In today’s InfoComm Spotlight Podcast Series, rAVe RADIO’s Joel Rollins sits down and talks to PLANAR’s Senior Director, Global Product Marketing, Steve Seminario. Planar’s latest includes an 84″ 4K display and its Mosaic series of variable-sized flat-panel displays. The Mosaic Series is billed as a set of architectural video displays that are available in sizes […]

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AV Networking World 2013, which will be held in Orlando on June 11th, announced its panel speakers for the informative networking conference. This free all-day event at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando is sponsored by Allen & Heath USA, Attero Tech, Audinate, Bosch Communication Systems, Focusrite, Innovative Electronic Devices, Peavey Commercial Audio, Stewart Audio, […]

Digital Signage Expo (DSE) is now accepting nominations for its 11th Annual Content Awards. New for 2014, DSE has added a Professional & Personal Services category to differentiate services provided by banks, insurance companies, accounting firms, brokerages and salons from the general retail category. To qualify, nominees must have a new or current digital signage […]

PMA Research has published its latest research findings on the worldwide projector market. Total projector volume was 1.95 million in Q1 of 2013, down slightly from 2.07 million units in the same quarter last year. These figures now exclude projector modules embedded in host devices such as cell phones, camcorders and heads-up displays, which are […]

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

Extron just debuted the DTP DVI 330, a transmitter and receiver set for long distance transmission of DVI-D video, audio and bidirectional RS232 and IR control signals up to 330 feet (100 meters) over a single CATx cable. The extender provides an effective means for extending single link DVI-D or HDMI signals. In addition, the […]

The new Redray Player from Red plays 4K files as well as upscales HD files to Ultra HD content to a resolution of 4096×2160. Redray connects to 4K displays using a 1.4 HDMI output or one of four HDMI 1.3 outputs, with an additional HDMI output for 7.1 channel audio (for HD displays, Redray uses […]

Intel will promote its Wireless Display (WiDi) technology all year long, aiming for the technology to become one of the standard specifications for PCs and LCD TV players. LG, Samsung Electronics and Toshiba will also join the promotion and adopt the WiDi technology into its HDTV products. Currently, the latest WiDi 3.5 is already able […]

A small company called Promate has launched what it’s calling the lumiTab – the world’s first Android tablet with a built-in pico projector. Using its one-button projection system, all the customer has to do is push the button and point the lumiTab to view his tablet screen on an up to 100-inch projected display — […]

The digital cinema conversion has progressed at high speed, and as of May 2013, is already more than 70 percent completed globally, with some countries fully digitized, and many others approaching full digitization. Exhibitors are turning their attention more and more towards reaping the full benefits that digital cinema has to offer. It’s an exciting […]

This infographic represents the Q1 2013 projector shipments for the AV industry.

A small company called Promate has launched what it’s calling the lumiTab – the world’s first Android tablet with a built-in pico projector. Using its one-button projection system, all the customer has to do is push the button and point the lumiTab to view his tablet screen on an up to 100-inch projected display — […]

AudioControl is shipping its new Director D4400, which offers amplification and programmable signal processing via the network. Power output is rated at a minimum of 100 watts per channel into 16 channels, all channels driven. The Director D4400 is also bridgeable and, while the power output is rated at 8 ohms, AudioControl claims it is […]

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – May 20, 2013 – Wireless Ronin Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: RNIN), a leading digital marketing technologies solutions provider, has received a 2013 Digital Screenmedia Association (DSA) Industry Excellence Award for its Burgerville installation. The 2013 DSA Industry Excellence Awards recognize the best projects using digital signage, mobile, self-service and interactive kiosk technologies. Wireless […]

May 20, 2013, Somerset, NJ- As the speed of innovation continues to accelerate, expertise in IT , Unified Communications, Broadcast, Post Production and AV and how they merge is required by our clients. With this in mind, VCA is pleased to announce the appointment of Amy Fulton as Director of Marketing. Amy is an industry […]

Burbank, CA… Royer Labs, a leading manufacturer of high quality ribbon microphones, is pleased to announce the availability of the 15th Anniversary R-121 Limited Edition Ribbon Microphone. Drawing upon the strengths that have catapulted the company’s original R-121 Studio Ribbon Microphone into one of the most sought after ribbon microphones available, the 15th Anniversary R-121 […]

