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Barco Technology Day
Technology Barco Technology Day: Going Live The fine people at Barco bought their newest products for live production and three international product experts to Sydney and Melbourne this October for Barco Technology Day. Jason Allen dropped in to get their perspectives on the current directions in display and control for events. By Jason Allen. Barco…
Read MoreTech Tools: It’s not about you – Attitude
Tech Tools It’s not about you – Attitude By Simon Byrne. Recently one of my regular clients made the observation that I seem to place great importance on the attitude of my crew. I asked “What do you mean?” She responded with “you seem to hire staff with a can do, polite and friendly approach…
Read MoreIntegrate 2017 – All the latest in Disruptive AV Tech on show in Melbourne
TRADESHOWS Integrate 2017 opened in Melbourne on 28 August with a queue at the door and a flood of visitors. After convergence has vanquished the large format matrix switcher, the next frontier in disruption is control – will we see a hardware-less future for our AV control systems? Jason Allen was on the show floor……
Read MoreBiz Talk: Sliced or Dazzled? Get slowly baked in a dud franchise
REGULARS Sliced or Dazzled? Get slowly baked in a dud franchise By Julius Grafton. Dominos Pizza is in trouble with its investors who loved that the stock hit $80 a share and now cry as the stock is falling under $40. Led by a charismatic CEO, Dominos painted a pretty picture of rising profits and…
Read MoreStudio: Listen Here – The Parallel Universe
REGULARS Parallel compression is neither complicated nor scary, and it’s one of the most important tools in a mix engineer’s arsenal. With the world seemingly obsessed with heavily slammed digital mixes it’s crucial for mix engineers – whether they like it or not – to compress audio signals to unprecedented levels. Here’s how. By Andy…
Read MoreAustralian Commercial & Entertainment Technologies Association Convention
REGULARS A Vital New Resource is set to Indelibly Impact the Industry Calendar – And We Won’t Look Back By Frank Hinton. For some time, ACETA has been reporting the development of the inaugural industry convention initiative. The point has now been reached where core aspects are finalised and in the weeks ahead comprehensive details,…
Read MoreNew Event Management Team for Helpmann Awards
NEWS New Event Management Team for Helpmann Awards – David Atkins steps up Live Performance Australia (LPA), announced its new production team for the 2018-2020 Helpmann Awards events. David Atkins OAM (pictured) has been appointed Artistic Director with Will Sheehan as Executive Producer and Dawn Martin as Production Director. LPA Chief Executive Evelyn Richardson said…
Read MoreRidiculously low numbers of female techies. Why?
February saw a record 2,536 attend the ENTECH Roadshow, of which just 4.5% were female. This spurred some commentary as to whether it represents female participation in entertainment technical roles – or whether ENTECH isn’t considered welcoming. “It is a very obvious trend in the technical production community”, said Kat Grandquist, who is studying tech…
Read MoreCX goes Digital Free
CX was one the only fully paid circulation trade mags in the world until this month when we went digital free. It was a decision made some time ago and timed for the inflection point where advertising revenue fell below a trigger. This sounds illogical. Wouldn’t we be chasing every dollar, especially readership money, to…
Read MoreVulture Gorges on Pizza
Biz Talk: Inside the Eagle Boys disaster By Julius Grafton As an ex roadie I have a healthy interest in pizza and beer. The former is of course easy road food, and Eagle Boys was one of the more ubiquitous franchise chains, behind dominant Dominoes and Pizza Hut, purveyors of the best Hawaiian pizza in…
Read MoreDeath of a son
By Stuart Milne Early in 2015 I took 95-specialist crew to Baku, Azerbaijan to work on the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the European Games. This was after successfully supplying crew to London 2012, Sochi 2014 and Glasgow 2014. I was on-site Administrator for all these projects and again for Baku. None of us really…
Read MoreV.E.T. Training is Dead
Forget about V.E.T. Courses – look to Higher Education instead Slowly the stories emerge about college recruiters stalking disadvantaged people at Centrelink, offering $50 cash and a laptop if they sign on for a ‘free’ Vocational Education and Training (V.E.T.) course. What happened next is astounding. The government would pay the college in full for…
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