UK - TMB will introduce a host of new products at next month's PLASA Show (Earls Court, London, 11 - 14 September).

Products premiering at PLASA include the Cygnus Incite 375W Profile, the latest addition to the Cygnus range of LED fixtures by Wybron - exclusively distributed in the UK by TMB. Incite offers unprecedented lumens-per-Watt efficiency, with a CRI up to 92 (5x the brightness of competing fixtures). The quiet, advanced thermal management system ensures optimal output and consistent colour for many years. Proprietary in-lens colour-mixing technology provides smooth, virtually rainbow-free shadows. Advanced electronics provide step-free dimming over the longest fades, and Incite is fully RDM capable. The Cygnus family also includes the super-bright LED Wash and Stu

Sweden - LumenRadio has announced support for the recently published Art-Net 3 specification. Support for Art-Net 3 will be released at PLASA 2011 in London and will be available immediately for the entire line of CRMX Ethernet products.

Since the CRMX line of products was launched back in 2009 LumenRadio has supported a wide variety of Ethernet protocols including industry standard protocols like Streaming ACN (ANSI E1.31), manufacturer proprietary protocols such as ETCNet 2 & 3 and ShowNet, and protocols available in the public domain like Art-Net 1, 2, & 3.

"By being the fir

USA - The Platinum Beam 5R from Elation uses the new, advanced MSD Platinum 5R lamp from Philips, an innovation that allows manufacturers to design fixtures that are much more compact and energy efficient. Although it looks like a traditional ACL effect, with a concentrated "searchlight" type beam that's comparable to much higher wattage fixtures in brightness, the Platinum Beam 5R's ultra-efficient lamp runs on only 189 watts.

"Back in the Seventies, ACL effects became very popular at rock concerts. They produced powerful, tight beacon-like beams that resembled the lig

UK - Avolites will present the production launch of the Sapphire Touch and the expansive Titan Range at PLASA 2011. The Sapphire Touch has undergone significant aesthetic enhancements and employs the newest technology available. It combines twin multi-touch screens with 45 motorized touch-sensitive faders and an optical trackball with Z axis ring; affording designers faster control of complex fixtures, says the company. In addition, ideal for designers on the move, the Titan Mobile lightweight console brings all the Avolites experience and quality to an affordable level and has been use

UK - After Germany , United States and Italy , Outline's large-format line-source system will be on show in London , on stand G35 at the PLASA Show, from 11-14 September.

The result of a positive two-year cooperation between Outline and some of the world's best-known rental companies, the first GTO - Grand Touring systems featured on high-profile concerts and tours, initially in the USA and then Europe. Those systems were not prototypes, but already standard production models, the same as those officially presented in Frankfurt just four months ago.

At PLASA 2011 the Italian company

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