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Overseas TV Crew for Cricket World Cup
Visa, pay, safety concerns Allegation have arisen that the company contracted to broadcast the Cricket World Cup across Australia may be attempting to breach Australia’s tough migration regulations. Singapore-based Broadcast Solutions is reportedly importing TV crew to broadcast the event and requesting these workers apply for the Temporary Work (Short Stay Activity) visa (subclass 400).…
Read MoreHills Rumor: Top Level Departure
Rumors emerged tonight of a VERY high level departure at Hills Limited, fresh on the news that Ken Dwyer left Audio Products Group (APG) last month. The latest departee is very close to the top. An email from Hills CEO Ted Pretty to staff this afternoon advised of the news. If correct, this can only…
Read MoreBiamp Seeks Area Manager – UPDATED
UPDATED: A job advert currently listed on the Biamp USA website calls for an area manager for Australia and New Zealand. “Biamp Systems, a leading manufacturer of professional electronics for use in the installed audio market, based in Portland, Oregon, USA, is currently recruiting for a new Area Sales Manager for Australia and New Zealand”,…
Read MoreCXtra May (and April) – what happened?
Here is CXtra May, and it starts off with the story behind our failed relaunch last month as The Hit List. But we have done it – come check out our NEW studio! Plus we have studio guests Marty Beaton (MGB Backline) and Steve Knight (Norwest Productions).
Read MoreWhy can’t LED be measured the same way as tungsten light?
By Jimmy Den-Ouden While we can measure the light output of a tungsten light source or fixture in Lumens, it doesn’t work exactly the same way for LED sources. Let’s look at why. Tungsten sources produce output that is both visible and non-visible. Radiometric measurement takes into account non-visible and visible output, and this output…
Read MoreInside the new Sydney Exhibition Centre @ Glebe Island
We’ve spent a year bagging it out, now it is built. CX went inside for a tour, and found a perfectly suitable temporary exhibition centre, with some nice touches and reassuringly some old faces from SCEC. So what have they got right, and what is not right here? Read more at CXMAGBLOG
Read MoreNSW to introduce 1:30 AM lockouts and 3 AM last drinks to tackle drug and alcohol violence – What does this mean for live music?
NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell has just announced a series of sweeping measures to tackle drug and alcohol related violence in Sydney. Unfortunately for the live music industry, these will include the introduction of 1.30 AM lockouts and 3 AM last drinks across an expanded CBD precinct to include Kings Cross to Darling Harbour, The Rocks to Haymarket…
Read MoreBungled NYE gig: $1 million refund
Promoters of Sydney’s cancelled Wet’n’Wild theme park New Years Eve gig have been directed to refund around $1 million to the 8,700 punters with tickets. Owners of the theme park, Village Roadshow Theme Parks have refunded all proceeds they held, according to the Sydney Morning Herald. But Village Roadshow Theme Parks have dodged complaints, saying…
Read MoreNYE Water Festival Cancelled
UPDATED 10am January 1st, 2014. Things looked good for Cuban Diego Tuff, aka Diego Armando Tobar aged 31 of Potts Point. Until New Years Eve, when his NYE Water Festival at Australia’s largest water park, Wet and Wild in Sydney, was abruptly cancelled, leaving thousands of furious punters out of pocket with nowhere to go.…
Read MoreStaging Connections – industry leaders in training
Staging Connections have cemented their position as the Australian event industry’s leader in training and development, having received accreditation to deliver the newly created CUA30413 Certificate III in Live Production and Services qualification. Staging Connections has been a Registered Training Organisation (RTO) since 2004 and with the addition of the CUA30413 qualification to their scope,…
Read MoreSafety Guidelines released at ENTECH
ENTECH CONNECT are pleased to announce the revised LPA Industry Safety Guidelines will be delivered at the forthcoming ENTECH CONNECT conference to be held in Melbourne on July 2014. An initial OH&S Summit was held at the first ENTECH CONNECT event in 2012, attracting over 150 industry members from across Australia, where it became evident…
Read MoreSCEC shut, welcome to Glebe Island!
Now that the NSW Government has shut Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, throwing events professionals out of work for three years, the transport plan for the temporary facility at Glebe Island has been revealed. There is ‘limited’ paid onsite parking, by our estimates insufficient for a full cohort of exhibitors and staff, let alone visitors.…
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