USA - Sennheiser will be participating at InfoComm 2016 held from 4-10 June in Las Vegas. The audio specialist will be expanding its new wireless conferencing system, TeamConnect Wireless, with an alternative charging base being launched at InfoComm.

Sennheiser will also be presenting the second new addition to the TeamConnect Family, TeamConnect Ceiling, an innovative ceiling mounted array microphone with automatic beamforming technology for fixed installations. Visitors to the Sennheiser booth (C10908) can experience the wide range of professional products for business communications, including its newly expanded SpeechLine Digital Wireless microphone range, Speakerphone series and MobileConnect audio streaming solution. For those wanting to learn more, Sennheiser will also be offering a special Manufacturer's Training session and a dedicated demonstration-room.

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UK - GLP gave an auspicious debut to its newly-established UK operation at the recent PLASA Focus exhibition in Leeds. Led by head of operations at GLP UK, Noel 'Roly' Smith, the company gave UK premieres to the new hybrid GT-1 spot and beam fixture and the latest accessories in the X4 atom RGBW line up.

Response was reported as being highly positive - right across the range, which included the latest products like the compact impression X1, the IP65-rated X4 atom, the pixel-mapping impression X4 L, and the new GT-1, which marks GLP's return to discharge fixture technology in this new hybrid format.

"It was great to be launching the new UK office at such an important show, and to have the opportunity to meet so many interested visitors," Roly stated. "These ranged from established industry professionals to many young students just starting out on their careers.

"PLASA

UK - Event policing specialist TSG has promoted former temporary team member Martin White to operations executive, a full-time position.

Responsible for maintaining trained staff numbers and equipment, White will also look after the logistics behind TSG deployments, liaise with clients and support the perpetual push for new business.

After 23 years in senior management at the MOD, where he was schooled in high-risk search, explosive ordnance disposal and crisis management, White worked with a number of private security agencies, including TSG sister company Definitive Security.

David Boswell, managing director at TSG, comments, "Martin is a perfect fit. On top of all his logistical experience, he has a comprehensive understanding of the operational management processes that are integral to TSG, the ability to expand and deploy TSG assets nationally and a firm grasp of

USA - At this year's InfoComm booth (C11516) d&b will be focusing on system integration and network technology. After the successful launch of the 10D and 30D installation amplifiers last year, d&b will now - for the first time - introduce its own network products, and reveal the extensive integration options with other manufacturer's control systems.

Released earlier this year, the DS10 Audio network bridge is the first d&b device to be positioned before the amplifiers in the signal chain. Designed specifically for d&b amplifiers, each 1 RU device can deliver up to sixteen Dante network channels via AES3 digital signal outputs, as well as provide an integrated 5-port switch, offering a primary and redundant network for the Dante protocol, as well as advanced functions such as Multicast Filtering and VLAN modes. All will be explained in the d&b demo room (N117) where the DS10

Italy - With less than 12 months until the tenth Showlight 2017 lighting quadrennial (Florence, Italy, 20-23 May 2017) over 50% of exhibitor spaces have already been filled.

"We are delighted to see Showlight off to such a flying start," says Showlight chairman John Allen. "It's hardly surprising as Showlight is a unique, cross-industry showcase and networking opportunity which offers the chance to spend quality time with designers, manufacturers, practitioners and fellow enthusiasts - many of whom fit into all categories."

Those already signed up to join main sponsor, Clay Paky, at Florence's Palazzo dei Congressi are: AC Entertainment Technologies, Ambersphere, Arri, Avolites, Canara Lighting, Coemar, Chauvet, d3 Technologies, DTS, ETC, GDS, GLP, Hawthorns, HSL, Lee Filters, LSC, MA Lighting, RC4, Robe, Robert Juliat, Tait Stage Technologies and White Light.

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France - L-Acoustics has announced the launch of the Kiva II, a new ultra-compact modular line source, adding 6dB of max SPL versus its predecessor, maximized amplifier density with 16 ohm impedance and a new rugged enclosure material

Despite its ultra-compact format, the Kiva II features the L-Acoustics Wavefront Sculpture Technology (WST), giving it a long throw capability and allowing even SPL from the front to the back of the audience. Its coplanar transducer arrangement and new K-shaped coplanar transducer configuration generates a symmetric horizontal coverage of 100° without secondary lobes over the entire frequency range.

