TMB has announced a new partnership with Backup Tech – a charity dedicated to supporting technical professionals, production personnel, and crew working across the live events, music touring, theatre, and broadcast industries. As part of this initiative, 10% of all UK sales of TMB’s award-winning ProPlex CodeClock will be donated directly to Backup Tech. These funds will aid in providing crucial financial aid, wellness support and mental health resources to those working behind the scenes in our industry. The ProPlex CodeClock is a compact, rugged timecode display and distribution unit, winner of the ‘Gear Product of the Year Award’. Its large…
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TSL has acquired Southampton-based GLS Lighting. The move brings together the teams and equipment portfolios of both companies under the TSL brand. TSL Managing Director and founder Sam Tamplin will continue to lead the expanded organisation, with GLS founder Ian Turner joining the team as Account Director. “This marks the beginning of an incredibly exciting new chapter for both TSL and GLS,” said Tamplin. “The shared values, long-standing reputations for excellence, and complementary capabilities of both businesses make this a perfect fit. It opens up new opportunities for growth while strengthening the work we already do.” Customers of both companies…
Meyer Sound has redoubled its longstanding corporate commitment to green touring with the development of the PANTHER line array, designed for a reduced carbon footprint in manufacturing, transport, and operation. According to the architects of PANTHER, Meyer Sound’s continuing focus on sustainability carries through to all future product development, campus facilities, technical support initiatives, and education programs. The design criteria for PANTHER required a substantial reduction in size and weight compared to prior generations of line array loudspeakers as well as at least a 20% reduction in power consumption to achieve the same acoustic output. The result is a system…
HOF is one of several companies to use the Prolight + Sound tradeshow to showcase its new products. Taking its name from the first two letters of the words ‘popup’ and ‘stage’ (POST), it is a dolly which offers a variety of possibilities to create different structures and layouts on stage. The company is intending for this product to be particularly multi-purpose as well. The POST Dolly can be used for single lamps, but also as a stacked dolly with e.g. 1m standard conical tubes between the dollies to create different levels. The components can be mounted standing or hanging…
Siyan has invested in additional rental stock of Martin by HARMAN’s creative LED family of products, supplied by Sound Technology. With an existing large rental inventory of Martin VDO Atomic Dots and VDO Sceptron, Siyan’s stock has been expanded with the addition of a large quantity of Martin’s VDO Fatron fixtures plus 50 new MAC Aura PXL moving heads. Siyan Business Director, Tom Grant commented: “With its large face, high output and selection of versatile internal FX, the MAC Aura PXL fixture fits perfectly into our inventory alongside our stock of other LED wash fixtures and suits a wide range of applications…
Entec worked alongside Show Producer, Des Murphy, and Production Manager, Julie Chennells (of Ginger Owl) to stage the 20th anniversary of Teenage Cancer Trust. Once again, the experienced Entec crew, under freelance Project Manager, Matt Grounds, were equal to the challenges thrown up by the venue’s acoustic quirks, and varied line-up. Reflecting on the event Grounds, who took on PM duties back in 2016, having earlier mixed monitors on the show, stated: “We constantly review our spec to ensure it best fulfils the production’s needs, and this was the first year we’ve done the event with KSL.” d&b audiotechnik’s new…
Lighting Designer, Ed Warren – who has worked with IDLES since their first albumin 2017 – called on a range of GLP products, supplied by Lights Control Rigging (LCR), when it came to lighting the Bristol-based noise-rock band’s latest UK tour. Having historically kept their stage lighting to a minimum, this time around the band stepped up to O2 Academy-sized venues, moving to multiple nights at the larger capacity O2 Brixton Academy, Manchester’s Victoria Warehouse and Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena, where the basic house lighting rig and floor package combination made way for a full production show, involving 20 GLP JDC Line 500, 28…
After two years away, Creative Technology (CT) bringing back its Festival of Technology (CTFest) held at the company’s headquarters in London Gatwick. It offers hands-on experience and insight into innovative technologies from leading manufacturers, knowledge sessions, education seminars, interactive demonstrations and presentations. This year the event intends to explore the world of live event technology deployed across corporate, broadcast, entertainment, and sport – demonstrating how it can be utilised in these ever-evolving markets and how this technology can be repurposed across the different industries. Among the demonstrations and displays being showcased include the HOLOPLOT 3D Audio-Beamforming Technology to represent audio technology. Virtual production…
PUSH LIVE has appointed Nick Castaneda as its new Chief Commercial Officer. Castaneda, previously Senior VP of International Sales at The Switch, joins the fast-growing digital audience and live content agency as it looks to drive further expansion into new markets and sectors. PUSH LIVE’s unique streaming technology and audience design strategy allows brands, rights holders, and content creators to customise and personalise live streams, distributing them to an unlimited number of channels and platforms. Clients include world-renowned brands such as Amazon Music, BAFTA, Electronic Arts, Oracle Red Bull Racing and Virgin Galactic. Castaneda will oversee the sales and marketing…
