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PLASA 2011 sees the launch of several new and improved Hippotizer features including LiveMask, VideoMapper, Ki-HNet support for PixelMapper and a new and improved DMX component.

All features are available on all products in the range starting from the HippoCritter, the mobile HippoPortamus, the powerful yet compact GrassHopper or the flagship product, Hippotizer HD.

Extending the already extensive toolset that encompasses drag and drop media management, intuitive Timeline programming, a host of effects and video processing tools and many more, these new components are vital in today's creative scenic video environment.

VideoMapper allows any part of a video output to be sent to an LED tile anywhere on stage, regardless of the complexity of the LED wall controller. It features full RBG colour correction per LED tile as well as scaling and rotation. Different mapping configurations a

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UK - This August Green Hippo held its first Asian distributor seminar in the UK. The timing was chosen to conclude the company's recent push to expand their dealer structure in Asia and was attended by partners from China, Japan and South East Asia.

The four-day seminar gave everyone at Green Hippo and their Asian partners a chance to meet face-to-face, introducing people who work together on a daily basis.

Green Hippo's marketing & sales director James R. Heron kicked off the workshops with a general company overview and an update on recent developments bringing all attendees up-to-speed.

Subsequently, everyone received a full day of HippoSchool training with Green Hippo's head of training Simon Harris, covering all the major features of the Hippotizer media server range, including the new LiveMask and UberPan components.

Broadcast Professional's product manager John Paul

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UK - Ross Ashton's, The Projection Studio is once again wowing the crowds with projected visuals onto the walls of Edinburgh Castle for the 2011 Military Tattoo.

The show action takes place on the Esplanade down below in the centre of the Tattoo's completely new £16m amphitheatre, which is installed for the first time, with new seating tribunes, VIP Boxes, a special projection platform, a large corporate hospitality area and improved site lines all round.

A purpose built climate controlled projection control room is also part of the new design, along with lift access for the third floor of the production and FOH control areas at the back of the seating stand.

In practical terms, the elevator has speeded up the projection get-in enormously, as the equipment no longer has to be craned into place.

The Tattoo also has a new chief executive and producer, Brigadier David A

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UK - A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd., a leading one-stop provider of new and used professional equipment to the entertainment industry, showcases a selection of lighting, audio, rigging and video solutions available from its vast range of premium brands on Stand E10, Hall 1 at PLASA 2011.

Teams from all of AC-ET's specialist product divisions will be there to discuss the large, multi-million pound stockholding of over 200 leading brands available from AC-ET's High Wycombe and Leeds offices for worldwide dispatch to over 80 countries - as well as in-house filter and cable manufacturing facilities and wide range of consumables - backed up by an emergency evening and weekend delivery service.

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The A.C. Lighting division of AC-ET will showcase the new GLP Impression Wash One and Spot One high powered LED spot and washlight moving heads. The latest mo

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Europe - XL Video continues the worldwide supply of production video equipment and crew for Arcade Fire for the final UK and European festival leg of their tour.

This follows the massive success of their third album, The Suburbs, which topped the charts in many territories on release including the UK and US, and is shortlisted for the 2011 Polaris Music Prize.

The tour originally kicked off last year in the US, project managed for XL by Phil Mercer out of the LA office. In the UK and Europe, it is being managed by Jo Beirne.

Richie Stembridge is the visuals designer and video director. The actual stage screen design is a collaboration between him and LD Susanne Sasic, who also created the set concept.

Onstage, the main screen is constructed from 49 panels of Pixled F15, which for all the indoor shows is covered by a custom silver spandex skin which diffuses the imag

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UK - The deadline for entries into the 2011 PLASA Awards for Innovation has been extended to Tuesday 6 September. If you are a PLASA 2011 exhibitor with a product or products that meet the criteria of the prestigious awards, don't miss out on your chance to enter and give them a platform on which to shine at the industry's major international launch pad for new products.

The PLASA Awards for Innovation recognise products which advance the industry by demonstrating a new style of thinking, improving technical practice or taking a key step forward in terms of safety.

Extended deadline for nominations - Tuesday 6 September

Visit the web address below for all the details you need.

