It’s “business at the front, party at the back” as hosts Rebecca Khelifa-Bonk and Paddy Baker of Integrated Systems Events discuss industry news stories published during June 2025.
In this episode, business stories include two different manufacturer team-ups and the official launch of the Better Stands initiative; while among the party stories are a look at the entertainment behemoth that is Glastonbury, and how the Wizard of Oz has gone Vegas.
00:00 – Introduction to the Mullet Episode
🔹 Rebecca and Paddy show off their studio upgrades!
01:36 – Industry Buzz: Corporate Co-operations
🔹 Two announcements about companies teaming up.
https://www.avinteractive.com/news/business/ppds-and-shure-combine-arms-in-meeting-room-alliance-16-06-2025/
https://inbroadcast.com/news/audio-technica-and-netgear-announce-integration-partnership-to-streamline-networked-audio-deployments
04:05 – DEI in AV: More Than a Buzzword
🔹 Real steps to improve representation, action, and accountability.
https://www.installation-international.com/business/women-in-av/rise-av-launches-elevate-programme-to-fast-track-womens-careers
07:19 – From Broadcast to Boardroom
🔹 How enterprise video is booming – and what it means for vendors.
https://www.futuresource-consulting.com/the-source/industry-pulse/from-broadcast-to-boardroom-enterprise-video-boom-creates-huge-opportunity-for-vendors-to-grow-revenues/
09:05 – Greener Gatherings
🔹 Sustainability is no longer optional – here’s how trade shows are stepping up (and how ISE got in early).
Better Stands reusable stands framework opens to global industry
11:21 – Composing the Clouds
🔹 Music meets motion – generative content takes flight with Sysco piano.
https://www.inavateonthenet.net/News/article/sysco-productions-creates-generative-content-with-a-piano
12:43 – Sky’s the Limit? Navigating Drone Show Rules
🔹 Drones are dazzling crowds – but who’s watching the watchers?
https://www.avinteractive.com/news/drones/new-organisation-to-set-standards-for-drone-swarm-shows-17-06-2025/
16:08 – Glastonbury – Giant City of Music
🔹 Where music, magic and mud coexist.
https://www.installation-international.com/events/glastonbury-2025-preview-audio-splender-across-the-stages
https://gsp8181.co.uk/glasto/ Overlay Map
21:10 – Behind the Curtain: The Oz Experience
🔹 A wiz of a wiz: Dorothy’s journey to the Emerald City gets an immersive revamp.
https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/wizard-of-oz-comes-to-the-sphere
25:45 – Bonus Content
🔹 A few things we couldn’t leave out.
‘Europe’s first fully digital LED dome’ to open this month
https://www.avinteractive.com/news/displays/europes-first-fully-digital-led-dome-to-open-this-month-02-06-2025/
Casa Batlló Wins the European Heritage Award / Europa Nostra Award 2025 for its Commitment to Neurodiversity in Heritage Management
https://www.casabatllo.es/en/news/casa-batllo-wins-the-european-heritage-award-europa-nostra-award-2025-for-its-commitment-to-neurodiversity-in-heritage-management/
VR learning outcomes decline after 45 minutes says study
https://www.inavateonthenet.net/News/article/vr-learning-outcomes-decline-after-45-minutes-says-study
German state minister declares ‘We’re done with Teams’
https://www.avinteractive.com/territories-news/europe/german-state-minister-declares-were-done-with-teams-16-06-2025/
Video Source Information:
Skyframe Piano | World’s First Public Piano That Generates Real-Time Visuals (2025)
WATCH: Multiple drones crash, fall on crowd during downtown Orlando holiday drone show
GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL: THE MOVIE (2025)
Touring Monitor Engineer – Summer 2025 – Glastonbury Festival
Behind the Scenes of the Sound, Score And Infrasound Technology of The Wizard Of Oz at Sphere
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