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UK - For the first time, PLASA 07 is offering attendees the chance to register for both wysiwyg and Vivien workshops from Cast.

"Vivien is a most powerful, comprehensive software design tool available to meeting and event professionals, enabling users to produce a picture today of tomorrow's event," says a spokesman for Cast. "In this workshop at PLASA, you will learn how to create 2D room layouts, amazing virtual views, and spectacular, 3D photorealistic renderings for use in your eye-popping presentations." Using Vivien's Wizards and tools, attendees will quickly and easily design seating and table arrangements, pipe and drape, and video projection."

In the more advanced intermediate workshop, attendees will get a comprehensive look at inserting library items, applying textures, importing objects from third party programmes like AutoCAD and Google Sk

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USA - The Genlyte Group Incorporated has announced that the company's board of directors has authorised the repurchase of up to 5% or approximately 1,450,000 shares of the company's outstanding common stock. Under the share repurchase programme, the company expects to acquire shares primarily through open market transactions, subject to market conditions and other factors.

The company may enter into Rule 10b5-1 plans to facilitate open market repurchases under the programme at times when it might otherwise be prevented from doing so under certain securities laws, provided the plan is adopted when the company is not in possession of material non-public information.

Larry Powers, chairman, president, and CEO of Genlyte Group, said: "The share repurchase programme reflects our confidence in Genlyte's financial and operating performance strength. We completed four acquisition

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UK - Goboland will be releasing another 100 steel gobo designs at PLASA 07, bringing the total of catalogue designs to more than 1350 designs, including 1100 Steel Collection designs. Catalogues with the new designs will be available on the stand along with the newly revised price list.

This price list includes a lower price on full colour CMYK glass gobos. Already known for the high resolution of their images, Goboland glass gobos will soon be produced using a "unique organic dot process" which will give finer tonal representation to photographic images, both black and white and colour, says the company.

Goboland will be presenting their new gobo rotators for the first time. Offering counter- rotating gobos with an onboard manual control of speed and direction, the double gobo rotators can also be set to carry out pre-programmed effects using a simple system of dip-

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UK - ChamSys will be showing its MagicQ consoles and MagicQ PC Wings at PLASA 07. MagicQ consoles have been field proven with leading lighting designers around the World for rock'n'roll, theatre, TV and corporate shows. ChamSys will demonstrate the range of both MagicQ consoles and MagicQ PC Wings, together with powerful MagicQ networking software, enabling wired and wireless remote control of consoles.

ChamSys will be meeting with distributors at the show to "ensure that integration of the new products to the MagicQ range is as smooth as always". Visitors will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with the new ChamSys products.

Following PLASA07, ChamSys is offering a free training course on 13 and 14 September at a venue in Old Brompton Road. The course covers the use of all MagicQ products, including the range of PC Wings and MagicQ consoles. This inclu

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USA - With the release of the Èlan, Chauvet reaffirms its commitment to take LED technology to new levels, says the company. The élan features 224 LEDs that create beams which rotate and crisscross, and with a 70° beam angle, provides wide room/floor coverage, and mid-air effects.

The fixture offers four channels of DMX control (red, green, blue and strobe), with a plethora of preprogrammed colour changes and patterns. Separate knobs control sound sensitivity for movement and colour independently, allowing for a variety of show options.

By manipulating the dipswitches located on the unit, users can control colour strobing and movement. The fixture also features master/slave settings and an additional power output which enables daisy-chaining of up to 20 fixtures.

(Jim Evans)

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Slovakia - Circus World is a Slovak touring non-traditional music and dance show reflecting modern music, dances and interpretations of folklore. One grandMA full-size, one grandMA video media server and twelve MA Digital Touring Dimmer racks were used to light the show.

"The project is really sophisticated so we had to utilise devices able to work with 'any other device'. Also high reliability of the components was necessary. Based upon these criteria, the MA equipment was chosen," said Martin Kubánka, director of Q99. "The comfortable programming and playback functions as well as the 'clone-function' make the grandMA our favourite console."

The lighting rig features 16 x Martin MAC 600, 8 x Martin MAC 500, 2 x Robert Juliat Cyrano and 16 x Arri Studio 1kW. The show was created in co-production of SLUK (Slovak Folk Artistic Ensemble) and Q-99 which delive

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Spain - Barco's MiStrip, its new creative LED element, has been chosen by world-renowned Japanese architect Toyo Ito and Fira 2000 for use in the Fira Barcelona Gran Via exhibition centre in Barcelona, Spain.

