ARMONK, NY — Production Resource Group, LLC (PRG) announced Sept. 27 the corporate structure of PRG in Germany has been changed — PRG and Showtec are now one company. PRG also announced management shifts as the operations under the formerly separate companies continue to merge. PRG first announced that it was acquiring Showtec in late March, 2011.
Read More »NASHVILLE — Brad “Porque” Baker, 58, longtime sound man at The End in Nashville, died Aug. 31 due to complications from sleep apnea. Prior to… Read More »In Memoriam: Brad Baker, 58
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LOS ANGELES — The Event Safety Alliance (ESA) has solidified plans to move forward with publishing an Americanized version of the widely-used U.K. guide of best practices in the event production industry, The Event Safety Guide – also known as The Purple Guide.
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Kaltman Creations’ Invisible Waves IWxCPA antenna promises to improve reception for wireless microphones and IEM systems via a new directional, “circular polarization” (CP) technology for both receiving and transmitting pro-audio wireless applications, as an alternative to traditional paddle or rod antennas.
Read More »SAN DIEGO — VUE Audiotechnik announced the completion of its U.S. representative network with the appointment of seven additional firms covering the Midwest, Southeast and Northeast regions. This news comes just two weeks after the company announced the appointment of three firms covering the Western U.S.
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VALENCIA, CA — ATK Audiotek named Michael MacDonald president. He assumes the duties of outgoing president Michael Stahl, who is retiring. MacDonald has more than three decades of experience in pro audio, most recently having served for five years as vice president of sales and marketing at Harman Professional.
Read More »CHICAGO — Ticket holders arriving for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s performance on Sept. 22 were turned away as they learned that the musicians union called for a strike. The stalemate over pay and health benefits threatens scheduled concerts later this week, along with a tour to New York and Mexico in early October. The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra also canceled concerts through the end of September as the result of an ongoing pay and benefits dispute. The musicians there have been locked out since early September, effectively canceling the first full month of their 2012-2012 season.
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MUMBAI, INDIA – PALM Expo 2013, to be held from May 30-June 1 2013 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre here, could serve as a gateway to this booming market with an estimated buying power of more than $500 million (USD). Driven by its rapidly-growing, youthful demographics and continuing structural reform and globalization, India is poised to accelerate its economic growth rate to more than 9 percent from 2013 to 2015.
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BOSTON — Guitar Center Professional (GC Pro) equipped the Salty Pig restaurant in downtown Boston with seven JBL Control 67P/T full-range pendant loudspeakers in the main area of the restaurant, five CBT 50LA column loudspeakers around the outdoor patio area and two Control SB210 compact subwoofers inside and out.
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MOSCOW — The Bolshoi Theatre here reopened after a six-year renovation with the largest RTS stage-manager system yet, installed by Amptown, ProVideo and TDM. The system includes two ADAM matrices with 448 ports, over 200 keypanels and around 120 belt-packs, plus a number of headsets and interfaces.
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UPPSALA, Sweden — Konsert Teknik, based here, has joined the expanding list of international PA companies adding a JBL VTX line array system as their frontline PA offerings.
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MIAMI — Latin pop artists Marc Anthony, Chayanne, and Marco Antonio Solis teamed up for the 14-city GIGANT3S tour in August and September. FOH engineer Jose A. Rivera, Jr. used A-Designs HM2EQ HAMMER dual-channel tube equalizer and HM2 NAIL compressor/limiter across the stereo mix buss for the shows.
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