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1. You'll see lots of new ideas - over 1,000 new products will be launched, and the best of these will be featured in the Innovation Gallery.
2. You'll see all the major international brands and manufacturers from around the globe.
3. You'll find more new companies exhibiting this year than ever before.
4. You'll hear about numerous new industry initiatives.
5. You'll find out what others are spending their money on and why.
6. You'll get to talk to lots of different people, many of them potential customers.
7. You'll take back knowledge to your workplace.
8. All the major industry trade associations will be there to offe

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Denon, Numark, Pioneer, Stanton and Vestax will be just some of the big-name brands at the Show, and a key part of the 300-strong line up of exhibitors showcasing current trends in lighting, sound, AV and multimedia technologies.

DJ Sunday, sponsored by iDJ magazine, will get the show off to a flying start with numerous events, giveaways and on-stand demos by leading DJs. In the DJ Lounge (at the back of the hall), visitors can watch the winners of iDJ Magazine's monthly Raw Talent competition and there will also be an opportunity to take the first steps into music production with a Tal

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"WYSIWYG has been the indisputable leader in lighting design software for the past decade. Over this period, we've listened to the needs of our users and strived to provide dynamic software solutions. The introduction of Streaming Video in Release 14 will give them the opportunity to bring live or pre-recorded video streams into WYSIWYG and play them back while creating looks in Design mode or pre-cueing in Live mode," says Gilray Densham, president and CEO of Cast Software.

Other new features that have been implemented include a cross-fading function giving users the ability to see a timed transition between any two stored looks in Design mode. Desi

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The Foundation's Seminars and Training area offers educational resources for entertainment technicians, including a comprehensive bibliography of rigging reference materials and rigging seminars. The site also includes information about the Essential Skills for the Entertainment Technician Program, now in development.

The ESTA Foundation is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization established in early 2005 to create and support educational and charitable programs for the entertainment technology industry. The primary goals of the

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The award was given to NSL based on a phenomenal sales performance representing 23% sales growth year over year for the dbx/Lexicon product line. It was personally delivered to Steve Raslevich, president of NSL, by sales rep Bob Podolinski of RLA and Aaron Kunz, eastern regional sales manager for dbx/Lexicon Professional Products.

"The partnership between NSL and dbx/Lexicon is a winning combination," said Kunz. "We have a collective goal to increase sales and brand promotion while offering first rate service and expertise to the pro audio market."

"I am thankful that Bob and Aaron took the time and effort to recognize

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The three-day event culminated on the August Bank Holiday Monday with six stages in and around the city centre, featuring top live performers from all over the world. Liverpool Culture Company's general manager of events, Lee Forde explains that the Culture Company took over full control of this year's event: "It was an absolutely essential move to keep the festival progressing and diversifying."

Two stages were installed at the Pier Head for the first time - North and South. The North stage was effectively the main stage. On the Sunday, it featured The Buzzcocks, The Stranglers, Tony Christie, The Christians, Liverpool Express and Neville Skelly among others. The

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CEO Per Eriksson first began DJ'ing in 1974 at the age of 14, and started Starlight Disco in 1980. With a bus, a lighting rig and a Cerwin Vega sound system, he found regular work providing lights and sound to events staged in Sweden's 'People's Parks' - something of a national institution in the 1980s.

It was during this period that Eriksson first encountered Ulf Brynte. The pair worked together in 1989-1990, when Brynte rented Eriksson's van, some equipment and an employee to help service a

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Please note: due to the current security situation, there will be full bag checks as you enter the show and all visitors are being asked for their co-operation. In the meantime, to help you plan, don't forget to check out the show website - see address below - for all the up-to-date news in the final run-up to the show.

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In the lighting industry one of these links is Mico Lighting. Started in 1972, when it was run from a small unit and an upstairs bedroom in Pudsey, West Yorkshire by Michael Kitching and Colin Durber, it is now one of the largest privately-owned distributors of lamps in the industry and boasts in excess of 100 years of lighting experience by its three directors (Kitching, Durber and Graham Waite-Pullan).

Today, the Pudsey-based company distributes, in the main, to UK-based commercial end users and specialist suppliers from a 30,000sq.m warehouse. The company's dedication to customer support and total quality is the key to its success, say Mico, an ISO 90

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Scheduled to run at the same time as PLASA, so that show visitors can visit both while in the capital, special offers include Wholehog II consoles, Source Fours and Vari*Lite fixtures and infrastructure.

PRG Europe group asset manager Paul Weaver says: "As a single source provider of lighting and projection solutions for the entertainment and events industry, we offer a range of resources unmatched anywhere. This means we have an enormous amount of stock, and storage space isn't cheap, so to make room we'd prefer

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Appropriately for DJ Sunday, seminars today include a session on Digital Turntablism and Mixing, chaired by David Eserin, editor of the Technoscan section of DJ Magazine, the session features world-renowned DJs Chris Liebing and Jonathan Lisle, and Eitan Zilkha of Sapphires. Following the session, Jonathan Lisle will be perform

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The Butler allows up to two DMX lines to be controlled an e:cue programmer or media engine. Soft-Patch allows two different DMX lines to be inserted or the same line can be repeated several times. The DMX signal is available via RJ45 connectors or, optionally, XLR adaptors.