Toyo Ito, one of the world's most innovative and influential architects, is known for creating extreme concept buildings, in which he fuses the physical and virtual worlds. His latest design of the Fira Barcelona Gran Via in Barcelona runs true to form being based on recurring organic forms where water, natural light and well-conceived interior illumination all dominate the design.

One of these organic forms can be clearly seen in the design of the Vestibule (main entrance), where the façade itself is of curved glass, with organic walls protecting it and a flat upper deck with an architectonic projection jutting from its edges. In keeping to the organic form, Toyo Ito al

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The Netherlands / USA - Royal Philips Electronics has completed its acquisition of Color Kinetics Incorporated. As a result of the transaction, Color Kinetics will be financially consolidated with immediate effect within the Luminaires business group of Philips' Lighting division.

A statement says: "The acquisition of Color Kinetics further bolsters Philips' strong intellectual property portfolio, adding important patents relating to intelligence and control technology for LED lighting. Color Kinetics also has in excess of 15,000 professional installations worldwide and an array of large, industrial customers in professional channels.

"The acquisition of Color Kinetics builds on the acquisition of Lumileds in 2005, through which Philips ensured a leading position in high-power LEDs, and on the recent acquisition of TIR Systems, which provided Philips with a strong li

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UK - Rambert Dance Company - England's oldest contemporary dance company - has invested in an Eos by ETC. Technical director Malcolm Glanville comments: "We'd had an ETC Obsession for 10 years, and with the introduction of moving lights, programming became quite a time consuming process. The Rambert Company's presentation is primarily based on its lighting and when we had a lunch break, the programmer would have to stay behind to continue working.

"As soon as I got my first look at Eos, I decided that was the way we wanted to go. We've also always had a very good relationship with ETC."

The Company holds regular dance workshops and shows across the country, returning twice a year to London's Sadler's Wells, but the first outing for Eos was at Truro's Hall for Cornwall in July, when the Company performed several pieces created by some of its own dancers.

As par

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UK - Pharos Architectural Controls is introducing the LPC X, a big brother to the award-winning LPC1 and LPC2. This Lighting Playback Controller offers capacities up to a massive 100 DMX universes from a single unit, taking control for large installations to a whole new level, says the company.

The LPC X supports a variety of control protocols to suit different project needs, including DMX-over-Ethernet standards such as Pathport, ArtNet, ETCNet2 and Streaming ACN. Also provided are DVI and Firewire DV outputs for integrating with arrays of fixtures that require video-based control.

There is also a framework in place to support custom protocols for bespoke projects. Multiple different protocols can be output simultaneously from a single unit giving synchronised control across an installation and making the LPC X a flexible answer for large-scale control.

Pharos has also anno

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UK - Power Logistics supplied all of the power and site lighting to the V Festival in Hylands Park, with a team of 15 installing 25km of cabling and distro to carry the power from 103 generators around the Essex site. In the region of 70,000 litres of fuel were used to power everything from cash point machines up to the main stage's PA, lighting and screens.

More than 6km of festoon lighting lit temporary roadways and footpaths for the 70,000 music fans and the production team that transformed Hylands Park into a festival town for the weekend of music. Power Logistics used shatterproof light bulbs on the festoon, minimising the environmental impact to the park.

Managing director Pete Wills commented: "This year's festival has grown and the layout has been changed from previous years. Once again, Maztech created a well-managed festival behind the scenes and the fans certai

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UK - Directed by Ed Curtis and designed by Bob Bailey with lighting from James Whiteside the touring production of Never Forget uses a wide variety of LEDs. For lighting control a grandMA full-size, a grandMA light, a grandMA video media server and an MA NSP are utilised.

Amongst others the lighting rig features Clay Paky Alpha Wash Halos, Vari*Lite VL 1000, VL2000 spots and VL2000 washes, Rainbow Scrollers and Robert Juliat Super Korrigans.

On the LED front there are Thomas PixelLine 1044 battens and a ChromaQ Color Web 250 flexible LED mesh grid installed in the show. Because of the full integration of grandMA video, the media server could be controlled as a fixture. The PixelLine battens are controlled directly from the console so that effects can be created quickly by using the grandMA effects.

White Light supplied the lighting equipment for the show. Andy Greenwo

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Australia - LSC Lighting Systems will officially unveil the full TEKO dimmer range at PLASA 07. Born from LSC's successful EKO installation dimmer, the TEKO is designed for use in the television, film and live entertainment industries.

