PRG Acquires Hi-Tech Rentals
NEW WINDSOR, N.Y. — Production Resource Group, L.L.C. (PRG) Chairman and CEO Jere Harris has announced that the company has purchased Hi-Tech Rentals, Inc.
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Roy and Gene Clair to Receive Parnelli Audio Innovator Award
LAS VEGAS — The Parnelli Awards Board of Directors has announced that Roy Clair and Gene Clair will be receiving this year’s Parnelli Audio Innovator Award honoring their decades in the live entertainment industry. Having built the formable sound touring company, Clair Bros., into one of the biggest in the industry, the two will be honored for their work, innovations and contributions at a gala award ceremony, Oct. 24, in Las Vegas.
Read More »Yamaha To Make Offer To Acquire NEXO
BUENA PARK, Calif. – Yamaha Corporation Japan has announced that its Board of Directors, at their meeting held on June 19, has decided to make an offer to the founders of NEXO S.A. to acquire all shares of NEXO.
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Community VLF Series
Community Professional has introduced the new VLF Series of Versatile Low Frequency loudspeakers. The VLF line boasts a compact, low-profile design that fits into areas where larger subwoofers are impractical.
Read More »L-ACOUSTICS Updates Product Training, Announces New Dates
OXNARD, Calif. – Given the "total system approach" brought about by the debut of the LA4 and LA8, L-ACOUSTICS has revised its DOSC systems training seminars to incorporate the new amplified controller system architecture.
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Allen & Heath iLive Monitors Swiss Celtic Festival
CORBEYRIER, Switzerland – Switzerland’s 7th annual ‘Dance with the Wolf’ festival recently took place in Corbeyrier with Allen & Heath’s iLive digital system managing monitor mixing.
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Kylie Has Europe on its Feet with Meyer Sound MILO
BERKELY, Calif. – Australian pop diva Kylie Minogue has launched a three-month European tour, “KYLIEX2008,” bringing a killer new band, spectacular costumes by Jean Paul Gaultier, and state-of-the-art staging, multimedia, lighting and sound. UK-based Capital Sound has once again designed and supplied a powerful Meyer Sound rig for Minogue’s tour, based around left and right hangs of 14 MILO and two MILO 120 line array loudspeakers each.
Read More »Pacific West Sound Chooses Adamson
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – Pacific West Sound Professional Audio and Design Inc. (PacWest), based in a newly constructed building in Bakersfield Calif., has been providing complete video and backline services as well as designing and building complete installations, including sound, video and lighting for the past 25 years. PacWest recently made the decision to upgrade to an Adamson Y-Axis System.
Read More »Shure Goes Green with Redesigned Packaging
NILES, Ill. – Shure Incorporated has announced that it has redesigned the packaging for all of its Microflex Installed Sound Microphones, ULX Wireless Microphone Systems, three of its wired and wireless Personal Monitor Systems (PSM), and two of its SE Sound Isolating Earphone models.
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Wimbledon Championships Match Up with Martin Audio
WIMBLEDON, England – The second phase of the All England Lawn Tennis Club’s three-year plan to transform the Center Court at Wimbledon includes the installation of a major new public address system. The dilemma facing Jon Berry from RG Jones Sound Engineering, the All England Club’s long-term pro audio contractors, was in finding a system that could be installed on a temporary basis for this year’s championships, knowing that immediately after the event it would have to be removed in preparation for the third phase.
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World Changing Ideas Awards Ceremony Makes Impact with Meyer Sound
NEW YORK – The World Changing Ideas Awards ceremony is an annual event staged by Saatchi & Saatchi to celebrate innovations with the potential to impact our world. As in previous years, the ceremony was held at one of Saatchi’s large Manhattan loft spaces, equipped with a high-performance audio system from Meyer Sound to deliver the awards presentation and ambient background music by a resident DJ.
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Israeli Company Is First to Buy NEXO GEO T
ISRAEL – The first NEXO GEO T line array system has arrived in Israel, purchased by rental company Sincopa, one of the country’s largest PA providers for entertainment events, and expects its new investment to raise its profile still further.
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