7thSense Releases Version 7.1 of Medialon Manager Show Control Software

7thSense announced the release of its show control software, Medialon Manager version 7.1, which “significantly changes the architecture of Medialon hardware products Showmaster LE and Showmaster Pro.” 7thSense says Medialon Manager is a Windows-based show control software that brings together a programming interface, a GUI builder, and a show execution engine with thousands of installations […]

7thSense Releases Version 7.1 of Medialon Manager Show Control Software

HDBaseT Alliance to Release HDBaseT-USB3 Standard for USB 3.2 Connectivity

The HDBaseT Alliance says it is readying a solution to deal with the long-reach extension of USB 3.2 connectivity. The alliance claims the effort addresses critical industry challenges by providing a professional-grade replacement to existing extension solutions that fall short with respect to cost, power consumption, distance, field termination, stability and support for all USB […]

HDBaseT Alliance to Release HDBaseT-USB3 Standard for USB 3.2 Connectivity

Rants & rAVes — Episode 1274: Who the Heck is Xilica? Let Me Introduce You to Your New Audio Distribution Best Friend

If you haven’t heard of Xilica, you’re not alone. But there’s no time like the present to get acquainted — if you need a stand-alone PoE audio DSP, the company has one. (It’s also modular, so you pick the input port!) Need to distribute audio anywhere affordably and across the network? Xilica has that too. […]

Rants & rAVes — Episode 1274: Who the Heck is Xilica? Let Me Introduce You to Your New Audio Distribution Best Friend

Se7ven Sounds Music Ordered to Pay $5 Million in Damages to L-Acoustics for Trademark Infringement, Counterfeiting, Unfair Competition

An investigation led by L-Acoustics late last year resulted in the seizure of an extraordinary 136 counterfeit products from Tampa-based rental company Se7ven Sounds Music, Inc. Along with the seizure, L-Acoustics filed a complaint against Se7ven Sounds for trademark infringement, counterfeiting and unfair competition. This month, the United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, […]

Se7ven Sounds Music Ordered to Pay $5 Million in Damages to L-Acoustics for Trademark Infringement, Counterfeiting, Unfair Competition

Rants & rAVes — Episode 1273: Here’s Everything Logitech Has Planned for Zoomtopia: Immersion, Hybrid and AI

Logitech’s Eric Spadafora, head of B2B business sales, North America, joined me for a pre-Zoomtopia videocast today. In addition to explaining how Logitech’s 315-degree Sight plays a central part in meeting equity, Zoom’s Intelligent Director will take center stage at the annual Zoom conference — as AI is going to be a central focus in […]

Rants & rAVes — Episode 1273: Here’s Everything Logitech Has Planned for Zoomtopia: Immersion, Hybrid and AI

The Symco Technology Showcases are back with their fall edition!

Stirling, NJ- For over 20 years, Symco Inc has brought industry-leading manufacturers and Audio-Visual professionals together locally via the Symco Technology Showcases. These Spring and Fall events are open to all integrators, VARs, consultants, technology managers and end users and provide the opportunity to see and touch the newest solutions and talk to the manufacturers […]

The Symco Technology Showcases are back with their fall edition!

Visionary PacketAV Matrix Series Now Offers Control Operations With Aveo Systems Mira Connect

Visionary and Aveo Systems have partnered to introduce expanded control operations for Visionary’s PacketAV Matrix Series with Aveo Systems’ Mira Connect. The Mira Connect family of products now integrate with Visionary’s AV-over-IP products to enhance overall control and user experience. The partnership aims to provide users with a “seamless, intuitive and engaging experience when interacting […]

Visionary PacketAV Matrix Series Now Offers Control Operations With Aveo Systems Mira Connect

Snap One Adds 6 New Partner Stores

Snap One announced that it has opened six new Partner Store locations in Secaucus, New Jersey; Lenexa, Kansas; Boise, Idaho; Fort Myers, Florida; and Cincinnati and Cleveland, Ohio; with an additional grand opening to come in Raleigh, North Carolina. In addition to offering product support to regions plagued by delivery complications and product procurement issues, […]

