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Hills spit dummy
CX has a long history of calling things as we see them, supported by available facts. But it was no surprise that Hills Limited, the troubled and once great Australian industrial company cancelled their advertising with Juliusmedia late in February. Hills have made some appalling decisions over the past five years and continue to do…
Read MoreThe St Kilda Festival 2018 – The P.A. People deliver event support for the iconic event
The iconic St Kilda Festival is a celebration of community and Australian music held along the St Kilda foreshore. The festival has been running since 1980 and draws massive crowds in the hundreds of thousands for one massive day. The P.A. People provided event support for the 2018 festival, held on Sunday February 11. This…
Read MoreBritannia Row first to tour Sennheiser Digital 6000 on Robbie Williams’s “The Heavy Entertainment Show”
Britannia Row Productions was one of the first companies globally to make an investment in Sennheiser’s new Digital 6000 series, instantly deploying it on Robbie Williams’ The Heavy Entertainment Show tour, which started in Europe last summer and continues with dates in New Zealand and Australia in February and March this year. Robbie played…
Read MoreENTECH 2018 photo gallery – Brisbane and Melbourne
Event: Live Streaming – New Techniques, Technology & Opportunities
Winning New Audiences with Live Streaming Video You can now leverage live video streaming to realise significant new opportunities across broadcast, media, publishing, sports, education, events, marketing and more. The broadcast landscape is changing and combining live streaming with social media is providing new models for video distribution, monetisation and engagement. This event, featuring presentations…
Read MoreHills defeats windup application
A report in a trade media outlet on Friday reports that Hills Limited have defeated a windup application by software vendor Milestone. The action was said to involve $56,000 and relates to aspects of a former ‘partnership’ program.
Read MoreJPJ Audio have a laugh with Russell Peters Qudos Arena Sydney
It’s a common misconception that comedy must be easy to mix as there is only one microphone. Unfortunately with only one mic, you have no place to hide and no-one to blame if it doesn’t sound good. This means having a good sound system, correctly set-up is vital to the FOH engineer. The audio system…
Read MoreTash Sultana – One Woman Orchestra
Roadskills Tash Sultana – One Woman Orchestra Text and Photos by Cat Strom. Close your eyes and you’d think there’s a full band onstage, however Tash Sultana layers and loops to create a multi-instrumental sound on a solo stage. Over the past twelve months, Tash Sultana has become one very talked about Australian artist having…
Read MoreL-Acoustics L-ISA in Abu Dhabi
LIVE SOUND L-Acoustics L-ISA in Abu Dhabi – Auditoria’s Scott Willsallen goes Spatial The UAE’s 46th National Day was celebrated in Abu Dhabi on December 2 with a host of special events, including a ceremony held for 1800 in a temporary outdoor venue. Auditoria’s Scott Willsallen was Audio Director and Sound Designer for the event,…
Read MoreSysFlex Dante Endpoints – Guiding You In and Out of AV Network Hell
Gearbox SysFlex Dante Endpoints – Guiding You In and Out of AV Network Hell By Jason Allen. Ah, Dante. Australian wonder invention and the most successful AoIP product in history. We love Dante; on our consoles, desks, processors, amplifiers, stageboxes and now even our microphones. But with all the serious bits of the system taken…
Read MoreDisaster averted. A good news story!
Wind – A Lesson from Sandstone Point. By Simon Byrne. Over the weekend the Red Hot Summer Tour was slammed by an unexpected and severe storm at Queensland’s Sandstone Point. According to weather reports, the wind gusts in the area reached 110 km/h. To the production team’s credit (Powa Productions and Regional Touring), the stage structure…
Read MoreENTECH 2019 MOVES – NEW DATA RELEASED
Australia’s one day touring AV roadshow will move out of February and run wholly during March 2019. The move helps distributor staff attending the now enormous ISE show in Amsterdam which runs across the start of February; and also some production industry trade who are very busy. Despite ENTECH expanding internationally, the Australian flagship roadshow…
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