International News

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea – The Medals Plaza stage within the PyeongChang Olympic Plaza is home to cultural performances and video displays of the competition during the day and Olympic medal ceremonies in the evening.  The experience is reinforced by an Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) Adaptive System provided by Seoul-based RHiNO Sound Systems.

MONTANITA, Ecuador – Lost Beach Club recently upgraded its sound system with the installation of an Evo System from Funktion-One.

LONDON – DeltaLive has taken added a large supply of Riedel’s range of products to its hire stock inventory.

LAGOS, Nigeria – CyTech World Communication, which added Outline GTO components to their inventory, used the speaker systems to support the massive interdenominational Gospel concert dubbed “The Experience.” Held Dec. 1, 2017 at Tafawa-Balewa Square, the event drew more than 700,000, according to crowd analysts. Launched in 2006, the event led by Pastor Paul Adefarasin is now one of Africa’s largest live events. The speaker setup covered a 280-by-200-meter area.

AMSTERDAM – WORK PRO unveiled its updated versions of the PA 100 MX installation amplifier and MD 82 AX auto-mixer at ISE 2018.

GANGNEUNG, South Korea – K-array Python-KP52 line arrays were chosen for the Gangneung Ice Arena for the 2018 Winter Olympics. Gangneung Ice Arena was built for the 2018 Winter Olympics as the venue for the figure skating and short track speed skating competitions. K-array’s local distributor, Soundus, designed a system of Python-KP52 line arrays, chosen for clarity and even coverage within the multi-level, 12,000-capacity venue.

SYDNEY, Australia – Professional Audio & Television (PAT) commissioned a Lawo Nova73 and a Lawo crystal console for the Joan Sutherland Theatre at the Sydney Opera House.

LLEIDA, Spain -Clair Brothers’ new distribution partner in Spain, VTècnics, recently upgraded their touring PA to the new C12 system & supplied the Moto Grand Prix World Championship with its newly acquired C12.

AMSTERDAM – d&b audiotechnik demonstrated its d&b Soundscape toolkit’s capabilities at ISE 2018.

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea – NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, selected Calrec Audio’s Summa, Artemis Ray, and Brio digital audio consoles to provide seamless audio mixing for its production of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games, now taking place in PyeongChang, South Korea, starting Feb. 8 and running through Feb. 25, 2018. Karl Malone, director, Sound Design, NBC Olympics, and Dave Letson, vice president of sales, Calrec Audio, announced the details shortly before the 2018 Winter Olympics got underway.

RASTATT, Germany – Lawo Virtual Studio Manager (VSM) Broadcast Control and Monitoring solutions, as well as IP Commentary systems have been selected by NBC Olympics for its production of the XXIII Olympic Winter Games in PyongChang, South Korea.

BACKNANG, Germany – d&b audiotechnik announced its first integrations of the DS100 Signal Engine with QLab by Figure 53 and TTA Stagetracker II by TTA, as well as with Digital Audio Workstations (DAW) systems.