Entertainment Services and Technology Association

Entertainment Services and Technology Association
Established	1987 (34 years ago)
Part of	Professional Lighting and Sound Association
Headquarters	New York City
Website	www.esta.org

ESTA is an acronym for (The Entertainment Services & Technology Association) is an American based non-profit trade association that represents the entertainment technology industry and is dedicated to promoting professionalism and growth within it. It also provides a forum where interested parties can exchange ideas and information, create standards and recommend certain practices, and face problems in terms of training and certification.

ESTA members provide a wide variety of products and services to the industry, which range from large corporations to individual designers. Its members include distributors, manufacturers, companies in the field of service and production, designers and consultants.

ESTA is currently in charge of reviewing the DMX512 protocol (Digital MultipleX) as well as the development of the new sACN protocol (Advanced Control Network), both communications protocols used to control the lighting of scenarios and special effects.

History

In 2010 ESTA merged with PLASA[1][2] and demerged in 2015.

Standards

In 1994 the ESTA started a technical standards program for the development of industry standards. This program is officially recognized by ANSI as a "Standards Developer". Standards developed by the ESTA go through life as ANSI E1.-number-year - description .

Example standards are:

ANSI E1.11-2004 / ANSI E1.11-2008 - DMX512
ANSI E1.17-2006 - Advanced Control Network or Architecture for Control Networks
ANSI E1.20-2006 - Remote Device Management via DMX512

References

Low, Andrew (4 Jun 2010). "PLASA and ESTA members approve merger". Audio Pro International. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
Vanderkar, Lauren (18 Jun 2010). "PLASA and ESTA vote to merge". Lighting.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 May 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2013.

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[audioProMerger-1] Low, Andrew (4 Jun 2010). "PLASA and ESTA members approve merger". Audio Pro International. Retrieved 16 May 2013.

[2] Vanderkar, Lauren (18 Jun 2010). "PLASA and ESTA vote to merge". Lighting.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 May 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2013.