SOPRON, Hungary – The Petofi Theater, located in this city only 60 km from Vienna, was ready for a new sound system. IFK, HK Audio's Hungarian distributor, which happens to be located in the same town, won the bid with a proposed HK Audio CADIS system.
Read More »BURBANK, CA – Optocore announced plans for a presentation on fiber optic networks, technology and products, to be held at CenterStaging Studios in Burbank on Jan. 18-19 from 12 noon to 5 p.m.
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MEXICO CITY – YOSO, comprised of former Toto and Yes band members, kicked off their first leg of their world tour in Mexico recently with support from West Coast Sound & Light (WCSL). The tour is expected to travel to South America in 2010.
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OLD LYME, CT – Sennheiser announced that it is reorganizing its sales and product marketing organization across its three primary business segments: retail, professional audio and systems integration. Greg Beebe, formerly Sennheiser's director of global relations, has been named vice president of product marketing.
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ESCONDIDIO, CA – Ross Ritto, 60, CEO and founder of Sound Image, who had spent nearly 40 years in the touring and systems integration industry, serving as a trend-setter, inventor and mentor to many, passed away on Dec. 23, 2009. The cause was cancer.
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OXNARD, CA – L-Acoustics US has named Paul Shiner regional sales manager. Shiner, who will report to Jochen Frohn, L-Acoustics director of business development, will be responsible for directing the loudspeaker manufacturer's sales efforts in the northeastern U.S. corridor from New England to Virginia and west to Indiana.
VANCOUVER, BC – Sennheiser Canada and Sennheiser Germany will open an RF/equipment service and sales facility in conjunction with the XXI Olympic Winter Games for radio and TV broadcasters using Sennheiser technology that requires frequency coordination and equipment service.
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NEW YORK – The 77th Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony drew tens of thousands who heard the ceremony through Outline Butterfly speakers driven by Powersoft amplifiers supplied by PRG, the production coordinators for the event.
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OSLO – For the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Concert at the Oslo Spektrum, Norwegian audio company AVAB-CAC deployed two Midas XL8 live performance systems and three PRO6 live audio systems for the live show and broadcast, making extensive use of AES50 networking.
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LONDON – The new self-powered Meyer Sound UP-4XP loudspeaker recently made its debut at the Royal Albert Hall's renovated Elgar Room. The UP-4XP is noted for combining the advantages of a remote DC power supply and the acoustic power output of a three-way self-powered system.
HITACHINAKA, Japan – The Rock in Japan concert, produced by Rockin' On publisher Keiichi Shibuya, was held for the 10th year in 2009. More than 165,000 attendees came to Hitachi Beach Park to hear performances by some 150 Japanese artists, including Eikichi Yazawa, Unicorn, Ulfuls and Perfume.
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NEW YORK – Legends 33, a sports bar and restaurant located on 33rd Street, not far from the Empire State Building, is named for its location and its emphasis on sports icons, but a Renkus-Heinz sound system installed by AV integrators Starview Satellite is another important element in the marketing mix.
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