Sustainability has been a hot topic in the AV world over the past few years. Many manufacturers have expanded and touted their sustainability efforts, and customers are pushing for sustainable options. The sustainability of companies involves everything from their policies and practices at their headquarters and offices to the products they sell and end up […]

Key Digital, an award-winning developer and manufacturer of leading-edge digital video processing and video signal distribution solutions, has updated its single-gang wall box switcher-extender/transmitter solution with the introduction of the KD-XWPS 4K UHD, power-over-CAT, HDMI/USB-C auto-switching switcher/transmitter plus receiver kit. “Sometimes, a single-gang box is all that’s available in an existing infrastructure, notes DeWayne Rains, […]

Inglewood California’s 70,000-capacity SoFi Stadium hosted the 39th annual WrestleMania with a blockbuster two-night event enveloped in LED screens and scenic video technology driven by an army of Green Hippo’s Hippotizer™ Boreal+ Media Servers. More than 161,000 fans witnessed WrestleMania over two sold out evenings, energized by high octane video content created by the WWE […]

VITAL, a leading custom integration centric business coaching and financial software company, is thrilled to announce its upcoming CI Business Mastery Class schedule through engaging live webinars. These free webinars are made possible by the generous support of this year’s sponsors: D-Tools, Home Technology Association (HTA), Origin Acoustics, AudioControl, and DMF Lighting. Since the successful […]

Broadcast Solutions, one of Europe’s largest media systems integration groups, has delivered a new outside broadcast truck, known as IP1, to Supersport. Thanks to South Africa’s traffic regulations, the new truck is probably one of the largest outside broadcast vehicle ever built: the trailer is 16m long, 4.3m high and 2.6m wide while travelling, 5m […]

SMART Technologies just announced that its newest interactive display solutions will feature Google EDLA Certification, with options for Google EDLA Certification across its existing lineup available soon. These solutions include a new generation of iQ-powered interactive displays for education, coming in 2024, and an appliance-based solution designed to be paired with SMART displays purchased as […]

When I first moved to Alberta in high school, a girl I met here told me “Edmonton is a town of six hundred.” Actually, at the time it was a small city of about 700,000 people, but right away I picked up what she really meant: Everyone knows everyone else. And she was right. Later […]

MwareTV, a leading cloud-based multi-tenant platform provider, has signed an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group. The agreement will see MwareTV’s services made available through the Alibaba Marketplace, hosted in the Alibaba Cloud, and distributed using Alibaba’s CDN in Europe and Asia. MwareTV has already […]

Snap One just announced its new commercial-focused Carbon Series of Strong mounts for overhead digital signage installations of displays up to 100 inches diagonal and up to 500 pounds in weight. For ceiling-mount installation, Partners can purchase steel I-beam mounts, wood joist mounts and numerous ceiling plates, including an anti-vibration model. They can also opt […]

HARMAN Professional Solutions’ AMX brand launched the AV-over-IP-based AMX SVSI N4321D Audio Transceivers with Dante and AES67. These Transceivers are ideal for corporate applications, colleges and universities, casinos, convention and entertainment centers, or anyone needing robust Dante, AES67 or PCM networked audio over IP and analog transcoding at an affordable price point. The N4321D connects […]

Biamp unveiled Modena MAX Connect, which offers “the same experience that users have come to love in dedicated UCC rooms,” now within BYOM collaboration spaces. MAX Connect enables users to walk into any room, with any device, and join a meeting instantly using any video collaboration experience, including UC platforms or messaging apps. MAX Connect […]

The Biamp Parlé N 100 adds network connectivity to Parlé conferencing bars enabling device monitoring, firmware updates, and enterprise configuration via SageVue. It includes two USB A ports for connecting peripherals such as the Vidi 250 conferencing camera. Other features include one USB B port for connecting a laptop or UC compute device, and one […]

Barco just announced that industry veteran Daniel Root has joined Barco to lead the Meeting Experience division’s global alliance team. Root will be responsible for driving strategic alignment as ClickShare accelerates its momentum. With his experience and deep understanding of the market, Root is well-equipped to lead ClickShare’s partnership and alliance program into the future. Here’s an exclusive […]

Biamp announced that the all-in-one Parlé VBC 2500 videoconferencing bar has earned certification from Barco. Barco certification ensures that products have been tested and validated by Barco, providing assurance to IT professionals and end users that certified products will work as expected and perform to Barco standards. Now Barco ClickShare customers are empowered to augment wireless […]

HARMAN Professional Solutions’ AMX Brand introduced the CE Series at InfoComm 2023, a new family of professional-grade Universal Control Extenders. The new line delivers AMX-quality hardware control to any system that supports IP connectivity, making these units ideal for corporate spaces, colleges and universities, and government facilities. AMX debuted four models, including CE-IO4 with 4 […]

My latest Rants & rAVes episode features TD SYNNEX senior vice president, TJ Trojan, to talk not only about his InfoComm 2023 impressions but also about the trend toward AVaaS and how integrators can benefit from converting clients from CapEx to OpEx. This is a great one-on-one discussion between 20+-year friends and you get to […]

