Obsidian Control Systems introduces the Netron FS16, a network switch designed for lighting professionals who require solid, reliable connectivity under the demands of live production.
ARAM, Poland’s largest event technology company, built a rig of GLP JDC Burst 1, JDC2 IP, Creos and WildBar 16 for one of the country’s biggest hip-hop festivals, with fixtures designers already ask for on their riders.
During the first summer season of the MoonPay X Games League (XGL) in Sacramento, California, OSA International debuted the Rebel Line 16 linear tilt bars from Elation in the event's largest music production to date, featuring nightly concerts.
Lighting designer Giovanni Pinna used 26 CHAUVET Professional Maverick Storm 3 BeamWash and 55 Color STRIKE M, imported by Zalight and serviced by Agora, to hold their own against a giant video backdrop on Tiziano Ferro’s stadium tour.
Sony Corporation and Berlin Phil Media (BPM) have entered into a co-creation partnership focused on audiovisual production for the performing arts, remastering the Philharmonic's archive, exploring new ways to engage audiences, and researching the development and capabilities of musicians.
Broadcast audio engineer Matt Manix explains how the DCA901 microphone array reduces the amount of equipment required, enables software-based coverage adjustments, and captures audience reactions at concerts, festivals, and televised productions.
The NAMM Show 2027 will debut the TEC Tracks Live Sound Summit on Wednesday, January 27, a half-day event bringing together leading FOH engineers and technical professionals to explore the challenges and opportunities facing the live sound industry.
ISLE 2027 has opened visitor registration for its next edition, taking place from 3 to 5 March in Shenzhen, China. The exhibition will bring together more than 1,000 exhibitors across 80,000 m², with dedicated areas for LED displays, audiovisual technologies, systems integration and conferencing solutions.
US rock band Bleachers, fronted by singer and producer Jack Antonoff, are on tour following the May release of their fifth studio album, Everyone for Ten Minutes. Designer Tobias Rylander has chosen 30 Robe SVOPATT fixtures for an analogue look.
The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), part of Edith Cowan University in Perth, has upgraded its performance spaces with DiGiCo consoles, L-Acoustics loudspeakers, Fourier transform.engine processors and KLANG:vokal systems.
Spark, the creative technology event born within ISE, has opened registration for its second edition, which will take place on 3 and 4 February 2027 in Hall 8 of Fira de Barcelona Montjuïc, with more than 2,500 m² of exhibition space and two stages.
Bobby Aitken has built the sound of “Pride” on Meyer Sound systems at Cardiff’s Sherman Theatre and the National Theatre’s Dorfman. As the musical moves to London’s Bridge Theatre, he is reshaping the design, with LEOPARD line arrays for the first time.
Willie Williams of Rebus designed the production and Cate Carter lit it, with tour LD Tess Falcone, using CHAUVET Professional Color STRIKE M and STRIKE 1 fixtures for strobe, wash and audience light across arenas and stadiums.
Maranatha Community Church has opened a new 5,500-seat campus in Kempton Park, north-east of Johannesburg, equipped with Africa's first permanent L-Acoustics L-ISA system. Supplied and installed by DWR Distribution, the system is built entirely around A Series loudspeakers.
D&P Audiovisual installed 640 m² of YES TECH LED for Antonis Remos’ free 30th anniversary concert in Thessaloniki, in front of more than 300,000 people. Hours earlier, a storm knocked the transparent MT screen about, yet every panel came back on.
Jonny “Famous” Williams, front-of-house engineer for Sir Rod Stewart for the past two and a half years, has switched to a Solid State Logic Live L650, supplied by Sound Image (Clair Global Group), for the North American tour, with a rack full of SSL analogue processing.
PLASA has partnered with LIVE Green to launch its 2026 Sustainability Survey, an initiative examining awareness, attitudes and actions relating to sustainability and carbon emissions reduction across the entertainment and event technology sector.
