The “Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino” hosted the return of Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story one hundred years after his birth (from 13 to 22 December). This musical theatre masterpiece is one of the most loved shows still performed today.

Elation Professional is pleased to announce that two of its talented young employees, Anthony Velazquez and Shawn Butcher, have assumed new roles as Product Specialists effective from the start of the year. Velazquez has been named Antari Product Specialist while Butcher assumes the role of Control Product Specialist, which encompasses Elation’s new Obsidian Control Systems line of professional lighting control products.  
 

Sometimes we think we've been attending CES since before we were born.

O.K., that's an exaggeration.

But we can't remember when the holidays – Chanukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, whatever – weren't sidelined to make good products/services look great and great ones look stupendous for the world's biggest consumer technology unveiling event.

Coinciding with its 40th anniversary year, Genelec (booth 18501) recently announced the founding of the Genelec Dr. Ilpo Martikainen Audio Visionary Scholarship, offered annually to U.S. graduate students in the field of audio engineering who are members of the Audio Engineering Society (AES). The scholarship, in the amount of $5000, is being offered in association with the Audio Engineering Society Education Foundation to students who have a passion of advancing audio through innovation and technology development.

 With increasing demands on resources, budgets, and the rapid adoption of IP and distributed production, broadcasters are more reliant than ever on tools that allow them to remain focused on creating great content. TSL Products’ Advanced Broadcast Control Systems bring complex systems under a single point of control and minimizes operational complexity, allowing staff to deliver high-quality outputs with minimal risk of error. Since each company has its own workflow, TSL has implemented a worldwide Training Program to ensure that users are armed with the knowledge to implement the full capabilities of the system, and to help engineers understand how it can be configured to assist with existing and future projects.

Kona is a vibrant technical production company located in a hilly industrial area in Mexico State, just on the northern outskirts of Mexico City which was founded by the charismatic Andres Marroquin in 2012.

Immersive audio is one of the most exciting developments in pro and consumer audio, thanks to its ability to place listeners in the middle of a remarkably realistic 3D audio environment. To aid in the understanding of this growing segment, Genelec (booth 18501) now offers its free “Immersive Solutions” guidebook, which provides a practical overview of principles, formats and technical considerations involved in immersive audio reproduction along with recommended Genelec speakers, system configurations and software utilities. The guidebook can be downloaded at https://www.genelec.com/immersive.

DirectOut’s new PRODIGY.MP multifunction audio processor follows the successful launch of its sister product, the PRODIGY.MC – a revolutionary modular audio converter that spearheaded the recent introduction of the PRODIGY Series.

Clear-Com® has appointed Rachel Archibald as its new Director of Marketing, demonstrating the company’s continued investment in global marketing to support ongoing growth.

TASCAM has introduced the next generation of their acclaimed line of professional grade handheld recorders, the DR-X Series. The natural evolution of TASCAM's highly successful handheld recorders, the DR-X Series marks a dramatic update to these recorders' already robust feature sets.

CEO of Atomos, Jeromy Young, said, “Atomos and RED are now further aligned to make more advanced video recording technology more affordable with no compromise to creative freedom.  RED have always been at the forefront of digital cinema technology and propelled the industry forward at an astounding rate.  We are excited to be able to now work closely with RED, not only by utilising some of their key intellectual property, but in joining forces with them on future products.”

British rockers Bring Me The Horizon kicked off the European leg of their First Love World Tour in November 2018 to promote the release of their sixth studio album, entitled ‘amo’ – the Latin word for ‘I love’. Seeing this as a great opportunity to showcase the band’s new music with greater transparency and enhanced LF definition, the band’s sound team decided to take the d&b KSL System on the road for one of its first ever major tours.
 

London UK lighting and visuals rental specialist Colour Sound Experiment supplied lighting and LED screens for the recent tour by UK rockers You Me At Six, which promoted their latest album VI. The tour also celebrated 10 years since their first album Take Off Your Colours catapulted them to the top of the charts, launching a subsequently highly productive and successful career with some great music.
 

Lighting designer Wouter Verbeke chose Robe fixtures to be at the core of his cool and interesting lighting design for a high impact gig by Belgian band Arsenal at Antwerp’s famous Lotto Arena.
 

Blackmagic Design today announced that Swansea City Association Football Club (AFC) has developed its own streaming platform, SwansTV Live, with a live workflow featuring the Blackmagic URSA Broadcast and Smart Videohub 12G 40x40 router.  Joining the English Football League (EFL) Championship at the start of the 2018-19 season created a new opportunity for the football club. It could now consider live streaming its own content, something that hadn’t been an option whilst in the Premier League.