(Claire Beeson)

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China - Ross Ashton from London- based The Projection Studio and Himanshu Sabharwal of Delhi-based Two's A Film Company were guests at Christie Digital's 2011 Asia Pacific Partners Meeting, where their collaborative project to produce India's first permanent full moving image son et lumière - ISHQ-e-DILLI - The Love of Delhi - won the 'Special Mention Award'.

The Awards ceremony was staged in the atmospheric Reed Flute Caves in Guilin, Guangxi, China.

The Projection Studio were the technical, design and installation consultants for the projection hardware and control elements of the project and also responsible for overseeing the creation of the project's show material, for which Ashton specified the first Christie 20K video projectors to be used in India for a son et lumière application.

Says Ashton, "It's a huge honour for us to receive the award and a recogn

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Coolux will be showing its latest version of the Pandoras Box Server, along with the Pandoras Box Player and Sensor Link, as well as its award winning Widget Designer PRO.

Pandoras Box Server is a turnkey solution that, says Coolux, perfectly unites state-of-the-art rendering technology with intuitive media control, offering "the best high performance link between projection and digital image compositing". The latest version, on show at PLASA 2011, offers users an unprecedented amount of creative freedom for real-time media control.

Pandoras Box Players offer the ideal, cost-effective software solution for all video professionals with multi-media requirements in smaller projects. 2/4 video layers and 4/8 graphic layers are available to be programmed and arranged quickly and easily. The Pandoras Box Manager redefines real-time media editing and playback control. This standal

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UK - Specialist distribution company, Pixels, has supplied 67 BrightSign HD media players to Pinnerton Video Systems for installation at Watch Me Move: The Animation Show at London's Barbican Art Gallery.

Watch Me Move does not simply chronicle animation in all its forms, it highlights it as an influential force in the development of global visual culture. It is designed as an immersive experience, with footage from commercial giants such as Walt Disney, Aardman and Pixar running alongside work from contemporary artists including Étienne-Jules Marey, Harry Smith, Jan Švankmajer, William Kentridge and Nathalie Djurberg.

Pixels is a value-added distributor of BrightSign HD media player products. MD, Norman Garland notes, "Since the start of our relationship with BrightSign in 2009 we have shipped over 1900 units to our customers, over 900 to June this year al

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LAMP is to launch a new environmentally friendly LED display at PLASA 2011. The Sharpe product features a super slim cabinet, ideal for most outdoor and indoor rental applications, says the company.

With an innovative mechanical design, Sharpe is just 50mm deep and weighs 7.5Kg. Promising easy rental installation, the product's IP65 protection guarantees its solid performance through both indoor and harsh outdoor environments. A fanless quiet design, 16 bit color processing and 2000Hz refresh rate to meet the highest broadcasting standards are among its features.

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Sinolight will launch two new LED display products at PLASA 2011, the Diamond 4 modular high resolution screen and the Slim Line P11 indoor/outdoor SMD LED display, aimed at the digital signage market.

Diamond 4 is aimed at high quality applications and includes several proprietary technologies, including a cast aluminium module design, combined with four fast locks to make connection easier and faster. With no fans and cooling via an efficient heat sink, the unit is stated to be noise-free, suiting it to prestigious areas such as meeting rooms, studios, concert halls and other indoor applications. Image quality attributes, the company adds, include high contrast and a high refresh rate, aided by an innovative LED lamp design in a 45 degree configuration combined with high pixel density.

The Slim Line P11, says Sinolight, is designed to satisfy the requirement for super slim and ultr

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InfoComm International will continue its programme of support for the UK's AV rental and staging community when it hosts a range of education sessions at PLASA 2011.

The sessions will take place at London's Earls Court on Monday 12 and Tuesday 13 September. They will be led by Andre LeJeune, CTS, InfoComm's Rental & Staging Staff Instructor, who has more than 30 years' experience of staging and presentation and has been responsible for many large-scale productions for corporate clients around the world.

Topics covered will include 'Lighting for Video in the Large Meeting Environment', 'Audio Techniques for Corporate AV Events', and 'Project Management for Stage Labour'. Each session will last 90 minutes and will earn attendees 1.5 RUs (Renewal Units) towards continued InfoComm CTS certification. All sessions are free to attend.

