Gary Kayye

Gary Kayye

Gary Kayye, founder of rAVe Publications, is one of the most prominent personalities in the audiovisual industry. He has been a contributor to WIRED magazine and a technical advisor and columnist for Sound & Communications magazine as well as an opinionated columnist for rAVe [Publications] since 2003. In addition to his writing and market analysis, Gary has been a product, marketing and business operations consultant to dozens of AV companies in the U.S. and overseas. Clients have included companies such as Sony, Sharp, Epson, Lutron, InFocus, Sanyo, Mitsubishi, NEC and Philips.   Gary, who has been involved with the audiovisual market for over 20 years, was the recipient of the InfoComm 2003 Educator of the Year Award and the 2007 NSCA Instructor of the Year Award. Over the years, he has donated much of his time as an active volunteer in the AV industry’s trade association and served as chairman of InfoComm’s Professional Education & Training Committee (PETC), chairman of the ICIA Design School Committee and chairman of InfoComm’s Installation School Committee. In addition, he has served on the InfoComm board of governors. He also helped grow the InfoComm Projection Shoot-Out as the premiere AV industry trade show special event serving on the committee from 1991 through 1997, and was instrumental in launching the Shoot-Out in the European market at the Photokina Expo in 1994 and 1996 as well as the Asian market at the 1995 and 1997 INFOCOMM Asia shows.   Prior to founding his own company, Gary was vice president of sales and marketing for AMX Corporation (www.amx.com), a manufacturer specializing in professional AV and residential AV control systems. Prior to AMX, Gary spent nine years at Extron Electronics (www.extron.com), rising to the position of vice president of sales and marketing. Gary earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1987 from the University of North Carolina and is currently Adjunct Faculty at UNC in the School of Journalism teaching a class on how future technologies will affect the future of advertising, PR and marketing.   He is also the founder of Swim for Smiles, a non-profit that raises money for the N.C. Children’s Hospital through swimming and other fitness-related events for kids. You can contact him at gary@ravepubs.com..

Planar Adds Leyard Product Line to Expand LED Offerings and Grow Its Reach

Planar announced an expansion to the company’s product portfolio with a new family of Leyard LED display solutions Wednesday. The solutions are designed to support “standard pitch, outdoor and rental and staging applications.” Available in the U.S. and Canada for digital-out-of-home (DOOH), retail, hospitality, sports and entertainment, and other mainstream applications, the new Leyard LED […]

Planar Adds Leyard Product Line to Expand LED Offerings and Grow Its Reach

Maniac’s MEP100 Card Can Deliver AV-over-IP Uncompressed or With JPEG-XS Compression

Macnica released of the MEP100, a new 100Gb SmartNIC solution targeted for hardware and software product developers in the broadcast and ProAV industries. Macnica says it has equipped the MEP100 SmartNIC card with resources to optimize performance and reliability of uncompressed media transport over ST 2110 IP networks. That begins with an FPGA hardware acceleration […]

Maniac’s MEP100 Card Can Deliver AV-over-IP Uncompressed or With JPEG-XS Compression

Neutrik Americas Intros Three Line-Level DLINE Audio Interfaces with Dante Compatibility

Neutrik Americas introduced three new line-level DLINE audio interfaces: the NA-2I2O-DLINE, the NA-2I-DLINE and the NA-2O-DLINE. All three interfaces are designed to connect legacy audio gear to the newer Dante protocol. The NA-2I2O-DLINE includes two inputs and two outputs (similar to the prior NA2-IO-DLINE). For environments where both inputs and outputs are not required, the NA-2O-DLINE […]

Neutrik Americas Intros Three Line-Level DLINE Audio Interfaces with Dante Compatibility

The Enterprise IT Program Is Back at InfoComm 2024

Enterprise IT will make its return at InfoComm 2024, this June 8-14 (exhibits 12-14) at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. This year’s program will feature a new two-day AVoIP Foundations workshop, plus education sessions on topics such as IoT solutions, IT and AV system design and integration, network design, and more, […]

The Enterprise IT Program Is Back at InfoComm 2024

New PTZ Cameras from JVC Include 40X Zoom and UCC Compatibility

JVC Professional Video debuted its new KY-PZ540 Series PTZ Cameras with 40x zoom. As the company’s first PTZ cameras to incorporate this focal depth, the KY-PZ540 and KY-PZ540N with integrated NDI HX3 capabilities are designed with JVC’s 4K imager. The cameras also feature JVC’s Variable Scan Mapping technology, which dynamically scans the 4K sensor to […]