ETC will be attending the 2022 edition of the international tradeshow Prolight + Sound from 26 to 29 April. The company will showcase a mixture of its latest products on stands C53 and C45 in Hall 12.0, including the newest entertainment fixtures and controls. ETC is attending the tradeshow to connect with its customers and visitors whilst also presenting the latest additions to its product range. Visitors to the stands will have the opportunity to see many new products including its next generation of lighting control: Eos Apex. The recently launched line of flagship consoles deliver cutting-edge technology, new features, and…
Ayrton has launched Zonda 9 Wash and Zonda 9 FX – the first in a new series of stage lighting fixtures. Equipped with a 40W LED source with RGB+W additive colour synthesis, these new products fit into Ayrton’s Multi Sources 9 Series category. Zonda 9 Wash is a luminaire intended for stage lighting in the true sense. Ayrton has developed a silent ventilation mode specially for this fixture to accommodate the quieter environment often required by stage lighting. The careful colour mixing of the sources allows for good colour reproduction, and each concentric circle can be controlled independently to adjust…
A d&b audiotechnik SL-Series sound system was chosen by FOH Engineer, Charles Bidwell to power Dave’s arena tour shows. Bidwell, has this time opted for 16 GSL12 three-way line array loudspeakers for the main hangs, with 14 KSL12 loudspeakers for sides, while front fill was handled by a sextet of Y10P point source loudspeakers. No less than 20 SL-SUBs handled the deep lows required for Dave’s hip-hop stylings and a further eight KSL loudspeakers were employed in each of three delay hangs to provide ample coverage for the large capacity venues. The d&b inventory for the tour was supplied by…
Robe lighting was used extensively in the performances of Scandinavian rock band titans, Ghost and Volbeat, during their 2022 arena tour. Denmark-based Lighting Director, Niels ‘Niller’ Bjerregaard and Brazil-based Ghost LD, Erich Bertti tapped into Robe moving lights – specifically, MegaPointes, Spiiders and BMFL Spots – as the primary moving lights of choice for a run of live shows, supplied by Premier Global Productions. “The fixtures are reliable and feature-packed, the brand is big in the USA with the lights widely available, so that part of the decision-making process was very easy. MegaPointes are one of the few fixtures versatile…
QSC has confirmed the passing of former colleague and industry veteran Scott Lombardo on 6 April 2022 after a long illness. During his nine-year tenure at QSC, Scott led key initiatives for the company, both as Director, Global E-Commerce and most recently as Regional Director of Live Sound. A skilled and highly regarded senior leader in the company’s sales efforts, Scott will be most fondly remembered for his strength, kindness to others and his passion for building lasting relationships. Over his more than 30-year career in the professional audio and music industries, Scott held a variety of sales and executive…
Limelite Lighting has become one of the first rental houses to take stock of Claypaky’s new Tambora batten. Matthew Mountier, Director at Limelite Lighting commented: “We have recently purchased the new Claypaky Tambora Batten to replace our outgoing LED battens. As a dry hire and production supplier for TV, events and theatre, we needed a product that was adaptable for a range of applications and that offered creative possibilities.” He added: “We knew we wanted an LED batten that had dynamic pixel mapping and motorised movement. Having extensively researched various batten products by comparing the specs, costs, and availability, we…
PSCo has been named as the first rental partner to stock Epson’s new EB-PU2200 Series 20K projector in the UK. Epson has released its latest EB-PU2200 range of lightweight and compact high lumens 3LCD projectors. The new EB-PU2220B projectors are around 60% smaller and 50% lighter than their predecessor, the EB-L20000U. The projectors, which also offer easier installation and set-up and simplified maintenance, are designed to be used in large auditoriums, live events, concerts and conference rooms. The new series comes in 13,000lm, 16,000lm and 20,000lm models, offering WUXGA resolution with 4K enhancement, HDR and advanced installation features. The new…
Neg Earth Lights has made a significant investment in Martin by Harman’s new MAC Aura PXL multi-source LED wash, supplied by Sound Technology. The Martin MAC Aura PXL is an industry first – a workhorse LED wash light capable of multiple source pixel-mapping. Its 141 Aura backlight pixels and 19 main beam pixels are all independently controllable. In addition to DMX, Art-Net and sACN, the fixture can be controlled by Martin’s P3 protocol for setup and programming and allows a rig of fixtures to deliver cohesive content that blends together with video content on panels or creative LED products. You…
Absen has welcomed Jaswinder Guleria as new Industry Development Director for the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region. Bringing two decades of experience within the AV industry, Guleria will expand and strengthen the company’s business alliances throughout the MEA region, to bolster Absen’s global network. Reporting to Ruben Rengel, Senior Vice President, global business development at Absen, Guleria’s primary objectives will be identifying and introducing Absen to potential clients, consultants, and distributors in the region, to forge new business associates and partners in Absen’s global network. Guleria – whose industry experience includes more than 19+ years in the visual display…
