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UAE - Showforce has announced Mike Smith as its new chief operating officer. Working closely with Showforce's owner and chairman, Ian Spendlove, Smith will be based in Dubai and oversee the operations, sales and marketing divisions across the Middle East and UK offices. With a longstanding career in catering and event production, encompassing roles at the Commonwealth Institute in Kensington and Eat to the Beat, Smith has spent the last five years working in the Middle East with Action Impact and Blink Events. His extensive portfolio of contacts in this market means he is well placed to

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UK - As EMI held its annual BRITs after-show party on board the Silver Fleet's Silver Sturgeon, the production arm of London's newest rehearsal, production and storage facility SW19 provided both technical and logistical support for the event.

This was the third year running that the SW19 team had worked with EMI on the party, which welcomed a host of industry figures and artists aboard after the spectacular BRIT Awards Ceremony to celebrate another successful year for EMI's roster of artists, which includes Emeli Sande, Coldplay, Bastille and Noel Gallagher, who were all in attendanc

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UK - Stage Electrics has been successfully delivering training for a wide range of technical entertainment disciplines nationwide for over 10 years. New courses include Equipment Suspension aimed at professionals working specifically with rigging equipment in the theatrical and live events industry.

"The Equipment Suspension training was a great success at The Hawth and everyone found it relevant and useful to our venue," commented Quentin Whitaker, The Hawth, Crawley.

Other training topics include courses and workshops on maintenance and troubleshooting with intell

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UK - Black Light's 2013 Open Day saw over 200 people and over 30 companies come together for a very successful trade show. The annual event, which took place on the 15th of March, was also an opportunity to celebrate the success of Black Light, which was founded by Gavin Stewart thirty years ago.

"The Open Day went really well," said Black Light's Head of Company Development, Phil Haldane. "We got more people through the door than ever before, had an excellent range of exhibitors, met lots of old friends and said hello to many new faces."

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UK - Today, Tuesday 26 March, PLASA CEO Matthew Griffiths appeared alongside members of the London 2012 Opening Ceremony creative team to represent the entertainment and installation technology industries before the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee at the House of Commons.

The invitation follows a period of intense political lobbying by PLASA, on behalf of its members, many of whom were dissatisfied with the restriction surrounding the promotion of their involvement in the events. The questions asked will be used by MPs to assess the true extent of the role that the Olympic a

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Olivier Awards - Michael Frayn and Gillian Lynne will be given prizes for their outstanding contribution to theatre at this year's Olivier Awards ceremony. They will both receive their Special Awards at the event, which is taking place at the Royal Opera House on 28 April and will be hosted by Hugh Bonneville and Sheridan Smith. Frayn is best known for writing his 1982 play Noises Off as well as dramas including Copenhagen and Democracy. Lynne has choreographed more than 50 Broadway, West End and international stage productions including musicals Cats and

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UK - The nominations for the Olivier Awards with MasterCard - the most prestigious event in the UK's theatrical calendar - have been announced, and The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time leads the list with eight nominations, followed by Top Hat receiving seven, and the West End transfer of Chichester Festival Theatre's revival of Sweeney Todd in close competition with six. Other stand-out nominations include The Audience and Kiss Me, Kate receiving five each, and Constellations, The Bodyguard and Twelfth Night with four.

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USA - Bandit Lites has announced the launch of its new e-commerce website BanditBuys.com. The new site (www.banditbuys.com) will feature used and new gear for sale, including lamps, fixtures, consoles, effects and foggers.

With more and more people shopping online, Bandit is hoping to make purchasing quality lighting more accessible and easy. Special deals will also be available in addition to sales and social media discounts.

