News Archive - October 2020

COVID-19 Update, October 30, 2020: Denial

The US passes another grim milestone, one ignored by the president and his associates -- a fact that -- eight months into the pandemic -- is still difficult to process. As never before, denial is shown to have deadly consequences. Europe ...

New Chauvet Professional COLORado Batten Q15 Is Versatile By Design

The new IP65 rated COLORado Batten Q15 from Chauvet Professional features an array of rigging options that make it right at home in a wide range of designs.
The adjustable trunnions on this one-meter long RGBW LED batten, which ...

Yamaha Names Preston Gray Director of Marketing for Professional Audio

Yamaha Corporation of America (YCA) has named Preston Gray as director of marketing for professional audio, responsible for Yamaha and NEXO professional, commercial, and live sound products as well as audio workstation tools ...

Visual Productions Launches the New B-Station2

The new B-Station2 from Visual Productions BV is designed to offer a user-interface to your lighting project, it is a wall-mount panel with six push-buttons. The buttons can be configured to send out a multitude of control messages ...

LMG Raises the XR Bar with the Colossal Cube

As Extended Reality (XR) technology is sweeping the globe, LMG, a national provider of video, audio, lighting, and LED support based in Orlando, FL, has raised the bar for XR stages with the launch of the LMG Colossal Cube, the ...

ATK Versacom Adopts RTS VLink Virtual Intercom Matrix for Remote Production of Major Live Events

When COVID-19 struck, the entire live event industry ground to a halt. Yet ironically, the lockdown created even stronger demand for entertainment. Faced with high content demand and strict safety protocols, ATK Versacom (Valencia, ...

Vejle Musikteater Makes New Robe Investment

Vejle Musikteater, in the attractive fjord-side town of Vejle in Denmark, is - usually -- a bustling hub for live entertainment, events, and all types of performance, as one of the busiest multipurpose venues in the country offering a ...

Remee Wire & Cable Launches New Line of TEKwire Audio, Instrumentation, Control & Digital Signaling Cables

Remee Wire & Cable, a manufacturer of electronic wire and cable, announces they are launching a new line of TEKwire low voltage Audio, Instrumentation, Control and Digital Signaling Cables. These new cables are comparable to the ...

Chroma-Q Fixtures Highlight WGN News Nation

Eastern Lighting Design has been relying on Chroma-Q products for many years and many projects, including their most recent lighting design project for WGN's News Nation Studio. Specializing in TV and Broadcast Studios, Matt ...

Musically Fed and World Central Kitchen Team Up To Deliver Food to 100 Nashville-Area Families

Musically Fed, World Central Kitchen and Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee partnered with Rhino Staging to deliver boxes of food to 100 families on Saturday. The drive-thru event focused on families who work in the live ...

Tom Kenny Lights 2020 iHeartCountry Festival with Bandit Lites

For the seventh year in a row, the biggest stars of country music performed in a celebration of all things country at the 2020 iHeartCountry Festival presented by Capital One. Taking place at the Steel Mill with a lighting rig supplied by ...

Konzerthaus Dortmund Elevates Performances by Upgrading to World-Class Harman Professional Audio Solution

Looking to provide guests an even greater live sound experience, Konzerthaus Dortmund collaborated with Audio Pro and integrators B+B Event Technology to upgrade its sound system to a state-of-the-art Harman Professional audio ...

Guildhall School of Music & Drama Brings Music Back to Campus Safely with Audinate's Dante

Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London is one of the premiere arts colleges in the world. Among its notable alumni are actors Ewan McGregor and Daniel Craig, and musicians Jacqueline du Pré and Sir Bryn Terfel

COVID-19 Update, October 29, 2020: "A Very Difficult Trajectory"

These are the words of Dr. Anthony Fauci, arguing that, despite the president's insistence at we are at the beginning of the end of the pandemic, we aren't even at the end of the beginning. Meanwhile, COVID-19 runs riot in Europe, ...

inMusic Adds ArKaos to its Family of Premier Technology, DJ, and MI Companies

inMusic, home of music technology hardware, software, and consumer electronics, is announces the acquisition of ArKaos.
Founded in 1996, ArKaos specializes in video processing technologies, including software and hardware ...

Pathway eLink Lighting Protocol Converter/Router

As Ethernet data distribution in entertainment and architectural systems becomes more ubiquitous, tools are needed to ensure data from one system is not flooding the network causing unnecessary or insecure traffic. ...

Avolites Releases Feature Rich v14 of Titan Lighting Software

Avolites announces the release of the latest version of the Titan lighting software with version 14, packed with a host of time saving and practical features taken from user feedback.
Taking the most requested and voted for ...

L-Acoustics and JH Audio Develop Premium In-Ear Monitor Reproducing Live Music's Most Iconic Sonic Signature

L-Acoustics announces its first offering in personal audio, Contour XO in-ear monitor powered by JH Audio.
Contour XO is born from the meeting of two pro sound icons: Jerry Harvey and Dr. Christian Heil. Both pioneered ...

Harman Professional Learning Sessions Relief Effort Nominated Finalist for AV In Action Award

Harman Professional Solutions is honored to be nominated as a finalist for AV Magazine's 2020 AV In Action Award for its Learning Sessions series relief effort. The series has garnered attention for hiring AV and lighting ...

12 Million Unemployed in Live Entertainment is a Total Clusterf***. Helping Them is a Fustercluck.

When the live entertainment industry shut down in March due to the Coronavirus pandemic, 12 million people lost 100% of their income -- from artists and entertainers to crews, ticket-takers, and concession workers. In an interview with ...

MixOne Sound Drives dLive from Hardcore Punk to Classic Funk

For over a decade, Southern California based full-service AV and staging company MixOne Sound has tackled live and virtual concerts, conferences and commercial productions of all sizes. Two of their most recent shows highlight rap rock ...

D-Dream Creates Community Drive-In Shows with Chauvet Professional

The drive-in movie, an 87-year old American cultural icon that had long ago been pushed to the edge of obscurity, experienced a well-documented global revival in 2020 as people sought safe, socially distant forms of entertainment in the ...

Take1 Insurance Returns as Presenting Sponsor of the 2020 Virtual Event Safety Summit

Entertainment industry insurance solutions provider Take1 Insurance announces its return as the Presenting Sponsor of the 2020 Event Safety Alliance Event Safety Summit -- an all virtual, 5-day event that runs from December 7 - 11, ...

DiGiGrid Delivers the Magic

Maurice Pätzold is a 24-year old sound engineer from Saarbrücken in Germany, who works for Schütz Sound and Light, a small but busy events production supplier. In his career to date, Pätzold has already gained a wealth of experience ...

