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The voting is open to industry professionals worldwide, and will remain open until 12.00 midday (UK time) on Friday 29 August 2008. The winner will be announced at the PLASA Show on Monday 8 September.

Named in honour of the late designer, developer and commentator Tony Gottelier, this award aims to recognise the tireless product developers who have made a significant contribution to the development of the equipment and tools that enable our entertainment technology practitioners to continually push the boundaries of event production, presentation and installation.

Last year's inaugural Award was won by Tony Andrews of Funktion One for his decades of dedi

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Production designer, Nathan Wilson, was tasked with the duty of simultaneously designing, programming and building the two separate stadium shows while still nailing the touring version nightly.

A joint effort by XL Touring Video Los Angeles, XL Touring Video London and XL Video Belgium was launched to produce not only the fabrication, but the extensive LED requirements and labour to execute the massive shows in support of Nathan Wilson. The Wembley show incorporated over 5000 individual MiTrix panels divided up into three different screen configurations. 3000 MiTrix were in a circular screen above the stage, above that was a roof surround screen with 300 MiTrix and 750 MiTrix were configured into four zipp

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Darren Innes, general manager, worldwide sales, Avistar, said: "Interest in the UK is high for videoconferencing in general and desktop solutions in particular. The costs of time, travel, and fuel, along with an overall demand to reduce environmental impact, are driving the demand. Touchline, already a well-known name and large distributor for quality brands such as LifeSize, has opened a new avenue to get Avistar's proven desktop technology into the hands of customers."

Barry Cross, managing director for Touchline Video, said: "Savvy users want a proven solution with the bells and whistles needed for videoconferencing on the desktop and connection to their larger room installations."

(Jim Evans)

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Tom Petty's production/lighting designer, Jim Lenehan has created a design that incorporates threedifferent resolutions of LED along with projection. To achieve the design, XLTV supplied 2200 XL LED Spheres and five Mitirx cubes with 72 Mitrix LED panels in a each cube. The cubes are 4ft in diameter and hung above the stage at different levels and move throughout the show. In addition to XLTV, CW Productions and Ed & Ted are also supplying tour support.

XLTV's project manager, Dave Hyslop says: "The result of Lenehan's vision was a three dimensional wild ride of a visual display. It was gratify

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It's the fourth consecutive year that the company has been involved in this high profile event, and the first year that the projection canvas has been increased from 60m to 90m wide. This extended area stretches the full width of Edinburgh Castle's walls at the far end of the Esplanade/arena where the performance takes place.

Four of E/T/C's PIGI 6K projectors fitted with double rotating scrollers are being used for the task. Three are covering the width of the Castle wall area, with the fourth focussed on providing 'drop-ins' in the area around the Castle gates, through which all the performers make their entrances.

E/T/C's Ross Ashton designed and produced the artwork for all the key strategic points in the show, which are being punctuated with the high impact pro

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"It has been a sizable investment, "but it's part of an ongoing policy of upgrading our facility to ensure that Lord's continues to be the best cricket ground in the world."

MCC hired Gardiner and Theobald as project managers to put out a tender for a full JCT Desig

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"We were already on site doing various projection jobs and we were the only company who had any quantity of R7-ER available," says Robin Wealleans of screen provider, The Picture Works. "Unfortunately we only had about half the required quantity of panels in the country and Jay-Z insisted on using R7-ER for the backdrop. It was obviously a key part of his performance so there was a stark choice for the Glastonbury organisers - to source more R7-ER panels or Jay-Z doesn't play."

The Picture Works

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Four of Massteknik's trailers have been installed with 56sq.m digiLED screens, each measuring 10m x 5.6m. The fifth houses a massive 88sq.m screen, which is designed for the larger events. All five screens are 16:9 aspect ratio and utilise the latest digiPRO HD processing technology enabling Hi Def images.

