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Arena Seating returns to Hyde Park

Arena Seating worked closely with the event organisers Live Nation to supply 800 tiered seats

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Arena Seating returned to Hyde Park after a two year absence, providing a temporary spectator grandstand for the Hard Rock Calling and Wireless festivals during June and July, 2011.

Welcoming half a million people over nine days of music, which included headliners Pulp, Bon Jovi, Kings of Leon and Rod Stewart, Arena Seating worked closely with the event organisers Live Nation to supply 800 tiered seats.

Hannah Farnham from Live Nation comments, "We brought Arena Seating back into Hyde Park because of their superior systems and service levels. It provided a real peace of mind to know the grandstand would remain stable during the shows when lively crowds were bouncing up and down on them, which was particularly true during the Black Eyed Peas."

In addition to the

ZerOS 7.0 is the most substantial update to the ZerOS software platform to date

Cooper Controls releases ZerOS update

Details: 14 March 2016

UK - Cooper Controls has announced the launch of Version 7.0 ZerOS software for the Zero 88 Leap Frog 48, Leap Frog 96, Frog 2 and ORB Series consoles.

ZerOS 7.0 is the most substantial update to the ZerOS software platform to date, says the company, incorporating over 30 new features including: a completely redesigned look and style for an enhanced, clearer user interface; colour filter lookup - match your moving lights to any Lee, Rosco or Apollo filter using on-screen palette keys or syntax; a new 'Fixture Levels' window to provide instant view and modification of tracking data for

Rick Seegull, Dave Pedemonti and Xantech president Graham Hallett at InfoComm 2011

Xantech honours landmark installation

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - At the recent InfoComm show in Orlando, Florida, Xantech presented Bensalem, Pennsylvania-based firm APA Music & Pictures with a special plaque commemorating the two-millionth installation of Xantech products and thanking them for their years of Xantech use.

The landmark installation was performed at Mount Laurel, New Jersey's Twelve Thousand Building Conference Centre, housing training room and boardroom spaces for TD Bank. Xantech products, including the WIC1200 Web Intelligent Controller and CWTC10 10.4-inch Wireless Touch Controller, now form the foundation for the A/V distr

Audio-Technica presents Online Marketing with its Samurai doll award in honour of winning Rep of the Year

Audio-Technica names Rep of the Year

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - Audio-Technica has recognised Wadsworth, Ohio-based Online Marketing as its Rep of the Year for the 2011 fiscal year.

Philip Cajka, Audio-Technica U.S. president and CEO, and David Marsh, Audio-Technica territory manager, professional products, presented the award to Online Marketing principal Mark Taylor. Online Marketing sells Audio-Technica's complete line of professional audio products to sound contractors and retailers in Ohio and western Pennsylvania.

Philip Cajka stated, "Online Marketing is one of the premier rep firms in the pro A/V industry. They are keenly dedi

Cage the Elephant on stage at 2011's Coachella festival

EAW MicroWedge monitors rock Coachella

Details: 14 March 2016

USA - The three-day Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival annually attracts crowds of up to 70,000 a day to see more than 180 international artists perform on six stages at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, in the California desert.

To meet the requirements of the artists performing on the stages in the Mojave and Gobi tents, Rat Sound, the production sound provider for the Coachella Festival for the past 11 years, this year supplied two complete systems comprising a total of 28 EAW MicroWedge12 (MW12) stage monitors.

"We provide the artists with what they want rather than what

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