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UK - Specialist UK LED manufacturer i-Pix enjoyed their "best" PLASA exhibition to date last week at Earls Court, showcasing and previewing a number of new LED products for the entertainment and event industry professional lighting sector.

The new higher powered light engines available across the full i-Pix BB range of fixtures were particularly well received. Each new BB now emits four times the light output for the same power consumption, and the RGB light engine has been enhanced with a new green LED, improving the colour mixing CIE triangle available across the whole BB range.

The newly launched i-Pix Satellite Mk II, was a hit, also featuring an increased light output, extra functionality and a very handy battery pack for portable situations and challenging locati

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UK - ArKaos reports a successful PLASA with the launch of its new protocol, Kling-Net and a celebratory dinner for its distributors at the prestigious Dorchester Hotel.

Officially launched on the stand at a well-attended press call, Kling-Net is a new protocol designed to allow the distribution of real-time video data to remote display devices, such as LEDs or LED panels, over Ethernet.

ArKaos CEO Marco Hinic explained, "We don't want people to feel trapped by technology and are working with leading lighting desk manufacturers to make ArKaos products even more accessible and easy to use. Kling-Net is a major step forward in this about which we are very excited."

The distributor evening, which celebrated this launch alongside a successful year for ArKaos, began with a company presentation which included testimonials from lighting designers for existing ArKaos produc

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UK - Goboland Worldwide reports one of the best PLASA shows to date for the company with a very successful promotion of its GoboSlides and presentation of the new Goboland website and catalogue.

"Everyone was thrilled to receive their tokens for a free gobo from the Black Steel Collection of designs," says Goboland UK director, Vicky Fairall, "and some went to extreme measures not to mislay them!". The gobo keyfob tokens were produced to celebrate the newly designed Goboland UK website with its streamlined online ordering system and new Black Steel Collection designs.

"Furthermore, our collaboration with The Projection Studio has resulted in a growing library of Goboland GoboSlides for customers to choose from, with images drawn from The Projection Studio's broad range of source material. Our custom service has gone down particularly well, with orders

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UK - Robe lighting celebrated the sale of its 5000th Robin 600 LEDWash fixture at PLASA 2011. It was purchased by French distributor, Axente.

Launched at PLASA 2010, the units started rolling off the production line in the Czech Republic in December of that year, hitting the 5000 target just 10 months later.

Right from the off, Robe's distributors have clamoured to get enough stock of the LEDWash 600, with Germany, France, the UK, Australia, Brazil and Italy all leading head-to-head in the race to get orders placed, processed and delivered to their clients in what has been a truly incredible sales trajectory, says the company.

Says Robe's sales director Harry von den Stemmen, "Axente has been a front runner right from the beginning in the race to get LEDWash 600 permeating throughout all market sectors. From TV studios, theatres and multi-purpose installations to leadin

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UK - The people of Alloa can now enjoy a better night out thanks to the fast work of Black Light's Installation team. Black Light recently provided a full package of lighting and sound equipment for Alloa Town Hall - an historically significant building that is host to a wide variety of civic events, amateur and professional theatre performances and other entertainments.

"Our team acted as consultants to the project and then sourced and installed the required equipment," sayss Black Light's head of company development, Phil Haldane. "We worked to a very strict deadline as the equipment re-vamp was needed for a televised Scottish Parliamentary election count."

Black Light's team had to be particularly careful in how they installed equipment so as not to damage or compromise the hall's historic interior.

"We received excellent project delivery and very

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UK - Allen & Heath chose PLASA 2011 to announce its distributor of the year, awarding the company's Russian distribution partner, MixArt. The award recognises the best overall performance by an international distributor during Allen & Heath's 2011 fiscal year.

"Mixart has always been a strong partner, working in a challenging market. Last year, they more than doubled their business, and remarkably, they are on course to double their sales again this year. For that excellent performance we wanted to show our appreciation," comments A&H European sales manager, Norbert Perstinger.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - Milton Keynes based Impact Production Services (IPS) has added a customised Prolyte Roof System to its range of outdoor stages. Following a first build at the LS-Live Studio in Wakefield, the 16m by 14m structure has already been used at the Grand Scottish Prom at Glamis Castle, and as the main stage at Standon Calling, Hertfordshire.

Manufactured by Prolyte Group, this variation of a CLT Roof System is constructed from S52V grid truss supported by seven S40T truss towers from the Prolyte Structures range. A Layher Allround Scaffolding system base structure supports EV100 Event Decks that form the 16m x 14m stage platform.

IPS MD James Mason is very happy with the new structure, saying, "The CLT takes our range of stages to the next level".

The Grand Scottish Prom at Glamis Castle took place on Saturday 30 July, and was a huge success. Alan Hillary Event Manag

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UK - The inaugural Conference Scotland forum, presented by Saville Audio Visual in partnership with Edinburgh Corn Exchange and catering specialists Prestige Scotland, took place recently.

