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Canford Attends 3 Major January Expos
Canford have hit the ground running in 2008 and will be attending three exhibitions in January alone. These are BETT in London, ISE in Amsterdam and Video Forum also in London.
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Get a Free 2008 Yearplanner
We like to think the Canford Yearplanner is one of the best you can get. There is actually space to write in each of the daily boxes because there is no advertising glaring at you taking up all that useful space, but best of all, it remains a free gift from us to you.
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Media Student Award Winner Announced
Canford and Panamic are delighted to announce that Omar Alboukharey was awarded the Best Media Course Student of 2007 prize at the City of Westminster College awards ceremony. Stephen Gallagher, Panamic’s Product Manager, was there to present the award and his prize of a Panamic boom pole.
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Hundreds of Bargains Go Online
The Canford Clearance List, has just been updated and is now choc to the brim full of bargains. These are all completely new and unused products from our warehouse that we have decided to let go at ‘give away’ prices.
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Canford Help Keep Stadium Opening On Schedule
The Ohene Djan Stadium in Accra, Ghana, was reopened on schedule on the 11th November after Canford was able to supply thousands of metres of cabling and substantial numbers of Triax connectors. The equipment was needed to complete the final commissioning stage of the project.
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Canford Sponsor Media Student Award
Canford is delighted to announce that Panamic will be sponsoring an award at the City of Westminster College, Annual Students Award Ceremony 2007. We will be sponsoring the best student award for the BTEC National Diploma in Media Production. The ceremony will be held in December at the college with Canford donating a Panamic boom pole to the award winning student who this year is Omar Alboukharey.
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Paris in The Autumn
Canford is attending SATIS in Paris, which this year will be held from the 23rd to the 25th of October at Paris Expo - Porte de Versailles - Hall 7 Stand J10.
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Radio Daze
SBES, THE technology show for radio buffs, celebrates its 32nd year when it opens its doors at the NEC Birmingham’s Pavilion on the 14th and 15th of November. Canford itself evolved out of radio and a passion for sound broadcasting, so naturally we’ll be joining friends old and new to show off some of our latest offerings.
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New Panamic Pole Dealers
Panamic, the manufacturer of Carbon Fibre microphone boom poles, has just announced the appointment of new International dealers in Australia and New Zealand. They have also extended the UK dealer network and launched a website, www.panamic.net as they reinforce their position as one of the World’s leaders in their field.
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IBC 2007 Preview
Canford will be exhibiting at this year’s IBC in Hall 9 stand 401 (9.401). We have been attending the IBC exhibition since 1984 bringing our unique style and offering to each event. Our latest new products and innovations such as the locking IEC connectors, new Mains Distribution Units reinforce our continued determination to provide a diverse offering of products which provide ‘real world’ benefits to broadcast and audio engineers everywhere.
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PLASA 2007 Preview
This year we are presenting products that will appeal to theatres, rental companies, installers and recording studios. If you are interesting in attending PLASA this year you can save 50% on the standard ticket price of £18 by using this Canford exclusive pre-registration link.
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Telex Zeus Comms Used at Live Earth & Diana Concerts
A Telex Zeus II matrix communications system supplied by Canford was used at both the recent Live Earth and Diana Memorial Concerts held at the new Wembley Stadium. The system was supplied to XL Video who provided and operated all the video screens at the two gigs and because of the system’s cross-compatibility it was employed across multiple functions.
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FREE Entry to IBC Expo
This years IBC is just around the corner and once again in conjunction with the show organisers Canford is offering our customers and colleagues the opportunity to gain free entry into the exhibition which will run from Friday September 7th through to Monday September 10th.
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New Products at PLASA
Aching feet, hoarse voice, bloodshot eyes ? it must be PLASA. And before you know it, its over for another year. The upstairs gallery at previous PLASA exhibitions was never a roaring success so when floor space in Earls Court 2 became available the Show team at PLASA must have thought it was their birthday!
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Canford Acquire PC Components Firm
Canford have just completed the acquisition of Ash Distribution, a wholesale computer spares and peripherals distribution company. The company is also based in the North East and whilst is in a slightly different sector, it is engaged in stock, distribution and swift delivery, all activities Canford knows well and has three decades of success in.
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BBC Radio Cleveland
BBC Radio Cleveland have recently re-launched after having undergone a complete technical refurbishment including major building works. The work took place as a part of a major continuing program right across the UK local radio network, with contractors IPE taking care of the audio and video requirements and using Canford as a supplier in the process.
