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UK - Trantec will showcase its extensive wireless portfolio at PLASA09. The spotlight will be on the Trantec S-D7000 professional fully digital wireless microphone system that is already in use at GMTV for their presenters and guests. Features include 24 bit audio resolution, network monitoring for over 60 channels, and users can now benefit from over 20 user channels in an 8MHz TV band.

Trantec will also be previewing its new S6 wireless system which builds on the success of the S6000 range, taking the 19", 8-way concept to a higher level. Trantec has now incorporated a comprehensive user interface on the front panel allowing the user to configure and monitor all channels, with or without an external PC. The internal circuitry of the S6 beltpack and handheld transmitter has

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USA - Apogee Electronics has announced the appointment of Jeremy Stappard to the position of director of sales worldwide. In his new position, Stappard will lead the Apogee global sales team, forecast and plan global business, contribute to marketing, tech-support and operations efforts as well as develop and maintain partner relations.

"Jeremy's experience and leadership in our industry proves him to be an exceptional addition to the Apogee team as director of sales,"" stated Betty Bennett, CEO of Apogee. With the recent announcements of GiO and ONE it's very exciting that during this time of growth we will all benefit by Jeremy's direction and experience.

Stappard is a 14-year veteran of Sony Broadcast, former president of Cal AV Trading Company and was most recently responsible for all distributed/retail product sales in selected territories for Audio Agent.<

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UK - A.C. Audio is continuing its long established success with digital mixing consoles and has recently supplied both an Allen & Heath iLive-T system and Soundcraft Si3 console to Marine Hall in Fleetwood.

Tony Mitchell, technical manager at Fleetwood Marine Hall, stated: "I have worked with A.C. for a few years now for brown box supplies to larger scale installation and fabrication work in all aspects of our entertainment technology needs, and have developed a good relationship with them. As a local authority, it is always important to remember that I'm spending council tax payers' money; when we place an order with A.C., I'm always confident that I will be getting great value for the overall service they provide."

The Marine Hall is a multipurpose venue covering everything from conferences to Rock and Roll, with both amateur and professional clients. After 10 year

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UK - Mojo Barriers UK office has reached a landmark 25,000m of stage barriers installed at events this summer. The barrier supplier has played a key part in maintaining safety over a busy summer of music since starting at the Radio 1 One Big weekend in May, through to providing all of the barriers at Sonisphere.

This new two-day rock festival for 60,000 held at Hertfordshire's Knebworth House on 1 and 2 August was promoted by Monsters of Rock founder Stuart Galbraith's new company Kilimanjaro. With four stages, headliners Metallica, Linkin Park, Avenged Sevenfold, Limp Bizkit and Nine Inch Nails topped an expansive bill of rock acts.

Mojo Barriers director Jim Gaffney worked closely with site manager Steve Hill in creating a barrier layout that was safe for the audience, artists and security teams, installing 600m of Mojo Barrier protection around all four stages

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UK - The introduction of Antari's W-Series transforms digital wireless controlling of stage effect machine navigation into a simple, natural control of the hand, says the company.

"We have been always exploring new concepts and applications for fog machines and this has become Antari's signature. After numerous of testings, we believe that W-Series will become the first choice when thinking about fog machines."

This premium-performance series is specially upgraded for professional users who require true 'Plug-In and Play' operation for stage fog machines.

There are five models in the W-Series. For Fog machines, models W-508, W-510, W-515, and W-530, ranging from 800W to 3000W. One small bubble machine, W-101, is also available. The precision lies with opto liquid sensor, where they are being installed to W-510 and model numbers above. When sensing there's insuffici

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