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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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A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd., a leading one-stop provider of cutting-edge 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 1-E10, Hall 1 at PLASA 2011.

Teams from all of AC-ET's specialist product divisions will be there to discuss the massive 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.

The A.C. Lighting division will showcase the new GLP Impression Wash One and Spot One high powered LED spot and washlight moving heads. The latest moving lights available fr

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A.C. Special Projects Ltd (ACSP) will attend PLASA 2011 (Stand 1-D32, Hall 1) to showcase and discuss examples of the many leading 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 & He

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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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Croatia - Whole Nine Yards Productions were contracted in May to provide production & overlay services to Europe's premier bass music festival. The Outlook festival is geographically split between Fort Punta Christo (a 19th Century abandoned fort) and a working harbour that was especially cleared for the festival. Playing host to nine principal music stages and over 400 appearing artists the design, planning and coordination of the festival was a complex endeavour.

Technical director Ben Price was responsible for a crew of over 200 and charged with the planning, design, procurement and coordination of all overlay and technical infrastructure. The festival required technical equipment from over six different European counties and the impressive supplier roster included some of the industry's leading companies including NUSSLI, Aggreko, RG Jones and HSL.

Planning commenced in Ma

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UK - Avolites Media announced during the PLASA show formation of a strategic alliance with Immersive Ltd and is now sole manufacturer of a suite of products under the brand name Ai.

Immersive Ltd is a re-seller of the Ai system, integrating the Ai product range into their global business of design, animation, motion graphics and show production.

The Ai media server was showcased in the UK for the first time at PLASA 2011 with the aid of demonstrations and a show-reel presentation from a selection of Immersive productions which highlight the versatility and enormous potential of the Ai product range.

Avolites Media Ltd will release Ai media servers through the existing Avolites international distribution network. Meanwhile, Immersive Ltd will continue in its successful business of event production, experiential design and content creation for an expanding and diverse, high pr

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Russia - The first week of August 2011 saw Green Hippo's head of Training Simon Harris give a three-day workshop at Moscow's Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design, which was organised in conjunction with Green Hippo's new Russian distributor FMS Force Media Swiss AG.

Force Media are a management company representing several audiovisual and media organisations in Russia which range from online portals for audiovisual communities to educational and creative collectives. FMS Force Media pride themselves on their ambition to: "Promote creativity. From online portals that join communities virtually, to hardware products that run the largest stages internationally, Force Media Swiss's unique blend of management and strategy generates a demand for new media."

Green Hippo's workshops took place from 3-6 August and proved to be a great success, generating some

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