Opening sales and business development offices in the United Kingdom and Germany in June 2018 video and control (AV) solutions, is pleased to announce the opening of its EMEA headquarters in Sinsheim, Germany. The office will serve as the management and support hub for its Systems business in the Europe, Middle East, Africa and SAARC sub regions, and is a central element to the company’s international growth strategy. “QSC maintains a leading position in North America as a solutions provider for corporate meeting rooms, hospitality, large-scale performing and sports venues, government applications and more. Establishing a regional headquarters in Europe…
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John Roberts-Davies has appointed to new position of Head of Pre-Sales Projects. John Roberts-Davies has joined German audio console and IP video specialist Lawo AG as Head of Pre-Sales Projects. In his new role, he will lead and develop the team that delivers technical consultation, solution design and system delivery to customers across the entire range of live production applications. The appointment comes at a time of rapid growth in demand for Lawo products and solutions, which are expertly designed to help gain maximum advantage from new technologies in the fast-changing world of live production. John has over 30 years’…
A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) has supplied the new StageSmarts smartPDU power distribution system to Titan Reality for their first certified, fully immersive 3D audio venue experience in Europe. The Aures club is located along Leake Street Tunnel under London’s Waterloo station, which features a giant mural of street art organised by renowned English street artist, Banksy. Aures provides a blank canvas event space within a seven-metre high exposed brick arch and over 2,000 square feet of floor space, which is perfect for product launches, photoshoots, presentations and corporate parties. The venue recently launched the first phase of ‘Sensorium’, a truly…
GUIL has announced its 35th anniversary, and are celebrating alongside its customers, distributors and partners. GUIL, who provide equipment for the entertainment industry, specialise in the design and manufacturing of lifting towers, stages, stands and structures for sound and light, as well as stands and accessories for musical instruments and A/V equipment. Over the course of 35 years, GUIL has experienced a fast and constant evolution; adapting to the ever changing needs and requirements of the entertainment industry. For this, it has a team of highly qualified professionals, with an R&D&I department that designs and manufactures high quality, innovative and…
A portable church that converts into a large banquet hall and wedding venue on Sundays, Cornerstone Church in Milwaukee, WI, recently upgraded to a Martin Audio Wavefront Precision Mini line array system. David Price, System Designer and Integrator, said: “the hall is in a historic building and has several acoustic challenges which explains why we chose the WPM system. The room has a mammoth 35ft. tall x 30 ft. wide curved centre channel area where tons of acoustic energy can get trapped. WPM gives us control over directivity of the system so we can avoid that area and put the…
Meyer Sound has announced appointment of Chris D’bais to the newly created position of Business Development, Oceania and Southeast Asia. D’bais will be based in Brisbane, Australia and will serve as a direct factory representative for Meyer Sound across Oceania (Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands) mainland and maritime Southeast Asia, as well as in Taiwan and Hong Kong. In his new capacity, D’bais will represent Meyer Sound by building direct relationships with architects, consultants, sound designers, AV integrators and end-users across the full range of professional and commercial sound applications. “In creating this position, we are putting a…
The Preston Guild Hall And Charter Theatre complex is undergoing a huge development and refurbishment program thanks to its new owners, The Rigby Group. Autograph Sales & Installations were asked to supply an unobtrusive but powerful multi-zone audio system for the latest part of the project, ‘Level’, a multi-entertainment area encompassing a bowling alley, crazy golf course, karaoke booths, End of Days Laser Tag, Daredevil Assault Course and a multi-screen sports bar/nightclub. Autograph Sales & Installations’ Ben Tredwell was the Sales Engineer in charge of the project and realised early in the proposal that KV2 Audio offered the ideal choice of…
Clear-Com, has been chosen by AV integrator/supplier, SES Integration of Concord, to be the intercom solution for Elevation Church’s broadcast production facility and church campus in Charlotte, NC. Known as Elevation Ballantyne, the 75,000 square-foot facility produces multiple online video streams that are broadcasted live at Elevation Church’s 15 locations across Canada and the United States, as well as online. In addition to its production facility, Elevation Ballantyne is home to a modern 1,850 seat auditorium with broadcast-quality AV equipment and video cameras. “We have a long-standing relationship with Clear-Com, and count on them to provide our clients with…
Avolites, British manufacturer of state-of-the-art entertainment lighting control consoles, media servers and dimmers, has appointed A.C. Entertainment Technologies. (AC-ET) as their exclusive distributor in Ireland for their range of lighting control and dimming products. AC-ET will be running a series of Avolites product demonstrations, road shows and hands-on training sessions in Ireland. They will also hold stock of core Avolites products ready for immediate despatchfrom their UK warehouses. Aaron Cripps, AC-ET’s regional sales representative for Ireland said: “Taking on the exclusive distribution of Avolites lighting control and dimming solutions in this territory gives us the opportunity to focus further on…
One of Holland’s first installations of NEXO’s new GEO M10 mid-size line array has been completed in the Stadsgehoorzaal in Kampen, a classic 125-year old city theatre in the traditional Dutch style. The plush red auditorium of the Stadsgehoorzaal, which seats 480, has just been equipped with a cleverly designed NEXO line array system in a L/C/R configuration, with NEXO’s super-compact ID Series loudspeakers for fills. The design story starts with the theatre’s large central chandelier, which challenges most sound reinforcement system designs, obstructing sound from reaching the balcony. Bert Koenders, from NEXO distributor and installer Iemke Roos*, worked closely…
