ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — The Luxor Theatre, used for musicals, variety shows, stage plays, rock concerts and other events, has been equipped an Alcons loudspeaker system, which beat out two other competing systems in a staged demo event.
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TERAMO, Italy — Proel Group Professional has been formed and is being led by Gianluca Farina, who was named sales manager. The new division was created to enhance the company’s efficiency and customer support with audio, video and lighting gear.
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PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil — Brazilian radio station Atlantida FM recently hosted the indoor Atlantida Festival, a 12-hour live music event held at the Fiergs Exposition Center in Porto Alegre, with performances by Claus and Vanessa, Strike, NX Zero, Capital Inicial and Charlie Brown Jr., Lugphil Audio provided the live audio reinforcement system, which included a Soundcraft Vi6 console.
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WUPPERTAL, Germany — Rental company Lleyendecker expanded its stock of equipment with Riedel RockNet, and Lleyendecker quickly put the equipment to use for the Bread & Butter fashion exhibition in Berlin, for concerts such as the T-Mobile Street Gigs, and for other concerts and events.
Read More »LONDON — One of the advantages for trussing manufacturers is that they don’t have to turn to other companies for help in creating the infrastructure for their trade show booths. At PLASA, for example, Milos Structural Systems’ island display will be constructed with the company’s own MT2 Towers and QuickTruss products.
Read More »MONTABAUR, Germany — To commemorate its 15th anniversary, Meyer Sound Germany will host an industry-wide open house event at its headquarters here on October 9 and 10.
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LONDON — Fabric, a nightclub in London, upgraded its networked audio system used for three dance rooms with BSS Audio Soundweb London devices. The system was sold through Harman’s U.K. distributor, Sound Technology Ltd.
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BERKELEY, CA — Meyer Sound recently announced its international education schedule for late summer and early fall, with seminars held in Mexico City; Toronto; Los Angeles; Montabaur, Germany; Seville and Madrid, Spain; Duivendrecht, Netherlands; and Osimo Stazione, Italy.
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FRANKFURT, Germany — The Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main’s current renovation and expansion plan on the Westend Campus site will take the total capacity of the campus from 10,000 students currently to around 45,000 by 2014, and BFE Studio und Medien Systeme, a Mainz-based integration company, specified Renkus-Heinz Iconyx IC16 Digitally Steerable Arrays for three new buildings on campus.
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VIENNA, Austria —Vienna’s Grosser Musikvereinssaal, also known as the Goldene Saal (Golden Hall), uses an assortment of AKG microphones for Vienna’s Philharmonic Orchestra, including AKG C 12 VRs, K 702s and a WMS 400 wireless system. The mics are also now used for the annual New Year’s Day Concert, which has been telecast each year since 1959, and for numerous lectures and public readings.
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PARIS — BS Technology used a Riedel RockNet digital audio network for this year’s July 14 Bastille Day celebration. Apex, Riedel Communications’ partner in France, Belgium and Luxembourg, delivered the RockNet gear.
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VIENNA, Austria — Winning singer Darko Lazic couldn’t be accused of having an unfair advantage for Zvezde Granda, the Serbian equivalent of American Idol. All seven of the contest’s finalists, who sang at Belgrade Arena before 18,000, and millions more watching TV, used AKG WMS 450 wireless microphones supplied by production vendor Studio Berar.
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