At the end of March, ETIA members decided to join the Cultural Exchange Coalition which brings together over 150 organisations from across the cultural and creative sectors with the shared ambition to transform the UK-EU relationships and secure better terms for touring artists, technical crews and cultural organisations. For the cultural and creative sectors, the…
Barcelona, 4 February 2026 – The Entertainment Technology Industry Alliance (ETIA) hosted a networking event during Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2026 in Barcelona. The aim was to present itself to companies as a new international industry platform. The get-together brought together around 50 representatives from the media and events industry from across Europe and the…
Uniting event professionals is not just the mission of the Event Confederation in Belgium – it is our passion! And we are putting that into practice in November. In addition to our standard academy offering of webinars, information sessions, field trips, guidelines, research results, sector calls and cluster meetings, in November the Belgian event sector…
Drawing an international audience, PLASA Show 2025 transformed Olympia London’s Grand Hall into a hub of live entertainment technology from 7-9 September. Welcoming over 30 new exhibitors, and with a focus on sustainability, skills and the people behind entertainment technology, this year’s show welcomed a 2.6% increase in overall attendance despite severe train strikes that challenged travel across the capital. …
A coalition of organisations representing more than 1,300 companies in the manufacture and distribution of audiovisual and stage equipment in more than 5 European countries have written to the European Commission to express our expectations for future work on eco-design of products. We recalled the collective commitment of our member companies to more sustainability of…