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Held at the Novotel London West in Hammersmith, the fifth edition of the show was production managed by Steve Allen, and featured the input of PSL Music (video), ML soundadvice and Meyer Sound (audio), HSL Group (lighting), A.C. Lighting (additional lighting equipment), Star Events Group (rigging & truss), Kroos (crewing), Blackout (draping), Ice Lighting (bar LED lighting) and Edwin Shirley Trucking (transport).

A highlight of the production was the work of video graphics director Richard Shipman, along with Richard Bagshaw and Kate Perring of Digital Insanity, who designed a video projection wall

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The new project, BSR E1.32-200x, Recommended Practice for the Inspection of Entertainment Industry Luminaires, is designed to help electricians conduct regular inspections of lighting instruments. In working on the BSR E1.19 GFCI project, it has become clear to the working group that one of the causes of ground-fault circuit interrupters tripping on stages, in studios, and on location shoots is faulty lighting equipment. Regular inspection would allow faults to be identified and corrected so they aren't risks to personnel or causes of production delays.

Interested parties - who would be anybody who owns, rents, uses, inspects

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Showsec has continued with the investment and expansion of it's training and research department in 2006. The staff development programme will set new standards within the industry, say the company.

The IOSH-accredited Supervising Safety in the Events Industry course has been devised by Showsec's training manager Roy Wise, H

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Held at White Light's base in London, south-west London, classes are generally held on Wednesdays and run from 10am until 4pm. The season started on Tuesday January 24th with a free Advanced course on the grandMA console; this was complemented the next day with a Basic grandMA course.

February started with a session on the Avolites consoles and will concluded with a session on the Whole Hog 2 console on the 22nd. March's cou

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So on the rare occasion that someone is prepared to open up and reveal what are, let's face it, the really interesting facets of their operation, it's always a treat. In this industry, the extreme case of such openness has to be Le Mark, the Cambridgeshire-based manufacturer of sticky tapes and labels so indispensable to the entertainment industry, which decided last year to expose its soul to BBC 3's fly-on-the-wall business documentary, The Ferocious Mr Fixit.

Le Mark has

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By supporting this charity, Global Infusion has pledged to buy 80,000 500ml bottles in 2006. This in turn will raise £5,000 to buy a village a well, a pumping system and a 'magic roundabout'. The children of the village play on the roundabout, and each revolution pumps a litre of water into storage tanks, so water can be freely available.

The concept was launched to the team at Global Infusion Group at their AGM in January this year by managing director Duncan Goose. The team wholeheartedly bought into the concept without exception.

Currently, one billion people in t

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The three new services - free credit checks, credit insurance facilities and a debt collection service - have been launched to minimise the risks involved in trading with particular customers and enable members to make more informed decisions.

PLASA Members can now request free credit checks on all UK companies. The service, provided by CreditSafe, allows members to request Reports on clients or business contacts. Updated on a daily basis, the Reports include financial information, key ratios, trend analysis, directors' details, payment record and a rating system classifying companies on a scale from 0 t

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The Home page features colourful, easy to navigate links, which are regularly updated and have been designed to guide browsers quickly to the relevant sections of the site.5 Star's continued investment and innovative qualities are highlighted, including a new 'Technology' section, added to detail 5 Star's recently installed Solid Edge software, a world renowned 3D design, assembly and visualisation tool of which 5 Star has three 'seats'. Solid Edge is now used in production as well as providing clients with accurate virtual models of the proposed case.

The

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"I've been showing it to people and they were more than excited-they were positively giddy!" says John Mordal, a Vivien user who recently demonstrated the latest in Vivien at The Event for Planners and Suppliers Expo in Minnesota. "I believe that the success of this product depends on how easy it is for the lay person to get up and running quickly, and Vivien 1.2 does it," he says.

The Vivien team gave tools like the Missing Coordinate and Shaded View more user-friendly names like Height and Virtual View. "We've listened to feedbac

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PLASA Members can now request free credit checks on all UK companies. The service, provided by CreditSafe, allows members to request Reports on clients or business contacts. Updated on a daily basis, the Reports include financial information, key ratios, trend analysis, directors' details, payment record and a rating system classifying companies on a scale from 0 to 1

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Harman's HiQnet connectivity and control protocol was used within a CobraNet environment so that all audio and control data could be routed over a common Ethernet pipe. Making its debut alongside other HiQnet-compatible devices in the Harman product portfolio were five of the new dbx DriveRack 4800's - the first to be used outside the United States - optimizing the performance of the two powered 10 x JBL VT 4888 DP-CN Vertec line array hangs.