All trailers include a fully integrated TV-production and control room and a non-linear editing system. Several cam

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With the show a year on since its redesign, the one-floor, two-hall layout has been refined and expanded to allow for new and returning exhibitors, say organisers PLASA Events Ltd.

And with new products topping the 'wish list' of the majority of visitors, there's no doubt that PLASA08 will definitely deliver, according to show director Nicola Rowland. "There's a real buzz building around the wide range of technologies and expertise on offer at the show and how these can be applied across the industry. It's a unique chance to see how projects are being delivered, how lighting, sound and AV systems are bei

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Previously known as Swansea Leisure Centre, the facility has recently re-opened after a £32 million refit as a state-of-the-art water park and health and fitness centre.

Llanelli-based VSI supplied 32 Mitsubishi LCD commercial displays of various sizes, which are installed around the building. In the reception area, a 10m semi-circular Trilite truss is flown in the ceiling, and fitted with five screens showing general information and opening times.

For the 'Peak' multi-level Gym, VSI supplied a full sound system consisting of two arrays of flown TOA F2000 speakers, carefully positioned to g

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The projection system utilises four Christie Roadie 25K DLP projectors and E//T//C's multimedia control platform, Onlyview, to manage the images. The projectors are installed in pairs, housed in two custom built cabins on either side of the Pont de la Concorde, located directly in front of the building.

Each cabin is positioned directly on top of the bridge's pillars, where they are designed to subtly blend into the surrounding architecture. Each pair of projectors is overlaid for brightness, and covers half of the Palais Bourbon's colonnaded front.

The eight-minute long show (on constant loop) is created by French scenographers and image designers Skertzò. Spectators are taken on a journey of the EU's

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14 March 2016

HippoCritter is a new entry-level Hippotizer enabling large-scale functionality at a small-scale cost. Boasting most of the features of its siblings, this small form-factor server opens up new possibilities for those wishing for high-grade media playback at a fraction of the cost. Seamless integration with the acclaimed HippoNet control protocol makes it ideal for installation and architectural applications or as an additional source on existing setups.

Also joining the line-up is HippoPortamus. This laptop-based Hippotizer brings portability to those wishing to take their show with them. As a stand-alone unit it provides all the familia

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High End Systems (a new member of the Belgium-based Barco Group) fielded a total of 110 Axon media servers for the opening ceremony, helping to create the largest ever HD projection: in this instance, one clip covered a screen encircling the stadium, measuring 1,942ft (592m) long by 45ft (14m) high.

All effects were achieved in real time using the Axon media servers and projectors with 78 HES Orbital Heads. Four Wholehog 3 lighting consoles controlled the Axon media servers in the ceremonies, connected with 12 DP2000s. Another Wholehog 3 worked in the TV broadcast booth.

HES products created a number of non-stop visual effects

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The new office, based right next to Old Street will feature a variety of demonstration units including Arcstream's Living Image interactive floor, 3D Plasma and the newest addition to the portfolio, the iBar.

Neil Dickinson of Arcstream AV comments: "We are opening a London base to make it easier for our agency clients to view the whole range at once and to enable them to bring clients to the offices too. This is our second office in the UK, and joins our international partner companies in both Spain and China, bringing the total to four, with another exciting new project also in the pipeline."

(Jim Evans)

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The busy schedule for the evening included a pre-dinner drinks reception with background music, a three course meal, 12 award presentations, a charity presentation, a silent auction and entertainment from comedian Jimmy Carr followed by a live salsa band.

The production presented a number of challenges for Event Concept's head of AV Jamie Corteen and his team. Corteen said: "The venue is long, quite narrow and very tall. Essentially it's a huge Cathedral-like space built from Portl

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Having earlier worked on the digital conversion of Terminals 1 and 2 - where they specified dnp's 84in New Wide Angle rear-projected optical screens, offering 180° viewing - Pixel Inspiration has managed to overcome the space constraints presented in one of Terminal 3's three-hall check-in areas by specifying 11 front-projected dnp 84in Supernova screens - which are purpose-designed to work in high ambient lighting conditions.

