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WELCOME & CONTENTS EDITOR’S COMMENT Atlantic crossing


I originally joined the company that publishes this magazine in 2005, when it was called CMP Information. Back then, CMP’s Entertainment Technology Division contained a roster of US-based counterparts to the UK-published titles. So while the UK operation published Installation Europe(as it was then), the US produced Systems Contractor Newsand other audiovisual- related publications; Pro Sound News Europehad an American counterpart in Pro Sound News; and corresponding to TVB Europewas TV Technologyin the US. In 2006, CMP Information decided to divest itself of these US-based titles;


‘This is a hugely


impressive array of media’


a new company was formed to buy them, called NewBay Media. Since then, NewBay has gone from strength to strength. Thanks to organic growth and acquisition, it is now responsible for more than 40 publications, 50 websites, 30 e-newsletters and 50 custom publications each year. You’ve probably guessed why I’m telling you this: in early December, it was


announced that NewBay Media has purchased Intent Media – not only the former CMP/UBM publications, but the entirety of the media produced in our London and Hertford offices. This is a very exciting development. For me, it feels like an invitation to a


party that I missed the first time round. I only moved to this magazine in 2007, so this is my first opportunity to work in co-operation with SCNeditor Kirsten Nelson and her numerous colleagues; but over on PSN Europe, I know that editor Dave Robinson is itching to get back to sharing information, intelligence and, yes, gossip with PSN’s Frank Wells and his team after a six-and-a-half year hiatus. You probably won’t notice any immediate change in the magazine or


website. It’s business as usual here in our London and Hertford offices; and any worries that there might be some kind of rigid, cookie-cutter ‘this is how we do things’ induction process from our new owners have evaporated after meeting NewBay CEO Steve Palm. What does change, though, is that it moves Installationinto a whole new


league. As well as SCN, our US sister publications include broad-based brands Sound & Video Contractorand AV Technology, as well as more specialised titles including Residential Systems, Rental & Staging Systems, AV in Education, Healthcare AVand AV Worship. Plus there are the daily newspapers for the InfoComm, CEDIA and AES shows in the US. This is a hugely impressive array of media – I haven’t even mentioned NewBay’s live events – and one that I’m pleased and proud to join.


Paddy Baker, Editor, Installation–paddy.baker@intentmedia.co.uk


NEWS & DATA 04 News 08 Appointments: The latest industry moves


10 Expos & Events: Calendar for the coming months


12 Industry Data: Growth in China boosts the projector market


PEOPLE 14 Opinion: Blair Parkin looks back on an eventful 2012 and considers 2013


16 Interview: Paul Chan, MD of Lighthouse Technologies


FEATURES 19 Education: Mega installs are already taking place in the Middle East; the rest of the world will follow suit


24 Show control: As productions become more elaborate so does the technology to keep them on track


30 Regional voices: France


SHOW PREVIEW ISE 2013 p32


TECHNOLOGY 43 New products 48 Showcase: Amplifiers


SOLUTIONS 50 Magic Cube Visitor Centre, Foce Bevano nature reserve: Two new multimedia installations


55 Hungarian Competition Authority, Budapest: AV technology has been integrated into this listed building


58 GE Grid IQ Global Innovation Center, Ontario: Featuring the world’s largest curved Prysm videowall


63 Arts Club, London: A small venue with a demanding talent base


65 University of Massachusetts Mullins Center Arena: Upgraded PA system


Cover image: The ‘Big O’ Show at Expo 2012 in Yeosu, South Korea – courtesy of Medialon


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