All equipment has been tested by Bandit's trained technical staff, providing customers the same standard of service they have come to expect from its 40 years

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Fringe Society - A membership society for fringe venue operators has been launched in a bid to represent the interests of independent theatres and create a better trading platform for them. The Society of Independent Theatres aims to support venues with up to 300 seats by sharing marketing materials and audience data, as well as by recycling costumes and props. It also hopes to create partnerships between its member venues to encourage tours of shows between them. This will extend production runs so that critics are more likely to review fringe shows and create publicity for the venues,

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Germany - At Prolight+Sound 2013, The A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) stand (E63, hall 9.0) will feature a selection of products from the leading brands which it distributes including Chroma-Q, Jands, BroadWeigh, SGM, Columbus McKinnon and PixelRange.

The award-winning Chroma-Q Inspire LED house light and the new AutoLED II moving head fixture will both receive their EMEA tradeshow launch on the AC-ET stand.

The Inspire house light is a powerful multi-purpose creative lighting tool that provides a choice of beautiful whites, soft pastels and bold saturates - all from one fix

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UK - SSE Audio Group has announced the acquisition of Wigwam Acoustics - a highly significant development for the pro audio industry. The deal, which includes Wigwam's Mick Spratt and Chris Hill taking a shareholding in SSE, is a major consolidation in the industry, creating the largest audio hire, sales and installation group in the UK.

John Penn, managing director of the expanding Group commented: "We are extremely proud to announce that we have joined forces with Wigwam. There are great synergies between the two companies and together we aim to deliver even better service and

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UK - AMX has announced the appointment of Peter Curtis as education sales manager for the UK market.

Curtis joins the company with 12 years of sales experience behind him, gained at Performance Enclosures where he oversaw the development of the TeamMate brand. In his new role, Curtis will be responsible for the execution of sales strategy for AMX's range of education solutions, which span control and automation, switching, distributed audio and video, and energy and technology management.

"We are delighted to welcome Peter to the AMX team," said Jonathan Mangnall, sales di

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UK - AC-ET's sister company, A.C. Special Projects Ltd. (ACSP), will be on hand during PLASA Focus: Leeds to discuss how they can provide bespoke lighting, audio and AV installations to the entertainment and architectural sectors.

"ACSP's team of highly experienced project managers can handle all aspects of a project from the initial design concept through to the finished installation - assisting designers and architects with the specification, project supply, installation, commissioning and programming, or any part thereof, delivering clients' projects on time and on budget,&quo

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UK - Martin Audio has appointed James King as its new Director of Marketing. He will take up his new position just as the company unveils its latest innovation at this year's Prolight+Sound Show in Frankfurt, arriving as the loudspeaker manufacturer's groundbreaking technology starts to enjoy unprecedented sales success.

King states that he immediately recognised the opportunity to capitalise on this. I am impressed with the ambition, innovation and heritage of Martin Audio, and am excited at the prospect at being able to hone this into a clear competitive advantage that will deliver

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UK - Trade AV specialist PSCo Rental has announced the appointment of Rebecca Brophy to rental manager with a key focus on motivating and developing the rental team, and driving the customer service elements of the business. Working closely with PSCo Group CEO, Stuart Holmes, Brophy will play a vital role in the development and expansion of the team through training, defining and tracking KPI's, objective measurement and accountability.

Commenting on the appointment, Stuart Holmes said, "We are always looking to enhance the perception of PSCo Rental as the place to go for friendl

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World - PR Lighting has announced some strategic personnel changes as it strives to consolidate its expansion across the globe.

The experience and dedication of both Anna Zhang and Mary Ma have been recognised - with the former promoted to the important role of sales manager (for the Americas) and the latter to sales assistant supervisor.

Both are long-serving and loyal members of the successful sales team. Anna has been working with PR Lighting for the past seven years, developing through the ranks, first as sales assistant and sales supervisor, before being confirmed as sales mana

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France - Inaugurated in 1995 as two seasonal events, for the fourth year the Winter X Games moved outside the US to the skiing and snowboarding haven of Tignes in the French Alps recently, where more than 125 athletes from all over the globe competed. In addition to X Games Tignes, 2013 is also the first year that the event has gone truly global, with other events taking place in Aspen (USA), Foz De Iguaçu (Brazil), Barcelona (Spain), Munich (Germany) and Los Angeles (USA).

