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USA - The Entertainment Technician Certification Programme (ETCP) has awarded 19 International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local One members with its Entertainment Electrician Certification. Among those newly certified, is the first female ETCP Certified Technician in the New York Local.

"We are extremely proud to add some of Broadway's finest stage electricians to the list of ETCP Certified Technicians," said chairman of the Local's Board of Trustees, Paul F. Dean, Jr. who helped organise a four-day training course prior to the exam administration. "Our members who are ETCP Certified also include technicians from Lincoln Centre, The Metropolitan Opera House and various television studios who work throughout Local One's jurisdiction which includes Manhattan, the Bronx, Staten Island, and Westchester and Putnam Counties."

Each of these Ent

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UK - The Society of Television Lighting and Design (STLD) stand at PLASA 2011 (1-F60) not only features the world's first LED luminaire shoot-out - with 23 top brands taking part - but a unique opportunity for visitors to experiment live and in a private environment with cutting edge LED equipment in the STLD's 'Hands-On' sessions.

The stand's central section is a practical hands-on 'mini TV studio', where competing LED washes, soft lights, key lights and moving lights can be explored in pre-booked one hour sessions, away from the bustle of exhibitor stands.

Visitors will be able to try their hand at lighting the two mini TV studio setups, and view the results through two HD broadcast cameras, with a Lighting Director and Electrician on hand to offer guidance.

These sessions will alternate with case study seminars where you can learn from expert presentations on a variety of

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South Africa / UK - Two South African Roadies Association (SARA) female members; Itumeleng Motswaledi from White City, Soweto and Mmaphefo Kefilwe from Naturena - Johannesburg South will be attending PLASA 2011 (Earls Court, London 11 - 14 September 2011).

The PLASA Show is the leading show-piece of new technology within the entertainment, live event, corporate, architectural and installation industries. This international event delivers the latest in new technology, hundreds of breaking-product launches, unrivalled networking opportunities and an acclaimed educational programme; making it a very important event on SARA'S annual calendar.

The purpose of the visit provides the ability to attend industry educational seminars, meet with cutting-edge equipment manufactures, acquire strategic assistance for the South African Roadies Association and also in turn create future opport

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UK - The National Skills Academy is heading to the Norwich Playhouse/The Garage on Tuesday 11 October for the Norwich leg of this year's Offstage Choices programme, which introduces young people to the variety of career options available 'offstage', through workshops and tours backstage in industry venues.

Join them from 5.30pm in the Playhouse bar for an evening of informal networking and the opportunity to discuss topics including:

* How the Skills Academy can benefit you

* How the NSA can support Norwich's creative and cultural industry

* What opportunities are available with existing Skills Academy Members in the East of England

* The backstage training centre

* Future projects and potential opportunities

CCS Skills are particularly interested in talking to freelancers about the new freelance membership of the Skills Academy which will be rolled out in the next f

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UK - As part of the PLASA Education and Training Programme, Artistic Licence Engineering will be holding a training seminar on the DMX and RDM protocols during the show's 'Skills Wednesday'.

This Artistic Licence Engineering sponsored training event will focus on the understanding and use of the DMX and RDM protocols.

The three-hour course will cater for product designers, systems integrators, lighting technicians, artists and students who seek to expand their scope of these two industry-standard lighting protocols.

A step-by-step approach on how the protocols communicate will provide delegates with a solid basis from which to use DMX and RDM with confidence. The electronic requirements will be examined and demystified. Tools of the trade will be presented and demonstrated.

The course will be conducted in an open and casual manner, allowing attendees to "think through

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UK - As sponsors of PLASA 2011, Clay Paky would like to welcome customers onto its stand 1-E36 for a preview of next year's innovations and a chance to win one of the company's most sought-after products.

Visitors to the stand will be invited to play one of their slot machines and perhaps win a Sharpy. Everyone is entitled to a spin of the wheels, but if you turn up with a voucher you can double your chances with one extra play.

