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UK - ETC's PLASA stand visitors queued up for demonstrations of the new ETC Source Four LED CYC last week. With the help of a desert scene cyclorama lent by the Design Realisation students on the Technical Theatre Arts programme at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, ETC's fixtures product manager Jim Uphoff and colleagues showed how one scene can be dramatically changed to match different times of day.

Five Source Four LED fixtures with attached CYC adapters at the bottom, and another five at the top, were controlled through an ETC Paradigm touchscreen to produce different colour mixes, each affecting how the scene was perceived.

At London's National Theatre, lighting director Neil Austin used a similar setup on Liolá, using Source Four CYC fixtures to create a very slow fade from cool blue daytime to warm orange evening lighting over the course of up to half an hour.

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UK - New regulations set to come into play could mean more training and investment is needed for those involved in the building of event structures, a leading safety body has said.

The advice comes from the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health's (IOSH) Sports Grounds and Events Group, in the light of new Construction Design Management Regulations (CDM), which are set to take effect in October 2014.

Carl Hagemann, chair of the IOSH Sports Grounds and Events Group, said: "Event organisers and those working in safety at events really do need to realise the impact the new CDM regulations could potentially have on their day-to-day jobs.

"Although the regulations coming into play may seem like a lifetime away, there's no time like the present to start preparing."

When applied to the events industry, the new CDM rules could mean change for organisers and a

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UK - PLASA secured a significant lobbying success last month when the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee published its report into 'Supporting the Creative Economy'. The Committee roundly endorsed PLASA's position regarding the Olympics 'No Marketing Rights Protocol'.

The report was the culmination of an inquiry which was launched just over a year ago with a call for evidence from the Committee, which is made up of MPs from across all political parties. PLASA made a detailed written submission as to how the creative industries can be better supported, with a particular emphasis on the value and importance of the Entertainment Technology sector. PLASA's evidence focussed on issues around allowing companies to promote their involvement in the Olympics, tax relief for apprenticeships, improving protection for intellectual property and helping SMEs in the sec

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UK - Flightcase manufacturer 5 Star Cases used the 2013 PLASA exhibition at ExCeL London to re-launch its popular Speed Challenge motor racing simulation game ... crowning Carl Sheehan, deputy manager of event technology specialist PSAV as the 2013 5 Star Speed Challenge Champion.

5 Star created a completely new bespoke simulator for this year's Speed Challenge, built using 5 Star's Super Tour specification product, complete with several special features and running Sony's PlayStation 3 Codemaster F1 2012 racing game in full HD.

The 5 Star Speed Challenge was first seen at PLASA 2006. This year it had an additional resonance as 5 Star has been one of the most enthusiastic of a number of industry supporters of British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) racing's rising star, Jack Goff, throughout the 2013 season.

The 5 Star Speed Challenge ran on all four days of the exhibition .

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France - Urban Peace 3, Europe's largest hip-hop and urban music event, was an all-Nexo affair. 60,000 fans packed into the Stade de France in Paris for five non-stop hours of live performance, headlined by IAM and Sexion D'Assaut. Sound rental provider Melpomen brought Nexo's new STM Series line array systems into the national stadium for the first time, tying into the permanently-installed Nexo Geo S12 PA for extra coverage of the uppermost seating areas.

Urban Peace 3, which comes five years after Urban Peace 2, presented the cream of French rap music on the city's largest and most prestigious stage. The line-up included Stromae, Orelsan, Chris Brown, Youssoupha and La Fouine, and the mix tent hosted some of the best sound engineers in France.

Sound design for the event was done by Thierry Tranchant of Melpomen, with measurement and tuning by Vladimir Coulibre, using 78 'se

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Germany - Besides extraordinary talent and the fact they have all made the history of music, another thing legends such as Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Brian Jones, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse all have in common is that they belong to the 27 Club. The members of this fictitious club all died prematurely at the age of 27 in tragic (and obscure) circumstances.

The play of the same name, The 27 Club, directed by British director Toby Gough and performed at the St. Pauli Theatre in Hamburg, pays tribute to these and other music legends. It is a musical journey through time in which first-class musicians from Britain and the United States bow down to their idols and play songs such as Hey Joe, Light my Fire and Smells like Teen Spirit.

Patrick Woodroffe and associated designer Roland Greil dealt with the lighting design. Fifteen Clay Paky

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The Netherlands - Hoevenaars LGV BV, a top live event production company located in the Netherlands, recently added Adamson Systems Energia E15 enclosures to their production inventory.

