AED group, the European AV equipment banker with Headquarters in Willebroek (Belgium) is active all over the world and has offices in 5 countries in the EU (BE,NL,FR,DE,UK) covering more than 50,000 m², handles over 50,000 rental vouchers realizes 15,000 sales of professional AV equipment.

Globecast, the global solutions provider for media, has been chosen by The Africa Channel to provide media management, playout and distribution services for its channel across the US from its Culver City, CA, Media Centre.

Panasonic today announced a new professional camcorder in the CX Series, the AG-CX10 Memory Card Camera Recorder, the industry's smallest and lightest 4K 50p/60p camcorder. Packed into a compact body and offering the mobility and portability demanded by professionals, the new camcorder is the first to include built-in Wi-Fi for remote control and will start shipping from April 2020.

Luc Lafortune held a lecture of great cultural interest, called "Art and Poetry in Stage Lighting", on 5 December 2013 in Saint Petersburg. This exclusive event was held on the beautiful, modern "New Stage" in the Alexandrinsky Theatre by the theatre's managerial staff itself, with the cooperation of TDM Stage Equipment and the Italian company Clay Paky, a world leader in the production of professional stage lighting equipment. The event media partners were the "Evening Petersburg" newspaper, the main Russian media and state television.

One of the most popular live bands in music history, The Allman Brothers Band is currently in the midst of its annual residency at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. For this year’s 11-show stretch, Lititz, Pennsylvania-based Clair Global is providing two HARMAN Studer Vista 5 SR digital consoles for front of house and monitor mixing.

3ality Digital, world leader in advanced technologies to empower creative digital stereoscopic 3D acquisition, has been chosen to supply its systems for the highly anticipated film THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, which is now in production from Columbia Pictures and will be released on July 3, 2012. Directed by Marc Webb, the film is using 3ality Digital’s new TS-5 wireless and handheld beamsplitter mirror rig.

The American University in Cairo is revamping its curriculum as the country prepares for HD broadcasting. Faculty and students in the Kamal Adham Center for Television and Digital Journalism, starting in September will have access to a broadcast grade HD television studio built around Blackmagic Design products, including the ATEM 2 M/E Production Switcher and ATEM 2 M/E Broadcast Panel.

Maarten’s Sound & Vision, Merging Technologies’ distributor for the Netherlands, recently delivered a 6th Ovation system to the Amsterdam Music Theatre.

Dave Rimmington is a lighting cameraman who, during his BBC and freelance career, has worked on drama, studio productions, sport and music OBs, news and current affairs; he won an award from The Royal Television Society for his work in 2010. Rimmington recently tested an L7-C ARRI L-Series LED fixture on a music video shoot and what follows is his detailed review of the lamphead, reproduced by kind permission of Zerb, the journal of The Guild of Television Cameramen.

The world’s best designers gathered at the Aalto-Theatre in Essen, Germany on the night of Monday, July 8th, for the official presentation of the 2019 Red Dot Awards. Among them were DPA Microphones’ Project Lead Rune Møller and R&D Manager Ole Moesmann, who received this prestigious Award on behalf of the company for its ground-breaking 6066 Subminiature Headset Microphone, which is a winner in the Product Design category.

At the end of 2019, after three years constantly on the road, Danish lighting, video and set designer Peter Fisker wanted to spend a bit more time at home! Fortuitously … a part-time teaching post became available at EUC Nord in Frederikshavn, who needed a tutor for the lighting module of their well-known and respected Event Technician’s course. The college administration asked if he was interested in applying, and he jumped at the chance as this would enable him to stay home part of the year … whilst also retaining the flexibility of touring and lighting shows via his design company, HeCameToEat.

The third annual Asia Corporate Excellence & Sustainability Awards (ACES) was held at Shangri-La, Singapore on 17th November. The ACES Awards is organised by MORS Group, which champions revolutionary leadership and sustainability in companies operating in the Asian region. The function was graced by Founder of Kaden Boriss and Chairman of ACES Awards, Mr. Hemant K Batra who was also on hand to present the Awards to their proud recipients.

Australian audio-visual specialist aids growth by adding A Series to existing inventory

The Australian Pink Floyd Show (TAPFS), a cover band for the iconic Pink Floyd, is fully equipped with a diverse range of HARMAN’s AKG microphones for its band members. Having sold over four million tickets in 35 countries, The Australian Pink Floyd Show is currently touring the globe over the course of five months to bring its ‘Gold Standard’ to the rest of the world.

Vizrt, a leading provider of story production tools for digital media publishers, will demonstrate its story editing and publishing tool for the first time in Europe at IBC 2016 stand 7.A20.