The Kiva II will be on display during Infocomm16 at the Las Vegas Convention Centre at L-Acoustics booth number C12116 from 8-10 June, 2016.

"This new Kiva II keeps the elegance of its predecessor but that's where the comparison ends," exp

UK - The Knight of Illumination Awards 2016 (KOI), which celebrates the creative talents of international lighting and digital content designers working in the UK, announces it has added new members to the judging panels of two of the awards categories.

Well-respected and industry-renowned Coral Cooper is now chairperson of its Concert Touring and Events category, with three new judges joining the panel.

Cooper has had an impressive career in lighting design, international touring and lighting console demonstration and was winner of the KOI Lifetime Recognition Award in 2010. Well known throughout Europe, she has spent the last 18 years as an official Philips Vari-Lite product instructor.

"I am absolutely delighted to be chairing this category," says Cooper. "Since winning the Lifetime Recognition Award KOI has meant a great deal to me, so it's incredibly excit

UK - Following the success of the MA Lighting dot2 console training sessions at PLASA Focus in both Glasgow and Leeds, Ambersphere Solutions are once again offering free places for visitors to ABTT at Alexandra Palace on both days of the show.

All the sessions run for 90 minutes and are designed to provide attendees with a comprehensive overview of the features of the MA Lighting dot2 console. After a short introductory seminar that covers all the basic operational features of the desk, delegates will have the opportunity to explore the features of the console that are relevant to their particular needs with expert advice and guidance on hand.

The sessions are designed and delivered by Thor Andre' and Sam Parsons from Ambersphere Solutions. "After the success of our last two PLASA Focus Training sessions, we are delighted to be able to offer the opportunity to our friends

UK - The Theatres Trust has announced that booking is now open for its tenth annual conference: Conference 16: Protecting Theatres (21 June 2016, New London Theatre), a leading event in the Trust's 40th anniversary year.

In this milestone year in the history of the Trust, the conference will examine the state of our nation's theatres and discuss their future. The event will consider the past and present influences on theatre architecture and design; the provision of existing and new theatres in response to city and government devolution; changing demographics; housing delivery and community and audience demand.

The Trust will then look to the future, and the potential for the next 40 years, and ask: What kinds of theatres will we need to build, and how will we find the resources to do so? How should we be asking existing buildings to adapt and change? What impact wi

USA - The Open Control Architecture (OCA) Alliance is exhibiting in the US for the first time since ratification of OCA by the Audio Engineering Society as the AES70 standard, at InfoComm 2016.

The OCA Alliance will be demonstrating the latest technology developments on booth #C11246. The live AES70 demonstration will include products from Bosch Communications, d&b audiotechnik GmbH, Focusrite and Beckhoff Automation GmbH & Co. KG, as well as new technologies available from the OCA Alliance. Included will be software tools and hardware reference designs from OCA Alliance member companies.

The alliance also welcomes new member DeusO GmbH. Specializing in GUI and web-based interfaces for professional systems, DeusO GmbH has created interfaces for some of the AV industry's most prestigious brands. Most recently, DeusO has created OCA.js, a pure JavaScript implementation of an

UK - The PLASA Show (18-20 September) has begun its run-up to the 2016 event with the opening of online visitor registration and the announcement that this year's highly valued PLASA Awards for Innovation is now open for nominations. This year the PLASA Show will make the highly popular move back to the heart of West London, in its former September timeline, and reintroducing the show party, which will take place at a venue on King's Road on the Monday night. Full details of PLASA 2016's industry-leading Seminar Programme will be launched soon hosting topics from world-class designers, production teams and consultants involved with some of the world's best known venues, prolific tours and major global entertainment and sporting events taking place this year.

The Rigging Conference will run alongside the PLASA Show on Monday 19th September. With the opening key-note from well-k

UK - Newly appointed Sony Pro Audio distributor and long-time distributor partner for DPA Microphones, Sound Network is set to exhibit at the ABTT Theatre Show 2016 at Alexandra Palace, 22-23 June.

