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14 March 2016

Nokia's unusual brief was for an event to launch the 'Good Things' campaign associated with their global launch of the new OVI Service.

Mission Media contacted Neil Keane of Event production Management & Design (EPMD) who quickly assembled his team of long-term associates. A design for the screen evolved, as did details of the practicalities which would include a ground support stillage to dock the structure when it was not being flown.

EPMD contacted Gavin Weatherall and Damian Weymouth at The Rigging Partnership and Danny Whitemore at Lee Lifting to discuss the practicalities of fly

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Among the shows DB will service are Destinations: The Holiday & Travel Show, which is the UK's largest consumer travel show, The Baby Show, the International Gaming Exhibition, and the International Caravan & Motorhome Show.

Oliver Richardson, DB's sales director, said: "DB Systems has been working with Clarion Events since 2004 so I'm delighted that we will have the opportunity to build on our already solid partnership.

"As an event organiser, it is crucial for Clarion Events to have complete faith in its suppliers. The type of service provided by DB and Aztec instils confidence because we recognise that quali

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14 March 2016

Originally beta tested as the F LED 11 and the Spider 40, the products were lauded for their exceptional light weight yet uncompromised quality of the LED video imaging, says the company. Pixled's entire product line, ranging from the high resolution F-7 7mm to the transparent and bright F-40 40mm resolution, offers users a wide variety of options from cost-efficient high-resolution LED solutions to ultra-lightweight, virtually transparent screens.

The Pixled product weighs about one-fifth of many other products on th

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14 March 2016

With 12 distribution centres across the USA, Almo is a leading value-added distributor that specialises in serving AV professionals in a wide variety of markets. The company will be adding to its offering Furman's Pro AV and home theatre lines of power management solutions, which protect sensitive equipment while ensuring clear, crisp sound and picture quality.

Leveraging more than 35 years of power management experience, Furman offers a wide variety of products for Almo's customers including power conditioners, UPS battery back-up systems, sequencers, AC power distribution

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Produced by Yamaha and LIPA, the 2009 Make It Break It awards, whose judging panel is headed by Coldplay's Chris Martin, are considered the most prestigious national awards to acknowledge the UK's most outstanding young songwriters. This year's awards added new promotional partners EMI publishing, HMV retail and XFM Radio.

In addition to the priz

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Jens Richter of publitec comments: "At the beginning of 2009, we launched the 'Content Competence Centre', allowing publitec to offer its clients comprehensive support regarding video content handling and multichannel image presentation. Our strength lies in our knowledge of video formatting and encoding as well as in the usage of well established media servers.

"Thanks to working with grandMA video for a long time, we are familiar with the MA-Net system and all its benefits, plus the second to none support of MA Lighting and its German distributor, Lightpower. So we're now very much looking forward to offering o

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Inspired by installer feedback, the new FusionSeries Pull-Out mounts (LSMVU/MSMVU) extend 7" (178 mm) for easy cable access and servicing in hard-to-reach installations - even on the centremost screen of a video wall matrix. Fine-tuning of plumb adjustment also ensures that the screens are perfectly vertical, even if the wall is not. These comprehensive mounting solutions include a variety of features to make installation and maintenance of multi-screen configurations a breeze, says the company.

ControlZone Levelling provides post-installation fine-tuning of height and levelling for exact alignment. Chief's exclusive ClickConnect feature offers an audible click when the screens safely engage with the mount so you

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Doug Murray of Upstage Video says: "We had been considering an investment in Element Labs' new Cobra products given their light weight, slim design and fabulous video capabilities. The timing anddesign of the Aileron Group event made it a perfect opportunity to invest. We approached Element Labs with the concept drawings as we knew they would cooperate with us in providing their engineering capabilities. All in all, it was a great example of combining our companies' strengths. The LED Floor we've built for th

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The company originally purchased six projectors but have now doubled that quantity - principally to service a corporate awards spectacular for another household name, Co-operative Retail. Nine of the Christie units formed a pivotal part of the production, which took place in an unusual format at Manchester's G-MEX Centre in late October, and at the same time A to V debuted the new Spyder X20 processor from Vista Systems (a Christie company).

The client's event organiser had wanted an 'in-the-round' presentation rather than traditional style and had already looked at placing screens around the periphery. They also wanted to create an

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"During the recent PLASA show we were fortunate enough to be introduced to CEO David Scherz and his sales director, Sébastien Wira," says Visual Productions. "Wira found the versatility of Cuelux being made cross platform a very interesting contender and with the addition of VisualDMX and the stand alone units the Visual Productions range satisfies their customers' demands."

The Cuelux Cable and VisualDMX and Canvix hardware collection are all available from stock at ASL.

(Jim Evans)

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The exhibition offered a seminar, conference and event programme presenting the issues and hot topics of the travel industry. Working with the exhibition since 1995, production company Fred Productions were brought in to produce the main conference set and relay live content and information to the show's visitors.

The World Travel Market is the first exhibition to use four 103" Panasonic plasma screens as a digital signage solution. The screens were positioned in the Boulevard between the exhibition halls to display live conference feeds, information about the upcoming seminars and advertisements for exhibitors at the show, mounted in exhibitor sponsored surrounds.

Phil Tobitt at Fred Productions comm

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Warden, who joins the company with 10 years AV experience, has worked at two of the industry's leading integration companies, Saville Audio Visual and Matrix Display Systems. His experience includes starting as an AV engineer progressing to the position of project manager within Saville Audio Visual during his six years with the company.

"PSCo gave me an irresistible opportunity to work for a company with a great portfolio of products and an experienced team of engineers and technicians," says Warden. "I am looking forward to working with the integration channel, where I gained most of my experience, to manage PSCo's fla

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Production company, EML, has supplied lighting, sound and large format projection - powered by two ArKaos A10 media servers - for the tour.