With its 96kHz DSP engine and standard anal

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Harnessing all these advances together in one place at one time is PLASA06 - the main international exhibition for the theatre, architectural, touring, DJ, club, leisure and TV sectors, which takes place from 10-13 September at Earls Court in London.

Six months from opening, the show is 80% sold, guaranteeing that the industry's top 500 brands will be at PLASA06 showing the latest innovations in the lighting, audio, AV, stage engineering and control fields. Not only will PLASA06 have a strong showing of core products and services to meet the demands of projects and ins

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Martin Lupton, worked with Birmingham City Council to make possible the success of this year's workshop, titled 'Eastside Story' and held in the city's industrial Eastside area. The purpose of the workshops is to educate students and professionals as well as private and public agencies and the public, about lighting design and how it can contribute positively to the environment and enhance people's sense of safety.

As technical coordinator of the February 2006 event, attended by 47 students from 24 different countries, Martin Lupton reported that this was the most gritty, urban and industrial of all ELDA+ workshops to date. He said of the project: "Students had the opportunity to work on sites of a uniquely urban s

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"Chris's leadership on the operations side has been integral to the steady growth and profitability of Shure for several years, "says Sandy LaMantia, president and CEO, Shure. "We are confident that her management of our marketing and sales functions will continue this success given her broad knowledge and understanding of all areas of our company's worldwide operations."

Schyvinck replaces Mike McGinn, who has left the company. Previously, Schyvinck had been executive vice president of operations and ha

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The 10,000-seater semi-permanent venue, designed and built by Arena Structures to Wembley's specifications was the first of its kind built in the UK. The venue had to comply with stringent permanent building regulations in order to deliver a temporary facility with the feel of a permanent venue, which could act as a music arena.

The TFS was adapted to ensure that all of the facilities required to host concerts were available, with Arena Structures incorporating additional structures alongside the main TFS to house toilets, concessions, bars and other concert facilities. All of these structures were placed on a specially designed platform, constructed using 18 miles of scaffolding.<

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The original company dates back to the early 1980s, when it was engaged primarily in making musical instrument cases. In 1989, it was acquired by industrial foam conversion specialist Flexiplas, and current MD Jim Willis set out to broaden 5 Star's horizons to expand beyond its music business base. Clients from the Industrial sector soon came on board, including Rolls Royce, Racal and Sony Broadcast.

In 1991 Keith Sykes, the current works director and MD designate, joined the company as production manager following the acquisition of Ipswich-based Pro-Tect Cases. The purchase brought an impressive contacts book

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(Sarah Rushton-Read)

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Capita Symonds is part of the FTSE100 Capita Group plc and employs 3,300 staff in 45 UK offices and another five overseas. It has doubled its turnover to £200m in the two years to 2005 and is one of the fastest growing firms in the consultancy and engineering sector.

Commenting on its new ACE membership, Capita Symonds managing director Richard Marchant said: "We made a conscious decision to join ACE as it is the leading business association in our sector. ACE can help Capita Symonds by being an ambassador for consultancy and engineering and by being an active member we can in turn have a greater influence in the industry.

ACE chief executive Nelson Ogunshakin said: "Capita Symonds joining ACE further

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Shure Performance Listening Centre brings state-of-the-art recording and product testing capabilities to the company's 65,000 square-foot, two-story Technology Annex, which opened last year. Offering all of the comfort of an elegant theatre with tiered seating for 14 and a bamboo floor, the critical studio is furnished with three ATC SCM 100 ASL active monitors, a Carillon Audio Systems computer, and 192 kHz multi-channel AES/EBU interface capabilities from Lynx Studio Technology.

"Shure has developed a first class recording studio, allowing them the ideal environment to test mult

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Rimini Fiera Chairman, Lorenzo Cagnoni, announced the official figures of each of the key sectors of the two expos, which were hosted simultaneously at the expo centre until Tuesday 14 March: "Overall, between lighting, audiovisuals and complementary products, SIB represents a part of Italy's economy with a value of approximately 650 million euros. Last year, the sales of actual musical instruments, for which DISMA Music Show is the leading event, increased by 3.6% com

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"This NASDAQ Capital Market listing is an important step in our program to enhance LOUD's visibility in the financial community," said chairman and CEO Jamie Engen. "As a leader in the rapidly growing professional audio industry, we believe that LOUD is on the right track as we continue to implement our strategy to increase revenue, improve margins, and build value for our shareholders."

(Sarah Rushton-Read)

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PLASA believes that the proposed tourist tax (dubbed the 'bed' tax) will hit this industry from both sides: not only will it put yet another financial burden on businesses in the entertainment, event and installation sectors where business-related travel accounts for a large part of their ongoing overheads, but it will almost certainly affect tourism revenues, which directly influence the financial performance of this industry.

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(Lee Baldock)