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Steinigke Showtechnic's new ML-56 QCL Eurolite's unique feature is a color temperature range that, the company says, "introduces a new color variety within LED spots".

An unusual alignment of the 4in1 LEDs accounts for this, according to the company, the key to the wide color palette being an unconventional assembly of the 18 multichip diodes. Besides RGB, 12 of the chips feature an additional white LED, while the remaining six are arranged as RGB and amber. Thanks to the interaction of these white and amber hues, the basic colors can gradually be reproduced warmer or colder. The design also allows a deep, luscious red - often a problem - to be created.

The amber LEDs also allow the creation of an orange which, says Steinigke, could not be created by other LED spot luminaires. "Although this orange might not be as powerful as the other colors, due to the restricted num

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InfoComm International will continue its programme of support for the UK's AV rental and staging community when it hosts a range of education sessions at PLASA 2011.

The sessions will take place at London's Earls Court on Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 September. They will be led by Andre LeJeune, CTS, InfoComm's Rental & Staging Staff Instructor, who has more than 30 years' experience of staging and presentation and has been responsible for many large-scale productions for corporate clients around the world.

Topics covered will include 'Lighting for Video in the Large Meeting Environment', 'Audio Techniques for Corporate AV Events', and 'Project Management for Stage Labour'. Each session will last 90 minutes and will earn attendees 1.5 RUs (Renewal Units) towards continued InfoComm CTS certification. All sessions are free to attend.

Chris Lavelle, InfoComm Regional Manager, UK & Ireland

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With a worldwide reputation for Ethernet and DMX data networking products for lighting and LED wall systems, Netherlands-based ELC Lighting has extended its range of add-ons to include digital communications and cue lights over Ethernet. Stand 2-S15 at PLASA 2011 will be the launchpad for GreenGo - what company describes as "an innovative digital communications system with outstations that are simple to use and connect into any Ethernet network".

GreenGo provides high quality digital voice communications, and optional text messages and cue lights, simply by connecting beltpacks and wall-mounted outstations anywhere on the Ethernet network. For basic voice comms, just a set of beltpacks is needed - an expensive central matrix unit and separate power supplies are not required - as all the data settings are stored in each beltpack, which is powered via the network delivering sta

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Acclaim Lighting will show its new Rebel Band 600 which, the company says, can scale 100' buildings with ease. This powerful IP-rated LED wall wash provides lighting professionals with a solution for long throw dynamic illumination of large structures, façades and landscapes.

The biggest and brightest LED fixture introduced by Acclaim to date, the Rebel Band 600 is equipped with 104 high-power Rebel LEDs. It provides enough output and covers enough area to handle large-scale applications where LED fixtures typically haven't been used, such as washing 100' building façades.

With an IP-65 rating, the Rebel Band 600 is able to withstand rain and dust, so it can be used either indoors or outdoors. In addition to architectural applications, its precise light distribution and extremely even field make it perfect for high-impact stage scene settings, adds the company.

The Rebel Band 600

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UK - As part of the PLASA Education and Training Programme, Artistic Licence Engineering will be holding a training seminar on the DMX and RDM protocols during the show's 'Skills Wednesday'.

This Artistic Licence Engineering sponsored training event will focus on the understanding and use of the DMX and RDM protocols.

The three-hour course will cater for product designers, systems integrators, lighting technicians, artists and students who seek to expand their scope of these two industry-standard lighting protocols.

A step-by-step approach on how the protocols communicate will provide delegates with a solid basis from which to use DMX and RDM with confidence. The electronic requirements will be examined and demystified. Tools of the trade will be presented and demonstrated.

The course will be conducted in an open and casual manner, allowing attendees to "think through

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World - The 2,194 passenger capacity AIDAsol is the fifth of seven ships for AIDA Cruises built by the Meyer Shipyards in Germany and is the latest luxury liner to set sail outfitted with Martin Professional entertainment and architectural lighting solutions.

The AIDA ships are designed by Architects Partner Ship Design, a creative team from Hamburg, who together with Christian Schönrock, director of new building at AIDA, are 100% responsible for the integrated visual style of the AIDA brand.

Chief lighting designer for AIDA is Hilton Jones, who was commissioned to create dynamic lighting schemes for the myriad of entertainment spaces on each AIDA ship.

