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UK - PLASA 2011 continues a busy year for the Czech Republic based manufacturer which launches two new LED products - the Robin 1200 LEDWash, and the Robin DLX Spot, and previews the upcoming Robin 'Sniper' - a mega-bright beam fixture.

All are in line with the company's ongoing Think of the Future - Consider Nature commitment to producing genuinely more sustainable and greener technology which takes up less truck space, reduces weight loading on trusses, is quicker and simpler to rig and draws significantly less power than conventional light sources - without compromising on brightness, features or functionality.

Robe also highlights how it is streamlining its own production processes to reduce its carbon footprint and overall environmental impact.

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Saudi Arabia - The largest Milos trussing installation in the Middle East to date was built for a special presentation ceremony to give out the 2011 Makkah Awards for Excellence, staged in the Hilton Hall of the Jeddah Hilton Hotel, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia.

Milos trussing and staging products from Bright Star were used to build a spectacular stage set for the event, including a 50m diameter circular truss that circled the perimeter of the entire presentation space, which was also used to hang a 360 degree projection screen and an 18m diameter round stage.

The installation was designed by Hattan Madani, who was also Bright Star's site and project manager for the event. Bright Star is a leading technical and event production company based in Jeddah, headed by Ibrahim Madani, and with a large stock of Milos products.

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UK - Batman Live tour directors will join leading Tait staff to reveal production secrets behind the astounding Batman Live show at a seminar during this year's PLASA exhibition in Earls Court, London, at 5pm on Monday 12th September.

Tait is widely considered as global leaders in the design, manufacture and tour logistics when it comes to scenic motion, and were an obvious choice for production director Jake Berry (who was in charge of all technical elements) and set designer Es Devlin as they conceived one the most ambitious live touring productions ever seen.

Berry and Devlin will be joined at this unique seminar by James 'Winky' Fairorth, president of Tait Towers, alongside Dana Bartholomew from Fisher Technical Services (FTSI), also part of the Tait Towers group. Following presentations by each of the panellists there will be a question and answer session fo

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PLASA 2011 sees Cooper Controls show a host of new products from its leading UK brands - architectural LED manufacturer Cogent and lighting control manufacturer LightProcessor.

Among the main new architectural orientated products is the Cogent XC LED controller, which will be shown with its latest software.

This increases the number of operational modes from 12 to 20, which can be directly accessed via an RS232 port, with the colours also recalled by region via RS232.

This is one of the most straightforward and flexible 'environmental' LED control systems on the market. It is set up in 'regions' via eight compass points, each of which is assigned with its own DMX address, so regions can be activated, pre-programmed and controlled by selecting 'top' 'middle or 'bottom' buttons - in any room or space.

Also from Cogent is a new range of four-colour changing LED strip lights - in RGB

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Europe - PRG is to hold a comprehensive online auction of used equipment in October in order to revise the European equipment pool. The company will sell equipment, which is rarely rented or will no longer be offered due to strategic reasons.

The material originates from the inventories of PRG Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and UK as well as EML and Showtec. In total, approximately 6000 lots of lighting, audio, video and rigging equipment will be offered for sale.

Troostwijk Auktionen GmbH & Co. KG will be responsible for the realization of the two-day online auction. The aim of this auction is to further optimize the rental pool concerning equipment quality and clearness, says the company.

The complete illustrated auction catalogue of the equipment to be auctioned will be available from the beginning of October on the following website: www.TroostwijkAuctions.com.

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UK - Blackburn-based rental specialist HSL has appointed UK lighting designer Andy Hurst - Prodigy, Faithless, Pendulum, Dizzee Rascal, and others - as a creative director, in a move to promote and expand the company's touring and special events division.

Hurst will be working closely with group director Mike Oates and other HSL project managers in a move that consolidates the company's massive expansion in the touring sector over the last four years.

Managing Director Simon Stuart comments, "It's great to have Andy onboard and to welcome him into our family. As with all our designers, he will have unlimited access to our extensive rental stock of lighting, digital lighting and LED products, and we are looking forward to a long and productive partnership together, and to sharing lots of positive energies and ideas."

Hurst adds, "HSL is one of the fastest growi

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Belgium - Martin Professional's EMEA sales organisation has announced that Maarten Gossye has joined the company as key account manager covering the Belgian and Luxembourgian markets.

Gossye, an industrial engineer with a fascination for lighting and video products, worked for Martin Professional's former distributor in Belgium, EVDV, from 2007-2010 where he was responsible for customer service and product support.

In his new position as key account manager, he will cover both the install and rental markets for Martin in Belgium and Luxembourg. Due to his technical background, he also will handle product demonstrations and provide support on technical issues.

Gossye began in his new position in July and is based in Geraardsbergen near Brussels.

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UK - Lee House has joined Green Hippo in London as product manager for the firm's Hippotizer Media Server range.

