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UK - The official launch of the Britannia Row Productions Training centre was celebrated with an event following the completion of the first Live Sound Technology course. The party was attended by representatives of partners from the industry and the education sector, as well as press and tutors involved in the course. The organisers were particularly pleased to welcome the mayor of Wandsworth, Cllr Angela Graham.

The occasion of the successful completion of the first Live Sound Technology course run at the centre was highlighted in speeches along with the achievements of successful t

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UK - The MA VPU (Video Processing Unit) received the most attention for MA Lighting this year at the PLASA exhibition in London on the booth of its UK distributor, Ambersphere Solutions.

The revised versions of the MA VPU plus and MA VPU basic offer even more functionality and performance than their already sophisticated predecessors. And with the brand new MA VPU light, MA hit the market with a media solution for more budget conscious projects - offering nearly the same power as the MA VPU plus and basic.

Michael Althaus, MA Lighting's managing director, was happy with the trade sh

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South Korea - Since 1993 'Open Concert' has been one of the most enduringly popular music programmes on Korean TV. Aired every Sunday night for an hour on KBS (Korean Broadcasting System), it's staged in the KBS Hall at the broadcaster's HQ in Yeouido, Seoul in front of a live audience of nearly 1700.

Lighting for the show is designed by KBS's Mr Lee Kwan Han working closely with the KBS lighting design team. Currently on the rig for the weekly show are 40 x Robe Robin 1200 LEDWashes and 38 MMX Spots which were purchased earlier in the year by the KBS Hall to be added to their house l

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UK - London's Royal Albert Hall continues to entertain and delight over 1.5m people every year with over 370 shows per year in the main auditorium in 2012 and close to 200 events in its secondary event spaces

Long-time audio suppliers to the Royal Albert Hall, Sound by Design won a highly competitive tender process, thus retaining their contract in September. As a result of this, the Royal Albert Hall and Sound by Design took the decision to completely renew its sound system. However, this time, the winning tender was with a new Halo Compact system from UK loudspeaker manufacturers, E

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UK - Manchester lighting specialist dbn supplied rigging, lighting equipment and design plus bespoke draping for the Co-Operative Retail Trading Group (CRTG) annual Supporters Awards and gala dinner event, which was staged at Manchester Central.

Pete Robinson project managed for dbn. Both he and the company have been involved in the event for the last six years, each time working closely with technical production management providers A To V and also directly with the client, to interpret their brief and help bring the venue alive with the atmospheres required.

This year, the venue w

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UK - XL Video was again highly active at the ever-vibrant Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year, reflecting the increase in productions and imaginative ways to integrate video into the plethora of inventive new performances. This year video and projection systems were again supplied to The Pleasance, and for the first time to C venues.

For C venues, one of Edinburgh's leading independent venue producers, curating and hosting the Fringe's largest theatre-based programme, equipment was deployed in eight venues across three sites - C venues' Chambers Street base, C nova and C Aquila.

For

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Canada - Manley Labs reports that they have signed HHB Communications Canada as their exclusive Canadian distributor. HHB Communications Canada is a major international manufacturer and distributor of recording equipment to the recording, MI, DJ and production sectors of the professional audio industry. HHB and HHB distributed products are sold through all major MI, production, pro-audio and DJ dealers across Canada.

Manley Labs, a privately owned company that designs, manufactures and distributes high-end analog audio equipment, is thrilled about this expansion. "Canada's size p

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South Africa - Barco Lighting Systems and Stage Audio Works have announced a new partnership that will enable Stage Audio Works to serve as exclusive distributor of High End Systems' products throughout South Africa and the surrounding countries. Effective immediately, this agreement enables Stage Audio Works to make HES' products available to their extensive network of local distributors and resellers. They will also have direct access to product knowledge, support as well as local stock.

Stage Audio Works CEO, Will Deysel, comments, "We have been searching for a lighting brand

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UK - Doughty Engineering has awarded an aspiring performing arts student for her achievements at a gala dinner hosted by Brockenhurst College. 18 year old Josie Camble was chosen to receive the accolade at the awards ceremony on September 20, held at the end of a week of celebrations to mark the college's centenary and 100 years of education excellence.

Josie stood out as an active member of the performing arts department, and Tara Gadd, Head of Performing Arts, said: "I couldn't think of a better person to receive the award. Josie's commitment to her craft far outreaches her cou

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Asia - Mattel's universally beloved Barbie and Ken dolls are performing across Asia in the stage production Barbie Live!. For the young audience in this family show, sound designer Kai Harada has built a sound system based on the Meyer Sound M'elodie line array loudspeaker. Equipment provider is Orlando-based Show Systems.

"It's a dance-heavy show," says Harada, "so we needed a robust system that would cover large theatres or smaller arenas with exceptional clarity-but at levels appropriate for children's ears. I knew that a M'elodie rig would give us those quali

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Tourist Boom - Tourists going to concerts and festivals are boosting the UK economy by as much as £2.2 billion a year. Music tourism is also said to provide 24,000 jobs each year, a report by Visit Britain and UK Music shows. Spending by people from the UK and abroad was worth £1.3 billion last year. That includes buying tickets and paying for transport and accommodation plus other indirect spending, which adds another £914m.

Visit Britain says nearly half of the average live music audience is made up of tourists, with visitors from abroad spending an average of &pou

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UK - A sonic sea level which immerses audiences beneath the ocean waves - without getting wet - and then allows them to climb steps to emerge to a different sonic atmosphere has been unveiled at the launch of a major new cultural festival celebrating the River Tamar.