BPI/BRIT Awards Donate £54,000 to Stagehand's "COVID-19 Crew Relief Fund"

The BPI/BRIT Awards announces the donation of £54,000 to the COVID-19 Crew Relief Fund administered by Stagehand - the Production Services Association (PSA) Welfare and Benevolent Fund. The money, which will help Stagehand's ...

Themed Entertainment Association Forms New Committee on Diversity and Inclusion

The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) announces the formation of a standing Committee on Diversity and Inclusion. The new Committee was established on October 13, 2020 by approval of the TEA International Board of Directors. ...

COVID-19 Update, October 28, 2020: Cognitive Dissonance

In a political spin that would leave George Orwell breathless, the presidential administration insists that the pandemic is ending. Meanwhile, hospitals are overwhelmed, the stock market is plunging, Congress can't agree on a stimulus ...

Meyer Sound Launches Spacemap Go, a Breakthrough Tool for Spatial Sound Design and Mixing

Meyer Sound has officially released Spacemap Go, an industry game changer in spatial sound design and mixing. Available October 28 as a free app for Apple iPad, Spacemap Go can transform the thousands of Meyer Sound GALAXY Network ...

Bose Unveils Advanced Portability and Power with the New L1 Pro Portable Line Array Family

Bose Professional introduces the Bose L1 Pro portable line array systems, the next-level advancement of a PA category invented by Bose 17 years ago with the release of the original L1. The L1 Pro systems usher in a new era of on-the ...

Third-party Loudspeaker Settings Now Available for Dynacord Electronics via SONICUE Software

Dynacord announces that presets from leading third-party manufacturers are now available for use with Dynacord electronics via SONICUE sound system software. The list of brands/databases may be accessed

Christie Introduces Far-UVC Light Fixture with Patented Care222 Technology for UV Disinfection

Christie announces the launch of the Christie CounterAct line of commercial UV disinfection products with patented Care222 far-UVC light technology for cinemas, theme parks, museums, sports complexes, and other indoor spaces. Unlike ...

New York City Lites Turns to Elation IP-rated Luminaires for "Illuminance" on Bannerman Island

Some of the only ticketed live concerts in New York State in recent months took place September 30 - October 4 on Bannerman Island, a 7-acre isle with a colorful history that lies in the middle of the Hudson River 50 miles north of New ...

Epic Games' London Innovation Lab Breaks New Ground in Virtual Production, Supported by Brompton Technology

Based in London's Fitzrovia, Epic Games' London Innovation Lab is a hub for the creative community, offering creators across industries a platform to produce real-time content and immersive virtual experiences, using Epic's Unreal Engine (U ...

Belmont Campus Shines for Final Presidential Debate with Bandit Lites

More than 55 million viewers watched as President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden met for the final presidential debate at Belmont University. Bandit Lites supplied the university's exterior and site ...

LynTec RPC Power Control Panels Selected for Palacio de la Musica in Mérida

LynTec, a manufacturer of electrical power control solutions for professional audio, video, and lighting systems, announced its RPC panels were successfully installed at the Palacio de la Musica in Mérida, Yucatán. Principal ...

MEPTIK Partners with Nashville Video Production Companies for Mixed Reality Collaboration

MEPTIK, Atlanta-based experiential design agency, announced its partnership with Nashville production companies, Gear Seven and Creative Technology (CT) at Skyway ...

Los Pentecostales de Newport News Installs Permanent Danley Loudspeakers, Subwoofers, Monitors, and Amp

Los Pentecostales de Newport News is a Pentecostal church serving the Hispanic community in Newport News, Virginia. With seemingly-boundless energy, Pastor Mario Zunzunegui delivers impassioned services and encourages strong ...

Ben Sheppee of Observatory creates DRAWDOWN for Collusion

Visual artist Ben Sheppee, innovator in immersive light-based environments and founder of visual design studio Observatory, is the latest artist to be commissioned by Collusion to create a major new site-specific artwork ...

TASCAM's DR-05X Facilitates On-Campus Rehearsals During COVID-19 Pandemic

As the defining global health issue of our time, the pandemic has literally changed the lives of people everywhere -- impacting business, education, and virtually all aspects of life. Even with no pandemic, remote music rehearsal has ...

COVID-19 Update, October 27, 2020: Lost Honor

As the pandemic continues unabated, the president on the campaign trail, disavows it altogether. The herd immunity plan, advocated by Dr. Scott Atlas, looks more unworkable than ever. And morale at the CDC is at an all-time low. But ...

Chauvet Professional Launches ReSet Fund to Help COVID-19 Impacted Lighting Desingers, Technicians

Chauvet Professional announces that it will be donating up to $50,000 in funds to help live event industry members impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Chauvet Professional "ReSet Fund" will help fund grants to industry members ...

Robe Raises the Roof for The Killers Performance in Las Vegas

Signalling the start of the new NFL season, The Killers staged a special, highly symbolic one-off performance of their anthemic and hugely popular "Mr Brightside" on the rooftop of Caesar's Palace for the Las Vegas Raiders who have just ...

DiGiCo Quantum338 Added to Technology Lineup at Full Sail Live 1

Full Sail University, the premier media arts and technology educational institution located in Winter Park, Florida, has purchased a DiGiCo Quantum338, which has been installed in Full Sail Live 1, just one of the university's ...

Pro Tools Expansion Card for Eventide H9000 Now Shipping

Eventide announces the November 2, 2020 availability of the Pro Tools | HD Expansion Card for its flagship multichannel effects platform, the H9000. The user-installable expansion card allows Pro Tools | HDX or HD Native users to ...

L-Acoustics Hosts Intimate K3 Demos

Earlier this month, L-Acoustics not only revealed the launch of its compact, full-range K3 line source array system, but also immediately began shipping it to customers around the world. In response to current and potential ...

AES Show 2020 Sound Reinforcement Track Offers In-Depth Look at Industry Issues and Technologies

The world of live events has been hammered this year by dramatic changes and challenges. Even with that backdrop, the ongoing importance of sound reinforcement in communications and entertainment is nowhere more evidenced than in the AES ...

Ellis Island Casino & Brewery Relies on Renkus-Heinz to Anchor Performances in its "Front Yard"

Ellis Island Casino & Brewery was opened by Frank Ellis in 1968 as "The Village Pub," located just one street off the main Las Vegas Strip. The pub quickly established itself as a local favorite. The location grew in popularity over ...

