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..
Have you completed a digital signage installation or campaign that is transformative, innovative and has challenged existing standards? If so, consider applying for a DIZZIE Award — from the DSF and the Digital Signage Experience show! The inaugural DIZZIE Awards will recognize and celebrate visionaries from around the world whose digital signage installations and campaigns […]
Nureva announced that it has received the Exertis Almo Vendor of the Year – Essentials award for achieving the highest year-over-year sales growth. Part of the Vendor Awards of Excellence, the Essentials award recognizes Nureva’s “consistent outstanding achievements in growing the business for its revolutionary audio conferencing product line.” Some of the company’s customers include […]
Lightware Visual Engineering announced the expansion of the company’s Integrations Partnership initiative with key global industry players. Complementing the announced relationship with Cisco last year, a rapidly growing list of integration partners is headed by ADI Icron, Utelogy Corporation and Xyte. The program, made possible through Lightware’s Open API capabilities, “unlocks unprecedented creative opportunities for […]
Edge, formerly USAV, announced the hiring of Michael Boettcher as its president. Boettcher brings over 20 years of audiovisual industry experience to Edge’s team, most recently serving as president of Global VC – US division of New Era Technology. “We are thrilled to welcome Mike to the organization,” said Matt Barnette, CEO of the PSA […]
Optoma just introduced the ZH507 native1080p laser projector with 5,500 lumens that the company is aiming at large venues, museums, houses of worship and ProAV. It’s a one-chip DLP. The Optoma ZH507 is spec’d at 300,000:1 contrast ratio with up to 30,000 hours of operation along with built-in vertical lens shift, four-corner correction, auto keystone […]
Guitar Center announced that its Business Solutions division has acquired Cutting Edge Systems Corporation, a technology installation firm in New England as a part of its aggressive growth strategy for the company’s Business Solution Group. The acquisition brings Cutting Edge’s comprehensive integration services under the umbrella of the Audio Visual Design Group (AVDG), a commercial […]
CEDIA Expo just announced “The Launchpad.” The Launchpad creates “a necessary platform for new companies to introduce their brand and technology to the residential technology industry.” The Launchpad is designed to highlight brands that have been in business for less than three years and have never exhibited at CEDIA Expo. CEDIA Expo introduced The Launchpad […]
According to AVIXA, 2022 the ProAV market will be reaching $263 billion globally; all published in AVIXA’s 2022 Industry Outlook and Trends Analysis (IOTA). Growth moderates in the coming years to a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.9% from 2022 to 2027. While this is due in part to the slow-down in economic expansion […]
Gary was joined on today’s Rants and rAVes with Sandi Stambaugh, TD Synnex’s senior vice president, end point solutions. Certainly, the new debuts of all-in-one LED solutions have simplified LED applications, but the custom and experimental options still dominate the LED landscape. So, watch this recording to see how TD Synnex can help! Podcast: […]
THIS IS A PROMOTED POST The LED-centered stage market isn’t just relegated to TV shows like “The Mandalorian,” “Obi-Wan Kenobi” and the new “Game of Thrones” spinoff, “House of the Dragon,” that all use virtual production to render fictional environments (without going on location or using green screen). LED stages can be used in much […]
What the heck is “Hyperconverged?” Let’s talk about it! Ross has been doing it 10+ years in the broadcast market and is now bringing it to ProAV. Imagine buying a processor — not just any processor — but one that’s always upgradable, always feature-rich and always signal-type or transport-protocol agnostic. Now, imagine signal distribution in […]
Hotel Chauncey, located in downtown Iowa City close to the University of Iowa, includes a family-friendly entertainment venue, with movie theaters, an arcade, a restaurant, a full-service bar and two bowling alleys. The two SpareMe bowling alleys are on separate floors and each features a wall-to-wall video wall just above the lanes. They are high-usage […]
HDTV Supply added a WolfPackSilver 16×32 HDMI Matrix Switcher to their family of HDMI Matrix Switch products. The WolfPackSilver 1080p 16×32 HDMI Matrix Switch allows switching and distribution of 16 HDMI inputs to 32 HDMI outputs in any combination (any input to be routed to any output or same input to be routed to all output). Features: Supports 1080p at […]
Following its debut on the global stage at AVIXA’s InfoComm 2022, newly rebranded Exertis Almo has a new distribution partnership with Spectrio. A customer engagement and content creation industry company, Spectrio offers a digital signage content creation product suite that is “easy-to-use, scalable and reliable.” As a result of the partnership, Exertis Almo says it […]
BrightSign expanded its executive team with hires to fuel the company’s aggressive growth trajectory in the months ahead. Greg Herlein joins BrightSign from Amazon Web Services, while Matthew (Matt) Neutra comes to BrightSign by way of Bose Corporation. Collectively, they bring to the company more than four decades of experience developing and deploying digital signage for some of the […]
ARHT Media recently partnered with Paramount+ to deliver a Star-Trek-themed hologram experience to the general public at the Paramount+ Summit of Stars. The event took place in London from June 20-July 17, 2022, and featured a series of consumer-led installations, pop-ups and activations inspired by popular film and TV shows streaming on Paramount+. The activations […]
