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..
Crestron announced their entry into the video-over-IP market with the new DigitalMedia NVX Series. The DigitalMedia NVX is basically a series of encoders (VGA, HDMI, etc) to 1-Gig Ethernet network and then decoders (1-Gig Ethernet to HDMI, VGA, etc.) and then you use a standard 1-Gig capable switch or router to send the AV signal […]
Blackmagic Design today announced ATEM Television Studio HD, a broadcast quality live production switcher designed for both broadcast and professional AV users. ATEM Television Studio HD features eight inputs, multi-view, aux, and program outputs, analog audio inputs, built-in talkback, two flash based media players, creative transitions, a DVE for effects and more. The new ATEM […]
Almo Pro A/V today announced multiple 2017 promotions to meet the increased sales, service, support and technical needs of its expanding partner base. The newly created positions, which cover business development, purchasing, new markets and sales in all regions, also make room for the additional hiring expected this year. According to Sam Taylor, executive vice […]
Eiki International debuted the EK-100 Classroom Series Projectors, all 3LCD. The new EK-100 Series includes four models: the EK-100W with 3,600 ANSI Lumens brightness and WXGA resolution the EK-101X with 4,200 ANSI Lumens and XGA resolution the EK-102X with 3,300 ANSI Lumens and XGA resolution the EK-103X with 3,300 ANSI Lumens and XGA resolution Common […]
Audinate, developer of the Dante media networking technology, is celebrating key adoption milestones at ISE 2017. Over 350 manufacturers have now licensed Dante, an increase of 75 since this time last year. Recent licensees span a broad spectrum of markets, including installed sound, live sound, broadcast, transportation and CEDIA, and include notable brands such as […]
rAVe has been given exclusive access to LIVE STREAM the launch of the Cisco Spark Board – their biggest product launch in years – and we will post it on our Facebook Page. Just save this page and come back to it at 11AM EST Tuesday, 8am PST and 17:00hrs CET (central European time). We are […]
Bose Professional just launched themselves into a new market with the new ControlSpace EX audio conferencing system. The system includes the new ControlSpace EX-1280C conferencing signal processor and three new Dante-based ControlSpace under-table endpoints (EX-4ML, EX-8ML and EX-UH). Bose says it was designed with input from integrators and thus, the system features connectivity for various […]
Savant has announced the introduction of a 4K video over IP switching platform that that Savant is actually targeting at both the HomeAV market as well as the ProAV market. Savant claims this new product line delivers 4K/60 4:4:4 HDR video distribution over IP with (again, this is their claim) “zero frame latency.” That said, […]
Kramer is at ISE 2017 and is focusing on video- and audio-over-IP designed for IT environments. The company will be displaying its full range of products andsolutions tomorrow in Booth 1-F20. Kramer’s audio/video over IP solution enables any video source (up to 4K60 4:2:0) to be captured, managed and distributed to any number of displays […]
Vivitek today announced the NovoDS-4K digital signage player. The new NovoDS-4K is a wireless 4K resolution (3840×2160) digital signage player that is capable of outputting 4K@60 and includes what the company is calling an easy-to-use software content creation package. The NovoDS-4K has both HDMI input and output, built-in Wi-Fi, built-in internal storage, playlist creation, dynamic […]
How do you make the InFocus Mondopad better? Up it to 4K resolution, of course. The new Mondopad Ultra is a 4K resolution version of their Mondopad collaboration system that ups the videoconferencing quality as well as adds native resolution content display capabilities. InFocus’ CMO, Brady Bruce, joined Gary on today’s podcast to talk about the new 70” and […]
Clearly taking aim at Barco’s ClickShare, Vivitek has announced two new additions to its NovoConnect Solution, a wireless collaboration system. Building on the NovoConnect, is the new LauncherPlus and NovoEnterprise, both aimed at more business applications. The plug-and-play LauncherPlus ensures that meeting participants’ laptop computers wirelessly connect within seconds to the NovoEnterprise main unit. The […]
BrightSign has extended its recently launched Series 3 player family with the addition of its first player to support the Intel® Open Pluggable Specification (OPS). It was actually debuted on rAVe RADIO here. BrightSign created the HO523 to support the growing number of digital signage installers implementing OPS-based solutions. The HO523 is based on BrightSign’s […]
The CEDIA Board of Directors approved the 2017 executive committee and appointed directors at last week’s board meeting held at CEDIA Headquarters in Indianapolis, Ind. “The expertise and passion of our unified global board puts CEDIA in an incredibly strong position. The right people are at the table to help determine our top priorities and […]
The SDVoE Alliance today announced that fourteen companies have joined the alliance in advance of the ISE launch. DVIGear, Grandbeing and IDK Corporation are now contributing members and Arista, Aurora Multimedia, HDCVT, Techlogix Networx and Xilinx are now adopting members. These companies join founders AptoVision, Aquantia, Christie Digital, NETGEAR, Sony and ZeeVee in collaborating to […]
At last year’s ISE, Vivitek launched the NovoPRO – a wirelsss sharing system for collaborative meeting spaces. At this year’s Ice, they will show it built-in to their Interactive flat-panel displays, will introduce a new Launcher USB “button” hard-ware connection to the NovoPro and show a new line of 4K large-venue projectors. And, that’s not all. Vivitek’s EMEA General […]
