WUPPERTAL, Germany — Riedel Communications named Jake Dodson as the company’s director of product management. In this role, Dodson will be responsible for guiding the strategic direction of the Riedel product range and its development.
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NEW YORK – Behind the Scenes, the foundation-backed charity that provides entertainment technology industry members who are ill or injured with grants that may be used for basic living and medical expenses, noted a few ways this annual time of year for giving can be made even more meaningful this holiday season.
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TACLOBAN, The Philippines — On Nov. 9, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan (a.ka. Yolanda), one of the most powerful storms in recorded history, slammed into the Philippines, killing more than 6,300 and leaving an estimated 4 million homeless while also knocking out much of the island nation’s transportation and communications infrastructure.
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SPARKS, NV — Formerly called The Silver Club, Bourbon Square Casino recently reopened with a New Orleans theme and an eight-zone sound reinforcement system centered on an Ashly ne8800 processor and four two-channel ne800 70-volt amplifiers. The system also features iPad wireless remote control via the free Ashly Remote App to help the casino’s staff operate the system.
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Sommer Cable’s hybrid Transit MC 1031 is designed to handle 10 Gbit network, power and HD-SDI-compliant video transmission duties simultaneously. Built for reliability, the shielded cable is well suited for use in conference and building technology, in OB vans as well as in mobile broadcasting at large events.
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CLEVELAND, OH – For Swedish band Arch Enemy’s recent North America tour, FOH engineer Hagen Weigel used a Soundcraft Vi6 digital console to take on the challenges of mixing the band’s songs, which have been described as belonging to the “melodic death metal” sub-genre.
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LONDON — After working with RG Jones’ Martin Audio Multi-cellular Loudspeaker Array (MLA) at Glastonbury Festival, as well as the smaller MLA Compact at other events, David McEwan’s vision was to use it at the holy grail of London venues, the Royal Albert Hall. As the long term recording and live engineer for Nitin Sawhney, the opportunity came when this British Indian musician, orchestral composer and producer announced his return to the famous London venue for performances from his forthcoming album Dystopian Dream and a selection of material from his first nine albums.
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CINCINNATI, OH — Event Enterprises, a full-service production company with offices here and in Bellevue, KY, recently took delivery of 12 NEXO STM M28 speakers to augment their existing NEXO box count, which has grown to 80.
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PORTLAND, OR – Audinate named Joshua Rush vice president of marketing. Rush brings over 20 years of experience in business, consumer and channel marketing in a variety of industries, including computer hardware, networking and telecommunications.
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BACKNANG, Germany — d&b audiotechnik named Sabina Berloffa as director of marketing. Since August 18, 2014, she has been responsible for global marketing and product management, with the aim of further expanding brand awareness, developing new markets and accelerating the growth of the company. Berloffa is part of the international management team working with CEO Amnon Harman.
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Kling & Freitag’s VIDA is a new line array speaker system with beam steering. The company debuted the new DSP-controlled VIDA in Cologne, Germany in November. VIDA is a full-range-compatible, modular 3-way line array speaker system that is fitted with 48 DSP channels and 48 class D amplifiers per module. The speaker systems are arranged coaxially per module.
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