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Digistor Expands Team with Appointment of Paul Hayes
New Workflow & Solution Sales Consultant with Deep Experience in Broadcast, Post-Production and Digital Media Solutions Sydney, Australia – Digital media integration solutions specialist, Digistor Pty Ltd, has appointed Mr. Paul Hayes as Workflow & Solution Sales Consultant, commencing with Digistor on 1st September 2014. Paul Hayes has been a leading figure in the Australian…
Read MoreThe University of Sydney Re-stacks with Shure ULX-D Wireless
As the clock ticks down to the January 1, 2015 deadline that will see most existing wireless users vacating their spectrum, the University of Sydney have carefully plotted their exit strategy with Shure and integrator Rutledge AV. A huge user of RF devices in teaching and performance spaces, the University was faced with the enormous…
Read MoreAvid | Profile – Console of Choice for Soundwave Festival
Melbourne, August 20, 2014– Avid® (OTC: AVID) announces that its live sound systems were selected to mix and provide recording for headline and line-up performances at this year’s Soundwave Festival. An annual music festival featuring some of the world’s most influential metal bands, Soundwave can boast performances by up to 90 bands in a single…
Read MoreIntegrate Opens Tuesday. Or does it?
The exhibitors are today building their exhibits at Sydney’s Olympic Park, for Integrate. The three day tradeshow that opens Tuesday 26th August. Or does it? The email received today confused me. Greatly. That’s right – we are now in a time warp. According to this, the ‘much anticipated’ first day saw 1,500 people from 28…
Read MoreGenerous Disney give up 2 shows for Helpmanns
Further today’s report on last night’s Helpmann Awards, Disney Theatrical Productions Australia missed two Sunday shows in the final weeks of the Sydney run of Lion King to allow the Awards in the Capitol Theatre on Monday 18th August. This extremely generous gesture clearly cost the firm, with the remaining 16 performances of the Sydney…
Read MoreHelpmann Awards: Best so far
Congratulations to the 2014 Helpmann Awards team! It was a brilliant execution of a highly complex live show at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre last night. Kudos to Disney TP Aust and Stephen Found for the venue; JPJ and Michael Waters (with Andrew Foster) for the fantastic audio, and Gavan Swift for the re-purposed Lion King lighting…
Read MoreMAXON Unveils Robust Cinema 4D Release 16 (R16)
3D Software Innovation Delivers Modeling, Animation and Rendering Enhancements for ‘Real-World’ Workflow MAXON has unveiled Cinema 4D Release 16 (R16), the next generation release of the company’s industry-leading 3D software. In addition to countless workflow enhancements, Cinema 4D R16 delivers powerful new features including a modeling PolyPen ‘super-tool’, a Motion Tracker for easily integrating 3D…
Read MoreKerser Endures AV Curse
Sydney Hiphop ‘Artist’ Kerser is having trouble with tech crew on his shows, CX has learned. Following up on our reports last year about an assault on sound engineer Jon Fox while working on a Kerser show, CX hears Kerser’s people are having trouble securing technical support. A Sydney production firm said today they had…
Read MoreHills restore SVL call-centre
Today Hills SVL dealers received a most welcome email, after a solid slew of gripes about the decentralised call centre approach they adopted when harmonizing SVL with other formerly separate Hills divisions. Typical of the complaints here at CXMAGBLOG was this: “I called Hills today and asked for Sales. They had NO IDEA what…
Read MoreAvoid CBA Bank
We write on matters Business each month in CX Magazine. This month (August) we make a case to avoid the Commonwealth Bank of Australia – CBA. (Read story HERE). Harsh but recent history points to unscrupulous behavior. Keen to get your comments, at our Blog.
Read MoreAvoid Commonwealth Bank of Australia
You have choices, and anyone considering a bank would be well advised to avoid the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, or CBA as it is better known. This is harsh advice, but I will make the case now. For example presently CBA are under pressure to pay well over a hundred million dollars (stop and consider…
Read MoreRockdale Town Hall Reinvigorated With JBL And Soundcraft
Sydney’s Rockdale Town Hall has recently undertaken a major refurbishment, designed to reinvigorate the City’s regional arts and cultural hub. The works provided fresh life to the historic complex and provided the City with a state of the art venue that can accommodate a varied array of events from musical concerts and variety shows to…
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