"We were looking for a new stadium size line array system to take our sound department to the next level," explains Patrick Hoevenaars, CEO of Hoevenaars. "The transparency, range, headroom and sheer SPL of this system is just amazing. As soon as we heard it we were sold."

The new line arrays were immediately put into service for the We Love The 90's concert held in Goffertpark Nijmegen in the Netherlands. More than 23,000 people were in attendance for the eight-hour celebration of the music of that decade.

The audience was treated to live performances by many popular artists from the 90's including Scooter, Paul Elstak, Captain Jack, Flamman & Abraxas, 2 Brothers o

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UK - A global musical phenomenon, Wicked has taken to the road for its first UK and Ireland tour and the Production Resource Group (PRG) is providing a custom-built automation solution and the full lighting system.

The show opened at the Manchester's Palace Theatre to five star reviews and plays until 16 November when it will move on to Dublin. PRG is no stranger to the show, having supported the US tour since 2004.

PRG supplied a bespoke designed automation package for the production. For expediency the system used was set-up in its entirety in PRG's testing facility in New Windsor, New York prior to shipping to the UK. This enabled Wicked's creative team to pre-approve scenic moves, which saved valuable time in the theatre.

To support its UK installation John Galante, systems manager for PRG, joined the PRG and Wicked's technical team at the Manchester Palace Theatr

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USA - Following their hugely successful PLASA London presence, Avolites and Avolites Media are heading to LDI at the Las Vegas Convention Center, from 22-24 November, to launch an array of new servers, fader wings, and consoles, Stateside.

Avolites Media will continue this year's launch of benchmark products by unveiling the S Series media servers, and Ai V7. The Ai S2, S4 and S6 are Avolites Media's latest server systems that offer 2, 4 and 6 Display Port / DVI outputs. They also feature the latest third generation PCIexpress motherboards, new series AMD graphics cards and PCIexpress SSD drives. In addition, the Salvation Engine can be easily configured to provide up to 64 layers of PIPs with a single server.

Plus the Avolites team will join the team from US distributor Group One to show off the eagerly anticipated Tiger Touch II. The much loved, intuitive console now offers

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UK - At PLASA London 2013 at ExCel, London, the Solaris LED Flare lighting and effects fixture was honoured with the coveted PLASA Sustainability Award. The eco-friendly concept behind the Flare's design was recognized by the PLASA Innovation Award judges, who asserted, "This multi-purpose, energy efficient product will save loads of energy by replacing and eliminating the massive power consumption of existing fixtures including strobes, audience blinders, and wash lights." The PLASA Sustainability Award is awarded at the judges' discretion for significant achievements in environmental excellence which will benefit this generation and the next.

The Solaris LED Flare is a super-bright, 1000W, high-performance RGBW wash, strobe, and blinder - in one fixture! A single multifunction Flare offers superior performance over traditional conventional or LED fixtures and saves l

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USA - Clay Paky will be featuring a number of new releases and product developments at LDI in Las Vegas later this month.

A.leda B-EYE, winner of the 2013 Plasa Award for Innovation offers versatility and spectacular effects. Says the company, "A.leda B-EYE is versatile because it can be used in many di-verse ways, even within the same project. In fact this fixture is, simultaneously, a state-of-the-art LED wash-light, an amazing 'beam-light' and a projector for totally unseen, stunning graphic effects."

A.Leda B-EYE is a wash-light, generating beautiful colours and featuring an impressive, wide 6° to 70° beam aperture. The zoom however can be closed even further, down to as little as 4 degrees thus switching the light from a wash diffusion into a narrow and parallel beam. In this operating mode B-EYE becomes a 'beam-light, whose beam consists of an array of

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UK - Artistic Licence is gearing up for an exciting LuxLive 2013 (stand B12) at Earls Court later this month. Particular emphasis will be given to two very active areas in the company's product portfolio. The first of these focuses on products designed to solve the installation dilemmas that are becoming increasingly prevalent in the DALI/DMX crossover market. The other highlights the key dimming products in the Artistic Licence range.

DALI is the workhorse of commercial lighting, but in recent years has broadened its reach into the architectural arena. However, feature lighting and special effects are usually controlled using DMX, long the protocol of choice for the entertainment industry. This has left many in the middle ground, often with a need to use DALI and DMX interchangeably. But the integration of the two approaches can be problematic, not least because the protocols o

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UK - LCA - Lights, Camera, Action Ltd - a one stop shop offering a wide range of film, television and broadcast lighting equipment, accessories & consumables, will be showcasing the very latest technology solutions from their extensive portfolio of exclusive and other leading brands, at BVE North 2013, Manchester Central (stand C20 - C10).