Visual Terrain and Bandit Lites Honored with IES Illumination Award

Bandit Lites announces it has been honored with the Award of Merit from the Illuminating Engineering Society's Chicago Section for its work on The Fillmore New Orleans with Visual Terrain, Ewing Cole, and LiveNation. The IES ...

Portugal's AVK Installs Analog Way's Aquilon RS4 to Drive Multiple LED Displays and Streaming in Hybrid Studio

AVK Soluçoes Audiovisuais, S.A., an events management company in Amadora, Portugal, has designed a new hybrid video studio with Analog Way's Aquilon RS4 4K/8K multi-screen presentation system and videowall processor as its ...

AVM Chooses More CODA Audio

Last year the Bremen-based service provider AVM Veranstaltungstechnik, chose to make a significant investment in CODA Audio systems. The company, led by managing director, Jens Wiegandt, took delivery of a range of sound ...

Green Hippo Welcomes New International Sales Partners

Green Hippo welcomes two new distribution specialists to its growing international sales network.
Representing the brand in Australia and New Zealand is Melbourne-based Corsair Solutions. Established in 2009, Corsair imports ...

CT Delivers Site-Wide Communication to the UAE's First Mass-Running Event Since COVID

Creative Technology (CT) was this year's official communications partner for the Mai Dubai City Half Marathon, which took place Friday, October 23 at Dubai International Financial District. The event which saw more than 400 ...

COVID-19 Update, October 26, 2020: "We're Not Going to Control the Pandemic"

So says White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, admitting the current administration's strategy for dealing with the pandemic is do nothing until a vaccine is available? What does the president say? It's the media's fault: "A plane goes ...

In Memoriam: Ming Cho Lee

Ming Cho Lee, a giant among American scenic designers and an educator of incalculable influence, died of natural causes on October 23. He was 90.
A native of Shanghai, China, Lee entered Occidental College in 1949, graduating in ...

Meyer Sound Promotes Rawks and Appoints Canalis

Meyer Sound has announced the promotion of Katrin Rawks to director of loudspeaker engineering and the hiring of Ianina Canalis as application architect, spatial audio specialist.
Starting at Meyer Sound as a ...

Harman Announces New Live Workshops Schedule Through November

Further offering impactful online training materials while also providing industry professionals a platform to share their expertise, Harman Professional Solutions announces the addition of ten free live workshops available for ...

Olivier Award Winners Announced

The Olivier Awards, which award achievement in London's professional theatre, were awarded last night.
In the design categories, Paule Constable (well-known in the US for her work on Broadway and the Metropolitan Opera) ...

VYV Hires Chet Miller as Its New Photon Specialist

VYV Corporation is pleased to announce that as of October 12, 2020, Chet Miller has joined its team in the position of photon specialist.
Miller has a master's of fine arts in production design and displays extensive ...

Julien Reux Adds Angelic Aura to Tori Kelly's James Corden Appearance with Chauvet Professional

Solitude...virtually everyone has had to deal with it at some point during the pandemic. The sense of isolation it brings can often weigh heavily on the heart. At the same time, though, it can also serve as a liberating force, freeing ...

Robe Illuminates Mountains for Parrtjima Festival of Light

Festivals have fast become an elusive dream resembling gold dust in the COVID era -- a much-missed environment for enjoying and sharing culture, ideas, and social activities -- so the 2020 Parrtjima Festival of Light at Alice Springs in ...

GLP Again Supports Vienna Philharmonic's Summer Night Concert

With this year's Summer Night Concert, an event that has been taking place since 2004, the Vienna Philharmonic wanted to send a signal of hope in the year of coronavirus. As a result, the concert went ahead -- albeit with a small number ...

LightParts Supplies UVC Disinfection for Fellowship of The Woodlands

LightParts (www.lightparts.com) recently supplied Luxibel B Air 2 indirect UVC disinfection to The Fellowship of The Woodlands for their video broadcast control room. The Luxibel B Air ...

Martin Audio Combines the Essence of the Windy City with the Spirit of Nobu

Nobu Hotels blend modern, cool luxury and minimal Japanese tradition into the concept of a lifestyle hotel -- which is exactly what Robert De Niro, Chef Nobu Matsuhisa, and Meir Teper wanted when they decided to open a property in ...

NEXT-proaudio Expands Logistics Operations

NEXT-proaudio is supporting its growth with the opening of a brand-new logistics center that will operate as an extension to the factory in Porto, Portugal.
Adopting three new automatic logistics software (online interactive ...

New Fulcrum Acoustic System for Auburn University Arena

The Auburn University basketball arena seats more than 9,000 and guarantees every fan a close view of the action. With the furthest seat just 43' away from the court, Auburn Tigers basketball games are an exciting and clamorous ...

Theatre in Review: Russian Troll Farm (TheaterWorks Hartford/TheatreSquared)

Just in time to add to our pre-election jitters comes Sarah Gancher's new play, subtitled "a workplace comedy" -- the job being the sabotage of American democracy. The characters in Russian Troll Farm work for a ...

COVID-18 Update: October 23, 2020: Alarm Bells

As the election consumes the nation, more and more signs emerge that COVID-19 has come roaring back worldwide. Will we continue on this path, or will the election force us in a new direction? The choice is yours. ...

Lumax Software LLC Announces Drafty 4.0: Flexibility, Power, Design

Lumax Software LLC introduces Drafty 4.0. With a whole new suite of advanced drawing tools, Drafty positions itself as the CAD tool for the modern theatrical designer.
Designed by a team of working Lighting, Sound, and Video ...

United Scenic Artists Local USA 829, IATSE Elects New Leadership

United Scenic Artists Local USA 829, IATSE has elected Edward Pierce as president of the union that is the representative voice of designers and scenic artists within the entertainment industry. Pierce, an established ...

Scott Galatolie Joins WHOCO Team

WHOCO announces that Scott Galatolie has joined the growing WHOCO Lighting & Controls team, and has officially opened their Charleston, SC office. Galatolie's extensive product knowledge of production and architectural ...

Synergetic Offers Professional Studio for Corporate and Music Clients Complete with Full Elation Rig

Production and rental houses across the entertainment technology industry have had to think creatively in order to continue to serve the industry and stay in business. One of the more successful has been Synergetic of Bensalem, ...

Radius Chicago Installs d&b KSL Loudspeaker System

Radius is a 55,000 square foot multi-room venue, scalable in capacity from 2,500 to 3,800 guests. The venue features a state-of-the-art d&b KSL loudspeaker system installed by Brown Note Production of Thornton, Colorado, exceptional ...