Sound Network will be showing all of the latest DPA Microphones and explaining how they are best used in the theatre and live performance arena: d:screet Miniature Mics and d:fine Headset Mics for bodyworn applications, d:dicate Recording and d:vote Live Mics for instrument miking.

Adding to DPA Microphones' long-standing close relationship with the Theatre Industry (mainly due to their exemplary d:screet range of miniature microphones), Sound Network hope to bring Sony's brand new DWX-N digital wireless systems to the fore, with quality and specifications that are widely heralded as the best on the market.

DPA's d:screet Miniature, d:fine Headset and d:vote Instrument mics

Romania - Leading live electronic music festival, Electric Castle, will provide 100,000 festival-goers with high tech RFID wristbands for fast and secure entry through the event gates and camping sites. The RFID wristbands will also be used as "digital wallets" for guests to make speedy purchases for all food, drink and merchandise on-site, making for a pain-free and seamless experience.

This year's Electric Castle is a fully cashless festival, delivering benefits to guests including significantly reduced queue times, increased convenience and enhanced security. Electric Castle takes place from 14-17 July in the grounds of B

Australia - During the Vivid Sydney 2016 festival, the famous Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA) in The Rocks has become a giant canvas for the energy of the creative process. Multimedia art collective, Danny Rose, teamed up with Western Sydney Artist, Huseyin Sami, to create an illusion of the MCA fa

UK - Doughty Engineering is set to début three new pieces of kit at this year's ABTT show. The Doughty team will be on hand to demonstrate the company's new Super Lightweight Drop Arm and Projector Mount - both new additions to the award winning Modular Rigging System.

The Projector Mount offers full 360 degree rotation, tilts in two directions and is adjustable to fit most projectors. Meanwhile the Super Lightweight Drop Arm,with a safe working load (SWL) of 10kg,gives lighting designers the opportunity to hang smaller luminaires. With a 16mm spigot and a safety bond slot, the Super Lightweight Drop Arm fits 48-51mm diameter barrels and is adjustable from 75-400mm in length.

Mark Chorley, design engineer at Doughty, said, "The Modular Rigging range will continue to grow as long as its users keep approaching us with their suggestions on how it could be improved. A s

UK - As a part of the company's 40th anniversary celebrations, ETC has something extra special in store for visitors to the ABTT Theatre Show at London's Alexandra Palace. For the first time in Europe, ETC will be hosting interactive training sessions with its new ColorSource consoles.

In tandem with the exhibition, ETC will be running a series of 70-minute training sessions in Suite 4 of Alexandra Palace's Palm Court. This is an opportunity to get an overview of the capabilities and benefits of the entire ColorSource range of products, followed by a more in-depth look at the current and forthcoming ColorSource consoles.

The sessions will include an interactive demonstration of ColorSource consoles; each attendee will have hands-on access to a desk, and can explore the main operational features. As an added bonus, participants will be automatically entered into a prize dra

UK - d&b GB is all set for this year's ABTT Theatre Show at London's Alexandra Palace, 22-23 June. The show will be an ABTT first for the celebrated V-Series point source loudspeakers.

Renowned for their remarkable sensitivity in the vocal range, the V10P will take centre stage in show's 'pop up' Studio Theatre (PBS). Accompanied by Y7s, V-SUBs, E6s and E8s all powered by the flagship D80, whilst the V7P will take pride of place on the d&b stand no. A54.

Live Performance Masterclasses will take place in the PBS, an opportunity for aspiring technicians to get practical insights into the everyday challenges facing production teams in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. The Education and Application Support team at d&b GB - always ready to go back to basics, or share their latest experiments - will be offering sessions on choosing the right loudspeakers and tuning a system usi

UK - Bringing a wide range of global experts together to share their insight and experience, the renowned programme of seminars will again be a feature of the 2016 PLASA Show, which takes place from 18-20 September at London's Olympia. The first tranche of seminar sessions has just been announced, featuring a diverse array of fascinating and thought-provoking subjects.

