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..

LG Business Solutions USA Adds LG | U Training Academy for Integrators

Helping professional AV integrators learn skills necessary to sell and install the latest products, LG Business Solutions USA has launched LG | U, a new training academy that will offer comprehensive product and installation classes for integration partners, starting with in-person accredited courses on direct-view LED (DVLED) technologies, in Lincolnshire, Ill., the U.S. headquarters for […]

LG Business Solutions USA Adds LG | U Training Academy for Integrators

Edge Adds New Integrators to Its Network

Edge, formerly USAV Group and a division of the PSA Network, the world’s largest systems integrator consortium, today announced the addition of three new integrators to the Edge network — AV-Tech Media Solutions, RoomReady and Verta Technologies and welcomed back IVCi. “These four distinguished integrators will bring immense value to Edge’s network,” said Mike Boettcher, […]

Edge Adds New Integrators to Its Network

Jetbuilt Adds Project Registration as a ‘Bridging the Silos’ Effort

Jetbuilt announced Project Registration as part of its “Bridging the Silos” efforts within our industry. Project Registration provides designers and dealers with access to the timeliest product advice, pricing and incentives based on manufacturer product expertise and programs while sharing relevant project information with manufacturers. Project Registration claims to eliminate redundancies in workflow by allowing […]

Jetbuilt Adds Project Registration as a ‘Bridging the Silos’ Effort

Telecine and YCD Multimedia Unveil ‘RAMP Up!’ All-Inclusive Financial Institution Package

Telecine and YCD Multimedia unveiled an all-inclusive financial institution package today, called RAMP Up! Telecine, a media, and software company focused on raising the bar of “great content for digital signage,” and YCD Multimedia, leaders of the “any K” revolution through its digital signage platform, will offer RAMP Up! to banks, and financial institutions looking […]

Telecine and YCD Multimedia Unveil ‘RAMP Up!’ All-Inclusive Financial Institution Package

What Do You Know About AI? Take Our Survey!

The survey is now closed, but check out the results here! We need to know what you know about AI. Why? Well, March is AI Month here at rAVe, and we’re interested to know what you do and don’t know about AI — so we can get a pulse on perceptions and use cases in […]

What Do You Know About AI? Take Our Survey!

Lenovo Announces ThinkSmart View Plus Microsoft Teams Personal Collaboration Device

Lenovo just announced the ThinkSmart View Plus running Microsoft Teams display, a standalone (personal) collaboration display with audio, video and whiteboarding features. The smart collaboration solution is purpose-built for hot desking, phone booths, executive desks and home office use cases. In addition, Lenovo just launched the IP Controller for collaboration spaces as well as the […]

Lenovo Announces ThinkSmart View Plus Microsoft Teams Personal Collaboration Device

PSNI Global Alliance Adds Avocor as Global Preferred Vendor Partner

PSNI Global Alliance announced Avocor as its latest Global Preferred Vendor Partner (PVP). Avocor provides collaboration boards that integrate Google, Zoom, Microsoft, Logitech, HP and Lenovo along with wireless sharing and whiteboarding. With this new partnership, Avocor has become a global strategic manufacturing partner of the alliance, granting access to its Certified Solution Providers (CSPs) […]

PSNI Global Alliance Adds Avocor as Global Preferred Vendor Partner

Pepperdine Uses Canon PTZ Cameras for Sports Streaming

Streaming in college sports is a must — it allows for fans, friends and families to tune in from wherever and whenever. When Pepperdine decided to upgrade how they were streaming games, the university brought in Game-On Entertainment to provide the highest level broadcast, and incorporated the Canon CR-X300 4K outdoor PTZ. With Canon, they […]

Pepperdine Uses Canon PTZ Cameras for Sports Streaming

CEDIA Appoints Eric Bodley to Board of Directors

CEDIA announced the official appointment of Eric Bodley to the Board of Directors. Bodley joins previously announced elected members Stephan Goodhue, Jennifer Mallett and James Ratcliffe in the new class of CEDIA’s Board. Additionally, Amanda Wildman joins CEDIA’s Executive Committee as Secretary. “When we set out to fill the open positions on our board, our intention […]

CEDIA Appoints Eric Bodley to Board of Directors

AVI Systems Announces MTR Pro Advanced Service

AVI Systems announced a new managed services offering for organizations that have deployed Microsoft Teams Rooms in their environments. MTR Pro Advanced service allows enterprise IT teams to transition the management and support of their Teams room solutions to AVI. The service ensures customers’ MTR rooms are optimized for maximum performance and with more than […]

AVI Systems Announces MTR Pro Advanced Service

Utelogy Joins Barco ClickShare Alliance Program

Utelogy Corporation has joined the Barco ClickShare Alliance Program as a validated technology partner, extending the capabilities of its software platform for managing AV and UC devices and peripherals to include Barco’s ClickShare Conference solution for wireless presentation and conferencing. ClickShare solutions enable wireless conferencing and presentation in meeting spaces. When users walk into the […]