Conceived by Chris Lawson, manager of the Saville production team in Edinburgh, the conference was designed as an educational forum for the Scottish events market and the agenda was devised by polling the market, using social media to determine the most pressing issues of the day.

The topics chosen by the virtual community were Social Media, Event Content and Hybrid Events and the initiative attracted delegates from many different sectors of the industry. These included event managers, conference planners, corporate event teams and destination management companies, with many joining the event on-line or via Twitter.

The day was chaired by events journalist and consultant Richard John who f

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UK - Artistic Licence Engineering's training seminar 'DMX and RDM protocols - An Overview' was presented to a packed room as part of the PLASA Show's Education & Learning Programme on 'Skills Wednesday'.

Delegates were treated to a humorous but well-informed and interactive three hours by Artistic Licence Engineering's R&D manager, Tim Baarsch. During this time, they were taken step-by-step through the protocol communications, providing them with a solid basis from which to use DMX and RDM with confidence.

Attended by a broad spectrum of designers, technicians and architects, the session covered the history and workings of DMX and RDM, with liberal input from delegates who were free to ask questions throughout. The knowledgeable interjections from fellow delegates and DMX guru Adam Bennette added value to the wealth of information delivered by Baarsch.

The talks were intersp

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UK - It has been a highly successful year for Northern Ireland trio Two Door Cinema Club, playing many festival dates around the globe as well as indoor shows in Europe, North America, Mexico and Singapore. All of which must make Front of House engineer Pete Bartlett's comprehensive Sennheiser microphone kit incredibly widely travelled.

Pete first started using Sennheiser mics back in the late 1970s and switched to using them full-time in 2005 with Bloc Party.

"I bought two 421s way back in 1978 and I've always loved the 441," he says. "I used another manufacturer's mics for years, without thinking there was a serious alternative, until the point came with Bloc Party when I wanted something tighter and more in keeping with their first record. The Sennheisers worked so well that I got hooked and the sound of the microphones has translated really well to Two Door

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UK - Robe Robin moving lights and CitySkape Xtremes from Robe's LED range were at the heart of a glamorous lighting scheme created by LD Nick Jevons of Electric Fly Productions for leading cosmetics brand Rimmel in London's iconic Battersea Power Station.

Staged on the eve of London Fashion Week, it celebrated 10 years of collaboration between supermodel Kate Moss and Rimmel, together with the launch of Rimmel's new 'London Lipstick Collection by Kate'.

Electric Fly was working for production company Iris Experience, for whom they regularly provide visual design and technical production services. All the lighting equipment was supplied by Blackburn based HSL.

The lighting scheme encompassed both internal and external elements. Explains Jevons: "As one of London's greatest and most famous historical landmarks, it was a real honour to be asked to light Battersea Power Sta

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UK - Bluman Associates recently projected an upturned VW logo onto London's disused Battersea Power Station with the tagline 'Das Problem' - a clear take on Volkswagen's latest campaign phrase 'Das Auto'. The event was part of international environmental activist network Greenpeace's crusade against Volkswagen's alleged opposition to key environmental initiatives to reduce CO2 emissions, and features the VWdarkside.com website set up by Greenpeace to help supporters rebel against VW's 'darkside'.

A Bluman Associates Storm Trooper displayed his projection know-how by beaming a large, modified image of Darth Vader onto London's Battersea Power Station as part of the event.

(Claire Beeson)

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UK - London-based lighting designer Nick Gray of Renegade pulled out all the stops to create a glamorous, high altitude lighting scheme for UK rockers Kasabian who played a prestigious gig on top of a skyscraper in downtown New York for leading fashion brand, Mulberry.

The show - one of a series of events celebrating Mulberry's 40th birthday - was staged on the rooftop of the Skylight West building in New York's Midtown district.

The recently renovated venue offers the largest private event rooftop space in the city and superlative panoramic views scanning the downtown area. Both Mulberry and Kasabian are regular clients of Gray and his creative live visual design company, Renegade.

Used to working in unusual environments, Gray utilised the steel superstructure of a 60ft wide billboard that resides atop the building. After structural tests, this was used to hang a substantia

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Hungary - Hungary is currently seeing major investment in state-of-the-art entertainment and corporate venues. After the €22m Kodály Centre in Pécs, which features a major Yamaha audio installation, comes another multi-million Euro venue, the RaM Colosseum in the country's capital Budapest.

As well as housing the city's biggest theatre, the RaM Colosseum also features three gyms, clubs, a library and restaurant, all connected by a central atrium. A major feature is that the theatre has a unique, hydraulically-operated adjustable floor which allows it to be adapted for a variety of events. The audio system is based around a Yamaha M7CL-48ES and SB168-ES stage boxes.

The system designer was Krisztian Varga, pro-audio consultant at Budapest sound specialists Audmax Kft. Working closely with the RaM Colosseum's chief sound engineer Bertalan Kupcsik, he chose the Yamaha so

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UK - Alderamin Group, the international lighting projects specialist, made a successful industry debut at PLASA 2011. The centrally located stand - with its minimalist white space and dramatic LED overhead feature - proved popular with many visitors, significantly raising the Group's profile and generating considerable sales activity.

