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..

SANUS’ Swivel TV Stand Features Adjustable Height, Viewing Angle and Cable Management

SANUS released the new Swivel TV Stand for TVs 40 inches to 86 inches. The SANUS Swivel TV Stand is a table-top stand and acts as a replacement for TV feet. By providing up to 70 degrees of swivel from left to right, the Swivel TV Stand improves the viewing range by allowing users to […]

SANUS’ Swivel TV Stand Features Adjustable Height, Viewing Angle and Cable Management

RTI’s New KX4 In-wall Touchpanel is Now Shipping

RTI is now shipping its new KX4 in-wall touchpanel, an in-wall touchpanel and hard button interface with a built-in control processor. This is a ProAV device aimed at conference rooms, huddle spaces, classrooms and lecture halls. The KX4 controls: Corporate huddle space — controlling presentation switches, projectors, DSPs, lighting, shades and thermostats Classroom or lecture […]

RTI’s New KX4 In-wall Touchpanel is Now Shipping

Legrand’s Vantage Lighting Fixture Alliance Notes Continued Growth

Legrand’s lighting control brand Vantage announced that its lighting fixture alliance has been a marked success with continued growth. Introduced in 2021, the alliance enables partnerships with leading light fixture manufacturers to provide AV installers, interior designers, architects and other home design professionals with color-tunable fixtures to fit any project need and seamlessly integrate with […]

Legrand’s Vantage Lighting Fixture Alliance Notes Continued Growth

Visix Releases Version 1.65 of AxisTV Signage Suite Software

Visix has released version 1.65 of its AxisTV Signage Suite software. This latest update adds features for higher education clients and “improves Visix Cloud and software user experiences.” NetMenu is CBORD’s complete web-based, fully-hosted food service solution for higher education venues. AxisTV Signage Suite’s desktop designer, AxisTV Design, has a new CBORD widget that lets […]

Visix Releases Version 1.65 of AxisTV Signage Suite Software

PSNI Global Alliance Announces 2022 ‘Best Places to Work in AV — Worldwide Award’ Winners

PSNI Global Alliance has announced ClarkPowell (U.S.) and GBC (Romania) as winners of this year’s “Best Places to Work in AV – Worldwide Award” for 2022. Now in its sixth year, the winners of this award were “carefully determined based on the results from PSNI’s exclusive annual Employee Engagement Survey distributed among its 100+ Certified […]

PSNI Global Alliance Announces 2022 ‘Best Places to Work in AV — Worldwide Award’ Winners

Learn How Labor Installation Standards Impact Your Bottom Line

Why are labor installation standards important in ProAV and how do they impact the bottom line? You can find the answer to that question — and more — during a December 20 LAVNCH & LEARN with NSCA. Earlier this fall, NSCA released updated Labor Installation Standard guidelines to help AV professionals improve and maintain project […]

Learn How Labor Installation Standards Impact Your Bottom Line

Rants & rAVes — Episode 1185: What’s Up With Sharp NEC Display Systems and MS Teams Rooms?

Although you can use LED walls and projection to build Microsoft Teams Rooms — and the new Front Row feature that leverages 21:9 and 32:9 aspect ratios — Sharp NEC hasn’t introduced a dedicated solution for it … yet. However, Sharp NEC solution architect, George Borden, hints at what is coming and when we might […]

Rants & rAVes — Episode 1185: What’s Up With Sharp NEC Display Systems and MS Teams Rooms?