Brought in to assist with the sophisticated audio signal distribution was experienced rental company, Gil

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Germany - Well-known for its power management systems, Furman introduce a new sequencer to the European market with even more features and security. As a slim, 1U 16A package it will slide neatly into the top of any 19" rack for both power distribution and switching.

SmartSequencing technology allows large and complex professional A/V systems to be safely powered on and off at the touch of a button or turn of a key, even by non-technical personnel. If you'd rather lock-out this level of control then a series of security covers will lock out the button and sequencing functions and

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Germany - At ProLight+Sound, Audio-Technica is showing its new AT2020USB+ cardioid condenser microphone - the successor to its popular, easy-to-use AT2020USB model. Equipped with a USB output, the microphone is designed for digitally capturing music or any acoustic audio source employing users' favourite recording software. The AT2020USB+ offers studio-quality articulation and intelligibility suitable for home studio recording, field recording, podcasting and voiceover use.

The AT2020USB+ features a built-in headphone jack with volume control that allows users to directly monitor thei

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Germany - At ProLight+ Sound this week, Allen & Heath will unveil Qu-16, a brand new compact digital mixer with a professional feature set and an entry-level price tag, packaged in a stylish 19" rack size. Inheriting technology from the acclaimed GLD and iLive digital mixing systems, Qu-16 features total recall of settings (including 17 motorised faders and digitally controlled preamps), an intuitive Touchscreen, Qu-Drive integrated multi-track recorder, dSNAKE for remote I/O and personal monitoring, multi-channel USB streaming to Mac, Qu-Pad control app, and iLive's renowned FX li

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UK - Watched by an estimated 1m viewers per week, the new series of Sky One's Got To Dance has once again packed a prime-time punch.

Designed for use on-screen, Le Mark's Harmony gloss black dance floor has been selected as the dancing surface for the semi-finalists' pre-recorded 'Killer Move' video clip.

The smooth finish of the floor allows for a controlled glide whilst retaining the perfect element of grip. An exceptional level of dancing comfort for performers and a stunning high-gloss visual-effect for the viewers at home.

Le Mark's Sharon Marshall said, "Keeping

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Germany - ProLight+Sound 2013 sees console manufacturer DiGiCo significantly raise the sonic capabilities of its SD9 and SD11 digital mixing consoles.

"In 2012, to celebrate 40 years of console manufacturing, we unleashed some more Stealth Digital Processing FPGA power to our SD Range of consoles," says DiGiCo managing director James Gordon. "This saw the SD9 become Supercharged, increasing facilities and processing power at no additional cost to new or existing customers."

To mark this significant achievement, DiGiCo also created a special package, which include

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UK - With a range from 6.5° to 50° the Sharpy Wash is designed by the Clay Paky optical lab to be the flip-side to the Sharpy coin. The 330W lamp equals the output of a 1000W luminaire and weighing in at only 18.5 Kg it is the ideal tourable unit.

Ambersphere Solutions' MD, Glyn O'Donoghue is in no doubt about the level of interest generated by this little weapon, "As Clay Paky's exclusive distributor we know that one of their strengths is that they consult with real lighting designers to specify the feature set of their new fixtures; the Sharpy, and now the Sharpy Wash,

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UK - Kerrang! has announced that the Relentless Kerrang! Awards 2013 is moving to the new location of Troxy in East London, taking place on 13 June. The awards is celebrating its 20th anniversary and voting has gone live today via www.kerrang.com and in Kerrang! Magazine. The Relentless Kerrang! Awards will be hosted by Mark Hoppus (ex Blink 182) and Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian.

"It's been a thrilling year for the music Kerrang! loves," says editor James McMahon. "Whether on a global scale, or at a gras

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  6. Gallowglass opens offices in Paris and Monaco
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