Chris Lavelle, InfoComm Regional Manager, UK & Ireland

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CableJoG will be launching its latest cable tester, the Avjog, at PLASA 2011. The Avjog is designed to assist in the installation and maintenance of AV cabling in schools, universities, theatres and stadiums. It is the latest cable tester produced by CableJoG Limited, designed by Eddie Zych and manufactured in the North West of England.

The Avjog provides a two-box solution to testing installed cables where both ends of the cable cannot be plugged into a single tester. Each box carries a wide range of connectors as used in AV industry applications, i.e. DVI, HDMI, SCART, VGA, RJ-45, DIN, USB, XLR, Jack, Phono, BNC and Coaxial.

Testing has been made exceptionally easy; the user can simply connect the cable under test to the Local and Remote Avjog units and press the 'test' button. The Local unit checks all the connections found against an internal database of known cables and displays

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Device+context, a German company with offices in Berlin and Weimar, will be showing the latest MXWendler products at PLASA 2011. The company focuses on developing software and hardware for video playout in performance and presentation, and specialises in computer graphics, hardware programming, synchronisation techniques and multiscreen handling.

PLASA Show exhibits will include the MXWendler FXServer, a well known media server for up to six outputs, designed to aid in setting up complex sceneries, facade projections and LED lighting, and the MXWendler Stage Designer self-installable media server software.

The company observes: "In theatre performance, no stage, no scene is the same. In modern scenography the projection and its form are as important as the content itself. Every event, every scene changes in projection angles and projection surfaces. This is very important in the

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UK / USA - As part of its ongoing merger activities and in response to the end of year departure of Ruth Rossington, executive director in Europe, PLASA has taken the opportunity to restructure its management team to ensure it continues to move the organisation forward while progressing a wide range of projects of benefit to members.

With effect from 1 October 2011, a new company structure will be put in place which sees CEO Matthew Griffiths heading up the association, whilst also temporarily overseeing the Events divisions in the UK and North America. Finance director Shane McGreevy becomes chief operating officer (COO) with responsibilities expanding beyond finance and core services into operational administration and personnel.

Lori Rubinstein, current executive director in North America, becomes the new director of membership, skills, standards & technical overseeing thes

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Norway - Jens Heymans has been appointed country manager, Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH) at projectiondesign.

Heymans has already assumed his position working to develop and implement a strategic growth strategy encompassing all business development as well as increased partner relationships in Germany. During late 2011 and 2012 Heymans will be integral in setting up a projectiondesign German office as well as to implement increased business in Austria and Switzerland. This includes the investment in local business development, marketing and technical support functions and personnel.

"Jens Heymans is another key addition to our investment in global growth that includes setting up of new offices, new personnel as well as significant expansion. His experience in strategic business management will give competitive advantage when supporting projectiondesign's partner

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USA - PLASA has announced the finalists for the fourth annual Rock Our World Awards, to be presented at the PLASA Cocktail & Awards Reception at LDI 2011. The PLASA Rock Our World Awards were created to honour groundbreaking achievement by its members and to acknowledge the genius of both the creator of the technology and the designer or integrator who applies it in a real world environment.

The finalists for the fourth annual Rock Our World Awards are:

83rd Annual Academy Awards - Green Hippo, PRG, TMB

ALEXA Digital Camera System - ARRI

coolux Widget Designer 3.0 PRO - Coolux GmbH

DataGate Mk2 - ENTTEC

Disney World of Color - A.C.T Lighting, Fisher Technical Services, MA Lighting, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Creative Entertainment

EverGrip Molded Motor Control Cables - Lex Products Corp

Garsington Opera - Unusual Rigging Ltd (UK)

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UK - Manchester-based lighting rental company dbn supplied large scale spectacular architectural lighting to Culture Liverpool for a special event celebrating both the 100th anniversary of the iconic Liver Building and the opening of the new Museum of Liverpool - the largest newly-built national museum in Britain for more than a century - both located on the City's famous Pier Head waterfront.

dbn's team was led by Pete Robinson. Their brief included the lighting of a live performance stage on the Pier Head and providing complimentary lighting onto the Liver Building itself, which framed a large format projection show created by Czech AV specialists Macula, using 35000 lumen Christie projectors.

On the Liver Building, dbn had ensured that light filled the space between the outer limits of the centrally positioned projections and the edges of the building, in the process, highl

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Belgium / UK - ArKaos will be exhibiting at PLASA 2011 within the White Light zone (Stand 2-R23) where the team will be on hand to demonstrate its full range of products.