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Remainder Reminder!
The Canford Remainder List provides you with an opportunity to purchase items that are on offer for a variety of reason, usually at a substantially reduced price. They may be ‘specials’ ordered in error, or have some minor damage such as surface scratches or simply be an ‘end of line’ where we have reduced the price to free up some valuable warehouse space.
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Free Download of HD cabling Seminar
Canford recently held a special seminar on developments in HD cabling in conjunction with Belden. The full seminar is now available to download here from the Canford site. The seminar discussed "Using Category 5, 5e and 6 for Audio and Video Applications" and "Maximising HD Cable Performance".
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Boom in Canford Acquisitions
Canford has just announced the acquisition of Panamic a manufacturer of carbon fibre microphone boom poles. The Panamic design is seen by many in the film and TV industry as the best in their field and is used by such luminaries as Steven Speilberg and Stanley Kubrick in their productions. The acquisition sees manufacturing move from Panamic’s Watford factory to Canford’s Portland, Dorset plant along with key manufacturing personnel.
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UK Innovator Interacts with Canford
Cellcast, the UK’s leading innovator in interactive broadcasting, and responsible for Sumo TV and Psychic Interactive, has been coming to Canford to supply their studio refit and maintenance needs for several years.
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NEW £30M LONDON VENUE CALLS CANFORD
Canford has been delighted to supply the AV cabling and interconnect infrastructure for installation in a new multi-million pound venue opening this summer in London. Wellcome Collection is a 6 storey building in the Euston Road employing both permanent and temporary exhibits and a variety of contemporary and experimental techniques to explore the human condition and well-being.
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Arena Trucks
Canford have supplied all the video, data, audio and power patching and termination panels to go into two of the largest High Definition OB trucks in The World.
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HD The Topic in a Booming Dubai
Canford is just back from the CABSAT show in Dubai. The exhibition is now the premier TV and satellite show in the Middle East and firmly concentrating its focus on the appropriate technologies to service that sector. HD signals and their transmission and connection were once again major points of discussion.
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From Tyneside to Tanzania
Radio Free Africa, the largest independent radio broadcaster in Tanzania and one of the largest on the continent, trusts Canford to ‘deliver the goods’ both literally and figuratively.
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Dubai in Spring!
Canford will be at CABSAT 2007, held once again at the Dubai International Convention Centre. This year the show runs from the 6th to the 8th March and Canford will be exhibiting from stand D2-27 in Hall 2.
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Bargains at Video Forum
The Video Forum show held annually in London has become a mainstay of Canford’s early year exhibition schedule and this year is no exception. Video forum is being held over the 6th to the 8th of February at the Earls Court 2 venue and Canford will be found on stand 230.
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NORTHERN LIGHT REVAMP YOUNG VIC WITH CANFORD HELP
Northern Light was responsible for the complete production lighting and sound and communications at London’s legendary Young Vic – which is due to reopenreopened on 11 October following a major renovation managed by architects Haworth Tompkins. Canford is proud to have been able to contribute.
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Canford Attend BETT Education Show at Olympia
Canford will be attending BETT, the education exhibition, from the 10th 'til the 13th of January at Olympia in London. We can be found at stand number R78 so if you are there, feel free to pop along and have a chat with our team. Amongst a selection of our audio and video ranges we will have Barthe equipment at 2005 prices and a special show price on our BBC sound effects discs.
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Canford Reduce Beyer Pricing
Canford are reducing prices on a range of our most popular Beyer lines by up to £60.00. They include microphones, headphones and headsets and are amongst some of the industry’s most widely used products in these categories.
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New Deaf & Blind Audio Support in Rotherham Theatre
After reaching a decision to replace their theatre’s ageing Induction Loop system, Rotherham Civic Theatre technical manager, Stephen Smith, determined they should find an alternative approach to their hearing impaired provision. After extensive research into a replacement, he came up with the idea of linking the deaf aid system with the blind Audio Commentary system, by purchasing a Sennheiser infra red system from Canford.
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Niall’s Noble Gesture
A couple of weeks back saw the end of an era with one of our longest serving employees finally reaching retirement. John Noble who has been a mainstay of our finance department for 20 years finally left us for what is sounding like an idyllic retirement……other than all his family’s decorating he has apparently inherited.
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Seychelles
The next time you are listening to a radio on a beach or watching a TV program in your hotel in that paradise of the Indian Ocean, The Seychelles, just think; it may not have been possible without Canford.