The Butler can also be used as a standard replay unit, and an internal SD card provides memory for several shows generated by the e:cue programmer including the use of liveFX functionality. Show size is limited solely by the SD card capacity, and if a show requires more than two DMX universes several Butler devices can be linked via e*net and synchronised during replay, while the integrated IR receiver provides a simple method of recalling shows from any IR remote controller.

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Brophy, who was given the £70,000 per year job at the Millennium Dome in 1998 despite his lack of experience, and used his position to award contracts to Pro Design - a company he had set up with his mother Ruth Barclay and his friend David Gordon as directors. £3.9m of lighting contracts were awarded to Pro Design - £2.8m of which was paid to the company before the fraud was uncovered. Equipment was rented by Pro Design from another lighting company and then hired out to the Dome at hugely inflated rates. In all, the investigation found that Brophy stole a total of £1.1m from the NMEC. During the trial, it was also found that that Pr

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The company, which began working in the events industry in 1997, followed on from its successful launch at PLASA 2004 of its DigiSound fabric and reported a busy summer season during which it supplied material to the Fifth Test Match at the Oval, as well as all of the Gcap Radio Party In the Park events.

The latter shows featured DigiSound fabric as PA scrims and PVC banners and stage décor. DigiSound fabric is design to take digital printing while its wide mesh minimises sound degradation when used in front of a PA system.

(Mike Lethby)

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"We've made significant progress in the last couple of years in upgrading our manufacturing facility and processes," said Lockhart, president, Biamp Systems. "We want this progress to continue in order to meet the demand for Biamp products. Given Roberts's impressive background and strong leadership abilities, we are certain that he is a good fit for this position."

A West Point Graduate, Yeager was the

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The researchers, Purple Market Research Ltd, estimate that the UK market in 2004, in terms of end user expenditure (and excluding any cross-selling among suppliers) is worth just over £1.1bn. The market consists of five main product categories: professional lighting, pro audio for presentation and performance purposes, pro-audio for

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"Our continued expansion and growth within the sound market, both hire and sales, has been tremendous" said Iain Reinhold, head of sound at Hawthorn, "allowing us to continue with our commitment to and investment in new kit and placing us in the right position to provide the best and latest equipment to our clients and customers."

Zero 88 in its 2005 Dealer Awards at PLASA also awarded the Independent Dealer of the Year Award to Hawthorn. The award is in recognition of the growth and development of its Zero 88 dealership and in recognition of its commitment and support for the brand over the last year.

"We are delighted to receive the two awards, which are furt

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For The Doves, VDC supplied Michael Jobson Management with multicore looms, single manufactured leads, cable, components and patch panels, which were used throughout the band's recent UK and US tours. For The White Stripes, VDC constructed a custom panel and multicore using Van Damme Black Series cable. This enabled the band's concerts to be recorded for future release.

VDC also provided dance band Goldfrapp with a new patch panel for its custom stagebox, enabling the band to significantly increase the number of channels available during live date

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Recently, while working on a poetry reading at Guild Hall, Marchese was overcome with a migraine seizure. The next morning, he was rushed to a local hospital, then transported to Stony Brook University Hospital

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The new courses, Live Event Technology and Lighting Technology look set to train some of the UK's top dramatic lighting professionals of the future. During the launch, which took place on Tuesday 6 September, one of the campus' largest buildings was illuminated by state-of-the-art lighting technology provided by Stage Electrics.

For the two weeks of the launch Stage Electrics is highlighting the campus building with the use of 4 Studio Due Citycolors 2.5k and two Martin MAC 2000 Performances assisted by an array of generic lanterns from ETC, Strand and Selecon. The use of three custom glass gobos together with the static lighting produces an array of different effects on the building which can be s

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It is now announced that their work in sheet metal will be carried out under the new name of Pearlfisher Engineering Ltd, absorbing Temple Shearing & Engineering Ltd, and working from Burgess Hill. In addition to the complementary manufacturing processes, Keith Woods, managing director of Wilkes Iris, has plans for improvements and expansion for the mutual benefit of the businesses and customers, particularly in architectural, gallery illumination and concert and disco lighting.

Wilkes Iris, a forth generation family business, was founded in 1884, and with well over a cen

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Continuing its recruitment drive, the Group has confirmed that Ed Everest, founder and current managing director of Outside Broadcast specialists, O21, has been appointed as the new managing director of Charter Broadcast beginning in October 2005. Everest comments: "I'm delighted to be able to join the Blitz Charter Group; I have worked with Charter many times through the years, and their skill and enthusiasm for what they do has always been impressive. I have been

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This new version of HireTrack Eclipse is the result of almost 18 months of work, including over six months spent in testing and stabilization. It is, by far, the most solid version released and includes hundreds of new and updated features, most of which came from requests by Navigator Systems' customers. The program also now includes an auto-updating feature, so users can be sure that they always have the latest version.

The 'Try-it' version is now available for download from the company's website, plus full details and manuals for the product.

(Sarah Rushton-Read