LOCUST VALLEY, N.Y. — March 31, 2015 — At the 2015 NAB Show, booth C7920, MultiDyne® Video & Fiber-Optic Systems, a leading provider of fiber-optic-based video and audio transport solutions for broadcast and professional A/V applications, will launch a new MultiDyneAV line of highly affordable, compact, and portable signal conversion modules called the Mini eXchange Series. The Mini eXchange […]

Dayton, OH, March 31, 2015—STRATACACHE, a leading provider of scalable, high-performance digital signage,content distribution and enterprise video acceleration technologies, today announced a new expansion in the Asia-Pacific region with the latest office workspace opening in Bangalore. The 3,000 square foot workspace on the ground floor of the Phoenix Towers will accommodate STRATACACHE’s teams dedicated to business development, customer support and […]

Hoofdorp, the Netherlands, 30 March, 2015 – Vivitek, a leading brand of visual display products, announces today its new generation of Full HD home theatre projectors to create an authentic cinematic experience in a variety of dark or moderate lighting environments. The new H1186 and H1188 projectors deliver 2,000 ANSI lumens of brightness with a high 50,000:1 contrast ratio. […]

Hod Hasharon, Israel –March 31, 2015 – Valens, the developer of HDBaseT™ technology and a Recognized Testing Facility for the HDBaseT Alliance, announced today the availability of testing and certification services for new products incorporating Spec 2.0 of the HDBaseT Standard. The new testing and certification services conform to the Compliance Test Specification for Spec […]

Martin Audio is pleased to announce the appointment of Lee Stein as Vice President, North America. With over 18 years of industry management, sales and marketing experience, including roles with Avid Technology and Sennheiser, Stein brings a depth of knowledge and expertise to drive forward Martin Audio in the U.S., particularly in the field of […]

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, March 30, 2015 – The U.S. Department of Education is rolling out a digital signage network powered by Navori Labs, delivering timely and dynamic content to digital display screens throughout in its Washington, DC headquarters. Citing exceptional ease of use and infinite scalability, the department will extend the network to locations in Dallas and Denver later this year. […]

(Edison, New Jersey) RCF USA has named Tarik Solangi as new National Sales Manager. Solangi took over the position the first of this year, after spending two years with the company providing technical support for their live sound and line array products. According to Solangi, the evolution to his current position actually dates back decades […]

Rockleigh, NJ, March 30, 2015 – Crestron RL 2 is now more powerful and flexible than ever. Crestron’s second generation Microsoft Lync and Skype® for Business collaboration system has just arrived in a new integration-friendly kit. This new package provides everything you need to build a transparent collaboration experience. Powerful new codec The RL 2 codec boasts a number […]

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St. Louis, MO – March 2015… Consecrated in October of 1834, the Old St. Louis Cathedral was built in the Roman Catholic tradition of grand, highly reverberant worship spaces. Known formally as the Basilica of St. Louis, King of France, it was the first cathedral built west of the Mississippi River. Today, it stands in […]

How much should a church set aside for making audio, video and lighting (AVL) upgrades? As each church is unique and budgets are vastly different from church to church, the best way to answer that is to look at what drives their budget. Considering about 50 percent of a church’s annual finances are dedicated towards […]

When churches realized the value of video had also intersected with high brightness and low cost, the multi-site and satellite campus model went from a handful of mega churches (churches with greater than 2,000 in weekend attendance) to tens of thousands of churches. With this exponential explosion of multi-site churches — that is, a separate […]

Monterey, California, March 24, 2015 — The AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am has evolved into one of the most prestigious stops on the PGA Tour since singer Bing Crosby started it in 1937. This annual golf tournament played at Pebble Beach Golf Links, Spyglass Hill Golf Course and the Monterey Peninsula Country Club Shore Course, […]

Fremont, CA, – March 26, 2015 – Blackmagic Design today announced the immediate availability of Teranex 3.2 Update which provides a major update to Teranex Express by adding full motion standards conversions for a total of 1089 real time SD, HD and Ultra HD format conversions. With this new software update and Teranex Express’s 12G-SDI technology, […]

Chief has expanded its available line of configurations for bolt-down video wall and single display mounts. The new options include portrait and landscape single XL mounts, portrait and landscape 1×2 mounts and a landscape 1×3 mount. The freestanding solutions include ControlZone micro-height and leveling capabilities as well as plumb and lateral shift adjustment knobs make […]

NSCA’s partnership with Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.-based API Processing is designed help integrators navigate state licensing requirements. As integrators often struggle with understanding, completing, and maintaining all of the necessary licenses required for the work they’re doing across the country, applications can be denied due to mistakes or lack of required documentation. “Licensing laws are just […]

Extron’s new DTP CrossPoint 84, a new model without an integrated control processor or amplifier, is now shipping. The compact 2U DTP CrossPoint 84 includes an integrated 8×4 matrix switcher with 4K inputs and outputs, two built-in independent scalers, integrated DTP and XTP transmitters and receivers and a comprehensive audio DSP. The DTP CrossPoint 84 […]

