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PSAV’s outrageous USA pricing
By Julius Grafton. Our story about PSAV acquiring Australian AV supplier Encore Event Technologies from The Freeman Company here, led to an amazing example of price gouging in the uncompetitive and protected USA hotel AV market – by PSAV. Kate Gallant from leading Australian creative production firm Damn Good picks up the story. “We recently…
Read MoreMore Audio for Sport – The P.A. People prescribe Bose and Linea Research for Sydney FC
Sydneys’ The P.A. People have recreated their iconic ‘Speaker Carts’ that were originally designed two decades ago to provide quality sound reinforcement in stadiums, and in the process, have significantly expanded their inventory of Bose ShowMatch Delta-Q cabinets and Linea Research amplification. “Shortly after we deployed our first Bose ShowMatch system for the Sydney Kings…
Read MoreMagic Millions Place a Sure Bet with VuePix & Acme
Magic Millions’ facility on the Gold Coast has just undergone a major upgrade of their sale auditorium, including an investment in a brand new audio visual system. The famous ‘The Star Gold Coast Magic Millions Carnival’ and Raceday is held over a ten day period annually each January to coincide with the flagship Yearling Sale. The famous Magic…
Read MoreRIP Peter Hassall 30/06/1965 – 12/12/2018
The theatre and special event industries were shocked at the sudden and unexpected death of industry pioneer, Peter Hassall, at just 53. Peter made such an impression on so many. He was an icon and an inspiration. Peter started dabbling in lights at roller discos back in the early 80s. He became the Technical Director…
Read MorePSAV gobble up Encore Event Technologies
By Julius Grafton. DALLAS: The Freeman Company and PSAV just announced that Encore Event Technologies, the in-house AV Goliath owned by Freeman, is now part of PSAV. In other words, the United States in-house AV business is now utterly dominated by one firm. This will cause much pain in the USA. It means Australia’s Encore…
Read MoreChameleon Welcome the New Year
ABC ushered in 2019 with a star-studded concert on the Boardwalk of the Sydney Opera House. Australians around the country and people around the world tuned into the ABC to celebrate the biggest night of the year, New Year’s Eve. 3.6 million viewers partied the night away, tuning in to The Night is Yours concert,…
Read MoreClair Brothers Helps Sheldon College Solve Deep Reverb Issue in Multi-purpose Hall/Gymnasium
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA – DECEMBER 2018: Sheldon College is an Independent, Co-educational, Non-denominational College located in Brisbane’s Bayside, in Australia. Committed to its philosophy of Love, Laughter and Learning, Sheldon College educates children from ages fifteen months to twelve years. Established in 1997 with a campus covering fifty-six acres of semi-rural land, the College is committed…
Read MoreRisky Business
Risky Business by Simon Byrne. The live production industry carries significant risk. Large amounts of equipment, temporary engineering, big power in use, time pressures and audiences combine to make an environment primed for an incident. Whether an injury, an event cancellation, equipment damage or theft, they all represent risk. The riskiest of events are the outdoor…
Read MoreACETA Solves the Compliance Issue & $100K Other Reasons to Join
COMPLIANCE ACETA Solves the Compliance Issue & $100K Other Reasons to Join by Jason Allen. If you’ve been keeping up with the issue of electrical and product compliance for Australian technology importers [Pts 1, 2, 3], you’ll know that the most complimentary way to describe it is ‘complicated’. Our peak body, ACETA, have found a…
Read MoreAdelaide Convention Centre Selects Riedel Communications MediorNet and Artist
NEWS Adelaide Convention Centre Selects Riedel Communications MediorNet and Artist The Adelaide Convention Centre (ACC) has deployed an expansive signal transport and communications backbone powered by Riedel’s MediorNet real-time media network and Artist digital matrix intercom system. MediorNet provides integrated, decentralised, and fully redundant signal distribution and processing throughout the Centre’s three buildings, with an…
Read MoreRoad Skills: Sam Smith
ROADSKILLS Sam Smith by Cat Strom. Photo Credits: David Youdell / James Barber. It’s not often that the set design for a concert almost steals the show but Sam Smith’s The Thrill Of It All was impressively creative. A long, thin triangular stage thrust its way into the audience allowing intimacy with the artist…
Read MoreRobe Shines With Hobart-based Alive Technologies Group
For a company specialising in events, a festival that takes over an entire city can be both the best of times and the worst of times. Tasmania’s Dark Mofo winter festival is all of that for the Hobart-based Alive Technologies Group, but it’s a challenge the team delights in rising to! Dark Mofo, created and…
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