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  ChamSys Acquires ArKaos MediaMaster, GrandVJ, and Kling-Net
ChamSys, a subsidiary of Chauvet & Sons LLC, has expanded its leadership in show control by acquiring the product and software portfolio of Arkaos SA, including MediaMaster, KlingNet, and Grand VJ. The strategic move is designed to ...
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Staff at City Winery in Philadelphia Vote to Join IATSE
Production staff at City Winery's Philadelphia location have officially voted to join the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 8. The new bargaining unit will cover production employees as well as audio ...
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SWISH's XR Hooper Brings Immersive Basketball Gaming to Life with BenQ Projection Technology
SWISH XR, immersive gaming develop, has debuted XR Hooper, the first commercial extended reality (XR) basketball experience, as part of Evermore's Bay Games at Evermore Resort this past weekend. Unlike traditional VR, XR ...
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Front-of-House Engineer Wil Madera Chooses Waves LV1 Classic Console for Pitbull
Front-of-house engineer Wil Madera has chosen the Waves eMotion LV1 Classic console for rapper Pitbull. Madera has built a reputation for delivering consistently high-caliber mixes for some of the biggest names in music, ...
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Public Theater Workers Ratify Union Agreement with IATSE Covering Production Staff
Production workers at New York's Public Theater have ratified a wide-ranging union contract covering production staff with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) by a near-unanimous margin of 112-3. The ...
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Toucan Productions Among Early Adopters of Elation's Multi-Award-Winning PARAGON
Full-service production company Toucan Productions has added Elation's new PARAGON series to its rental fleet, utilizing the award-winning LED profile fixtures ...
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Focusrite Group Hosts Inaugural Educational Summit at Create-it Studios in Franklin, Tennessee
The Focusrite Group hosted its inaugural Educational Summit on August 14-15 at the Create-it Studios in Franklin, Tennessee. Organized by Dr. Lee Whitmore, vice president for education, Focusrite Group Americas, the summit ...
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LDR New Website is Online
The LDR team announces the launch of the brand new Luci della Ribalta website: www.ldr.it.
"The new website features a completely refreshed design, created to offer an intuitive and modern ...
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LIGHTSWITCH's Lights Halsey Tour with CHAUVET Professional Color STRIKE Ms
For her For My Last Trick Tour, Halsey was intimately involved in creating a look that interwove the dramatic expectations of theatre with the raw energy of rock, not to mention a rainbow of colors. "My Last Trick was definitely ...
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JBL Installed Audio Roadshow to Showcase Commercial Solutions in 30 US Cities This Fall
JBL Professional announces the launch of its 2025 Installed Audio Roadshow, a coast-to-coast tour showcasing the brand's commercial audio solutions in real-world environments. From September through November 2025, the roadshow will ...
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Sony Electronics Announces Annual North American AV Tech Expo
Sony Electronics' Professional Display Solutions group is once again embarking on an interactive technology road show across North America from September 2025 through March 2026. Attendees to the AV Tech Expo will be immersed in the ...
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Onedot Calls on Over 230 CHAUVET Professional Fixtures at Escapade Festival
Scientists tell us that the earth tilts at an angle of around 23.5 degrees, relative to its orbit around the Sun in the summer. That number wasn't likely at the top of mind for the 25,000-plus fans who descended on the RA Centre Grounds ...
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Drake's $ome $pecial $hows 4 U Tour with DiGiCo Quantum852 Consoles
On his current $ome $pecial $hows 4 U Tour, currently on its European leg through mid-September, rapper Drake not only closes his own show but opens it, as well, bookending performances by co-bill Party Next Door. And Drake is doing ...
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Dawn Chiang Brings Beautiful to Life at Geva Theatre with AC Americas
In transferring the Pioneer Theatre Company's production of Beautiful: The Carol King Musical from Salt Lake City to Geva Theatre Center in Rochester, New York, lighting designer Dawn Chiang had to adapt her design to ...
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EM Acoustics HALO-B Returns to Regent's Park Open Air Theatre
EM Acoustics announces the return of a comprehensive HALO-B line array-based system to London's Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, which has been in use across the entire 2025 summer season. Following the successful debut of a full ...
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Theatre in Review: The Whole of Time (A/Park Productions at The Brick)
The Glass Menagerie is a kind of cat's-cradle, designed to ensnare its four characters in an inextricable web of responsibilities and resentments. Not for nothing is Tennessee Williams' alternate, one-act version of his ...
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Masque Sound and Professional Wireless Systems (PWS) Expands its Gear Inventory with Sennheiser Spectera
Masque Sound and Professional Wireless Systems (PWS), a provider of wireless audio solutions, recently acquired 16 bodypacks of the new Sennheiser Spectera, billed as the world's first wideband, bidirectional digital wireless ...
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Dates Set for 2026 URTA Interviews
The dates have been set for the next round of URTA design interviews. The URTAs have been connecting prospective students with top graduate programs for over 50 years, and are billed as the most accessible, cost-effective way for ...
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Stage Precision Joins the OpenAV Cloud
Stage Precision has joined the OpenAV Cloud, a global, nonprofit initiative dedicated to building an open, connected audiovisual industry. The OpenAV Cloud's goal is to foster interoperability through open APIs and shared protocols, ...
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AV Stumpfl Celebrates Opening of New Production Hall During Summer Family Festival
AV Stumpfl celebrated the opening of its new 2,200-sq.-m. production hall at its headquarters in Wallern an der Trattnach, Austria, together with its entire team during this year's summer family festival. ...
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