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06 June 2025

UK - Solstice AV has announced the latest addition to its leadership team, with the appointment of Louise Abbey as the company’s new marketing director.

Louise brings more than 20 years of B2B marketing knowledge and experience to the company, having held senior positions across vendor, distributor, and reseller organisations operating in the fast-paced ICT sector. Louise will lead the company’s marketing strategy, working as a key advisor to the board and collaborating with Solstice’s vendor and reseller partners to unlock new opportunities and drive mutual profitability.

Based at Solstice AV’s Gloucestershire headquarters, Louise’s appointment follows recent milestones for Solstice AV, including the recent appointment of Chris Ball as chief finance & operating officer, plus UK distribution partnerships with LED display leader LianTron

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06 June 2025

Germany - d&b audiotechnik has introduced Create.Control, a standalone software that opens the creative possibilities of the d&b Soundscape ecosystem to a wider range of users.

With Create.Control, the creative freedom of object-based mixing now gets its own space, enabling sound designers, engineers, and creatives to explore extensive features in an independent environment - whether in pre-production or during a live show. Users can design and prepare projects offline, adding a new layer of flexibility and creative workflow to the d&b system across churches, theatres, and concert halls.

Create.Control brings peace of mind to system engineers working with guest engineers and creatives. By having a dedicated native software for the mixer, there is no longer the need to share the R1 system interface to creatively work with Soundscape. While

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06 June 2025

Spain - Madrid is packed with nightlife options to suit any taste and any budget. With so much choice, clubs and bars in the city need to work hard to stand out, and Ayala 120 is doing just that. 

Nestled discreetly in Madrid's exclusive Salamanca district, between Goya and Manuel Becerra, Ayala 120 seamlessly blends elements of a sultry nightclub, high end cocktail bar, and lively salsa club, making it a go-to spot for those looking to party late into the night. 

With a capacity of 300 and music playing from 7pm until 6am most days, the club needs a reliable and memorable sound system to keep the dancefloor full and to ensure customers keep coming back. To make this happen, the owners looked to high-end loudspeaker manufacturer Renkus-Heinz.

“Our goal was to transform the customer experience from ordinary to extraordinary by providing an

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06 June 2025

USA - Bose Professional has announced the global availability of the Forum series multipurpose loudspeakers. The Bose Professional Forum series offers fidelity and high output in a compact, install-friendly form factor.

“Forum full-range coaxial point-source loudspeakers are incredibly clear and loud, delivering outsized performance in an ultra-compact enclosure that solves the most common issues designers and installers face,” said Shawn Watts, director of product management, Bose Professional.

“Forum raises the bar by combining precision engineering with the installation flexibility required to configure mounting options on the fly. The proprietary Beamwidth Matching Waveguide ensures signature Bose Professional sound quality, delivering consistent frequency response, clarity, and projection, while the surprisingly small cabinets can be rotat

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06 June 2025

USA - EAW has added the UXA4807D to its successful installation amplifier line. The new addition will debut at InfoComm 2025.

UXA installation amplifiers offer onboard processing that includes FIR and limiter settings called greyboxes. Greyboxes come preloaded and can be assigned to each output from a pull-down menu using intuitive software. Ample user-adjustable EQ, limiter/compressor and delay settings are available to fine tune the installation.

“Through the creation of the UXA Installation Series and specifically the UXA4807D, we are making it easier and faster to specify and integrate EAW systems,” says TJ Smith, president of EAW. “We understand that today’s consultants and integrators do not have time to review mountains of specifications and download settings. EAW UXA installation amplifiers save time during specification, integration

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06 June 2025

The Netherlands – PPDS has announced the appointment of AV/IT specialist Marco van der Knaap as its new global product manager of Philips LED displays.

With a 25-year career dedicated almost exclusively to LED, Marco will support the team in navigating the marketplace, continuing to position the expanding Philips direct view LED displays range in line with PPDS’ global strategy and growth ambitions. He is based in Amsterdam and reports to Jeroen Brants, global product director for LED at PPDS.

Marco comments: “I am thrilled to join PPDS and to take on the responsibility of growing the Philips LED business. With Philips' strong brand presence and the support of an exceptional team, I see tremendous potential to deliver ever more innovative solutions that exceed customer expectations worldwide. PPDS shares an unparalleled commitment to bringing i

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06 June 2025

Malaysia - HK Audio helped set the tone for a high-profile celebration at the Majlis Sambutan Aidilfitri Madani 2025, held on 19 April at Stadium Perpaduan Petra Jaya in Kuching. The event brought together a mix of cultural performances and official speeches in front of thousands of attendees, including Malaysia’s Prime Minister, the Premier of Sarawak and other senior officials - all supported by a powerful and precise HK Audio sound system.

