Already Sales Director ACT since February 2008, thirty-three-year-old sales and marketing expert Kamil Swobodzinski has just been given additional responsibilities, having been appointed Sales Director CCS for the EMEA region at the beginning of June, 2008
Straubing, Germany On February 1st, 2008, Kamil Swobodzinski was appointed Sales Director ACT. Now the former International Trade Marketing Manager (Sales) with Blaupunkt has assumed additional responsibilities, having been appointed Sales Director CCS for the EMEA region on June 9th. more

REALITY CHECK
Nashville Star Is an All-Shure Show

NASHVILLE, TN, July 31, 2008 — Produced by Reveille Productions and broadcast live from the Acuff Theatre at the Opry Entertainment Complex, Nashville Star launched its sixth season on NBC with an extended two-hour episode airing on June 9. With 12 contestants initially vying for the reality-competition show’s grand prize (a recording contract with Warner Bros. Music), veteran audio engineers Kooster McAllister and Tom Davis celebrated an anniversary of their own, coming to the show for the sixth year running as music mixer and production mixer, respectively. more

LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 2008: June 27th saw a wide range of high-profile artists such as Annie Lennox, Leona Lewis, the Sugababes and Will Smith assemble in London’s Hyde Park for a concert to mark the 90th birthday of the former president of South Africa – and global icon – Nelson Mandela. And with Sennheiser on hand to continue its tradition of supplying microphones, wireless monitoring systems and full technical support, both the artists and the huge audience were assured of enjoying every vocal nuance. more

EL PASO, Texas – July 2008 – When Pastors Charles and Rochelle Nieman first answered the call to preach the gospel in 1977, they were holding services in a tiny railroad hall in El Paso, Texas. Partners in life and ministry for 38 years, the Niemans have shared their message around the world, but their true spiritual home is in El Paso, where they have built a ministry dedicated to spreading God’s word through modern methods. more

INDIANAPOLIS, IN — Auralex Acoustics, the leader in sound control solutions, recently scored an A+ from Chicago’s Flashpoint Academy when the company outfitted the College’s new Recording Arts Suites with its best-selling acoustical treatment products. more

BEIJING, CHINA – As athletes from across the globe are put to the test during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, Neutrik® will be there to ensure that its broadcast customers won’t miss a moment of the action. Broadcasters will be able to go to the Neutrik Service Center for all their last minute, on site connectivity, including connectors, adapters, cable assembly and repair work.

Beginning July 21st, and located just a few feet from the International Broadcast Center, the Neutrik Service Center will be operational throughout the Olympic Games, which will be held in Beijing, People’s Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. more

Network includes 34 sites in 10 states and one Canadian province…
MOLINE, Ill. – July 29, 2008 – Nortrax Inc., a John Deere distributor, has deployed a digital signage network from StrandVision LLC at 34 sites across North America. The digital signage displays, large-format flat-screen LCD or plasma monitors, are located at Nortrax dealer service and parts counters. They present a range of information from local weather and news, product profiles and promotions, to John Deere videos and advertisements. more

Demonstrating the weather durability and output capability of JBL Professional’s Precision Directivity (PD) Series and Application Engineered (AE) Series loudspeakers, systems integrator C.V. Lloyde Music Center utilized WRX weather resistant versions of these speakers in a new scoreboard loudspeaker system at the University of Illinois Memorial Stadium. Home to the University of Illinois football team, Memorial Stadium now holds more than 65,000 fans after renovations over the past few years. more

Demonstrating the time-proven performance of JBL loudspeakers across product lines for even the most demanding house of worship environments, Westbury National Show Systems installed JBL loudspeaker systems at the Richmond Hill Chinese Community Church as well as the Scarborough Chinese Baptist Church, both located in Ontario, Canada. The installation at Richmond Hill was part of an extension to the existing facility, with the addition of a 1,600-seat worship sanctuary, while the installation at Scarborough was part of a brand-new, uniquely designed church with a sanctuary capacity of 1,000 people. more

That’s just the way the inferno rolls – at ampitheaters and music/arts centers across the U.S., that is, as Hollywood Records’ pop-rock sensation The Jonas Brothers grab the mics and follow the lights. more