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The stand will showcase the many marques which AC-ET distributes exclusively in the UK, as well as other leading brands the company is an authorised reseller for.

AC-ET's Lighting Division

From AC-ET's Lighting division, the stand will showcase their diverse portfolio of LED lighting solutions, including an exclusive unveiling of the new LED lighting family from Vision™ alongside the latest offerings from Chroma-Q®, PixelRange, Spotlight, SGM, Philips Selecon and Mole Richardson. The Vision range also provides sole stand illuminati

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PLASA London is supported by Platinum Sponsor Robe Lighting, Gold Sponsor Martin Professional and Silver Sponsor Clay Paky.

Chris Toulmin, Head of Events, PLASA London 2013, said: "Our move to ExCeL has given us and our exhibitors the scope to truly get bigger, brighter and louder. We are very proud to unveil the AudioLab feature which brings the latest a

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The new Pharos EXT is mains-powered and provides local DMX and DALI output for the TPC, as well as other hardware interfaces for triggering, creating a standalone lighting control system without the need for a separate power supply or network switch. The Pharos TPC is a powerful lighting controller with an integrated, customisable touch screen - combined with the EXT, it can now be used for DMX and DALI installations without any Ethernet infrastructure.

The EXT comes with all the usual benefits of a Pharos product - free Designer software, free technical support and a 5 year warranty.

Visit Pharos Architectural Controls at PLASA on stand K60

(Claire Beeson)

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Three products in the White Light Zone will be featured in this year's PLASA Awards for Innovation: the Altman Phoenix LED profile and UV Spectra Cyc fixtures, as well as the JB Lighting Sparx7 LED wash fixture.

The White Light Distribution family of products can be found within the White L

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CT's latest innovation is a full colour, high brightness, super lightweight 10mm LED display weighing a mere 11kg per m2. At less than half the weight of previous comparable systems the G10 offers massive advantages in terms of production opportunities and reduced freight costs, says the company. The extraordinary weight saving means a native resolution HD screen measuring 207 m2 can be built weighing only 2.3 tonnes. Alternatively typical on stage effects and Imag screens for touring applications of 5x3m (16x9') will weigh less than 225kg(500lbs). Screens can now be tracked, rotated and flipped using simpler rigging and mechanics, greatly reducing production costs and increasing impact.

The light weight and low volume design has similar advantages i

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Peter Heath, Sales and Marketing Director for RSG UK will present a business seminar in Seminar Theatre 1 on Monday 7th at 5.00pm entitled 'Maximising Sales Efforts'. This is a session aimed at sales people/managers about the benefits of pro-active calling and selling. It will also look at building and managing sales pipelines; digital contact versus telephone contac

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Stock of this essential book - the first new edition in five years and now including material previously containedin the Model National Standard Conditions for Places of Entertainment - can be found on the ABTT's Stand,A53, at ExCeL London, from this Sunday 6 October, at a reduced rate, held for all four days of the show.

Edited by David Adams and published by the Association of British Theatre Technicians, the Chartered Instituteof Environmental Health, the District Surveyors Association and the Institute of Licensing, the book sets out thephysical standards for buildings, their equipment and the good management of the premises so as t

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Products will include all those launched at Prolight+Sound, Frankfurt in April - The Pointe, MiniMe, CycFx 8, Cyclone and MMX Blade - highlighting some brand new concepts - all embracing Robe's smaller-lighter-brighter and more eco-friendly philosophies.

Newly launched at PLASA is the Parfect, a tough PAR-can styled plastic housing featuring Robe's LEDBeam 100 lightsource.

The Robe Parfect, is an LED source ACL beam at an affordable price that is made in Europe. This unit is a static version of the massively successful LedBeam 100 and retains all the key features of this, including both CMY & RGBW colour control, tungsten emulation, Zone Fx, selectable & variable colour temperatures ... and the really powerful, punchy 7° beam.

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Applying Flare Audio's theory of Waveform Integrity, Flare Audio has revolutionised bass enclosures with the release of SB21, SB18 and SB12. These compact enclosures (less than half the size of typical 21", 18" and 12" sealed design bass loudspeakers) deliver clear strong bass over the driver's full frequency range without false enhancement.

The SB21C features a 21" 1400w driver in a 600mm x 600mm x 300mm 42kg enclosure, the SB18C houses an 18" 1200w driver in a 513mm x 513mm x 261mm 23.5kg enclosure and the SB12C, a 12" 900w driver in a 374mm x 374mm x 178mm enclosure.

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The company's highly experienced Project Managers can handle all aspects of a project and have a diverse portfolio of previous client examples ranging from theatres to nightclubs and bars, restaurants, schools, houses of worship, cruise ships and live performance venues.

With access to over 200 leading brands, ACSP can cater for any size of installation from a simple six circuit lighting bar with dimming and control, to a full blown multi-media theatre system.

Staff will be happy to discuss the company's full

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Jands UK dealer, A.C. Entertainment Technologies Ltd. (PLASA stand P41) will showcase models from the Vista hardware range, including the new Vista D1 playback processor. When connected to any host console from the Vista family, each D1 allows control of an additional 8192 DMX channels to help cope with the increasing channel counts being used in today's designs.

Jands will also showcase new features for their award-winning Stage CL conso

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The company's PLASA stand (P60) will feature models from the Color Force, Studio Force and Inspire ranges illuminating various surfaces, to demonstrate the LED products' colour accuracy and consistency, and precise theatrical grade dimming - features which together are designed to deliver the highest performance levels from a lighting instrument, says the company.