L-Acoustics Kara Gives WSU Wildcats Some Growl at Dee Events Center

For more than four decades, the Dee Events Center (DEC) on the campus of Weber State University (WSU) in Ogden, Utah has served as the home court of the NCAA Division I WSU Wildcats men's and women's basketball teams and played host to ...

Ana Casillas Celebrates Passion for Mexico with Chauvet Professional

At the start of 2020, Ana Casillas released "Tú a tu vida y yo a la mía," which roughly translates in English to "You To Your Life, Me To Mine." It is an apt title for the Baja California born singer at this point in her career, as ...

NBA Partners with disguise to Give Fans a True "Home Game" Experience from Their Living Room

Fuse Technical Group turned to 13 disguise gx 2c media servers with Designer software and Sockpuppet control features to help deliver a home game feel for teams and fans at home, as the NBA resumed its season. ...

Astera Adds Magic to Bergstrasse Lights Project

Seizing a chance to generate some beautiful light art, positive energy, and creativity during the pandemic, Johannes Spieß, project manager from technical specialist MKM Event Show Technik based in Darmstadt, Germany, launched a new ...

ROE Visual Becomes Tech Partner to Epic's London Innovation Lab

Epic, the company behind Unreal Engine has just finalized the refurbishing of their London based Innovation Lab, including a complete virtual production LED stage featuring ROE Visual LED products. ...

The Roxy Hotel Keeps the Music Cool with the Genelec 4430A Smart IP Installation Speaker

Formerly known as the Tribeca Grand Hotel, the Roxy Hotel is a four-pearl, 201-room property in the heart of Manhattan's Tribeca neighborhood. It's hip and cool -- amenities include an in-room pet goldfish (on request) and free loaner ...

COVID-19 Update, October 22, 2020: Riding the Wave of Events

There's a lot happening, on many different fronts, with no clear standout issue, unless you count the worrying, if predicted, rise in new COVID-19 cases both in the US and worldwide. As the election comes ever closer, expect more bursts ...

fos/4 Fresnel Added to ETC's Portfolio of Studio Fixtures

ETC announces the addition of the Fresnel to the fos/4 studio family. Fresnels have been around for generations and are known for their smooth wash, adjustable zoom capabilities, and incredible brightness. With the addition of LEDs, ...

Wake Up to Smart Sleep in Broadweigh's Gen 3 Shackle

A new generation of shackle from Broadweigh is set to be released this week. A new features is Smart Sleep mode, protecting battery life and bandwidth by only kicking into fast transmission when it detects an anomaly. ...

Shure Introduces Duraplex

Across industries -- from film and television production, to theatre and corporate events -- audio engineers and professionals continually search for solutions that offer exceptional durability and value. Product longevity, reliability, ...

Dustin L. Derry Powers Laser Show At Tempo Presented By EAMOTION With MQ500

The oldest, continuously operating motor race track in the US has seen its share of historic moments since it opened in 1904. But on September 18, the Fairgrounds Speedway gave lockdown-weary Nashvillians a chance to ride off into the ...

GLP FR10 Boosts Usher's Performance at iHeartRadio Music Festival

The 10th anniversary edition of the iHeartRadio Music Festival took place recently in Los Angeles. Among the stellar cast was Usher, broadcasting from a red-lit stage. Both his 20 minute set, and the generic lighting rig at the ...

Elation KL Panel Highlights Elegance of Classic Mercedes-Benz Vehicles

The Mercedes-Benz Classic Center in Fellbach, Germany, is the official Mercedes-Benz showcase for classic cars and is a must-visit for any car enthusiast. It offers original parts, repairs, restoration, and information for historical ...

ROE Visual and disguise Partner in Virtual Production

With the opening of its London and LA based Extended Reality (xR) showrooms, disguise now offers two fully-operational, in-house virtual production demo spaces. LED products to build the LED floor and walls of the xR Stages were supplied ...

ICVFX Says "Yes" to Brompton Technology Processing

With a history in film, TV, VFX, and production, Sydney-based Spectre Studios strengthened its virtual production (VP) toolset while working on the Hollywood Blockbuster X-Men: Dark Phoenix. The company used real-time engines and ...

DAS Audio Loudspeakers Keep the Mood Upbeat at the Canopy by Hilton Downtown

Spanning 14 floors and featuring unique dining options, a gym, more than 3,000 sq. ft. of meeting space, and a rooftop pool with a terrace bar, cabanas, and a fire pit, the Canopy by Hilton Downtown is a boutique lifestyle hotel that re ...

COVID-Secure Drive-Thru Halloween Attraction Illuminated by Almost 300 ADJ Lighting Fixtures

Now into its third year, Nights of the Jack is a unique Halloween experience which sees the historic King Gillette Ranch in the Santa Monica mountains of Los Angeles filled with thousands of hand-carved jack-o'-lanterns. Arranged into ...

Clear-Com is Purr-Fect Solution for Kitten Bowl 2020

One of the oldest show business adages is "never work with kids or animals." Daniel Farmer would certainly disagree with the last part of that saying. As co-owner and DP of KatFarm Productions, Farmer has combined his cinematography ...

LightFair Offers Discounts on Virtual Conference Recordings in October

LightFair announces a limited-time sale on recordings of its LightFair Connect virtual conference. 50 courses including 60-min and 90-min webinars offering a total of 60 CEUs are $20 each from October 20-31, 2020. ...

COVID-19 Update, October 21, 2020: The Third Surge

As scientists predicted, the coronavirus has come roaring back. The government remains paralyzed. But there are signs of hope: COVID-19 is less fatal than previously. Vaccines are on the way. And, maybe, a stimulus bill. Don't count on ...

Dan Dugan to Receive Engineering Emmy

Dan Dugan, the inventor of the automatic microphone mixer, will be awarded an Emmy at the upcoming 72nd Engineering Emmy Awards. His award, for "Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development," honors his invention of gain ...

HOLOPLOT Appoints Miguel Hadelich as Head of US Operations

HOLOPLOT has brought on board a renowned industry expert with Miguel Hadelich. As the new head of US Operations, Hadelich will be responsible for the US expansion plans of the Berlin-based deep tech company with immediate ...

JBL Professional Introduces IRX115S Powered Subwoofer

Harman Professional Solutions introduces the JBL IRX115S powered subwoofer.
The JBL IRX115S powered subwoofer, the newest member of the JBL IRX Series, draws from JBL's top professional touring technologies to deliver superior ...

Harlequin Floors Announces Enhanced Harlequin Cascade

Harlequin Floors announces an improved version of its flagship vinyl performance floor, Harlequin Cascade, now with BioCote antimicrobial protection.
BioCote antimicrobial technology is manufactured into Harlequin Cascade, ...

