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USA - Philips Entertainment has chosen the University of Nevada Las Vegas as a partner in its Educational Outreach and Sponsorship Programme. As part of the sponsorship, Philips Entertainment has donated Philips Vari-Lite VL3015 Spot, VLX Wash and VL770 Spot luminaires, along with Showline SL NITRO 510 LED strobe luminaires and a Philips Strand Lighting NEO lighting control console to UNLV for use in its educational programs and theatrical productions.

"We've dealt with Philips Vari-Lite and Philips Strand Lighting several times in the past so when we were approached about the sp

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UK - The Association of British Theatre Technicians 2015 Theatre Awards took place on 24 June alongside the Stage Management Association's National Awards, after the first day of the ABTT Theatre Show in its new London home, Alexandra Palace.

The experienced jury for the ABTT Awards, comprising of working practitioners and industry peers, judged nominations meeting the entry criteria that had been previously submitted or which were brought to their attention on the day.

Commenting on the event, ABTT CEO Robin Townley said, "The Awards ceremony held in the Londesborough Room was

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USA - Like all worshippers at the Tabernacle of Praise, members of the church's choir have been thrilled with the warm rich colours and engaging looks that the new all-LED lighting system from Chauvet Professional has brought to their services. Going beyond visual aesthetics, however, choir members have an added reason to celebrate, as the switch from incandescent to LED fixtures has greatly increased their comfort level.

"It's amazing how the temperature on the stage has been lowered, especially in the choir loft, which sits in the back of the stage," said Brad Lyons, syste

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Poland - The National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra has recently moved into new premises in Katowice. The NOSPR originally purchased Pyramix with a Sphynx DSD converter in 2005. A decision was made in 2011 to continue with Pyramix despite pressures to change. The impressive new building provided the perfect opportunity to increase the investment in Merging equipment by adding Horus units and more Pyramix units. Furthermore, to increase the productivity, two 8 fader Smart AV Tango 2 units were added to the installation.

The new recording/editing studios use two complete RAVENNA netwo

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UK - Meet the Future - Event Technology Challenged took place on 9 June at Central Hall Westminster. Now in its second year, this event offered those in attendance the chance to experience new event technology as well as engage with influential people in the events industry. It encouraged organisers to think about the growth of modern-day technology and how this will ultimately shape the future of events. White Light not only acted as one of the sponsors for this year but also provided all of the production elements for the conference.

With 350 senior event organisers in attend

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Europe - Meyer Sound has received three more orders for its new Leopard line array loudspeaker system from Megasound Sonorisation in Switzerland, Aukes Theatertechniek in the Netherlands, and DMS PRO in Poland. The three European rental houses are the latest to join a growing list of companies to invest in the patent-pending Leopard and its accompanying 900-LFC low-frequency control element since the system's debut in March.

"I realized at the demo that Leopard not only provided a remarkable listening experience but a new definition of live sound reinforcement," says Denis G

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Germany - Electro-pop band, Glasperlenspiel, recently completed one of the biggest stadium tours in Germany.

Forming part of the lighting design by Lukas Goldberg and Michael Holstein for these venues were six powerful Beam 5000 moving discharge lights from PR Lighting - the brightest moving beam effects in the company's portfolio.

These were supplied by Holstein's company, eigenARTevents.com. He was aware that the fixtures contain a Philips MSR Gold 1500W Fast-Fit Bulb, with sufficient power to satisfy all the requirements of both the stadiums and the designers.

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Denmark - Following a major renovation, Danish boarding school, Vejle Idraetsefterskole, wanted to improve the classroom experience by engaging students in high-quality video learning. The dnp Supernova STS short throw front projection screen helped them achieve their aim in a cost-effective way, while eliminating some of the problems of the past caused by high natural daylight.

