BARCELONA, SPAIN—Abertis Telecom, Spain’s leading telecommunications carrier in the broadcast market, has recently upgraded its communications hub by adding a new Eclipse PiCo Digital Matrix intercom system from Clear-Com® Communication Systems, a brand of The Vitec Group and leading provider of communication systems worldwide. more

SAN DIEGO, CA — August 6, 2008 — When HME was asked to provide the communication system for the 3-D camera crews at the 2008 X-Games in Los Angeles, many factors had to be considered. The system would need to work reliably at the Staples and Home Depot Centers among high levels of RF interference; the system would have to be struck at one location and up-and-running at another in a matter of hours; and lastly, the system would have to be capable of working at multiple venues spread out across a large coverage area. more

Anyone who has ever witnessed or participated in an indoor swimming competition knows that acoustics play a significant part in the experience. Too reverberant and announcements become unintelligible; too sterile and the excitement and sense of place is diminished. JBL Professional Precision Directivityâ„¢ (PD) Series and Application Engineeredâ„¢ (AE) Series loudspeakers are on the job at the 2008 Olympic Summer Games in the National Aquatic Centre in Beijing, to make certain that the sound will be exactly what it needs to be for the array of Olympic games taking place there August 8-24 this summer. more

Brea, CA – August 2008… Altinex, recognized globally as a leading manufacturer of Modular AV Signal Management Solutions™, is pleased to announce the availability of the company’s new product catalog. Encompassing and extensive range of control, routing, and connectivity solutions for the most technologically sophisticated AV system designs, the new catalog serves as a one stop shop for consultants, system designers, and contractors to locate and identify the Altinex products best suited to a particular installation. more

LEIPZIG, GERMANY, AUGUST 8, 2008—Last year, the German rental company Veranstaltungstechnik Linke e.K. from Leipzig utilized an Aviom Pro64® digital multicore system in its “Classic Open� event as a replacement for their analog multicore system. This year, Aviom will make a repeat performance. more

Tim McGraw’s Live Your Voice Tour has chosen the ribbon-loaded Peavey Versarray line-array system for two stages on the country-music superstar’s 2008 North American dates.

Dave Albro—a veteran live-sound engineer whose mixing credits include Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and Roy Clark—and A2 Devan Skaggs are running two separate Peavey Versarray systems for Road Dog Touring, one configured for the Frito’s® Style Sonic Stage and a second system on McGraw’s VIP Stage. more

Underscoring the continued adoption of JBL VERTEC® line arrays by leading regional rental and touring sound firms, Proshow Systems recently added a large VERTEC system to its inventory. Proshow Systems has already provided VERTEC for numerous events throughout the southeast United States during the summer festival season. more

Teatro Regio di Torino (Turin Royal Theatre), one of Italy’s most famous and prominent opera houses, recently installed a Soundcraft Vi6™ digital console as part of an equipment upgrade.

The theatre dates back to the 1740’s when the Nuovo Teatro Regio (New Royal Theatre) was inaugurated. It went through several changes of use before being restored to its original name, and after a period of financial crisis it was taken over by the municipality in 1870. more

Three orders totaling seven digital audio broadcast consoles have put Studer at the heart of the ongoing program to upgrade TV facilities for the state-run SAUDI TV in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Studer has supplied seven Vista 5 consoles to the Ministry of Culture and Information, which takes responsibility for the Kingdom’s television broadcasting, and operates the four networks of Saudi TV. more

At World Wrestling Entertainment’s (WWE) slammin’ “WrestleMania� there’s even room for grandMA. Media server programmer Peter Acken tapped one grandMA, one grandMA Light, and grandMA on PC for “WrestleMania XXIV� at Orlando’s Citrus Bowl, where they were primarily used to control servers, and the “Big Lights�, Syncrolights, which were utilized for the big crowd shot moments. A.C.T Lighting, Inc. is the exclusive distributor of the grandMA in North America. more