International News

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia – Singapore-based ProAktiv Systems supplied and installed an EAW speaker system with Powersoft amplification at the Elements Club and Lounge.

AMSTERDAM – The Digital Media Centre (DMC), a provider of channel playout services, TV distribution and content delivery, has upgraded its intercom system with a communications system from Riedel Communications that includes a Riedel Artist digital matrix intercom installation with VoIP telephone and mobile radio integration.

STOURBRIDGE, U.K. – Stage Audio Services, which supplies live audio production for events ranging from TV shows and sports events to touring, has become the U.K.'s first rental purchaser of the Renkus-Heinz IC Live digitally steerable array system.

BOGATA – Colombia's 200th anniversary celebration at Plaza de Bolivar was hard to miss, with Sonic Design deploying Adamson gear and sending audio from alternating sides of the plaza, and 390,000 lumens projected onto Colombia's National Capitol, Justice Palace and surrounding buildings.

ESSEN, Germany – A production of Buddy – The Buddy Holly Musical at Colosseum Theatre, which used a revolving stage designed to look like a record player for the band and singers, relied on Aviom's Pro64 audio networking gear for audio connectivity.

PARIS – After re-forming in 2009, Irish rock band The Cranberries embarked on a 2010 European Summer Tour. Their audio setup included a DiGiCo SD8 digital mixing console, manned by Oliver Waring at monitors.

GUANGZHOU, China – The Guangzhou Opera House has become one of China's three biggest theatres and includes an 1,800-seat theatre and a 400-seat venue. Both have been equipped with L-Acoustics sound gear supplied by Chinese distributor Rightway Audio Consultants and installed by Leifull Light and Sound Enterprises.

NORTH JAKARTA, Indonesia – A new performance space at Indonesia's University of Bunda Mulia (UBM) has been equipped with a Midas PRO6. Chossy Pratama, a musician and recording engineer, oversaw the install of the console, provided through local Midas distributor PT Gracia Auvindo.

MAINZ, Germany – Pro Musik provided sound reinforcement for the RPR1 Rheinland-Pfalz Open Air 2010 festival, which drew more than 50,000 with Robin Gibb of the Bee-Gees and Gabriella Cilmi headlining.

INSTANBUL, Turkey – When the gig is to provide sound reinforcement for more than 150 of the world's best debating teams, you don't want to raise any points of contention about the audio gear. Turkish PA provider Art Production Event Technologies got the last word in with their new iLive system.

TRIANON, MAURITIUS – Church Team Ministries International (CTMI), which hosts an annual international conference along with services every Sunday, built a new 4,000-seat auditorium to meet its growing needs. Durban, South Africa-based Northwind Recording provide the sound system, which includes an Aviom Pro16 Digital Snake.

SCARBOROUGH, U.K. – Europe's largest open-air theatre – opened in the 1930s and set on an island in the middle of a lake near the British seacoast – has been restored more than 40 years after the last staged musical production was performed.