Joining the ranks of the Alpha range is the Alpha Spot QWO 800, a new 800W spotlight packed with features: a self-focusing zoom with a 7° to 55° range; the Dyna-Cue Creator, capable of creating complex animations with minimum programming; an animation wheel for video-like projections; last but not least the fixture is incredibly noise-free.

For events and exhibition companies the GlowUp is a portable, battery-powered, accent uplight that remo

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UK - Red for warn, green for go. Most live event cueing systems currently used in theatres, opera houses and for concerts rely on separate networks of discrete wiring or dedicated data networks and proprietary protocols, sometimes with complex and expensive central management equipment. GreenGo is an all-new communication system that simply plugs into any available Ethernet network.

ELC has been at the forefront of lighting data networking for over 15 years, supplying theatres, TV studios, opera houses and touring events with Ethernet and DMX data networks.

ELC developed GreenGo to meet the market demands for a simple economic intercom to work with any Ethernet network, with the option for cue lights and text messaging. The compact GreenGo beltpack and wall panel outstations can be used on any Ethernet network with Power over Ethernet capability - not just a specific lighting

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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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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:

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UK / Czech Republic - Showlight 2013 takes place in ?eský Krumlov in the Czech Republic and the town's 13th century Gothic castle, with its connected theatre and conference centre which will be the main venue for the presentations and exhibition.

The organisers are beginning their search for speakers for Showlight 2013 and will be at at PLASA 2011 on stand 1-C25.

"If you're a manufacturer, installation or rental company, Showlight offers the perfect environment in which to network with lighting designers from all disciplines. As an exhibitor, you'll have three days in which to talk about your products and ideas in a relaxed, informal atmosphere," says a spokesman.

(Jim Evans)

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UK - ShowTex is sponsoring all stage drapes and masking fabrics for the Theatres Trust Ecovenue feature at PLASA 2011.

Located in Earls Court 2, the stand will display ShowTex Oeko-Tex 100 standard certified velvet velour ecological theatre curtains in its theatre-in-miniature, complete with 'auditorium', 'stage', 'backstage', 'foyer' and 'box office'.

In support of the long term efforts undertaken by the Theatres Trust to demonstrate proven sustainability techniques for theatres and to help bring ecology into focus at PLASA 2011, ShowTex custom made a variety of classic theatre curtains from its range of eco friendly flame retardant fabrics

The Shakespeare, Molière and newly added Goethe range of velvets developed by ShowTex are the first in the industry to be Oeko-Tex 100 certified and meet the strict M1 and BS5867 standards of flammability. The 100 % cotton velvets come

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UK - PLASA 2011 continues a busy year for the Czech Republic based manufacturer which launches two new LED products - the Robin 1200 LEDWash, and the Robin DLX Spot, and previews the upcoming Robin 'Sniper' - a mega-bright beam fixture.

All are in line with the company's ongoing Think of the Future - Consider Nature commitment to producing genuinely more sustainable and greener technology which takes up less truck space, reduces weight loading on trusses, is quicker and simpler to rig and draws significantly less power than conventional light sources - without compromising on brightness, features or functionality.

Robe also highlights how it is streamlining its own production processes to reduce its carbon footprint and overall environmental impact.

The super-slim, mega-bright Robin 1200 LEDWash utilises the same multichip RGBW LEDs as Robe's Award-winning Robin 600 L

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UK - Batman Live tour directors will join leading Tait staff to reveal production secrets behind the astounding Batman Live show at a seminar during this year's PLASA exhibition in Earls Court, London, at 5pm on Monday 12th September.

Tait is widely considered as global leaders in the design, manufacture and tour logistics when it comes to scenic motion, and were an obvious choice for production director Jake Berry (who was in charge of all technical elements) and set designer Es Devlin as they conceived one the most ambitious live touring productions ever seen.

Berry and Devlin will be joined at this unique seminar by James 'Winky' Fairorth, president of Tait Towers, alongside Dana Bartholomew from Fisher Technical Services (FTSI), also part of the Tait Towers group. Following presentations by each of the panellists there will be a question and answer session fo

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PLASA 2011 sees Cooper Controls show a host of new products from its leading UK brands - architectural LED manufacturer Cogent and lighting control manufacturer LightProcessor.