DTEN Releases Android Version of D7X All-in-One Collaboration Device

DTEN released its DTEN D7X — Android Edition. (The DTEN D7X Series also includes a Windows Edition released in October.) Both the Android Edition and Windows Edition “elevate collaboration with features designed specifically for the hybrid workplace.” The series aims to bring everyone together, in-room or remote participants using a 4K,129-degree field of view camera […]

DTEN Releases Android Version of D7X All-in-One Collaboration Device

Dealerscope Magazine Selects Melody Craigmyle for ‘2022 Most Powerful Women in Consumer Technology’ Award

Almo Corporation announced Monday that Vice President of Marketing and Communications Melody Craigmyle has been selected as one of Dealerscope Magazine’s 2022 Most Powerful Women in Consumer Technology. Dealerscope’s Most Powerful Women in Consumer Technology is an annual program that acknowledges the “contributions of women to the betterment of the consumer technology business.” Despite challenging […]

Dealerscope Magazine Selects Melody Craigmyle for ‘2022 Most Powerful Women in Consumer Technology’ Award

Why Pay Equity Matters in ProAV

Pay equity is the concept of providing equal pay to employees with similar job functions, regardless of their gender, race, ethnicity or other status. Seems like a no-brainer, but recent AVIXA research has indicated there is a large wage gap in ProAV — one in terms of race and the other in terms of sex. […]

Why Pay Equity Matters in ProAV

Nanolumens Receives DCI Certification for Its Engage Series dvLED Product

Nanolumens has announced that they have received DCI certification for its Engage Series dvLED product. Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC (DCI) was created in March 2002 and is a joint venture of Disney, Paramount, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal and Warner Bros. Studios. DCI’s primary purpose is to establish and document voluntary specifications for an open architecture […]

Nanolumens Receives DCI Certification for Its Engage Series dvLED Product

Unigest Releases Caveman 3.3 — Tripleplay Digital Signage Software

Today, Uniguest announced the release of Caveman 3.3, the latest version of its Tripleplay Digital Signage, enterprise video and IPTV software delivering several new features and integrations. The new release includes: Power BI data visualization software integration for organizations to report powerful business intelligence via dashboards, reports and tiles, directly in Tripleplay Digital Signage A […]

Unigest Releases Caveman 3.3 — Tripleplay Digital Signage Software

URC Takes Closer Step Towards ProAV Market in Collaboration with ZeeVee

URC and ZeeVee announced a collaboration making the companies’ control platforms compatible to serve a wide range of AV applications. URC’s Total Control automation platform can now interface with ZeeVee’s flagship ZyPer Management Platform via a new plug-in that will enable full control of ZeeVee ZyPer Series AV-over-IP encoders and decoders. This will enable end-users […]

URC Takes Closer Step Towards ProAV Market in Collaboration with ZeeVee

Anything Joe Cornwall Writes, You Should Read — So, Read His Advice on the Perfect WFH Set-up

C2G is providing AV integrators with a solution to the increasing problem created by aging workstations found in hybrid work and education environments. In its latest white paper, “Building a Productive Desktop for Hybrid Work and Education,” Legrand AV Technology Evangelist Joseph D. Cornwall, CTS-D, CTS-I, ISF-C explains why now is the time to upgrade […]

Anything Joe Cornwall Writes, You Should Read — So, Read His Advice on the Perfect WFH Set-up

Nick Begleries Leaves Nanolumens, Samsung to Lead Philips USA (PPDS) ProAV and Digital Signage Teams

PPDS (aka: Philips digital signage) has announced the appointment of Nick Begleries, as its new Commercial VP, North America. Adding more than 25 years of top-level senior AV experience to the steadily expanding PPDS U.S. team, Begleries is one of the AV industry’s most accomplished talents in North America, heading up and guiding forward some […]

Nick Begleries Leaves Nanolumens, Samsung to Lead Philips USA (PPDS) ProAV and Digital Signage Teams

PSNI Welcomes Zoom Video Communications as a Global Preferred Vendor Partner

PSNI Global Alliance continues to expand its worldwide presence and portfolio as it welcomes renowned UCC solution provider Zoom Video Communications, Inc. as a Global Preferred Vendor Partner (PVP). The PSNI Global Alliance Preferred Vendor Partner program is available to an exclusive group of manufacturers, distributors and service providers in the audio-visual, unified communications and […]

