January 15, 2024 | Volume: 23 | Issue 2

rAVe ProAV Edition

Hi everyone! Welcome back to the latest iteration of your favorite ProAV newsletter. It is officially ISE 2025 crunch time and that means getting my schedule set for the show, putting together some stories before the show, trying to get an idea of what big announcements will happen at the show, etc. This year is going to be big. I can’t wait! Can you? Register for the show here and use code “RAVEPUBS” for your free ticket onto the show floor. Talk soon!

Steph Beckett
Managing Editor, rAVe [PUBS]

COLUMNS

Here’s the Latest From the Blogsquad.

LED Displays, Unmasked [Alan C. Brawn]

We are all familiar with the caveat “what you see is what you get,” and the ancillary “seeing is believing.” For years in AV, we applied this general rule to the overall display industry. We looked at an image and […]

The Stop & Shop Cyberattack Disrupts the Omni-Channel Supply Chain [Paul Konikowski]

My mom called me to tell me about a cyberattack. I can’t make this stuff up. She said that she had recently gone to Stop & Shop, an East-coast grocery chain […]

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PRODUCT NEWS

What You Need to Know.

Sony Electronics Introduces mocopi Pro Kit: A Full-Body Motion Capture for Pros

Extron Ships New Button-Based Panels Housed in Globally Compatible EU Junction Boxes

Extron ships its new Flex55 and EU Series of Network Button Panels for Extron control systems. These […]

SMART Technologies Details OTA Update for iQ4 Boards to Android 15

SMART Technologies announced an over-the-air (OTA) Android Upgrade to their current generation displays. SMART Boards with iQ 4 (SMART’s purpose-designed […]

Stage Debuts SP Grid for Both Live, Install AV Systems

PADS4 Partners with Sony to Provide Touches Interactive Signage Using Its SoC

PADS4 teamed up with Sony Professional Displays & Solutions Europe to enhance its dynamic signage […]

New K Column from QSC Audio is Portable 3000-Watt Active Line Array Speaker

QSC Audio introduced the KC12 “K Column” Active 3-Way Column Loudspeaker System. The KC12 is a 3-way, 3000-watt active loudspeaker system available in […]

NTI Details New Rackmount Laptop Drawer with an HDMI, USB-C Switch

INDUSTRY NEWS

Here’s What You Missed.

T-Mobile Buys DOOH Media Company, Vistar Media, for $600 Million; Boost to Digital Signage Industry

T-Mobile has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Vistar Media, a provider of technology solutions for digital-out-of-home (DOOH) advertising. Vistar Media […]

DPA Microphones Acquires Majority Stake in Austrian Audio, Expanding High-End Audio Portfolio

DPA Microphones has acquired a majority stake in Vienna-based Austrian Audio. Founded in 2017 by former AKG Vienna employees, Austrian Audio builds on that […]