Among the main new architectural orientated products is the Cogent XC LED controller, which will be shown with its latest software.

This increases the number of operational modes from 12 to 20, which can be directly accessed via an RS232 port, with the colours also recalled by region via RS232.

This is one of the most straightforward and flexible 'environmental' LED control systems on the market. It is set up in 'regions' via eight compass points, each of which is assigned with its own DMX address, so regions can be activated, pre-programmed and controlled by selecting 'top' 'middle or 'bottom' buttons - in any room or space.

Also from Cogent is a new range of four-colour changing LED strip lights - in RGB

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UK - Entertainment lighting designers are increasingly looking to LED lighting solutions to take advantage of more compact luminaire designs, unparalleled energy efficiency and dramatically lower heat signatures. At the same time, they demand solutions which light the stage and people on that stage with brightness, rich colour and precision focusing. With this in mind, Philips will launch the StagePainter D60 2000 system at PLASA 2011.

"The StagePainter goes beyond existing LED stage lighting capabilities to provide superior control over colour consistency and brightness, creating drama and spectacle with simplicity and ease," says Philips. The Philips StagePainter D60 2000 system enables lighting designers to 'paint' the scene they want with rich, bright and powerful LED illumination. "This enables them to recreate the same scene flawlessly, fixture after fixture

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UK - Midas has announced the latest additions to its PRO Series of digital consoles: the Midas PRO2 and PRO2C live audio systems. In something of a departure for Midas, which has always produced gear for the top of the line, the company says the PRO2/PRO2C takes the audio quality, performance, and values of the top-end Midas XL8, and makes them available at a price point well below the general-purpose mixing console average. The consoles are currently on display at the PLASA Show, September 11-14, at Earls Court, London.

Despite being the smallest and least expensive Midas digital consoles, the company says the PRO2 and PRO2C represent 'a quantum leap forward' for digital mixing, both in technology and concept. Essentially the same console, the PRO2C has eight fewer input faders and the smaller frame, at just 750mm by 850mm. Both consoles share the same components and finish as

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UK - Martin Professional have launched a new LED moving head - the MAC Aura - at the PLASA Show. "The MAC Aura is the first compact LED moving head wash light with zoom that offers never-before-seen eye-candy aura effects plus functions as a highly capable single-lens wash with fully pre-mixed colour," says Martin Professional.

The Aura's ground-breaking optical system combines two illumination systems in one luminaire - multicolour beam LEDs and a backlight LED lens array - to produce an all new visual palette that "takes the synthetic look out of LED wash lights for truly unique lighting design possibilities," says the company.

Use the fixture as a powerful single-lens wash or employ a separate set of individually controllable multicolour LEDs for "radical to subtle eye-candy looks". For the ultimate in easy-to-produce visuals, use the Aura's bu

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UK - ETC is showing a number of new and updated products at PLASA 2011, including the newest control desk in the company's award winning Eos line: Gio.

Officially launching at PLASA, the ETC Gio is designed to fill the mid-range position in the Eos family, between Eos and Ion. It offers the power of full Eos functionality, but in a smaller footprint. Features include integrated, articulating multi-touch displays and helpful backlit keys. The look of the desk itself is elegantly polished and minimalist.

ETC controls product manager Anne Valentino says: "We first showed Gio to customers at our end user conference, Cue, in Wisconsin in July, and it had an extremely positive response. We'd had a lot of demand for a desk to fill the space between the full-size Eos and the highly compact Ion.

"We're revealing full details of the desk to visitors on the stand; we'll then

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UK / Germany - Cloud Electronics, UK-based manufacturer of high-quality pro audio products, has announced S.E.A. Vertrieb & Consulting GmbH as the exclusive distribution channel for the full range of Cloud audio mixers, zoners, multi-channel amplifiers, and audio distribution systems throughout Germany, effective 15 October 2011.