PSNI Welcomes Zoom Video Communications as a Global Preferred Vendor Partner

Quarra PTP Ethernet Solutions Introduced in the Professional Audio Market

Today, Artel Video Systems announced that it has extended its suite of Quarra PTP Ethernet solutions to the professional audio market — a market that eventually must migrate to IP-based workflows just as other media markets are doing. For adopters of audio-over-IP in pro audio (aka: Dante), Quarra switches are PTP-aware. So far, the use […]

Quarra PTP Ethernet Solutions Introduced in the Professional Audio Market

Utelogy Expands International Presence, Utelligence Program

Utelogy Corporation has been increasing its headcount across Europe, the Middle East and Africa and has also grown its U.S. presence with new headquarters in Petaluma, California, and additional offices in Seattle, Washington and New York City, New York. Over the past year, Utelogy has maintained a high profile at major industry events, publishing an […]

Utelogy Expands International Presence, Utelligence Program

Luminii HŌM Curated Products Now Available

Luminii announced the immediate availability of the company’s Luminii HŌM brand of curated products to the residential AV integrator channel. Luminii says residential integrators can expect “configuration tools, step-by-step lighting design guides, available design services, product knowledge in the form of presentations, specification sheets, scheduled trainings, showroom discounts and demo kits featuring the Luminii HŌM […]

Luminii HŌM Curated Products Now Available

CEDIA Appoints Stephan Goodhue, Jennifer Mallett, James Ratcliffe to Board of Directors

CEDIA announces three newly elected directors who will join the CEDIA board of directors for the 2023-2025 term: Stephan Goodhue, Jennifer Mallett and James Ratcliffe. “Stephan, Jen, and James bring an abundance of home technology experience and much-needed, fresh perspectives to the board,” said David Weinstein, chair of the CEDIA board of directors. “Their resumes […]

CEDIA Appoints Stephan Goodhue, Jennifer Mallett, James Ratcliffe to Board of Directors

Newly Released Chyron LIVE 1.2 Features New Graphics Templates, Instant Replay Functionality

Chyron announced an update to its cloud-native live production platform — Chyron LIVE — which provides broadcaster-grade production switching, motion graphics, replay, telestration and audio mixing within a web-based interface. Chyron LIVE 1.2 notably introduces a comprehensive set of graphics templates that are easily customizable within LIVE’s web interface to create broadcaster-grade sports productions with […]

Newly Released Chyron LIVE 1.2 Features New Graphics Templates, Instant Replay Functionality

Snap One Enters Partnership With Digital Watchdog

Snap One announced a partnership with Digital Watchdog, a surveillance and video analytics company. There have been 51 Digital Watchdog SKUs added to Local Partner Stores nationwide, and Snap One will be releasing this curated product mix on its eCommerce platform in Q1. Digital Watchdog offers complete solutions including a Video Management System (VMS), edge analytics […]

Snap One Enters Partnership With Digital Watchdog

Hypervsn Debuts SmartV Digital Avatar

Hypervsn just debuted the SmartV Digital Avatar, a new solution that allows two-way interaction with a digitally rendered human avatar. From banking, healthcare, edutainment and more, Hypervsn says its SmartV Digital Avatar is a solution that will “totally revolutionize your physical customer experience.” The solution features a series of displays and a SmartV device — […]

Hypervsn Debuts SmartV Digital Avatar

Pliant Technologies Now Shipping CCU-08 CrewCom Control Unit

Pliant Technologies has shipped the CCU-08 CrewCom Control Unit. The CCU-08 is the latest addition to the CrewCom system and gives users the ability to use up to eight 4-Wire ports while retaining all the same features of the current companion CCU-22 and CCU-44 products. Like the current Control Units, the CCU-08 Control Unit contains […]

