SoundTube Entertainment just announced flangeless grilles for many of the SoundTube CM in-ceiling speakers. Using a magnetic attachment with an additional clip-on safety harness, the grilles are still UL approved and are now standard on the CM-BGM-II series and are available as an option on the CMi series of speakers. The CM speakers are designed specifically for low and suspended ceilings. SpeedWing constant-tension mounting ensures rapid […]

Atomos has released the latest firmware update for the Shogun Connect and Atomos Connect that will now enable Frame.io Camera to Cloud (C2C) workflows. The company says this means a number of digital cinema, mirrorless and DSLR cameras can deliver media directly from production to post. Conventional workflows require a significant amount of media movement, […]

Mimo Monitors just launched a software solution that combines Zoom, Meet and teams into one UI. Unify Meeting displays the calendar at all times, allowing the user to see daily schedules and upcoming meetings. When it’s time for a meeting, the user simply taps the calendar invite, and the app opens the correct videoconference software […]

AtlasIED has collaborated with Control Concepts to make the company’s Atmosphere system even easier to integrate with other manufacturers’ products through a single interface. The availability of third-party control modules and drivers—developed by Control Concepts for Crestron, AMX and Extron control platforms—provide expanded capabilities and added ease of integration. In addition to the control options […]

YoloLiv just launched something called YoloCast, a cloud-based service for production applications. YoloCast is aimed at broadcasters who are looking to embed a player inside their own websites with just copy and paste. YoloCast supports both live and on-demand streaming on every plan and can stream up to 1080p@60fps. YoloCast allows users to multistream their […]

Legrand Shading Systems has announced the launch of its new fabrics featuring designer collections from Coulisse, Twitchell, Phifer and more. The curated collections feature new decorative, solar screen, sustainable and room-darkening options. With this latest release, Legrand now offers 753 fabrics in its portfolio. These collections from Legrand Shading Systems will dress up any space. […]

Re Mago Ltd. announced that it is collaborating with Lenovo, a technology solutions company and manufacturer (OEM) of PCs and smart devices. The Valarea Room System bundle offers a ThinkSmart Core plug-and-play meeting room appliance powered by Valarea software that supports multi-videoconferencing (VC) providers for online meetings. By allowing users to join meetings through Microsoft […]

Blacks In Technology (BIT) will host its 4th annual conference, BITCON 2022: A Tech Conference for the Culture, for Black IT professionals, entrepreneurs, gamers and afro-futurists, at Disney World this year on October 26-28. The in-person conference will feature global brands, world-class speakers, and business leaders. The 50-plus speaker lineup will be led by writer, […]

Lithe Audio today announced that its lineup of all-in-one ceiling, surface and garden speakers is now available to the U.S. market. Lithe Audio’s in-ceiling speakers feature woven glass fiber woofer cones, titanium tweeters and Class D amplifiers pretuned for in-ceiling use, while Alexa and OK Google support provides voice control. The company’s Bluetooth 5.0 Ceiling […]

Marshall Electronics added a 4K resolution ePTZ camera in the form of the CV420e, its first-ever digital PTZ (ePTZ) camera. The CV420e is designed for professional broadcast and ProAV applications including professional sporting events, reality television, broadcast trucks, weather vehicles and a range of AV installations that require an ultra-high quality networkable video source. The […]

Pearl Technology will host its 2nd Annual Showcase on Monday, Sept. 12 at the Peoria Riverfront Museum in Peoria, IL. “Last year’s inaugural Showcase was valuable for our customers and partners alike,” said Jeremy Caldera, CTS-D, CTS-I, senior vice president at Pearl Technology. “We’re very much looking forward to building on that success at this […]

LAVNCH WEEK is back and better than ever with LAVNCH WEEK 6! Held virtually Oct. 24-27, this is the must-attend event for ProAV professionals. Sponsorship opportunities are available for the industry’s #1 virtual event — watch the video below to learn more about sponsoring LAVNCH WEEK 6. “LAVNCH WEEK has been the ProAV industry’s flagship […]

C2G is helping to educate AV and technology professionals on the ins and outs of USB4 and Type-C interfaces in its latest white paper, “A Comprehensive Guide to USB4 & Type-C for AV Pros.” The white paper, written by Legrand’s AV Technology Evangelist Joseph D. Cornwall, CTS-D/I, provides foundational knowledge of these new standards so […]

Lightware Visual Engineering announced the expansion of the company’s Integrations Partnership initiative with key global industry players. Complementing the announced relationship with Cisco last year, a rapidly growing list of integration partners is headed by ADI Icron, Utelogy Corporation and Xyte. The program, made possible through Lightware’s Open API capabilities, “unlocks unprecedented creative opportunities for […]

Prolights adds to its range of architectural lighting fixtures for permanent outdoor installations with the new ArcShine series. These are linear LED fixtures are available in four sizes, 100-centimeter with 18 LEDs (split in two sections) and 50-centimeter with nine LEDs. The medium power M18FC and M9FC units have 72W or 36W RGB+WW LED emitters, […]

Kinly has entered into an agreement of a strategic partnership with workplace software specialist Utelogy. The partnership is designed to strengthen Kinly’s value proposition with the addition of agnostic, non-intrusive remote management software that pre-empts and solves issues, without impacting the end-user. Not only does the software provide automated remote diagnostics and room readiness capabilities, […]

