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As the venue reaches full capacity and with 1,000 visitors already registered to attend, the demand for a high quality show for the North of England's entertainment and installation technology community is self-evident. PLASA Focus is once again on track to bring the latest products from around the industry to a region that looks set to become the location for an annual creative forum for the North.

Since the show and its website were launched in early December, both exhibition halls have completely sold out. New exhibitors Adam Hall, Chauvet Lighting, Cloud Electronics, GDS, Hi-Lights, Le Mark, Lumen Radio, Pola

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Lusby has over 30 years experience in technical sales, exhibition, project and product management working in at various companies such as Samualsons, Teletape Video, JVC Professional Europe and Ultra Electronics.

"I'm delighted to have joined Calibre, a company with a long established reputation as a manufacturer of high quality image processing solutions used in a variety of markets ranging from broadcast, digital cinema, professional AV, medical, defence simulation & training," says Lusby. "Calibre has a new and expanding range of HQView image scalers, switchers and warp & blend processors. With the increasing range of formats and ways in which video

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Gordon Innocent, RGB chairman, states: "We are excited to work with Xantech, who share our passion for providing reliable, innovative and technically superb products. We look forward to bringing our new solutions to market and have extensive marketing and support activities planned."

Graham Hallett, Xantech president, adds: "RGB Communications offer a level of professionalism that provides our customers with consistency, high-level technical support and experience, which precisely aligns with Xantech's product line and planned trajectory for growth. Xantech is proud to have RGB join our network of distributors."

(Jim Evans)

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Brighton Festival Fringe is one of the largest and fastest-growing open access arts festival in the world and the largest in England. Anyone can put on an event in the Fringe, so it functions as a springboard for new work as well as a guaranteed platform for more established acts.

Brighton & Hove has held Fringe activity since the Brighton Festival was launched in 1967. In 2006 the Fringe became a company in its own right and appointed an independent board of directors: it is also a registered charity. Fringe 2010 will run from 1-23 May.

Firefly will be providing a number of solar powered stages as well as supplying all technical infrastructure

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The new organisation, which comes into being today (1 February), will offer "a new and revitalised sales and support structure based on vertical markets" across all TCGI-owned brands, namely TC Electronic, TC Helicon, Lab.gruppen, Lake and Tannoy, as well as the distributed brands Dynaudio Acoustics and Blue Microphones.

All sales activity that was previously handled at individual brand level, such as order processing, and account management will now be centralised and handled at group level out of the offices in Aarhus and Coatbridge.

In addition to this, all sales force and sales support activity will be organised by market segment, of which there are five

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The winner will be chosen by an all-star panel of previous holiday card designers including Bob Bonniol, Beowulf Borrit, Scott Pask, Bruce Rodgers, Douglas Schmidt, and Tim Hunter Design. The winner's design will be among the cards offered for sale to raise money for Behind the Scenes, which provides financial assistance to entertainment technology professionals who are ill or injured.

The winner will also receive a free pass to the Live Design Master Class of choice (lighting, sound, or projection) to be held in May in New York City.

"This is an incredible opportunity for student designers to have their work seen by

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"We are fortunate to be in a growth mode," said Jeremy Scheinberg, COO of Alcorn McBride. "Our customers were the reason 2009 was such a great year for us and Tommy's elevation to sales manager ensures more personalised attention for our loyal client base while the company expands. Tommy really cares about our customers. Not only does he remember everyone he meets, he's tru

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This exciting conference will bring together 200 delegates in the context of discussing the current state of the offstage and backstage industry in today's economy, evaluating problems and discussing the solutions to key issues.

The NSA is a network of industry professionals working together to develop and improve the skills of people working in the sector. Their vision is to create an internationally acclaimed technical theatre and live music sector supporting the best stages in the world.

More information and to register for the conference, go to the website address below.

(Lee Baldock)

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Jamie Reilly commented: "Having an opportunity to collaborate with a company like Eat to the Beat is a privilege to learn new methods of working, new recipes and meeting extraordinary people, this is how, at Cirque du Soleil we remain innovative in all different aspects of our business, from the stage to the Kitchen! I am very pleased to have found with Eat to the Beat the op

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This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Teenage Cancer Trust shows, which are curated by The Who's Roger Daltrey. Announcing the line-up, he said, "When The Who first got together in 2000 to raise money for this brilliant charity, I had no idea we'd achieve so much from these shows. In the last 10 years we've raised over £8.7m, helping Teenage Cancer Trust to open nine more specialist cancer units for young people across the UK."

Eurovision Update - Pete Waterman is to write

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With 22 years of industry experience, Hoey has held similar positions with High End Systems and Vari*Lite in the past. "I am very excited about coming onboard with Robe," he states. "The product line offers the choice of a wide and dynamic range of lighting tools for all types of applications, and Robe's reputation for innovation is one of its great strengths."

Hoey will be based in Austin, Texas, and will spend considerable time on the road visiting clients and contacts and actively demonstrating the kit.

Robe Lighting (US) CEO David Srba states, "It is great to have someone of Sean's calibre join our team. It will allow us to serve the production and rental customers better than ever, combined with outstanding product reliability and a diverse range of technology spann

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ecoXpress is billed as a revolutionary touchscreen-based system that has been designed to help companies save money and reduce their environmental footprint when exhibiting at events all around the world, as it removes the need for printed brochures and corporate material.

At MWC, ecoXpress will be installed on numerous exhibits. When delegates visit those exhibits rather than taking away a printed brochure or guide, they will instead be able to browse the exhibitor's literature on touch screens. Delegates can then choose what information is most relevant to them and email that selected information to their office computers.

Oliver Richardson, DB Systems' sales director, said

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As reported in the Scottish News of the World on 7 February, the lecturer, who for six months had gone by the name 'Simon Cadell', was in fact Simon Brophy, the former head of lighting at the Millennium Dome who was jailed for four-and-a-half years in 2005 after being convicted of a £4m fraud at the Dome.

The deception apparently came to light following allegations that Cadell had had a relationship with a student. He was immediately suspended by the Academy.

Last year, "Simon Cadell" was mentioned in RSAMD press releases as part of its lecturing team that had been named "the best in the world" by OISTAT at the World Stage Design Exhibition & Conference 2009, in Korea. As of this morning, "Simon Cade

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Back to The Eighties - Blondie will play an outdoor show in the UK as part of The Forestry Commission's annual series of outdoor concerts. The show, at the Westonbirt Arboretum in Gloucestershire will take place on 20 June. Happy Mondays will headline the Saturday night of this year's Wychwood Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse on 5 June.