Datapath, engineers of visual solutions, has announced Howard Ford as the company’s new chairman, with immediate effect. Howard has a wealth of experience in the IT, Telecoms and Electronics industries and has chaired the boards of several privately held and public companies in the UK and France with previous executive roles at IBM Europe, chief executive Cellnet and president Equant (sold to France Telecom). Howard is also currently a private investor in technology companies and chairman of Displaydata Ltd. With a strong background and track record in the technology sector, the appointment completes a swathe of new additions to Datapath’s…
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Martin Professional Middle East and Scientechnic recently deployed Martin by HARMAN lighting fixtures to illuminate Tolerance Bridge with a dazzling lighting display. Tolerance Bridge is the first and only clear span suspension bridge in the Middle East. Named in honor of the International Day of Tolerance, the bridge offers pedestrians a 690-foot-long walking and cycling path over the Dubai Water Canal. The canal is a three-kilometer long project starting from Business Bay into the Persian Gulf through Safa Park and Jumeirah. The canal comprises one shopping center, four hotels, 450 restaurants, luxury housing, and various green networks, which allow pedestrians…
Toronto’s legendary El Mocambo live music venue is set to reopen following a five-year, multi-million-dollar renovation by new owner Michael Wekerle, a Canadian financier and television personality. The building, originally constructed in 1910, has been completely gutted and rebuilt with two live performance spaces connected to an audio broadcast and recording control room equipped with a Solid State Logic Live L550 digital mixing console. “It’s not quite a club anymore. It’s an event space with a very beautifully designed interior inside a broadcast facility,” said Jamie Howieson, executive designer and production manager at the iconic venue, which has long been…
Robe UK strengthens its team with the addition of Theresa Gibson as Head of Marketing. Gibson’s impressive experience as a marketing and communications professional started after graduating from university with a Business Studies degree and further studies to gain the Chartered Institute of Marketing qualifications. She’s worked across a dynamic mix of sectors including blue chip, SME and with marketing / live event agencies, and also in the world of entertainment technology for a distribution company. Her spectrum of knowledge has embraced multiple disciplines including organizing and running events, sponsorship and PR activations and orchestrating engagement campaigns, all of which…
CC de Warandepoort Theatre in Tervuren, Belgium, near Brussels, took delivery of Elation Fuze Profile luminaires shortly before performance venues went dark in March and look forward to using the new full-colour framing moving heads on a variety of productions once the theatre can again welcome patrons to its stage. Warandepoort Theatre is a 370-seat performance arts venue and the cultural centre of the municipality of Tervuren, presenting both modern and classic theatre, concerts, comedy, dance, film, and the occasional corporate or community event. Although many of the productions the theatre hosts carry their own equipment, according to Alexander Remmerswaal,…
The Avalon Theatre is a historic theatre located in downtown Easton, Maryland. Originally built as a cinema in 1921, at the cost of $100,000, The Avalon Theatre immediately became, as one newspaper reporter proclaimed, the “Showplace of the Eastern Shore.” Visually spectacular, another newspaper reporter made the bold statement that “no house in the South will compare with all its detail.” Its detail included leaded glass doors at every theatre entrance, an 18-ft dome with 148 lights, a 300 pipe electric-pneumatic organ, an electric player piano, and a ballroom on the second floor. https://issuu.com/mondiale/docs/md30-3_digital_issuu/102 www.avalonfoundation.org
Century Village in Deerfield Beach, Florida is a community that revolves around activities taking place within a central clubhouse housing a 1600-seat theatre. The site of everything from Broadway-style shows to concerts by national touring acts and current movies, the theatre recently upgraded its audio with the addition of a dLive S7000 Surface and DM64 MixRack from Allen & Heath. The new dLive S7000 system was provided by ShowPro of South Florida. “This theatre, along with a number of other smaller venues in The Sunshine State, are some of the biggest entertainment buyers in the Southeastern US,” said Showpro’s Nicolas…
At the end of 2019, L-Acoustics welcomed DeltaLive into the L-Acoustics Group, a family of companies focused on the design, manufacture and commercialisation of L-Acoustics sound systems. One of the stated aims of this acquisition was to devote resources to preparing the market entry for L-Acoustics private residential, multichannel extraordinary sound spaces, Island, Ocean, and Archipel. At ISE 2020, L-Acoustics announced a new division, L-Acoustics Creations, along with the official launch of the division’s flagship sound space, Island Prestige. To further support the commercialisation of L-Acoustics Creations auditoria solutions worldwide, L-Acoustics now designates DeltaLive as International Distributor of the full…
JX Investment Group is one of China’s leading entertainment brands, with a range of chains throughout the country. It has recently launched JX EDM LIVE, new high class clubs where Alcons pro-ribbon audio systems ensure customers are enjoying the best dance music in fantastic quality. JX EDM LIVE currently comprises two clubs, one in Yulin, Shaanxi Province and the other in Wúzhōu, Guangxi Province. Both are large venues, with a floor area of 640m2/6889ft2 and a height of 18m/59ft. Guangzhou-based EAD was asked by JX Investment Group to design audio systems that would deliver pure, driving low frequencies and clean…
The Church of St. Nicholas in Grosmont, Monmouthshire, dates from the early 13th century, making it one of the oldest churches in Wales. The Grade II listed building’s large medieval nave is widely considered to be the finest in the country. During the late 19th century the church was on the verge of collapse, but was saved by architect JP Seddon in a Victorian renovation which separated the nave from the transept and choir, leaving the nave – which is now used for village events, farmers markets, concerts, private parties and the like – in predominantly untouched original condition, while…