House has a strong background in the world of lighting and AV, having previously worked at Flying Pig, High End Systems and most recently AC Entertainment Technologies. His role at AC was to build up the newly founded video division three years ago, a role which led him to gain advanced knowledge of the Hippotizer server range.

"I've been a huge fan of Hippotizer since its first appearance at PLASA in 2004 and distributing the product in the UK led me to become so close to the product I couldn't refuse the opportunity to step even closer by taking on the roll of Hippotizer product manager," says House. "This position is one I relish and I'm looking forward to the next phase of Green Hippo's evolution.

"The future developments and features in th

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USA - Community Professional Loudspeakers has announced the release of its loudspeaker processor, the dSPEC226.

The dSPEC heralds an all-new approach to configuring, controlling and commissioning sound system installations, from very small to very large, says the company. Employing both a high-speed SHARC DSP and a Xilinx Spartan FPGA, dSPEC offers a host of capabilities - and a method of engineered workflow - not available anywhere else.

All dSPEC models feature a four-input x six-output fixed-chain DSP architecture that includes 2 x 6 native analog I/Os. Various expansion cards are available to provide two additional analogue inputs, two AES3 dual-channel digital inputs, or eight CobraNet inputs and outputs. Additional expansion cards will become available as new digital audio networking protocols gain market acceptance, reducing the cost-burden for system installations that

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UK - Following success at ProLight&Sound earlier this year, Christie's new-look theatre arrives at Earls Court this weekend to take up its PLASA position in Hall 1, Stand E18. The Christie stand will once again present an integrated light show with video animations using Christie Nitro Solutions. Previewed at PLASA last year, this modular series of motorised moving yokes can provide up to 22,000 ANSI lumens of video projection, with the flexibility to allow the user to deploy the yoke with either a video projector or a LED light head.

Noted lighting director Bruno Corsini is tasked with creating and choreographing the show in a convergence of video and lighting-derived patterns. Corsini has a long list of accomplishments, including last year's landmark lightshow for Mexico's Bicentennial of Independence in the Mexican capital's main square.

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UK - XLNT CyberMotion, billed as the world's first fully integrated motion control system, is officially launched at PLASA 2011 on Stand 1-E33.

XLNT CyberMotion is a complete range of motion products designed specifically for the entertainment industry. SIL3 certified technology is used to create a unique series of intercompatible products to create breathtaking shows and installations as well as the durability for cost efficient global touring.

The plug & play CyberMotion system provides a choice of two intelligent, variable speed chain hoists, the XLNT CHII-Hoist, for worldwide touring and spectacular shows, and the XLNT C-Hoist, designed for multi-purpose venues, permanent installation and theatres.

The XLNT C-Winch is an intelligent, high-speed, zero fleet winch for ultra-fast lifting and movement of objects with 0.1 mm positioning accuracy.

XLNT C-Track and XLNT C-Tro

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Australia - ENTTEC has expanded its sales team. Lighting industry veteran Carl Spaulding joins ENTTEC as its sales manager for the Northern Region, USA and Canada after working more than 10 years as a member of the BMI Supply sales team.

"ENTTEC has an extremely versatile range of products. I'm excited by the opportunities and infinite potential of the solutions ENTTEC provides," Spaulding said. "With my experience in sales management as well as technical direction and manufacturing, I felt like ENTTEC was a natural fit."

Walter Terella was hired as the business development manager for ENTTEC, having extensive sales experience working in the world mining and construction industries, most recently for TR Pty MINECOM. Terella is a seasoned business development manager for local and international technical sales.

"The opportunity arose within ENTTEC whe

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CyberMotion, said by developers XLNT Advanced Technologies to be "the world's first fully integrated motion control system", is officially launched at PLASA 2011. The company says it will bring "a new world of stage automation to the European concert touring, events, theatre and installation markets".

CyberMotion, developed by XLNT Advanced Technologies, is designed not only to change the philosophy of motion control but to open the horizons of stage engineering to new creative potential. The system is 'Plug & Play' and fast to install.

XLNT CyberMotion is a complete range of motion products designed specifically for the entertainment industry. SIL3 certified state of the art technology is used to create a unique series of intercompatible products to create "breathtaking shows and installations" as well as the durability for cost efficient global touring

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ETC's award winning Eos lighting control family is expanding - but the newest desk in the range isn't! The buzz since July (when ETC gave its end users at the company's CUE conference in Wisconsin an exclusive first look) is about the elegantly compact design of the new Gio - a high functionality desk in a smaller footprint. The desk's international launch is taking place at PLASA 2011.

"Gio puts together the control-surface depth required to do large shows in a mid-ranged, ergonomically engineered package," says Matt Kerr, ETC's associate entertainment market manager. "We designed it to be the professional solution for space compromised productions and touring."

Positioned in the middle of the popular Eos range, between the Eos and the Ion desks, Gio features the family's powerful hardware and software for sophisticated effects - like pixel mapping and media serv

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Christie has unveiled the next generation of its 3-chip DLP Xenon platform - the Christie J Series - at PLASA 2011. This new platform targets a variety of applications within the rental, staging and fixed install segments, requiring high brightness, superior performance and crisp, clear images - all in a compact, rugged and reliable package.