"For AIDA Cruises, entertainment has always been a very important part of the experience for the guests on board, and an extensive program of shows has been part of the concept from the very beginning of the AIDA brand,

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USA - When Premios Juventud 2011 aired live on Univision, millions of votes had been cast to honour Spanish-speaking celebrities in the areas of film, television, music, sports and fashion. While the awards ceremony is a vibrant and enthusiastic evening filled with musical performances by some if the top artists today, behind the scenes lighting designer Carlos Colina was tasked with bringing the annual celebration to life for both the live and at-home audience.

Faced with various lighting obstacles, Colina would need a suitable lighting package to help him succeed, so he called upon Atomic Lighting who provided him with a rig full of Vari*Lite automated luminaires from Philips Vari-Lite.

"When I received the initial set design in April 2011, I looked it over and immediately knew that we would have a few challenges with how the set was laid out," says Colina. "I

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UK - As sponsors of PLASA 2011, Clay Paky would like to welcome customers onto its stand 1-E36 for a preview of next year's innovations and a chance to win one of the company's most sought-after products.

Visitors to the stand will be invited to play one of their slot machines and perhaps win a Sharpy. Everyone is entitled to a spin of the wheels, but if you turn up with a voucher you can double your chances with one extra play.

Joining the ranks of the Alpha range is the Alpha Spot QWO 800, a new 800W spotlight packed with features: a self-focusing zoom with a 7° to 55° range; the Dyna-Cue Creator, capable of creating complex animations with minimum programming; an animation wheel for video-like projections; last but not least the fixture is incredibly noise-free.

For events and exhibition companies the GlowUp is a portable, battery-powered, accent uplight that remo

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UK - A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) will showcase a selection of lighting, audio, rigging and video solutions available from its vast range of premium brands on stand 1-E10 at PLASA 2011.

The A.C. Lighting division will showcase the new GLP Impression Wash One and Spot One high powered LED spot and washlight moving heads. The latest moving lights available from Clay Paky, Martin Professional, Robe lighting and Vari*Lite will also be on display, plus a selection of the new PixelRange series, including the new PixelPar, QPar and SmartLine LED fixtures. Examples from the wide Spotlight theatrical and architectural ranges, along with Manfrotto stands, will also be on display. The latest Chroma-Q LED fixtures and Jands Vista range running the new v2 software will also be featured on the stand.

The A.C. Audio division will promote the latest specialist loudspeakers from UK

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UK / USA - As part of its ongoing merger activities and in response to the end of year departure of Ruth Rossington, executive director in Europe, PLASA has taken the opportunity to restructure its management team to ensure it continues to move the organisation forward while progressing a wide range of projects of benefit to members.

With effect from 1 October 2011, a new company structure will be put in place which sees CEO Matthew Griffiths heading up the association, whilst also temporarily overseeing the Events divisions in the UK and North America. Finance director Shane McGreevy becomes chief operating officer (COO) with responsibilities expanding beyond finance and core services into operational administration and personnel.

Lori Rubinstein, current executive director in North America, becomes the new director of membership, skills, standards & technical overseeing thes

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Denmark - Martin Professional Scandinavia has announced that Mikkel Toksværd has joined the company as project sales manager Nordic, overseeing project activities throughout Scandinavia for Martin's Danish-based EMEA sales organisation.

Toksværd will cover the entire Scandinavian region with particular focus on the Swedish and Norwegian markets. He originally graduated from the Danish National Theatre School as Lighting Designer and later achieved a certificate in Project Management from Copenhagen Business School.

Over the past 10 years, he has owned his own business, marketing the French/US show control company Medialon in Scandinavia, activities he will continue to manage.

Leif Orkelbog-Andresen, business area manager for Martin EMEA Projects, stated: "With his proven track record in the Scandinavian countries, Mikkel will bring valuable insight and guidance to our

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The Netherlands - Ampco Flashlight Rental has announced the appointment of Otte-Pieter Banga as operations director. Banga will take up the position on 7 September and will assume responsibility for the day-to-day management of the company.

Dick van Berkum, CEO of Ampco Flashlight Rental, welcomed the appointment of Otte-Pieter: "He's a dynamic manager and feels perfectly at home in our often complex commercial, governmental and technological world."

