NEW ORLEANS — A $23 million renovation at Joe W. Brown Memorial Park, which sat under seven feet of water after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, included new sound systems for the new football field and track/soccer field overseen by Technical Services Group (TSG). The new systems rely on Ashly gear for processing, amplification and user control.
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BERLIN, Germany — Ahnert Feistel Media Group (AFMG), based here, announced that company partner Lab.gruppen is making its Powered Loudspeaker Management (PLM) platform compatible with AFMG FIRmaker technology. The goal: homogenous sound quality in different parts of various venues.
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LONDON — Capital Sound said it would be providing a Martin Audio MLA system along with DiGiCo consoles for the main stage at the AEG-Barclaycard British Summer Time Concerts in Hyde Park here this July. Acts set to perform during the July 5-14 outdoor concert series include the Rolling Stones and Bon Jovi.
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SANT’AGATA DI MILITELLO, Italy — For a mid-March concert at the Teatro Aurora in this Sicilian town, Arkaservice provided K-array gear. The concert featured pianist Danilo Rea and singer Gino Paoli. Arkaservice’s Salvo Barone worked with the show’s sound engineer, Luca Giannerini to cover the venue — and avoid the need for front fills — with K-array’s KR200 on each side of the stage.
Read More »REGINA, Saskatchewan — A crew member working at the Brandt Centre here was taken by ambulance to Regina’s Pasqua Hospital after suffering unspecified injuries from a fall from the stage early Friday, April 19. The worker was part of the team preparing the venue for the 2013 Juno Awards, which included a gala dinner on April 20 and a televised ceremony with performances April 21. The injured worker was transported to Pasqua Hospital. No further information was available.
Read More »BOSTON — Numerous concert, theatre and sports events were canceled in the immediate aftermath of the two Boston Marathon bombings on April 15 and again as the city’s manhunt intensified before the two bombing suspects were killed and captured April 19. That lockdown included a shutdown of virtually all municipal and regional mass transit.
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MIAMI — Bamboo Miami, a 1,200 capacity venue that opened in a South Beach entertainment and performance space formerly occupied by the Variety Theater and the Paris Theatre, is drawing crowds with top DJs and live bands heard via an L-Acoustics KUDO/SB28 System specified and installed by Audio Formula.
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WEBSTER, NY — Ashly Audio, based here, announced that it has licensed Dante digital media networking solution from Audinate.
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LONDON — APR relied upon two Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing systems and 12 ME-1 personal mixers to manage monitors for Sing Inspiration, a two-day gospel event that drew participants and spectators from around the world to London’s Royal Festival Hall.
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LONDON — Jazz singer Claire Martin, who has been performing with DPA Microphones’ d:facto II Vocal Microphone, has sung praises for the clarity achieved with the Danish microphone company’s recently-launched product.
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BUENA PARK, CA — Hosa Technology named Kyle Lassegard web marketing manager. Lassegard, who had managed Hosa’s marketing communications activities for the past two years, is now responsible for all online marketing plans and programs.
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VANCOUVER, BC — The Times of India Film Awards (TOIFA) was held for the first time outside of India at the BC Place Stadium here April 4-6, 2013. Anticipating a live audience of up to 40,000 Bollywood fans for the April 6 awards ceremony, TOIFA management arranged for KiAN Concert Sound Services to provide a Meyer Sound LEO system.
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