The high school itself focuses on sports talent development, and in an effort to improve the classroom element of their learning programme, it constructed a new wing with many large 'picture' windows to help s

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UK - The Jockey Club's £45m redevelopment of its flagship Racecourse at Cheltenham is fully underway with many of the areas complete outside of the main grandstand. The redevelopment will increase capacity and provide modern facilities and includes the demolition of the current royal box, which was built in 1952, and 55 other boxes built in the 1920s and 1930s.

Part of the re-development programme included within GBE's scope of works is the installation of the new PA/VA system, disabled refuge and WC alarms throughout the grandstand and new royal and private boxes.

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USA - As part of the Kansas Star Casino, and located just south of Wichita, the Kansas Star Arena is a multipurpose auditorium that hosts conventions, concerts, rodeos, MMA fights and other events.

The 3,400-seat arena, which opened in 2013, had a basic audio system for announcements. However, the arena quickly outgrew the system's capabilities and often rented equipment to supplement its sound level and music quality for rodeos and other events with high levels of crowd excitement.

In 2014, Kansas Star turned to McClelland Sound of Wichita, KS to upgrade the arena's audio system. M

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UK - When Nottinghamshire-based events supplier OneBigStar was tasked recently with revitalising the lighting rig at Nottingham's National Ice Centre, several challenges were instantly thrown to the fore. Durability as well as excellent performance would be required from any replacements to the existing filament lights. Following a demonstration of a variety of fixtures at the venue, the company specified 10 Chauvet Rogue R2 LED Spot fixtures and 20 COLORdash Par-Hex 12 LED wash fixtures for permanent install at the popular ice skating venue.

"We've built a long-term relationship

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Off The Beach - Brian Wilson has cancelled his UK tour in September to focus on promoting a new movie about his life which has become an "overwhelming success". The former Beach Boy was due to play a series of shows in support of his current album No Pier Pressure. But due to the success of biopic Love And Mercy, starring Paul Dano and John Cusack, Wilson is postponing the tour to support the movie. He also announced next year will be his last ever tour in Europe: "I'm sorry I won't be able to make these shows this year, but I look forward to seeing all my f

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Namibia - After a wait of 30 years, Mad Max fans are revelling in the release of Mad Max: Fury Road, the fourth in this successful action adventure film series starring Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron and Nicholas Hoult, and directed, produced and co-written by George Miller.

Award-winning production sound mixer Ben Osmo chose DPA's d:screet 4063 miniature microphones with low sensitivity and low voltage to record dialogue during the shooting of action scenes that involved fast, furious and bumpy chases across the Namibian desert. He also used DPA d:screet 4062 Miniature Microphones

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UK - West London based lighting and video rental specialist Colour Sound Experiment supplied lighting and visuals equipment to some of the elements of Glastonbury 2015, including Arcadia, Block 9, The Common and The Glade.

The crew of 25 was chiefed by Andy Melleney, and in addition to these key areas of the site, the company also supplied the touring lighting rig for Friday night's Other Stage headliners Rudimental (LD Jonny Gaskell) and kitted out over 20 major bars around the site with practical and effects lighting.

Colour Sound's Hayden Cruickshank commented, "Being involv

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Sweden - Stockholm's Stadsteater, one of the most prestigious venues in the Swedish capital, has confirmed an order for 12 x BMFL Blades which will be added to a growing inventory of Robe moving lights in the house.

It is the first theatre in the country to invest in Robe's BMFL range which will be delivered by Swedish distributor, Bellalite.

The Stadsteater is located in a large metal-clad modernist building designed by architect Peter Celsing at Sergel Square in the heart of Stockholm's vibrant commercial and political centre. It also contains the Kulturhuset and a plethora of act

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USA - The Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology at Virginia Tech has turned to Audinate's technology to establish a robust, multichannel Dante network for new immersive facility, The Cube, a four-story theatre and high-tech laboratory with one of the highest-channel count 3D audio systems in the world.