Kramer Electronics will take on Barco — head-to-head — at ISE next week with two new offerings from the Kramer VIA family of wireless presentation & collaboration solutions: VIA GO, marketed as a wireless plug-and-present solution and VIAware, a software-only solution for wireless collaboration. The company will display its full range of products and solutions […]
Barco is expanding its F-Series projection portfolio for the ProAV market with a new rugged laser phosphor model. The F70 projector line has two models set for launch at ISE 2017 including a 4K UHD vision (3840×2160) and a WUXGA version (1920×1200) and up to 8,000 lumens. The F70 will be shipping starting in Q2 […]
The new KLIK 2.0 is an upgrade to the original KLIK wireless presenter sharing box (think: Barco ClickShare LITE). KLIK allows you to use your computer, tablet, or smartphone’s Wi-Fi to connect directly to KLIK Boks which connect to a display via HDMI output that’s native 1920×1080. The included KLIK software enables you to manage […]
I did a live, real-time demo of the new Altia Systems Panacast 2 camera today. It was amazing – and, the best part about this is that this is a new product. The Panacast 2 is designed to be a one, automatic replacement of a PTZ camera in VTC and UCC installs. Integrated with over 30 patents and […]
Kramer Electronics will be presenting a unique and diverse array of cutting-edge software-based AV solutions designed for IT professionals at ISE 2017 in Amsterdam in Booth 1-F20. Kramer’s complete pro AV portfolio of products and solutions will be on display, featuring presentation, control, collaboration, connectivity and audio along with new and innovative products and technologies. […]
There has been a ton of talk through the social media channels (yes, on Twitter, it’s mostly the same 20 people who always talk about the same things to each other, but on Facebook and LinkedIn there are some really progressive discussions) about the CEDIA sale to Emerald Expositions — a giant trade show company. […]
There are a plethora of all-in-one interactive, flat-panel conferencing solutions out there — InFocus’ Mondopad was the first. And, they’re up against heavyweights like Google, Cisco, Microsoft and Sharp, now. Big brands. Yet, InFocus says the Mondopad is still the most universal and easiest to use. So, here’s a real-time demo that includes on-the-fly, far-site connectivity, an […]
Draper’s thin bezel frame screen experience is now shipping. The Profile+ fixed screen has only a ½ inch thin bezel frame. Available in sizes up to 30 feet wide, the Profile+ provides the industry’s biggest “flat panel look.” The frame is lighter and easy to assemble, and the new sliding hook-and-loop viewing surface attachment system […]
Bose Professional has been in audio for 50+ years. But, they’ll use ISE next week in Amsterdam to launch themselves into a totally new market – audio conferencing. ISE will see the debut of their ControlSpace EX Conferencing Solution – a legacy and Dante-enabled audio conferencing processor for meeting rooms. Gary was joined on his podcast today, on […]
Sony is attempting to take marketshare from Barco’s WeConnect. Their new Vision Exchange is marketed using all the same buzzwords that every BYOD, collaborative systems does in coding all the wireless jargon. For example, this: “Vision Exchange brings together students, lecturers and presenters in a dynamic workgroup-based environment that encourages creative discussion and knowledge exchange.” […]
The ISE Opening Keynote claims to have one the “world’s leading architects.” Ole Scheeren is currently working on a series of projects, including Guardian Art Center, the new exhibition space and headquarters for China’s oldest art auction house currently under construction in close proximity to the Forbidden City in Beijing; DUO, a contemporary twin-tower mixed-use […]
Barco just announced a new product in its super-narrow bezel LCD video wall portfolio, the OverView HVD5521. Designed for use in control rooms, the HVD features some unique innovations that boost reliability, lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), and minimize maintenance needs. The new OverView HVD5521 now joins this portfolio, with a screen diagonal of […]
BrightSign used my rAVe RADIO Videocast this morning to launch a new HD3 line of media players – aimed at the embedded player market. It all starts with a new OPS (Open Pluggable Specification), originally developed by Intel, allows for a standardized sec for building digital signage player son a card that will connect (or slide […]
I was joined by Leyard‘s CMO, Jennifer Davis, today who told me of their big plans for ISE – including their first combined presence (in one stand in Hall 12 stand H85). Planar and Leyard both have big followings in EMEA so both brands will continue to exist and, as always, we can expect some big new impressive demos – Leyard […]
Cisco just launched two all-in-one, cloud-based products in Cisco Spark Board and Cisco Spark Meeting. Cisco says it invented Spark Board to clean up the conference-room chaos and connect physical rooms to virtual spaces. The Cisco Spark Board will be available in both 55” and 70” sizes. It’s basically a few products in one, including: A […]
Signagelive will be making a number of platform and product announcements at Integrated Systems Europe ISE 2017, including the launch of a new Content Marketplace, comprising 500 plus pre-built digital signage pieces of content (ranging from layout backgrounds, pre-built applications to Widgets). Signagelive will also be revealing a suite of developer APIs for network and […]