With a venue of this scale and significance, speech intelligibility and full-range musical clarity were critical. To meet the challenge, the sound for the event was handled by Authentic Ideas and Events Enterprise (AIEE), which deploying an HK Audio Cosmo concert sound system, with additional HK Audio LTSA and L SUB 4000A for out-fill coverage. The result was consistent, high-definition sound across every cor

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06 June 2025

UK - The Crosville Social Club in the North Wales city of Bangor is a multi-use venue whose origins lie in traditional working-class social club culture. Formerly the after-work haunt of the city’s bus-drivers, the club has evolved into a community hub, providing facilities for a broad range of events. Its membership and clientele crosses the generations, and the club’s continued existence owes much to its forward-thinking outlook.

Whether promoting its regular traditional staples of cabaret, comedy and bingo, or hosting DJ sessions, live bands and wide-ranging private events, the club remains committed to sustaining a cultural hub for the whole community. As the scope of its ambitions has broadened, so the need for high quality technical provision has developed.

Good audio is crucial to supporting the club’s varied programme and following a re

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05 June 2025

Greece - Over two days, hosted by the Megaron – Athens Concert Hall, leaders of European live performance organisations came together in the Greek capital where the 69th Pearle* Conference discussed urgent challenges and opportunities for the sector.

Recent data from the Eurobarometer shows that 88% of Europeans believe artistic freedom matters and while three out of four citizens trust that artists can freely express themselves, cultural organisations increasingly report growing pressure, self-censorship and fragile autonomy.

A panel on freedom of artistic expression in a polarised world, brought together distinguished academics, lawyers and cultural practitioners to unravel the mechanisms behind polarisation, threats of censorship, and ways to safeguard artistic autonomy and freedom of creation.

Participants also explored avenues for stre

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05 June 2025

Hungary - Lightware is reaffirming its commitment to education through continued investment in its various professional development initiatives. More than a corporate strategy, this commitment reflects Lightware’s core values that knowledge should be freely available to empower the next generation of AV professionals.

“At Lightware, we believe in sharing knowledge, not gatekeeping it,” says Gergely Vida, CEO of Lightware. “Education is central to our mission.”

The company’s learning ecosystem is built to meet professionals where they are, whether in a classroom, a meeting room or from behind a screen. Lightware Academy, the e-learning platform which launched in Q4 of 2023, has attracted over 9,000 users worldwide since it went live. During this time, these users have collectively completed more than 18,000 courses, a testament to the popu

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05 June 2025

UK - Adlib has confirmed the completion of the supply and installation of the stage engineering systems for the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow, which is due to reopen in August 2025, with a full season programme launching in September 2025.

The Adlib team has been working in partnership with architectural practice Bennetts Associates, specialist technical design consultancy Theatreplan, and Kier Construction on the new building, which is set to be a vibrant hub at the heart of the Gorbals community.

This ambitious project is the first comprehensive redevelopment of the building since it began life as a working theatre in 1878. The goal has been to ensure that the Citizens Theatre is accessible to everyone, while retaining its distinct Victorian features.

The technical infrastructure has been designed to support more performances than ever before

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05 June 2025

Spain - Barcelona’s historic El Molino, a former cabaret theatre and a cultural landmark for more than 100 years, reopened in October 2024 following renovations and a total refresh of its installed sound, lighting and stage technologies. The club, which presents music, stand-up comedy and other entertainment five nights a week, now features a Solid State Logic Live L100 Plus mixing console at front-of-house that is tightly integrated with the venue’s new immersive audio speaker system.

El Molino’s technical director, Ramon Sendra Entrena, a 20-year live sound veteran, was tasked in late 2024 with equipping the venue, which Mayor Jaume Collboni called “a symbol of Barcelona’s vibrant artistic soul” during its reopening ceremonies. The principal challenge, Sendra says, “was implementing high-quality audio in a relatively compact auditorium that m

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05 June 2025

UK - Chase and Status headed out on their ambitious live tour across some of the UK’s biggest arenas with a ROE video screen and MoveKet automation package from PRG UK.

After the release of 2024’s Backbone catapulted Chase and Status back into the cultural zeitgeist, the highly anticipated UK tour has seen the duo go from strength to strength. Bringing a high-energy rave to arenas this size requires something special for the production.

At the Co-op Live in Manchester, the clear centre piece of the stage is the unusual ‘Letterbox’ LED upstage screen, supported by MoveKet automation to reveal the band as the show kicks off and create dynamic movement throughout the set. ROE Vanish V8T panels were used to build the 27m wide x 4m deep structure, chosen for the strong colour depth, and the 50% transparency means the lighting can be integ

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05 June 2025

UK - Global Crowd Management Alliance (GCMA) has published Words Matter: The Language of Crowds, a new guide designed to improve how professionals and the public talk about crowds, especially during and after major incidents.