ClearOne launched a hardware-based Convergence InSite Server that enables bidirectional communications between its Cloud or Enterprise AV Manager and on-site ClearOne Pro Audio products; basically creating a dashboard. They are designed to allow for local AV system maintenance, device status monitoring, remote AV device control, equipment auditing, help desk operations and single-pane-of-glass business intelligence. Key […]
Bogen Communications announced a technology partnership with Omnilert, a leader in emergency communication and active shooter solutions. The goal of Omnilert’s Active Shooter Solution integration with Bogen’s Nyquist campus communication systems is to address the growing incidents of campus gun violence with a system that’s designed to identify potential active shooter threats and to expedite […]
Maxhub introduced the LM165A07 Integrated LED Wall Display. As a member of the company’s Raptor Series, Maxhub says the LM165A07 is native 1920 x 1080 in a 165-inch form factor. Featuring integrated video processing, support for PBP (Picture By Picture) functionality, which separates the screen in half — displaying output from two different source devices […]
DPAA is a global trade marketing association connecting out-of-home media with the advertising community while moving out-of-home (OOH) to digital. The member-based association is a business accelerator that fosters collaboration between agencies and the DOOH community, providing industry-wide research and best practices in mobile integration and programmatic areas, and promoting the effectiveness of DOOH advertising. […]
Utelogy Corporation added the Sennheiser TeamConnect Ceiling 2 (TCC2) and upcoming support for the Sennheiser SpeechLine series to its Utelligence Program for AV and UC Device Standardization. Because of Sennheiser’s open API interface, their microphones can be integrated anywhere with the use of REST API. The companies say this makes Sennheiser an easy partner to […]
AVer Information announced the TR323NV2 4K 21X NDI AI Auto Tracking PTZ Streaming camera. The TR323NV2 includes 21X optical zoom and an 8MP camera with 4K Ultra HD resolution and features built-in advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technology with a “human detection” algorithm that allows you to track your speaker (full or half body) or pre-set […]
Prodrive Technologies has joined the SDVoE Alliance as an adopting member. Founded in 1993, Prodrive Technologies is a 2,000 FTE-sized company, which designs and manufactures high-tech electronics, software and mechatronic products and systems. Prodrive has six dedicated technology programs and three automated manufacturing sites globally. Prodrive develops and delivers a wide range of high-tech products, systems […]
LG Commercial was one of the most popular booths at InfoComm 2022 last month in Vegas. In fact, the company debuted robots for the hospitality industry that AV integrators can sell! Dubbed CLOi, there are two versions: One that can do things like room service delivery, bring patients food in a hospital or function as […]
BenQ announced the release of its new BenQBoard RM03 Series 4K UHD interactive displays for hybrid classrooms and distance learning. The 65″ RM6503, 75″ RM7503 and the 86″ RM8603 smart boards are “designed to be a learning hub that allows teachers to start, manage, and create lessons directly from the display.” They feature BenQ’s ClassroomCare […]
Jetbuilt announced a partnership with Vectorworks, the BIM software provider, to offer a uniquely customized integration between the two powerful platforms. A Jetbuilt project can now seamlessly export into Vectorworks ConnectCAD to create CAD drawings, BIM models, 3D renderings and more. Alternately, a Vectorworks design in ConnectCAD can be efficiently pushed into Jetbuilt for fast […]
LG Business Solutions announced an alliance with the Marriott Design Lab to jointly develop and test advanced new technologies and solutions for the hospitality industry. The three-year collaboration between LG Electronics USA and Marriott International builds on LG’s long history as the leading provider of televisions to Marriott properties across various brands and is expected to enhance LG’s role as a […]
Broadsign released Broadsign Reach Header Bidder, a solution for Broadsign Reach users that enables media owners to consolidate and manage programmatic bids from multiple third-party supply-side platforms (SSPs). Rather than the current practice of reserving a one-to-one slot for each SSP partner, the solution enables a one-to-many approach that allows media owners to simplify ad operations, maximize […]
I’ve read Barco’s new survey of 1200 executives across 13 countries to find out how the office is changing and how workspaces are used — and it’s enlightening. My biggest takeaway? The business I want to be in right now is selling office furniture and the tech to support it! In my opinion, that’s exactly where AV […]
Exertis Almo’s Rob Voorhees joins Gary on this episode of Rants & rAVes to talk about the benefit of offering recurring revenue-based services to your clients. Exertis Almo’s Business Communication Services include bandwidth, voice, live TV, Mobility, cybersecurity and more. It’s all explained in this videocast! Watch to learn more information. Podcast: Play in […]
Barco’s January-June 2022 sales were 29% above 1H21 and 8% above 2H21 with sales conversion improving in all divisions and all regions. During the first half of the year, growth accelerated from the first to the second quarter and sales for 2Q22 surpassed 2Q19 pre-pandemic levels, driven by strong uptakes in demand in Cinema and […]
Starke Sound introduced the Fiera multichannel amplifiers, built for very high-end sound and surround audio as well as immersive systems for both film soundtrack and music reproduction in their homes. The Fiera4 ($1,499) is a second-generation, four-channel, Class D amp using the architecture and proprietary technology found in previous Starke designs, and can be bridged for two- […]
