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Cat Strom appointed Associate Editor of CX Magazine
Having just taken the reigns of CX Magazine as Editor-in-Chief, Jason Allen is pleased to announce that he has appointed Cat Strom as Associate Editor. Cat’s long experience in entertainment technology and deep connection to the lighting industry as a co-founder of ALIA means she brings an invaluable perspective to the editorial team. Cat will…
Read MoreShow Technology announces new AV partnership with AV Stumpfl
LEFT to RIGHT: Fabian Stumpfl, AV Stumpfl CEO; Harry Gladow, AV Stumpfl Global Business Development Manager; Emmanuel Ziino, Show Technology CEO; Tobias Stumpfl, AV Stumpfl CEO and Vince Haddad, Show Technology Technical Director. Show Technology Australia is proud to announce its new partnership with AV Stumpfl, the Austrian AV technology manufacturer, as their exclusive distributor…
Read MoreSydney sold a pup – ICC design derision
By Julius Grafton. As Sydney’s International Convention Centre spends a million dollars on AV equipment that should have been installed when it opened, the events industry are giving the new venue a thumbs down following our story. We revealed some of the shortcomings of the new facility, including the 2,000 square metre exhibition space known as…
Read MoreKV2 Audio Debuts New VHD5.0 at Adelaide Fringe Festival
KV2 Audio partnered with local Adelaide production company Novatech to deploy their new VHD5.0 Constant Power Point Source Array at popular Fringe Festival venue the Royal Croquet Club. Andy Austin Brown, Technical Projects Director, flew in from the UK to join North America/APAC Technical Support Director Angus Davidson for a week of testing prior to…
Read MoreCMG Audio Visual launch new Meyer Sound Rental Division
L to R – John Mc Mahon (Meyer), Don Mc Connell (Audio Brands Aust), Tobi Pinazza (CMG AV), Steve Biermann (CMG AV), Helen and John Meyer, Ben Wright (CMG AV), Antonio Zacarias (Meyer), Aaron Taylor (CMG AV), Chris D’bais (Meyer). Australia’s first Meyer Sound LYON and 1100-LFC System has been confirmed for local arrival in…
Read MoreICC Sydney gets $1m AV top-up – after design falls short
By Julius Grafton. Sydney’s International Convention Centre (ICC) has just spent over $1 million on additional AV equipment, barely 18 months after opening as a fully equipped venue. The centre comprises trade show halls, a convention centre, and a theatre venue to replace the Sydney Entertainment Centre. The NSW Government shocked the events industry in…
Read MoreKiwi Performing Arts worth $2.058B
ETNZ drew our attention to the Skills Active Workforce Scan earlier this year, showing the overall contribution to the NZ economy of the broader performing arts industry at almost 1% of GDP. The report is structured different to anything available in Australia, where Live Performance Australia most recently reported Creative and Performing Arts added A$3.818B…
Read MoreACETA: Sustainability, Stability and Reality in 2018
REGULARS Sustainability, Stability and Reality in 2018: A Year of Development and Opportunity for the Committed If you aren’t across the relationship re-alignments currently taking place in our industry you must have just woken from a long coma, and there is every indication the landscape is far from settled. Maybe the current experience is a…
Read MoreThe Basement to close. AMP agree to end lease
By Julius Grafton Sydney music club The Basement is set to close in late March, after negotiations to sell the venue failed. Landlord AMP Capital said they had agreed to end the lease early. The Basement faced trading difficulties. Saddled with an astronomic rent north of ten grand a week, the venue needed a lot…
Read MoreHearing Augmentation, Technology, and The Law
INSTALLATION Hearing Augmentation, Technology, and The Law Hearing Augmentation Systems are a vital public service, and a legal requirement in many public spaces as defined in the Building Code of Australia. Their provision is mandatory in many public spaces that have installed PA systems, including educational institutions, places of business, auditoria, rooms used for legal…
Read MoreLouise is breathless on back hinged rack panels
By Julius. “It’s geekily innovative”, enthused esteemed UK publicist Loo Stickland. The avalanche of great, adequate and most often puerile press releases that bombard the CX Network sometimes produces a nugget. And as we know, a nugget can be categorised into subsets: edible, digestible, or like what a rabbit makes on its rounds. Today’s product that…
Read MoreLSC Lighting Systems MDRR DMX Splitter vs. Diamond Carbide Concrete Drill
Who’s your money on? The LSC Lighting Systems MDRR is a five-way, 19” inch rack-mounted DMX splitter, not the sort of thing that usually gets in the way of a diamond carbide concrete drill. But, alas, at an install in Melbourne, this is exactly what happened. An unreasonably ‘enthusiastic’ worker was tasked with creating some…
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