Foo Fighters Play #SOSFest Live stream with Brit Row Virtual Remote Mixing Solution

A total of 35 artists -- including Miley Cyrus, The Roots, Major Lazer, and Leon Bridges -- played in multiple venues in cities across the US and joined the Foo Fighters in raising awareness and funds to keep North America's ...

AES Show Platinum Partner the P&E Wing Presents Open-to-All Event

Migrating to digital file-based audio has brought on a host of challenges in the organization and management of the burgeoning elements used to produce modern musical magic. "Once upon a time, engineers and their assistants just had to ...

iHeartRadio Theater Los Angeles "Hearts" DiGiCo

The tenth annual iHeartRadio Music Festival, a two-day virtual streaming, radio, and TV broadcast event in late September, featured a lineup of international chart-topping artists performing live in front of a virtual audience, including

Claypaky Fixtures Support The LD Talent Club's Warehouse Competition for Young Lighting Designers in Germany

The LD Talent Club -- The Warehouse Competition held its 2020 contest finale in September at the historic Zeche Zollern in Dortmund, Germany where Claypaky fixtures were among more than 500 lighting instruments featured in show ...

Molpass srl Uses an Outdoor Fog Distribution Solution for Motion Pictures with MDG Me4

Molpass srl, the exclusive distributor for MDG products in Italy, recently supplied a perfect fog solution to film company, 2aFilm, for a shoot on the banks of the River Po.
The new film, Lei Mi Parla Ancora (She ...

Fifth Vectorworks Design Scholarship to Open December 1

Continuing its commitment to cultivate future generations of designers, global design, and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. will open submissions for its fifth Vectorworks Design Scholarship on December 1, 2020. The ...

On New Zealand Game Show Brain Busters, Lectrosonics Stands Up to Kid-Powered Action

Brain Busters is a distinctive competition show produced by Whitebaitmedia based from their Christchurch studios in New Zealand. It encourages children to do their best mentally and physically. Students 12- and 13-years-old ...

Make Music Winter Returns on December 21

Make Music Winter, a free, outdoor celebration with exuberant and participatory musical parades, performances, and events in dozens of US cities on Monday, December 21, announces a return for its tenth-anniversary edition. ...

Theatre in Review: Shipwreck (The Public Theater Online)

There's no actual shipwreck in Anne Washburn's new play, but you can plausibly conclude that her concern is with the ship of state, a vessel that, by any reasonable measure, is headed straight for the rocks. To illustrate this ...

COVID-19 Update, October 20, 2020: Losing Ground

No major developments today, but around the country -- and the world -- the signs are apparent that the coronavirus is coming roaring back. Now, more than ever, a national policy is needed -- along with a stimulus bill to pay for vaccine ...

PLASA Online Program Available to Watch on Catch Up

From October 12 to 16, PLASA, the lead association for the entertainment technology industry, hosted PLASA Online, a virtual program of talks, panels, and presentations designed to help industry professionals navigate the COVID era. ...

Outline Presents L3000 Multi-purpose Amplifier

Outline announces the launch of their latest design, the all-new L3000 multi-purpose amplifier.
The L3000 has been created to offer a compact, powerful DSP-equipped multi-channel amplifier that can be configured to drive most ...

Chauvet DJ Expands Line With New Power Packed Fixtures

Chauvet DJ is offering customers exciting ways to create bold, new looks as they jump start their live entertainment and event businesses by unleashing a stunning array of product introductions that include the company's first CMYO ...

Harrington Hoists, Inc. Releases 1 Ton Mini Hand Chain Hoist

Harrington Hoists, Inc. introduces their new CX010 mini hand chain hoist designed for use in high or difficult to reach areas. This hoist has a rated capacity of 1 Ton and is the third model in Harrington's line of smallest and ...

RCF Business Music Range Expands with New Products

The RCF catalog significantly expands the installation range, assisting the architect and installer with application-focused series installation products conceived for both background and foreground music. The line-up marks a new ...

Sanken Premieres New CUX-100K at Virtual 149th AES

Sanken Microphones is introducing at AES the new CUX-100K Cardioid or Omnidirectional super wide range professional microphone. The newest mic in the Sanken Chromatic line is based on the omni-mode CO-100K, but with the ability to ...

Ashly Audio's AquaControl Software Adds Additional Features in Major, Free Update

Ashly Audio has launched the first major update to its new AquaControl software suite. Among the new changes are templates, additional filter types, and link groups -- and they are all provided free of charge. ...

Lance Ralls Joins the Pelican Products Team as Chief Information Officer

Technology expert and business leader Lance Ralls has been hired by Pelican Products, Inc. as chief information officer.
As Pelican's CIO, Ralls is responsible for all information systems and functions within the ...

New Theater Zuidplein Invests in Robe LED Fixtures

The brand-new Theater Zuidplein in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, has over 200 Robe LED fixtures -- including T1 Profiles, Spiiders, LEDBeam 150s, and ParFect 150s -- installed as part of an all-LED lighting rig. It is among the first ...

disguise brings the future of xR to London, Los Angeles, and Hong Kong

disguise has launched three Extended Reality (xR) stages in its London, Los Angeles, and Hong Kong offices. The new stages provide a dedicated space for xR innovation and customer demonstrations, allowing disguise to present new ...

KNV Makes Italian Debut on Popular Battiti Live TV Show

GLP new KNV series has been used for the first time in Italy, on two high profile broadcast TV shows. The first of these was Radionorba Vodafone Battiti Live, where DoP Massimo Pascucci, featured a large selection of ...

Announcing frame:work Festival 2020 December 4, 5, 11, 12

frame:work is a community forum for video professionals working in live events and virtual production. They have hosted two events in 2020 sharing insights from leaders in the field of video content creation, video & media server ...

O-Line Helps Bring Relocated St. Paul's Lutheran Church to Life

Situated in the Melbourne's east, the community at St. Paul's Lutheran Church was being crowded out by a suburb fast-tracked for urban growth.
Needing to relocate to a quieter location with room to expand, they became aware that a short ...

COVID-19 Update, October 19, 2020: "People Are Tired of COVID"

The above statement was made by the president on a phone call to campaign staffers. Well, he's certainly right about that. The coronavirus continues to spread globally and nationally, especially in the US Midwest. What the president was ...

Attend USITT21 from Virtually Anywhere -- Next Conference Goes Digital

USITT announced today that its 61st Annual Conference & Stage Expo will be presented as an online event in March 2021. The event previously had been scheduled to take place in person in Columbus, Ohio. ...

