RGB Spectrum has appointed Jeffrey Wilson as a new regional sales manager (RSM) responsible for the western region. His territory includes Alaska, Arizona, western Canada, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and the entire pacific northwest. In this role, Wilson will work closely with the RGB Spectrum sales organisation, run by Jason Alter, Director of Sales. Wilson is an industry veteran with more than 25 years in audio and video, IT, and visual communications as a strategic technology sales leader driving multimillion-dollar sales and system implementation for business, government, healthcare, higher education, and enterprises. Wilson is committed to developing close working…
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Grammy Award-winning Coldplay has completed the North American leg of their Music of the Spheres World Tour where Ayrton Domino and Perseo fixtures illuminated the stadium show from coast to coast. ACT Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of Ayrton lighting in North America. Coldplay’s world tour supports their ninth studio album of the same name. The North American dates kicked off in April and wrapped in June; the tour will play Europe this summer and South America in the autumn. It has an innovative sustainability theme with each show powered exclusively by renewable, super-low emission energy. “Misty Buckley and Phil…
Sound designer Ben Milton, of Ben Milton Associates, instinctively knew TiMax SoundHub would be at the core of his complex sound design for the televised Queen’s Platinum Jubilee event, staged around the Queen Victoria Monument directly outside Buckingham Palace, with two end-on stages, North and South radiating outwards from the palace railings, a smaller Palace stage positioned between them in the palace forecourt, plus the main central QVM stage at the front of the Victoria Monument. Milton explained, “To accommodate the four key stages, four different environments needing to be imaged, allowing me to apply multiple delays to each single…
Starting from the 1st of July 2022 the Italian lighting manufacturer D.T.S. Illuminazione issue a new organization chart, adding a general management position. The Italian Company appoints Carmen Savarese as Managing Director with the aim to ensure an efficient and sustainable long-term growth worldwide. Savarese has covered the role of International Sales Manager in DTS for the last 3 years. She joined the company from Tomcat USA Inc and Area Four Industries America, where she was Vice President Sales & Marketing. Previously in the Italian branch of the group, Litec Italia, Savarese has gained an overall 16-year experience in the…
Being well versed in music definitely helps in the lighting design process. Some might even say it’s absolutely essential to driving a show that moves fans on multiple levels. The power of this musicality is amped up even further when a designer is able to exchange ideas on a song- by-song basis with the lead singer of a red hot band. Kat Borderud knows just how potent that kind of creative chemistry can be. She’s been demonstrating that show after show for hardcore punk masters Turnstile on the global stage following the release of their third full-length album Glow On,…
CPL (Central Presentations Ltd) supplied LED screens and all associated processing and vision control for two major stages – The Baillie Gifford Stage and Friends Stage – at the 2022 Hay Festival of Literature & Arts. The acclaimed, high profile and ever-vibrant annual literature and “leading festival of ideas” was staged in Hay-on-Wye, Powys, Wales, returning for the first time as an in-person event since 2019. This year Hay Festival celebrated its 35th year in style with over 500 dynamic ‘live’ events staged across 11 diverse days which included an impressive line-up of in-person appearances from Hillary Clinton, Svetlana Alexievich,…
For Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott’s headline performance on Glastonbury’s acoustic stage, Patrick Sollitt ran the lighshow on his ChamSys MagicQ MQ500M. “’Caravan of Love’, was my favourite look,” said Sollitt. “It was simple, nothing very complicated, just two colours that moved together in a very gentle balanced way. I think it topped off the set perfectly.” Working with a rig supplied by Fineline Lighting, Sollitt created a variety of other serene transformative looks that captured the deep, and gently evocative mood of the 21-song set. The mellow aura notwithstanding, however, the road that took Sollitt to this show was…
POLAR has expanded its team with the appointment of Andy Clark to the post of Business Development Manager, Integrated Solutions. A graduate of the University of Hertfordshire’s highly regarded Music department, Andy joins POLAR with a strong audio and AV background, having worked for the last seven years as an operations manager for a high-end domestic loudspeaker manufacturer. Prior to that his role as a supervisor in a large electronics retail environment brought him into contact with a wide range of technology products and applications. Having achieved Grade 8 standard on the guitar, Clark holds a number of industry qualifications…
From September 2021 through to the end of 2022, Dutch girl band the Dolly Dots is saying a final farewell to its loyal fanbase, performing an array of hits and bringing back memories of their 1980s heyday to enthusiastic, sold-out audiences throughout the Netherlands. A Yamaha RIVAGE PM5 digital mixing system is helping them to roll back the years. Dolly Dots enjoyed a number of European dance/pop hits throughout the 1980s, a television series and a starring role in feature film Dutch Treat. Having gone their separate ways in 1988, the band members performed occasional reunion shows until the death…