As the exclusive European distributor for Filmgear, LCA will demonstrate their PowerLED 160 & 240, LED Fresnel 150 & 250, and Filmgear 1.8kW PAR HMI kit lighting models.

The stand will feature TruColor Lighting's HS and LS remote phosphor LED lighting fixtures, which are also supplied exclusively in Europe by LCA.

From K5600, a UK exclusive - the stand will showcase for the first time at BVE North the Alpha 1600 and Joker 1600W HMI fixtures. Both models come complete with high speed 1,000Hz, flicker free ballast.

Other stand highlights i

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USA - On their largest LDI exhibition stand yet (booth #1925) Le Maitre, will be displaying and demonstrating their complete product line. The line-up will also include a preview of the soon to be launched Salamander Quad Pro flame effect, as well as the launch of the much awaited HazeMaster.

The Salamander Quad Pro is the latest flame unit under development from Le Maitre, and LDI will provide the first opportunity to see the new machine prior to its launch later in Spring 2014.

The original Salamander flame effect, launched earlier this year has been a resounding success units sold across the globe and particularly in the US, where there has been a big uptake for tours and cruise ships. The Salamander Quad Pro follows on from this successful launch, extending Le Maitre's flame family offering.

The Salamander Quad Pro is a larger, more versatile system than the Salamander.

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USA - After a successful show in July 2012, the PLASA Focus event series is returning to Nashville on 18-19 February, 2014, at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium.

"We have decided to return to Nashville as the PLASA Focus event held there in 2012 was very well received well by both visitors and exhibitors, which is not surprising as the city is renowned for its vibrant music and entertainment scene. Visitors will have the opportunity to see the latest technology from the biggest brands, be provided with free access to a two-day education program, and network with industry colleagues." says Christopher Toulmin, head of PLASA Events.

Companies already signed up to exhibitor at the show include 4Wall Entertainment, DiGiCo, Altman Lighting, Barbizon, CAST, Chauvet Professional, Drape Kings, Elation, Martin Professional, Morpheus Lights and TMB. Space is limited so compan

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USA - Theatre Projects' founder Richard Pilbrow and senior consultant Steve Rust will speak during several panel discussions at the upcoming LDI Conference, 18-24 November in Las Vegas. The conference is the largest annual gathering of entertainment technology professionals in the country. LDI is also home to the PLASA Cocktail & Awards Reception which will feature the PLASA Rock Our World Awards, of which Theatre Projects is one of eight finalists in the projects category for its work on the Royal Opera House Muscat in Oman.

The Rock Our World awards were created to honour groundbreaking achievement by PLASA members and to acknowledge the genius of both the creator of technology and the designer or integrator who applies the technology in a real world environment.

Rust is leading the session Performance Lighting Systems for the 21st Century- Magnitude of Change. This s

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USA - After a very successful PLASA Show in late October, LumenRadio now sets course for the upcoming LDI Show in Las Vegas. LumenRadio will showcase the award-winning SuperNova 3 software as well as the entire CRMX wireless product lineup in distributor TMB's LDI village - booth 1578.

SuperNova 3 had its debut at PLASA London 2013 and received intense interest from a steady stream of visitors. "We have received tons of positive feedback on the Art-Net functionality we made for SuperNova 3. We are of course very honored that SuperNova 3 won the PLASA Award for Innovation, our third Innovation award so far", explains Marcus Bengtsson, senior developer of SuperNova.

LumenRadio is also very proud of the recent announcement of the new OEM partner, SGM. The wireless CRMX technology will now be offered for all wireless enabled SGM products going forward.

"The CRMX t

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The Netherlands - From 13 to 15 January 2014, CUE2014 will be held in Ahoy Rotterdam. The biannual exhibition for event, installation and entertainment technology will have more on offer this time, say the organizers. Whereas the main exhibitors were previously suppliers of theatre technology, around 90 exhibitors are now offering a total overview of technical facilities for indoor and outdoor stage presentations - from audio-visual equipment, lighting and sound technology to (temporary) stages, furniture, scenery and hoisting and lifting technology.

This means that CUE2014 is no longer only of interest to the theatre sector, but also to all technicians, producers and board members of locations with a stage.