New PTZ Cameras from JVC Include 40X Zoom and UCC Compatibility

Rants & rAVes — Episode 1316: Here’s Why Planar Added Leyard to Its Portfolio of LED Products

Planar just announced it’s adding many of the Leyard LEDs to its product lineup. Gary asked Planar’s EVP, Adam Schmidt, to join him on today’s videocast to discuss where this positions Planar in the LED market. Planar, known as a high-end LED company catering to the ProAV integration channel, will offer the Leyard lineup as […]

Rants & rAVes — Episode 1316: Here’s Why Planar Added Leyard to Its Portfolio of LED Products

AVNation and rAVe Announce Partnership Aimed at Growing the Number of End Users Entering AV, UCC and Signage Markets

rAVe’s AVBuyers.Club, a platform dedicated to end users of audiovisual technology, specifically technology managers, IT managers and industry professionals, announced an innovative partnership with AVNation Media, a podcasting and audiovisual news service, to expand the market reach by attracting more end users to the audiovisual industry. AVNation has strategically refocused its efforts on delivering exclusive […]

AVNation and rAVe Announce Partnership Aimed at Growing the Number of End Users Entering AV, UCC and Signage Markets

I’m Coming to Chicago on April 16th to Keynote the E4 Experience; Boston in September, Anaheim in October

The E4 Experience is like a mini-InfoComm – in fact, it’s the only ProAV trade show nearly 75% of those who attend every peruse. If you’re an integrator and have the funds to budget for one show a year, InfoComm in that one show everyone should go to. But, the truth is, out of the 155,000+ AV […]

I’m Coming to Chicago on April 16th to Keynote the E4 Experience; Boston in September, Anaheim in October

Waves Audio Debuts Waves Stream

Waves Audio is now shipping Waves Stream, a remote audio collaboration service that allows music and audio creators to share audio directly from their DAW with their co-creators or clients in real time. Waves Stream offers ultra-low latency, secure link sharing, and unique features such as integrated mic control – all within a streamlined UI […]

Waves Audio Debuts Waves Stream

Barco Promotes Jan van Houtte to Executive Vice President of Barco’s Meeting Experience Business Unit

Barco announced that Jan van Houtte has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Barco’s Meeting Experience Business Unit. In this pivotal role, Jan will strengthen ClickShare’s strategy, driving further innovation and sales expansion. Jan van Houtte has a strong track record of building world-class organizations and leading strategic initiatives. He most recently served as Barco’s Vice President […]

Barco Promotes Jan van Houtte to Executive Vice President of Barco’s Meeting Experience Business Unit

Medical Pros Mental Health in Decline as Patient Backlog to Remain Through 2027; Sony Survey Finds

Medical professionals across Europe are experiencing mental health issues on par with levels seen in 2021, when the professionals were in the depths of the pandemic aftermath, new research from Sony Healthcare Europe has found. The survey of 600 oncologists and surgeons from the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy and the Nordics found 95% had […]

Medical Pros Mental Health in Decline as Patient Backlog to Remain Through 2027; Sony Survey Finds

Congrats to Nureva Founders for Earning Canada’s Meritorious Service Medal

Nureva announced that its founders, Nancy Knowlton and David Martin, have each been awarded a prestigious Meritorious Service Medal. As part of the Meritorious Service Decorations (Civil Division), the medals were awarded to the couple for their exceptional contributions to improving educational opportunities for young people in Canada and abroad. Presented by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, […]

Congrats to Nureva Founders for Earning Canada’s Meritorious Service Medal

Panasonic Connect Sets Guinness World Record for Largest Projection Mapping Install in Tokyo

Panasonic Connect announced that Panasonic’s projection system was chosen to power the world’s largest permanent projection mapping display at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku. Certified by GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS as the largest architectural projection-mapped display (permanent), operation commenced on February 25, 2024. Going forward, the system will decorate the building with diverse content […]

Panasonic Connect Sets Guinness World Record for Largest Projection Mapping Install in Tokyo

FingerWorks Computer Vision Gets Major Upgrade and Targets Esports and NASCAR

FingerWorks Telestrators announced updates to its FingerWorks Computer Vision real-time player- and field-tracking software. The latest enhancements include iOS support for iPads and iPhones and an improved Tagboard control surface that integrates social media assets into a live production. Building off its success in the professional and collegiate football market, the software is now being used […]

