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Handball is a fast and furious seven-a-side sport, with anyone having grown up playing the game able to point to numerous broken bones and fractures earned in the course of matches. At the elite level, nations from across Europe, South America, Asia and Africa compete for dominance at the Olympic Games and the World Championships. …

Sydney integrators, The P.A. People, are no strangers to Australia’s biggest audio systems. Specialists in stadia and sporting venue sound, they’ve been responsible for events as big as the Olympics and installations covering an entire precinct’s worth of locations. Given the vast sizes of their projects, The P.A. People has long been at the forefront…

Everybody who’s used Shure, BSS and Clear-Com products on live events know they can rely on them when getting the show right is ‘a matter of life or death’. But what about when– stripped of all hyperbole–things really are a matter of life or death? That’s the reality that doctors and nurses face every day…

Hills has been awarded the Williams Sound International Distributor of the Year Award at their recent conference in Minnesota. The award was just one of three that were showered on Hills at the event, with the other two being 2014 Territory Growth Award (Hills growth rate obliterated the competition) and the Out of the Gate…

FashFest 2015, Canberra’s own red-carpet event celebrating fashion, arts and culture, was held in the nation’s capital a few weeks ago. An exciting mix of local talent hit the runway with more than 30 fashion designers launching their new collections for this year. Staged for the first time in the National Convention Centre, this year’s event was again bigger…

Since launching on September the 1st 2014, over 350 hire businesses in the AV, Production, Lighting and Events sector have signed up to hire management software, Current RMS, quickly identifying the benefits of managing hire processes in the cloud. “Using cloud based rental management software means customer satisfaction. Thanks to Current we can log in…

Jands Pty Ltd, is proud to announce that effective 1st June, they will take over the distribution of Ampetronic for Australia. “Ampetronic is a perfect fit for Jands” said Paul Mulholland, Jands Managing Director. “Jands is committed to providing our professional AV customers with complete end to end product and service solutions by partnering with…

Avid has announced that Fort Hays State University (FHSU), a thriving and diverse college located in Hays, Kansas, has embraced Avid Everywhere and implemented an end-to-end media production workflow based upon the Avid MediaCentral Platform. FHSU is also an Avid Learning Partner school, offering Pro Tools and Media Composer certifications as part of their official…

Earlier in 2011, Anolis Smart White LED fixtures were installed to illuminate contours of the Soul retail complex and 243m tall residential tower located on The Esplanade of Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast. Four years later, Anolis LED lighting system was specified again to enhance the artistic features of the external ceiling above the…

Yesterday’s news of an immediate writeoff provision for equipment purchased for less than $20,000 has galvanized small business across Australia. Now the provisions appear to make it even better for firms buying sound, lighting and vision equipment. Although not yet clarified, the provision allows an immediate writeoff on every item purchased for less than 20…