Harmonic has announced that it will host the IBC 2020 Edition of its signature digital event, Live Connection, for the global video streaming and broadcast community. The virtual showcase will include a series of thought-provoking webinars hosted by industry-leading experts, a virtual showroom featuring the latest innovations and essential insights on video streaming and delivery, and one-on-one meetings with Harmonic team members. “Harmonic Live Connection IBC 2020 Edition reunites our diverse global community of streaming platform companies, service providers, broadcasters and content owners on a virtual stage,” said Shahar Bar, senior vice president, video products and corporate development at Harmonic.…
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Atlona, a Panduit company, has added two technical experts to its EMEA sales and engineering teams to help bring customers’ AV system visions to life. Mustafa Bostanci and Timo Schonmeier join Atlona as Sales Engineer and Technical Sales Engineer for Networked AV, effective immediately. Both report to Kobi Levy, Director of Technical Services, and are based at Panduit’s Customer Briefing Center (CBC) in Frankfurt, Germany. Mustafa joins Atlona from AVI-SPL in Germany, where, as Lead Technician, he oversaw the installation, inspection and approval of AV systems and collaboration solutions for their end customers. His expertise in software solutions is particularly…
Over the past few weeks, the #WeMakeEvents campaign has evolved and moved into total independence, steered by a collective of industry trade bodies, businesses and freelancers who are all working together to ensure it receives as much awareness as possible. Now, it is launching the next phase of its campaign to call on the government for significant and immediate industry specific support. The response to #WeMakeEvents has been fantastic so far, including the collective day of action on 11 August with creative expressions across the country, including over 700 buildings lit up in red and other activities that culminated with…
Claypaky has revealed the Axcor Profile 600 TEATRO – a special version of the Axcor Profile 600 ST – which features an updated cooling system and mechanisms to significantly reduce the unit’s acoustical footprint from 38dB to approximately 34dB ambient. The fixture is ideal for applications where noise is a concern in venues such as theatres, television studios, opera houses, conference halls, and more. The Axcor Profile 600 TEATRO offers a flat, uniform beam with no visible hotspots and has the same physical features, size, and effects of the Axcor 600 family of fixtures making it another very versatile tool…
CHAUVET Professional team members have never been more proud of a lighting display than they were at 9 pm on September 1, when about 100 of their fixtures were turned on instantly bathing their world headquarters in brilliant reds as part of WeMakeEvents’ North American-wide RedAlertRESTART. This sequence of events was repeated three hours later, at the company’s Las Vegas Satellite facility. The team gathered there experienced the same emotional reaction. “Just as it is for others in our industry, this was a very moving and personal moment for us,” said Albert Chauvet, CEO of Chauvet. “We grew up in…
Exertis has announced the key appointments of several members of senior talent across its international division. Description automatically generatedThe business welcomes Christer Svärd as the new Managing Director for Exertis Nordics. Christer was previously the CEO of Higab AB, a company that builds, manages, and cares for properties in Gothenburg and before that, he served as CEO of Volvo Parts, a global spare parts distributor. “Being able to take charge of Exertis operations in the Nordics, in an exciting industry with a really strong owner, was an attractive prospect that I could not refuse. I have extensive experience in the…
Leading global LED display solutions manufacturer, Absen, recently erected an impressive LED display to SANY Group. Boasting Absen’s new indoor fixed install LED product for the APAC and LATM regions, the KL Series (note: EU and US version also available), this video wall was built as part of China’s national strategic initiative to further develop the manufacturing sector, ‘Made in China 2025’. The 5G display terminal sits at SANY Group’s factory No.18, an intelligent manufacturing workshop in Changsha. In collaboration with partners ZTE and Huawei, SANY Group has jointly developed 5G smart manufacturing applications showing the revolutionary impacts of 5G…
Bristol, UK-based production manager and lighting designer Tim Smith of TS-TS Productions utilised the power and practicality of Astera wireless lighting to illuminate his “One-hundred Unseen” an innovative high-impact live art installation created as part of a UK nationwide campaign day on 11 August 2020 to the highlight the critical state of the live entertainment industry amidst the Coronavirus pandemic. Shows and events came to an abrupt halt in March, stranding companies, venues, organisations and a large community of freelance creatives and technicians without any income, with precious little government financial assistance, and currently, no roadmap to reopening. “One-hundred Unseen”…
In Northwest Georgia, it’s not hard to find a Rock Bridge Community Church campus. Its six locations, one of which is in a suburb of Chattanooga near the Tennessee state line, make it easy to be part of this contemporary worship-style church. It’s also easy on the ears, as five of Rock Bridge’s venues—Calhoun, Chatsworth, Ringgold, and Dalton’s Stage 123 and historic 1,165-seat Wink Theatre—now have L-Acoustics A Series constant curvature line source sound systems, each of which sound nearly identical thanks to the use of the manufacturer’s new M1 measurement tool suite. “The A Series is a very cohesive…
Christie pure RGB laser projectors helped to mark the impending launch of United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket at Cape Canaveral with the first ever 3D projection mapping on an operational rocket by PaintScaping. Six ‘all-in-one’ 45,000 ISO lumen Christie D4K40-RGB projectors – provided by rental expert Nationwide Video – mapped the façade of the nearly 72m rocket, for a private event ahead of ULA’s launch for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). “It was a pleasure to work with the latest and brightest RGB laser projector on the market for this unique project,” said Philippe Bergeron, President of…
