Philips Strand Lighting upcycling competition finalists

World – The Philips Strand Lighting centenary competition to upcycle a vintage Strand PATT 23 or 123 lamp has announced its three finalists. The competition saw much success with numerous international entrants and 175 people following the Pinterest inspiration board. Award-winning architectural lighting designer Paul Nulty’s Anamorphosis, architectural lighting designer Joe Vose’s Back to The…

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The Sennheiser SpeechLine Wired series

Sennheiser is completing its series of installation microphones with a new tablestand-gooseneck combination. The SpeechLine Wired series ensures optimum quality and offers scalable solutions for meetings, conferences and presentations. “The SpeechLine Wired series includes electrostatic boundary microphones for meetings and audio conferences and tablestand combinations for presentations and lectures,” explained Kai Tossing, Portfolio Manager Business Communication at Sennheiser.…

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HARMAN’s Martin Professional at PL+S 2015

FRANKFURT, Germany — HARMAN’s Martin Professional will be exhibiting in Hall 9, stand A93 at Prolight+Sound 2015, taking place April 15-18 at Messe, Frankfurt. On display and available for in-person demonstrations will be a comprehensive offering of classic Martin lighting fixtures like the MAC Quantum Profile™ as well as new ones like the Martin M-Touch™…

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Sony Develops New 4K Memory Player PMW-PZ1

SYDNEY, 11 March 2015 – Sony today announced a new 4K SxS memory player, the PMW-PZ1, a high quality and cost-effective playback solution for 4K shooting and post-production applications. The PMW-PZ1 features multi-format playback capability for 4K (24p to 60p) and HD video, supporting a variety of formats including XAVC Intra & Long, MPEG HD422…

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ROSS VIDEO TEAMS WITH MEDIATEC ASIA PACIFIC

Ross Video teams up with Mediatec Asia Pacific from Melbourne, Australia – as the newest Ross openTruck partner. openTruck provides a standardized yet customizable blueprint for a new generation of cost-effective remote production vehicles, and offers partnerships with equipment manufacturers, system integrators, truck builders, mobile producers and freelance operators. Mediatec provisions video and broadcast services…

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EAW Provides Comprehensive Coverage To Adelaide Oval

North Adelaide, Australia (February 2015) – The Adelaide Oval, home to the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) and South Australian National Football League (SANFL) as well as one of the premier entertainment venues in the country, recently underwent a major expansion and upgrade that included the installation of a new sound reinforcement system featuring EAW…

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AT Intro IP Mic

Audio-Technica has bridged the gap between audio and IT with the first wired microphone that transmits audio and control data over a Dante™ network. The new Audio-Technica ATND971 cardioid condenser boundary network microphone is a true plug-and-play solution using the very low latency Dante™ network protocol and because it is a network device with its…

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MARTIN AUDIO MLA TAMES TARONGA

Entertainment Installations’ twilight concerts from the middle of a Sydney zoo  The Twilight at Taronga concerts in Sydney have become a summer family-outing staple, since they began over ten years ago. This year there are 17 weekend concerts over a two month period, featuring acts such as Rufus Wainwright, Belle & Sebastian and Conor Oberst, along with a number local Australian artists.…

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Evolution D1 Wireless is here!

  Following the very positive response at its launch during NAMM 2015 last month, the first stocks have hit our warehouse. Sennheiser’s Evolution D1 is a range of digital wireless microphone systems that has been designed specifically for musicians, to let bands go wireless the easy way. With systems for vocals or for instruments, a…

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New Clay Paky Stormy Fixtures Join Slipknot Tour

USA – Masked rockers Slipknot are making headlines with a fifth album release, the addition of new band members, their Knotfest concert series and the launch of the “Prepare for Hell” tour. Clay Paky Stormys are along for the wild ride. The band just marked the debut of their fifth studio album, “.5: The Gray…

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Current RMS & Xero | The Ultimate Cloud Partnership

Since launching back in September 2014, over 250 rental businesses in the AV, Lighting, Events and Broadcast sectors are now signed up to Current RMS, quickly identifying the benefits of cloud rental management software. At the end of January 2015, Current RMS officially became a partner of the popular cloud accounting software Xero, offering seamless…

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