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Staging Connections shock change as family takes over
Main picture: Freeman Chairman Don Freeman, Vice chair Carrie Freeman Parsons, and CEO Joe Popolo. A family company that values its employees. American events Goliath PSAV were gazumped by giant family owned firm Freeman last week. Suddenly Australia’s largest event services company has just one family owner, something the A$50 million firm has never had.…
Read MoreVale CX founding partner Caroline Fitzmaurice
6 June 1956 – 27 July 2015 CX and ENTECH co-founder Caroline Fitzmaurice died very quietly at sunset on July 27th aged 59 from brain cancer. Her family were there, pained yet knowing as her life ebbed. To me Caroline was the chick on the dance floor at a gig. Her first husband Colin Ford…
Read MoreRØDE Microphones Acquires Legendary Audio Innovator Aphex
Australian pro-audio company RØDE Microphones recently announced its acquisition of legendary audio technology manufacturer, Aphex. RØDE founder and Managing Director, Peter Freedman, announced the purchase of the US based company, well known for its range of audio signal processing equipment that features various proprietary technologies including the iconic “Aural Exciter”. Founded in the mid-1970s, Aphex…
Read MoreSydney Theatre Company Take Their Cues From Clear-Com
Live theatre is a form of shared ritual magic, in which the audience willingly suspends their disbelief in the artificiality of the performance in order to experience the full range of emotion and learn more about what it is to be human. This magic is delicate; a poorly timed set move or misfired lighting cue…
Read MoreNorwest Oceania And Dancing With The Stars NZ
In the words of Simon Garret, General Manager of Lighting at Norwest Oceania in Auckland, “New Zealand’s local version of Dancing With The Stars is a ‘magpie’ show; everywhere you point a camera, there’s bling! We’re pixel mapping the judge’s desk, 60 LED ParCans, a series of arches with LED strips and a set of…
Read MoreAmazing Expenses: Car Guy Clocks Up Costs
Fiat Chrysler Australia’s former boss misused more than $30 million in company funds, the firm alleges. Now the car company (FCA) is taking action in the Federal Court against former CEO Clyde Campbell. Amazingly the guy lifted sales fairly significantly and presumably the 30 mill was all counted as cost of sales – until they…
Read MoreThe Laycock Street Community Theatre Invests In d&b
Approximately seventy-five kilometres north of Sydney, in the city district of Gosford, is the rather un-prepossessing building that houses the vibrant Laycock Street Community Theatre. The Theatre is unique in the Central Coast area of New South Wales as the only professional proscenium arch venue in the locality, with its tiered seating comfortably accommodating audiences…
Read MoreSuits & Tech Collide – Don’t Buy A Business You Don’t Understand
The ructions at Hills Limited last month, and the proposed sale of Staging Connections are symptoms of the chaos when big business goes where it should not. Guitar Centre in the USA is a golden example. Raped and pillaged by vulture fund Bain Capital, the massive US music store chain will never make a return…
Read MoreAmber Technology Releases A Range Of New Products At SMPTE 2015
Amber Technology, one of Australia’s leading distributors of high technology equipment solutions to the professional broadcast, film, recording, live production and home entertainment markets will be demonstrating their latest new product releases at SMPTE 2015 on Stand C04 in the Royal Hall of Industries. In addition to Amber Technology’s expert local team, international brand representatives…
Read MoreLid Closes – Case Co Sells Up
For years Michael and Julie Malgo have built a huge variety of roadcases from their Chatswood factory. Now they are selling up, and the business represents a great opportunity for someone who is good on the tools. They make custom cases for virtually anything, and specialize in welded cases which come in rigidised, stucco or diamond finishes. Samuelson have regular…
Read MoreBaku 2015 – The P.A. People and Clear Com
Delivering the world’s largest Ceremonies Communication system for the Baku European Games this June, were Sydney’s The P.A. People. “…They have highly trained and knowledgeable personnel who know exactly how to get the most out of the systems” said Bob Boster, President of Clear-Com. A brand new addition to the global sports landscape, the European…
Read MoreLots of Watts Rebranding
Lightmoves and Resolution X today strengthen their presence in the Sydney market with the full integration of Lots of Watts (Aust) within the group structure. Lots of Watts (Aust) operations will be split with Lightmoves taking over sales and installations and Resolution X taking control of hire and production. The restructure will mean that the…
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