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09 September 2024

The Netherlands – “Delivering innovation and connecting communities” is a rallying cry for IBC 2024 on the show’s website. The Chauvet family of brands – Kino Flo, ChamSys and Chauvet Professional – will be embracing this concept at the convention by showcasing a selection of products developed around the company’s goal to “reach across worlds and see the physical and digital converge.”

Among the first things visitors will encounter at the booth is the special demo area created to showcase the multi-award-winning Kino Flo Mimik image-based video lighting tile. Using patented technology to connect ‘worlds’, Mimik projects light that mirrors video content while applying a higher tonal and colour rendering range.

With its capacity to translate incoming RGB video signals into five individual colour emitters, Mimik generates synchron

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06 September 2024

Europe - Goldensea has announced that it has agreed to acquire the business of SGM Light AS, and that SGM is now under the ownership of Goldensea. In the coming days SGM will restart trading under a new legal entity, retaining the SGM name.

Established in Italy in 1975, and now located in Aarhus, Denmark, SGM is a well-respected lighting manufacturer pioneering the use of IP65 moving lights before, more recently, focusing on architectural lighting. Both these aspects create strong synergies with Goldensea, which is investing heavily in both entertainment and architectural IP65 solid state lighting products.

SGM has always focused on technological innovation, being one of the first in the industry to launch all-weather waterproof moving head fixtures. It has experienced R&D, creative, operations and sales teams alongside mature sales channels and

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06 September 2024

France - L-Acoustics, experiencing record-breaking growth, has announced a strategic restructuring and significant expansion of its Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) sales team. This move, led by recently appointed director of sales EMEA, Tim Völker, introduces a new 'head of sales' management position and key hires designed to meet the increasing sophistication and scale of projects in the region.

This restructuring reflects L-Acoustics' commitment to meeting evolving market needs. The company's increased investment in personnel over the past two years has been strategically directed towards enhancing client support, improving service quality, and providing closer account management. This client-centric approach has been well received across all market sectors, as evidenced by strong sales performance and growing market acceptance of L-Acoustics solut

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06 September 2024

Europe - Bridge Technologies has announced its partnership with fellow Norwegian company Pixotope, a leading provider of graphic enhancements for broadcast productions. The partnership will focus on leveraging Bridge’s expertise in the field of IP broadcast to assist Pixotope in a full ST 2110 transition, the initial results of which will be on display at IBC 2024 (Booth 1.A71).

The Pixotope platform streamlines workflows by combining camera tracking, talent tracking, virtual sets, AR and XR functionalities. Through the use of a single, intuitive application, the need for multiple programmes and complex integrations is eliminated, thus minimising disruption and hardware requirements. The net result is the ability to easily create immersive and striking experiences for viewers, adding context through data visualisations, clarity through action tracking, and

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06 September 2024

UK - Following a “resounding success and sell-out event” in Bristol earlier this year, Stage Electrics has announced that their showcase is hitting the road. The first destination is Brighton, promising an opportunity for people interested in entertainment technology to connect, explore, and experience the newest products from leading brands.

On confirming the next Showcase location, Dave Coull, Group CEO, said: "We are excited to bring the Stage Electrics Showcase to Brighton. This is a chance to connect with our valued customers and demonstrate many of the market-leading products and services we provide.

“But the Showcase isn't just about the latest technology; it's about building relationships, sharing knowledge, and helping our clients find the right solutions for their performance spaces and venues. Showcasing the innovation and expertise

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06 September 2024

Italy - In the summer of 2024, Italian musicians Francesco Renga and Filippo Neviani, known as Nek, embarked on a tour that celebrated the best of their extensive discographies. This highly anticipated tour, aptly named Renganek Live 2024, blended Renga’s soulful rock with Nek’s dynamic pop-rock, offering audiences a musical experience grounded in a shared rock matrix.

Designed with flexibility and sustainability in mind, the tour utilises a semi-production setup that integrates essential aspects of a full-scale production with a more efficient and simplified approach. This combination ensures smooth execution across numerous tour dates, while also providing the adaptability to address the unique challenges and opportunities of each venue.

At the heart of the tour’s lighting setup is a sophisticated control system managed by renowned l

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06 September 2024

Denmark - Hotel Cecil, a well-known venue in Copenhagen, has recently completed an audio renovation project. This enhancement with a Midas HD96 –24-CC at the centre of the upgrade aims to better serve the diverse range of events hosted at the 350-capacity venue, which includes music shows across various genres including rock, pop, metal, jazz, and stand-up comedy.

On Fridays and Saturdays, the venue transitions into the nightclub Cecil AM, featuring curated lineups of local and international DJs. Managed by Bremen Teater, Hotel Cecil is known for its outstanding acoustics and art deco-inspired interior design, providing a unique atmosphere for its events.

