Portuguese acoustic treatment specialist Artnovion (distributed in the UK, Spain and the Netherlands by Audio-Technica) has announced the release of its new MedLine range of cleanable acoustic treatment products. Featuring hospital-grade anti-bacterial coatings and hardwearing, washable anti-odour finishes, MedLine caters to a wide market at a time when every industry needs to ensure COVID-safe workspaces. The range comprises both fabric absorbers (Sparta AE, Troy and Azores AE products) and wood absorbers (Lyra 8 CL and Norma 8 CL panels), making MedLine suitable for a wide variety of applications including healthcare and well-being facilities that require the highest levels of cleanliness.…
Author: James Robertson
Technological Innovations Group (TIG) has announced a strategic partnership with SiliconCore Technology. The TIG partnership with SiliconCore Technology demonstrates its forward-thinking approach and commitment to future-proofing Smart Spaces. The US headquartered innovator in fine pixel pitch LED display technology, SiliconCore, has continually reinvented the LED market. Its groundbreaking Common Cathode technology has resulted in its displays offering the highest brightness, lowest power consumption and coolest operating temperatures on the market. In addition, its latest technology innovation, LISA, now provides a durable surface on the displays without reducing the brightness or impacting image reproduction. The partnership will now allow TIG to…
Although the Covid-19 pandemic has had a dramatic effect on our lives and industry, lighting professionals are taking the downtime as an opportunity to educate themselves and prepare for the eventual reopening. Elation Professional is offering just such an opportunity with the launch of a new online Learning Centre available on the www.elationlighting.com website. Designed to provide lighting professionals with easy-to-access learning options, the new resource site is full of free educational and training material. View Training Videos from Obsidian Control Systems covering the Onyx platform, Dylos pixel composer, Capture Visualization software, and more; or access Elation Educational Experience (E3)…
The #WeMakeEvents campaign, which is raising the alarm for the live events and entertainment sector, has organised a day of action across London and the UK on 11 August. A series of events will call on the government to ‘Throw us a Line’ before the talent and expertise that makes the UK’s live events and entertainment sector the envy of the world is lost. In London, journalists and politicians have been invited to board a boat at Westminster Pier, from where they will sail through a series of ‘arenas’ which will feature many of the capital’s iconic landmarks, all lit…
The safe reopening of large-scale entertainment events will be a major challenge facing AV and events professionals going forward. New regulations will influence the way we create live event experiences in the future. In addition to health and safety challenges, technological progress has become more important than ever before. Digital technologies are bringing entertainment, information, communication and system networking to homes, businesses, performing venues and an endless number of other venues. These topics have therefore becoming more relevant to system integrators, professional buyers and end users. The PLSG Annual Training Course will be held concurrently with the upcoming Prolight +…
Audio-Technica has announced the launch of its newly redesigned website at www.audio-technica.com. The site creates a completely new user experience for the Audio-Technica brand and was developed with a mobile-first philosophy. As with any contemporary web platform, the site features a responsive design architecture that translates to whatever device the visitor is using, thereby optimizing their experience. Featuring an intuitive and interactive resource that is content-focused with the latest information on Audio-Technica’s comprehensive range of microphones, headphones, turntables, cartridges and commercial audio products, the new website also offers enhanced e-commerce functionality that facilitates smooth, quick online transactions 24/7 with free…
On March 12, Thomas Kikta, chair of contemporary music media and jazz at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, got word that his campus was shutting down due to Covid-19. Remote learning was to begin 4 days later on March 16, leaving Thomas with only a few days to find the students and facility at the university’s Mary Pappert School of Music a solution that would improve upon the poor audio quality during Zoom meetings. Thomas turned to Digigram’s IQOYA *SERV/LINK, a multi-channel IP audio codec, and paired it with IQOYA GUEST, Digigram’s web-based solution. Now, without having to install any applications…
In a further move to strengthen its market presence, latakoo has announced the addition of two key members to its growing team. Charlie Mitchell is the new vice president of sales and will coordinate all sales activities in the US, as well as oversee an expanding global sales team. Alex Almada joins as director of marketing and will manage key marketing driven growth initiatives. The appointments come as the company expands its video transfer and workflow product portfolio to support production companies as well as its traditional broadcast production customer base. Charlie previously was the executive vice president, sales and…
Based in Azerbaijan, PROAV recently carried out a new sound design at the Agstafa Agro Industrial Complex in Agstafa City, specifying Martin Audio’s Wavefront Precision Mini (WPM) line array. PROAV managing partner, Elshan Aliyev, stated: “When WPM first came onto the market, such was the trust we had in the Martin Audio brand name, we were happy to place an immediate order and we were the first to do so. When this latest opportunity came about we had no hesitation in specifying it again. As Azerbaijan’s agricultural development project, Agstafa Agro Industrial Complex plays an important role in providing the…
Christ’s Church of the Valley (CCV) is a non-denominational Christian church located in Phoenix, Arizona, with multiple other locations throughout the state. In 1996 it purchased the property now known as the Peoria campus, moving to the site in 2000 and opening a 3,500-plus seat auditorium four years later. As the church’s broadcast campus, it recently added a number of GLP fixtures to its stage, purchasing eight S350 moving head profiles for key light purposes, and 32 X4 Bar 20 battens as part of a long-term rental package, from 4Wall of Las Vegas. At the same time, CCV has added…