Fulcrum Acoustic Releases New Coverage Pattern for AH High Output Coaxial Horn

Fulcrum Acoustic, creator of innovative loudspeaker technologies, has released a new coverage pattern for their AH series of High Output Coaxial Horns.
The AH66 is a bi-amplified two-way, high sensitivity, arrayable coaxial ...

DirectOut INSIDER Discloses New Products

DirectOut announced three new exciting products during its first online event -- the DirectOut INSIDER.
EXBOX.RAV is a compact and attractive solution to migrate baseband audio to IP. The core of the converter is running on ...

DoPchoice Delivers Custom Light Modifiers for ARRI Orbiter

DoPchoice is now delivering a new range of Snapbag light control tools, custom designed for the ARRI Orbiter LED fixture. Each interface directly with the new ARRI QLM mount for quick, secure installation. (

The TSDCA and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society Announce "Directors On Design"

Today, Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association (TSDCA) (tsdca.org) and Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC) (sdcweb.org) announce ...

Green Hippo Launches HippoSchool Online

Video manipulation expert Green Hippo is launching an online version of its popular "HippoSchool" training for the first time, making it universally accessible in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The move means more emerging ...

Signature Lighting Design for Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Home to the Kansas City Ballet, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, and Kansas City Symphony, The Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts is a cultural cornerstone delivering extraordinary and diverse performing arts experiences. ...

Robe Dances with the Stars in the USA

The 29th series of the popular TV dance competition Dancing With The Stars (DWTS) returned to ABC this month with new host Tyra Banks and 178 Robe MegaPointes on the lighting plot as part of lighting designer Tom ...

Elation Helps Shed Light on Noble Cause at 2020 Noche del Sabor Benefit

An effective way to raise awareness for those in need is through a benefit concert where artists, sponsors, technical crew, and an appreciative public come together in a spirit of solidarity to shed light on a noble cause. Such was the ...

A.C. Lighting Inc. Delivers a Stellar Lighting Rig to Discovery Church

After 15 years at their original location in Orlando, Florida, Discovery Church outgrew their space's ability to effectively support their ministry. Purchasing a former Sports Authority retail space, the church renovated the building to ...

Fernando Rodriguez Berzosa Orchestrates Maestrissimo Show with ChamSys MagicQ MQ80

The great Israeli violinist Ivry Gitlis once referred to Niccolò Paganini as a "phenomenon" rather than simply an extraordinary talent. It was an apt description. In a relatively short, tumultuous life filled with passionate romances ...

Magic Monkey Brings Deutsche Bank's Brussels Location to Life with Martin by Harman Outdoor LED Luminaires

Architectural lighting firm Magic Monkey and system integrator NetherLED recently collaborated to illuminate Deutsche Bank's Belgian headquarters in uptown Brussels with a dazzling animated display powered by Martin ...

COVID-19 Update, October 16, 2020: Marking Time

Despite any rosy scenarios, you might hear about, here are the facts: New COVID-19 infections are rising sharply in the US. Europe is struggling against a powerful second wave. And the US government cannot pull it together to provide ...

Solotech Acquires Miami Stagecraft

Philip Giffard, president, sales and systems integration division of Groupe Solotech Inc. (Solotech) announces the acquisition of Miami StageCraft, a lighting sales and integration company located in Miami, Florida. After acquiring ...

Tony Award Nominations Announced

The nominations for the 2019 - 20 Tony Awards were announced yesterday. As the world knows, the Tonys are late, reflecting the strange nature of a Broadway season that shut down in mid-March, before a great number of shows had ...

Stagehand Receives American Red Cross Lifesaving Award

The American Red Cross today awarded its National Lifesaving Award to live events production worker Zack Grogan for his role in helping to save a victim of cardiac arrest last December in Las Vegas. ...

PreSonus AVB-D16 Brings Dante Compatibility to StudioLive Series III Ecosystem

The first plug-and-play endpoint that bridges AVB and Dante networks, the PreSonus AVB-D16 16x16 AVB-to-Dante Bridge enables users to send and receive up to 16 audio channels between PreSonus StudioLive Series III mixers and a Dante ...

Texas Structures Introduces the New Light Porter

Texas Structures presents the first modular transportation system. The Light Porter is a modular transportation systems designed for the touring and production industry. It allows for hundreds of different configurations to meet ...

Rogue Warrior Ryan Pervola Adds Dramatic Flair to GWAR Drive-In with Chauvet Professional

Time has done nothing to diminish the raw, brain-melting intensity of GWAR. Nor has it had any effect on the iconic metal thrashers' feel for the dramatic. This became quickly apparent when the band took to the stage at the Diamond Drive ...

Good News Heard Better Than Ever With KLANG At Good News Church

First established in 1936 as Glad Tidings Church, Good News Church, located atop the hill at 75th and Hickory in Omaha, Nebraska, eventually chose to modernize its name to better reflect the language of current times. Much more recently, ...

Los Angeles College of Music Welcomes Solid State Logic ORIGIN to Campus

Over the summer, Los Angeles College of Music (LACM) renovated the Student Recording Studio at its campus in Pasadena, California and installed a new 32-channel Solid State Logic ORIGIN analog in-line mixing console, completing the ...

ADJ Lighting & Effects Create Wow Factor For Super Car Launch

When the new $1.9 million Koenigsegg Gemera supercar was officially launched to the Polish market last month, the VIP event included a lighting rig created using more than 50 ADJ fixtures. Providing mood lighting while the VIP ...

White Light and Strategic Partners ELP and SFL in Perfect Harmony for BBC Proms 2020

Like many iconic events, the BBC Proms, which turned 125 years old in 2020, has had to undergo a significant re-conception in format due to COVID-19. Once again returning to its home at the Royal Albert Hall, the extraordinary season this ...

SLS, from Sales Partner to Official Distributor

Prolyte celebrates its latest addition to the family as Prolyte's latest authorized dealer. Sound light and system (SLS), being Prolyte's sales partner since 2014, has now become Prolyte's latest distributor in Portugal. ...

Theatre in Review: Give Me Your Hand (Irish Repertory Theatre Online)

The Irish Times once called Paul Durcan "the most playful poet in Ireland" and seeing Give Me Your Hand, one can easily see why. This theatre piece, taken from a 1994 volume of the same name, is a kind of guided tour ...

COVID-19 Update: October 15, 2020: The Third Peak

It's not getting better, Fewer people are dying from COVID-19, but cases continue to rise, and in many localities, hospitals are filling up. Europe is under siege. But the White House insists otherwise, as an election looms. And the ...