Pliant Technologies Now Shipping CCU-08 CrewCom Control Unit

The University of Québec in Montréal Transforms Campus to AV Over IP-Based Environment with Sennheiser’s TeamConnect Ceiling 2

The University of Québec (UQAM) is known for delivering high caliber educational programs driven by cutting-edge research and innovation. Rather than depending on legacy technology for its infrastructure and communications, the University is continually exploring and implementing cutting edge solutions to foster a surperior educational environment for both students and faculty. Prior to the onset of the […]

The University of Québec in Montréal Transforms Campus to AV Over IP-Based Environment with Sennheiser’s TeamConnect Ceiling 2

Crestron Releases ‘Tackling the Modern Workplace by the Numbers’ Research Report

Crestron Electronics today detailed the findings of a new research report covering the workplace experience. The report, titled “Tackling the Modern Workplace by the Numbers,” explores employee behaviors and preferences in a hybrid workplace, the technology tools and solutions they need and lack, and what employers are (and could be) doing to enable more consistently […]

Crestron Releases ‘Tackling the Modern Workplace by the Numbers’ Research Report

HelpSystems Is Now Fortra

HelpSystems announced today that it has become Fortra. Fortra says that its new name reflects the company’s commitment to helping customers simplify the complexity of cybersecurity in a business environment increasingly under siege. “The cybersecurity industry is always changing, and we’re evolving along with it,” said Kate Bolseth, CEO, Fortra. “This is a pivotal, exciting […]

HelpSystems Is Now Fortra

Genelec Appoints Kati Pajukallio as AV Business Manager and Sami Mäkinen as AV Sales Manager for Finland

Genelec has appointed Kati Pajukallio as AV business manager and Sami Mäkinen as AV sales manager for Finland. These new appointments will bring Genelec even closer to its key customers and help drive continued growth in both international and domestic AV markets. Pajukallio joined Genelec last year, bringing with her a wealth of AV industry […]

Genelec Appoints Kati Pajukallio as AV Business Manager and Sami Mäkinen as AV Sales Manager for Finland

C2G Announces Performance Series High-Speed HDMI Active Optical Cables

C2G announced its new Performance Series High-Speed HDMI Active Optical Cables (AOC). Available in 12 different lengths from 15 feet to up to 300 feet, C2G says they’re “perfect for applications requiring high-speed HDMI features and video resolutions up to 4K (4096 x 2160) at 60 hertz.” Examples include classrooms, meeting rooms and other commercial […]

C2G Announces Performance Series High-Speed HDMI Active Optical Cables

Rants & rAVes — Episode 1183: MAXHUB Will Launch This at Zoomtopia

Want to know what “this” is? Watch my latest videocast with MAXHUB’s director of sales & marketing for UC, Charlie Montoya, and you’ll get a sneak peek — literally — of its newest Zoom-based IFP. MAXHUB will be at Zoomtopia next week in booth #43 or you can check out the company here: maxhub.com.  […]

ClearOne Announces Unite 60 Wide-Angle 4K USB Camera

ClearOne announced a wide-angle 4K USB camera featuring AI-powered face and voice tracking, along with electronic PTZ (pan/tilt/zoom) capabilities, in the form of the ClearOne Unite 60 4K camera. With a 120-degree field of view, and a plug-and-play USB 3.0 connection for video, control and power, the new Unite 60 camera is ideally suited for […]

ClearOne Announces Unite 60 Wide-Angle 4K USB Camera

Leyard Adds Luminate Ultra Series LED Video Wall With Coated LEDs for Outdoor

Leyard has announced a new addition to the company’s portfolio of outdoor LED display solutions with the release of a fine-pitch, high-bright outdoor LED video wall designed for up-close viewing. The Leyard Luminate Ultra Series LED video wall display features coated LEDs to deliver ruggedness and exceptional image detail for high-ambient light environments. Designed to […]

Leyard Adds Luminate Ultra Series LED Video Wall With Coated LEDs for Outdoor