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Canford Launch All New French Website
We have just launched a new French version of our website with fully translated product details for all our 12,000 plus lines. This all new site has just been made live and showcases the new look and features we hope to bring the site for the UK and rest of the world in the near future.
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SATIS 2006 Preview
Canford will be giving our latest range of panels and mains distribution units their French launch at the SATIS show this month. The panels have already been a crucial part of the critical broadcast path at this year’s World Cup Finals in Germany.
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Studio Refit in Belfast
Ulster TV has just completed the refit and consolidation of the broadcast facilities at their Belfast broadcasting centre and came to Canford for their infrastructure requirements. UTV have installed several thousand metres of video and audio cabling and appropriate connectors:
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SBES 2006 Preview
Canford will be attending the SBES show at the NEC Birmingham over the 15th and 16th of November this year. We will be displaying some of our products including our Canford Broadcast Tuner, our Mains Distribution Units (MDUs) the RDL audio processing range and the latest in ESL racking:
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IBC 2006 Show Review
Another IBC behind us and once again this year we were gratified to find everyone in such a positive state of mind for our industry’s immediate prospects with HDTV continuing to be the driving factor.
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PLASA 2006 Show Review
Our tired but happy crew arrived back at Canford on Friday lunchtime after PLASA. With the exception of the hired van unexpectedly expiring in London, the show had run remarkably smoothly and resulted in very positive meetings with several well known installers and rental companies:
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Portland’s Paintshop Perfection
Canford has just finished the installation of a paint shop complete with the latest cutting edge equipment in our panel manufacturing plant in Portland. The completion and commissioning of the paintshop is the latest in a continuing plan of development to extend the range of products and services to our customer base.
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Grand Opera House Gets Refit
Northern Light, one of the UK’s leading providers of sound, light and stage technology, have come to Canford for all the cabling infrastructure requirements to enable them to complete the technical re-fit of Belfast’s Grand Opera House. The renovations required over 6km of Canford cable.
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IBC & PLASA Double Header
As we march inexorably towards autumn, we find ourselves confronted once again by the twin shows of IBC and PLASA both over the same September weekend. Not phased by this in the slightest, we at Canford will be attending both PLASA, at Earl’s Court London and IBC at the RAI Centre Amsterdam, with fully equipped, fully staffed stands. Not only that, but we will be launching some products and giving others their first full public airing.
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IBC 2006 Free Entry
The IBC Exhibition returns to the RAI Centre in Amsterdam this September and Canford have free invitations available for all of our friends, colleagues and customers. As usual we will all be congregating at the RAI to discuss the current industry hot topics. The show will take place over the weekend of the 8th to the 12th of September and we can be found in Hall 9 stand 401.
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Canford HD Panels at World Cup & IBC
This year’s World Cup, the first to be broadcast fully in HD, saw the deployment of Canford HD compatible termination and MUSA patch panels in the critical video path in all 12 technical operations centres across Germany:
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Birthday Bash at Beamish!
July 1st saw Canford’s 30th anniversary, celebrated at both our main Washington site and at our specialist manufacturing site at Portland in Dorset. More than 150 staff and their families took park in the celebrations:
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Royal College of Art Post Pro Facility
The Royal College of Art, the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design asked MusicVillage to design, supply and install its new post production facility within its Kensington based Animation department:
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ABTT 2006 Show Review
Thanks to everyone who visited our stand at the ABTT show, and for all the useful comments you gave us about our new Series 2 TECPRO products, the MS741 Master Station and ME742 Extender unit. It looks like the feature set is just about right for most of our customers:
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Canford Attending ABTT 2006
Canford return this year to the ABTT show with a key product launch (full details in the Tecpro Story) and showing the latest additions to our wide range of panels and interconnects. We are also showing some rather clever Neutrik tools for audio analysis such as the Acoustylizer and the Minilyzer:
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Emmerdale Comes to Canford
ITV Productions have sourced essential equipment for their sound engineers from Canford. The team that produce the award winning ‘soap’ Emmerdale purchased a selection of ‘must haves’ for use at both their studios in Leeds and at their location sets at Harewood House just North of Leeds:
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Series 2 TECPRO launched at ABTT Show
The much anticipated successor to our universally popular Tecpro wired intercom is being finalised and the Beta launch is at this year’s ABTT show. The first two products we will be unveiling are the all new, 1U MS741 Master Station and the ME742 Master Station Extender unit:
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Canford Supply Digital Village for £4m Culture Lab
Newcastle University ’s Culture Lab has just opened after a multi-million pound refurbishment to promote interdisciplinary creative research. The project was carried out by Digital Village and supported by Canford:
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Web Wonders
Many web customers use Web Monitoring utilities to receive notification of updates to a chosen website. Frequently these utilities look for changes to a user defined URL. It is possible though, that many of our website users may not be aware of some of the improvements our team have:
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Station Refurb at GCap Media Manchester
GCap Media Plc has recently completed a total technical refurbishment of its studio complex at Salford Quays, Manchester . Formerly the home of Century FM and Capital Gold, the complex now also houses XFM, a new service for Manchester , as well as facilities for Century Digital and DNN:
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Cabsat 2006 Review
HDTV Is The Buzzword at CABSAT.