Making its PLASA London debut is the award-winning Inspire LED house light, a powerful multi-purpose creative lighting tool that can transform the look and feel of both large performance spaces and smaller commercial,

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Stock of this essential book - the first new edition in five years and now including material previously contained in the Model National Standard Conditions for Places of Entertainment - can be found on the ABTT's Stand, A53, at ExCeL London, from this Sunday 6 October, at a reduced rate, held for all four days of the show.

Edited by David Adams and published by the Association of British Theatre Technicians, the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, the District Surveyors Association and the Institute of Licensing, the book sets out the physical standards for buildings, their equipment and the good management of th

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Plus ETC introduces the ETC PLASA Lounge and Power and data requirements PLASA seminar.

Fixtures:

Key to this year's ETC stand is company's newest and most innovative LED lighting fixtures - the Source Four LED CYC and the Desire D22.

Above the stand is a large 7m x 3m cyclorama, lit with ETC Source Four LED CYC, using the Lustr+ LED engine. One side of the cyclorama is a painted theatrical cloth to show the versatility and efficacy of the Lustr+ seven colour mixing system, highlighting colours as

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The AudioLab Arena is a new purpose built pro audio demonstration facility where the latest products for club sound, mobile and large format systems will be showcased. The Roland V-800HD Multi Format Video Switcher will feature at the core of the set-up in the Arena which will host shoot outs from exhibitors such as Adam Hall, Dynacord and FBT.

Peter Heath, Sales and Marketing Director for RSG UK will present a business seminar in Seminar Theatre 1 on Monday 7th at 5.00pm entitled 'Maximising Sales Efforts'. This is a session aimed at sales people/managers about the benefits of pro-active calling and selling. It will also look at building and managing sales pipelin

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The product range can also been seen in action providing sole illumination of the stand (Q50) for industry-sponsored racing driver, Jack Goff - currently competing in the 2013 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC).

"Each Vision product is manufactured using quality components, processes and materials, then tested to the very highest standards to deliver reliability and satisfaction time and time again," the company adds.

The Vision LED family features a 16° PAR, a 1 metre batten, and a zoomable moving wash, each using 10

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The PLASA Awards for Innovation

RC4's new RC4Magic DMX4Flkr with RC4 Flicker Effects Engine has been nominated for the PLASA Awards for Innovation. "The DMX2flkr and DMX4flkr produce beautiful flicker and flame effects," says RC4. "Use the RC4 Flicker Effects Engine to define unique, personalised looks, not pre-packaged or canned effects. You determine - in real time with DMX channels - how oscillators and random-number generators modulate

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PLASA 2013 attendees will get an opportunity to try out the compact V276 on Mac control interface and Mbox® Studio, a software-only version of the popular Mbox Extreme® media server, both of which are available for sale. Both products are designed for use with a user-supplied Apple Mac computer. Individually these solutions are feature-ri

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PLASA 2013 attendees will get an opportunity to try out the compact V276 on Mac control interface and Mbox Studio, a software-only version of the popular Mbox Extreme media server, both of which are available for sale. Both products are designed for use with a user-supplied Apple Mac computer. Individually these solutions are feature-rich but when combined, these two products prov

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The West London based company - which delivers cutting-edge visuals technology to some of the UK's biggest shows including X Factor, Million Pound Drop, Britain's Got Talent, and many events, conferences and award shows - is working closely with Avolites Media to offer the industry powerful solutions to push the boundaries of on-screen displays.

"Having looked at the marketplace we wanted to select a media server that would be user friendly and at the same time has plenty of future capabilities," says Anna Valley's director of corporate and events, Nick Hart. "The extended features combined with a familiar user i

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"We are excited to return to Berlin for the 136th Convention," stated Bob Moses, Audio Engineering Society executive director. "Berlin is a hub of technology and industry, with a vital and rich history in audio innovation. In addition, Germany is an extremely important marketplace for our business partners and sponsors to engage with pro audio customers. It is a more-than-fitting site for our next European convention."

(Jim Evans)

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The ever-popular awards - organised by The Society of Television & Lighting Design (STLD), The Association of Lighting Designers (ALD), Clay Paky and Ambersphere Solutions and generously sponsored by Chroma-Q, Hawthorn, MA Lighting, Osram, Robert Juliat and XL Video - provide public recognition for outstanding achievements in touring, television and theatre lighting and video design.

Hosted by Andy Collins, the sparkling ceremony saw over 300 lighting and video professionals from the worlds of TV, Theatre, Concert Touring and Events come together to celebrate the diverse range of creative talent in production design today.<

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The cheque was presented by ETC's Anders Ekvall to Light Relief trustee John Simpson and freelance lighting designer Stuart Porter, who was recently helped by the charity.

(Jim Evans)

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This September, resident group Word and Life Worship - described as "a high-energy praise and passionate worship band spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ" - were again under the spotlight. Local sound and lighting specialists Prosound, PR Lighting's new South African distributors, provided a fully dynamic lightshow consisting of fixtures from the Chinese manufacturer to really make the performance come alive in the Boksburg-based church.

These included 10 XLED 1037, 10 XLED 336 and 10 XR 200 Beam - as well as other PR Lighting heads.

To maximize the event and swell the congregation, record companies and other churches from all over the region were invited with heavy pro