says the company.

This is a key market for Serbian and regional LED screen specialists Pietra Union, which has been helping various sporting institutions in Eastern Europe to make full use of the advantages that Lighthouse LED screens offer. Most high profile of those has been the home ties in Serbia's and Croatia's group qualifying matches for the 2008 European Football Championship.

The

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For the new reception area, Blitz designed and programmed a system that employs a combination of nine Mitsubishi 67" DLP cubes and the Folsom Encore product. This enabled the creation of one singlebranded background 4.2m x 3.1m into which various windows could be inserted showing current front pages, websites, breaking news stories as well as the corporate videos.

Custom software applications were written by Blitz to enable the manipulation of incoming news feeds and data. The daily operation o

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"We envisage Vikuiti Rear Projection film playing an incremental role in the development of Paradigm's existing rear projection product portfolio", commented Greg Jeffreys, business development director, Paradigm Audio Visual. "We have an ethos of not selling 'one size fits all' but work closely with customers to sell the best suited product for a given application."

Paradigm is currently working on a

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Sarah Jakubasz, lighting designer for Lightswitch created an overall design that used as many eco-friendly lighting fixtures as possible. Lightswitch designers use eco-friendly fixtures when ever possible on all their projects, says the company. Jakubasz created her design using Color Kinetics' Color Blaze 72s and Color Blast 12s. She also designed custom compact florescent fixtures that were placed on each end of the bars. Lending a hand to this worthy cause was Production Resource Group who provided lighting gear and helped defray some of the rental costs.

Lighting manufacture ETC also pitched in by donating some HID Source F

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The Hong Kong stadium featured a 7 x 7 panels (7.11m width x 5.33m height) R16i/o-II screen; whilst 7 x 6 panels (7.11m width x 4.57m height) of R16i/o-II was positioned in the Sevens Village, an area sited at the India Recreation Club in Happy Valley, adjacent to the main stadium. Both screens used the Lighthouse LIP-KX for video display control.

The sponsoring for the Sevens Village was originally, and continues to be, facilitated by the UK company Show T

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All items will be sold on a first come, first served basis. "This isn't an auction, but the buying frenzy will be the same, based on the pricing we're already seeing coming in," says GearSource president Michael Fairbairn. "Obviously, PRG has a massive inventory of equipment in audio and lighting. This event is created to help them liquidate that inventory without the trouble of staging an auction," says Fairbairn. While the Gear-Up sale may eventually open up to other GearSource.com vendors, this event is exclusive to PRG's US-based invent

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The theme of the evening was the Four Seasons, and for the room lighting, Hawthorn's LD Matt Oscroft used PAR cans and Selecon Cool 90s, complete with gobo break-ups to change the mood from season to season throughout the ceremony.

Working for The Staging House, Hawthorn also installed a 76ft x 12ft foot stage using its Steeldeck modular staging units, as the stage had to be large enough not only for the live band, but also to hold all of the award winners together for group photos at the end of the awards.

Hawthorn's stage backdrop consisted of an 18m x 6m Prolyte truss goal post, with a starcloth backdrop and sharkstooth gauze panel in front. LD Oscroft used the gauze as a projection surface fo

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"We're very pleased that the features and technology newly incorporated into our new Viper II systems have been honoured by the TV Technology panel," said Eugene Baker, CTO of Telecast Fiber Systems. "The Series 6000 builds on the solid foundation of earlier Viper II releases, providing the same ease of use and reliability while meeting the growing demand for ecologically responsible products."

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The Royal Centre, a celebrated Nottingham landmark and regular touring venues, is currently undertaking a strategic review. MD James Ashworth explains, "Theatre Projects were the natural choice for the job with their intimate knowledge of the building, having helped us conceive it during the 1970s and 80s. With a vast portfolio of experience and an unparalleled reputation for excellence, we believed they would assist us in ensuring the Royal Centre continues to be one of the country's finest facilities for the 25 years."

Theatre Projects is currently celebrating its 50th anniversary of consul

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Major employers in the theatre, live music and events industries already report serious difficulties recruiting qualified and experienced professionals in a wide range of disciplines including lighting, sound, stage controls and specialist backstage support staff.

