Crestron Announces Partnership With Logitech

Crestron has announced a new partnership with Logitech. Pairing the Crestron Flex C series with Logitech MeetUp, Logitech Rally or Logitech Rally Plusto create a unified communications package for small, medium and large rooms. Each system is compatible with Microsoft Teams Rooms or Zoom Rooms. In addition, each system includes room booking capability powered by […]

Crestron Announces Partnership With Logitech

TASCAM Shows Line-Up at ISE 2020, Issues New System Design Guide

Tascam showed a line-up of install products at ISE 2020 this month and has issued a new System Design Guide (Tascam booth X226 in Hall 7). Alongside the brand new Model 12, an all-in-one audio mixer, interface, recorder and controller, Tascam will be showing its live video streamers, a range of Dante/AES67-equipped products such as […]

TASCAM Shows Line-Up at ISE 2020, Issues New System Design Guide

ZeeVee Shows Set Top Box Decoder With PoE and 4K Scaling

ZeeVee is at ISE 2020 (booth 10-N197) showing what they claim to be the industry’s first set top box decoder, with Power over Ethernet (PoE) and 4K video scaler — in one. The new STBi3 set top box is designed for bulk video distribution or IPTV type applications and simplifies AV over IP streaming. It […]

ZeeVee Shows Set Top Box Decoder With PoE and 4K Scaling

rAVe Scoop: Biamp to Acquire Wireless Sharing Company HRT

Oregon-based Biamp will announce at ISE 2020 here in Amsterdam, that it has purchased Huddle Room Technology (HRT). In case you haven’t heard of HRT, it makes a wireless sharing and collaboration product (think Barco ClickShare) but its version includes wireless USB, as well (think Barco ClickShare Conference). However, the HRT HuddleHub has one wireless sharing […]

rAVe Scoop: Biamp to Acquire Wireless Sharing Company HRT

Comprehensive Intros Two New Qi Certified Wireless Fast Chargers

Comprehensive just introduced two new Qi Certified wireless fast chargers. Comprehensive’s Qi Certified Wireless Fast Chargers are designed for commercial spaces like offices, meeting spaces, cubicles and more, where staying charged and productive is important. These new chargers were built with advanced Qi wireless charging technology and provide high speed charging to all Qi-compatible iPhone […]

Comprehensive Intros Two New Qi Certified Wireless Fast Chargers

Kramer Launches Two New Collaboration Products at ISE 2020

Kramer is launching two new collaboration products at ISE 2020; the VIA GO and VIA Campus. Designed for classrooms, huddle spaces and small meeting spaces, the VIA GO² includes wireless presentation functionality in a compact form factor at an entry-level cost. With 4K HDMI output, 1024-bit encryption, 60Hz video streaming and native AirPlay, Miracast and […]

Kramer Launches Two New Collaboration Products at ISE 2020

Squirrels Adds Digital Signage to Ditto Screen Sharing Solution

Squirrels today announced the addition of digital signage to the company’s Ditto screen sharing solution. Ditto digital signage includes screen mirroring integration, free templates, emergency alerts, scheduling, central management and more. Ditto differentiates itself with the ability to instantly transition from digital signage to screen mirroring as well as utilize popular devices as receivers. Ditto […]

Squirrels Adds Digital Signage to Ditto Screen Sharing Solution

SurgeX Intros Squid Power Management Device

SurgeX has introduced the new Squid power management device at ISE (SurgeX booth 1-F60). Squid includes networked control and analytics of AC and DC, front-end protection with SurgeX’s patented Multi-Stage surge suppression technology as well as monitoring and management capabilities. Squid includes two 5-volt USB ports for charging and network troubleshooting, eight outputs, four of […]

SurgeX Intros Squid Power Management Device

Vaddio Enters AV-Over-IP Market with EasyIP

Vaddio’s EasyIP Ecosystem is a 1Gbps 1080p-based AV-over-IP conferencing system that Vaddio is launching. With EasyIP you can connect multiple cameras in your conference room and easily switch camera views via the network — both cameras and video are on the same IP infrastructure. And, you can share a camera with multiple PCs too. de […]

Vaddio Enters AV-Over-IP Market with EasyIP

The Industry’s First Official Open AV-Over-IP Standard Is Launched, IPMX, Based on SMPTE 2110

At ISE 2020 in Amsterdam in stand 15-B250, the Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) ProAV Working Group introduced Internet Protocol Media Experience (IPMX), a set of open standards and specifications designed to enable carriage of compressed and uncompressed video, audio and data over IP networks. IPMX addresses the ProAV industry’s need for a single […]

The Industry’s First Official Open AV-Over-IP Standard Is Launched, IPMX, Based on SMPTE 2110

Macnica Adopts SMPTE 2110 Standard for AV-over-IP to Deliver 1G, 10G and 25G Options