Olivier Demoustier, EML's light designer, began by spending a week in a WYSIWYG studio, setting up and testing the show, before taking two days to programme over 3000 cues for the three-hour show and synchronizing them with the live orchestr

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Robert Webb, Electrosonic quality, health & safety and environment manager explains, "As an organisation we continually assess the environmental impact of our operations and include environmental considerations in all investment decisions. We therefore decided to go for ISO 14001 certification.

"NQA has always provided us with the necessary support, tools and techniques. The auditing team are professional, understand our business operations and the culture of the organisation. NQA have helped us in achieving our business aspirations, getting it right first time.

"In the same way that we use ISO 9001 as the basis for maintaining good operational practice, ISO 14001 has provided us with a formal fra

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14 March 2016

Medialon Show & Media Control Software has been selected and programmed by Lumia, the leading Finnish AV-automation company, to be the main music, audio and lighting controller of the entire gaming club in both Vantaa and Tampere.

The Medialon system works as a scheduling agent for atmosphere mode changes, and triggers the different shows played in each of the Gold Dust gaming club rooms.

"The Medialon system is the key ingredient. It integrates several different devices into an easy-to-use system where complicated structure is hidden from users", says Timo Hiekkanen, operating and sales manager of LUMIA. "Usability issues were crucial, since the system had to be used by Gold Dust staff, and not by AV professionals."

Medialon Manager is also daily used to start up

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The Parrot offers complete configurable control, allowing quick and easy modification of all EDID parameters, greatly simplifying system set-up and trouble-shooting, especially of the large complex video systems that are becoming so popular, says the company.

The Parrot is easily configured via USB on either Windows or Macintosh computers using a programme called the Par

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Ashton's work, Crown of Light, covered the entire North fascia of the Cathedral including all sides of the three towers, and was the largest installation of the festival, and arguably also the biggest cathedral projection to date in the UK. Durham Cathedral dates back to 1093 and is regarded as one of the finest examples of Norman architecture in the country. It is a designated UNESCO world Heritage Site along with nearby Durham Castle which faces it across Palace Green.

Ashton received an initial brief from Artichoke's Helen Marriage and Nicky Webb about the narrative and direction of the show. Taking these as a creative starting point for the storyboard, he t

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Green Hippo ran a competition throughout the show to win a HippoCritter media server. To be in with a chance of winning this valuable prize, attendees simply completed a questionnaire and their details were automatically entered into the prize draw.

A rackmount version of the HippoCritter was on display along with the new version of the HippoPortamus laptop system.

A new component for multi-screen multi-server configurations under the name UberPan took centre stage on the stand. Although still in development, this feature has already run various configurations including a successful summer season in London on the Peter Pan theatre show with design by Bill Dudley. UberPan allows simple configuration and manipulation of complex multi-screen shows from one

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AVM has marketed Christie's single and three chip projection solutions to the AV reseller channel in the UK with great success since January 2008. The expansion of the offering to include Christie's fixed installation product is an organic progression of a successful and dovetailed working relationship between the two companies.

Joe Graziano, UK channel sales manager, explains: "AVM has had success with the previous offering and has proved itself a company easy to work with, technically knowledgeable and simple to do business with. They were a natural choice to take on the LCD projection line as AVM maintains the integrity of the Christie partner relationship within their own channel."

Mark Nisbet, managing directo

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The 85" fits the gap between the 65" and 103" screens, and is designed for events, exhibitions and conferences. Benefiting from Panasonic's plasma technology and coupled with PSCo's range of input boards, the screens can display every type of analogue and digital content.

The screen is available with a range of accessories making it suitable for rental installations. They are all available on PSCo's custom built ScreenLifter, which allows the screen to be moved into position and raised up to 3m in the air at the touch of a button in either landscape or portrait. A floor stand, wall-hanging bracket and ceiling hanging bracket is also available.

Rental director, Mike Nield comments: "I am very excited about the addition of the 85"

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Combining over 25 years of systems integration industry experience, the Lab X and Stiernberg Consulting partnership will help AV manufacturers by assessing each one's current situation and making specific, targeted recommendations for how that manufacturer can meet both technical and business challenges head on. The CRC programme is designed to be fast, confidential, and low cost - a natural next step in establishing or improving product development and business development strategies in the interoperability era.

Commercial and residential AV systems are becoming

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Video and lighting was designed by LD Derek Jones. The idea of the screen emerged when Jones decided that it would be more dynamic and expedient on truck space to replace potentially chunky scenery pieces with a multi-functional scenic/IMAG backdrop in the form of a screen.

This enabled them to run abstract and ambient effects as well as show IMAG, adopting a completely new style of presentation for a Cliff & The Shadows tour. Jones was particularly keen to have IMAG concentrated centre stage rather than on the traditional two side screen set up as - given Cliff and the Shadows' generally older demographic and their requirement for a clear view of the onstage action - side screens were also felt to distract attention away from t

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An oversize model of the product, suspended dead centre of the hall ceiling, floated high above the heads of over a thousand invited guests. The experience was enhanced by a soundtrack, specially commissioned by the company's advertising agency.

To close out the performance, the 'star' of the show (the oversize model) landed on a carpet of light, comprising thousands of laser beams - projected from every angle of the circular hall.

(Jim Evans)

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The dramatic projection, a first on this scale for the North West of England, employed six 7000w Xenon projectors with specially produced slide-work, beaming from custom designed secure locations, the high powered projection was visible from areas around Manchester between 4pm and midnight for seven nights.

(Jim Evans)