The Shanghai Concert Hall has been renamed the Sennheiser Shanghai Concert Hall, marking a new era for the venue and the first time that Sennheiser has put its name to a performance centre. This news accompanies the formation of Sennheiser-owned record label, Sennheiser Media.

The Sennheiser Shanghai Concert Hall was the first professional concert hall to open in China, with the aim to become a new platform for the development and promotion of arts and music – both in Shanghai and more broadly throughout the rest of China.

A new installation by Chris Watson premiered at the Howard Assembly Room for Opera North in Leeds at the end of February 2014, marking the opening of his latest sonic sculpture.

Recorded in remote locations around the world, including the Galapagos Islands and Iceland, Hy Brasil celebrates the mythical island of the same name. The performance transports visitors to the island through a rich auditory experience, which includes the sounds of indigenous fauna as well as the natural land and seascape.

The original recording home of Fairport Convention, Jethro Tull and an early incarnation of Radiohead, Woodworm Studios has new management and has completed a full technical refurbishment.

The 30-year old rural residential facility has upgraded is entire equipment collection and technical installation, makinga Solid State Logic Duality SE mixing console the centrepiece of the studio control room.

Billing itself as China’s most high-end consumer entertainment venue, Guangzhou’s Hyper Club offers a blend of traditional values and modern culture, with striking interior design.

The club has set itself apart from the competition, not least with its audio. Comprised of a d&b audiotechnik loudspeaker system with a TiMax2 SoundHub providing real-time audio show control for live shows and DJs, the audio design alone places the club on theleading edge of China’s entertainment scene.

Of the 3bn global television audience, 43m of the viewers of the Sochi Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony were Russian. In the US alone, the ceremony’s audience was 31.7m people. Together, the main US networks will give the Sochi Olympics the greatest amount of US coverage in Winter Games history.

However you measure them, the ceremony and the competitions that were to follow were big in broadcasting.