ZeeVee has joined the PSNI Global Alliance as a Global Preferred Vendor Partner (PVP). “We carefully vet all prospective Preferred Vendor Partners (PVP) that play a crucial role in serving our varied clientele with resources and expertise for merging systems that cover IT, security, environmental control, managed services and AV/UCC solutions and services,” said Tom […]

Optoma just introduced the ZH507 native1080p laser projector with 5,500 lumens that the company is aiming at large venues, museums, houses of worship and ProAV. It’s a one-chip DLP. The Optoma ZH507 is spec’d at 300,000:1 contrast ratio with up to 30,000 hours of operation along with built-in vertical lens shift, four-corner correction, auto keystone […]

DTEN announced a new PoE version of DTEN Mate; an Ethernet-enabled DTEN Mate (PoE) joins its wireless counterpart as a personal certified Zoom Rooms device. Both versions of DTEN Mate can serve as Zoom Rooms Controller (ZRC) and Zoom Rooms Scheduler (ZRS). Both PoE and Wi-Fi versions offer solutions for managing meetings through Zoom Rooms […]

ATEN Technology today announced a new suite of secure KVM solutions that are NIAP (National Information Assurance Partnership) certified PP v4.0. The switches are designed for sensitive applications that demand isolation between different network security enclaves, such as in government, military, healthcare, banking and many other industries. Boosting network security and safeguarding data access, ATEN’s […]

Guitar Center announced that its Business Solutions division has acquired Cutting Edge Systems Corporation, a technology installation firm in New England as a part of its aggressive growth strategy for the company’s Business Solution Group. The acquisition brings Cutting Edge’s comprehensive integration services under the umbrella of the Audio Visual Design Group (AVDG), a commercial […]

Sound Devices is shipping the A20-RX, a two-channel diversity receiver with SpectraBand technology. SpectraBand gives the A20-RX receiver and A20-Mini transmitter a tuning range: 470 MHz-1525 MHz. Sound Devices says the A20-RX also features high-discrimination front-end filtering for better performance in noisy RF environments and Frequency AutoAssign for faster setup. The receiver is compatible with […]

HDTV Supply added a WolfPackSilver 16×32 HDMI Matrix Switcher to their family of HDMI Matrix Switch products. The WolfPackSilver 1080p 16×32 HDMI Matrix Switch allows switching and distribution of 16 HDMI inputs to 32 HDMI outputs in any combination (any input to be routed to any output or same input to be routed to all output). Features: Supports 1080p at […]

Crestron Electronics today announced the DM Lite transmitters and receivers for extending HDMI and USB-C signals. DM Lite transmitters and receivers support peripheral extensions of video resolutions up to 4K@40 (4:4:4) and supports enterprise-grade security protocols and the latest security standard in enterprise content protection, HDCP 2.3. Because USB-C is a connection point in personal […]

Covid has announced a new HDMI cable, the EC-HD31 8K HDMI, a non-plenum cable but is capable of passing 8K signals. Backward compatible for 4K/60 4:4:4 resolutions, the new 15-foot high-quality 48-Gbps HDMI cable supports ultra-high-speed 8K@60 (7680×4320) 4:4:4 deep color sampling as well as 8K100/120, 10K50/60, and up to 10K/100/120. Covid’s flexible 48-Gbps 8K […]

Atomos announces support for advanced software-driven IP workflows using NDI technology. With the new partnership, Atomos joins the IP ecosystem of products and the growing number of companies enabling NDI-based workflows. Atomos now integrates NDI across the entire Connect product range as an instantly recognizable source by other NDI-enabled applications and devices connected to a standard local […]

ClearOne launched a hardware-based Convergence InSite Server that enables bidirectional communications between its Cloud or Enterprise AV Manager and on-site ClearOne Pro Audio products; basically creating a dashboard. They are designed to allow for local AV system maintenance, device status monitoring, remote AV device control, equipment auditing, help desk operations and single-pane-of-glass business intelligence. Key […]

Maxhub introduced the LM165A07 Integrated LED Wall Display. As a member of the company’s Raptor Series, Maxhub says the LM165A07 is native 1920 x 1080 in a 165-inch form factor. Featuring integrated video processing, support for PBP (Picture By Picture) functionality, which separates the screen in half — displaying output from two different source devices […]

Lightware Visual Engineering’s journey towards a SolutionsPlus partnership with Cisco started back in 2018 and has recently gained “a powerful momentum with the development of hybrid collaboration across the AV industry.” The companies say this partnership offers industry solutions for hybrid collaborative environments and encourages partners and customers across the world to contribute to their […]

Densitron announced a new version of its software for the Intelligent Display System (IDS) platform. The new IDS Cloud software engine allows the same studio environment to be controlled and managed instantly and seamlessly, to or from anywhere. Previously, the use of IDS had been restricted to on-premise installations, with interpremise or multipremise applications only […]

Blackmagic Design announced a new family of portable ATEM SDI live production switchers with professional 3G-SDI connections. The ATEM SDI Switchers are available in stock and start at $345. Customers get four SDI inputs on the ATEM SDI and ATEM SDI Pro ISO models and eight SDI inputs on the ATEM SDI Extreme ISO model. […]

BenQ announced the release of its new BenQBoard RM03 Series 4K UHD interactive displays for hybrid classrooms and distance learning. The 65″ RM6503, 75″ RM7503 and the 86″ RM8603 smart boards are “designed to be a learning hub that allows teachers to start, manage, and create lessons directly from the display.” They feature BenQ’s ClassroomCare […]