Macnica is emphasizing support for AV-over-IP open standards at ISE 2020. Macnica’s message will be supported through three demos that communicate its value proposition around quality, systems management and latency. Macnica is a creator of IP, hardware and software APIs that implement SMPTE ST 2110and AMWA NMOS, a suite of open standards and specifications that […]

Macnica Adopts SMPTE 2110 Standard for AV-over-IP to Deliver 1G, 10G and 25G Options

Navori Labs Debuts New QL Digital Signage Innovations

Navori Labs has debuted several new QL digital signage innovations. The applications address emerging needs that make digital signage more effective for the organization and the audience and leverage the power and flexibility of Navori’s QL software at the core. Now in its second-generation, the newly-branded QL Mobile expands the content management capabilities of the […]

Navori Labs Debuts New QL Digital Signage Innovations

Ashton Bentley Debuts 43″ and 98″ All-in-One Room Systems Including Huddle Tables

Ashton Bentley just unveiled its new 43″ and 98″ room systems (turn-key, kitten huddle rooms) at ISE2020; the company already had a 55″, 65″ and 75″ platform. Based on the same modular chassis design the new display solutions will be available in both single and dual-screen configurations. The 43” platform is available in FHD 1080p […]

Ashton Bentley Debuts 43″ and 98″ All-in-One Room Systems Including Huddle Tables

Crestron Adds New Features to DM DVX Platform

Crestron has added features to its DM NVX 1Gbps AV-over-IP platform at ISE 2020, including support for the AES67 and a new switching system that Crestron says is glitchless. The new functionality will be available for existing DM NVX products via a free firmware upgrade. With support for AES67, DM NVX endpoints can send breakaway […]

Crestron Adds New Features to DM DVX Platform

Barco Uses the Cloud with Barco Insights Projection Management Platform

Barco is launching a new cloud-based internet of things (IoT) solution for projector management. Called Barco Insights, Barco says it will simplify and facilitate remote monitoring and serviceability by cutting out time-consuming and error-prone manual administration thanks to the cloud-based storage of projectors’ usage data and light-source run-times. The live dashboards also give real-time information […]

Barco Uses the Cloud with Barco Insights Projection Management Platform

Uteology Debuts Enterprise Features at ISE 2020

Utelogy Corporation will use ISE 2020 to add enterprise features to support high-security and mission-critical environments. Dubbed Utelogy 3.0, it will support enterprise features such as high availability (HA) and an on-premise version of U-Manage. Utelogy’s HA implementation employs clustering which has one or more U-Servers working together to provide failover. A typical deployment will […]

Uteology Debuts Enterprise Features at ISE 2020

Matrox Intros 6152 Quad 4K Decoder for Decoding Up to Four 4K Streams

Matrox has introduced the Maevex 6152 quad 4K decoder that decodes up to four 4K streams across up to four 4K displays from a single source. Maevex 6152 also includes HDCP support to decode and display multiple streams of protected content. In addition, the Maevex encoder and decoder pairing offers exceptionally high-quality, low-latency streaming, while […]

Matrox Intros 6152 Quad 4K Decoder for Decoding Up to Four 4K Streams

Viking Electronics Intros Discreet PB-3 Panic Button

The new PB-3 Panic Button from Viking Electronics is designed to mount under a desk or countertop and place discreet emergency phone calls when activated. A built-in auto dialer will roll through up to five phone numbers and two central station numbers until the call is answered. After answering, a prerecorded location announcement is delivered […]

Viking Electronics Intros Discreet PB-3 Panic Button

L-Acoustics Opens L-ISA Auditoria Demos

L-Acoustics is rolling out L-ISA Auditoria in strategic locations around the globe. Now, demonstrations, training or mixing sessions of L-ISA Immersive Hyperreal Sound technology can be accessed in dozens of locations in L-ISA Auditoria designed to stringent L-Acoustics specifications. Two versions of the packages are available: a frontal system that delivers the resolution required for optimized source […]

L-Acoustics Opens L-ISA Auditoria Demos

AV Industry Social Media: Quantity vs. Quality

AV marketing professionals spend countless hours pursuing more reader likes, more engagement, more content, more metrics and frankly more of the same in a never-ending hype cycle. Social media is merely another function where marketers are stuck in tactical due to feeling the pressure to produce something — anything — in order to somehow drive […]

AV Industry Social Media: Quantity vs. Quality

Sony Joins Logitech Collaboration Program

Sony has joined the Logitech Collaboration Program. Through the program, Sony BRAVIA 4K Professional Displays are combined with Logitech Room Solutions for Zoom Rooms, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet. The new one-touch conferencing recommended solution creates an optimized, simple and robust video collaboration. Customers who purchase Logitech video collaboration products with a BRAVIA display receive a purpose-built solution. The one-touch conferencing solution offers […]

Sony Joins Logitech Collaboration Program

Midwich Buys Starin for About $50 Million

In a deal that is incredibly strategic for Midwich, the UK-based company announced this week that it’s purchased ProAV distributor Starin, headquartered in Chesterton, Indiana. Starin had revenue of about $200 million in 2019. Although the official announcement didn’t say how much Midwich paid for Starin, rAVe has learned the deal is worth under $50 million. […]

