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14 March 2016

On the back of the success of PLASA06, many companies have increased their stand size and several have literally doubled their space, setting PLASA07 on course to be the major event of next year.

Further new developments for PLASA07 will also bolster its appeal: the full management of the show has been taken on by PLASA - who recently launched an Events Division to support this move - making it one of the few shows actually owned and run by the industry.

Along with the change of management comes a change of look as the show is moving onto one level and expanding

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14 March 2016

The Sound Reinforcement display consisted of almost all of the systems currently available - Axiom, Edge, NEOS, TFLV, TPRK, SmarTV Plus and Next together with the Proel professional amplifiers, spiltters and processors.

During the event, the professional touring standard Axiom and Edge were demonstrated and backed-up with complete technical seminars.The Axiom progressive array system consisted of six AX3210P, six Edge121SP subwoofers, powered by three Powersoft K10 and the Proel DSO26 processor.

The Edge point source system featured four Edge212P,

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The Saab display featured seven screens, consisting of 1200 white Stealth panels (192 square meters), producing "spectacular image quality, resolution, flexibility, transparency and brightness". This media technology was planned, designed, installed and supported by service provider, CT Germany.

"Once again, Saab was able to deliver a stunning display and aid in the world premier of Stealth," said Georg Roessler, Managing Director, CT Germany. "Based on a very close relationship with the Element Labs development team, CT Germany was once again able to set a milestone with the first implementation o

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14 March 2016

Varying in size- from 0.9m (3') to 10m (33') in diameter, the balloons are inflated with airor helium. Flexible enough for folding, easy to transport and set up, they are charged bypower outlet plug-ins or by connecting to a generator. They also offer an emergencysystem that switches the power off in case of depressurisation in the balloon.

Equally impressive is the lighting capacity. The Airstar balloons can illuminate areas from1,000sq.m to four hectares (10,800 to 432,000sq.ft). The lighting power of the Airstarproducts guarantee a homogeneous light, non-glaring without hot spots or shadows,

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"This is a particularly busy time for us and with our London Bridge facility now firmly established as a vital resource to London's West End, coupled with our national network of branches supporting touring productions, we are ideally suited to provide a first class level of service to any show we are involved with," says Chris Patton, business development manager for theatre.

The fit up of over 16 tonnes of lighting equipment required for the West End production of The Sound of Music is now well under way. Stage Electrics is s

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14 March 2016

With a significant change in direction to meet the needs of the professional installation sector, Chauvet's brand new 'Q Series' and 'Legend' products bring a whole host of high quality moving heads, scanners and colour washes with aggressive pricing set to have a real impact on the market.

The new Q Series includes an ever-increasing line of mirror and barrel scanners, moving yoke spots and washes from 150W right through to 575W. Leading the Q Series range, the Q-Spot 575 features colours, motorised focus, vector movement, full range dimming and 16-bit resolution, lending itself to high-end club inst

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14 March 2016

"We are delighted to have been selected for the LDI 2006 Best Debuting Product Of The Year Award," said Keny Whitright, chairman and founder of Wybron. "We are excited to have received both the LDI award and the PLASA innovation award in the same year for the second time."

Larry Turner, Wybron CEO comments, "We strongly believe that the InfoTrace System will make it easier for everyone involved with managing the increasing complexity of lighting shows. The InfoTrace System pr

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14 March 2016

The Clay Paky stand displayed the Alpha Profile 1200 professional shaper, Alpha Spot HPE 1200 high performance spot and the two washlights, Alpha Wash 1200 and Alpha Wash Halo 1200, with ample space dedicated to demos. The wide Alpha range now numbers 12 models.

"Thanks to the solid partnership with Clay Paky, our turnover last year increased considerably," said Alexander Folkichev, Doka Media own

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14 March 2016

The independent panel of judges said: "Eos is a radical move forward in console design that allows everyone to see whichever displays they prefer." Marian Sandberg, editor of Live Design magazine, presented the award to ETC's CEO Fred Foster and the Eos design team.