S.E.A is a distributor of audio solutions for commercial installation, broadcasting, live sound reinforcement and studio products, employing a very enthusiastic and dynamic team of professionals in Emsburen, Germany.

The Company has been distributing audio and music equipment in Germany for more than 12 years and has sales, marketing, administration, technical and logistical facilities in Emsbúren, but also utilises 3rd party logistics and warehousing to provide nationwide coverage for all its brands, including Cloud.

Uwe Kirchfield, director and f

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UK Rental company, Production Services Ireland (PSI), supplied lighting equipment and crew to the popular 2011 Belsonic Festival, staged at Customs House Square in Belfast.

It's the fourth year that the Belfast and Dublin based company has been the festival's lighting contractor - since it started in fact - and this year the event was expanded to 10 days, showcasing a line of leading international artists including 30 Seconds To Mars, Tiesto, Primal Scream, Dizzee Rascal, Beady Eye, Elbow, Tinie Tempah and many more.

PSI was working for the event's co-producers MCD and Shine, and a production design for the stage at the 6000 capacity site was created by PSI's Sean Pagel. For the first night the rig was built to the spec of headliners 30 Seconds To Mars. It was then changed to the festival production design overnight and remained with that rig until the penultimate night, when

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UK - Green arts organisation Julie's Bicycle has launched its new UK-wide Better Batteries campaign at PLASA 2011. The campaign aims to bring together the music and theatre industries in a drive to switch over to rechargeable battery systems, particularly for portable sound equipment, and increase the rate of recycling for both disposable and rechargeable batteries. Focused on venues and individual productions the campaign is backed by scientific research and case studies from commercial theatre productions which prove the reliability of the technology, environmental benefits and cash savings available.

The environmental benefits associated with using rechargeable batteries and recycling after use include less pressure on natural resources, less pollution from the manufacturing process, less waste created and less carbon emissions resulting from transport and distribution, due t

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UK - With preliminary visitor figures of over 12,000, showing a marginal increase over 2010 and strong international engagement from across the world, organisers PLASA Events are "delighted" with the positive feedback to this year's PLASA 2011, which has just closed its doors at Earls Court after a vibrant four days.

This year's event sets the scene for a strong return to Earls Court in 2012. Events Manager Sophie Atkinson commented: "Exhibitors have been enthusing about the high quality of visitors and the rate of sales enquiries, and with hundreds of new products being launched, there has been a great return on investment for them. We expect to see many back here at Earls Court next year."

Visitors also relished being first to get their hands on some of the industry's hottest new products. Over 500 products were launched at the show, including major new d

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UK - With preliminary visitor figures of over 12,000, showing a marginal increase over 2010 and strong international engagement from across the world, organisers PLASA Events are "delighted" with the positive feedback to this year's PLASA 2011, which last week closed its doors at Earls Court after a vibrant four days.

This year's event sets the scene for a strong return to Earls Court in 2012. Events manager Sophie Atkinson commented: "Exhibitors have been enthusing about the high quality of visitors and the rate of sales enquiries, and with hundreds of new products being launched, there has been a great return on investment for them. We expect to see many back here at Earls Court next year."

Visitors also relished being first to get their hands on some of the industry's hottest new products. Over 500 products were launched at the show, including major new

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UK - LumenRadio announced their support for Art-Net 3, the latest release of the public domain Ethernet protocol from Artistic Licence Engineering. As of PLASA 2011, Art-Net 3 will be supported in all of LumenRadio's Ethernet enabled products.

Art-Net is supported by 200-plus international manufacturers, and is one of the protocols of choice in LumenRadio's smart and adaptive CRMXTM wireless lighting control system.

"By upgrading to Art-Net 3, we can be confident our products stay way ahead of the data demand curve," explains LumenRadio's Senior R&D Engineer, Michael Karlsson. "For example, one particular project that I recall used a single network to control a media server and distribute its output to a LED wall. Such a set-up could easily break the limit of many of the Ethernet protocols in common use today."

Wayne Howell, technical director of Artistic

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