Hebden Bridge, April 14, 2025 – As Calrec continues to lead a new era of technical innovation with its portfolio of complimentary broadcast audio solutions, the company has today announced the promotion of Sid Stanley to Managing Director, effective immediately. Stanley, who joined the company in July 2018 as General Manager, has been instrumental in guiding it through major developmental changes as the broadcast industry continues to embrace remote and distributed production and transition to new ways of working.
Prior to joining Calrec, he held senior leadership positions at several companies in the media and entertainment space including Channel Director EMEA, North America and China, Barco, General Manager, Sony Broadcast & Professional Europe and Managing Director, Maverick.
“During the last seven years, the speed of change in live broadcast has accelerated dramatically,” says Stanley. “Calrec has been there to help its customers to stay ahead of those changes by delivering innovative technology to allow them to solve the evolving challenges global broadcasters face. It’s an honour to lead such a prestigious company, which has achieved much success over the years, and to work with our strong team. It’s these people who deliver the innovation and it’s a privilege to be in a position to ensure that we keep doing this.”
He adds, “Calrec is over 60 years old and its DNA will never change; it has always been and will persist to be fully focused on broadcast audio. The company is dedicated to always having an intimate understanding of the needs of the market and customers, and of course making sure its solutions are fit for purpose for life. Calrec has played a significant role in the transition to creating new, flexible workflows and will continue to develop and deliver advanced solutions as we head further into this new age of audio broadcast.”
Stanley’s promotion accompanies a successful NAB 2025, where Calrec continued its quest to solve tomorrow’s audio challenges. The company announced more flexible workflow combinations thanks to its 2nd generation remote production technology, True Control 2.0. Allowing broadcasters to control any system from anywhere, True Control 2.0 is an adaptive IP ecosystem that enables broadcasters to embrace distributed production, minimise costs and scale resources on the fly.
About Calrec Audio Ltd.
For 60 years and counting, the world’s most successful broadcasters have relied on Calrec, who continue to provide help as the industry adapts to changing viewing habits and commercial environments. This support comes in many forms, including achieving efficiency with remote broadcasting, saving money with virtualised production, and providing a range of options from proprietary systems like Hydra2, IP connectivity with ImPulse and ImPulse1, audio mixing in the cloud with ImPulseV and more control with True Control 2.0. Calrec’s consoles include the award-winning IP-native Argo M, Argo S and Argo Q configurable control surfaces, Type R which can adapt to a variety of requirements including virtualised workflows, the compact plug-and-play Brio, the powerful Apollo, intuitive Artemis, and straightforward Summa. For future-proof innovation, flexible working, integrated networks, and reliable audio, Calrec has it covered. Learn more at calrec.com.