AV Stumpfl, the Austrian AV technology manufacturer, officially announced the Singapore based company Total Solution Marketing as their new PIXERA media server distributor for Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, ahead of this year’s ISE exhibition in Amsterdam. Total Solution is an acclaimed distributor of professional lighting, smart rigging, and media servers in their respective region. The products and services provided by Total Solution are used for entertainment events and performing arts venues such as concert halls, theatres, large scale ceremonies, corporate events, product launches, schools, convention centers, galleries, public spaces, house of worship applications and museums. In addition to being…
Author: James Robertson
QSC announced that Jason Moss has joined the company as Vice President, Alliances and Market Development. As part of the QSC Executive Team led by Joe Pham, President and CEO, Moss will be responsible for developing and managing strategic alliances with leading AV/IT collaboration manufacturers and service providers globally. Jason Moss joins QSC from Logitech where he most recently served as Head of Go-to-Market & Alliances, Video Collaboration. With over 20 years in the industry, Moss spent the last nine years developing partnerships with top collaboration and SaaS companies, and drove adoption and integration of Logitech products into many applications…
WorldStage wrapped up a highly successful 2019 with record attendance for their innovative NEXT Demos at Wallplay in Brooklyn, New York and Dogpatch Studios in San Francisco. Each event immersed attendees in next-generation, highly advanced technologies through guided tours featuring exclusive new LED video solutions, Mixed and Augmented Reality applications, as well as dynamic video and audio environments. NEXT Demo guests were impressed with StageJack, a revolutionary new large-format, indoor LED video platform available exclusively from WorldStage. StageJack LED tiles are lightweight 4’ by 4’ carbon fiber panels that install in minutes saving considerable time and labor costs. StageJack enables…
The Parrocchia di San Lazzaro in Bologna, Italy, is the largest church in its town and has recently upgraded to Ashly Audio solutions. Daniele Santini, CEO of Etabeta Electronics, said the church was rebuilt after being destroyed in World War II. As such, it follows the architecture of the era with high ceilings and multiple reverberant and reflective sides. Marble on the floors and multiple glass windows have long made the location a difficult audio integration. “When we first spoke with them we heard that many people could not listen to mass correctly because of a lack of intelligibility,” said…
The audio of sermons in the 1936-built Changsin Church in the Gangnam district of Seoul, South Korea has been replaced by an Alcons Audio LR14 pro-ribbon system was chosen by the Church. The Church formed a committee which appointed Jang Young-wook, a church sound engineer and executive director of the Korean Church Acoustics Association, as the project consultant. He contacted the representatives of eight leading audio system manufacturers and asked them to participate in a briefing to be held at the church. The companies included audio contractor Sky Sound, based in the city of Daegu, which had previously worked with…
White Light has supplied the lighting for Magic Goes Wrong, which recently opened at the Vaudeville Theatre in London’s West End. Created by the award-winning Mischief Theatre and magic legends Penn & Teller, Magic Goes Wrong features a lighting design by David Howe, who is lighting several of Mischief Theatre’s other shows. He said: “I worked closely with White Light’s Customer Service Team Leader Andy Cullen and Customer Service Account Handler Jade Johnson who were extremely helpful when it came to choosing the appropriate fixtures. Due to the theatre space being tight, I knew I needed a versatile rig. As…
Peter Daffarn, MD of Photon Beard has designed, supplied and installed some studios at YouTube London, with help from Doughty Engineering to provide a range of kit. “Dave Errock of Wave Science Technology first got in touch with Photon Beard – initially just for some consultancy and to prepare the tender documents,” explained Peter. “However, it wasn’t long before we were asked to manage the entire fit-out. For a company like YouTube, we needed a solution that not only performed well, but looked great too. And that’s why Doughty were my first port of call.” YouTube wanted a functional yet…
Nottingham’s Theatre Royal has completed the purchase of a DiGiCo SD10T with two SD-Racks, supplied by Autograph Sales & Installations. Autograph also provided an installed fibre network plus training sessions for the console and its theatre-specific T software. Their new DiGiCo replaces a long-serving analogue console and was installed just in time for the theatre’s 2019-20 panto season, this year featuring Qdos Entertainment’s production of Cinderella. Michael Donoghue is Head of Lighting and Sound for the Theatre Royal and said, “The purchase of a new digital sound desk has been something we have wanted and needed for some time now.…
Los Angeles’ Ahmanson Theatre, Sting will take centre stage to bring his powerful musical, The Last Ship, to the West Coast deploying a d&b Soundscape immersive sound system. The show tells the story of two childhood sweethearts set to the backdrop of the collapse of the shipbuilding industry and features an original Tony-nominated score with music and lyrics by Sting, who will also perform for the month-long duration of the show’s LA residency. Providing an unmatched sound experience to create the various scenes and acoustic moods for the performance is a system designed by Sebastian Frost and supplied by Stage…
PROLIGHTS has announced Antonio Parise will join the team as International Area Manager. Antonio will bring twenty years of solid international experience in the professional lighting industry and he will definitely play a strategic role in developing business and representing the brand internationally in several countries. Paolo Albani, PROLIGHTS International Sales Manager for PROLIGHTS said: “Adding Antonio to our team will be an added value to strengthen our international presence. I had already the pleasure to work with him, and I have high confidence this will be a successful move for both his career and our company goals”. Fabio Sorabella,…