The venue’s broad event schedule presented significant challenges in maintaining a consistent and functional front of house setup. The audio system needed to be versatile enough to accommodate t

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06 September 2024

Europe - Lawo, the Ravenna audio-over-IP technology developer, has welcomed Jünger Audio to the Ravenna community. A manufacturer of audio processing, conversion and authoring solutions, Jünger Audio creates channel-based audio and object-based next-generation audio formats for the broadcast industry. 

Jünger Audio has been partnering with the Ravenna team for a while to ensure compatibility for its audio-over-IP interface. Based on SMPTE ST2110, AES67 and other format standards, the next major release version will add the final components to fully comply with the Ravenna standard. 

“With Ravenna being one of the major players in the broadcast world, it was no question that we would join the family,” says Friedemann Kootz, co-CEO of Jünger Audio. “While we have been serving our Ravenna-based customers with AES67 effective

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06 September 2024

South Korea - The Hongcheon Culture and Arts Centre serves the South Korean city of Hongcheon-gun. Opened in 1995 the centre comprises a theatre, small auditorium and exhibition space, and stages a wide range of events including concerts, plays, musical theatre, lectures and presentations.

The centre recently decided to upgrade the audio provision in its 500-seater theatre and engaged Seoul-based specialist Soundus to install a state-of-the-art Coda Audio system to meet the brief. Established in 1994, Soundus imports and distributes world-class audio equipment as well as offering audio-related solutions including system design, installation and tuning.

A Coda Audio CiRAY system was chosen for the venue, designed by Soundus sales manager Beomki Jo: “The Hongcheon Arts Centre is a multipurpose venue that stages a wide variety of events, so the soluti

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06 September 2024

Italy - One of Milan’s leading luxury hotels and part of the Lugarno Collection, Portrait Milano offers guests quintessential Italian hospitality at an address in the heart of the city. Housed in a former Archiepiscopal Seminary dating back to 1565, Portrait Milano is third in the Portrait Collection. Opened in December 2022, the 73-room property recently underwent a large-scale integration of an audio system from fellow Italian brand, K-array.  

“At Portrait Milano, they required a solution that would blend seamlessly with the stylish interiors but provide moderately high SPL,” explains Alberto Gaetti, project support specialist at K-array. “We worked closely with systems integrators, A3 System and Next Domus, to design and implement a system that would complement the guest experience at this luxury hotel.”  

In total, the project enco

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06 September 2024

France - Since 2024, visitors to the Cité Immersive Viking in Rouen have been able to delve into the fascinating world of the Vikings. The multimedia exhibition retraces the Viking invasion of Normandy in the ninth and tenth centuries and brings the culture and history of the region to life in a multimedia and immersive way.

The organisers behind the exhibition have commissioned a specialist for the technical planning and implementation: the event technology service provider Novelty. Mathieu Cabanes was responsible for the lighting design of the various exhibition rooms. The French lighting designer originally comes from the world of opera, but has also made a name for himself with major corporate and sporting events. In the Cité Immersive exhibition, Cabanes relies on the versatile LED bars from the Cameo Pixbar G2 series and the RGBW PAR spots from the Q

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06 September 2024

USA - Bluesound Professional introduced the CP300 Wall Mount Control Panel at the CEDIA Expo 2024. The CP300 is a touchscreen accessory that includes the intuitive functionally of an eight-inch colour touchscreen tablet, Power over Ethernet (PoE+), and the Bluesound Controller Android app; creating an accessory that combines both ease of use, and an intuitive system control experience. 

The CP300 control panel is designed to allow users to achieve full functionality with no constraints for all commercial spaces. Through the pre-installed Bluesound Controller Android app, users are able to effortlessly experience streamlined system control of their Bluesound Professional sound system on a single elegant interface. The colour dynamic touchscreen display allows users to easily select playlists, control volume levels and so much more, creating an all-in-one int

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05 September 2024

UK - Specialists in AV and IT integration, Tateside, has announced the opening of an updated showroom space at its London-based headquarters. The space will showcase a wide array of advanced technologies for collaboration and meeting rooms, providing clients with a real-world environment in which to explore and experience the solutions offered by Tateside.  

"Our investment in this new demo space underscores our commitment to building trust and credibility," says Jack Cornish, technical director at Tateside. "The showroom allows our clients to witness, firsthand, the capabilities of different technologies in various configurations and use cases, and also acts as a functioning workspace for our team to test and experiment with these technologies themselves." 

The demo space features a mix of technologies from leading brands, set up in multiple conf

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05 September 2024

Europe - Canadian front of house engineer Matt Blakely is the owner of Prodigy.MP for his personal live audio processing. Blakely has over 20 years’ experience and his latest tour with Billy Talent had dates worldwide, throughout the summer.

A chance encounter initially made him think about his audio interfacing and after trying Prodigy.MP, he says he will never go back. It is not just the hardware that withstands the demands of a worldwide tour, the relationship and support he gets from DirectOut means other solutions cannot compete.

