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The Coca-Cola Store is a part of the World of Coca-Cola experience, where visitors can choose from a vast array of decorative items, apparel, accessories, and one-of-a-kind art pieces, and even Style Your Own bottle of Coca-Cola. "The Coca-Cola Store is really a fun place to visit, and the video screens are an important part of the experience," observes Christopher Blum, account manager at Ford AV for the project. "It's always packed, and they needed to creat

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"I have been running my own sound engineering business since 1985. The company's main activity is the installation and servicing of commercial and professional sound systems and audio-visual equipment although there is also a largely under-developed hire business as well. Over the years I have built up a solid client-base including churches, holiday parks, theme parks, sports and leisure facilities, pubs, clubs, hotels, government buildings and many more. I also carry out sub-contract work for various national companies as their 'local' engineer.

"Originally based in Falmouth, I relocated to Launceston in 2004 on the Devon/Cornwall border to be more central to my clien

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The content on the ITM LED screens was powered by Scala. In an effort to enhance the viewing experience, Scala India was asked to set up a flawless live broadcast of the opening ceremony of the event on several of ITM's outdoor screens that are normally used for advertising. In a short time frame, Scala India was able to get the live feed running on the screens in high quality.

In a joint effort, ITM and Scala India dro

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The CPWX8 combines high-definition picture quality with compact size and flexible features, making it ideal for a wide variety of portable projector applications, says the company.

The easy-to-carry CPWX8 weighs less than five pounds and measures just 12" wide x 8.7" deep by 3" high. It provides native WXGA (1,280 x 800) resolution and 16:10 aspect ratio along with 16.7 million colours and 2,600 ANSI Lumens brightness for clear, vivid widescreen images. The CPWX8 is designed for ease of use and flexible operation. It includes HDMI, S-Video and composite video inputs, RGB computer video inputs and outputs, two audio inputs and an audio output. In addition

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Solund has dedicated its time and energy to develop a snoezelen centre containing the right elements to create a modern and innovative place that users can benefit from. The idea behind a snoezelen centre is to create settings which intensify the users' senses by stimulating, entertaining, calming or activating them.

ProShop Europe, a Danish-based AV technology integration specialist, has been the main technical partner for this project. They supplied and installed the screens, control panels, lighting and audio systems. They also selected and programmed the Medialon control system installed in The Golden Horn.

Nine different snoezelen rooms have been built and designed in the centre. They all feature modern AV technolo

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The month-long ballot, which ends on 31 October, pre-empts the New Year merger date when the Associations formally unite under the PLASA name.

Members of both organizations have been actively voting to elect candidates for the new European and North American Regional Boards which will feature representatives from the following groups of members - Dealer/Retailers, Distributors, Manufacturers, Production Services, Professional Services and Rental Companies, together with a representative from both the Organizational and Individual memberships.

The Governing Body is a new concept for PLASA and is designed to ensure continuity of decision-making and strategic consistency. Whilst the Chai

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In addition to a focus on legislative issues, the day will also feature presentations from Simon Miller of Allan Chapman & James, who will provide an update on recent changes to the insurance market and how members can keep insurance costs down, Krystyna Gibbons of Westfield Health, who will outline the options for a cost-effective alternative to private healthcare and Paul Robson of Medialease who will talk about leasing funding, providing an overview of current market conditions and how members can get into the best possible shape to attract leasing funding when

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This is the second French award for Christie MicroTiles since they were introduced in Europe in February 2010 at ISE in Amsterdam. MicroTiles also received the Janus de l'Industrie award in May 2010 from the French Institute of Design.

"We're very proud of this award," said Pascal Gervais, regional director for Christie France. "Christie MicroTiles have enjoyed success worldwide since they were introduced in France and internationally. Today, they're winning over trend-setters in the fields of architecture, design, and billboard-style advertising in high-value p

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"What continues to make the biggest impression on all of our guests, however, is the digital technology," said Kim McKay, customer relations manager at Camelback. A digital signage network from Unified Brand and Scala is one of the major components of the 22-year-old facility's complete makeover.

The goal of building this showroom was to create an environment that does not resemble a car dealership. The new facility is equipped with high-end amenities, including free Wi-Fi, a cafe, high-tech media room, kids' play area, outdoor patio and massage area with in-chair TVs. Accordingly, Camelback did an in-depth search to find a sophistic

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MediaMaster is a software solution for professional control of real-time video and effects that has been specifically developed for desk operators and lighting designers.

More than simply supporting curved screen functionality, the new geometry correction also allows you to correct a single projector mounted in those difficult places where standard keystone correction is not effective, says the company. It will also harmonise the output from several projectors which cannot be installed at the same distance or angle to a curved screen.

MediaMaster 2.2 also offers several other improvements, such as better support for multiple monitors. While still running on Windows XP and Mac OS X, MediaMaster 2.2 n

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Grice, who joined Architainment early in 2010 as a technical services engineer has a strong background rooted in the entertainment side of the business. Prior to joining Architainment, he worked for Dorking Halls.

Commenting on this new role, Phil Grice said, "I am excited for the opportunity to meet potential clients and introduce them to the LED fixtures Architainment can provide and the various benefits and functionalities these fittings can offer."

Managing Director, Nic Tolkien added, "We've been looking at es

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"The motivating factor behind this move is to provide an exceptional customer experience," says president John Dace Dace. "It's our belief that investing in a sales team like this will help us deliver the best customer service within the AV industry, and help us grow our market share in turn."

As part of the launch of the newly reorganized sales force, Kevin Cole has been named as inside sales manager. Working from Liberty'

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With over 1000 players and dancers, it was a spectacular event. Guests included Hillary Clinton, USA Secretary of State, President Sarkozy, the Russian Premier Putin and many other international heads of state.

