Meyer Sound and acclaimed Canadian entertainment company Cirque du Soleil® have enjoyed a fruitful relationship since the early 1990s, leading to superior-quality audio for many renowned productions including 2005‘s Corteo™. Now, Meyer Sound has been chosen as Official Sound Equipment Supplier for the new Cirque du Soleil show KOOZA™, which debuted in April in Montreal, Quebec. more

Pompton Plains, N.J.–Zaxcom announced a new entry into its family of wireless microphone systems, the IFB100 transmitter. Designed to integrate with the company’s TRX900 Series of wireless microphones, the IFB100 transmits a single RF carrier–containing timecode, IFB audio and remote-control signals–to any number of TRX900 wireless systems. The unit provides users with the patent-pending ability to record a group of channels and then play them back as a virtual multitrack recording. Additionally, the IFB100 can be used with a bag-to-camera link to provide ongoing confidence monitoring with audio relayed directly to the sound mixer. more

Toronto, Ontario, Canada–Turner Broadcasting System Inc., a Time Warner company based in Atlanta, has confirmed the purchase of a Lawo mc290 digital audio production console–the first in the U.S. Installation of the console is slated for the week of August 1, with first productions using the new system scheduled for late August. more

Old Lyme, Conn.–In a joint announcement, Sennheiser USA and Australian Monitor have agreed to end their three-year distribution agreement in North America for Australian Monitor products. The announcement comes as Australian Monitor seeks to add more product categories in the U.S. and Latin American markets. more