LOS ANGELES — The Anschutz Company announced that Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) is for sale. AEG owns more than 100 venues, including Staples Center and London’s O2 arena. Its subsidiary, AEG Live, is the second-largest concert promoter, behind Live Nation. AEG also produces music festivals including Coachella, and its sports franchises include the Los Angeles Kings.
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GLENDORA, CA — At first, Grace Church, based here, was looking to upgrade its speakers, and turned to L-Acoustics dealer Pro Sound & Video (PSV) for support. Not long after that, church leaders opted to replace their aging analog console as well. PSV helped them evaluate digital console advantages including a plethora of onboard processing, snapshot features and effects. The church ended up buying an SD9 from DiGiCo.
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HOUSTON — Lending further proof to the saying “everything is bigger in Texas,” L-Acoustics US reports that Houston-based LD Systems has now purchased a mega-stadium-sized K1/KUDO system. Hailed as one of the largest sales in the manufacturer’s 28-year history, the order includes 386 enclosures — including variable curvature, constant curvature and coaxial systems — all powered by LA-RAK.
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VILLINGEN-SCHWENNINGEN, Germany —Gear from ProAudio Technology, based here, supported a variety of different events during the 2012 summer concert season, with music genres ranging from pop to classical, techno and hip hop.
Read More »SAN FRANCISCO — With just five weeks to go until “Show Time,” the AES continues to update its Preliminary Event Calendar.
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BOSTON — Adamson Systems Engineering announced the formal release of its Project Energia V2.5 preset library. Energia Beta partners around the world had been fielding the new presets on major summer tours and festivals while reporting the results to Adamson’s R&D department.
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Radial Engineering’s Powerhouse, a 10 slot power rack for the 500 series format, is designed in response to user requests as a complement to the company’s Workhorse product offerings.
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WETHERBY, U.K. — Maintaining a cutting-edge technical inventory can be an expensive business when you run a turnkey live events production company. But for AV-Matrix, based here, it is paying off — and the demand to service bigger functions has now led to them purchasing an RCF TT+ (Touring & Theatre) TTL33-A II.
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At PLASA in London, Sommer Cable featured the NL4FX-SOM cable socket, a special version designed in close cooperation with Neutrik.
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BOILING SPRINGS, NC — A Sound Experience (ASE Service Group Inc.) specified audio gear from ISP Technologies for the new sound system in use at the $30 million, 110,000-square-foot Tucker Student Center at Gardner-Webb University here. The center, which opened Aug. 28, offers a variety of amenities to the university’s 4,300 students.
Read More »ATLANTA — Renkus-Heinz is bringing versatile gear to WFX here Sept. 19-21, including the Ralph Heinz Signature Series, a build-to-order system featuring a dual wedge angle design, featuring versatile rigging and mounting options. Also on display will be the Varia Series, a modular design featuring customizable waveguides, configurable enclosures and new hardware designed for easy customization.
Read More »ATLANTA — At the Worship Facilities Conference and Expo (WFX), which takes place at the Georgia World Congress Center here Sept. 19-21, Vision2 Marketing will be demonstrating Harman’s Soundcraft Si Performer console at Booth 658. Soundcraft is also sponsoring Hands-On Training (HOT) sessions at WFX, and will be providing 18 of its Si Compact audio consoles for HOT attendees to work on over the three days of classes.
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