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09/2003

IBC Amsterdam

SALZBRENNER STAGETEC MEDIAGROUP
Striking Harmony on the Eve of the IBC

At this year's IBC, SALZBRENNER STAGETEC MEDIAGROUP will present a multitude of attractions, especially from their range of digital mixing-console systems. The MEDIAGROUP comprising five companies is one of Europe's leading manufacturers and systems integrators in the professional audio technology field. Almost the entire product range will be displayed on a 77 square-metre stand. The latest developments from recent months will be the centre of interest. The large mixing console AURUS, which was specifically designed for live and sound-reinforcement applications, and the modular mixing unit C.A.S. MIX 64, designed for use in NEXUS networks. Of course CANTUS III will also be on show. This freely configurable digital console is the perfect complement to the product range.

"All the three consoles are attracting great interest," says Stephan Salzbrenner, one of the consortium's managing directors, pleased with the visitors positive response to the technical innovations presented at the booth. Some of them have already ordered their new equipment and delivery is imminent. For e-xample, the Swedish Broadcasting Service in Stockholm will install one of the new AURUS consoles into their O.B. Truck later this year. On the other hand, the BR Bavarian Broadcasting Service have ordered several CANTUS III consoles to outfit one of their TV Trucks and two audio Trucks. The same is true for Italian Broadcasting Service, RAI. Their O.B. Trucks 8 and 9 are to be fitted with the desk. With ten consoles to be delivered in 2003, the AURUS, which was only introduced in production-ready form in spring of this year, has become a real international success: Besides the SBS in Stockholm, institutions from Tokyo, Bratislava, Luxembourg, and of course Germany are among the customers.

"Already, we can look back upon an unusually successful year," Stephan Salzbrenner comments on these achievements. "Today, we can see the pay off from investing the bulk of our resources into product development," the managing director continues.

The consortium has been continuously growing during recent years. Their activities as providers of professional audio and intercom technology and their traditionally strong position in the broadcasting/TV-studio and theatre installation market was perfectly complemented by establishing a new division for outside TV productions (in co-operation with tv productioncenter zürich AG) in 2001 and by the acquisition of DELEC, a manufacturer of digital intercom systems, in 2002.

Stephan Salzbrenner regards the SALZBRENNER STAGETEC MEDIAGROUP as well-prepared for the future: "With AURUS, CANTUS III, and C.A.S. MIX 64, we cover a huge spectrum of applications and provide tailored solutions for almost any requirement - within as well as outside Europe"!