NEWS >>> AWARDS First Winners Revealed
THE INAUGURAL Pro Sound Awards take place on Thursday 19 September at the Ministry of Sound in London. The winners that are decided by our panel of industry judges will be announced on the night. However, we can reveal the identities of the recipients of two of the major accolades decided by the Awards team – the Lifetime Achievement and the Grand Prix.
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT Acoustician Andy Munro will be named as the recipient of
Music Week and PSNEurope. “I am extremely flattered to
Andy Munro
the first Pro Sound Awards Lifetime Achievement Award. The unanimous choice of Munro was made by the Awards team – the editors of Intent Media titles Audio Pro International, MI Pro, Audio Media, Installation, TVBEurope,
be given this accolade,” Munro commented on hearing the news. “The world of acoustics has often been regarded with a mixture of suspicion and reverence, a status quo I have always tried to debunk so I accept gratefully this award as recognition of a job well done by everyone at Munro Acoustics.” To read more about
Munro’s career and his reaction to winning the award, turn to our exclusive interview with him on page 58.
GRAND PRIX The first Pro Sound Awards Grand Prix will be presented to campaigning industry body BEIRG – the British Entertainment Industry Radio Group. “BEIRG is absolutely delighted to pick up this award. To receive industry recognition for our collective efforts over the last nine years is very satisfying,” said the group’s Alan March. Since 2004, BEIRG has
campaigned to ensure everyone involved in PMSE (programme making and special events) in the UK has continued access to sufficient quantities of interference-free spectrum. With continued financial input from companies, industry organisations and individuals, BEIRG has engaged with government, MPs, Ofcom, the European Commission, and other stakeholders to ensure that the PMSE sector has a voice in the face of damaging spectrum management policies. To date, BEIRG has
accomplished several key achievements. BEIRG’s early campaigning led to a major shift in Ofcom’s approach to managing the ‘Digital Dividend’, effectively saving the PMSE sector from market failure through careful licensing and protected access, agreed in December 2007. Faced with the possibility of no guaranteed quality spectrum allocation after Ofcom cleared Channel 69 to sell alongside 800MHz for mobile broadband, BEIRG’s second major success was to secure a like-for-like replacement for Channel 69. Channel 38 was announced as a UK-wide exclusive channel for PMSE users in June 2009. Following this BEIRG launched a high-profile campaign, Save Our Sound UK, to pressurise the government into delivering compensation for PMSE equipment lost through the move to Channel 38. This culminated in BEIRG securing a commitment from
16 September 2013 Alan March
the UK government to compensate users with 55% of the purchase price of their Channel 69 equipment. BEIRG is continuing to
campaign resolutely to prevent the sell-off of 700MHz, or any other bands, for additional mobile broadband services at the expense of PMSE, as well as to secure a long-term home for the PMSE sector. It is also working hard to protect PMSE from the planned introduction of White Space Devices, which are likely to deprive or disrupt areas of interleaved spectrum currently used by PMSE. “It’s been a long road, and the journey is far from over,” said March. “We would like to thank all of those companies, organisations, and individuals who have supported us in the past and those that continue to support us today. Hopefully, this award will awaken more people to the issues that we still face and will result in even more support. The larger the membership, the stronger the message.” Andy Munro and BEIRG
will receive their trophies at the Pro Sound Awards, to be held at the Ministry of Sound in London on 19 September. Headline sponsors for the event are DiGiCo and Sennheiser.
www.prosoundawards.com
>>> TICKETS
Tickets for the Pro Sound Awards are available now for just £45. As well as access to the Awards ceremony, guests will also enjoy a buffet dinner and an exclusive Ministry of Sound after-show party. For tickets please contact:
sarah.harris@intentmedia.co.uk
www.audiomedia.com
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