Snap One Adds 6 New Partner Stores

LG Business Solutions Adds Michael Kosla as Senior Vice President of Sales

LG Business Solutions has appointed longtime hospitality sales leader Michael Kosla to senior vice president of sales to drive customer engagement, accelerate growth and maximize synergies across the business. Kosla will be responsible for all of LG Business Solutions’ product and solution sales across the various vertical markets that the business serves in the United […]

LG Business Solutions Adds Michael Kosla as Senior Vice President of Sales

Legrand Partners with Microsoft to Build Pre-Configured Signature Microsoft Teams Rooms Systems

Legrand and Microsoft have announced a partnership to create a new hybrid conferencing space with Signature Microsoft Teams Rooms featuring products from Legrand, North, and Central America. The Signature Teams Rooms are all about creating a premium in-room experience with the complete conferencing platform. Signature Teams Rooms were developed to be immersive and inclusive meeting […]

Legrand Partners with Microsoft to Build Pre-Configured Signature Microsoft Teams Rooms Systems

Rants & rAVes — Episode 1272: Videri Is the Simplest Signage Company — Watch and You’ll Agree

Videri might be the AV market’s only true end-to-end signage company, as it makes every part of the digital signage ecosystem — from creation software to displays — and it’s all on the cloud. Don’t believe me? Watch this as Videri’s platform includes the signage displays (wireless, too), the CMS (including a content creation platform), […]

Rants & rAVes — Episode 1272: Videri Is the Simplest Signage Company — Watch and You’ll Agree

Inaugural INTEGRATE ME Brings ProAV Back to MENA Region — Looking Back at the 2023 Show

Congratulations to the organizers of INTEGRATE ME for their first show dedicated to ProAV. Co-located with CabSat, the show drew in an enthusiastic crowd of ProAV May 16-18, 2023 — much to the satisfaction of the exhibitors. The industry held its breath (several attempts in the MENA region have failed) and at first glance, many […]

Inaugural INTEGRATE ME Brings ProAV Back to MENA Region — Looking Back at the 2023 Show

CompTIA Report Finds Steady Progress on the Cybersecurity Front

Changing approaches to cybersecurity have led to slow but steady progress in defense and protection, but competing interests create a growing challenge for cybersecurity decision makers and practitioners, according to CompTIA. A majority of business and technology professionals feel that the overall state of cybersecurity is improving, both generally and within their organizations, according to […]

CompTIA Report Finds Steady Progress on the Cybersecurity Front

CYP Launches HDBaseT 3.0 Transmitter

CYP just launched the PUV-3090TX-UEA HDBaseT 3.0 transmitter that supports up to 4K UHD+ (18Gbps, 4K@60Hz 4:4:4, 8-bit) video input and output over both HDMI and HDBaseT. This allows the transmission of uncompressed HDMI 2.0 4K@60 (4:4:4, 8-bit) video and HD audio as well as Ethernet (LAN serving) and control via a single run of […]

CYP Launches HDBaseT 3.0 Transmitter

MAXHUB Selects TD SYNNEX For Distribution Throughout North America

  Lake Forest, CA – September 2023… MAXHUB, a premier provider of collaborative communication and interactive class delivery solutions is pleased to announce the company has reached an agreement with TD SYNNEX for the distribution of MAXHUB products throughout North America. TD SYNNEX, a leading global distributor and solutions aggregator for the IT ecosystem, provides […]

MAXHUB Selects TD SYNNEX For Distribution Throughout North America

Key Digital connects flexible multi-purpose conference and presentation space with unprecedented control at Carson Springs Baptist Conference Center