Since January 2007, more than 300 individuals and organisations - including employers, trade bodies and freelancers - have been consulted on the Skills Academy proposal being developed by Creative & Cul

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SPS has worked on the IoD flagship event for four years and utilised its extensive experience to design and construct the impressive stage set. SPS used LED screen technology both as a graphic display and a powerful lighting source. This allowed the 2,500 company directors attending the event a clear view of the stage. These LED screens coupled with two large video projection screens created a dramatic stage set. SPS's creative team also produced the graphics and visual content.

The theme of this year's event was Success in a Challenging World. It examined topics such as the rapidly expanding European Union, globalisation of markets and environmental issues. Key note speakers in

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DMi offers a comprehensive portfolio of products from Denon, Denon professional, Marantz and Marantz professional ranges, alongside Escient digital music servers, Opus multi-room systems, and Boston Acoustics' wall, ceiling and outdoor speakers.

The division is headed up by general manager Mark Perrins, formerly general manager of D&M professional Europe. Commenting on the formation of DMi he stated: "D&M Europe has monitored the CI market carefully over recent years; in particular, the gradual convergence towards a more general custom and commercial install market, with common products, customers and support requirements. This has led us to the logical step of mergin

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The company had been seeking a fibre system for audio distribution and freelance sound engineer Steve Ayres was asked by Gearhouse Broadcast's group technical director, Kevin Moorhouse, to investigate the options. "We always listen to the engineers we use, as in the end they have to physically use the kit on site," said Moorhouse. "We already had the M7CL desks - so this was a good solution."

Moorhouse arranged for Marquee Audio to lay on a full Optocore demonstration at the Gearhouse warehouse to ascertain "whether the product would actually deliver the solution we required."

Marquee Audio recommended five Optocore DD32E Digital I/O units as the cor

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IPAF's training objective is "to promote the use of safe working practices in the operation of mobile elevating and mast climbing work platforms and thereby make a positive contribution to the prevention of accidents".

In the early 1980s, PASMA devised a training course for users of alloy towers, now universally acknowledged as the industry standard, and so commenced a long history of skills training to make the use of access towers as safe as possible by producing many thousands of competent users.

The current Stage Electrics training programme now includes accredited courses, PASMA Mobile Access Tower training and IPAF Mobile Elevated Work Platform training (MEWP). The courses are a mixture of theory and hands on practical e

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AQUiVO screens are available in three different sizes, 42", 47" and 55", with fully sealed, lightweight aluminium frames and a toughened glass front. With a viewing angle of 178 degrees, complete with the latest anti-reflective technology, the screens are suitable for use in all external areas, enabling event organisers to show videos, lifestyle messaging, advertisements, or sport in their outdoor areas - regardless of the weather.

Incorporating the latest Full HD and HD Ready technology, these screens are IP56 rated and are ava

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The ever-popular Pet Shop Boys are touring the UK and Europe, playing selected venues and the plum festival dates. Show designer Es Devlin's versatile screens, which allow dancers to perform inside them, act as the building blocks of a projection system which moves around, stretching from 4m to the full width of the stage. PSL has put its latest-model highly portable Barco projectors onto this show.

New indie band sensation The Fratellis are touring the UK with PSL projectors and screens, which can also be seen at this summer's big festivals, such as WOMAD, Rock Ness and Glastonbury.

For the second year running, PSL has su

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Inaugurated last year as PALA India, this year's exhibition (4-6 October, Bombay Exhibition Centre) will be spread over 3,000sq.m of exhibition space and is expected to feature around 200 brands distributed across 115 stands.

This is the target for exhibition manager James Raffoul, who has been taken on by IIR Exhibitions to maximise PALME India's potential. Having previously worked on high-profile exhibitions for Brintex and Emap, Raffoul says he couldn't resist the challenge to consolidate an incipient event in such a fast-emerging market.

"The fact that last year the show attracted 120 exhibiting companies spread over 75 stands, with 2,500 visitors attending, indi