FSR’s Glenn Collinge Promoted to Strategic Relations Manager

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Jan Sandri, president of FSR, has announced the promotion of FSR veteran, Glenn Collinge to Strategic Relations Manager. Glenn has been a pivotal FSR team member for 21 years serving as the Company’s Regional Sales Manager, southeastern US region.

According to Sandri, “This is a new role created to support our continuously expanding product portfolio and our mission to bring training and education to our global family of architects, engineers, dealers and end-users. I couldn’t think of a better candidate for the position than Glenn who has the vast skills and experience to understand and address the needs of the worldwide marketplace. Glenn’s expertise extends beyond product development though, he is also a talented teacher who draws on his deep technical and practical knowledge to engage his audience, so they fully understand the range of benefits that FSR products provide.”

ACT Entertainment Welcomes Eric Abad as Western Regional Sales Representative

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ACT Entertainment is pleased to announce that Eric Abad has joined the company as Western Regional Sales Representative based in Los Angeles. He most recently was the Director of Business Development at JMAZ Lighting, a manufacturer of entertainment lighting equipment.

“Eric comes to us with an extensive sales history selling a variety of products,” says ACT’s Director of Sales, Doug Mekanik. “His wide range of product knowledge coupled with existing relationships was exactly what we were looking for to serve customers in our western region.”
Abad’s professional background spans the manufacturing, distribution and sales aspects of the lighting industry so his depth of understanding encompasses makers, sellers and buyers across the pro lighting market.

Zamar Media Solutions and Home Church Pack Maximum Channels into Minimum Bandwidth with Lectrosonics D-Squared System

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Home Church has been a rock for Christians in the South San Francisco Bay Area since 1977. This past year, they vowed to keep their congregation connected during the coronavirus lockdown via online and outdoor services. There was just one problem: Their aging analog wireless audio equipment had almost become obsolete because the available radio spectrum in the region is changing and shrinking almost by the day. Home Church turned to worship A/V experts Zamar Media Solutions, who specified Lectrosonics’ fourth-generation, all-digital D-Squared system, including two DSQD four-channel receivers, six DHu handheld mics for the praise musicians, and two DBu belt-pack transmitters for the pastors’ headset mics.

“I’m the nerd that went out there to evaluate the situation,” begins system designer Tim Fairbairn. “Because of the repack of frequencies in the Bay area, we’ve been left with literally three digital TV channels worth of spectrum to shoehorn everything into: 15, 18, and 25. Those are the only ones left without broadcasters. Our friends at Home Church needed eight channels of wireless mics, and they needed not to conflict with the five channels they already have there for in-ear monitors.”

Chroma-Q Celebrates 25 Years of Brilliant Solutions

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Renowned multi award-winning LED manufacturer, Chroma-Q, is proud to have been delivering its brilliant solutions for over 25 years!

Synonymous worldwide with quality and innovation, Chroma-Q products have been widely adopted across a range of sectors, including; Concert & Touring, Theatre & Performance, Corporate & Hospitality, Film, TV & Broadcast. Houses of Worship and more.
Chroma-Q Global Brand Manager, Paul Pelletier commented; “From our first color changer launched in mid 90’s, through to the award-winning LED technology today, a lot of things have changed. One key thing that remains the same is our vision and dedication of bringing “Brilliant Solutions” to our customers, which to this day remains at the core of everything we do.”

In Memoriam: MI Industry Icon, Juan ‘JC’ Faxas, Passes at 59

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It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that the industry mourns the loss of Juan ‘JC’ Faxas. A former employee of the ADJ Group of Companies and a beloved friend and colleague to many, JC sadly passed away unexpectedly on February 12, 2022. He leaves behind a devoted wife, two loving daughters, and many friends who were drawn to his outgoing personality, keen sense of humor, but most of all his big heart.

Juan Faxas, known to his many friends and colleagues as JC, was born on February 21st, 1962. At the age of six his family fled communist Cuba to build better lives for themselves in the United States. Settling in California, JC attended South California Military Academy, Long Beach, as well as Warren High School, and graduated in 1980. Music was a passion from an early age; JC enjoyed singing and playing guitar as well as playing other artistes’ music as a DJ. In 1977, while still at High School, he founded Discomania and performed at weddings and parties throughout Los Angeles. He quickly expanded his business to larger venues and clubs through the late ‘80s, and continued to create music and produced his own dance records while also opening for some of the top dance acts of the day.

RTV Noord Chooses Remote-Savvy Lawo Solution

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RTV Noord, a 24/7 regional public broadcaster based in Groningen which serves the northern part of The Netherlands, has just commissioned its brand-new Lawo mc²36 audio console and A__stage64 audio-over-IP node for the production of radio, TV and online content.