Comprised of industry veterans Artistic Licence Engineering, Artistic Licence Integration and Ptarmigan Integration, along with the newly formed technical sales company Ten Thousand Things, Alderamin Group achieves a synergy that was very much in evidence at the show.

Alderamin Group co-owners, Wayne Howell and Simon Fraser, explain: "Artistic Licence Engineering is our technical powerhouse, developing profitable standalone products, but also serving the project needs of the Group's Integration companies," says Howell.

Fraser continue

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- Projection designs by Nina Dunn of creative agency Knifedge are to take centre stage when Northern Ballet's acclaimed production of Cleopatra goes on tour to Nottingham, Woking and Norwich this Autumn.

Whereas projection mapping is more conventionally used to wow a one-off audience with a single playback stunt seen from a single perspective, for Cleopatra Dunn has developed the technique to integrate with the live performance and change on cue and in tune with the piece.

The projection designs for Cleopatra play both scenic and emotional roles in the new production - adding atmosphere, depth and context to the simple set design, whilst still allowing the dancers maximum space to perform. It is the first time Northern Ballet has used projections in one of its productions, and projection designer Dunn has worked closely with her programmer, Sam Hunt, an

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UK - MilTec (UK) Ltd reports strong sales resulting from the PLASA show.

"Orders have been coming in since the show opened" said David Faulkes, sales director. "We have been particularly busy with sales of LED lighting, both static and automated, from orders received during and after the show."

"We've had orders for the new 8 Watt quadcolour battens and pars and also for the 324W wash, 90P profile and EPW multi-function moving heads. On the audio front, we also have orders for the DNP26 processor and MZ31 mixer."

"We also have several demos to organise for the LED videotape and the new HLP speaker system. This was the best PLASA show we've ever known"

(Claire Beeson)

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New Zealand - Dream Solutions has announced the immediate availability of the latest update for its LightFactory software - Release 2.8. Featuring additional effect control, advanced MIDI support and a growing list of supported output and control hardware, this release continues to prove to users that LightFactory is the most versatile software based lighting control system on the market, the company says.

Features include Direct editing (paint style) of matrices in cues, groups and chase effects; Independent mapping of MIDI control change messages; New MIDI learn function to simplify MIDI event setup; New auto patch function for even faster patching; Added support for the new ultraDMX pro 3 Universe USB interface; and an increased Maximum universe count to 150.

The latest version of LightFactory is free to download from http://www.lightfactory.net

(Lee Baldock)

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China - Celebrating 40 years in the entertainment technology business, Multiform Lighting will be displaying their new MultiSpot and MultiWall GII fixtures on the booth of their international distributor Adelto Ltd in Hall 5, booth C64 on October 11-14, 2011. The booth will be manned by Markus Grimm, Dirk Linnenweber and Alan Wu.

These high-powered, DMX-controlled LED light sources provide a wide range of professional facilities in a convection cooled die-cast/extruded aluminium chassis. Using an optional conversion kit, the XLR and Powercon connectors can be replaced with cable glands and hard wired cables for IP65 rating and outside use.

The HP3 unit uses 30 3x1W RGB TriLEDs whilst the HP5s use RGBA & W LEDs to provide the widest range of saturated and pastel colours. Up to 6 DMX control modes are available, using from 3 to 7 channels. Selected using the backlit LCD control

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USA - Bosch Security Systems, Inc., Communications Systems Division recently named Bob Rieder as its new product marketing manager for pro sound - install. Rieder will support the Americas region by developing and implementing marketing strategies for Electro-Voice installed audio product lines.

Rieder brings a wide range of industry experience to his new position, having worked extensively in the pro audio industry and, internationally, as a radio producer and host. After working at Jensen in OEM loudspeaker design, Rieder moved into a marketing role at Shure, serving as category director for their install product lines, including wired and wireless mics, DSP, mixers, and PSM monitor systems. Rieder added an MBA to his electrical engineering and music degrees, and worked in market research and consulting before joining Bosch/Electro-Voice.

Rieder brings a lifelong passion for

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UK - Production Services Ireland (PSI) recently supplied a moving lights, specials and LED effects package plus all rigging to the 2011 Proms In The Park event.

This is BBC Northern Ireland's largest OB event of the year and was one of four planned regional concerts that are linked live in to their coverage of the world famous spectacle of the Last Night of the Proms at London's Royal Albert Hall.

It was the second consecutive year that PSI had been involved in the BBC NI event as a major equipment supplier. The show was staged in at Castle Park, Bangor, and featured the Ulster Orchestra plus special guests, presented by Noel Thompson and Claire McCollum.

Staging:

The stage was supplied by Star Events. It measured 19m wide by 14m deep with 8m of headroom, from which PSI sub hung a 15m x 12m box truss for all the lighting positions. They also flew a 4m

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