Europe

Just half an hour outside Milan, the Minitalia Leolandia Amusement Park depicts Italy in miniature. As part of a strategic upgrade to the 22-hectare facility no fewer than 19 new rides have been added since the start of the 2008 season by the new management — local real estate company…

There are plenty of retail outlets using 16 screens. But H&M’s new store on Paris’s Champs-Elysées is highly innovative and sets new standards in ‘retail entertainment’ – the screens it uses are all either large LED screens or 103in Panasonic plasmas (no less than 10 of them). And all the…

Nürburgring is a magnet for motorsport enthusiasts around the world. Now the area near to its two tracks has become an impressive indoor theme park designed to enhance the visitor experience by creating a journey through motorsport. The ring°werk (‘ring’ factory) aims to convey the feeling and myth of a…

David Zeldin, Minicom Digital Signage sales director for APAC, has held executive sales and marketing positions in numerous hi-tech companies, since he began his career in 1991. Morgan Angove, Minicom Digital Signage Sales Manager for France, UK & Benelux, comes from Dagobert, a digital communication agency producing content for the…

Two years ago, the North American and European av markets were responsible for 70 per cent of the world av turnover. In alarming contrast and if current economic projections are even remotely accurate, their share of av turnover could be down to 60 per cent by 2015. The prediction is…

Before the 1997 UK general election, Tony Blair famously told the Labour Party conference that 'education, education, education' was to be a cornerstone of his manifesto. The subsequent nationwide drive to equip schools with information and communication technologies (ICT) through procurement agency Becta is credited with giving the UK a…

Night Flight opened in December last year and claims to have one of the most advanced audio systems in the capital of Sofia. The new Tannoy VQ loudspeaker system, powered by Lab.gruppen amplifiers, accomompanies lighting, special effects and giant LCD screen. The 1000-capacity venue is split over two levels, with…

Europe's av economy is growing again, although market confidence is wavering as suppliers, analysts and users wait to see what austerity measures the eurozone governments put into effect. What's more, the definite (if delicate) recovery in the larger EMEA region is not spread evenly across the markets, causing av business…

The total inventory across the six ships currently fitted with Lab.gruppen and the new vessel to be delivered in early 2010 numbers approximately 200 and increases every year as old amplifiers are replaced with new Lab.gruppen ones, or new audio facilities are added. The seventh ship, the Rosella, will be…

INFOCOMM, JUNE 2: Integrated Systems Europe is to run in Geneva from February  3-5, 2004. The new trade show being developed by ICIA, CEDIA and NSCA will cover residential, commercial and pro a-v systems. It is being run by a company set up to handle the exhibition, Integrated Systems Events…