FingerWorks Computer Vision Gets Major Upgrade and Targets Esports and NASCAR

Rants & rAVes — Episode 1315: Here’s Why 4K Is Ready for Higher-Ed Installs

My latest Rants & rAVes videocast features Howard Rose, the senior product manager of projectors at Panasonic Connect, who talks about the impact that 4K projectors have in the higher-ed space. Panasonic Connect has native 4K projectors for large venue applications but, the company has two versions of 4K-wobble projectors that deliver 4K images on […]

Rants & rAVes — Episode 1315: Here’s Why 4K Is Ready for Higher-Ed Installs

LG Debuts Bespoke Line of Virtual, XR Production LEDs

LG Business Solutions has launched LG Studio Series DVLED, a new family of giant-screen displays that offer production studios, broadcasters and corporate marketing departments unprecedented opportunities to create professional-grade content using life-sized virtual production stages for on-camera color and clarity. Featuring various MicroLED models with genlock technology, brightness capabilities up to 5,000 nits and pixel […]

LG Debuts Bespoke Line of Virtual, XR Production LEDs

Neat and Neowit Offer a Solution to Ghost Meetings in UCC

Ghost meetings refer to meetings and rooms that are booked but not attended. This leads to unused meeting rooms and frustrated employees that are not able to find available rooms even though the rooms are not in use. Additionally, ghost meetings lead to underutilized spaces and resources, causing unnecessary costs for the organization. To combat […]

Neat and Neowit Offer a Solution to Ghost Meetings in UCC

NTI Adds Environment Monitoring System for Smart Building Applications

NTI’s ENVIROMUX Micro Environment Monitoring System (EMS) monitors critical environmental conditions, such as temperature, humidity, liquid/water presence, power, intrusion and smoke. When a sensor goes out of range of a configurable threshold, the system will notify you via email, webpage, network management (SNMP), and/or SMS messages (via email-to-SMS). It features an integrated temperature/humidity sensor, two […]

NTI Adds Environment Monitoring System for Smart Building Applications

This Yamaha ADECIA Ceiling Mic Demo Might Just Be the Best One I’ve Ever Done, Live!

THIS IS A PROMOTED POST It’s not often we get to do LIVE demos. Most of the time, brands want to pre-record demos just to make sure everything goes well. I don’t blame them. But not Yamaha. They joined me on LAVNCH WEEK 9 this week and insisted on doing it live. LAVNCH WEEK is […]

This Yamaha ADECIA Ceiling Mic Demo Might Just Be the Best One I’ve Ever Done, Live!

Rants & rAVes — Episode 1314: Computer Comforts Uses rAVe to Launch New Transformer Lectern

Frank Kolavo of Computer Comforts drove to Chapel Hill, North Carolina — the rAVe HQ — to do this demo right next to the University of North Carolina’s campus. Why? Because the new Transformer Lectern is aimed at higher-education installations. It’s modular, ADA-compliant and works in classrooms and lecture halls equally as well. Check it […]

Rants & rAVes — Episode 1314: Computer Comforts Uses rAVe to Launch New Transformer Lectern

Watch How Smode Tech Helps LABLAB Speed Up Virtual Production and Imaging

Smode Tech announced a partnership with LABLAB that uses SMODE software to streamline its experimental video and audio workflows. A self-described “digital experimentation factory” (fabrique numérique d’expérimentation), LABLAB offers a fully-equipped research and creation space for audiovisual, immersive and interactive experiences. Located in Pôle PIXEL, the creative cluster home to some of the city’s most […]

Watch How Smode Tech Helps LABLAB Speed Up Virtual Production and Imaging

Cinegy Improves Its Multiviewer and Adds NDI, SRT and SMPTE 2110 Support

Cinegy announced the latest version of its Cinegy Multiviewer product that now supports input formats from traditional SDI and DVB/ATSC transport streams to common IP formats such as NDI, SRT and SMPTE 2110. The Cinegy Multiviewer has GPU acceleration using NVIDIA GPUs but with version 24.2 of Cinegy Multiviewer AMD GPU acceleration is supported as […]

Cinegy Improves Its Multiviewer and Adds NDI, SRT and SMPTE 2110 Support

AVer Heads to EC 2024 with a New Suite of UCC Products

AVer Information Inc. USA will showcase the VB350, VC520 Pro3, CAM520 Pro3, TR315/TR315N, TR335/TR335N and FONE700 at Enterprise Connect 2024. The event, scheduled to take place from March 25-28, 2024, at the Gaylord Palms in Orlando, Florida, will provide attendees with the opportunity to experience AVer’s innovative video conferencing and collaboration solutions designed to enhance […]

