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CPL's team was headed by dynamic project manager Jimmy Smith who was working to a brief that required a clean, contemporary conference environment for the daytime sessions, which would be quickly and seamlessly transformed into a glamorous evening location for a gala dinner and Awards event!

With that adaptability in mind, he designed a practical and highly effective solution to meet the client's needs.

Behind the stage a 42m wide starcloth backdrop was installed and in front of that the set was bu

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Start Up Direct, which has recently established a base in the heart of London's Tech City, is targeting talented individuals who wish to start a business but lack the capital and often the experience to make it happen. As well as offering loans of up to £15,000, Start Up Direct matches every entrepreneur with a mentor who will be on hand to help and guide them as they develop their business over the first year. Entrepreneurs also have access

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Featuring outstanding image quality, the EPT9IP is an ultra-bright 9mm pixel pitch LED panel with 4,096 3-in-1 LED pixels per panel (64 x 64). It incorporates the latest dot correction technology for superior color and brightness uniformity and delivers an impressive 5,000 nits of brightness, more than sufficient for any indoor use and bright enough for virtually any outdoor application.

Integrated curving options from -15° to +15° allow designers to create a variety of seamless curved video displays, including convex, concave and even full circle designs, while

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A mixture of quality, variety and enthusiasm combined to create the unmistakable atmosphere that the show has become renowned for. "We really enjoy PLASA Focus," says Michael Brooksbank, European General Manager, Chauvet Professional. "It's a small, intimate, networking show, it doesn't cost us a significant amount of money, which always helps, and we get instant returns."

Martin Professional's UK Sales Director, Mike Walker, adds: "It's an important show for us. The international

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Mounted against a backdrop of vaulted gothic cathedral windows was the rather elegant xC-Series of column loudspeakers, comprising the 16C, 24C and 24C-E. Designed specifically to deliver the d&b System reality in those difficult reverberant environments, the company's long experience of working with passively crossed loudspeakers has produced a series of column loudspeakers with supremely effective horizontal pattern control.

Meanwhile, the freshly updated ArrayCalc simulation software from d&b attracted a steady stream of

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As well as promoting fine British ale and spirits, the company also used the additional space to demonstrate their Blakite range of British speakers along with their own signal processing equipment. New products on show included a 6" speaker and 12" compact stage wedge, both fitted with dual concentric drivers. These speakers and two subs were being powered by a prototype class-d amplifier. The amp has six channels giving 2x 2,500WRMS and 4x 800WRMS into 4 Ohms. It also includes an updated version of MilTec's DNP2

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Philips Entertainment will be showcasing three new products - the NEO lighting control console, the SL NITRO 510C LED luminaire, and the PLprofile4 Universal Lens Tube Adapter. On Friday, May 9, at 1:30pm, as part of the free-to-attend Professional Development Program, a Philips Entertainment specialist will present "Meet Neo."

ElektraLite will have three new professional LED products making their worldwide debut. The new 1018-AI is an improved version of ElektraLite's popular 1018 QUAD LED stage light; the LightStream - a multi-plane moving head spot system featuring six 12W, quad (RGBW) LEDs; and the new eyeBall Outdoor wh

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"InfoComm is an event that has been overshadowed by ISE in recent years, but the level of new and innovative technology on show makes it a must see event," said Richard Bovingdon, sales director of PSCo. "As a trade-only provider we are offering all channel partners, whether Rental, AV or IT, the chance to win an all-expenses paid trip to InfoComm with PSCo. We value all our partners and want to offer everyone the chance to win one of the thre

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The event will give attendees a real insight into how state-of-the-art technologies can increase productivity and communication between teams, as well as how new collaborative technologies can improve business performance.

During the Technology Day, a member of the Electrosonic team will guide each visitor through the exhibition, visiting each supplier to discuss the new technologies and how they can be integrated into any current facility.

Unlike other technology exhibitions, the event will showcase full solutions as opposed to individual products. Attendees will have the opportunity to see complete, real-t

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Already well-known for its expertise in DMX/RDM and ethernet-based lighting controls, Artistic Licence has been quick to respond to a growing need for DMX/DALI conversion products and DALI tools. While developed with fluorescent ballasts in mind, DALI is enjoying a much greater reach as designers and specifiers recognise the possibilities of combining it with DMX systems.

However, DALI remains an unknown quantity to many - a situation that Artistic Licence founder and CEO, Wayne Howell, aime

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igus supplies a wide range of energy chains for the theatre and entertainment industry, enabling theatre technicians to easily manage cables, and the company's compact energy chains have proven particularly popular in lifts, stages and lighting rigs. The reliable energy chain solutions include unsupported or gliding energy chains for horizontal energy supply, hanging and standing chains for vertical energy supply, as well as special solutions for rotating or retracting motion.

At this year's show, igus will be showcasing its innovative e-spool - a new gener

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The four models of the Rogue series comprise two power output levels of moving head spot fixtures and moving beam luminaires. Chauvet Europe General Manager, Michael Brooksbank, illustrates, "Rogue is unique in offering such outstanding performance with so many features for its price. Rogue will allow designers on a limited budget to create some very intense, high-impact designs with crisp beams, bright colours, aerial effects and split colours that may have been out of reach to them in the past because the budget wasn't there."

Rogue R1 Spot is powered by a 140W LED for a

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The TTAs debuted at PLASA 2013 at London's ExCel to credit the often unsung heroes working backstage to make theatre magic happen.