CABSAT in Dubai proved once again to be a success for Canford. A show with its own style and character and very firmly planted in the Middle East:
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Canford Launch New Catalogue
Canford is proud to announce the launch of our all new, all colour catalogue, containing well over 12,000 products. This is our largest, most comprehensive, best edition yet. The catalogue has been arriving on desks since the 20th of March and is the 43rd edition of ‘The Source’ in this, Canford’s 30th anniversary year:
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Canford & Digital Village Complete County Hall Anime Studio
Canford has supplied the infrastructure to Digital Village for a prestigious digital editing and recording facility which includes a full 24 input Pro-tools based in London’s famous County Hall in the shadow of the London Eye:
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There’s No Business Like Snow Business
The Winter Olympics 2006 was a triumph with the whole event running seamlessly without a hitch and Germany coming out on top of the medals tables. Canford is proud to have contributed to that success in our own small way, with many of our HD compatible panels being involved in the location broadcasting:
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At the IABM Conference 2006
The second IABM conference was held over Thursday 16th and Friday 17th of February just outside Reading in the Royal County of Berkshire:
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CABSAT 2006 Preview
Canford is making the trip out to the Middle East to the CABSAT show one of the most important trade shows in the region for our industry. The event is being held at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre and is now in its 12th year:
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RTS Awards 2005
Canford have once again been a sponsor of the annual RTS North East & The Borders awards. This year we sponsored two awards, the first being for Professional Excellence in Production and the second for Professional Excellence in Post Production:
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BETT 2006 Show Review
BETT once again lived up to its billing as the leading educational technology show in the UK. Earls Court seemed to be packed with visitors. The organisers have published a figure of 27,000 visitors during the course of the exhibition which backs up our initial thoughts:
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2nd IABM Conference
The second annual IABM (International Association of Broadcast Manufacturers) conference is to be held over the 16th & 17th February 2006 at Wokefield Park near Reading in Berkshire. Canford will be attending as we did last year and we are looking forward to just as interesting, exciting and dynamic a forum.
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Video Forum Returns
Video Forum is here again already. It’s being held at Earls Court 2 from the 7th to the 9th of February and is becoming a key UK show for the broadcast and Audio industries:
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31 Yamahas for Earl’s Court
Earl’s Court in London has purchased 31 Yamaha P5000S power amps from Canford to use in their main PA system for the Earl’s Court 2 site. The venue is renowned as a central London location for exhibitions and conferences but also has a long and continuing tradition of putting on live music events:
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Canford Go to BETT Bearing Gifts
Canford will again be attending the BETT show at London’s Olympia. Running from the 11 th to the 14 th of January, it is acclaimed as the world's leading educational information and communications technology (ICT) event. Canford can be located in the Grand Hall - Gallery at stand M18 and will be displaying a selection appropriate to the education professional from our vast catalogue range:
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Free MP3 Player?
