Staged in Las Vegas for the first time, the 2022 NFL Draft returned to its traditional three-day live event, broadcast by NFL Network and ESPN. To ensure a smooth production, NFL Network brought in their A-team. One key element of that was bringing in AY Productions to create and deploy the intercom system that connects […]

Paris, France, June, 2022 — Indochine’s Central Tour 2022 started May 21 with sold-out stadium shows across France, including stops in Bordeaux, Marseille, Lyon, and Lille. More than 97 000 fans gathered for their first performance in Paris and made for the largest crowd to date at Stade de France. The massive audio system for […]

The City of Mobile, Alabama, is at the center of the maritime, aerospace, tourism and healthcare industries along the Gulf Coast. Known as the birthplace of Mardi Gras, Mobile is home to more than 190,000 residents. The Mobile Municipal Court handles misdemeanors and traffic offenses. In early 2020, ongoing restrictions around COVID-19 required the municipal […]

The City of Mobile, Alabama, is at the center of the maritime, aerospace, tourism and healthcare industries along the Gulf Coast. Known as the birthplace of Mardi Gras, Mobile is home to more than 190,000 residents. The Mobile Municipal Court handles misdemeanors and traffic offenses. In early 2020, ongoing restrictions around COVID-19 required the municipal court system […]

The pandemic has made the return to touring complicated, as the three sisters toggle between amphitheaters, arenas, and clubs, but PRG’s K2 rig provides scalable performance in any setup HAIM’s current Women in Music Pt. III Tour—in support of their Grammy-nominated 2020 album of the same name—is the second international headlining jaunt by the acclaimed […]

Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ curtain call. Riedel Communications today announced that the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has deployed a new Riedel Artist digital matrix intercom network and Bolero wireless intercom system at its main auditorium: the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. To manage live performances of plays by Shakespeare, his contemporaries, […]

Los Gatos, CA – June 22, 2022 – BrightSign, LLC®, the global market leader in digital signage media players, today announced that its players are powering an unforgettable visitor destination that takes audiences behind the scenes of movie magic. Weta Workshop Unleashed! is an exciting new ‘part film set, part creative workshop’ attraction housed in the Sky […]

Dead & Company is back on the road for their 2022 Summer Tour which kicked off in mid-June at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. As they carry on the Grateful Dead tradition of using the latest innovations in sound reinforcement, the tour is powered by a system featuring Meyer Sound’s new PANTHER large-format linear line […]

The European Parliament (EP) is one of three legislative bodies of the European Union, a political and economic union of 27 member states. It’s also home to one of its seven institutions. Founded on September 10, 1952, Parliament is responsible for adopting European legislation. It is the European Union’s only directly elected institution. With 705 members, Parliament […]

In May 2021, in the middle of the restrictions due to the pandemic, the meeting of the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, also known as PPUE, was to be held in Porto (Portugal). The event was challenging in a particular context given the impossibility of traveling to Portugal. For this reason, […]

Installation of a massive exterior video display in the heart of downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) was recently completed at the intersection of S Figueroa St. and W Pico Blvd. The continuous LED video façade at Moxy and AC Hotel Downtown Los Angeles is located across from the LA Convention Center, L.A. LIVE, and Crypto.com Arena and extends about the length of […]

The Verge Aero drone team pulled off the seemingly impossible at this year’s Experiential Marketing Summit (EMS) at the MGM Grand Las Vegas – flying a drone show high above the ballroom right next to Harry Reid International Airport. Taking off from the MGM Grand parking garage – situated just a hundred yards from the […]

Carrie Underwood, Katy Perry, and Luke Bryan residencies—along with a limited engagement by Michael Bublé—inaugurate the Las Vegas Strip’s only permanent L-ISA installation The recent opening of the 5,000-capacity Resorts World Theatre, operated by Concerts West / AEG Presents, has already hosted residencies by Carrie Underwood, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan, making the Strip’s newest […]

The Citadel is one of six senior military colleges in the United States. On a 300-acre campus near downtown Charleston, South Carolina, it educates 2,300 undergraduate students in schools of Business, Education, Engineering, Mathematics, and Humanities within a classical military framework stressing leadership and character development. Bastin Hall, home to the Tommy and Victoria Baker […]

Anaheim, California (June 8, 2022) – The Citadel is one of six senior military colleges in the United States. On a 300-acre campus near downtown Charleston, South Carolina, it educates 2,300 undergraduate students in schools of Business, Education, Engineering, Mathematics, and Humanities within a classical military framework stressing leadership and character development. Bastin Hall, home to […]

The Publishing House portion of The Mother Church recently underwent renovations. The renovations include new permanent exhibits and an immersive Welcome Hall to the Visitor Center. “The Church wanted everything done right with the sound of the visitor experience” said Kevin Peterson, Senior Acoustic/Audio Consultant for SH Acoustics of Stamford, Connecticut. Luci Creative out of […]

