Clear-Com®, a global leader in critical voice-communication systems, equipped WLS-TV, an ABC-owned television station, with reliable communications capability for the broadcast of the 2011 Magnificent Mile  Lights Festival, the country’s largest evening holiday celebration. WLS-TV used two Clear-Com Tempest®900

September 15, 2011 was an important day for Moscow and indeed the entire theatre community of Russia: the day marked the opening of Moscow’s historic Theatre of Nations following a 4-year reconstruction period.

The annual Belgrade Jazz Festival brings together some of the world's best jazz musicians, and this year’s season kicked off in the Great Hall of Belgrade's Sava Center, with a performance by legendary jazz guitarist, Pat Metheny. Once again with the 27th edition, sound and lighting specialists Studio Berar were entrusted with providing full technical support and they turned to HARMAN’s JBL VERTEC® VT4888 midsize line array elements and a Soundcraft Vi6 digital FOH console as their main sound reinforcement components.

Located in Toowoomba, Queensland, the Empire Theatre is the largest regional theatre in Australia and is both a fine example of art deco architecture and a vibrant home to the region’s performing arts. With main stage seating for over 1500 and smaller venues available for more intimate performances, the Empire Theatre is a state-of-the-art facility for concerts, dance and theatre.

Sound engineer Matt Saunders relied on a variety of DPA microphones, provided by UK distributor Sound Network, for the Colourscape music festivals on Clapham Common, London, and in Turku, Finland, during its European Capital of Culture celebrations this year.

NOA Audio Solutions today announced that Mexico's National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples (CDI) has purchased two NOA audio-visual media digitization systems for its "Mediateka" project, which aims to preserve the complete cultural heritage of Mexico's indigenous peoples in a national archive.

SNRT, the Moroccan public broadcaster, deployed a newly acquired fly away production solution from EVS for the coverage of the International Film Festival of Marrakech. The new solution has been recently implemented to produce in-house programmes in High Definition and to streamline multicam operations.

The award-winning wysiwyg software suite from CAST Software of Toronto, Canada was recently the “steering” force of the creative vision behind the 125th anniversary of the first car. The world premiere, named “Autosymphonic”, was held on September 10, 2011 in Mannheim, Germany, the birthplace of the car, invented by Carl Benz in 1886.

Sound rental company, RG Jones has been producing sound reinforcement infrastructure for the challenging Raymond Gubbay Classical Spectaculars at the Royal Albert Hall since 1993.

Mongolian band AnDa Union are using DPA microphones on their current world tour to provide a powerful live sound for a large and wonderful variety of acoustic instruments. The band, who hail from Hohhot in China, formed in a mission to discover and perpetuate their Mongolian musical heritage, and have been performing worldwide for the past eight years. The mics were supplied by DPA’s UK distributor, Sound Network.

Wireless Solution Sweden AB was a sponsor for the recent Scenofest event in Prague. Scenofest is the educational project of OISTAT (International Organization of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians) and the Prague Quadrennial.

The early 18th century Brussels Opera House — known formally as Le Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie (Koninklijke Muntschouwburg) and colloquially as de Munt — has undergone a complete technical upgrade, centred on an Optocore optical network solution.

When travelling south from Taipei on one of the highways connecting the major cities in Taiwan, one has to inevitable pass through the city of Hsin-Chu. Hsin-Chu has one of the biggest industrial parks of Taiwan, most notably known for its electronics industry, nurtured by the local Universities. Far less known is the beautiful Hinterland of Hsin-Chu which only few of today’s travelers get to appreciate.

The organizers of the papal visit to Berlin, Freiburg and Erfurt used comprehensive communication and AV systems from Riedel Communications to ensure successful events. Riedel, one of the leading manufacturers of real-time networks for video, audio and communications delivered a solution that included digital trunked radios (TETRA), Artist digital matrix intercom, as well as the fiber based media network MediorNet and the digital audio network RockNet.

Radio Television Malaysia’s Orchestra celebrated their 50th Anniversary with a bang by being the first RTM production to be recorded in 5.1 Surround Sound. Under the direction of conductor Datuk Mokhzani Ismail a 50 piece orchestra performed their magic and mesmerized a full house audience in the historic Auditorium Perdana, Angkasapuri.