With the guidance of TTA co-creators Ian Taylor and Olivia Dermot Walsh the event attracted immediate support from some of the biggest names and companies in the industry, including Philips Entertainment, PRG, and Triple E, all of which are sponsoring awards again in 2014.

"The idea of the TTA awards is to highlight the work and effort of the people behind the scenes who are so often overlooked," says Ian Taylor. "I think it's important to recognise and acknowledge the diverse talents of backstage workers in all their gu

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The one-day training course is designed to provide those working in the live events industry with an awareness of health and safety issues whilst on site. Upon completion of the course delegates are issued with a passport style ID card, which is a nationally recognised qualification that proves the individual's competence regarding best practice and improves their employability.

The Safety Passport Scheme was designed by the Safety Pass Alliance (SPA) and the Production Services Association (PSA) to provide employers with a benchmark to measure an employee or freelancer's basic knowledge of health and safety. Backstage Academy is an accredited trainer for the Safety Pass Alliance.

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The next upcoming course, a two day seminar on lighting, will be presented by David Limbert and Dave Whitehouse of DWR Distribution on 17 and 18 May 2014 at the Savoy Theatre in Adcockvale.

"A lot of work has gone into this project," said David Limbert, who is the head of the Eastern Cape Branch of the Performing Arts Network of South Africa (PASA) and who came up with this incentive which is funded by Africalia, a Belgium based theatre development organisation. "It could not have happened without lots and lots of people giving up their time and energy to make it possible. This is not

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In booth C11547, the Alliance will exhibit some of the first products implementing OCA from its member companies with technical experts on hand to explain and present the technology.

"There has been significant work on the OCA control protocol to date, the InfoComm show is a great opportunity to present the results of that effort to the industry and to the public," said OCA marketing workgroup chairman, Marc Weber of d&b audiotechnik.

"For the first time in the history of the OCA Alliance, we will have a public booth at the InfoComm exhibition. The pub

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Exhibitors have been speaking enthusiastically about the quality and number of people they saw at their booths. Frank Brault, industry product specialist at Nemetschek Vectorworks comments, "We met with all of the regional contacts we were hoping to connect with. It's been a fantastic show!" Phil Ion, director of CORE Lighting, adds, "We saw a wide variety of interested customers from a much wider geographical area than we expected, and all quality leads. It's been well worth exhibiting."

The relaxed environment PLASA Focus shows are renowned for, providing attendees with an ideal setting to network and do business in, was m

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Achieving intelligibility is the focus of the day for anyone wishing to broaden their knowledge and gain further understanding of the principles of electroacoustics for sound system design and engineering.

"Electroacoustics covers all the essential information in an entertaining way through visual imagery and practical demonstrations," explains Oran. "Now in its sixteenth year, this seminar has become an industry standard."

The Electroacoustics seminar is suitable for all levels of experience, for anyone wanting to know more about how loudspeakers interact with their environment and how that affects what the listener hears.

As with

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Designed to recognise the best suppliers to the growing festival industry, the Festival Supplier Awards will showcase the companies and individuals that help create some of the UK's most well-known and best-loved festivals. Twenty-four awards will be presented in total, with categories honouring all aspects of festival production from staging and safety to barriers and bars - together with a special award for the industry's rising star.

"Many event suppliers have indicated that the festival sector represents a significantly increasing proportion of their business," explains Michelle Tayton director of AMP Events, the team behind the Festival Supplier Awards. "With festivals also offeri

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Known principally as a solutions and rental company, Unusual Rigging is also the sales partner for several companies, including Lyon, the leading provider of equipment for work at height and distributor for companies such as Petzl, Maillon Rapide and Beal, all well respected names in the industry. As such, the range of PPE products now available to buy from Unusual Rigging has grown enormously, encompassing body harnesses, helmets, pulleys, waterproof and kit bags, gloves, hauling lines, karabiners, lanyards and ladders . . . the list goes on.

Also new to Unusual's products for sale is a range of high performance, rugged chain bags. Available in five sizes, they fit all the main chain hoist brands used in the enterta

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Following successful outings at Prolight + Sound and PLASA Focus earlier this year, Showline is exhibiting the SL NITRO 510C LED strobe, which adds full RGBW capabilities into the same compact size luminaire as the SL NITRO 510, while maintaining similar massive output, multiple zone control and continuous-on abilities.

Showline is also showing the SL WASH 350, a compact moving washlight with three independent zones of homogenized RGBW control. In addition, budget minded projects will appreciate the new SL ePAR 180 and SL eSTROBE 130. These two luminaires offer high output and innovative features in a compact size.

Philips Selecon will be on stand to demo th

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"The Indian DJ Expo was conceptualised after carefully analysing the steady growth in the entertainment and events sector with night life, dining, DJ gigs and music festivals becoming increasingly popular and in-demand in India, which has resulted in huge investments into DJ gear, sound, light and visuals," say organisers.

The rise of the DJ in India's entertainment and events industry has also resurrected the dying 'music production' sector, which was previous limited to producing Bollywood soundtracks and pop albums etc. But there has been a sudden rise in studios set up by artists and DJs alike who are now

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The company first attended ABTT in the same year it was founded - 1984 - and won the ABTT Product of the Year Award for its 'Loose Pin Hinge', used by everyone for scenery construction.

Three decades on, Triple E is inviting companies to enter a competition to rig a motorised Unitrack system in the fastest possible time, with the quickest team winning one of Triple E's Erail tracks complete with an SDRIVE motor system. The competition will take place in the Test Bench area at ABTT. To enter the contest, visit www.3-eee.com/news/track-competition.php

The company is also manufacturing the coveted ABTT Awards and engraving them