Barco Broadens its IoT Platform for Projectors: Barco Insights

Barco announces the expansion of its cloud-based Internet of Rhings solution for enhanced projector management with the rollout of two new subscription packages, Diagnose and Control.
The launch of Barco Insights is aimed at ...

ACT Lighting Offers Limited Time Discount on All ACT Academy Online Courses

ACT Lighting Inc. has launched a new ACT Academy promotion offering all of its online courses -- including newly updated grandMA3 courses -- at a 25% discount. The promotion runs from October 19 through October 25 and is available ...

Meyer Sound Redefines Tanger Center with USA's Largest Constellation System

The Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts in Greensboro, North Carolina is now the home to the largest Meyer Sound Constellation acoustic system in the United States. The center's events will be supported by world ...

"311 Day" Three Night Las Vegas Party Brought to Life with GLP Bars and Hybrid Strobes

Kentucky based production designer, Bobby Grey, already had a wealth of real-world experience behind him -- ranging from theme parks to theatre, touring, and designing top end festival stages -- by the time he had reached 30. ...

5 Words Media installs CODA Audio N-APS at Hope Church, Virginia

5 Words Media (5WM) is a US systems integrator based in Phoenix, Arizona. Founded in 2011, principally as a design/build company for houses of worship, its skilled team also designs and installs audio, lighting, and AVL systems regionally ...

Bandit Lites Supplies Canto USA's Retro Fit Series for Town Chamber

The Town of Cary, a diverse and thriving community in the heart of North Carolina, had a dilemma. The ambient lighting in the Town Council Chambers was in dire need of renovation, but LED retrofit solutions were not lining up with their ...

The Vital Role of Staging in a New Era of Live Events

The following message is from Cindy Albrecht, director of sales and marketing with Staging Concepts:
"Due to the heavy impact of COVID-19 on the live events industry, spatial distancing will likely play a major role in ...

Renkus-Heinz Provides Impressive - Yet Hidden - Audio Solution for Stunningly Designed Bahá'í House of Worship

The Bahá'í House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois is a beautifully ornate building, featuring a main worship auditorium that rises 138' to its ceiling. Stunning and intricate white ornamental concrete and crushed quartz patterns sit upon ...

Veteran Engineer Carter Hassebroek Selects SQ-5

With a long and illustrious résumé spanning monitor engineer stints for the cast of the hit show Nashville, the Dove Awards and the Stellar Awards, system engineer outings with Peter Frampton and Celtic Woman, and FOH/PM ...

Panoramic Bastione at Lake Garda Brought to Life With Blackline X8

Situated at the foot of Mount Rocchetta near Italy's Lake Garda, the Bastione is a fortress built in the early XVI century. It is one of the symbols of Riva del Garda and overlooks both the city and the lake itself. ...

Electro-Voice and Dynacord System Unites Multiple Spaces at Faith Family Church

Since its start in 2013, Faith Family Church in Baytown, TX has seen continued growth, quickly outgrowing its roots as a portable house of worship. Land was acquired, a campus was planned, and a 60,000 sq. ft. facility with a 1,400-seat ...

Danley Takes OS80's to Deep Run High School for Concert Level Sound

As the Henrico County, Virginia school system slowly rolls out a turf upgrade for all of its high school football stadiums, the Deep Run High School Wildcats are the lucky recipients of the first upgrade. Attendance at the games is a ...

Theatre in Review: American Dreams (Working Theater)

Who better than Working Theater to delve into the tortuous American way of immigration? Despite our national ambivalence -- I'm being polite here - about this issue, we depend on immigrant labor, an inconvenient fact from which we ...

COVID-19 Update, October 14, 2020: The Second Wave

As the second wave of COVID-19 appears in Europe and the Middle East, people are getting increasingly fed up with their governments' policies. Numbers are growing in the US, too. There are several developments on the vaccine front, but ...

Parsons Dance and Friends and Family of Howell Binkley Announce Video Tribute

Parsons Dance and Friends and Family of Howell Binkley announces that Howell Binkley: A Celebration of Light and Love, a video tribute in memory of lighting designer Howell Binkley created by Suspension Productions, will be ...

d&b audiotechnik and Autograph Partner to Launch d&b Fanblock

German audio technology and solution company d&b audiotechnik announces the company has partnered with theatrical and creative sound designer, Autograph, to co-develop and launch a stadium sound application, creating a live crowd ...

Shure Announces Abby Kaplan's Appointment to the Consumer Technology Association Board of Industry Leaders

Abby Kaplan, vice president, global retail sales at Shure has been elected to the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) Board of Industry Leaders (BIL). The Board is comprised of esteemed industry leaders who represent the ...

New Network-compatible System Subwoofer Makes for an All-new ELEMENTS Experience

With the new ELEMENTS E 115 Sub D system subwoofer, HK Audio is now not only meeting customer demand for increased bass performance and smart, contemporary features such as networkability, software-based remote control and Plug'n'Pla ...

Elation Helps Fill Void and More on New Season of Dancing with the Stars

Tom Sutherland was back on the set of Dancing with the Stars recently, lighting his second season of the American reality dance competition for the ABC network. Lead designer at DX7 Design, Sutherland, who used Elation ...

Stark Raving Solutions Builds Lighting Foundation at Manna Fellowship With Chauvet Professional

Step by step, the final pieces of Manna Fellowship church's new building fell into place this summer. On June 24, the church's red white and blue sign was installed. A day later, the stage was framed. In July the cement walkways were ...

The Long Reach Long Riders and Behind the Scenes Charity Announce the LRLR 2020 Autumn Extravaganza

The Autumn Extravaganza is a one-time event that will feature two members of the original Long Reach Long Riders (LRLR), Greg "Chrome" Williams and Wayne "Razz" Rasmussen, riding in all 48 contiguous states over ten ...

National Theatre of Greece Production Chooses Robe

The National Theatre of Greece (NTG) staged three acclaimed performances of Aeschylus's The Persians -- first produced in 472 BCE -- in July at the ancient Epidaurus open-air amphitheatre, complete with a fully socially distanced ...

LEDucation 2021 Call for Speakers!

The 2021 LEDucation Tradeshow and Conference, organized by the Designers Lighting Forum of New York (DLFNY), seeks dynamic, lighting-industry presentations for the 2021 event.
Lighting designers, innovators, thought leaders, and ...

