WUPPERTAL, Germany — Riedel Communications has named Joyce Bente the new president and CEO of Riedel North America. Bente joins the company with nearly 30 years of experience in the broadcast industry, and she will lead strategy and operations with the primary goal of expanding Riedel’s presence across North American markets.
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ORLANDO – Entertainment Technology Partners (ETP) announced its acquisition of Columbia, MD-based EventEQ. EventEQ will join LMG, LLC and Premier Event Technology as ETP’s third platform company. BJ Singh, CEO of EventEQ, is pictured here, left, with Les Goldberg, CEO of ETP and LMG.
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CHICAGO – Justin Litterio, an 15-year entertainment technology industry veteran, has joined JR Lighting Design, Inc. full-time as Systems Integration Manager. Most recently, Justin has toured with Panic! at the Disco as Master Electrician, Head Rigger, and Lead Video Technician. He formerly worked for Windy City Music, Inc. serving in multiple key roles over the past nine years.
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MARGATE, Kent, U.K. – tvOne, a leading provider of video conversion and AV signal distribution technology, recently named Denise Nemchev CEO. Nemchev will lead the company’s executive team, which includes David Van Horn, CFO; David Reynaga, CTO; and Andy Fliss, VP of Sales and Marketing.
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FRANKFURT – Christopher Sparkes has been named director of marketing communication for Musikmesse and Prolight + Sound. The appointment is effective Nov. 1.
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HECHTEL-EKSEL, Belgium— Luminex Network Intelligence announced that it has joined other major manufacturers in the Ravenna partner community under the leadership of ALC NetworX GmbH, Munich.
Read More »MILWAUKEE, WI — Clearwing Productions, which formerly called its transport and logistics division “Big Event Specialists,” has renamed it “Big Event Logistics.” The expanded division provides transport of live event equipment, freight coordination, dedicated trade show deliveries and third-party logistics. Big Event Logistics will be run out of Clearwing’s Milwaukee office.
Read More »LONDON — After announcing plans to “de-merge,” U.K.-based PLASA EU has released more details about the future of their organization — including staffing changes intended to help deal with a “critical” cash flow problem. As part of the split it was also confirmed that Lighting & Sound America will remain a publication of the U.K. arm of PLASA, while Protocol will revert to PLASA North America (formerly ESTA).
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Dietmar Harting (Dr.-Ing. E.h.) handed over the position of Chairman of the Board to his son Philip Harting on Oct. 1. While retaining a key role on the board, this move transfers many of Dietmar Harting’s previous responsibilities over to his son, Philip.