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Event Concept provides a creative event design and full technical production service for both corporate and private clients, and is listed as an approved supplier in over 35 of London's most prestigious venues.

Roger Deane, Event Concept's head of company operations, had been considering a number of LED products on the market when he contacted long-time supplier A.C. Lighting, who recommended the new Color Split fixture.

Deane comments: "The Color Split is ideal for our needs. It provides a very smooth colour change without any sudden 'jumps' that are common with other products and also a very smooth output for uplighting columns or walls. The colour mixing effects are also very impressive - I've seen people trying to use

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Eos won the Product Award for Lighting at Showtech 2007, the control system's second such honour - last year it took the Product of the Year Award for debuting product when it was introduced at LDI. But the Showtech award was the first ever European award.

The SmartFade ML is designed for small touring acts, schools, product launches, corporate events and other applications, as it brings professional features like palettes, parameter "fan" and built-in dynamiceffects to novice and experienced users alike.

Also on the ETC stand will be the ETC Congo lighting control console, which among other installations, has recently been hired out by ETC dealer Northern Light for an Erick Morillo DJ

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The agreement allows Robe to manufacture, market and sell its Color Spot product series in the United States and allows Martin Professional to manufacture, market and sell products incorporating the technology in Robe's patent application.

The licensing agreement follows litigation in the United States in which Martin claimed that Robe's Color Spot

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LFS is also showing core theatre and live performance orientated products from high profile manufacturers SGM, LDR, Stark and Novalight from Italy; VXCO from Switzerland, and LightProcessor from the UK. LFS is the exclusive UK distributor for all these products.

Cogent is a totally new LED screen range exclusively from Lightfactor, currently consisting of six LED Screens, four for external use and two for internal - all of varying pitches. There is also a range of LED strips of varying pitches and sizes, link LED, MR16 fixtures,

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Prior to joining the Nexxus Lighting team, Masterman and Gasperson served as general manager and national sales manager respectively for the pool and spa division of Energy Focus, formerly Fiberstars.

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Art and Light was the theme of the 11th International Kunstsommer Arnsberg (Arnsberg International Summer of Art), which ran from the 22 June to 5 August. The festival, in the historic capital of the Dukedom of Westfalia in Germany's Sauerland included a pair of sculptures equipped with ultra-modern LED systems - the work of the designer Heinz F.W. Stahl and sculptor Friedrich Freiburg.

The two objects - one (Lichtobjekt) an obelisk and the other (Ein heißes Eisen) a giant pair of pliers - are cast in concrete and attracted a great deal of attention on the Ruhr Promenade - especially at night, as Stahl and Freiburg equipped the two sculptures wi

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Radical's Emma Long, Simon Carter and Sophie Woode will be at the show, dividing themselves between the two stands. Sales and marketing manager Sophie Woode comments: "PLASA is an ideal environment for us to show off the new streamlined Radical products, which fit into many areas of the live entertainment and architectural sectors."

A special version of the popular RADlite NG media server has been developed specifically as a control option for PixelRange's new PixelArt video batten, and this will be in use on their stand. The PixelArt sectio

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Describing his approach, Event Concept's designer Dan Terry says: "I wanted a rise and fall in lighting levels as visitors walk through the space as well as contrasts in colour; the open areas are lit in bright desert tones, while the buildings are more darkly atmospheric, with strands of brilliant white light to recreate sunbeams through windows. As many of the displays have written expl

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Kovler started in the entertainment industry at a young age, supporting various products both as a freelance technician and most recently, running the service department for UK company Lightfactor for two years.

"I am excited about joining the team and strengthening the support in Europe and the rest of the world for HES," says Kovler. "I look forward to working closely with both the office in Austin and with customers on the ground ensuring that the trust and reliability of the HES brand continues at the highest possible standards."

Bill Morris, executive vice president of HES, says: "W

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Disney is also taking High School Musical to the next level via a partnership with the NAMM Foundation that will extend the reach of the show through a public affairs initiative, communicating the vital role of personal creativity, expression and music education to millions.

NAMM's work with Disney includes the development of a public advocacy campaign that will draw content from

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Timed to coincide with both the PLASA 07 and the re-launch of the popular LSI Online website, L&SI's digital edition will offer an easily navigable and fully searchable on-screen version of the familiar magazine, accessible for subscribers anywhere there is Internet access, as soon as the magazine is published.

The digital edition will allow PLASA Media to significantly increase the global circulation of Lighting&Sound International magazine.