Banga has extensive experience within the entertainment industry. He has previously held positions within large organisations, and is also an old acquaintance of Ampco Flashlight, having served as interim director of Flashlight BV between 1999 and 2000.

He says of his new challenge: "I am very happy with this new role. Given my background and knowledge of the entertainment industry, I am confident that I will cont

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UK - Nicolaudie's Sunlite Suite 2 software was launched at the PLASA show last year, and one year on, the software has had a wide range of bug fixes and new features added.

Palettes are very powerful when programming lighting, particularly if you need to quickly update a set of scenes at once.

The EasyTime timeline editor allows the user to simply programme their show by dragging and dropping various effects (constant levels, Curve, Gradiend, X/Y, video etc) onto a timeline. A Cycle is a cue list of scenes and switches - useful if you have a set of scenes and switches and wish to trigger these sequentially. Cycles are very easy to record and modify thanks to the new timeline editor, say Sunlite developer Nicolaudie.

At PLASA 2011, Nicolaudie will run a competition at the PLASA show this year. Each customer coming over to the stand for a basic demo of our products will go int

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USA - PLASA has announced the finalists for the fourth annual Rock Our World Awards, to be presented at the PLASA Cocktail & Awards Reception at LDI 2011. The PLASA Rock Our World Awards were created to honour groundbreaking achievement by its members and to acknowledge the genius of both the creator of the technology and the designer or integrator who applies it in a real world environment.

The finalists for the fourth annual Rock Our World Awards are:

83rd Annual Academy Awards - Green Hippo, PRG, TMB

ALEXA Digital Camera System - ARRI

coolux Widget Designer 3.0 PRO - Coolux GmbH

DataGate Mk2 - ENTTEC

Disney World of Color - A.C.T Lighting, Fisher Technical Services, MA Lighting, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Creative Entertainment

EverGrip Molded Motor Control Cables - Lex Products Corp

Garsington Opera - Unusual Rigging Ltd (UK)

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UK - Manchester-based lighting rental company dbn supplied large scale spectacular architectural lighting to Culture Liverpool for a special event celebrating both the 100th anniversary of the iconic Liver Building and the opening of the new Museum of Liverpool - the largest newly-built national museum in Britain for more than a century - both located on the City's famous Pier Head waterfront.

dbn's team was led by Pete Robinson. Their brief included the lighting of a live performance stage on the Pier Head and providing complimentary lighting onto the Liver Building itself, which framed a large format projection show created by Czech AV specialists Macula, using 35000 lumen Christie projectors.

On the Liver Building, dbn had ensured that light filled the space between the outer limits of the centrally positioned projections and the edges of the building, in the process, highl

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USA / UK - High End Systems, a Barco company, has announced its partnership with UK based The Lighting Hospital. This cooperative agreement aids High End Systems customers in the UK and Europe by providing a UK service location. The Lighting Hospital is authorized for warranty level fixture and console repairs as well as direct circuit board repairs.

The Lighting Hospital is located in a 750sq.ft office in Bristol UK. They specialise in board level repairs and work with some of the best known lighting rental companies in Europe.

"The Lighting Hospital has been in business for more than two years as an independent service and repair centre to the lighting industry throughout the EMEA region," says Dik Welland, director of The Lighting Hospital. "Our repair team carries years of expertise in the industry and have assisted on many of the world's most significant sh

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UK / France - Robert Juliat will be exhibiting at PLASA 2011 - in the White Light Zone - where the Aledin 630 LED profile and the new Aledin 330 LED wash light will be presented - the latter for the first time at PLASA.

The new, variable beam angle, 85W LED Aledin 330 wash light is a complement to the Aledin 630 LED profile spot, which received the PLASA 2010 Innovation Award.

Robert Juliat sales director, Lionel Garraud, says: "The feedback we are receiving is that customers find the Aledin wash a very powerful LED product which is easy to daisy chain and produces a clean, even beam. The dimming is very smooth with no 'stepping', its strobe feature is useful for concert lighting and the choice of colour temperature lends itself well to exhibition work. The result is a very versatile unit that is proving very popular in multi-function venues and television studios."<

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UK - The latest in the wave of new products to be launched by Artistic Licence Engineering at PLASA is Multichrome Tube, a linear, double-sided LED fixture based on Artistic Licence's Multichrome Flex technology.