This year's show is the platform for the launch of ArKaos' new network protocol, Kling-Net, a protocol designed specifically to allow the distribution of real-time video data to remote display devices, like LEDs or LED panels, over Ethernet.

Kling-Net can transform the simplest of LED devices into an intelligent Kling-Net device that can talk to, and be controlled by, a Media Server. Auto configuration of devices upon start up dispenses with the need for complicated set up procedures. The Media Server can then read and change parameters from the device. This makes the whole process extremely fast and easy and minimises the potential for mistakes, says the company.

Costs are reduced because the devices do no

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UK - A.C. Special Projects (ACSP) will attend PLASA 2011 (Stand 1-D32, Hall 1) to showcase and discuss examples of the many performance lighting, audio and AV system installations provided by the company.

ACSP design, supply and install lighting, sound and AV systems - as well as track and curtains, intercom and show relay. The company's previous installations range from a basic six circuit lighting bar, with a dimmer pack and lighting desk, to full blown theatre systems.

Working alongside designers and architects or directly for the performance venue, the company's fully qualified team of engineers will provide a first class finished system installation, on time and on budget.

ACSP has access to over 200 quality brands, including popular performance ranges from Chroma-Q, Jands, Spotlight, ETC, Philips Selecon, Pulsar, Sennheiser, Shure, Soundcraft, Allen & Heath, JBL, Andol

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Blitz has been selected as the latest member of the global AV Alliance, which is now represented by 46 event suppliers in 26 countries.

The AV Alliance is a network of leading event technical rental specialists committed to delivering performance, service and quality at the highest possible level. The network boasts 2,725 employees, undertaking 46,209 projects each year with equipment sourced from 210,676 m2 of warehousing. Alongside Blitz, England will be represented by two additional organisations; Smart AV and London Audio.

Munir Samji, Chairman at Blitz comments, "We are thrilled to have joined the AV Alliance and to now have access to unrivalled resources across the world. We already supply quite a number of events across Europe, but we will now be in a strong position to provide a comprehensive service in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and South Africa."

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UK - Lee House has joined Green Hippo in London as product manager for the firm's Hippotizer Media Server range.

House has a strong background in the world of lighting and AV, having previously worked at Flying Pig, High End Systems and most recently AC Entertainment Technologies. His role at AC was to build up the newly founded video division three years ago, a role which led him to gain advanced knowledge of the Hippotizer server range.

"I've been a huge fan of Hippotizer since its first appearance at PLASA in 2004 and distributing the product in the UK led me to become so close to the product I couldn't refuse the opportunity to step even closer by taking on the roll of Hippotizer product manager," says House. "This position is one I relish and I'm looking forward to the next phase of Green Hippo's evolution.

"The future developments and features in th

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UK - Following success at ProLight&Sound earlier this year, Christie's new-look theatre arrives at Earls Court this weekend to take up its PLASA position in Hall 1, Stand E18. The Christie stand will once again present an integrated light show with video animations using Christie Nitro Solutions. Previewed at PLASA last year, this modular series of motorised moving yokes can provide up to 22,000 ANSI lumens of video projection, with the flexibility to allow the user to deploy the yoke with either a video projector or a LED light head.

Noted lighting director Bruno Corsini is tasked with creating and choreographing the show in a convergence of video and lighting-derived patterns. Corsini has a long list of accomplishments, including last year's landmark lightshow for Mexico's Bicentennial of Independence in the Mexican capital's main square.

As in Frankfurt, the PLASA display w

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Christie has unveiled the next generation of its 3-chip DLP Xenon platform - the Christie J Series - at PLASA 2011. This new platform targets a variety of applications within the rental, staging and fixed install segments, requiring high brightness, superior performance and crisp, clear images - all in a compact, rugged and reliable package.

"The best image in the world just got better," said George Tsintzouras, senior director product management, Business Products, Christie. "Christie has taken its highly successful Xenon product line and evolved it with exciting new features like embedded Christie Twist that allows for image warping without the need to purchase additional electronics cards. Driven by a Xenon illumination system that offers the best colour reproduction and stability, J Series also offers lenses with Intelligent Lens System (ILS) functionality and three

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