Available free to industry professionals worldwide, the digital edition will boost readership, particularly in developing markets where the cost of subscriptions has previously been an obstacle, and equally in far-flung territories where

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Media Fusion software is designed for lighting designers wanting to mix images and video clips in the same way as they handle their lighting visualisations and setup.

Media Fusion's powerful features include video playback, looping and processing from a library of 60 realtime video effects on up to 8 layers. The Media Library can contain up to 61,200 visuals including a folder for video inputs or external camera feeds. All the parameters - like visual selection, positioning, mapping, tiling, blending and masking, effects selection, etc - are accessible via DMX using ROBE's Dream Box device.

Media Fusion Qube Control software builds on Media Fusion, and has been specifically develop

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Florian von Hofen, owner of Smoke Factory, comes from a practical special effects and touring background himself and as a result has always concentrated on developing equipment for live and touring professionals. Many of his innovations have become features of fog machines today: transportability, 0-10V control, radio remote control, DMX interfacing, flow control and "permanent ready" function to name a few.

In its home market Smoke Factory machines are an industry standard to any rental company. Europe's largest rental company, Procon, has recently standardised on 'Captain D' as its fogger of

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Bandit Chief Executive, Lester Cobrin says, "It's always exciting and challenging to be involved in a completely new project, and naturally it was great to be working with Iain Whitehead and the Production North team again."

Bandit charged Dave Lee with ensuring that the three headline acts - Status Quo (LD Patrick Marks), Girls Aloud (LD Andy Hurst) and The Human League (LD & Visuals Rob Sinclair) - had their lighting requirements satisfied.

"The rig was based around Girls Aloud's arena tour spec," explains Lee, "which offered extremely good general stage coverage plus a selection of well chosen

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Introduced by White Light Sales Director, Peter Threadgold, Silvio Cibien of ELC Lighting made a series of presentations. The first was to Stuart Lodge of Wimbledon High School who received an ELC focusBRAIN wireless remote control system on the school's behalf. This system was registered as the 2007th remote control to be produced by ELC and, to mark the occasion, ELC took the school's original order for an ELC focusHAND unit and upgraded it to the more advanced ELC focusBRAIN.

The school had chosen the focusHAND on the recommendation of White Light because of the ease of use, stable and robust construction and the fact it can work with any lighting control system. "When we found we were to be given a focusBRAIN instead, with all its additional features, we couldn't b

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This year's show features a new layout, new features, over 50 new exhibitors, plus an expanded educational programme with many sessions free to visitors. These include special interest sessions from BEIRG, InfoComm International and the Theatres Trust, plus specialist sessions from Cirque Du Soleil, Duran Audio and Wireless Solutions. Additionally, the organizers have invested a range of visitor facilities including wi-fi lounges and meeting rooms.

The PLASA Awards for Innovation will be announced at 6pm this evening in the Central Bar area, located between Earls Court 1 and 2.

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The agreement reflects the intention of both organisations to work together to ensure the entertainment, event and production industries in the north have a single industry-led event that serves their needs.

A.C. Lighting, a long-standing member of PLASA, started their event in 1999 and quickly established it in the industry calendar, developing it further in recent years to provide a strong focus for the region.

A.C. North 2008 will be the last trade show organised under that name by A.C. Lighting. Immediately after its close, PLASA Events will take over the management and ownership of the event and will look to build on the regional platform established by A.C.

The move fits the strategic aim

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Each gobo is coated with a black heat-resistant coating (patent pending), the formula of which Goboland are keeping a closely-guarded secret. The coating minimises internal reflection to produce a crisper image with no halo effect and does not burn or peel off under extreme heat.

"Lantern optics have improved considerable over the years," explains Goboland consultant Wyatt Enever, "but the basic nature of the gobo has remained the same...until now! Goboland is known for the work it does on glass gobos, now we are extending our development to our steel range as well. We have found a successful formula to coat steel gobos which does not interfere with the fine detail of the image and withstands the interna

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Eos won a Lighting product award at Showtech 2007, the control system's second such honour - last year it took the Product of the Year Award for debuting product when it was introduced at LDI. But the Showtech award was the first ever European award for an ETC desk and marks ETC's strong presence in the European entertainment lighting ma

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65 products from 10 different countries were entered this year, and covered a broad range of lighting, audio, rigging and staging, AV, effects, software and accessories - amply reflecting the industry's diversity and global nature.

"The energy, ideas and innovation that feature at PLASA start from the imaginative minds that make up the industry," said PLASA CEO Matthew Griffiths. "The talent in this business is formidable, and it's that talent that we're celebrating."

During the ceremony, attended by special guests from across the industry, eight awards were presented.These went to:

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