The Netherlands - Riedel Communications donated an Artist Digital Matrix intercom system to Emma TV. Emma is a Dutch TV station for the Emma Kinder Ziekenhuis, a children's hospital in Amsterdam.

The Artist system that consists of an Artist mainframe and five Artist 1000 series control panels replaces the old intercom system. "Our old intercom system was at its end. Riedel was so kind to step in and sponsor us with a new intercom installation. Since we are relying on sponsorships and donations, we are really glad Riedel helped us out here," said Alex Vermeulen, volunteer technical manager at Emma TV.

"Riedel helped us with a very reliable Intercom and we are very happy with it. At the end you want to entertain the sick children and make life a bit more easy on the

Denmark - The European premiere of Disney's Aladdin: The New Stage Musical opened in the Fredericia Theatre in Denmark on 4 October to glowing reviews from the Danish press. The Fredericia is one of only five theatres worldwide and the only venue in Europe to be selected as a Disney partner. Demand has been so high that the initial run was extended until 25 November, which is a fitting tribute to the theatre's production team and the cast, all of whom have worked extremely hard to make the show a success.

Unsurprisingly, Aladdin is the biggest production that has ever be

UK - An underground sewer lair was created in London recently to celebrate the launch of the next generation of popular children's series.

Nickelodeon and Viacom Consumer Products (NVCP) invited over 350 guests to Shoreditch, London to announce their plans for well-known characters; Dora the Explorer, SpongeBob SquarePants and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles including films, toys, apps and programmes.

To stage the launch, event production and audio-visual specialists, Anagram was tasked to create an environment that would replicate the underground sewer lair the Turtles inhabit in

The Netherlands - The hugely popular Votown Allstars has held another concert in the Netherlands to raise money for their local football club FC Volendam - and three Midas digital consoles were deployed.

As The Votown Allstars - Jan Smit, Nick & Simon, and 3JS performed, a Midas XL8 took care of monitor duties while a Midas PRO2 and PRO6 could be found FOH. A Klark Teknik DN9696 High Resolution Audio Recorder was also used to provide a virtual sound check to ensure that the audio was clean and intelligible in every corner of the stadium.

The concert, held at the Volendam Stadion, wa

UK - Allen & Heath has launched a new AES Out option module for the fixed format MixRacks from its iLive digital mixing Series.

Customers are now able to order an iDR-16, iDR-32, iDR-48 and iDR-64 fixed format MixRack or the xDR-16 expander unit, fitted with an AES Digital Output Option, providing two AES3 digital 2-channel outputs in place of four of the analogue line outputs. Supported by the newly released firmware V1.9, the option is also available as a retro-fit kit for existing customers, allowing single or multiple AES Digital Output options to be fitted.

"A&H is really

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