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France - Since APG first announced their Uniline Solution concept at the JTSE in Paris in November last year, the company reports that the network has gone from strength to strength with new members coming aboard all the time.

The most recent affiliates are up-and-coming Dijon-based rental company Scene et Son who specialise in corporate events, and Able who are headquartered in Lyon. Both companies have invested in a Uniline system, opting for a total of 14 x UL210 and 10 x UL115B. A conscious choice was made on behalf of each company to invest in the same system configuration for maximum compatibility and versatility when handling major events.

Eric Chopin, managing director of Able comments, "Uniline is powerful, versatile and extremely simple to implement. Having positi

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UK - Since partnering with the Phoenix Artists Club in February this year, Cooper Controls has been running regular and bespoke courses on its Orb Series theatrical lighting consoles at their central London training venue.

Located in the heart of the West End, the Phoenix Artists Club is conveniently placed for lighting designers, lighting programmers and theatre technicians to get hands on with Zero 88's flagship lighting control range. Orb Specialist Richard Lambert explains, "We're very lucky to have such a brilliant training venue that's right in the heart of Central London a

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Australia - This year's Logie awards, Australia's awards for television, was again produced by GTV9 and staged at the Crown Palladium.

Showtech Australia was called on to support the GTV9 team to supply rigging services for the rigging of all the lighting, sound and staging elements for the production.

Rohan Thornton, GTV9's lighting supervisor, also requested Showtech director and senior rigger Tiny Good deliver the automation for the movement of set elements detailed in the scenic design.

After the success of the Carlos by Candlelight 2010 production using Stage Technolog

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Italy - At Saint Mark's Basilica in Venice which is visited every year by at least 2m people from all over the world, an extensive new RCF sound reinforcement system has been installed, with 40 loudspeaker enclosures that include 10 of the new VSA 2050 digitally steerable vertical line arrays.

The audio system had to meet various requirements, as is explained by Marco Mazzon, founder of the company of the same name, based in Meolo (Venice), which installed the system. "The brief I got from the client was above all to ensure a considerable increase in intelligibility and flexible

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USA - Nominations opened 3 May 2011 for PLASA's fourth annual Rock Our World Awards, which recognise groundbreaking achievement by PLASA Members. Designed to acknowledge the genius of both the creator of technology and the designers or integrators who apply it, these awards were originated by ESTA and continue as a worldwide programme under PLASA.

Contestants for the 2010 awards showcased a wide variety of achievements, from the simplest problem solver to complex uses of technology that extended the boundaries of entertainment technology. Project nominations showcased everything from

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