This year Canford is going to see to it that some of our lucky customers will receive a present, in the form of a FREE MP3 player from us, along with Canford’s traditional yearplanner and our special offers we send out in December:
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Video Monitors Available on Demo
Canford has made available two of the ‘handheld’ IMP Hummingbird Classic video monitors to be issued on free demo to our customers. These cleverly designed units are available to purchase in 6.4, 10.4 and 15 inch versions and permit clear viewing from wide angles of vision and are unaffected by changes in lighting levels:
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SBES 2005 Show Review
This year’s 30th anniversary SBES show was the first opportunity for many people to see some of the 800 plus products we have just made available to purchase over this internet site. It was also a celebration of the equipment we have all used, coaxed and nursed in our attempts to push back the boundaries of broadcast technology:
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Carling Academy Takes Tecpro & EMO
The newly opened Carling Academy Newcastle, part of the expanding Academy Group of music venues, has chosen Tecpro for their wired intercom and an EMO Switcher system to power their equipment racks up and down in a controlled manner:
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UK Launches for SBES
Canford have announced they will be giving several of their key new products their UK launches at the SBES show to be held at the NEC pavilion over the 16th and 17th of November. Canford will be exhibiting from stands 105 and 106:
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National Award for APM
The Canford manufactured Sunderland APM, a device to help patients regain and or improve their speech after undergoing surgery for cancer of the larynx, has won a national award for medical innovation:
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Huge New Products Launch
Nearly 800 NEW product lines have been added to the Canford website, affecting every one of our 24 catalogue chapters. From connectors and cabling, to ranges of new panels and mains distribution units:
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Sonifex Dealer of the Year
Canford have been presented with the Sonifex Dealer of The Year Award for the 4th time in five years. In a visit to Canford’s headquarters, Marcus Brooke, Sonifex’s Managing Director presented the award to Canford CEO, Chas Kennedy:
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Not Only But Also PLASA
The homage to sound and lighting that is PLASA took place over 4 days from the 11th to the 14th of September in its traditional venue Earl’s Court in London. Canford’s stand was:
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Very Positive IBC
We have all just returned from what can be termed a very successful IBC show with a pretty positive frame of mind about how the broadcast industry is starting to pick up:
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Free entry to SBES Show with Canford
Canford will be attending the SBES show at the NEC again this year. This time we are offering all our visitors to our site the chance to sign up for the show and gain entry for FREE:
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Red Devils in Football First
We’ve kicked off a new season and our TVs will be flooded with games as
We’ve kicked off a new season and our TVs will be flooded with games as teams from all our leagues try to push the boundaries of possibility, though possibly not the boundaries:
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Old Club New Tricks
Whilst we all hear about the glamour of the Premiership, its worth remembering that without the Football League, there would be no:
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If it's September it must be PLASA and IBC
September looms and in our industry, that can only mean PLASA and IBC are nigh
September looms and in our industry, that can only mean PLASA and IBC are nigh and as usual overlap on the same weekend:
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Olympic Sailing on Canford's Doorstep
With the announcement of London as the venue for the 2012 Olympic games, we at Canford now find we are in the envious position of having:
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Tall Ships Race returns to Newcastle
July saw the welcome return of the Tall Ships Race to Newcastle with around 105 sailing ships mooring on the Tyne before starting the second leg of this world famous:
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Strawberries Cream & Tecpro
Well it’s the middle of summer and another Wimbledon has just ended and sadly the only serious British hope was knocked out at an early stage:
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Product Launches Announced for IBC
Collect your copy of the Canford 2005 NEW PRODUCTS UPDATE from the stand and discover just how many Video, Audio and Data products have been introduced since the 44th edition of ‘the Source’ was published:
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Canford MUSA Panels in French HD Rollout
French broadcasters appear to be taking a lead in the introduction of High Definition Television transmissions and Canford is delighted to say:
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Production Show a Success
This year’s production show was held at Earl’s Court 2 from the 1st - 3rd June and Canford chose the show to launch one of our important new product ranges:
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JEMs Get You Out Of a JAM
The BPR (Broadcast Projects Research) team have a strong and deserved reputation for developing incredibly useful devices to satisfy previously unexploited niches:
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AES Barcelona Review
Well, this year’s Euro leg of the AES show has been and gone. The show was held in Barcelona at the CCIB Conference Centre and sadly:
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HHB Communications appoints Matcast as exclusive French distributor
HHB has appointed MatCast as the exclusive distributor of its products in France, with immediate effect. MatCast is a newly-formed division of the Canford Group, established to distribute:
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UEFA Cup Final Project
There will be a North East participation in the UEFA Cup final to be played in the Jose Alvalade Stadium on Wednesday 18th May after all. Canford, in conjunction with:
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Durham Cathedral Sound System
Canford has supplied Durham Cathedral with the equipment necessary to bring their sound reinforcement system up to date. The work was carried out by:
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Free Entry to IBC
The IBC Exhibition is taking place in Amsterdam this September and Canford have free invitations available for all of our friends, colleagues and customers. As usual we will all be congregating at:
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Canford’s NHS Connection.....