All the dnp screens - now numbering around 200 throughout the airport - were supplied by dnp's UK distributors Paradigm Audio Visual, while Pixel Inspiration has standardised on Panasonic projection, using a

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FogScreen is offering AV Rental companies a special incentive to purchase the FogScreen One projection screen. The PLASA 08 show offer is a 2 x One projection screen at a reduced cost, together with Partner Program Gold membership in a chosen territory. For integrators, FogScreen One is especially interesting since it enables the creation of l

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The mission to move virtual reality into a realm above the standard TelePresence and Access Grid videoconferencing has been led by Professor David Roberts, scientific director of the Centre for Virtual Environments at the University of Salford.

The £1.6m project has a number of stakeholders including Electrosonic, who successfully tendered for the integration. For their precision engineering requirements they turned to Paradigm Audio Visual, who constructed the rear

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14 March 2016

No longer just a leading provider of professional lighting equipment to over 80 countries worldwide, in recent years A.C. has extended its vast technology stockholding in response to customers' demand for a single supplier who can meet all their production and project needs.

The name A.C. Entertainment Technologies therefore marks a new era for the company, and encapsulates the wide range of products, accessories, consumables and related services available through A.C.'s dedicated Lighting, Rigging, Audio and Video divisions.

In addition, A.C.'s related services include in-house cable and scrolls manufacturing to order, product training, servicing and after-sales support. S

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Since 1999 New City Video has provided audio/visual support for stage and corporate events. A select list includes the original projection package for the Blue Man Group at the Luxor in Las Vegas, Tom Stoppard's play Invention of Love, and composer Steve Reich's world tours, along with numerous events for the Brooklyn Academy of Music and many others. "Hippotizer is the premier product for our applications," says New City Video owner Jack Young. "I wouldn't trust a show with any other media server."

All My Sons associate video designer, Brian Beasely, says: "Based on previous experience, video designer Finn Ross and I knew that

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Built on ArKaos' latest generation of technology, Media Master runs perfectly and reliably on standard laptops or can play up to eight full frames-per-second HD movies on an octo-core server, says the company.

Media Master's new interface has been designed to give lighting designers and video artists "the best ergonomics possible". Designed around one single window, it is possible to display all playing layers simultaneously, giving designers improved visibility of their shows. Supporting MSEX (Media Server Extensions) protocol, the ArKaos Media Master allows thumbnail display of media directly onto modern lighting consoles.

ArKaos has developed a new media management system for Media Master whi

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The digiFLEX skin is manufactured in 320mm (w) x 160mm (h) tiles which can flex smoothly both horizontally and vertically.

Two further products from the digiLED creative series will also be showcased - the Mirage M40-3 and the Mirage M40-4 high brightness version. The Mirage M40 is a semi transparent and lightweight, large-scale video screen utilizing a 40mm pixel pitch and designed to provide dramatic and dynamic lighting and video effects.

With options for outdoor daylight viewing, the Mirage M40 weighs around 11kg per m2, can be built to any size

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"Pandoras Box is a turnkey solution that perfectly unites state-of-the-art rendering technology with intuitive media control, and it is a tremendous honour for Coolux to be recognized by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for the engineering involved in developing this unique and very powerful solution," said Steve Gilbard, president of Coolux International.

(Jim Evans)

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The Show Company was the official LED Display & Multimedia Control Systems vendor for The 2008 National Day Celebrations and was appointed the task of providing everything to run the visual aspects of the show. Jo Gan of The Show Company, who oversees system design, specified the latest Barco T-20 outdoor LED display as the solution for the demanding requirements of the show.

Gan said: ''Given the magnitude of the show and the stringent benchmarks associated with a national event like this, where the entire nation from the president, cabinet ministers to the common citizen is in attendance, the show demands nothing but the very be