The SDVoE Alliance announced integration with AVI-SPL Symphony, a user experience management platform to administer, monitor, control and analyze multivendor AV, UC and spaces across environments. The SDVoE API expands Symphony’s view into the full technology deployment of customers. Industry professionals can control and manage SDVoE devices alongside other system devices, such as sources, displays, […]

Snap One announced it is accelerating investments in its cloud infrastructure, including its management and remote operations platform OvrC servers. Snap One says partners and users benefit from the consistent development of new features that improve connection reliability and scalability, with recent cloud investments targeting load-balancing and multi-cloud architectures to offer “heightened global resiliency and […]

ASPEED Technology (the chip inside many AV-over-IP products out there) launched something called Smart AV application products, including the AST1530/1535 AV-over-IP high-definition Matrix Video Wall SoCs. The SoCs can be paired with ASPEED’s Cupola360 180-degree and 360-degree cameras, providing solutions for various applications such as smart patrolling for factory command centers and control rooms. ASPEED […]

MediaMatrix announces the release of nWare 3.0. With this release, MediaMatrix expands its integrations within the Peavey Commercial Audio product line and beyond. nWare 3.0 offers integrated compatibility with the Visionary Solutions DuetE-2 Encoder and DuetD-2 Decoder, enabling real-time video streaming with embedded monitoring and control functionality. The nWare 3.0 release also includes Crest Audio […]

Xyte developers of the Connected Device Platform (CDP), announced its added partnerships with Legrand, Symetrix and WyreStorm at InfoComm 2023. These new customers join Valens, Avocor, AVProEdge, Rebar, Alice Camera, ProAV and others who have partnered with Xyte to create an AV ecosystem that includes “both leading hardware manufacturers and service providers.” Together with additional device manufacturers in various industries that are […]

Savant Systems announced that it has launched its new energy storage system (ESS) – Savant Power Storage. Savant Power Storage is a smart home technology that consists of an integrated inverter and LFP battery system and intelligent software that offers power source management, energy storage and load management that can be tailored to meet the […]

Solotech last week announced the appointment of John “Jack” Steinhauer as vice president, Global Markets, Sales and Systems Integration. This newly created role based in the U.S. is a “pivotal leadership position in the Sales and Systems Integration Division.” In his new role, Steinhauer will be responsible for overseeing the Global Markets Leader Program and […]

Waves Audio just debuted the CA3000-MX Commercial Audio Mixer, an install-ready audio mixer and processing engine that delivers sound quality for a wide range of single-room and multi-zone AV installations. CA3000-MX offers powerful mixing and built-in processing capabilities that can upgrade the sound of any installed audio system; it also offers the option to expand processing […]

Inglewood California’s 70,000-capacity SoFi Stadium hosted the 39th annual WrestleMania with a blockbuster two-night event enveloped in LED screens and scenic video technology driven by an army of Green Hippo’s Hippotizer Boreal+ Media Servers. More than 161,000 fans witnessed WrestleMania over two sold-out evenings, energized by high-octane video content created by the WWE Media Graphics Department. The visuals were […]

WOW. After Day Three of InfoComm 2023, I am SO tired. I have run around from appointment to appointment, stopping to say hi to people and occasionally give a hug or fist bump but good LORD it has not felt like this in so long. I don’t know how often I can repeat that. This […]

Biamp introduced EasyConnect MPX 100 today, adding BYOM calls to UCC rooms. The MPX 100 is a media switcher designed for conference rooms equipped with a dedicated UC room system, such as a Microsoft Teams Room or Zoom Room, but from which a user occasionally needs to use an alternate UC platform. The MPX 100 […]

Waves Audio just announced new updates for the Waves Cloud MX Broadcast Audio Mixer. With this update, Cloud MX now supports 32+2 faders via dual Waves FIT controllers, as well as tactile control of plug-ins via the Waves FIT Controller, expanding the Cloud MX mixing experience for the user. The Waves Cloud MX Broadcast Audio […]

Blackwire Designs recently announced the release of two new Control4 drivers that provide an interface for Just Add Power and ProAV systems that use video walls or tilers. The drivers integrate natively into the Control4 UI on both T4 touch screens and mobile devices, allowing an end user to take control of these complex systems […]

Barco now has a distribution partnership with LANG IBERIA. The announcement follows a successful agreement between Barco and LANG AG as its preferred distribution partner for projection and image processing in the DACH region. The new contract with LANG IBERIA covers the distribution rights for Barco projection and image processing solutions in Spain. LANG IBERIA is a […]

Kuori is launching its latest Outdoor Digital Display, a 75” display with significantly more energy-efficient technology for the use of LCD displays for outdoor digital signage for the Digital-Out-of-Home (DOOH) industry.

 Kuori’s temperature control system preserves the screen’s indoor-like environment, contributing to its energy efficiency and prolonged lifetime. Kuori says its Outdoor Digital Displays are […]

Kuori Oy claims to be the first manufacturer (OEM) to implement the Google framework for Enterprise Devices Licencing Agreement (EDLA) certification for use in large outdoor screens. The Finnish company wants to create a new industry standard for DOOH hardware by systematically applying Android, the universal operating system, to its entire product range. Kuori says […]