Featuring multi-screen video and 3D sound from 145 loudspeakers, the cutting-edge, multipurpose facility launched this semester to bring creative artists, educators and audiences together. Dante media networking plays a key role in the university's goal of complete immersion ac

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UK - Gottwood electronic and music festival - an intimate boutique event, set in an idyllic Welsh forest on the isle of Anglesey - has been running since 2010. It prides itself on presenting a DJ line up of "rising stars and established veterans".

Involved with promoters Future Noise Ltd from the beginning has been Creation Live's Tom Whittle, who in addition to working with Martin Audio's Cheshire-based partners (and event production company) VME is also the festival's operations manager.

He recalls that the potential of the site had been clear from his first visit back i

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UK - Adlib were the sound supplier for the European & UK leg of the recent 5 Seconds of Summer (5SOS) Rock Out with your Socks Out tour.

Adlib first 'met' 5SOS at the 2014 Summertime Ball event at Wembley Stadium in London where they were co-ordinating all things audio. The band's FOH engineer John Delf, asked Adlib's Ben Booker to mix monitors for the band's headline shows at London's Islington Academy and then Birmingham Academy 2. This was back in October 2013. At this point Ben saw the potential of the band and jumped on board full time.

Ben and John Delf were extremely h

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Australia - Hobart's Guilford Young College have positioned themselves as an educational gateway to the arts with the completion of a purpose-built performing arts centre at their Glenorchy Campus. The culmination of years of discussions, consultations with partner organisations and fundraising have led to the establishment of a new, professional standard venue whose facilities are matched in Hobart only by the much-beloved Theatre Royal.

Alongside students training in music, dance and drama, Guilford Young teach the theatre technicians of tomorrow all the skills they'll need to work

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Belgium - ArKaos MediaMaster Pro has been chosen as the most versatile and user-friendly media software for Event Services at Ohio University.

Event Services is responsible for providing production support in Baker University Center (a student centre with state-of-the-art conference and event spaces), Templeton Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium (a 2000-seat concert hall), The Convocation Center (a 13,000-seat arena) as well as offsite locations.

ArKaos MediaMaster Pro has been used in support of the many university and community events that take place on and off-campus since it w

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USA - Twenty years after its founding by a handful of dedicated families, Redeemer Church celebrated the completion of a new 16,000sq.ft sanctuary, fellowship hall, and classroom complex in its hometown of Riverview, Florida, a suburb of Tampa.

Midway through the design phase, local A/V integration firm Christian Sound Installation (CSI) picked the project up when another firm folded, taking the best elements of the existing work and tweaking it for increased integration, impact, and functionality. Based on past success and a proven record of reliability, CSI specified Ashly Audio net

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UK - PSCo has launched the PSCo Training Academy, a new series of training courses designed to empower its customers to know more, and arm attendees with the skills to take advantage of the latest technologies. The first course completed in June was the Absen Certified Engineer (ACE) accreditation for rental partners.

As the only Absen authorised training house in the UK, PSCo trained 32 live events customers over a two-day period on product features, application scenarios, control systems, maintenance and troubleshooting. On completion of the training course, attendees took a test to

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UK - Secret Cinema reveals that the first Secret Cinema X event, which took place on 28-29 June, hosted two special preview screenings of Asif Kapadia's documentary Amy, which will be released in cinemas 3 July 2015..

Secret Cinema X will bring to life cult classics and exclusive previews in extraordinary locations worldwide. Acting in partnership with Secret Cinema it will unite Secret Screenings and The Other Cinema, whilst creating a new distribution platform for film.

The sold out event brought Kapadia's Amy to life whilst honouring an extraordinary artist through

  1. Pure Groove Systems showcase under the Big Top
  2. Friday nights with Eric Paslay and Elite Multimedia
  3. Another glorious Glastonbury for Robe
  4. FOH Engineer Rick Camp relies on DPA
  5. Nexo STM makes Swiss debut at Champéry festival
  6. Chroma-Q Inspire Mini LEDs reduce running costs
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