Utelogy Joins Barco ClickShare Alliance Program

Planar Launches EduCare Program — Available to K-12, Colleges and Universities

Planar announced the launch of the Planar EduCare Program, a program specially designed to address the challenges learning institutions face most frequently such as budget constraints and a lack of technical support and training. Available to K-12 schools, colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada, the new program offers benefits that bolster customers’ investment, […]

Planar Launches EduCare Program — Available to K-12, Colleges and Universities

Telewizja Polsat Upgrades News Studios With Solid State Logic System T Digital Mixing Consoles

Polish media company and broadcaster Telewizja Polsat has upgraded the two main news studios at its headquarters in Warsaw with a pair of Solid State Logic System T digital mixing consoles. Polsat’s Studio A is now equipped with an SSL S500 48-fader surface powered by a T25 Tempest Engine supporting 1,024 I/O and Studio B […]

Telewizja Polsat Upgrades News Studios With Solid State Logic System T Digital Mixing Consoles

Magewell Debuts New Single-Channel Eco Video Capture Card

Magewell just debuted a new card in its Eco Capture family of ultra-compact M.2 video capture cards. The new single-channel Eco Capture AIO M.2 provides both HDMI and SDI interfaces with embedded audio support for flexible input connectivity. Magewell’s Eco Capture cards claim to offer systems integrators and OEM developers a high-performance video capture solution […]

Magewell Debuts New Single-Channel Eco Video Capture Card

BenQ Completes Amazon Web Services Foundational Technical Review for EZWrite 6

BenQ has completed the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Foundational Technical Review (FTR) for EZWrite 6, BenQ’s official interactive whiteboarding software. The AWS FTR claims to mitigate risks in software and creates an additional layer of protection for customers using cloud-based solutions developed by official AWS Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Partners such as BenQ. Both the […]

BenQ Completes Amazon Web Services Foundational Technical Review for EZWrite 6

Rants & rAVes — Episode 1209: The E4 Experience Is in Dallas Next Week — For Integrators and End Users!

The Exertis Almo E4 Experience tour will kick off 2023 next week in Dallas; you can not only register for that event but also hop on over to E4Experience.com and register for any and all of the 2023 tour stops. These will include: Santa Clara, California; Teaneck, New Jersey; and Phoenix, Arizona! Exertis Almo’s VP […]

Rants & rAVes — Episode 1209: The E4 Experience Is in Dallas Next Week — For Integrators and End Users!

Rants & rAVes — Episode 1208: Time to Register for InfoComm 2023! Here’s Why.

On today’s videocast, AVIXA Senior VP Rochelle Richardson joined me to talk all things InfoComm. InfoComm 2023 is June 10-16 (exhibition dates 14-16) in Orlando, and rAVe has a free code for you to use (“RAVE”). However, that’s not the main reason to register — watch this, as Rochelle details all that’s happening in and […]

Rants & rAVes — Episode 1208: Time to Register for InfoComm 2023! Here’s Why.

Prolights Adds New IP65-Rated LED Moving Profile Light

Prolights just released the Astra Profile600IP, an IP65-rated LED moving profile light. The unit is designed for large-scale touring and exterior installations. The Astra Profile600IP offers an outstanding performance that utilizes a 600W white LED engine, reaching 21,000 lumens while achieving a flat field beam projection. Its optical system moves linearly from 7° to 62°. […]

Prolights Adds New IP65-Rated LED Moving Profile Light

Mike Bradley and Cory Schaeffer Earn NSCA Honors

NSCA has announced two distinguished NSCA awards honorees for 2023. Recipients will be honored during the 25th annual Business & Leadership Conference, held Feb. 28-March 2, 2023, in Irving, Texas. Mike Bradley, 2023 Per Haugen Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Mike Bradley, president and CEO at ECD Systems, is the recipient of the 2023 Per Haugen […]

Mike Bradley and Cory Schaeffer Earn NSCA Honors

Philips Digital Signage Announces Network of PPDS Studios

PPDS (aka: Philips digital signage) has unveiled its new network of interconnected “PPDS Studios” in Europe and North America, providing customers and partners with access to its full suite of products and solutions for more inspired co-creation with partners and the opportunity for better-informed decisions for customers. Accelerating PPDS’ commitment to supporting partners (including system […]

Philips Digital Signage Announces Network of PPDS Studios

SAVI Controls Releases Update to SAVI 3 Platform

SAVI Controls today releases the latest advancement to the SAVI 3 platform – SAVI 3.3. Providing value to both integrators and end users, SAVI 3.3 allows dealers to win more bids with built-in, zero-programming tools that deliver  simplicity and control of content distribution for their customers. SAVI 3.3 features save business owners time and money […]

SAVI Controls Releases Update to SAVI 3 Platform

Definitive Technology Introduces Dymension Series High-Performance Loudspeakers

Definitive Technology today announces the introduction of the Dymension Series high-performance loudspeakers. Featuring four bipolar towers, three center channel speakers, a height module and a surround speaker for Atmos/DTS:X systems, Dymension Series speakers offer performance and room integration options. Definitive Technology says the Dymension Series speakers have been timbre-matched to work together as the speakers […]