PLASA Show's first year at Olympia sees the show showcasing the latest technology in Olympia's National Hall and the Gallery floor above, with the two seminar theatres, product demos and interactive showcases also situated on the Gallery floor.

As always, every session at the PLASA 2016 Seminar Programme is free-to-attend, with subjects including audio, lighting, AV, staging and business skills being covered. The first 15 have been confirmed and include the return of LSI journalist Phil Ward's popular panel

UK - The Association of British Theatre Technicians Theatre Awards 2016 took place on Wednesday evening (22 June), after the first day of the ABTT Theatre Show at Alexandra Palace, London.

An experienced jury of working practitioners and industry peers considered entries for the ABTT Awards. Both previously submitted nominations and items brought to their attention on the day, which satisfied the entry criteria were reviewed.

Commenting on the event, ABTT CEO Robin Townley said, "The Awards ceremony, held in the Petrus Bertschinger Studio (PBS), was again a great opportunity for exhibitors and visitors to gather and celebrate good technology and excellent technical practice. It was also very good to be able to welcome the Association of Lighting Designers' for the presentation of their Bursaries.

"There was a great atmosphere in the PBS which clearly conveyed the congr

UK - PLASA 2016 has announced the line-up for its ever popular Rigging Conference, which this year is supported by Unusual Rigging as Platinum sponsor. The conference is being curated for the seventh year running by Total Solutions' Chris Higgs, with a keynote presentation by Rocky Paulson, founder of Stage Rigging Inc.

Held on the first day of the PLASA Show (London Olympia, 18-20 September), this unique conference looks at the issues that are specific to rigging for the entertainment industry and regularly attracts over 150 practitioners, managers, engineers, safety professionals and policy makers from around the globe. "With 30% of its delegates attending from 20 different overseas countries, it has a truly international flavour," say organisers PLASA Events.

During Rocky's keynote presentation, he will talk about his career as a rigger and the influences from his early

UK - The Association of Lighting Designers (ALD), has announced the winners of its prestigious Michael Northen Bursary Award, at an awards ceremony aligned with the recent recent ABTT trade show. The Michael Northen Bursary is awarded annually to students or recent graduates of lighting studies in the UK, who have demonstrated strong, imaginative and creative lighting design. The award is bestowed in collaboration with the Mousetrap Foundation, alongside the generous support of sponsors Electronic Theatre Controls, and Stage Jobs Pro.

Committed to the ALD's vision to springboard shining new talent in the arena of live performance lighting design, these supporters have enabled the expansion of the bursary from one to three awards. The awards were judged by a panel comprised of ALD-member Lighting Designers and Industry professionals from a variety of different disciplines and b

UK - PLASA will host its 2016 AGM & Members Lunch on Tuesday 26 July at the magnificent Jacobean stately home, Hatfield House, just 20 minutes by train from London's King's Cross. All PLASA members are invited to attend and contribute to this key event for the Association, whilst enjoying the chance to network with fellow members.

At the meeting, the association's new managing director, Peter Heath, will be outlining his plans for the development of PLASA during this time of change and renewal. Peter commented: "I am looking forward to meeting many industry colleagues and friends at my first AGM in charge of PLASA. The AGM is our big opportunity to bring members together, to communicate our aim to grow PLASA and clearly explain the benefits this will bring to all."

PLASA members will be encouraged to ask questions and participate, and, perhaps most importantly, to come tog

UK - The University of South Wales (USW) and the Lighting Industry Association (LIA) have agreed a formal partnership, cementing a relationship which will see the development of a range of specialist lighting courses.

Steve Davies, LIA CEO, said: "We are delighted to have signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of South Wales. Our partnership is part of a drive by the LIA Academy to improve and co-ordinate training and development opportunities for lighting professionals throughout the UK."

Various courses will be delivered at the NEW LIA Academy facility in Telford. Students will additionally be given special access to the LIA Laboratory in Telford. This is the UK's largest independent ISO 17025 test laboratory dedicated to lighting and features industry-leading test equipment.

Stuart Green, course leader of Lighting and Design Technology at USW, said

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