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14 March 2016

A successful entrepreneur, he started purchasing sound, lighting and video kit when he realised that his own concerts could benefit from higher production values - at more cost-efficient prices.

Premium Staff has recently invested in 84 x Robe Pointes, delivered by Robe's Mexican distributor, Vari Internacional.

Their main equipment warehouse is located in Toluca, the bustling capital of Mexico State about 60k south west of Mexico City, DF, and Francisco also has an office in the suburb of Polanco in downtown DF.

He thinks keeping up with the latest lighting and equipment trends is crucial to the success of his production company, and buying the Pointes wa

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The AC-ET Zone will feature the latest lighting, control and grip technologies from a selection of leading brands in the division's extensive portfolio. Marques stocked include Chroma-Q, Fiilex, Mole-Richardson, ARRI, Jands, Manfrotto, Avenger and LumenRadio, amongst others.

Drawing on the company's extensive experience supplying to this sector, the new division has been formed to offer a comprehensive one-stop inventory of lighting and related equipment solutions for film, television, studio and location applications. A.C. Film & TV will promote a range of key brands - many of them exclusive to AC-ET in the UK -

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Emmy Award winning lighting designer Al Gurdon, of Incandescent Design, will discuss his design philosophy in State of the Art Today, Passé Tomorrow, covering what is lighting for, what should it do, why do we need it, as well as taking a look at whether your lighting is relevant and focused now, and if it will stand the test of time.

In Going Over To The Dark Side - From Lessons To Lighting, founder of DX7 Design Tom Sutherland will discuss how he dropped out of education to pursue a highly successful career in lighting, a decision taken neither lightly nor without opposition. This sessi

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The equipment on show includes the ArKaos MediaMaste

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Staff from AC-ET's Lighting sales division are present throughout the show to demonstrate and discuss products showcased on dedicated brand stands within the AC-ET Zone for Chroma-Q, Jands, ProLights / ArchWork, Spotlight and GLP, as well as a selection of products from other leading brands including Philips Vari-Lite and Luminex.

In addition, AC-ET is la

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How do the limitations of equipment, venues and money as well as the increased requirements of additional jobs in small-scale theatre affect the creative role of the lighting designer? Do they limit the choices that can be made, or does it allow creativity to flourish? How will the developing technologies impact on choices and working methods in the medium term?

The ALD seminars at PLASA are always very popular and this year is no exception. Today's topic is 'How many lights do you need? The work of a lighting designer on a budget', concentrating on fringe and small-scale venues.

The panel will be chaired by Kelli Zezulka (lighting designer and editor of the ALD's Foc

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With headline sponsors Robe, Clay Paky and TMB, this year's show features over 300 brands, many of which are showing new products and services, and sees PLASA Show adopting the successful 'Focus' model of a sector-specific, zoned layout, which will allow both visitors and exhibitors easier networking and navigation.

Over 50 leading brands from the pro audio sector are in attendance, with many new names joining that list including A.C. Entertainment, Autograph, d&b Audiotechnik, FACE, FBT UK, Flare Audio, POLARaudio, Ten 47, Unity Audio, White Light, Yamaha, SSE Audio and Wigwam Acoustics.

The lighting zone features manufacturers such as Altman, Avolites, Elation, ETC, Laserworld AG, and Robe, whi

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The powerful features of the new DL7S LED profile fixtures will take centre stage, highlighting its quality of light, subtle and intricate full spectrum colour mixing and high colour rendering index - all suitable characteristics for theatre and TV environments.

Also new will be The Square, bringing the possibility of combining video projection, pixel animation, beam effects and LED wash lighting in one fixture with continuous pan/tilt rotation movement; the ColorStrobe from Robe, an RGB version of the potent new LED Strobe from Robe; T

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Robert Juliat's newest product, Dalis, an asymmetrical 300W LED cyclorama light, has been officially launched at the show, with PLASA 2015 marking the first time Dalis has been seen in London. "Mixing a wide variety of pastel and saturated colours with perfect balance from its 8-colour LED source, Dalis is guaranteed to spice up every lighting designers' plans," says Robert Juliat. "With silent fanless operation that makes it ideal for both theatre and television use, Dalis is poised to satisfy the industry's appetite for a smooth, powerful LED cyclorama lighting solution."

Also demonstrated is the new ZEP 360LF 300W LED Fresnel

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MagicDot-R and CosmoPix-R are part of the Creative Solutions line, into which Ayrton has incorporated a totally new technology: the first 94mm diameter narrow beam angle collimator combined with the latest generation high-power (40W or 60W) Osram multichip LED to create tighter beams with an unrivalled centre beam intensity.

MagicDot-R has proved a hit from the moment it was released and is currently appearing on the Foo Fighters international tour. The latest member of the RADICAL series, MagicDot-R is the first professional moving head LED

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The requirement was for the stylish black wedding dress and matching waistcoat to twinkle joyously like constellations as bride Madeline and groom Shaugn took their wedding vows atop the world's tallest sculpture, Anish Kapoor's Orbit in London's Olympic Park.

The idea was the brainchild of children Jade (13), Grace (9) and Seb (10) who took all the major decisions - theme, venue, outfits, entertainment, etc. - for their parents' Big Day, with a little bit of assistance from series presenters, Ed Petrie and Naomi Wilkinson.

Infracombe, Devon based S+H's T

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Matt Lloyd, managing director of GDS warmly welcomed the appointment. "Ian is a formidable talent with precisely the skills and experience that will be invaluable to the GDS team. His technical background and thorough industry understanding will be a huge asset to us in servicing the rising demand for our products and developing that demand still further."

