In today’s THE WEEK, rAVe RADIO’s Joel Rollins talks to PLANAR’s Senior Director of Global Product Marketing Steve Seminario about the future of Planar and what the company is going to have at InfoComm. Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS or iTunes Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

The live events industry has grown massive, driven by a confluence of factors. The music industry continues to rely heavily on concert touring to replace revenues lost to digital distribution and piracy; sporting events are getting bigger and more global, with branded spectaculars from ESPN’s X Games to a year’s worth of run-up games to […]

This week, following the news Joel speaks with Matt Ivey of Atomos about the new products they’ll be bringing to the show. With this episode, The Week begins a series of interviews with manufacturers and participants about the upcoming Infocomm Exhibition. Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS or iTunes.   Podcast: Play in new […]

The world of commercial audio visual, the world of shows and installations, is a world that is increasingly multilingual. But it’s not just the languages that we people speak — it’s happening in our inventory as well. Think about this: Only twenty years ago, virtually all AV equipment was controlled through switches or relay closures, […]

After the news, Joel talks with Neil Willis, CEO of Hypersign and a new rAVe Radio sponsor, about Hypersign and the current state of the digital signage market. Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS or iTunes.   Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Last week, we skipped the AV news to address industry safety issues with Scott Tiner, so this week we catch up on some important (and controversial) issues in industry news… Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS or iTunes.   Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

In a special edition of THE WEEK, Joel talks with Scott Tiner, rAVe columnist and assistant director of user services at Bates College in Maine, about safety in the audiovisual industry. Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS or iTunes.   Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Like most of you, I have been watching the evolving story in Boston over the last couple of days. Like most of you, I am aghast at the depths of human cruelty – and yet uplifted by the fact that, while causing bloodshed, mayhem and death, the terrorists (and that’s what they are, no matter […]

Well, it has been an interesting, and not necessarily good, week. First, the story about the digital signage system collapsing and killing a child in an airport, and this morning, the news that a crew member was killed in a horrific fall from the rigging in San Antonio. Around my office, we often use the […]

After the AV news, Joel talks with Chris Gillespie, longtime friend, colleague and trainer, about training stagers vs. installers – the needs of each, and how the skill sets and attitudes are different… Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS or iTunes. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

After the news, Joel speaks with Chuck Wilson, Executive Director of the NSCA, about his new book. Links: UnderTheSocialInfluence.com nscafoundation.org Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS or iTunes.   Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

I was explaining to a friend the other day that nothing on the Internet ever really disappears. This is been the subject of a number of posts on this blog, including posts by myself, by Gary, and by many of the bloggers. I really can’t stress this enough, and I am constantly warning friends never […]

This week, we catch up on industry news. There are a lot of events going on, and The Week updates our listeners on what they are. Following the news, Joel talks with… Joel, about the latest event in Dallas, Infocomm Live. Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS or iTunes.   Podcast: Play […]

This week, we catch up on industry news. There are a lot of events going on, and The Week updates our listeners on what they are. Following the news, Joel talks with… Joel, about the latest event in Dallas, InfoComm Live. Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS or iTunes.   Podcast: Play in […]

INFOCOMM LIVE Well, as I write this, I am on a United flight from Dallas to Chicago, trying to route around Winter Storm Saturn to get home to NY. I am returning from a packed two days at Infocomm Live, which is the association’s annual event for leaders in the Live Events portion of the industry (read: […]

This week, we talk with Bill Sharer, noted industry consultant, about building a company culture where everybody is involved in marketing and the company image. Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS or iTunes. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

This week, Joel winds up a two-part series on maximizing your returns on tradeshows. Last week, we spoke with Dean Hills about tradeshow technology. This week, we follow that up with a frank talk with Gary Kayye about tradeshow messaging, and preparing for the show. Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS or iTunes.   […]

Well, it has been an interesting several weeks for our podcast series, “The Week”, on rAVe Radio. At the very beginning of the month, we had three shows from ISE in Amsterdam, which turned out to be a terrific show. Then, last week’s guest, my old colleague Dean Hills, gave us a lot of great info and ideas about […]

After the ISE experience, Joel looks at the expense, and the marketing technology, oftradeshows. Joel’s guest is Dean Hills, President and Founder of PRMConnect, who are harnessing the power of the cloud to make tradeshows pay. Show link: www.prmconnect.com Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS or iTunes.   Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Well, the last couple of weeks have been crazy for yours truly. Just back from ISE in Amsterdam, it seems like I went straight into a blizzard that ate up the week in which I wanted to be catching up with things, among them, this blog. And yet, I sit here today, with time to write and […]

Getting set for ISE 2013 Well, made it to Amsterdam just in time for the rAVe breakfast meeting. Huge crew of folks here getting ready to bring you the latest news as it breaks… This afternoon, I will be delivering a new presentation on The Next Wave of Client, as part of the European Future Technology Summit, for InfoComm. It […]

Just one I had to share with you really quick. ..I was in the Christie booth today (will be talking about that later) .But this was the real eye-catcher for me.. an awesome set of projectors mapped and masked to an irregular geometric back wall. JRR

Spent the bulk of the day looking around the professional AV area, meeting up with friends and arranging some serious demo time on some new products. The show is divided into separate areas for Pro AV, Home AV, Digital Signage, etc… and the array of exhibits is enormous. It really is like attending InfoComm andCedia at the same […]

Joel interviews Gary Kayye for the definitive ISE 2013 show wrap-up on day 3 of ISE in Amsterdam. Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS or iTunes.   Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Joel gives his impressions and shows us some photos and overall wrap-up of his experience in Amsterdam at ISE 2013. Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS or iTunes.   Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Wow. This show could be a week long and you still wouldn’t have the time to see everything. But had a great morning, saw a number of great new products and demos, all of which are shown in detail at www.ravenowise.com. Of particular note, I spent some time at Mitsubishi getting a detailed demo on what […]

Well, it is 4:30pm here in a rainy, windswept Amsterdam, and I’m just winding up my second day here at ISE. The show is still open, but I’ve beaten the massive crowd for a taxi, got my blank receipt (there are no IRS subscribers that I know of) and am sitting down to edit my pictures and […]

Joel gives his impressions and shows us some photos of the first day of ISE 2013 in Amsterdam. Show links: rAVe Scoop: Dataton intros WATCHPAX Magician Marco Tempest Wows Crowd With Augmented Reality at ISE Keynote Mitsubishi demos its cloud projector the WD390U-EST Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS or iTunes.   Podcast: Play in new window | […]

First impressions: the show is huge, and everyone is lost. Which may not be a bad thing, because while I was lost I discovered a number of manufacturers I had never seen before, with some interesting products, which I’ll be going back to see. From my own point of view, and especially for you stagers, […]

Well, made it to Amsterdam just in time for the rAVe breakfast meeting. Huge crew of folks here getting ready to bring you the latest news as it breaks… This afternoon, I will be delivering a new presentation on The Next Wave of Client, as part of the European Future Technology Summit, for InfoComm. It ought to be […]

This is a particularly special episode with enhanced podcast features. If you use iTunes, you’ll be able to see links, slide and illustrations for each topic. Joel also covers AVB at ISE, Extron’s DMP-128, upcoming DSE news, ISE OnDemand coverage and finally irritating industry buzzwords. Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS or iTunes. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

This week, Joel speaks with Lee Minich, President of LabX Technologies and Chairman of the Marketing Work Group of the AVnu Alliance, about the alliance, the AVB standard, and the importance of interoperability standards. Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS or iTunes. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS