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14 March 2016

"We used a Matrix Preview monitor so that I could preview all outputs during programming, rehearsals and show," commented Thomas Walls, Maxedia and Maxxyz programmer at Stardust Productions. "The networking was a godsend. I was given custom content what seemed like every hour or so and with 12 servers online, the networking made my life a breeze."

When all was said and done, approximately 68 gigabits of custom content was used on the show. Mike Amelang of Flying Spot created custom content on-site which Walls immediately loaded into the Maxedia systems. Several other types

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Dempster has a lifelong electronics passion and his AV career journey plays testimony to this. After four years with Sony (UK) professional and broadcast division he joined Marcom Systems as technical general manager and progressed to become technical director. Dempster went on to spread his wings as a Freelance AV consultant, providing systems design and project management, to a wide range of blue chip companies for 13 years.

Paul Hutton, managing director at Blitz comments, "We have gained a fantastic reputation in this market with most of our existing business coming through referrals. We have a unique position in the market as a company that can provide permanent installa

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14 March 2016

Originally constructed as multipurpose offices, the building was recently acquired by the College and now houses its main library, several art studios and administration.

New York-based architect/designer Shashi Caan of the Shashi Caan Collective - and a former ECA graduate - was asked to design an interactive public artwork for the new building that would create a special ambience and imbibe the space with meaning.

Utilising different elements of projected art - stills, video and animations - created by the students, offered the opportunity f

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14 March 2016

With the show floor packed on Monday morning, PLASA Events also announced its acquisition of the A.C. Lighting North trade show, bringing the PLASA Events' team's expertise and drive to this fast-growing event for the north of the UK.

PLASA 07's radical new layout saw an easy-to-navigate, one-floor event occupy both Earls Court 1 and 2, combined with lower noise limits and a smoke-free atmosphere - plus exhibitors' determination to make the most of the new opportunities with brand new stand designs. The massive growth in innovative video a

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The church, one of the Caribbean island's largest houses of worship - hosts eight to 10 services a week in its main hall, where the new system has been installed, while a second smaller hall caters for 1,200 people and further breakout halls serve community events, children's groups and special events.

A very high, curved ceiling characterises the wide, 180° fan-shaped main hall, where system integrator AMR, based in Barataria, Trinidad, began a series of upgrades of the room's house system in 2005. The original system consisted mainly of ceiling loudspeakers, which while providing some sound reinforcement gave neither 'pre

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Peter Beare, managing director at Forward Vision said: "Darren's appointment give us the additional expertise to take an already excellent reputation for providing high quality products to new heights."

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This follows two exceptionally busy years and an increasing amount of projects now utilising E//T//C UK's video capabilities for their building, monumental, son et lumière and commercial projection requirements, says the company.

Porter has just graduated from Rose Bruford College in Kent, and his area of expertise is digital media servers.

E//T//C UK's Ross Ashton says: "Its great to have Richard onboard - he's enthusiastic, quick to learn and brings a fresh outlook and plenty of creative and technical ideas to the melting pot. We're anticipating an expansion in the video elements of our work as more equipment is constantly coming on line to help produce large projections cost effectively. It makes total sense to invest in more people with skills

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14 March 2016

The DN-V210 and DN-V310 are equipped with all of the standard functions required for CI and professional AV applications. In addition, a number of advanced features extend the operational flexibility and range of potential applications for these players: these include Hide OSD, Change Wallpaper, NSTC/ PAL conversion, and different Auto Play and Repeat modes. The DN-V310 includes a RS-232C serial port for additional control and networking capability.

The Hide OSD function all

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Formerly the Zodiac on Cowley Road, AMG invested £2million into the refurbishment programme and increased the overall building capacity to 1,350, creating three, production-complete performance spaces.

Marquee Audio carried out a site survey and identified where they could overhaul and upgrade some of the existing equipment, re-cabling each room to allow them to be used as part of a site-wide network, for which they are designing an advanced control system.

Marquee Audio's project manager Scott Wakelin said that this installation was not only about what the integrators were able to achieve, but also the forward-thinking approach of Academy

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étienne states: "Confronted with such a challenge, you start with the obvious. The thing is, most performers associate the word microphone with the name Shure. There are quite a number of singers out there that are basically expecting nothing less than an SM58 microphone when they arrive here. This suits me fine because Shure has a great tradition for quality and reliability while being able to stay one step ahead of the pa

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14 March 2016

Novatech provided all the sound, lighting and video production services that were required, including the logistics for touring three states in 72 hours: Vodafone Arena in Melbourne, the Adelaide Entertainment Centre and the Sydney Entertainment Centre.

The concerts presented a huge challenge due to the close proximity of the tour dates and the tyranny of distance which needed to be covered, some 5,600km, with Novatech arranging the logistics, equipment and staff for the shows as well as the actual production.

Lighting control included a combination of six LSC ePAK dimmers and numerous LSC Delta DMX splitters to ensure that the shows ran smoot

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14 March 2016

Based in Saint-Petersburg, TRK5 uses the FusionPro+ to process video and audio signals for the display on a 16-display videowall in its sports news department, and the second unit is used with a four-displayvideowall in a talk-show studio. The latter setup is configured so that the four displays can be used to display a large single image.

