The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw), in Vienna, has collaborated with Lawo to install a Lawo mc²56 MkIII audio production console with the A__UHD Core in the mdw’s “Tonregie 1”, which is now being used to both train students and for daily productions. Dating back to 1817, mdw is one of the largest music universities in the world, with more than nine locations spread across Vienna, providing courses for various instruments, conducting, music education, performing arts, and audio engineering. The new AoIP equipment also includes a Lawo Power Core and an A__stage64 as a stage ..read more

Fordtronic AV, a dry hire company in the audiovisual solutions industry for corporate events, in Australia, has expanded its inventory with the Astra Hybrid330 and the EclProfile CT+ from PROLIGHTS. Jonathon Ford, general manager and chief AV technician, Fordtronic, wanted Show Technology, PROLIGHTS distributor in Australia, to purchase new moving head fixtures. “We weren’t sure what we wanted,” he admitted. “We’d been sub-hiring from other suppliers in town but knew it was time to purchase our own fixtures. Gareth thought that these hybrids were well suited to the corporate wor ..read more

One of the many unwelcome consequences of the dramatic increase in Middle East tensions since last autumn has been a surge in potential new pressure points for global supply chains – a fear made more acute by the fact that supply problems accruing during the three previous years relating to Covid have only recently subsided. In particular, the sudden restriction of access to Red Sea routes was bound to have a significant impact on the transportation of goods. Recent JP Morgan research revealed that 30% of global container trade passes through the Suez Canal – the artificial waterway that conne ..read more

Out-of-home (OOH) ad tech leader Broadsign has announced that PATTISON Outdoor Advertising, a leading Canadian OOH media owner, has adopted the full Broadsign OOH technology stack. With Broadsign already providing a centralised hub for its programmatic digital OOH (DOOH) workflows, the expanded partnership now enables PATTISON to dynamically manage and optimise its OOH inventory. The partnership also opens up new ways for brands to book campaigns on PATTISON inventory with a more targeted, impression-based approach and accelerates the rate at which PATTISON can display client ads across its OO ..read more

We are living in the era of USB-C sunrise. With Apple finally rolling out USB-C ports on phones and tablets, it’s a near-universal port for personal devices – and as we learned from HDMI, where consumers go, the commercial industry often follows. There’s a lot of cause for enthusiasm around the growing ubiquity of USB-C. It’s a remarkably versatile connection, with the ability to support multiple protocols through a single port. USB-C’s capacity to handle data, power, UHD video, and audio over a single cable make it a very attractive option for streamlining commercial AV setups. USB-C is not q ..read more

Listen Technologies Corporation, a provider of advanced wireless listening solutions, has promoted Mikey Shaffer to senior sales director. In this role, Shaffer leads the Listen Technologies sales team and is the primary liaison for dealer channels, regional sales managers, independent manufacturers’ sales representatives, and distributors in North America. She reports to Listen Technologies president and CEO Maile Keone. “Mikey demonstrates strategic prowess and effective team leadership with authority and decisiveness. She is a champion for Listen Technologies sales and channel partners, and ..read more

The relatively sudden arrival of a huge new industry in the form of virtual production (VP) cannot be denied. Enabling film and TV producers to shoot against real-time virtual interactive backgrounds in studio environments, VP began to mature around the same time as the Covid lockdowns arrived and made location or large-ensemble shooting highly problematic and often impossible. No wonder, then, that an unprecedented flurry of new VP studio spaces and solutions have hit the market since the early months of 2020. Although not all of the dedicated studio environments have survived – in particular ..read more

There’s no question that the higher education world has gone through significant changes over the past few years. From advancements in technology to evolving societal needs, colleges and universities have had to continuously reassess their approach to teaching.  With that in mind, one of the most notable changes impacting higher education is the shift to hybrid and remote learning. This transition has brought on many new challenges that only technology can solve – with audio being at the centre of it all. As students and faculty continue to navigate the hybrid world, high-quality audio te ..read more

One of the many unwelcome consequences of the dramatic increase in Middle East tensions since last autumn has been a surge in potential new pressure points for global supply chains – a fear made more acute by the fact that supply problems accruing during the three previous years relating to Covid have only recently subsided. In particular, the sudden restriction of access to Red Sea routes was bound to have a significant impact on the transportation of goods. Recent JP Morgan research revealed that 30% of global container trade passes through the Suez Canal – the artificial waterway that conne ..read more

AV networking has come a long way since its infancy, having moved into the mature, stable phase of its lifecycle. While there are still valid use cases for connector-specific applications like HDMI and XLR, many products now eschew legacy-style connectors in favour of only featuring RJ-45 or USB-C. [Click here for more on USB-C.] While connecting devices to the network is increasingly approaching true “plug and play” functionality, there’s still a lot of planning and consideration needed to run AV over the network successfully.  NETWORK CHALLENGESOne of the biggest challenges of networki ..read more