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Stage Electrics hosts further Yamaha seminars

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Following the success of the Yamaha Commercial Audio open days, hosted by Stage Electrics at its Bermondsey premises in January, the company has organised three further events across the country.

The additional open days will allow a wider range of engineers to get 'hands-on' with Yamaha's digital audio products, with experienced Yamaha and Stage Electrics staff on hand to demonstrate and answer questions.

The new dates are: 6 July at Stage Electrics Tyneside (Gateshead); 7 July at the Midland Arts Centre, Birmingham; 29 September at Stage Electrics Bristol headquarters.

Each event takes place from 10pm to 5pm and will provide demonstrations and tuition on a range of Yamaha audio products, including the M7CL and LS9 digital mixing consoles, the SB168-ES stage box, Etherso

BFM Business has been outfitted with an ultra modern set

BFM Business opts for Christie MicroTiles

Details: 14 March 2016

France - On the occasion of its television debut on TNT and to mark its new positioning within France, the financial information radio station, BFM Business (NextRadioTV group), was outfitted with an ultra modern set. A core part of the decor, the Christie MicroTiles video wall reinforces the visual experience that focuses on financial information.

After 10 years on the FM band, BFM became BFM Radio in order to minimize any confusion with BFM TV, a continuous news channel that is also part of the NextRadioTV group. At the end of the first half of 2010, BFM Radio was broadcasting on some 30 frequencies in France. In November of that year, BFM Radio became BFM Business, a "media outlet unlike any other in the world" according to its CEO Alain Weil. BFM Business is distributed via all ADSL TV packages and on TNT in Paris. The channel targets high-level professionals, part

Centro Evangelista de las Asambleas de Dios was founded 14 years ago

Adamson Speakers debut in Honduras church

Details: 14 March 2016

Honduras - Latin America has long been a strong market for Adamson touring systems. Recently a wave of permanent installations have been taking place, and the very first for the tiny Central American country of Honduras was installed recently. The Caribbean paradise's capital city of Tegucigalpa lies 3248ft above sea level, thus moderating temperatures in this city founded on top of a native Mayan settlement in 1578.

CEAD (Centro Evangelista de las Asambleas de Dios/Evangelistic Centre of the Assemblies of God). is a church which was founded 14 years ago, and it has set-out a mission to change lives. Today that vision is pursued by Pastor Miguel Montoya and his wife Jacky, in their church which seats 2600 and holds up to 5000 people, who gather at two weekly services. The pastor is someone who has taught them to dream big, and to fight for them. One of those dreams was to get to

Lundbeck staged its recent International sales & marketing meeting at the Prague Hilton

Christie projectors at the Prague Hilton

Details: 14 March 2016

Czech Republic - Projection Partnership turned to its hire fleet of Christie HD10K-M projectors, when asked to support global pharmaceutical company, Lundbeck A/S on its recent International sales & marketing meeting at the Prague Hilton.

Working alongside Lundbeck A/S' above the line advertising agencies and content providers, the 1920 X 1080 high-definition projectors met the complex multimedia challenges, under the direction of Graham Grimshaw, director of g2-Live Ltd, to give the audience a 360 degree visual experience in an enclosed oval environment.

Projection Partnership's brief was to supply a system capable of projecting onto a 5:1 aspect ratio curved three-screen centre display. Measuring 13.75 x 2.75m and edge-blended to provide a resolution of 5400 x 1080, the addition of a further two 1920 x 1080 side screens provided a total resolution of 9240 x 1080.

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The Backstage Academy and LS-Live exhibited together at the ABTT show for the first time

Backstage Academy launches degree at ABTT

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Theatre professionals, technicians and stars of the future were introduced to The Backstage Academy at the ABTT show in London, exhibiting together with partner LS-Live for the first time at the show.

The launch of the Academy's new fast-track foundation degree in Live Events Production, produced in partnership with the University of Bolton, caught the eye of many prospective students looking to start their studies this September.

Based at the LS-Live headquarters in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, Backstage Academy will offer students a state-of-the-art learning environment in which to study short courses in backstage skills and all manner of technical and creative arts, as well as the one-year foundation degree.

The course (currently subject to validation) is a ombination of newly written material produced in line with industry experts and existing courses by manufacturers

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