Eos is a fully networked system, managing conventional fixtures, moving lights, LEDs, fog machines, media servers and more. The system is both forward thinking and reverse compatible, as it simultaneously outputs both ETCNet2 and the new Net3 protocol, ETC's network powered by the new

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The award recognises the best new equipment in entertainment technology that has been released during the autumn trade show season and is currently shipping. The award is determined by a panel of judges consisting of designers and technicians in their respective fields of lighting, projection, sound, staging, rigging and special effects.

"Being recognised in this way is tremendous," said Nils Thorjussen, EL's founder and CEO. "We are so fortunate to have such a strong and talented group of engineers and designers to make winning an award like this p

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14 March 2016

The system was designed for use in theatres and theme parks as well as on concerts and in nightclubs where a flame effect is desired but it is deemed simply too dangerous or just not practical to use real gas.

Better than silk flames and cost effective to run (with 2.5 litres of haze fluid giving 60 to 80 hours of continuous operation), this system is ideal for fixed installations as well as touring and hire work.

The system creates a linear fire effect of 1.2m wide. The effect reaches the very edge of the unit, so multiple units can be placed side-by-side to create as wide an effect as desired.Each FakeFlame module weighs about 70kg and i

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Deane's experience as managing director at the Essential Lighting Group, combined with his diverse range of lighting design skills, will bring a new dimension to the lighting division, the company says. The lighting operation at Event services the needs of both the internal production team, which manages a growing number of high-profile clients, as well as a design, delivery and hire service for channel clients.

Managing director of Event, Mark Beaver, says: "We are delighted that Roger has joined us. We started life as a lighting company, and I intend to ensure that the hi

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14 March 2016

One of the most important producing theatres in the UK, the Young Vic was originally founded in 1970 by Sir Laurence Olivier for the younger members of his newly formed National Theatre Company. Built as a temporary space, it had an intended life span of a mere five years. However it wasn't until 2000 - when the building reached a dangerous state of disrepair - that 'the powers that be' sanctioned its rebuild. The theatre reopened six years later to press on 11 October - on time and on budget.

Designed with total flexibility of space utilization and configuration in mind, Charco

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14 March 2016

LDR's Fabiano Besio told L&SI: "MSS is one of the leading companies in the Indian market, not just a distributor but a company that really understands applications and how to support its customers, with strong knowledge of the local market and its requirements." He added: "The Indian market deserves a lot of attention."

Varinder Wadhwa of MSS commented: "LDR manufactures quality products, far better than what is available in India. Now the Indian market is opening up, and people are willing to pay for quality."

(Lee Baldock)

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The Championships' Opening Ceremony was produced by IdtV Events & Promotions with technical production and design completed by Livetime Productions. Livetime chose AED Rent as its partner for sound and lighting equipment. AED Rent recently purchased 100 MAC 700 washlights and Livetime was the first to use the new MAC 700 Washes in a technical production.

The Opening began with a parade of nations followed by a dance spectacle in which Fair Play and the importance of the referee in competition was h

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14 March 2016

Avolites' Steve Warren and Koy Neminathan organised the event with Jagmag's Atul Sonpal. It was attended by over fifty enthusiastic and interested individuals including LDs, programmers, operators, rental companies and show producers - representing a broad range of market sectors.

Avolites left Mumbai with 16 confirmed orders for the new desk. "I was honestly overwhelmed by the response" says Steve Warren. "The original Pearl has been a huge success for us in India generally, but reaction to the Expert has been stunning, and took us all by surprise."

Atul Sonpal comments, "This console has come to our market at exactly the right tim

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14 March 2016

These aLEDs consist of a high power LED mounted onto a thermally optimised substrate complete with a connector or solder pads. This takes the headaches of thermal design away and gives an easy to use sub-assembly.