The Digital Screenmedia Association (DSA) Advisory Board elected new officers for the 2013-2014 term during its biannual meeting this month. Bill Lynch, vice president for mobile and self-service transaction company Reevex, was named DSA president. Lynch assumes the role from Jared Miller, vice president, travel & gaming solution management for NCR Corporation, who will now […]

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Wokingham, UK (16th May 2013) – Moscow’s Satirikon Theatre opened its 2012–2013 season with a production of Romeo and Juliet directed by Konstantin Raikin. Raikin, the theatre’s Artistic Director, has not staged Shakespeare’s timeless love story at the Satirikon since the mid-1990s, and the new production has been hailed by critics and theatregoers alike for […]

BALTIMORE, Md. – (May 16, 2013) – Christie® presents a diverse collection of visual display solutions at the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) MuseumExpo, taking place May 20-22 at the Baltimore Convention Center. The Christie booth is showing projection display products that can be works of art in themselves, and serve as versatile tools for […]

San Diego, CA (May 16, 2013) – With the al-4 Subcompact Line Array System now shipping, VUE Audiotechnik today revealed a technology roadmap that will bring immediate enhancements to the al-4’s capabilities, while also foreshadowing broader technology initiatives to be unveiled at the upcoming InfoComm show in Orlando. EASE Focus 2 for al-4 Kicks Off Expanded Partnership […]

Sharp sunk further in the fiscal year that ended in March and it has surrendered more control to its creditors in an effort to revive its businesses. As outgoing chairman Takahashi told reporters in Japan [source: DowJones Newswires], “We need to say goodbye to the Sharp that we knew in recent years. We need to be ready […]

As corporate communications compete with the proliferation of information targeting today’s employees, connected companies are seeking new ways to engage and communicate with their workforce beyond traditional channels. Enter digital signage. Connecting with Employees Unlike emails, intranet sites, posters and pamphlets, which have saturated the business environment, digital signage proposes a new broadcast medium by […]

Dayton, OH, May 16, 2012—STRATACACHE, a leading provider of scalable, high-performance digital signage, content distribution and enterprise video acceleration technologies, today announced its role as an approved feature panel/digital menu board software provider for American Dairy Queen Corporation (ADQ). To spice up Dairy Queen static menu boards, STRATACACHE’s ActiVia for Media software was chosen to power digital feature panels across […]

Farnborough, England – May 16, 2013 – AVI-SPL, the world’s leading video communications partner, announced today its UK operations have obtained Polycom certifications for RealPresence™ Environments and RealPresence™ Platform extending its video capabilities into the European theatre. This certification recognizes that AVI-SPL has a core competency in selling Polycom’s RealPresence Environments and Platform solutions. The RealPresence […]

Wokingham, UK (16th May 2013) – Moscow’s Satirikon Theatre opened its 2012–2013 season with a production of Romeo and Juliet directed by Konstantin Raikin. Raikin, the theatre’s Artistic Director, has not staged Shakespeare’s timeless love story at the Satirikon since the mid-1990s, and the new production has been hailed by critics and theatregoers alike for […]

I’m not sure there’s another company that has fallen quicker than Sharp Electronics. Listen to my podcast and see if you agree with my opinions and outlook for them. Having trouble listening to the podcast on this page? You can subscribe using RSS, iTunes or the Stitcher mobile App 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 […]

Extron is now shipping its new FOX RS 104, a four port RS232 inserter for long-haul transmission of control signals to remote source and destination equipment over fiber optic cabling. Each port provides a bidirectional fiber optic connection to an Extron FOX Series transmitter or receiver for the insertion and extraction of control data, while maintaining a continuous pass-through link […]

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) announced this week that it is forming the R7.8 Working Group 2 to develop a new standard to enable home electronics to communicate energy use data to smart energy management systems and apps. The new standard will be called CE-Energy Usage Information (CE-EUI) and will conform to the North American Energy Standards […]

Visix, Inc. has announced the four winners of the company’s sixth annual Expression Awards. The company launched the annual awards in 2008 to recognize the best content designs from end-users of its digital signage software applications. More than 80 designs were submitted to the online photo contest hosted on the company’s Facebook page. The judging […]