“It all started when my preferred interface became unsupported,” Blakely recalls. “I can’t remember who suggested I tried the Prodigy.MP, but I gave it a go for driving the PA. It is a great, simple solution for festivals, but even more useful when we’re touring our own PA as we can have full control of our

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05 September 2024

USA - For this year’s Hangout Fest in Gulf Shores, Alabama, production company TMS chose to go with the proven IP protection of Elation’s Proteus line of multi-environmental luminaires for the Shoreline Stage. With summer heat, frequent thunderstorms and a windy salt-spray setting to deal with, TMS sought the robust durability and weather-resistant performance of the established line of IP-rated luminaires.

Held 17-19 May on the white sand beaches of Gulf Shores, with production management provided by Lambda Productions, the annual three-day music festival serves as the kick-off to summer with both established artists and emerging talent playing on five different stages. The event is produced by AEG/Hangout Music Fest.

TMS has handled lighting production for the festival for many years and this year chose a nearly all Elation Proteus rig for the

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05 September 2024

USA - The annual three-day Northern Nights Music Festival takes place in and around the Cooks Valley Campgrounds in Piercy, CA.

Adding to the atmosphere this year was a new lighting rig designed by Brian Willison that featured 160 Chauvet Professional fixtures supplied by 4Wall Entertainment. Included in this mix were 22 Maverick Force S Spots, 12 Maverick Storm 2 BeamWashes, 32 Color Strike M motorised strobe-washes, 14 Rogue R1 FXB units, 62 Colorado 1QS RGBW wash lights, six Rogue R1 Washes, and 12 Colorado PXL 16 motorised battens.

The colour rendering prowess and intense output of these fixtures were used to create a variety of deeply evocative looks that contributed to the transformative vibe of Northern Nights. When designing the rig, Willison strove to create a harmonious balance between the lights and the 31.3’ by 18.8’ video wall.

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05 September 2024

USA - Based in San Diego, California, turnkey production design studio and rental company Maktive says it is “dedicated to bringing the GLP fixture experience to the masses”.

The company has been quick to back up this pledge by ordering large quantities of the German company’s latest generation of IP65-rated fixtures, all on the advanced X5 platform.

When it “blind purchased” 150 of the new JDC2 IPs after seeing prototypes at the LDI booth last November, it became its single largest investment in one type of fixture. And by then it had already bought 100 each of the impression X5 IP Bar 1000 and Fusion by GLP Exo Beam 10s, as well as 50 of the new impression X5 IP Maxx.

The IP fixtures already serve the company well in all elements, as they travel coast-to-coast during the outdoor event season. But Bryan McClanahan, who set up the p

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05 September 2024

USA - Martin Audio US has announced its next open day. This will take place at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on 30 September, with separate presentations at both 11am and 2pm.

Hosted by VP sales, Lee Stein, the event will showcase highlights from Martin Audio’s current portfolio, with audio demonstrations and presentations by vertical market specialists, Brad Berridge and Brad Stephens.

Beginning with their latest range of passive coaxial point source speakers, FlexPoint, and the powered counterpart CDD-LIVE, they will then progress through to the specialist three-way 15” speaker of THS, onto the constant curvature series, Torus and finish with a complement of Wavefront Precision optimised line arrays – all supported by performance subwoofers including cardioid SXC115 and SXC118, as well as SXH218.

In addition, they will have XE stage

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04 September 2024

UK - Rigging pioneer Robin Elias was the proud recipient of the 2024 Gottelier Award. Nominated and voted for by his industry peers, Elias collected the award from PLASA MD, Peter Heath and chair, Adam Blaxill at this year’s PLASA Show, which took place 1-3 September at Olympia London.

Named in memory of the renowned industry innovator and commentator, Tony Gottelier, the award celebrates those who have made significant, long-term contributions to the advancement of entertainment, presentation or installation technology.

Elias began his career in rock ‘n’ roll, touring with iconic bands such as The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, Queen and Genesis. He went on to become technical director of Unusual Rigging, where he delivered often complex and challenging rigging solutions across diverse sectors, including film and TV, live events, museums and ar

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04 September 2024

South Africa - Production designer Wilhelm Disbergen has completed an array of video-focused shows across his home country, utilising tvONE's Green Hippo brand of Hippotizer Media Servers to transform the look and feel of each piece.

Disbergen – who has served as video and production designer for dance and ballet, musicals, opera, theatre and corporate projects – focused on two of Johannesburg’s National School of the Arts (NSA) productions recently, using Hippotizer Media Servers on both to raise the bar on visual design.

One of these was Project 24, which invited audiences to experience a new generation of emerging choreographers from the school to showcase new choreography. During the production, the students gave shape and form to abstract concepts and ideas as they offered a unique perspective and window into the mindset of young