It’s not often that a broadcast manufacturer teams up with the NHS to produce an award-winning medical device……but that’s exactly what Canford have done with the Sunderland APM:
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Canford Sponsor RTS Award
This year, Canford once again sponsored the Best Craft Award at the annual Royal Television Society (North East & Borders Centre) dinner. The Canford Award was awarded to John Scott Paterson a picture editor working for:
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CABSAT 2005 Show Review
The 11th CABSAT expo was held in Dubai at the Dubai International Convention Centre from the 8th to the 10th of March and Canford naturally attended the IABM supported event:
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Canford Go Euro
Canford has just introduced the facility to buy in Euros through our website. We are aiming to introduce other currencies in the very near future and these will include Swiss Francs and Swedish Krone:
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Any Old BBC Kit?
Have you got any old BBC kit ‘knocking about’ that you would like to see go to a very good home? OB kit, old Mic’s and stands etc; absolutely everything would be welcomed with open arms:
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At The IABM 05
The IABM's inaugural conference was held at Wokefield Park on Friday 28 th January. Conference organizer Adrian Scott was delighted with the response to the first IABM event of this type:
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Canford Not Just Audio
The move to Earl's Court proved to be just the ticket to inject an upbeat positive feel across attendees and exhibitors alike at the Video Forum and TV Technology shows:
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Canford Contributes to Sage Success
Over fifty kilometres of video, audio, and data cable - enough to go around The Sage 100 times - have been supplied by Canford, as part of their involvement:
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Canford Are Attending the Education Show
Canford will be attending Education Show (17-19 March) at the N.E.C. Birmingham, where we have Stand B615. We will be showing:
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Canford's Lead in Banning Lead
Two new European Directives aimed at reducing waste, encouraging reuse or recycling and eliminating hazardous substances in Electrical and Electronic products are scheduled:
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Back From BETT - Show review
This was the first time that Canford have attended BETT as exhibitors and we were impressed. The exhibition covered:
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Customer Credit Account Now Enabled
After many requests from our customers, the latest update to Canford's 'Online Catalogue' includes a feature permitting customers with credit accounts to use their existing accounts as well as their credit cards:
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SBES Returns Home
It came, we had a lot of fun, saw a lot of friends and colleagues, it went. SBES seemed to fly by this year. Whether is was the return to Birmingham that did it or just that there's a bit more confidence around, I don't know, but far more people attended this year's show than when it briefly moved to London's Dockland in 2003:
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Canford introduce new USB headphones
A range of headphones and headsets manufactured in Germany for Canford Audio. The first to be introduced is:
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CARIBBEAN HURRICANE RADIO STATION DAMAGE APPEAL
We've just had an email from our friends at the BBC World Service at Bush House in London, which we'd like to bring to your attention:
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Canford Launch new Catalogue
The 2004-2005 edition is the biggest Canford catalogue ever, with an extra 200 pages and 2,400+ new pro-audio and video products:
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Canford at ABTT
Canford's Mike Reay and Paul Carlisle found their way back from the ABTT Show in the big city and even found time to tell us about it:
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Canford at the Broadcast Production Show
The Broadcast Production Show was a great success for Canford who have made this a regular date in their exhibition calendar. As one would expect, the focus of the stand was New products for the video and TV market and included some of the 350 new patching and termination panels produced:
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Canford Audio sponsors a BAFTA AWARD
The BAFTA craft award sponsored by Canford Audio has been announced at a prestigious awards ceremony in London:
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Ministerial visit to Canford
While heading for a scheduled engagement in the North East of England, the Parliamentary Under - Secretary of State for Small Business, Nigel Griffiths MP made a brief visit to Canford's HQ in Washington , Tyne & Wear on Thursday the 13th May:
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And Telly Too......
On the day the Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee were due to deliberate on UK interest rates, BBC Breakfast Television asked Canford Chairman Hugh Morgan Williams to comment during Declan Curry's section of the show:
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BBC Radio 5 comes to Canford
As part of their Budget Day coverage BBC Radio 5 asked Canford whether they could broadcast Wake up to Money and part of their breakfast show on Budget Day March 17th, from our headquarters in Washington:
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CANFORD SPONSORS CRAFT AWARD AT RTS NORTH EAST AND THE BORDERS ANNUAL AWARDS
Following on from its previous association with the Regional Royal Television Society's awards, this year Canford sponsored a new award category, "Best Craft":
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How your order is progressing?
Here, at Canford, we are often asked to give up-to-date details of the status of an order and, in particular, when a delivery can be expected. With this in mind, we've asked Durwin Brown, our IT Manager, to explain recent developments to improve our customer service still further by using technology to keep you informed on how your order is progressing:
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