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DiGiCo has appointed Amptec as its new distributor for Belgium. Founded by CEO Bart Willems in 1990, Amptec is one of the BeNeLux region's best-known professional audio distributors and solution suppliers, with a strong reputation for quality and service.

Event technology specialists Blueprint were recently tasked with the challenge of providing dynamic lighting to enable British chart topping artiste Katy B to make the video promoting her next single, Crying For No Reason. And so they turned to their inventory of next generation LED tools from SGM, notably the 120 x 2-meter long LT-200 3D pixel tubes.

The Belgium company ArKaos PRO will show its complete range of media servers at Prolight & Sound 2014, comprising the Stage, Studio and Stadium servers, offering up to two-, four- and six-outputs respectively. Arkaos will also show MediaMaster 4.0, the latest version of ArKaos PRO’s media server software, and LedMaster, a solution delivring led show controlin conjuction with Arkaos Kling-Net protocole.

WildBeam™R is a spectacular new addition to the Ayrton line. It couples seven individually controlled 15W RGBW LED emitters with brand new, 67mm collimators - a world-première combination - to create an astonishingly powerful, compact luminaire with a sharp 4.5° beam.

Elation is a leader in the use of energy-efficient Platinum lamp technology and will be showcasing three new luminaires in the Platinum range of professional moving heads including the Platinum Wash 16R Pro, a flexible feature-packed luminaire that has use as both a wash and beam; the Platinum Profile 35 Pro, a full-featured fixture with internal framing; and the Rayzor Beam 2R, a small and speedy fixture powerful enough to work alongside larger luminaires.

Lime is the highest efficacy Luxeon LED manufactured to date. Therefore it enables highly efficient colour mixing by providing a convenient above-blackbody colour point with optimal standalone efficiency of 200 lm/W at 350 mA and 85°C.

Prominent Midwest-based SR provider takes delivery of its first L- Acoustics system.

 Fresh back from the 25th annual Pollstar Awards in Nashville, where they were nominated for "Sound Company of the Year," Thunder Audio President Tony Villarreal and Vice President Paul Owen proudly announce that they have now officially taken delivery of their company's first L-Acoustics system, the new K2.


Robe Lighting s.r.o., the Czech based entertainment lighting multi-national announces the acquisition of the complete range of LiteWare portable battery LED products from UK company Global Design Solutions (GDS).

The Forum is meant to bring members together regarding everything from design and programming for lighting, multimedia, audio, to new technologies, to working in other countries, to sharing tricks of the trade, and leveraging each other's knowledge and experiences.

Following the successful launch of the Cobalt 20 desk at the PLASA trade show, ETC is expanding the range with the Cobalt 10 desk, which will be available for stand visitors to play with. The desk brings the power of Cobalt 20 to a compact, road-ready footprint, with ten motorised faders.

Brusi Acoustics, a consulting firm based in Valencia (Spain), has announced the availability of PAcalculate, a free multi-lingual multi-platform mobile app with calculators and other information and utilities for pro-audio and lighting professionals. PAcalculate is lightweight and can be installed on iOS (Apple), Android, Windows-Phone 8 and Blackberry devices from their respective app stores.

James Thomas Engineering has announced the imminent departure of its Sales Manager, Andy Walters, after a career spanning 21 years with the company. Walters, son of the company’s co-founder John Walters, has chosen to take up a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join specialist UK model makers, Amalgam.

ATK Audiotek of Valencia, CA (USA), production sound provider for the annual Grammy Awards telecast for the past 14 years, augmented its audience PA system for this year’s ceremony with prototype subwoofer cabinets utilizing Powersoft’s innovative M-Force transducer technology.

Prolight + Sound 2014 will prove no exception as Ayrton chooses the show as a forum to launch three new products. The first of these products is NandoBeam™S6, twice as powerful as its little brother, NandoBeam S3. It will be on show on the Ayrton stand, Hall 9.0, Booth E70.