There are four models available in the TEKO range, from the 12-channel 3kW through to the 3-channel 15kW model, with the ability to control any inductive or reactive load with a 100% duty cycle. The TEKO also has the option to include LSC's Houston Remote Monitoring Software and ePlates to externally recall pre-recorded memories.

The TEKO joins a growing catalogue of products at LSC, including the, maXim Lighting Control Console, EKO Dimming Systems and the Delta range of distribution products. The full LSC range will be on show at PLASA 07.

See LSC at PLASA 07 - Stand D83.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Brand new products being launched by Czexh-based manufacturer Robe Show Lighting at PLASA 07 will include the Media Hub 5000 DT, the latest version software for the DigitalSpot 5000 DT, 3 new LED products from Robe's LT range, using K2 LEDs, Media Server Qube Control for the StageQube 324 and a new lighting controller - the DMX Control 2048.

Robe also shows its popular range of AT Series moving light products - including the ColorSpot and ColorWash 2500E AT, and from the 700 Series, the ColorSpot 700E AT, the ColorWash 700E AT and the ColorWash 750AT Tungsten.

The MediaHub 5000 DT completes Robe's successful Digital 'DT' series. This graphics engine provides all the features of the DigitalSpot 5000 DT (i.e. two digital gobo layers with selection of up to 244 x 255 video clips or images per layer; two independent effects channels on each gobo layer with 120 effects,

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UK - Wybron has announced that it is launching and previewing six new products at PLASA 07. During three 45-minute sessions, Wybron's CEO, Larry Turner, will preview each new product and discuss the company's direction to current Wybron/PRG Distribution dealers.

In February 2007, Wybron's new management team presented plans for actively picking up the pace of its product development. The company promised to introduce one product per month from April 2007 through the start of this year's trade show season.

"We set a high benchmark for Wybron's product development team and are really pleased to report that they have exceeded our commitments," said Turner. "A number of the new products Wybron will be showing at PLASA 2007 are platform independent and stem from the success of our InfoTrace Control and Management System. The industry requested additional platform sup

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UK - When Jedi Lighting & Sound were asked to install two new Essex nightclubs recently, they enlisted Futurelight distributors Fut-Euro - not only to meet their beam effect requirements, but also for their creative LED lighting.

Set up last year by Darren Jackson, the Wisbech-based Fut-Euro has quickly become a one-stop shop for lighting designers and architects looking for imaginative ideas in a wide number of applications.

Said Jedi managing director Andrew Baldwin, "What we aim for first is reliability and value for money. If we need something specific Darren can usually find it - but any new kit we are offered we will strip and pull apart before we have the confidence to use it."

Jedi first specified the Futurelight effects - notably the PHS-220 pro moving head with 48 pre-programmed scenes for stand alone operation and EVO-7 effects projector at Tony and Inge

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USA - Elation Professional has chosen Eric Proces of Madison, Wisconsin, as the winner of the Elation Education Experience. Proces won judges over with his "excellent use of Elation Lighting products and interesting proposal that ensured a multi-purpose use of space". The runners up were Andrew Prince of Como, Mississippi and James Keeley of Wausau, Wisconsin, both of whom also submitted impressive entries.

The E3 contest was designed to help students learn the process of creating a functional and entertaining lighting design. Each entrant designed lighting for a multi-purpose Youth Ministry room by using Elation's Compu Ware Live 3D software. To make the contest more realistic and challenging, entrants had to follow a strict budget and had only a limited amount of power available.

Thanks to their winning entries, Proces, Prince, and Keeley will be attending the upco

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UK - Wybron is launching and previewing the Nexera DX at PLASA 2007. The Nexera DX combines Wybron's award winning virtually silent colour changing fixture with a dimmer and 24V power supply.

The Nexera DX is designed to provide colour changing and dimming functions in a single DMX/RDM fixture that is easy to maintain and troubleshoot. The system is fully Remote Device Management (RDM) compatible and interfaces with the Wybron InfoTrace Control and Management System to provide ease of installation and maintenance.

"The unit is ideally suited for retrofit installations where centralised dimming is not possible or economically feasible," said Larry Turner, CEO of Wybron. "The performance of the dimmer is outstanding, and we expect the ease of installation to broaden the appeal of the Nexera."

The Nexera DX is billed as a complete solution. It accepts DMX an

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UK - Robert Juliat will introduces Victor, the latest member of its follow-spot family, at PLASA 07. A variant on the Super Korrigan spotlight, which is in-use on many shows including Avenue Q and Footloose in London's West End, Victor shares the Super Korrigan's 7-14.5° optical path and compact design, but uses a 1800W MSR lamp instead of the Korrigan's 1200W HMI.

