South Africa - Multi-Media used their 12 new Robin 300 LEDs for two prominent events, Herbalife Southern Africa Extravaganza and the PICA Awards.

Some 2 500 guests from across the country attended the Herbalife Southern Africa Extravaganza, a three day event hosted at the Emperor's Palace Conference Centre in November. Multi-Media were the technical suppliers and used their Robin 300s, hiring a few additional units from MJ Event Gear, for the show. "The units were very responsive, bright, power efficient and the saturation in colour," commented Tim Fish from Multi-Media.

The 42nd PICA Awards, presented by the Magazine Publishers Association of South Arica (MPASA), was held at the Sandton Convention Centre on 17 November. Multi-Media once again provided the full technic

UK - Electrosonic was recently awarded the AV systems integration contract at JP Morgan's new Canary Wharf site in London. As a result of this appointment, on Thursday 10 November Electrosonic and Skillsmatch jointly held a recruitment and selection event to appoint young, local 'Apprentice Installers' to take part in a six month audio-visual apprenticeship programme with Electrosonic, working in-part at JP Morgan. Following a six month placement it is Electrosonic's intention to offer six individuals a full time 'junior AV installer' position.

Skillsmatch is the flagship job brokerag

Europe - Roland Systems Group has announced the immediate availability of a system update for the popular Roland V-1600HD Multi-Format Video Switcher. Addressing the requirements of using the V-1600HD in a live production environment - especially with LED walls - this new update includes additional scaling functions to both the Program and AUX outputs in all modes.

Common LED video wall aspect ratio presets are included, such as 4:3, 5:4, 5:3 and 16:9, as well as a manual pixel accurate mode allowing any wall size or aspect ratio to be inputted. Using this setting, the source material

Norway - Vestad Lighting of Norway recently supplied a large Martin lighting and video screen package for Get Focused, one of the largest Christian youth festivals in Norway and one of the first events to incorporate visuals using Martin's new 10mm pixel pitch EC-10 LED video panels.

Vestad focuses on lighting rental for television, concerts and events and through the years has also supplied a number of large-screen video productions.

"When we were looking for an LED solution, it was important for us that it could be used creatively as well as a video wall capable of delivering

The Netherlands - At ISE 2012 Crestron will be introducing "a range of breakthrough technologies that lay the foundation of audio visual technology for the future". The company will be displaying many products ranging from the latest developments in the DigitalMedia and HD solutions through to control systems, audio, cabling and lighting control solutions.

The DigitalMedia range continues to evolve and grow. With a solution for every budget, the new DigitalMedia 6X6 Distribution Center delivers high-definition audio and video signals to multiple rooms and produces the highes

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