Dean Faciana has joined ADJ USA’s internal sales team. His new role will involve supporting the company’s dealer network in the Northern Central States, providing sales support, product demos and technical advice. Faciana has been working in the entertainment lighting industry for more than 30 years. Throughout this time, he has logged thousands of hours behind a desk at Front of House and continues to moonlight as an LD/Programmer/Operator. He has gained experience working in nearly all areas of the industry, including live events, theatre, installation, touring, film and video shoots, corporate events, and houses of worship. Having also once…
Author: James Robertson
1 SOUND has joined forces with UK and Ireland’s top AV distributor, CUK Group, to bring 1 SOUND to the UK and Ireland. Even though they’re only a few years old, 1 SOUND has a rich history spanning four decades of industry experience, implementing that expertise into every meticulously crafted loudspeaker design. They aim to support the professional audio sector by introducing innovative and new tools to the market, delivering unparalleled sound quality. CUK is part of the CUK group along with another two AV distribution companies across the UK and Ireland – Tukans (York), and CUK Video and Audio…
d&b group has announced the appointment of Andreas Gall as its new Chief Digital Officer (CDO). With a wealth of experience spanning over three decades in the media, event, and brand content industries, Gall assumes the role of leading d&b’s digital strategy during a transformative period. Gall is a Chief Technology, Digital, and Innovation Officer with a track record of success across the media and entertainment industry. As a C-level leader, he brings extensive experience in spearheading various digital transformation programs, media productions, innovation and start-up projects. His career has included senior management roles at Antenne Bayern, 104.6 RTL, ORF…
Situated on the Kent State University campus in Kent, Ohio, the Center for the Performing Arts is dedicated to creative excellence and delivering an exceptional learning environment for students. After struggling with a single-channel communications system and walkie-talkies for some time, the School of Theater and Dance evolved its production communication with its recent installation of Clear-Com’s Arcadia Central Station IP intercom platform. The new Arcadia system seamlessly integrates with the school’s Clear-Com FreeSpeak II digital wireless and HelixNet digital wired party line intercom user stations they had previously installed as part of an infrastructure upgrade. This set-up now combines…
TAIT is expanding its producing offer with the appointment of Martin Green CBE as Vice President of Global Live Events. Green brings over 20 years of experience to TAIT, with large-scale live broadcast events and festivals across the globe. Most recently he served as Managing Director of Eurovision, Liverpool 2023. Based in TAIT’s newly announced Kings Cross office, Green will play an integral part in the company’s development and expansion of event production globally. He will oversee executive-level project management, provide deep subject matter expertise, and drive business development efforts for high-profile, wide-reaching live events, often characterised by intricate broadcast…
Saturate Designs, Thailand recently invested in 16 Ayrton Mistral S fixtures which were supplied by Ayrton’s exclusive distributor for Thailand, Total Solution Marketing Thailand. “We now own 16 Mistral S which we use across a variety of our own projects and designs,” began Mr Peem Poolpol, Lighting and Creative Designer at Saturate Designs. “We had previously searched for a small ‘easy to carry’ fixture which could still maintain the high quality and strong light output that is so necessary for our designs. We then discovered Mistral S which is perfect for the kind of work that we do, and, additionally,…
Welsh National Opera’s Head of Lighting and Sound, Ben Naylor recently took possession of an MDG ATMe haze generator with a digital theFAN unit, both housed conveniently in MDG’s purpose-built Vertical Flight Case. Naylor explained his choice of MDG and this combination of equipment which was supplied by Robe/MDG UK. “We have been looking for a better consistency of coverage of haze for a long time, as the hazers we’ve used in the past have looked patchy and generally produced more haze in the wings than on stage! The MDG ATMe with flight case and fan not only gives us…
Alobar’s Lighting and Sound has installed a state-of-the-art lighting and lighting control solution at the prestigious Villa Duchesne school in St. Louis, Missouri. The new system, which features an NX1 lighting console from Obsidian Control Systems along with NETRON signal distribution, includes an array of Elation KL series and Seven Batten lights, providing the school’s Pavich Theatre with an exceptional level of control and creativity in their lighting design. Alobar’s Lighting and Sound, based in St. Louis, has been a long-standing partner of Villa Duchesne, having provided audio and lighting services for the school for over 20 years, including support for graduation ceremonies, Maypole…
tvONE has joined the Q-SYS technology partner programme. This programme enables software and hardware technology partners to create market-ready solutions that integrate seamlessly with Q-SYS, a cloud-manageable audio, video and control Platform. As part of the programme, tvONE has worked closely with Q-SYS, who has fully vetted and endorsed the following plugin integrations with a Q-SYS Certified badge: A Q-SYS Certified Control Plugin for tvONE video processors. Features of the plug-in include connecting to and integrating with a video processor that has been configured with tvONE CORIOgrapher software or CALICO studio software, window source…
Claypaky continues its efforts to improve its environmental performance with the CP Green project launched in 2022. The company has already implemented several aspects of the long-range project, which is constantly revised to make Claypaky’s sustainability strategy more effective and efficient. The main objective of the project is reducing Claypaky’s impact on climate change and mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To achieve this goal, the first and most important step is calculating GHG emissions, since it is not possible to improve what is not measured. For this reason, for the second consecutive year Claypaky obtained in November 2023 the ISO…