In Hanoi, visual designer Paolo Buroni and his team coordinated by Sabine Linder worked together on the artistic and choreographic content of the show which narrated the history and the beauty of this country through the four elements of nature using a large scale technical deployment of hundreds of image and lighting effects projectors.

The stadium and its surrounds were frescoed with images projected by 60 Stark Live and Revolution projectors that were chosen after a comparison with an international array of technologies and projection systems.

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"We designed every clip to be easily keyed, tiled and colorized painlessly, we've also rendered many of these clips to play at a slower speed, as most media servers do a better job speeding clips up," says Michael Zinman.

"Everything about In Your back Pocket will make sense to programmers. To our knowledge, this is the only collection of royalty-free loops that have been designed specifically for media server

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Class Act approached Highlite with the brief that they wanted an LED screen that could be versatile and used both for live TV and as a stage effect with the use with graphics playback behind performers.

Company owner Mick Watson is very pleased with the investment and said: "I am very impressed with the product, plus the service and technical back up Highlite has given us in the setting up and configurations of the panels. The response we are getting from the clients is well received and we look forward to using the P10 screen at many of our events and productions.'

The new DMT P10 panels measure 1024 x 768 x 178mm and can be configured in m

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Sarner, known for the concept, design and creation of themed visitor attractions around the globe, was awarded the contract following a competitive tender at the beginning of 2010 and is currently working on the pre-build prior to going on site at the beginning of December. The exhibition will officially open at London's Olympia on 20 February 2011.

BBC Worldwide's head of exhibitions and events, Paula Al-Lach, has been working closely with Sarner on the project since its inception. Commenting on Sarner she says: "The brief was to create an immersive experience based on the popular TV programme that would capture and celebrate the essence of Doctor Who. We felt that Sarner's creative vision for the project

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Ashton and Monid were commissioned to produce this latest work following their successful Accendo for the 2008 Illuminating York event, which lit the facades of the Yorkshire Museum and Abbey Ruins in York's Museum Gardens.

Rose was a 40m high artwork that transformed the Minster's famous medieval Rose window and surrounding architecture into an amalgam of images, ideas, colour and sounds. It was a four-part study encompassing the symbolism of the rose and its relevance to the city's ancient and contemporary history.

The Ar

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The 2010 tournament, arguably the closest in the tournaments history, saw 24 of the Worlds' golfing elite battle each other, and the elements, over four exciting days. Fans around the globe and the live audience at Celtic Manor were glued to the fluctuating fortunes from foursomes to singles matches, culminating in a European team win in the final match on the 17th green.

CT has supplied every European Ryder Cup since 1985, but this was the first time the organisers have contracted the company to provide all of the on-course video facilities. This extended from the 16 screens and supplied feeds to 450 LCD displays in offices and hospitality suites to the generation and distribution of real-time graphics and scores, mixed with live camera action and other event critical data, all tailored to each

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This will be the fifth consecutive year that DB is the official supplier of audio visual systems and equipment. In total, DB has had a presence at the event, which is the world's biggest exhibition for the mobile phone industry, every year since 1999.

The show's organiser, GSMA, is also promoting DB's ecoXpress technology as a sustainable way to distribute literature. ecoXpress helps exhibitors reduce their environmental footprint as it removes the need for printed brochures on stands. Instead, delegates browse the exhibitor's literature on touch screens, choose what information is most relevant to them and email that selected information to their office computers.

Oliver Richardson, DB's sales director, says, "This demonstrates that, as a result of our excellent serv

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With the FK6 and SK6, AllFrame I/O boxes can be installed in existing floor pockets or used as drop-boxes on stage. At the centre of the AllFrame Multi-Modular I/O System is the F6 Modular I/O Frame, a multi-purpose network frame with six field-configurable I/O card slots and integrated Cat-5e and fibre optic connectivity.

The F6 can be outfitted to meet the audio I/O requirements of nearly any application. Additional mounting options for the F6 include on-wall or in-wall mounting using a standard NEMA Type 1 enclosure or rack-mounting, with connectors facing the front or rear, using the RK6 rack mounting kit.

Designed for permanent installations such as houses of worship, theatres, schools and conference centres, a

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The Sunday night concert was filmed and the 'Bold As Brass' DVD will be available from 22nd November 2010.

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"Customer care and health & safety are paramount at Blitz. We needed a label that would help anyone handling the equipment to visually identify if the case was safe to manually lift or would require assistance. Most importantly of all, the label shouldn't come off without a fight!" says David Watchorn of Blitz.

"All road cases get a rough ride in this industry, so any label that is capable of withstanding the constant transportation and industry standard 'rough handling' needed to be something special. We've used Le Mark's PAL road case labels for many years and know from ex

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A centrepiece of the on-course visual facilities was the 18th Studio screen. This comprised 20 (w) x 8 (h) panels (20.32m x 6.08m) of Lighthouse Rn7-ER 7mm outdoor enhanced resolution LED screen hung off and below the Sky TV studio. Visible from both the club house and the main hospitality area, this screen, along with two Rn7-ER IMAG screens measuring 6 (w) x 5 (h) panels (6.096m x 3.81m) each, was utilised for bo

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An import of the famed Edinburgh pageant which also uses TiMax, the Basel Tattoo is staged outdoors in front of the 18th century Kaserne Hof barracks next to the Rhine. Various collections of marching or dancing performers are spread out over a 70m by 25m parade arena surrounded by audience seating on three sides.

Swiss sound designer Thomas Strebel this year specified a TiMax2 SoundHubR32 which received MIDI preset control and twelve groups of MADI audio from a Soundcraft Vi6 console, comprised of over 32 radio mics plus CD and ha