By Betsy Jaffe InfoComm International Columbia College in Chicago is sending about ten students from its Audio Arts and Acoustics Department to InfoComm 2015. I recently caught up with Jeremy Caldera, CTS-D, CTS-I, of Zdi, who is a graduate of the program, and is also an instructor for Columbia College’s AV Systems Design class. What […]

When people think of automation, they tend to still think in terms of AV control: TV on, volume up, channel selected, etc. Oddly, despite the fact that control of shades and lighting is, in my opinion, the essence of automation, it remains semi-forgotten. It’s probably a disservice to say that. Plenty of vendors have offered […]

Triad Speakers has redesigned it’s InRoom OmniSub line, making what they say are considerable cosmetic and performance enhancements. The InRoom OmniSub Series consists of the 200-watt Sub8, 300-watt Sub10 and 500-watt Sub12. Each can be used for both two-channel and home theater applications and mated with any of Triad’s vast assortment of InRoom, InCeiling, InWall […]

Atlona has announced that three of its new products unveiled last month at ISE in Amsterdam, the AT-UHD-M2C-BAL converter, AT-UHD-SW-52 switcher, and AT-UHD-SW-51 switcher, are already shipping. The AT-UHD-M2C-BAL is a 4K-compatible converter which extracts and down-mixes Dolby and DTS audio tracks and provides balanced analog audio output in stereo or mono. It uses a […]

Welcome to the newest rAVe Radio podcast show with that group of techie comics you’ve come to know (and like a lot) who we now call the “AV Power Crew”: Corey (@Cbmoss) Moss, Chuck (@madsoundguy) Espinoza, Hope (@BeerAndPie) Roth, Johnny (@JMOTA3) Mota and your host Christa (@AVChrista) Bender. This show, they welcome: Cory Schaeffer of […]

TORRANCE, CA – MARCH 26, 2015– Stewart Filmscreen Corp., Academy Award® winning international manufacturer of projection screens and specialty optical coatings, today announced it has named Momentum Group as its independent commercial sales rep firm for the Rocky Mountain territory—including Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Already serving as Stewart Filmscreen’s residential representative in this region, Momentum Group is a nationally recognized manufacturer rep firm […]

As we keep on moving into the ever connected world of the Internet of Everything we are generating mountains of data — Big Data as it is known. The main way we collect this data is through the intensive use of sensors which can read a multitude of parameters within a variety of situations. These […]

In one week of tapping away on my smartphone apps, I have ordered a ride to the airport from someone driving nearby, reserved a ski condo for a week from a private owner, found someone to pick up my dry cleaning for $5 and secured a boarding spot for my dog in a nearby home*. […]

Audio Video Furniture has designed the perfect huddle room. Dubbed the T526 RDY2GO it seats up to 6-people and it features a slim base – which houses PC components, switchers, DAs and even accommodates cable management — and, best of all, it allows for custom cutouts for accommodating your electronics grommets/cubby’s for easy plug in […]

BroadSign International, LLC’s digital signage software platform for retail initiatives in Denmark. LCD Media’s primary focus is on 300 of the top retail stores in Denmark. Its larger customers include PWT Group, which has 170 shops with a minimum of two players each, and JACK & JONES. Installations consist of videowalls and LCD displays ranging […]

Anaheim, California (March 26, 2015) – Extron Electronics is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the DTP CrossPoint 84, a new model without an integrated control processor or amplifier, adding to the company’s growing family of DTP CrossPoint matrix switchers. The highly versatile, compact 2U DTP CrossPoint 84 delivers all of the technologically advanced capabilities necessary to design and integrate […]

Vancouver, BC – Radial Engineering Ltd., is pleased to announce the Radial J48 Stereo active direct box is now shipping. It’s the first stereo direct box manufactured by the company. President Peter Janis: “Since the Radial J48’s release in 2001, it has become the world’s most popular active direct box for live touring. Today it […]

Riedel Products at Prolight + Sound 2015: Tango TNG-200 Fully Networked Platform Supporting RAVENNA/AES67 and AVB The Tango TNG-200 represents Riedel’s first network-based platform supporting RAVENNA/AES67 and AVB standards. With its own dedicated intercom application, the platform can be turned into a flexible, cutting-edge solution for a variety of communications scenarios. The unit itself is […]

MEXICO CITY – (March 25, 2015) – Christie®, a global visual technology company, is pleased to announce the opening of its new office in Mexico, which was officially inaugurated at an event attended by customers and business partners in the country, as well as senior members of the Christie management team. The new facility, which also […]

By Bill Skaer National Director of Sales, SAE The sky was overcast when I woke up that morning. I was concerned that the dark sky might cast an even greater shadow on our gathering group. I knew that people were coming in from all over the country, and I hoped that it wouldn’t be dreary […]