"The best image in the world just got better," said George Tsintzouras, senior director product management, Business Products, Christie. "Christie has taken its highly successful Xenon product line and evolved it with exciting new features like embedded Christie Twist that allows for image warping without the need to purchase additional electronics cards. Driven by a Xenon illumination system that offers the best colour reproduction and stability, J Series also offers lenses with Intelligent Lens System (ILS) functionality and three

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Promising "no more overloads on stage", Eilon Engineering is launching a new, improved version of Ron StageMaster wireless and wired load monitoring and overload prevention system, featuring longer transmission range, longer battery life, faster update rate and more, at PLASA 2011.

Tens / hundreds of load cells' measurements are displayed on one laptop screen and create a real time load map, allowing the rigger to detect an overload and handle it before it becomes dangerous.

The load cells enable minimum headroom loss and have up to 1500 battery hours; up to 96 wireless load cells, or up to 256 wired load cells with just a single cable descending from the truss. All wireless and wired load cells are displayed on one laptop screen as a real-time load map, overlaid on the stage-plan layout (AutoCAD etc), enabling the rigger at the venue to immediately identify the location of

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Describing it as 'the ultimate background music tool", Ohm is showing its BootiQue all in one background music system at PLASA 2011.

The BootiQue sub, says Ohm, holds all the tricks, providing an arsenal of inputs including RCA (Phono), iPod (line in jack) and a USB port. More than one BootiQue system can be linked together, creating zones using the RCA link. The onboard three-channel amplifier powers the 10" bass driver and all eight satellites, making this system a true all in one solution.

Worried about fire regulations? A fire alarm mute connector ensures compliance with regulations for peace of mind. Independent controls are provided for master, bass and mid high volume parameters, enabling the right balance of sound to be achieved throughout a venue. The rear control panel includes essential functions such as ground lift, polarity reverse, input gain, sub/sat EQ and a

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UK - Leading pro-audio brand Lab.gruppen is delighted to announce the launch of an innovative 1U power amplifier range developed specifically for the installation market.

Lab.gruppen's compact and ultra-efficient E Series of power amplifiers offers traditional Lab.gruppen performance to a market highly concerned with spiralling global energy prices and environmental pressures.

The E Series provides ample power reserves with amazingly low power consumption, therefore reducing the total cost of ownership below that of conventional designs. E Series utilizes much of the unique design philosophy and energy-efficient concepts debuted in the Swedish company's flagship PLM 20000Q touring amplifier, but here deployed in a 1U, install-centric platform.

The new range draws on over three decades of tour-honed design and manufacturing expertise to deliver a unique combination of perform

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Midas has unveiled the latest additions to its PRO Series of digital consoles, the Midas PRO2 and PRO2C live audio systems, at PLASA 2011. The PRO2/PRO2C takes the audio quality, performance and values of the top-end Midas XL8, and makes them available at a price point well below the general-purpose mixing console average, states the company.

Despite being the smallest and least expensive Midas digital consoles, the PRO2 and PRO2C represent a quantum leap forward for digital mixing, both in technology and concept. Essentially the same console, the PRO2C has eight fewer input faders and the smaller frame, at just 750mm by 850mm. Both consoles share the same high quality components and finish as the rest of the PRO Series, including the Alex Cooper-designed mic preamps, A-D converters, and daylight-viewable screens. This offers a reassuring continuity and provides extreme functionality a

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UK - Specialist UK-based entertainment industry LED manufacturer i-Pix is launching two new products at PLASA 2011 and previewing upgraded and improved versions of two of its other most popular existing product lines on the stand of its UK distributor White Light (2-Q13/2-Q18).

The Satellite was the first i-Pix product designed and produced after the company's launch in 2006, and soon became a best seller and a firm favourite in all sectors of the entertainment industry. At PLASA 2011, the Satellite Mk II is launched.

This takes advantage of the massive leaps forward in LED technology in the last five years. The unit is still in the same compact package yet has four times the light output. Colours include RGB and a 5600°K daylight white. There are also improved homogenised optics.

The Satellite Mk II offers 16 bit self-contained DMX for control, or it can be run as a sta

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UK - Entertainment lighting designers are increasingly looking to LED lighting solutions to take advantage of more compact luminaire designs, unparalleled energy efficiency and dramatically lower heat signatures. At the same time, they demand solutions which light the stage and people on that stage with brightness, rich colour and precision focusing. With this in mind, Philips will launch the StagePainter D60 2000 system at PLASA 2011.

"The StagePainter goes beyond existing LED stage lighting capabilities to provide superior control over colour consistency and brightness, creating drama and spectacle with simplicity and ease," says Philips. The Philips StagePainter D60 2000 system enables lighting designers to 'paint' the scene they want with rich, bright and powerful LED illumination. "This enables them to recreate the same scene flawlessly, fixture after fixture

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