AVer Heads to EC 2024 with a New Suite of UCC Products

Jason Moss Is Promoted to VP of Marketing at Q-SYS

Q-SYS, a division of QSC, announced the promotion of Jason Moss to vice president of marketing & ecosystem. Concurrently, after nearly a decade of dedicated service, Chris Humphrey, senior vice president of marketing, has announced his retirement in May. Since joining Q-SYS in 2020 as vice president of corporate development and alliances and becoming a […]

Jason Moss Is Promoted to VP of Marketing at Q-SYS

Snap One Signs Distribution Deal with Specifi IO for the High End Residential Space

Specifi IO, the system design, proposal and project management software for custom installation dealers, announced it has entered into a data-licensing agreement with Snap One that now makes the entire Snap One product portfolio immediately available to custom integrators in the United States. An earlier agreement with Snap One made their product portfolio available to […]

Snap One Signs Distribution Deal with Specifi IO for the High End Residential Space

Nanolumens Is Showing How LED Can Do Way More Than Giant Flat Screens Inside Its Immersive Innovation Hub

ProAV manufacturers are no strangers to providing loaner or demo equipment to end users. What the Nanolumens’ Special Projects Group (SPG) didn’t know is that a single Nixel would come back in a big way. Fast-forward six years to a design question from Jeian Jeong and Michael Schneider of Gensler, a global architect and consulting […]

Nanolumens Is Showing How LED Can Do Way More Than Giant Flat Screens Inside Its Immersive Innovation Hub

New Audio-Technica Broadcast Audio Rental Program Takes Financial Stress of Rental Companies

Audio-Technica announced its new Broadcast Audio Rental Program, offering access to the premium microphone models that professionals trust to capture clear, accurate audio for their production. As technology continues to advance at a rapid pace, Audio-Technica says it recognizes the importance of staying ahead of the curve to provide audio professionals with the “latest and […]

New Audio-Technica Broadcast Audio Rental Program Takes Financial Stress of Rental Companies

Crestron Expands Crestron Control Offering

Crestron Electronics expanded its control offerings with Crestron Control, aiming to bring different protocols and technologies into one unified system, even offering cross-compatibility with all room configurations and vendors to enable the same experience in rooms and across campuses. The Crestron Control App for Zoom Rooms software offers new functions that streamline the experience for […]

Crestron Expands Crestron Control Offering

Here’s What MAXHUB Is Doing at Enterprise Connect

MAXHUB announced it will participate as an exhibitor at Enterprise Connect 2024 in booth #859. The event takes place March 25-28, 2024, at the Gaylord Palms in Orlando, Florida. For more than 30 years, Enterprise Connect has brought corporate IT decision makers together with industry vendors, analysts, consultants and channel partners to focus on the […]

Here’s What MAXHUB Is Doing at Enterprise Connect

ProjX360 Details New V3

ProjX360 announced today the release of V3, an update includes a new user interface and back-end overhaul. V3 migrates ProjX360 to the latest L.A.M.P. technology stack popular in today’s web platforms, which is “known for its ability to process complex data in real time.” It’s a bundle of four different software technologies — Linux operating […]

ProjX360 Details New V3

Barix Debuts New Broadcast-Quality Audio-over-IP Solution in LX400

Barix continues to build out its next-generation line of Audio over IP encoders and decoders with a new broadcast-specific solution that introduces important new benefits for STL, studio-to-studio and other audio networking applications. The new LX400 is the successor to the Barix Exstreamer 500, a solution that remains in Barix’s broadcast portfolio. The LX400 carries […]

Barix Debuts New Broadcast-Quality Audio-over-IP Solution in LX400

Comprehensive Debuts USB to Dual HDMI Adapter in VHUB-MST2HDA VersaHub

Comprehensive Connectivity Company launched the VHUB-MST2HDA VersaHub USB-C/A to Dual HDMI Multi-Display 4K Universal Adapter, a USB 3.0 to Dual HDMI Multi-Display Universal Adapter that “offers a solution for expanding display capabilities.” The Comprehensive VHUB-MST2HDA enables two additional displays to a computer via the USB 3.0 port. One of the HDMI ports supports resolutions up […]

Comprehensive Debuts USB to Dual HDMI Adapter in VHUB-MST2HDA VersaHub