Riedel Communications today announced that the Comédie-Française — the oldest active theater company in the world — has deployed Riedel’s Bolero wireless intercom system in a stand-alone configuration at its primary venue: the Salle Richelieu. In the theater, the Bolero system is replacing an existing wireless UHF intercom system used by technicians for daily production. […]

Situated on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts serves not only as a world-class venue for visiting artists and student ensembles but also as a hands-on learning facility for the school’s sound design programs. Last summer, the Center took a major leap ahead in furthering […]

The Technische Hochschule Lübeck – University of Applied Sciences – has upgraded its recording studio from 5.1 and stereo recording to more object-based immersive mixing, thanks to Genelec Smart Active Monitoring. The facility has been upgraded to provide the university’s students with hands-on experience of the latest recording techniques. Ralf-Ingo Koch, Information Technology and Design Lecturer, always puts […]

Almost 1,000 GLP lighting fixtures – a near record in terms of brand deployment – were called on when the 2021 Valorant Champions esports tournament (VCT 2021) reached its conclusion in Berlin. Organized by the video game developer Riot Games, 16 teams from around the world competed for the honor of champions. Held over a […]

Prestonwood Baptist Church’s main location in Plano, Texas, is an enormous facility that hosts 8,000 to 10,000 worshipers each weekend. The productions can match the scale of the attendance, with no detail overlooked – especially on the year’s major festival days, Easter and Christmas. The Gift of Christmas, the church’s annual seasonal production, is a visually […]

HIGHLAND, California – May 2022 – In April, Yaamava’ Resort & Casino, owned by the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians, opened its new 2,600-seat entertainment venue, the Yaamava’ Theater, topping off the property’s four-year, $760 million expansion. Meaning “spring” in Serrano, the Band’s native language, Yaamava’ is located in the L.A. exurb of Highland, […]

PORTLAND, Ore., May 26, 2022 — Established in 1932, City Church of Madison, Wisconsin, has a striking modernist exterior and a spacious, 800-seat, modern sanctuary with complete stage and AV production capabilities. For years, City Church has relied on live stage productions supported by multiple large video projection screens, professional lighting and a full pro-audio-quality […]

First established in 1891, First Baptist Concord (FBC) is a Knoxville-area church that has witnessed considerable change over its 130 years. One thing that remains the same, however, is the pastoral team’s commitment to personally connecting with its parishioners. Case in point, when FBC took on the renovation of its 25-year-old main Worship Center last […]

Noted artist and NFT pioneer Kevin McCoy is collaborating with tech giant LG Electronics to present his new works on the digital canvas of LG OLED TVs at the Frieze New York 2022 art fair. The ever-evolving generative works explore how technology enables new ways of creating and experiencing art – from traditional to digital […]

Located in Winter Park, Florida, Full Sail University is an award-winning educational leader offering programs designed for the world of entertainment media and emerging technologies. The university’s campus features over 880,000 square feet of real-world media production facilities. Full Sail graduates have worked behind the scenes for many of the world’s most well-known corporations and […]

At the beginning of April, the classic German TV series Verstehen Sie Spaß (which translates as ‘Do You Understand Fun?’) entered a new season, with the moderator duties transferring from the long-serving Guido Cantz to Barbara Schöneberger, and the entire production moving from its familiar Munich location to the Berlin studio. Lighting designer Thomas Gerdon, […]

Established in 2017, the Getty Music Sing! Worship Conference was designed not only to be a live event, but an experience that stays with you 365 days a year. Founder Keith Getty took inspiration from Martin Luther’s teachings and congregational led musical style, and initially created the musical worship conference to celebrate 500 years of […]

Rapper, singer, producer, and songwriter Illa J (aka John Yancey), is a hip hop artist whose production revolves around an extensive MIDI studio consisting of synthesizers, samplers, drum machines, sequencers, and more. With a background encompassing a wide range of albums, including Yancey Boys and John Yancey, along with numerous singles such as The Bakery […]

  Opening in late April to glowing reviews, Mr. Saturday Night stars Billy Crystal in an endearing musical adaptation of his self-directed 1992 film of the same name. To ensure Crystal’s rapid one-liners punch through clearly, and the music evenly blankets the 1,232-seat Nederlander Theater, Tony Award-winning sound designer Kai Harada crafted a custom-tailored reinforcement […]

Worre Studios is a state-of-the-art 25,000 square-foot facility that shifts virtual and traditional events into the future. Situated near the world-famous Las Vegas Strip, Worre Studios provides a unique approach for producers to reach a global audience in the most efficient and impressive ways. From live television broadcasts, product launches, live concerts, awards shows, press conferences, […]

With a nearly 17-year-old sound system and expanding audio needs, the City Council of Kaunas, Lithuania, decided it was time to update its busy Grand Hall meeting space with a high-performance sound solution from Renkus-Heinz. As a regional hub of the Lithuanian economic, academic and cultural life, the Grand Hall — within the city’s modernist, […]