Producing Superior Sound at I.M. Terrell Academy

A world-renowned performing arts high school should have the very best facilities to help its students perform at their peak in practice, rehearsal and performance. Thanks in part to Wenger Corporation, I.M. Terrell Academy for ...

iMAG Displays Invests in UK's First Brompton Technology Hydra System

iMAG Displays has always focused on delivering the very best technology to its clients' events and has, over the years, made significant investment to ensure that its equipment remains state-of-the-art. As such, the latest addition to its ...

Green Hippo Parties with Veronica Maggio and Red Bull

Visual design studio PXLFLD recently deployed Hippotizer Media Servers from Green Hippo, the specialist creator of tools for the real-time manipulation of video for the AV industries, to provide the visual backdrop for a top-secret ...

Corporate Meeting Spaces Made Flexible with Dante's IT-Based Approach to AV

The Querétaro Centro de Congresos in the city of Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico serves as the premier professional meeting space for the state of Querétaro. The stunningly designed building can host more than 15,000 people divided across ...

COVID-19 Update, October 13, 2020: The Campaign Trail

Twenty days out from the presidential election, the nation's attention is riveted on the candidates and on the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett. This being 2020, both are being shaped by pandemic: COVID-19 is the number-one topic ...

Omar Prashad Appointed Sales Director, Ontario

Philip Giffard, president, sales and systems integration division, announces the appointment of Omar Prashad as sales director, Ontario.
Prashad will be responsible of the leadership of the sales teams (Toronto and ...

Avolites Releases Brand New Media Player - PRISM PLAYER

Avolites has released a new software application for media previewing and encoding called PRISM PLAYER. This release is the first application under the PRISM product range and can work as an auxiliary tool to the Avolites Ai video ...

Next Major ZerOS Release

Zero 88 announces the next major release of its "ZerOS" software platform -- ZerOS 7.9.8 -- which powers the award-winning FLX and FLX S lighting control consoles, along with the recently announced ZerOS Server. ...

New 40" x 40" Matthshield Floppies Protect Crew, Talent, and Gear

Due to the popularity of Matthews Studio Equipment's practically-sized 40" x40" Flags and Floppies, the company adds the new Matthshield Floppy to the lineup. The quick set-up clear Floppy facilitates protection for crew, actors, ...

Robe T1 PCs for Pilbeam Theatre Rockhampton

The Pilbeam Theatre in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, is a lively performing arts hub for the city and region. Located in a commanding position fronting onto the Fitzroy River, before the coronavirus pandemic dramatically impacted on ...

Point Source Audio Debuts AVIXA CTS-Certified Training for Microphones

Point Source Audio introduces an AVIXA-approved training course in the professional use and cleaning of body-worn microphones on the heels of its recently launched MIKE'S ACADEMY online educational hub. ...

Backup Announces Hardship Fund

In light of the devastating impact of COVID-19, Backup is announcing the creation of a separate initial Hardship Fund, which will provide limited financial assistance to crew/production personnel and people working in the ...

grandMA3 Consoles Score Big in the Bubble for NBA Restart

When professional basketball resumed in the US during the coronavirus pandemic, the NBA protected its players by establishing a "bubble" isolation zone at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida. Although the general public was not ...

Bandit Lites Supports Muzology

Students across the nation started this past school year enjoying math, even though the subject had been incomprehensible to many of them previously. The reason: a concept called Muzology that combines music videos with the principles of ...

Pixel Artworks Paints a Rainbow of Hope Above Greenwich

Pixel Artworks, the award-winning specialists in light and pixel technology, lit up the skies above London's Greenwich with the colors of the rainbow as it harnessed cutting-edge creative technology to fly London's very first drone ...

Olympiacos Football Club Stages "Lights of Hope" Championship in Greece with Support from Claypaky

Greek football club Olympiacos celebrated the 45th championship title in its history by sending a message of hope and optimism to its supporters in Piraeus, all of Greece and around the world. A spectacular televised show, filled with ...

Genelec Commissions New Experience Center at US Headquarters

Genelec has completed a new demonstration facility at the company's US headquarters in Natick, Massachusetts, where visitors can experience the full range of Genelec professional audio products in configurations from stereo through ...

Cutting-Edge Lighting Systems from Martin by Harman Deliver Dazzling Displays at Art Aquarium

Bringing out the beauty and diversity of the underwater world, Art Aquarium hired TSP Taiyo to integrate and install a Martin by Harman lighting solution that delivered stunning visuals and a mesmerizing experience for guests. ...

COVID-19 Update, October 9, 2020: Make Me an Offer

Whiplash yet? It's not surprising. The idea of pandemic stimulus bill has been off and on so many times this week that it's hard to keep up. As we get ready to post this update, it appears on again, with the president making an offer ...

Strickland: Sign this Petition Now

Michael Strickland, the industry's man in Washington has sent an urgent message, asking everyone to sign the petition below, asking Congress to move on a pandemic stimulus bill.
Strickland writes, "Our goal is to collect more ...

PLASA Online to Begin Monday for Five Days of Business, Technical, and Product Sessions

Next week from October 12 - 16, PLASA, the lead association for the entertainment technology industry, is hosting PLASA Online, a five-day program of curated business, technical, and product sessions. Each session is designed to ...

DPA Microphones Adds New 6000 Series Accessories for Increased Creative Possibilities

DPA Microphones' 6000 Series of subminiature lavaliers now provide even more versatility with the addition of two new accessories -- an eight-way double clip and a paintable cap. Utilizing the innovative "CORE by DPA" technology in ...

ETC Goes Virtual for 2020 Fred Foster Student Mentorship Program, Introduces 12 Mentees

Though many plans have changed in 2020, ETC is committed to its annual tradition of hosting its Fred Foster Student Mentorship Program. Born from late founder and CEO Fr ...

Standing as One at Silverstone for #WeMakeEvents Global Day of Action

Persistent and torrential rain didn't dampen any spirits or enthusiasm at Silverstone Circuit in the UK where moving light manufacturer Robe UK, rental and production company Clearsound and Silverstone's events and conference team ...

Audio Logic Systems Installs d&b V and Y-Series in Northrop at the University of Minnesota

Completed in February 2020, Audio Logic Systems of Eden Prairie, MN completed the installation of d&b audiotechnik V and Y-Series loudspeaker systems in the Carlson Family Stage within Northrop at the University of Minnesota. The ...

Alcons Extends Studio and Residential Solutions With SRHV/9040 System

With the CRMS-SRHV/9040, Alcons Audio extends her solutions portfolio in the studio-, screening-room, and residential markets.
The CRMS-SRHV is designed as very compact reference main / screen system -- or larger surround ...