Ian will be part of the GDS team on the company's stand at PLASA 2015 on B21.

(Jim Evans)

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Sponsored by Lighting&Sound International, the PLASA Awards for Innovation recognise and reward new product ideas. Nominated products have met at least one of the Awards' criteria for 'Innovation' - to offer a new style of thinking, an improvement in existing technical practice, a new or improved aid to safety, a new commercial advantage, use new patents or unique intellectual property, or introduce new technology, materials or manufacturing techniques.

The final assessment of those claims is taking place at the PLASA Show, where an independent panel of industry experts are busy judging the entries, based on the strength of their innovation alone. Respected for their impartiali

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The stand features two specific areas, focusing on Network functionality and Lighting and Video integration. Avolites' stand D10 is promoting a compatible family of products which all work intuitively together. Highlights of on-stand products include the new Arena console with Optical Titan Net Switch, both of which are shipping on the date of the show. In addition, new software in Titan version 9.1, featuring enhanced pixel mapping functionality, fully custom Key Frame Shape engine and fully featured theatre functionality.

Avolites' Koy Neminathan comments: "Day one has gone very well - a lot of people have been complimenting our new stand design; we produce professional products an

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An impressive ceiling of LED light sources is being used to showcase MediaMaster 4.2 on the stand, alongside ArKaos LEDMapper, its all-in-one LED show control solution. LEDMapper delivers LED show control in three easy steps, working

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Also showing is the ProPlex EZ-LAN Unity 20. Also nominated for an Innovation Award, TMB says EZ-LAN makes today's complex show networking easier and accessible for everyone. "These simple to operate yet powerful Gigabit Ethernet switches distribute up to four discrete networks - lighting, audio, content, server, console, or communications - quickly, effortlessly, and simultaneously. Users untrained in the complexities of managed networking can easily isolate networks and access and change VL

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Using RC4MagicPC software or RDM, users can specify the string type, DMX start channel, and various effects parameters for each driver. "Control the magic from your DMX console in real time," says RC4. Also on-board are a standard DMX data port, and an I2C interface for use with Arduino and more. Only 61mm x 36mm x 20mm, the DMXpix is the future of portable, spectacular pixel displays.

Jim Smith, president and chief product designer at RC4 Wireless, says: "The DMXpix is a pixel driver which is portable, wireless and updatable to accomm

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An impressive ceiling of LED light sources is being used to showcase MediaMaster 4.2 on the stand, alongside ArKaos LEDMapper, its all-in-one LED show control solution. LEDMapper delivers LED show control in three easy steps, working

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The seminar will discuss how a lighting designer and video / projection designer create an understanding and language of collaboration and how a working relationship develops to successfully combine the two disciplines of manipulating the use of light in live performance.

The session takes place today at 10.15 in the Lighting showcase theatre at PLASA Show 2015.

For more information about PLASA Show or to register please visit www.plasashow.com/seminars.

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Also showing is the European debut of the Emotion moving head digital luminaire; Elation's powerful Platinum FLX hybrid moving head; and the high-output ACL Series of narrow-beam LED effect lights.

The new ACL 360 Roller is a unique moving head luminaire in Elation's ACL Series of high-output narrow-beam LED effect lights. It houses 20x 15W RGBW 4-in-1 LEDs positioned equally across four bars and features fast and precise 16-bit continuous 360° pan

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Joining valued dealer A.C. Entertainment Technology Ltd on stand F30, Philips will also be demoing the latest products from Philips Vari-Lite, Strand Lighting and Showline, which have enjoyed global success since launching this year.

A much-loved range of workhorses, the PL1 MK II Series now offers boosted colour benefits such as colour consistency across the family of matched products, increased colour rendering and no colour fringing. The MK II luminaires will also have a higher output balanced with reduced operating sound.

"We are really excited to demo all the fantastic additional features of the PL MK II range to PLASA London visitors," says Philips E

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Once more it saw representatives from the professional entertainment lighting and video industry come together to celebrate the creative achievements of lighting and video professionals working on shows across the UK.

The ever-popular awards, organised by The Association of Lighting Designers (ALD), The Society of Television & Lighting Design (STLD), The Fifth Estate Ltd and Clay Paky, was established to offer public recognition for outstanding achievements in touring, television and theatre lighting and video design.

The evening was hosted by prolific international lighting designer Mark Jonathan and the winners were announced as:

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Dance: Lucy Carter for Woolf Works, Royal Ballet.

Musicals: Amy Mae Smith f

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"The launch of our brand new logo kicks off a new era at ELC Lighting that speaks of who we are as a company and portrays the ease of use and efficiency of our products", said Silvio Cibien, sales manager, ELC Lighting.

"We are proud to always be ahead of the curve in a rapidly evolving industry and our new brand identity will illustrate not just who we think we are but how our customers regard our products - straightforward, unpretentious and dynamic."

The new logo which can be seen on the company's stand D60, is bold, easy to read and contemporary. "It is just how we see our products," says Silvio. "We do not need to package them up with bows and gimmicks. EL

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The union sees GLS's very successful and well-established business - celebrating its 20th year - based in Southampton continue to function exactly as it is ... now having access to HSL's vast resources of equipment, personnel, knowledge, expertise, backup and support. The GLS day-to-day operation will further benefit from sharing HSL's administration infrastructure.

"It's fantastic to welcome GLS as part of our healthy and growing family," says HSL's MD Simon Stuart. "We are all like-minded individuals, passionate about what we do, dedicated to providing the very best and highest quality services and solutions for all our clients worldwi