Anastasia Mikhailova, marketing manager for Viking Russia, reports, "We specify this equipment to all of our broadcasting and television studio clients due to the advanced image processing qualities and competitive price. Our client, TRK5 required a solution that would combine multiple inputs in all the commonly used formats such as HD, SD

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Their transparent (82 %), lightweight, modular, aluminum, grid structures can be assembled into various configurations, such as cylindrical shells or wavy surfaces.

Individual tiles are interconnected via daisy-chaining involving just a single cable that transmits both the necessary drive power and electronic control signals.

Tarmled 4x4 video tiles and their interconnections are fully IP65-compliant, thanks to their passive cooling system. They are self-contained units, incorporate all of the electronics need for their operation, measure just 418 mm x 418 mm, have a pixel pitch of 100 mm, and weigh just 13 kg (28.8 lb.) per sq.m. Video signal

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All Star Lanes has revolutionised the bowling industry in Britain, and the larger, more luxurious Bayswater site has seen the concept evolve into a flexible space, with eight bowling lanes (including two in a private room), a large sophisticated diner /bistro and glamorous American cocktail bar.

To develop the sophisticated switching and routing of audio and video sources, the owners again turned to the Sound Division Group - who first worked with the Breeden Brothers on their award-winning Lonsdale Bar in Notting Hill.

Technology has moved on apace since then, and the new bar would not only requi

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A Dataton Watchout system was used to provide the graphics animation and video overlays through to Lighthouse processor LIP-KX to the screen. Customers were thrilled about the quality of the 16mm panel, say Gearhouse.

With 5,000 nits brightness, high contrast ratio and 16mm pixel pitch, R16i/o-II panel is ideal for both indoor and outdoor applications, say Lighthouse.

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Systems integrator Primetec, now part of the MediaTec group, specified the projectors and carried out the system design for both applications. Primetec's Torbjörn Sterner takes up the story: "Volvo wanted to update the safety and environmental exhibition at their car factory in Göteborg, Sweden and in the process they decided to merge their existing visitor centre into the same facility, creating a Volvo Car brand experience centre. As well as the safety and environmental displays, the centre has an auditorium with a car presentation stage, together with conference facilities and press rooms."

In the auditorium

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Blitz project manager, Stephen Rickard comments: "The QinetiQ stand was particularly noteworthy as it involved the use of the highest resolution widescreen, soft edge projection system yet supplied by Blitz, creating a 15.5m wide display by using four Panasonic DW10000 projectors plus the Watchout GFX system to create an image of 6666 x 1080 pixels."

Blitz also provided 18 LCD screens, 13 plasmas screens and a quantity of laptops displaying various QinetiQ products throughout the stand.

Andy Bowen from 2LK comments: "The DSEi Global Defence Conference was established to provide delegates with insight into the latest approaches to acquiring and supporting capability,

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The IRDG is an Irish lobby group for research, development and innovation companies based in Dublin. The award was presented to Deirdre Smith, CEO at Zandar Technologies at a ceremony held at the Heritage Golf & Spa Resort in Killenard, Co Laois, last month.

"We are delighted that all the research and hard work that our technical team has put into developing the new Predator II MultiViewer has been formally recognised in our home country," says Deirdre Smith, CEO of Zandar Technologies, who accepted the Award on behalf of the whole company.

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The projectors were supplied by Iain Ambler, product manager at UK distributor RGB Communications via theatre system specialist Kaurus, and installed by MPC in conjunction with Kaurus.

Martin Parsons, head of imaging at MPC, says: "We use a wide range of projectors here and it's not cost-effective to have the big digital cinema projectors in all our visual effects (VFX) review suites as they will be too big for the rooms concerned and too expensive for the tasks we use them for. So we were looking for something smaller and more cost effective, but not compromised on technology."

Anders L°kke, marketing & communications manager at projectiondesign, notes: "The cineo3+ 1080

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The giant digiLED screen featured performances from both international and regional artists, all celebrating Divac's career and contribution to international basketball.

Further, a short movie in which several of Divac's friends and colleagues, including NBA stars Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Bobby Jackson, Yao Ming, coach Phil Jackson, rapper Snoop Dog, Red Hot Chili Peppers, actor Billy Crystal and many others, praising his efforts and career, was show on the huge screen.

A total of 128 modules created a giant 99.12m©˜ screen. Measuring 14.08m high x 7.04

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PID supplied 1500 25mm square VersaPixels, a VersaDRIVE C1 driver and a, Pharos LPC1 architectural lighting controller for the project, which was co-ordinated for them by Sam Douglas.

PID also designed and manufactured custom steel mounting brackets for the VersaPixels which are installed in the room's ceiling panels, and created 17 special clips of digital content, working to a brief from Indigo's Paul Nulty and gym staff.

The content includes athletic-themed figures running, skipping and rowing, a heart trace graphic equalizer effect etc., plus a selection of more ambient, 'mood' style clips like clouds and flocks of fly

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On hand will be James Heron and Nigel Sadler from Green Hippo of the UK, along with technical specialists from TMB, Hippotizer distributor in the Americas, the Middle East, and Asia.

Hippotizer V3 was launched in July and is already in wide use by many of the world's top production designers and visual creators. The new V3 has already been featured in top productions of all kinds, including NBC TV's Dancing With The Stars and The Today Show; Deuce; Little Mermaid and Young Frankenstein on Broadway; London's Theatre de Complicit&