Definitive Technology Introduces Dymension Series High-Performance Loudspeakers

PSNI Global Alliance Adds Strategic Account Specialist Certification

PSNI Global Alliance has reinforced its mission for the highest worldwide standards with the introduction of its strategic account specialist (SAS) certification. The SAS certification is the third accreditation developed by the Alliance and involves a comprehensive process to ensure its Certified Solution Providers (CSPs) meet PSNI’s criteria for pre-installation practices, including customer relationships and […]

PSNI Global Alliance Adds Strategic Account Specialist Certification

Vanco International Releases New 8K HDMI 2X2 Switching Splitter

Vanco International has released the EVSP8K22 Evolution 8K HDMI 2X2 Switching Splitter. The EVSP8K22 has two HDMI inputs and two HDMI outputs. Users can split one source at a time to two displays and switch between sources using the front panel button or included IR remote. This is the first 8K distribution product from the […]

Vanco International Releases New 8K HDMI 2X2 Switching Splitter

Audio-Technica Introduces ATDM-0604a Digital SmartMixer

Audio-Technica introduced the ATDM-0604a Digital SmartMixer, an update of its ATDM-0604. The ATDM-0604a offers advanced functionality for use in a wide variety of applications, from meeting spaces to educational facilities. Incorporating user feedback from leading system integrators, the enhanced functions of this model bring improved performance for online or live meetings. Expanding on the feature […]

Audio-Technica Introduces ATDM-0604a Digital SmartMixer

Mimo Monitors Supplies Touch-Screen Controllers to Lenovo Smart Collaboration Business

Mimo Monitors announced a partnership with Lenovo that sees them supply multiple touchscreen controllers, as part of Lenovo’s Smart Collaboration business, to Lenovo. “When looking for a partner in the Smart Collaboration business, we sought out Mimo because of their impressive pedigree and knowledge of how to create an optimal product that fills an important […]

Mimo Monitors Supplies Touch-Screen Controllers to Lenovo Smart Collaboration Business

Founder of James Loudspeaker and Ambisonic Systems, Jeff Coombs, Dies at 69

Consumer electronics business icon Jeff Coombs has passed away. Coombs is best known as the founder of two electronics brands, James Loudspeaker and Ambisonic Systems. He was president of Ambisonic sales at Origin Acoustics. Coombs died Monday, Feb. 20, 2023, in Palm Desert, California, after a battle with cancer, surrounded by family who loved and […]

Founder of James Loudspeaker and Ambisonic Systems, Jeff Coombs, Dies at 69

Rants & rAVes — Episode 1207: Barco Just Launched the New ClickShare CX-50 Gen2 — Here’s What it Does!

On today’s videocast, Barco’s group product manager for ClickShare, Oliver Van Camp, details what’s different about the new CX-50 Gen2 product. In addition to dual-monitor support, there are many new features — including the ability to use the ClickShare to switch from a Zoom or Teams Room to a BYOM room quickly (as well as […]

Rants & rAVes — Episode 1207: Barco Just Launched the New ClickShare CX-50 Gen2 — Here’s What it Does!

AmpliVox Sound Systems Adds SW3460 Carnegie Multimedia Mate Mobile Cart

AmpliVox Sound Systems has rolled out the new SW3460 Carnegie Multimedia Mate. Designed for flexible environments, the compact mobile cart includes a complete sound system. Features: Made of durable, scratch-resistant thermal-fused laminate with attractive PVC edge banding. Measures 26”W x 22”D x 40”H, yet has plenty of room for the built-in sound system, added technology […]

AmpliVox Sound Systems Adds SW3460 Carnegie Multimedia Mate Mobile Cart

H&M Redesigns London Flagship Store With the Help of Leyard Europe LED Screen

At the end of last year, H&M unveiled its newly redesigned flagship store on London’s Regent Street, featuring cutting-edge, generative artwork displayed on a double 4k resolution LED screen from Leyard Europe. One of Europe’s largest indoor LED screens, it was installed by London-based LEDTek Solutions. The LED screen, which frames a set of escalators […]

H&M Redesigns London Flagship Store With the Help of Leyard Europe LED Screen

Rants & rAVes — Episode 1206: Here’s What SDVoE Did at ISE 2023

In my latest (post-ISE) Rants & rAVes episode, I caught up with SDVoE Alliance’s president, Justin Kennington, to talk about all the organization did at the show. SDVoE has more adopters of its AV-over-IP ecosystem than any other alliance out there and now has nearly 800 products in the portfolio from 60+ brands. So, what’s […]

Rants & rAVes — Episode 1206: Here’s What SDVoE Did at ISE 2023

Rants & rAVes — Episode 1205: Get to Know Tiger Party, The Content Driving Those Times Square LEDs

Tiger Party CEO Rafale Chang joins me on my latest videocast episode to talk about GOTIGER, the proprietary creative content digital signage technology that drives large networks like those in Times Square. Tiger Party is seeking AV pros who want to help move digital signage into more than just media players. Check it out! 

Rants & rAVes — Episode 1205: Get to Know Tiger Party, The Content Driving Those Times Square LEDs