U.K. manufacturer Optimal Audio has appointed Audio Brands as its exclusive distributor in Australia. Optimal Audio, part of the Focusrite Group, manufactures a one-stop solution of control, amplification and loudspeakers for small to medium sized commercial installations, with a focus on supporting multi-zoned venues. Its streamlined product offering works seamlessly to deliver simple-to-install, high-quality sound systems that can easily be operated by anyone, not just engineers. Based in Sydney, Audio Brands is focused on the installation and production markets and specialises in commercial audio and AV solutions, supplying Australia through a wide network of dealers and integration partners. With exclusive…
The Electro-Voice and Dynacord UK sales team recently held a successful Loud & Clear seminar at Silverbox Studios in Newbury. The event covered the portable, installed, and rental portfolios of Electro-Voice and Dynacord, including a live demonstration of the new MTS stadium series high-output point-source loudspeakers. The event was attended mostly by system integrators and production customers. One attendee commented: “To me it was great to hear and get hands-on experience with the fixed installation offering, and to understand the integration of public address and voice evac systems with pro-sound systems.” electrovoice.com dynacord.com
Adamson Systems Engineering has released the latest update to Blueprint AV, its proprietary audio system design and simulation software. Blueprint AV version 1.3.2 adds profiles for Adamson’s newest IS-Series cabinets, the IS213 ultra-compact, install-focused subwoofer, as well as the IS5c coaxial point source enclosure. For more information on Blueprint AV, click here. To download the software for Mac and PC, click here. Please email support@adamsonsystems.com with any questions or concerns you may have regarding these downloads. Download Blueprint AV version 1.3.2 here.
Robe enjoyed a successful ABTT (Association of British Theatre Technicians) show at Alexandra Palace in London, UK, winning the Lighting Product of the Year category of the 2022 ABTT Awards for its T11 fixtures. Robe’s stylish and streamlined new booth design in the main exhibition hall featured a selection of the newest Robe and Anolis brand technologies and ran in tandem with a black box demonstration area downstairs where fixtures were shown ‘in situ.’ RoboSpot workshops were also running downstairs throughout the expo for those keen to expand their knowledge of this powerful and versatile system. The show proved to…
Vari-Lite, the originators of the modern moving head and a Signify entertainment lighting brand, has announced the VL3600 PROFILE IP, a large-scale, high output production profile fixture with an IP65 rating. Designed to withstand inclement weather, yet with weight and size comparable with similar non-weatherproof fixtures, the VL3600 PROFILE IP is perfect for touring and TV productions, stadiums and arenas, and large theatres and houses of worship. “Weather-rated moving lights are becoming highly desirable for outdoor and even indoor applications, but current IP65 fixture designs considerably increase the size-to-weight ratio compared to equivalent non-IP rated fixtures,” explains Martin Palmer, Sr.…
Dutch pop acts Kris Kross Amsterdam, Maan, Rolf Sanchez, and others performed at the main stage of the first edition of Toverland LIVE! in Sevenum, The Netherlands, under Infinity and Showtec lights. Theme Park Toverland in Sevenum, The Netherlands, premiered its first Toverland LIVE! Festival on Saturday 21 May. Four stages were created in places where visitors could enjoy both the rides of the park as well as the live performing musicians. The Main Stage was set up right at the Port Laguna entrance area, which served as the tropical centre of the festival. Top acts Maan, Rolf Sanchez, and…
zactrack has launched the zactrack Academy, its new online educational platform of content to help users learn more about their tracking products. The initial launch of video content covers the zactrack SMART system. This series of short tutorials cover everything from the initial set up of the system, how to fine tune your tracking, and of course how to remotely control it from a console. The content is deliberately divided into shorter videos to allow users to easily learn as and when they have time. SMART is the world’s first plug and play automated follow system. System setup takes less…
In keeping with Ayrton’s accelerating strategy of focused distribution, and in amicable agreement with LiteNordic, Ayrton’s sales and distribution arrangements for Norway, Denmark and Sweden will soon be changing. With effect from 31 July 2022, LiteNordic will no longer be Ayrton’s distributor in these countries. LiteNordic will continue to represent Ayrton until that date, and support all sales made before 31 July under warranty thereafter. All sales enquiries after that date should be made to Matt Hallard, Ayrton’s European Sales Director, until a new distributor is appointed. “Ayrton is now actively inviting Nordic distributors and industry captains looking for an…
Absen Europe has appointed visual solutions expert Darren Banks as industry development director, corporate AV. Banks, who reports directly to Ruben Rengel, Absen’s senior vice-president of global business development, brings more than 20 years of industry experience working with display brands including NEC, Sanyo, Christie, LG and, most recently, Unilumin. At Absen, he will be responsible for the coordination, management and leadership of the company’s corporate AV vertical in Europe, working with local sales teams to support and execute their corporate market strategies, supporting the pro-AV consultant community, and establishing deeper relationships with corporate and enterprise end-user clients. A self-described…