Enrico Daamen, chairman of the CUE Board comments, "It's been a long time since theatres were the only places to see performing arts and where stage technology plays

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Australia - For the first time in a decade at an Australian trade exhibition Entech Connect will have a Live Audio Zone. This live audio demonstration area will showcase some of the finest talent and finely tuned speaker systems in the market. With a number of sessions across two days and several audio brands already locked in.

This feature is a first for the Australian industry and will be a programmed audio segment dedicated to the demonstration of loudspeakers and will provide visitors the chance to listen to products in a real-world environment.

"A live audio demonstration zone is something that has been missing from industry trade events. We want attendees to not only have the opportunity to view products, but also to experience their sound capabilities first hand," commented Stephen Dallimore, Entech Connect event manager.

Visitors will be able to experience

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Based on the popularity and success of the Showline SL BAR 600 Series of LED luminaires, Philips Entertainment has introduced the compact and high-powered SL BAR 620 LED luminaire. Offering the same output and colour clarity as the SL BAR 640 and SL BAR 660 luminaires, the SL BAR 620 is a powerful two-foot linear fixture utilizing 12 RGBW LED light engines for a uniform and homogenized output designed for a wide variety of entertainment lighting applications, and it will be on display at LDI in the Philips Entertainment Booth # 1614.

"We have found that designers and specifiers worldwide are very pleased with the SL BAR 640 and SL BAR 660, yet they keep asking for a small product in the same range," said Brad Schiller, Showline product marketing manager. "By providing the same quality and features of the larger units in a more compact package, we are thrilled to be able

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USA - Wireless Solution Sweden will be at LDI 2013 with its new G4S software as part of USA distributor's A.C.T. Lighting Booth 1215. On display will be the new W-DMX G4S, with new improved adaptive technology on all models to avoid interference as well Data-Safe MK2 and Invisi-Wire MK2. On all F Models G4S is standard shipped with full RDM implementation.

The complete A.C.T. booth will be controlled with 6 DMX universes running all Clay Paky fixtures. In addition, a complete setup of RDM Control with the W-DMX BlueBox RDM Controller will display the Clay Paky Glow Up with iPad control.

The W-DMX G4S platform is a step change in the popular G4 software, packing improvements across the board. From smarter Adaptive Frequency Hopping to greater resiliency, W-DMX G4S keeps even the most demanding show running.

G4S also brings new RDM functionality as standard in the entire trans

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USA - Los Angeles based ADJ Products has revealed three new professional moving head fixtures this week by way of one-minute "sneak peek" videos on their You Tube channel (http://www.youtube.com/adjlighting).

These three new products along with 30 more professional lighting fixtures will make their debut at the LDI 2013 Show, held at the Las Vegas Convention Centre this week (booth #725).

"We were so excited about our new wave of pro products that we wanted to start sharing them before the show. These new moving heads are aimed at lighting designers, night clubs and installers looking to make a big impact with a professional looking light show all on a real world budget," said Alfred Gonzales, national sales manager of ADJ. "We think these new quality-driven pro products will really 'turn heads' (pun intended). They fit perfectly into our range of qual

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USA - At LDI 2013, in Booth 1614, Philips Entertainment will be showcasing the award-winning products and technologies from Philips Selecon, Philips Strand Lighting, Philips Vari-Lite and the Showline family of LED luminaires through The Passion of Light. An in depth look into "what separates Philips Entertainment from their industry counterparts", The Passion of Light is a theatrical performance told through the eyes of history's most passionate innovators, and will be performed three times daily on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

"We are very excited for LDI 2013 as we have something in store for show visitors that they have never seen before," said Brad Schiller, Philips Entertainment product marketing manager. "Wanting to make this one of the most memorable and talked about LDI shows in recent years, we have created an eye-catching and en

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USA - Clay Paky's A.leda B-EYE LED moving head continued its highly successful launch at LDI, following its initial debut at PLASA London 2013 where it picked up a PLASA Award for Innovation. At LDI, which took place recently in Las Vegas, the A.leda B-EYE K20 was given the coveted title of 'Best Debuting Lighting Product'. In recent years this award has been assigned to products destined for sure future success, including the Clay Paky Sharpy in 2010 (honourable mention) and the Sharpy Wash in 2012.

Marian Sandberg, Content Director of Live Design, explained the reasons for the award: "The B-Eye is an innovative LED fixture that works as a wash, beam and effect light. It can switch from a diffuse wash to parallel beams, and features individual LED control enabling controllable microbeams. Adding colors and moving patterns, it generates countless kaleidoscopic projections.&

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