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SATURDAY – LA. By Simon Byrne The Audio Engineering Society’s 141st International Convention kicked off today in Los Angeles at the LA Convention Centre. This event attracts an international audience ranging from audio veterans to students in all areas of audio including broadcast, recording, game audio and live sound.  Over 4 days, the event includes…

Using Panasonic technology, SBS has enhanced the delivery of the flagship SBS World News broadcast with the Artarmon news production studio now featuring a large format LED screen to display high-resolution graphics during broadcasts. Digital content ranges from maps and weather, to finance and property reports, as well as displaying breaking news. The new LED display complements…

20 studios and a Lap of the Map Nova Entertainment is Australia’s fastest growing entertainment company with broad interests across the media industry. The company owns and operates nine radio stations, including the most listened to metro network, the five stations that make up the Nova Network. Growing steadily from its first FM license and…

Hills Limited has announced the appointment of Mr Ken Dwyer to the Board effective immediately. Ken Dwyer is the former head of Audio Products Group, acquired two years ago by Hills. He commenced his career in marketing and investment banking, subsequently entered the audio industry, founding a chain of specialist home entertainment stores and more…

EXCLUSIVE: Following last week’s report that builder Mirvac have moved construction forward at Australian Technology Park, the venue managers have sought to put the record straight. Mirvac and the NSW Government development arm, UrbanGrowth NSW have attempted to downplay the situation with statements implying it is ‘business as usual’ at ATP. Anything but, say the…

Biz Talk, by Julius Grafton Sydney AV installation company Total Concept Projects employed 100 people and turned over $50 million. Bad management led to the failure of the group in April 2010. It had traded over two decades and done contracting work on countless large and small projects over Australia. In the desperate final days…

Over 3000 Anolis Arc Dot LED fixtures have been utilised in an eye-catching light sculpture “The Artists Edge” created by artist Stuart Green for the new landmark Elizabeth Quay development that reconnects the Swan River with the city of Perth, Western Australia, creating a brand new entertainment and leisure precinct. The design specification and realisation…

EXCLUSIVE: Exhibitors and event organizers have been left scrambling for dates in the first half of 2017 after property developer Mirvac squeezed Australian Technology Park Conference Centre in Eveleigh (next to Redfern) by bringing forward intrusive site works from July to February. The shock news that ATP would close for good next July comes after…

TDC-Technical Direction Company, based in Sydney, is embarking on development of a new Studio space along with further investment in d3 Technologies Pro range of media servers. Designed to be a hotbed for creativity, The Studio will enable project stakeholders to create and implement ideas using emerging creative technology solutions. “Our history has always been…

Jimmy Barnes Soul Searchin’ tour saw one of Australia’s favourite singers hit the road throughout August to celebrate the release of his Soul Searchin’ album. The all-new album follows Soul Deep (1991), Soul Deeper (2000) and The Rhythm and the Blues (2009) which have earned more than twelve ARIA Platinum Sales Awards between them. Audio…

In broadcast they have a saying that audio is 10% of the bandwidth and 90% of the trouble. Never has that been more true that at CX Network today where this week’s episode of The Hump has been ruined. We have a replacement ‘best of’ package instead. But we had an expensive lesson. We have…