Many other members of the comprehensive Robert Juliat range, from the versatile Lutin washlight with interchangeable PC/fresnel lenses to the 4000W HTI Lancelot arena spotlight, will also be on show.

In addition, Robert Juliat will have a range of other new products on display. These include the CIN'K a 5K tungsten fresnel, the FIGARO architectural profile with the new CDM-T 250W lamp and the LANCELOT followspot / projector; new DMX modules: the NORIA a rotating gobo wheel and CHROMIX, a progressiv

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UK - TMB will be exhibiting at PLASA 07 with partners A&O Technologies and Global Design Solutions.

A&O will introduce a new, "revolutionary Falcon xenon fixture", details of which will be revealed at the show. Also showing will be the complete range of Falcon fixtures by Alpha One of Germany. Falcon high-power, compact fixtures are designed for architectural and portable use. Xenon and Metal Halide models are available, in static or automated versions, IP-rated for outdoor use.

Global Design Solutions (GDS) will debut the GDS E System - a complete emergency lighting system, developed from the strengths of GDS's Blues System - and the E-System Dimmable Exit Signs, recently installed in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford and at the Royal Court Theatre, London. Also showing will be the GDS Blues System, exclusively distributed by TMB worldwide.

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Argentina - A remarkable opening and closing ceremony framed the Pan American Games 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, a multi-sport event, held every four years between competitors from all nations of the Americas. German event engineering company Procon furnished the shows with an MA system including four grandMA full-size, 18 MA NSPs and seven MA 2PortNodes onPC. Lighting designer David Grill used the system to control 742 Martin MAC 2000 Wash fixtures, 122 Clay Paky Alpha Spots, 51 ZAP 4.5kW BigLites and 32 SpaceCannon Ireos 7kW - altogether 52 DMX universes.

grandMA programmer and lighting director Paul J. Sonnleitner reports: "Procon, and especially head of system Daniel Steffe, created a remarkably sophisticated network that allowed the lighting team to reliably control such an incredible number of DMX fixtures over the distances required at Maracana in Rio.

"There were

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UK - ELC, developer of DMX ethernet distribution products and DMX show recorders will be celebrating two strangely apposite milestones at this year's PLASA Show. Not only is it the company's 10th Birthday, but the 2007 show will mark the moment when it sells the 2007th of its FocusHAND/FocusBRAIN wireless DMX remote control units.

Designed to allow remote control of lanterns in a rig with any lighting consoles, the current FocusBRAIN XL and FocusHAND2 both offer the same compact, rugged handheld remote, coupled with wireless receivers that merge control from the remote with the DMX data from the lighting console, giving an operator direct control of DMX channels independently of the lighting console.

The sale of the 2007th unit will be marked by a presentation to the purchaser on the first day of PLASA07. Also on hand will be representatives from the Royal Albert Hall. The RAH

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UK - Look Solutions will this year celebrate its tenth anniversary and its tenth appearance at PLASA and will celebrate by launching a host of new products in the exhibition zone of its UK distributor, White Light.

On show for the first time will be new versions of two of Look's most renowned products, the Tiny Fogger and the Tiny Compact, offering improved performance, reduced size and easier maintenance over their predecessors.

The Tiny F07 is a miniature, battery operated smoke machine that, at just 10.5x4.9x5.0cm, is suitable for hiding in scenery, costumes or props. Controllable via a built-in button, a cable remote or optional XLR-remote or wireless radio remote, the Tiny F07 is designed so that it only draws power from its battery when necessary - but with a heat-up time of just 0.5 seconds its still always ready for use. The new model is designed so that the vaporiser

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USA - Wybron will launch the DPS-850, a distributed dimmer and power supply unit that provides an 800 watt dimmer and 50 watt power supply, at PLASA 07. The DPS-850 is a standalone distributed dimmer that is designed for retrofit installations or remote locations.

"We created the DPS-850 especially with the small to medium theatre and houses of worship in mind," says Miles Dudgeon, director of marketing at Wybron. "These users are frequently housed in historical or older buildings and often do not have the ability to add what could be significant new wiring for centralised dimming. To simplify the adoption of our Nexera and other products, Wybron's DPS-850 will bring dimming to the fixture so there is minimal need to run new circuits and control wiring."

The DPS-850 is fully Remote Device Management (RDM) compatible and interfaces with the Wybron InfoTrace

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