UK - Apollo Cinemas and Dolby Laboratories have announced that they completed a project to upgrade the audio experience for cinema goers at all of its screens throughout the UK.

The 22-month programme concluded with the upgrade of the Apollo Cinema in Rhyl, where the installation of the latest 7.1 Dolby digital sound processors marked the conversion of all 83 of Apollo's cinemas screens at 14 locations in England and Wales.

"Quality surround sound is absolutely critical to the overall experience of enjoying a film," says Rob Arthur, managing director, Apollo Cinemas, "so we wanted to be able to offer our customers the very best with the quality and flexibility of the new Dolby digital cinema processors.

"We have been delighted with the results. The improvem

UK Indie folk rockers Bombay Bicycle Club are currently touring their latest album, A Different Kind Of Fix throughout the UK. So far the tour has been a great success, playing to sold-out venues nationwide, including the Brixton Academy. The band's monitor engineer, Dan Hermouet, was delighted to be trying out some SMX15 stage monitors from APG for the tour.

"I was specifically looking for a wedge monitor that would work with our in-ear monitors," explained Hermouet. "The band enjoys using their in-ears but we all agreed that it would be great if we could find s

China - Belgian manufacturer Apex Audio has moved its distribution in China to Rightway Audio Consultants. "When we established Rightway, our aim was to offer advanced audio products to boost the level of product sales, engineering and systems integration of technologies into the Chinese market," explains Monica Au, marketing and communications executive at Rightway. "Our first priority has always been the quality of the brands we work with. We distribute a variety of top brands under an exclusive basis, which fully satisfies the needs of the audio professionals.

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USA - Jason Aldean, just 10-years old, has been selling out coast-to-coast and sweeping awards shows regularly. Aldean just won a record six American Country Awards, including Single of the Year, Album of the Year, and the Holy Grail of live shows, Touring Artist of the Year.

Bandit Lites has been part of the Aldean family since the start. Lighting designer Aaron Swetland has continued to craft his art as the shows and lighting systems have grown geometrically through the years.

The My Kinda Party Tour has been setting records throughout 2011, and it continues into 2012. The

USA - On 2 December 2011, the RBC Centre, home of the NHL Carolina Hurricanes, NC State Wolfpack Men's Basketball and host of the 2011 NHL Allstar Game and numerous large events in Raleigh was transformed into the world of Hip-Hop and R&B music and grooves.

The concert The Platinum Legends of Hip Hop and R&B featured the top original pioneers of Hip Hop includingThe Fat Boys, Kurtis Blow, Kool Moe Dee, Christopher Williams, Al B. Sure, Aaron Hall, Doug E. Fresh and more.

The cutting edge RCF TT+ sound system, supplied by Rock Quarry Productions of Raleigh NC, included 32 TTL5

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