Fathom is a new 'sonic artwork' by Plymouth University media arts specialists Jane Grant and Dr. John Matthias. In an attempt to bring one of the country's most diverse waterways into sharp focus they used new generation technology to create an artificial surface 6ft above the floor of a 17th century Royal Navy vic

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UAE - Sennheiser Group together with vendor partner K-Array will be hosting two seminars covering live and installed sound during the InfoComm/GITEX week, on 22-23 October, 2013, at the Meydan Racecourse in Dubai.

The seminar on 22 October will feature installed sound elements and there will be a demonstration of K-array's flexible, array element speaker, the Anakonda KAN200 and the KZ10, an ultra-miniaturized line-array element. The second seminar on 23 October will feature K-Array's live sound products, including the company's revolutionary Concert Series speaker and subwoofer range

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USA - Based in Southern California Stephen Lieberman has been lighting clubs and discos for 25 years - at least half of that time under his company, SJ Lighting. But he is equally at home providing production for major festivals such as the Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC).

Asked about his profile, Lieberman says, "I'd like to consider myself a part of the electronic dance music community as well as a part of the nightclub community. I've grown up in this industry; I embrace it, support it and do my very best to perpetuate it."

Over the years he has turned to many different l

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UK - During PLASA London 2013, AED group organized its second Beer and Boar Night, with the highlight being the price draw of a Road Hog 4 lighting console from High End Systems worth 10.000 EUR end-user price.

"To celebrate our recent master distributorship of High End Systems in the BeNeLux, France and the UK, we organized a party on our booth and were happy to meet and greet with over 150 AV professionals." says Hans Vanderheijden, managing director of AED Distribution.

During the evening, and while invitees were enjoying typical Belgian drinks and food, the prize draw

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UK - Registration is now open for the second annual White Light Open Day, held at White Light in Wimbledon on Sunday, 27 October. The entertainment lighting specialist announced the return of its open day earlier this year, after the success of the event in 2012.

The White Light Open Day, a free event aimed at those working in small theatres, performance venues, schools, and colleges, attracted 200 visitors in 2012 with attendees coming from across London and elsewhere in the UK. All were looking to improve their lighting knowledge, demo the latest kit, or meet with White Light staff.

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Turkey - Wireless Solution Sweden reports that Elit Light and Sound Technologies, located in Istanbul, has been named distributor for W-DMX products in Turkey.

With the world's leading brands, Elit provides professional solutions for studio, TV applications, conference and concert halls, theaters, shopping malls, etc. The company also offers project design, installation and after-sale support.

Mr. Emre Defne of Elit says, "We are very happy about this new partnership with Wireless Solution. The company has an excellent reputation and a high quality product. We can see countless

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UK - PLASA London 2013 proved a great success with exhibitors and visitors alike at its new home at ExCeL London. Over 11,000 visitors (subject to ABC audit) attended the show, of whom over 3,000 attended on multiple days. International interest was high, with more than 2,200 visitors from 84 countries. Stand rebookings for next year's show are also up on last year, and several major companies that did not make the move to ExCeL - including Philips Entertainment - have either already signed up for 2014 or are in serious talks to return.

Chris Toulmin, head of events, PLASA London 2013

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UK - Rosco CEO Mark Engel presented Light Relief with its annual benefit cheque from the proceeds of Rosco's 313 Light Relief Yellow colour filter. The cheque was presented to Light Relief co-found Rick Fisher at Rosco's booth at PLASA. During the presentation, Engel had this to say about Rosco's continuing support of Light Relief, an organisation established to support entertainment technicians in times of hardship:

"When we introduced Rosco's Supergel 313 Light Relief Yellow in 2004, you [Rick Fisher] were quoted as saying "I wanted the Light Relief Yellow to be a warm, la

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UK - Two intense days of evaluation at an event ambitiously billed the "Ultimate Network Shootout" resulted in success for Optocore over five other leading protocols.

The comparative sessions took place on the opening two days of this year's PLASA Show at ExCeL London, and were supervised by Roland Hemming (of RH Consulting) as part of the new AudioLab Interactive experimental concept, which he masterminded.

An impressive number of attendees on each day were given voting buttons in order to register their preference, as six of the most established industry audio protocols

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Spain - First started in Sitges, a beautiful city at the south of Barcelona, the Pacha Group has grown into a world-recognized brand with nightclub locations spanning the globe. One of the world's most dominant names in the industry, the Ibiza venue is Pacha Group's crown jewel and driving force behind the brand. Due to the continuous eight-hour days and aggressive club environments, Pacha Ibiza was in need of reliable, high-quality lighting. Pacha turned to Martin Professional lighting for its flagship venue in Ibiza as well as its future franchise locations.

Pacha Group technical di

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UK - Prolyte Group and subsidiary Brilliant Stages enjoyed a busy PLASA Show at its new home, ExCeL London, earlier this month. Both companies reported positive feedback following their decision to do something different for PLASA London 2013.

On display for the first time in the UK was the ProLyft AETOS range. Visitors were given the opportunity to see a selection of the new hoists in action on a dedicated demo booth. UK sales director Keith Williams commented, "The reaction to ProLyft AETOS has been amazing. We realise the products have to be seen to be fully appreciated so we

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Italy - Widely regarded as the educational, scientific, financial, and political hub of Northern Italy, Trento is proud to boast of its excellent college - the Opera Universitaria. Ranked as first in the country by the Ministry of Education, Opera's mission is to ensure that a student's full potential can be realised - whether that stems from sport, academic work, or the arts. After enlisting the help of AV integrators A&T Multimedia, and distributors, Adeo Group, the college's new theatre has been equipped with a comprehensive technical installation, enabling complete control over audi
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