The standard aLED range consists of 1w hexagonal shaped assembly, 1w triple cluster assembly, 1w lighting strip in single colour and in red, green, blue for colour mixing, and 1w double and triple LED lighting strips. Additionally a diverse range of standard optics giving wide, medium and narrow beam patterns in a variety of sizes can also be supplied to fit the aLED devices, thus giving the lighting or ga

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The competition is open to professional designers, architects, engineers and consultants. Entries are judged on the following criteria: functional excellence; architectural compatibility; effective use of state-of-the-art lighting products and techniques; appropriate colour, form and texture revelation; energy effectiveness and cost effectiveness.

Projects scoring the highest number of points will qualify to receive Awards of Merit or Awards of Excellence. The GE Edison Award Winner is selected from among the Awards of Excellence. Awards for Sustainable Design are given to those projects that demonstrate exemplary, sustainable lighting de

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For stage lighting, event organisers Flux asked Pete Barnes to design the show. Event Producer, John Farquhar-Smith, wanted someone experienced in both TV and live environments that would create a show that worked in both contexts.

Barnes created a semi circle of 80 PixelLine 1044s at the back of the stage that worked well as background eye-candy both on camera and live. He explains, "The 80 battens were housed in ten customised metal frames, which formed a wrap-around effect that didn't take-up too much stage room. Video content amalgamated with colours and effects were run through the PixelLines."

Izzard shared the stage at the Royal Albert Hall with many comedy favo

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Lighting designer Willie Williams - most commonly thought of for his work with U2, but also represented in London's West End and in theatres around the world with the musical We Will Rock You - was asked by the South Bank Centre's creative director Jude Kelly to devise a lighting scheme for the Centre, both to give it its own identity and to ensure that it wasn't overshadowed by the dramatic exterior lighting scheme now in place at its neighbour, the National Theatre.

Working to a tight budget, Williams devised a fixed look for the buildings; White Light supplied a large quantity of MBI floods and ETC Source Fours to implement the design, which Will

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14 March 2016

Harrison goes to LSC with a varied background, having worked for several global companies,including the Fairfax Media Group and The Salvation Army, accumulating many years ofmarketing communications and creative/design experience.

Harrison will provide LSC with improved distributor communications and up to the minuteinformation on new products. Harrison has already been involved in the new LSC corporate logo and identity, revised maXim and EKO brochures, and the popular LSC carabineer torches given away at recent tradeshows.

(Chris Henry)

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14 March 2016

The idea was to mix the American format with the ingredients that work in other Italian programmes, and the result is a sort of comedy show which has gained great attention with the public and press.

In line with modern trends for TV studios, the La Pupa e il Secchione studio is a stage in-the-round with the actors in the centre. This structure offers more than one advantage: it centralises the scene, gives more shooting points and improves audience participation. With respect to the traditional stage, however, this solution presents certain problems during the stage-setting phase. "We had to install all the lighting material on the ceiling since there were no other support structures available, while the s

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14 March 2016

Thirty of the strobes gave lightning effects to the Towers during the 20-minute spectacle. In addition three 200a three phase lightning strikes were suspended in and around the towers to light up the sky. A row of Alpha 575's along the lakeside raised up on decking allowed Horsley to create some stunning effects bouncing light off the water.

In addition to the lighting, Hawthorns also created two 5m x 5m ground support Prolyte truss boxes to contain two HVFX tesla coils.

(Jim Evans)

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14 March 2016

The Pavilion is designed for companies to showcase solutions and technologies in video conferencing, audio conferencing and data/web conferencing in a dedicated area. The pavilion will encompass a presentation room where participating companies will also have the opportunity to be included in the scheduled programme of seminars to visitors.

Carol Zelkin, executive director at IMCCA states, "Any form of business communication including business conference calls, web conferencing and video conferencing is a key market that unites the corporate business, IT and AV industries. By working together, Collaborative Conferencing can create the perfect plat