In the wake of its online project, kicked off two years ago, the broadcaster’s editing department voiced their desire to create their own streams using one-button camera and content control based on sources available on an internal network, while also being able to retrieve press conferences from the Dutch government in The Hague for radio and TV. To this end, RTV Noord purchased a Lawo Power Core IP audio I/O & DSP node equipped with Dante I/O card to include its Dante-based radio infrastructure.

Obsidian Control Systems Expands Worldwide Support Team With New Hires

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Since its launch, Obsidian Control Systems has experienced sustained growth of its user base, along with a high demand for in-person ONYX console training. Obsidian is pleased to announce the expansion of our team with two experienced and knowledgeable members tasked with providing the support, programming advice and training capabilities Obsidian customers expect from a leading lighting controller brand.

Matthew Gerardi will lead Obsidian Control Systems’ Technical Support division with focus on ONYX, NETRON and Capture, working out of Obsidian’s headquarter office in Los Angeles. Matthew comes to Obsidian with an extensive background as a technical director and lighting technician and brings with him wide-ranging field experience with lighting control systems and AV networking across all major lighting control platforms. In his new role, Matthew will work alongside Obsidian users to evolve ONYX, and will focus on ONYX and NETRON training sessions throughout the US, in person and online.

GLP Lights Nico Laska’s Record Release Concert

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Young German pop singer Nico Laska recently presented his debut album, NI/CO, at a sold-out event at the Frankfurt club Nachtleben. Working alongside him was lighting designer and operator Patrick Rabus, a long-time friend of the musician. In order to give the small basement club an atmosphere worthy of the occasion, Rabus turned to GLP’s JDC Line and FUSION Exo Wash.

“The Nachtleben is a typical basement club, with everything that basement clubs have to offer: low ceilings with nowhere to hang lamps, limited power availability, and very spartan house lights,” laughs Rabus. “And then I come in with my own lighting set when the house technicians haven’t worked in the club for months due to the pandemic. That was exciting for everyone involved.”

SoundPro Now Accepting Applications for the Jeff Humphrey Technical Scholarship for Students Pursuing an AV Degree

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For the 12th consecutive year, SoundPro is offering a scholarship to one graduating high school senior in pursuit of a technical audiovisual degree. As part of SoundPro’s goal of building a better future for the Audio, Video, and Lighting industry, the Jeff Humphrey Technical Scholarship contributes to educating the next generation of AV professionals.

SoundPro CEO Joshua Curlett established the annual scholarship in 2010. In 2020, the scholarship was renamed in memory of SoundPro’s Executive Vice President, Jeff Humphrey, a talented Front of House engineer who also spent over twenty years with SoundPro. “Jeff was such an advocate for education,” said Curlett. “We are thrilled to continue to honor him through this scholarship, and he’d be proud of the opportunities we’ve given to students interested in pursuing audiovisual degrees. It’s our way to honor Jeff, serve the industry, and help kids pay for school.”

Artel Video Systems at the 2022 NAB Show

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In Booth C2128 at the 2022 NAB Show, Artel will feature products that simplify broadcasters’ shift to hybrid IP/SDI and all-IP operations. Visitors to the Artel booth will have the opportunity to see firsthand how new features and capabilities recently added to the company’s award-winning SMART Multimedia Delivery Platform in openGear® (SMART OG) bring even greater operational simplicity, flexibility, and scalability. Artel also will exhibit its DigiLink/InfinityLink SMART Multimedia Delivery Platform, Quarra IP PTP switches and FiberLink® family of media transport products.

SMART openGear® Platform
A software-defined, four-channel, auto-sense SD-SDI/HD-SDI/3G/4K-over-IP multifunction gateway, SMART OG is the first to bring the family of JPEG compression engines, including those specified in VSF TR-01, TR-07, and TR-08, onto the openGear platform. With SMART OG, users can deploy hardware once and easily change the gateway function via a software update. Winner of an NAB Show Product of the Year Award for 2021 in the Hardware Infrastructure category, Artel’s SMART OG offers exceptional flexibility in a popular frame. The SMART OG is initially configured for a specific function, but it may be adapted thereafter for a growing array of functions, such as reformatting or encoding per JPEG2000, JPEG-XS, SMPTE ST 2110, SMPTE ST 2022-1/2/5/6/7, H.265, IEEE 1588, or other functions yet to be specified. The gateway provides four BNCs for SDI or ASI input/output and two 10GbE SFPs for trunking and aggregation.