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PLASA 2011 European AGM - 7 June, London

PLASA's European AGM takes place at London's King's Place, 7 June 2011.

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - PLASA's forthcoming European AGM and Members Lunch is expected to attract a strong turnout on the back of a significant 12 months for the organization.

It's just a year since members of PLASA voted overwhelmingly to merge with leading North American trade association ESTA, and on the 1 January this year, the two formally came together under the PLASA name, creating one of the largest membership organizations in the industry with over 1100 members worldwide.

Though still in its early stages, the merger has already greatly strengthened PLASA and given it a new profile in the industry, reinforced by a new PLASA logo and brand identity. The first phase of a new PLASA website has gone live and the first meetings of the new Regional Boards and over-arching Governing Body have als

IaniLEDS on location with Amazonian Indians

Details: 14 March 2016

Brazil / France - A new documentary on the native Kaiapos of Brazil produced by the French channel TF1 was shot using IaniLEDs 54 portable, low-weight units, capturing the lives of Amazonian Indians in their own environment.

Suitable for location filming, IaniLEDs 54 are designed for use where mains power supply is unavailable. In such locations, a fast and discrete technical set-up is often all-important. For this South American production, TF1 used two IaniLEDs 54, 54W 12V, powered simply by camera batteries, fitted on board by a gold mount bracket. The absence of leads and external

The Week in Lighting & Sound

Details: 14 March 2016

Fraud Busters - Two of the biggest live event organisers in the UK have agreed to a police idea to protect people from fraudulent ticket websites. Festival Republic and Live Nation will send out tickets as soon as possible, rather than waiting, sometimes for six months, until just before performances. Police say the delay makes it difficult to prove fake sites did not have the tickets to sell in the first place. The National Fraud Authority says £168m is lost annually through ticket scams.

Genuine ticket sellers claim the delay in sending out tickets is meant to limit the time c

Sultan Thomas and his technical manager, Bassam Mendelek

RST boosts Christie inventory

Details: 14 March 2016

UAE - A major service provider throughout the GCC countries, Dubai-based Resources Stage Technologies (RST) have boosted their inventory of Christie projectors, with the purchase of four Roadie HD+35K 1080 HD DLP devices.

With a sister company, Wide Angle Production, operating from Beirut, the company collectively services events throughout the UAE, as well as Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Qatar, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Syria and Jordan.

Specialists in large-scale events, RST has been buying Christie products on a regular basis for the past five years and already owned a Roadie HD25K and HD

Michael DiMarco, sound engineer for New Victory Theatre

Midas PRO3 debuts on Broadway

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - Located in New York's Broadway Theatre district, the New Victory Theatre has installed a Midas PRO3 live audio system. New York's oldest working theatre, The New Victory was built in 1900 by Oscar Hammerstein and seats 499 patrons in a traditional proscenium style layout. Reopened in 1995 after a period of non-activity, the venue is the city's first and only full-time performing arts theatre for kids and their families.

"After 15 years, it was time for us to update our systems and enter the 21st century," states David Jensen, director of production for New 42nd Street

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