The guide defines key terms used in crowd safety work, highlights common misunderstandings, and offers clear distinctions between proactive crowd management and reactive crowd control. It addresses the media’s role in shaping public perception and calls for greater accuracy and care in the language used to describe crowd-related events.

“Terms like ‘panic’ and ‘stampede’ are often used within minutes of a tragedy,” said Anne Marie Chebib, chair of The United Kingdom Crowd Management Association, a founding partner of GCMA. “But these words are not only vague, they can mislead investigations, distort publ

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05 June 2025

USA - Clear-Com’s FreeSpeak II beltpacks are at the heart of an outdoor tracking sequence in the Broadway revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Blvd., directed by Jamie Lloyd. This cinematic, real-time scene begins backstage at the St. James Theatre and spills out onto West 44th Street, with the production captured live on a massive LCD screen. The ambitious sequence, involving 62 cast and crew members, requires precision timing, flawless communication, and robust technology to execute every night.

Clear-Com plays a crucial role in providing seamless communication among the diverse team as they manage complex logistics outdoors while ensuring perfect synchronisation with the orchestra indoors. The real-time coordination required for this performance includes crowd control, outdoor route adjustments, and security, tasks made possible only with

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05 June 2025

Australia - The new National Communication Museum (NCM) recently opened its doors in Melbourne, showcasing a series of dynamic displays with a system by Pharos Architectural Controls to connect audiences with the artefacts, stories and technologies that played a fundamental part in the history of communication.

The museum has been transformed by award-winning architects, Carr, from a 1930s telephone exchange building on the grounds of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people in Hawthorn, into an interactive exhibition with two floors of immersive displays.

The exhibition explores how technology shapes us, showcasing integral technologies from the past alongside the cutting-edge advancements that will connect us in the future. Offering hands-on experiences and nostalgic artefacts for all ages, NCM provides a fascinating and welcoming space to explore the lan

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05 June 2025

USA - Martin Audio returns to this year’s InfoComm 2025 where it will be joined by sister brands, Linea Research, Optimal Audio and TiMax at Booth #5843. Martin Audio also promises a major visitor attraction at the booth, and at the same time will join forces with TiMax for a series of live presentations in audio demo room W224F (which starts a day earlier).

Alongside their strongest ever product line-up, Martin Audio is revving up the excitement with The FlexPoint Pitstop Challenge. Visitors are invited to test their speed and skill in rotating the driver on the flagship FlexPoint loudspeaker, the FP8. The contestant with the fastest time recorded over the four-day event will be crowned the ultimate speed champion and receive a prize package valued at $10,000.

Away from the booth - which will provide the first showing of the new Adorn A80

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05 June 2025

USA - Spatial audio brand TiMax will launch extended mixing console integration for TiMax panLab on Booth 5843 at InfoComm 2025. TiMax panLab now supports integration with Allen & Heath desks in addition to those already supported, including DiGiCo, Yamaha, Midas, and Behringer.

The launch marks another milestone on TiMax panLab’s product development roadmap as it seeks to democratise entry-level access to spatial audio. The platform remains as the only spatial audio rendering software to integrate with customers’ existing hardware.

The TiMax team will be on hand to discuss the recent deployment of TiMax SoundHub at the TED Conference filmed in Vancouver, Canada, and the latest updates in TiMax SoundHub and TiMax TrackerD4.

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05 June 2025

USA - Powersoft’s 30th anniversary tour continues at InfoComm 2025, with the Italian company planning a dynamic showcase of its latest technological innovations on booth 6260.

Founded in 1995 by Luca and Claudio Lastrucci and Antonio Peruch, Powersoft has over the past 30 years grown from a passion project into one of the world’s most respected audio technology brands.

“Our 30th anniversary is a celebration of our history and a reaffirmation of our commitment to innovation,” says Powersoft CEO Luca Lastrucci. “Every milestone we’ve achieved is thanks to the strong relationships we’ve built with our global community of distributors, integrators and customers, particularly in the United States, where our footprint continues to expand. We’re thrilled to mark this moment at InfoComm 2025, and we warmly invite attendees to visit our booth.

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04 June 2025

Germany - Void Acoustics has announced NEEC Audio Deutschland as an additional new distributor and partner to its existing partner Event Integrator in Germany.

As a subsidiary of existing Spanish Void distributor NEEC Iberia, NEEC Audio Deutschland has the same pro AV market focus as its parent brand. Target German markets include hospitality, hotels, restaurants, retail and corporate.

NEEC Audio Deutschland distributes a range of audio solutions including Void products, serving a network of over 150 integrators in the German AV market with Pro AV products and solutions.

Void’s specialist product offering for smaller venues and hospitality spaces has seen sizeable demand recently, including the compact Cyclone range of speakers and the Indigo series. NEEC De will offer these products as well as the extended Void range for system integration