Sixteen individual colour-changing RGB pixels are housed within a 500mm long tube which is IP rated (IP67) for exterior, as well as interior, use.

Multichrome Tube also benefits from long lamp life, low beam temperature and low power consumption, yet with no compromise in quality or performance: no less than 16 million high purity colours can be obtained from Multichrome Tube's colour mixing ability, in addition to excellent white tracking, says the company. Optimised for designer-friendly colours, the choices on offer can satisfy the most demanding of lighting designers across all lighting disciplines.

The compact size and clean lines of its housing makes Multichro

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UK - Chroma-Q will feature their range of LED lighting & visual effects products and original lighting accessories, designed for a wide range of entertainment, broadcast and architectural applications, on Stand 1-E12, Hall 1, at PLASA 2011.

The light output, colour blending and dimming qualities of Chroma-Q LED range, which utilises the latest cutting-edge technologies, will be fully showcased in the stand's demo theatre and TV broadcast studio areas.

Products featured include the new Studio Force daylight white (6,100K CCT) and Studio Force variable white (3,000K - 6,100K CCT) LED fixtures, producing an extreme output of up to 28,000 lumens. Both models are available in 300mm, 1.2m and 1.8m lengths.

The Studio Force range complements the popular Color Force RGBA LED line-up, which provides power across the spectrum, from deep cold blues to red hot lava and super soft pastel

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UK - Jands will showcase their award-winning range of Vista lighting and media control solutions, including the recently launched Vista v2 software, on the A.C. Entertainment Technologies stand (1-E10, Hall 1) at PLASA 2011.

The Vista v2 software gives all levels of user the ability to get the most from whatever technology they have available - whether it be dimmers, moving lights, LED, or media.

Vista v2 offers the simplicity to work fast, with the power to control the finest details, so everyone can focus on creating a great looking show, rather than on programming a desk, says the company.

(Jim Evans)

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The White Light Zone will showcase the products from some of the world's leading lighting manufacturers, all of whom have chosen White Light as their distributor.

Since PLASA 2010, the White Light Family of manufacturers has grown once again, and the 2011 White Light Zone will include, for the first time, special effects company CITC (creators of the Little Blizzard snow machines, the Bubble Max bubble machines, the Haze Max haze machines and many more), Core Lighting (manufacturer of a wide selection of mains and battery powered LED uplighters, many also featuring wireless control for completely cable-free setup of event lighting), EVOled (a new LED module designed to retrofit to existing tungsten theatre fixtures), Interactive Technologies (manufacturer of CueServer and other lighting control devices for architecture, stage and studio applications), Leader Light (manufacturer of a wi

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UK - Philips Selecon LED luminaires will participate in the Society of Television Lighting Designers (STLD) LED fixture shoot out on Stand 1F-60. The event promises to be an exciting interactive, hands-on, head-to-head showdown.

The Philips Selecon PLTR2 RGBAW LED (Color Blaze) will be pitching its 3540 lumens per foot output (available in 2ft and 4ft fittings) against other cyclorama lighting products on a specially built 8m cyclorama on the STLD stand.

Michael Goldberg, sales and marketing director EMEA for Philips Entertainment says: "What ensures the Color Blaze luminaire stands apart from its competition is the way it makes use of both cool white and amber LEDs. They ensure lighting designers have access to a palette of both subtle pastel and rich saturated colours. In addition the luminaires accept a range of lenses, which means the fixture can service a variety of

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UK / USA - ETC's award-winning Eos lighting control family is expanding with the addition of the compact new Gio - a high functionality desk in a smaller footprint. "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 server control - as well as the instantly recognisable ETC syntax. Programmers familiar with other Eos family members will immediately settle in with Gio; novice users will quickly master the direct, intuitive operational st

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UK / Czech Republic - Showlight 2013 takes place in ?eský Krumlov in the Czech Republic and the town's 13th century Gothic castle, with its connected theatre and conference centre which will be the main venue for the presentations and exhibition.

The organisers are beginning their search for speakers for Showlight 2013 and will be at at PLASA 2011 on stand 1-C25.

"If you're a manufacturer, installation or rental company, Showlight offers the perfect environment in which to network with lighting designers from all disciplines. As an exhibitor, you'll have three days in which to talk about your products and ideas in a relaxed, informal atmosphere," says a spokesman.

(Jim Evans)

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