Midwich Buys Starin for About $50 Million

DiGiCo Releases Two New Networked Audio Racks at ISE 2020

DiGiCo has announced two new I/O racks — the A164D Wall LCD and A168D Stage — for its 4REA4 processing engine for networked audio in installations at this year’s ISE show in Amsterdam. Both racks bring all the connectivity of the original A164 Wall LCD and A168 Stage, but with the additional advantage of Dante […]

DiGiCo Releases Two New Networked Audio Racks at ISE 2020

Here’s the Major Tech You’ll See at ISE 2020

As the ProAV sector gears up for ISE 2020, opening its doors on February 11, 2020, here’s a review of what Futuresource sees as the key trends and technologies likely to emerge from the world’s largest exhibition for AV and systems integration professionals. Brought to you by the professional AV team at Futuresource, this pre-show […]

Here’s the Major Tech You’ll See at ISE 2020

Barco Showcases New SecureStream Streaming Solution at ISE 2020

Barco has just released SecureStream, a streaming solution designed to allow users to share content outside of a control room. Using a new user interface, control room operators can drag and drop video or data sources into a SecureStream channel, allowing the content to be shared with field staff or remote experts. Barco says SecureStream […]

Barco Showcases New SecureStream Streaming Solution at ISE 2020

Almo Pro A/V Details 2020 E4 Experience

Almo Pro A/V detailed the 2020 E4 Experience today and thanks to its longstanding education partnership with AVIXA, the E4 Experience continues to be loaded with valuable, career-changing certifications and courses worth CTS Renewal Units (RUs) that are free to attending AV resellers, integrators, consultants and their end users. Highlights for the spring 2020 E4 […]

Almo Pro A/V Details 2020 E4 Experience

Alcons Audio’s CRMS-SRHV Passive Loudspeaker to Officially Launch at ISE 2020

The CRMS-SRHV from Alcons Audio is a two-way, passive-filtered loudspeaker, designed to meet all requirements of current and future immersive surround sound formats. Featuring the patented Alcons pro-ribbon driver technology, the CRMS-SRHV combines a benchmark-setting clarity and intelligibility with an unusually high dynamic range, offering a very realistic sound reproduction. Due to the “compressionless” principle […]

Alcons Audio’s CRMS-SRHV Passive Loudspeaker to Officially Launch at ISE 2020

Sonifex to Feature DIO Audiophile Dante Interfaces at ISE 2020

Sonifex’s new DIO Audiophile Dante Interfaces are plug and play audio interfaces, which provide a convenient method of connecting legacy analog and digital audio equipment to the Dante AoIP audio network. There are nine products in the range which cover mono and stereo analog and AES3 inputs and outputs, together with a microphone amplifier and […]

Sonifex to Feature DIO Audiophile Dante Interfaces at ISE 2020

Sony Takes on Shure, Sennheiser, ClearOne, Crestron and Biamp with New Beamforming Mic Array System

Sony has announced the launch of a new beamforming microphone, dubbed the MAS-A100. Designed for meeting, lecture and presentation environments, the ceiling-mount microphone is for both speech reinforcement and recording with what they claim is a unique combination of beamforming technology and “intelligent feedback reducer” function. The microphone has a dual-channel output for simultaneous recordings […]

Sony Takes on Shure, Sennheiser, ClearOne, Crestron and Biamp with New Beamforming Mic Array System

Sony Launches a New Set of High-grade Monitors At ISE 2020

Sony will launch a new set of high-grade picture monitors from its TRIMASTER range at the ISE 2020 Show. The PVM-X2400 (24’’) and the PVM-X1800 (18.4’’) monitors provide high picture quality and accurate color reproduction due to Sony’s specified and dedicated panels, which offer a resolution of 3840×2160 pixels and a brightness of all-white luminance […]

Sony Launches a New Set of High-grade Monitors At ISE 2020

NSCA Announces Three Honorees of 2020

NSCA has announced three award honorees for 2020. Recipients will be honored during the 22nd annual Business & Leadership Conference (BLC) held Feb. 26-28, 2020, in Irving, Texas. The 2020 Per Haugen Lifetime Achievement Award went to Michael Hester — a former NSCA president who also served on the NSCA board of directors. Hester’s career […]

NSCA Announces Three Honorees of 2020

ISE 2020: VuWall Will Show New KVM Features to VuScape Video Wall Controller

VuWall is at ISE 2020, with new KVM features to its VuScape video wall controller. With VuScape’s full-featured management software, users can “control what they see” and distribute all content sources to any display on the network with the utmost flexibility. The new VuScape video wall controller is ideal for control rooms, collaboration rooms and […]

ISE 2020: VuWall Will Show New KVM Features to VuScape Video Wall Controller