Avolites, a world leader in the innovation of visual control systems, is celebrating its 45th anniversary today. First established in 1976 under a railway arch in Hammersmith, London, from its first touring dimmer rack, the landmark Avolites FD dimmer, to the launch of its latest flagship Diamond 9 console earlier this year, the company has been at the forefront of technological change in the lighting events industry ever since.

FreeSpeak II Wireless Intercom and IP-based Eclipse Matrix Frame Drive Hybrid Production for Virtual Shopping Event.

Black Friday shopping is a unique cultural event. Recreating the excitement of that experience online is no small challenge, but Zest4.TV pulled it off for fashion and beauty retailer, PrettyLittleThing. Zest4.TV was engaged by event streaming specialists Groovy Gekko to stage and host an alternatively themed Black Friday 2020 shopping day, they called Pink Friday, consisting of live competitions, flash sales and models showcasing the brand’s favorite styles. As with many events today, public health guidelines limited the number of technical engineers allowed on-site, so Zest4.TV relied on Clear-Com’s FreeSpeak II® Digital Wireless Intercom System and Eclipse® HX Digital Matrix.

Hebden Bridge, 13th May 2021 — Underscoring its commitment to offering powerful market-leading consoles, Calrec is announcing enhanced versions of its popular Brio console with the Brio Duet and Brio Medley packages, which offer greater channel counts and expanded connectivity as standard, and at an even more competitive price.

Avolites has announced the release of the latest version of its lighting software Titan, v15 which includes the highly-anticipated Timeline feature set. Timeline essentially allows timecoded shows to be programmed and edited using visually-led tools, dramatically increasing the speed with which users can set up the full range of Avolites lighting and video effects for a project.  

Leader Electronics announces the appointment of Terry Millard as UK-based European Business Development Manager. This new addition to the Leader team forms part of the company's ongoing support-development strategy.

Re-recording Mixer Frank Morrone has earned himself an extensive resume through his work with Todd AO and Technicolor, which includes projects from high-profile directors like Ron Howard and Tim Burton. Inaddition to his residency at the acclaimed post house, Morrone also works independently from his home studio for a wide array of film projects. No matter where he sets up shop for the day, one of the big consistencies for Morrone’s workflow is his use of NUGEN Audio’s ISL, VisLM, LM-Correct and Paragon plug-ins.

A wide range of PMC professional studio monitors have been installed at Busan Sound Stage, a new audio post production facility in South Korea that has been established to help the region develop its film industry.

Calrec, a leading manufacturer of audio broadcast equipment, has announced the launch of a freee ducational training module for mixing live broadcasts in Dolby Atmos®using the Calrec Brio console.

Calrec has expanded its global remote commissioning, training and product demonstration capabilities as the media and entertainment space continues to embrace remote working.

Calrec offers remote commissioning, training and demonstrations across both its headless and physical products. For the headless range, Calrec’s browser-based Assist application provides control and setup for Type R for Radio and Type R for TV, as well as Calrec’s VP2 headless console and RP1 remote production core. All can be commissioned using Assist, with remote training and demonstrating is also possible using the same workflows.

Riedel Communications today announced that Cinevideo SRL, a leading Italian provider of outside broadcasting (OB) production services, has chosen Riedel solutions to provide seamless and reliable crew communications on board its brand-new UHD-12G OB van. The Riedel installation includes a top-of-the-line Artist-1024 digital matrix intercom node supporting a Bolero wireless intercom system.