Starfleet’s Led Walls Are Moving to Toronto
Toronto-based Dark Slope has acquired the LED stage assets used on three Star Trek series after Sony shut down Pixomondo's virtual production business. The purchase gives the studio one of Canada's largest virtual production inventories and offers a glimpse into the emerging resale market for large-scale LED volumes.
European Pro AV Roundup October 2026
AV is moving further into the infrastructure of how people work, communicate, experience places and respond to disruption. AVIXA’s October Monthly Roundup examines six developments: AI moving from impressive demonstrations towards dependable infrastructure; accessibility becoming part of the AV specification; meeting rooms becoming increasingly data-driven; immersive technology adding a new layer to the Eiffel Tower experience; NATO using synthetic environments and networked systems to rehearse conflict; and ATSC 3.0 making the case for broadcast as a resilient emergency-communications path. Together, the stories show an industry increasingly concerned with reliability, accessibility, interoperability and what happens when technology has to work under real-world conditions.
AV News Roundup: October 2026
October saw major distribution consolidation, facility expansions, emerging signage innovations, and continued LED display growth. Supply chain pressures and labor shortages remained key concerns, while low-code tools, mentoring initiatives, and industry awards highlighted adaptation and resilience.
The Hearing Loop’s Successor Is Showing Up in Libraries and Churches First
Auracast is helping venues deliver clearer, more accessible audio directly to visitors’ hearing aids, earbuds, and headphones, reducing reliance on traditional assistive-listening receivers.
The Cinema Was Supposed to Die. Instead, People Are Coming Back.
Europe’s cinemas had a record summer, but two blockbusters did most of the work and admissions remain below 2019. Premium screens turned the crowds into revenue, making the auditorium itself the product.
The Fireworks Are Going Quiet. Town Councils Are Buying
As wildfire risks push communities away from fireworks, drone light shows are becoming the new holiday spectacle. But a serious 2024 drone show crash in Orlando highlights the safety, oversight, and operational questions municipalities must address before making the switch.
Why Are Shops Turning Their Shelves Into Advertising Space?
European retailers are turning store screens, tills and trolleys into advertising networks, but brands are slow to follow. A proposed measurement standard shows why, and puts the burden of proof on the AV systems behind the screens.
The Kitchener Engineers Who Won an Oscar for Solving Impossible Cinema Physics
Engineers in Kitchener won a 2024 Academy Award for solving HDR cinema projection challenges with the E3LH Dolby Vision system.
Why Are Stadiums Becoming Television Studios With Seats?
European football is moving broadcast crews out of stadiums and into league-run production hubs. The cameras, cabling and connectivity stay behind, turning the venue into permanent broadcast infrastructure that someone has to own and run.
Michael Malinowsky verstärkt AVIXA Team in der DACH Region
AVIXA, der internationale Fachverband für Pro AV, hat sein deutschsprachiges Team erweitert: Seit kurzem ist Michael Malinowsky als Account Manager für die DACH Region tätig.
Every Hockey Rink Is Now a Broadcast Studio. Sometimes Nobody Knows It’s On
Hockey rinks are increasingly becoming always-on broadcast hubs, with streaming services like LiveBarn letting families watch games remotely while generating new data and revenue opportunities. But incidents of unintended livestreaming have raised important questions about privacy, oversight, and who controls the cameras.
The Public Network Failed. Private 5G Took Over the Broadcast.
At the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, a private 5G network connected moving cameras across a city-centre race-walk course. The deployment shows how dedicated wireless connectivity is becoming part of live production design, rather than simply another way to transmit video.
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