MOUNT VERNON, NY, September 19, 2023 – Creating highly flexible presentation solutions for a variety of audio-visual environments is a long-standing aim of Key Digital®, an award-winning developer and manufacturer of leading-edge digital video processing and video signal distribution solutions. When Carson Springs Baptist Conference Center in Newport, TN, found the need to maximize its existing […]

Key Digital connects flexible multi-purpose conference and presentation space with unprecedented control at Carson Springs Baptist Conference Center

Key Digital to exhibit at CEDIA Tech Summit in Toronto

  MOUNT VERNON, NY, September 22, 2023 – Key Digital, an award-winning developer and manufacturer of leading-edge digital video processing and video signal distribution solutions, will be exhibiting at the CEDIA Tech Summit Toronto, a trade-only one-day event being held Thursday, September 28, at the Parkview Manor in Toronto, Canada. Key Digital VP of Sales […]

Key Digital to exhibit at CEDIA Tech Summit in Toronto

CANARE Delivers Unrivaled Results for Purple Tally Productions and the Fiber Guy

MINNEAPOLIS, MN, SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 — As Founder and CEO of both Purple Tally Productions, a live event crewing company, and The Fiber Guy, a fiber optics retail, repair and installation company, Jesse Madison regularly calls on his decades of experience working with fiber optic technology. After countless hours spent inspecting, troubleshooting, repairing and working with fiber, Madison started his companies […]

CANARE Delivers Unrivaled Results for Purple Tally Productions and the Fiber Guy

University of Manchester Engineering Campus Development Installs Extron and Pure AV Systems

The University of Manchester Engineering Campus Development – MECD in England required expansive research, learning and meeting spaces for more than 8,000 engineering and science students. Two new multi-story structures were built and linked to the existing Oddfellows Hall, next to the other two engineering buildings. Rooms were designed to be flexible with specialized learning […]

University of Manchester Engineering Campus Development Installs Extron and Pure AV Systems

Biamp Enhances Commitment to Italian Audiovisual Industry

BEAVERTON, Ore. — September 21, 2023 — Biamp, a leading provider of end-to-end audiovisual solutions, is further strengthening its presence in the Italian market. The company has appointed Intermark Sistemi as its official authorized distributor, marking a significant milestone in Biamp’s commitment to delivering exceptional audiovisual experiences to its customers. In addition to this, Biamp will […]

Biamp Enhances Commitment to Italian Audiovisual Industry

Gilsama and Xilica Enter Distribution Partnership for Mexico

TORONTO, CANADA / September 18, 2023 — Xilica®, a provider of collaboration products that help unlock the power of human connection, has announced a distribution agreement with Gilsama SA de CV for Mexico. With significant growth in its enterprise, education and government business, this new partnership with Gilsama marks Xilica’s entry into the Mexican market for […]

Gilsama and Xilica Enter Distribution Partnership for Mexico

Key Digital AV over IP Systems Give Hospitality Venues Flexible, Scalable and Cost-Effective AVohh

MOUNT VERNON, NY, September 20, 2023 – AV integrators working with bars, restaurants and gaming venues find commonality in the requirements of their customers: ease of use, high quality video, flexibility and cost-effectiveness. These integrators are increasingly satisfying those needs with AV over IP distribution systems from award-winning developer and manufacturer of leading-edge digital video […]

Key Digital AV over IP Systems Give Hospitality Venues Flexible, Scalable and Cost-Effective AVohh

Humly and Appspace Introduce a One-of-a-Kind Hot Desking Integration at WOW23

STOCKHOLM, Sweden – September 21, 2023 – Humly, a workplace experience company with more than a decade of innovation for modernizing business environments, will demonstrate its suite of Humly Workplace Solutions at the Appspace World of Work (WOW23) event from September 27-29 in Nashville. The demonstrations will emphasize how the Appspace workplace experience solutions seamlessly integrate with Humly’s […]

Humly and Appspace Introduce a One-of-a-Kind Hot Desking Integration at WOW23

Audio Engineers Scott Larson and Warren Bowman Use TASCAM’s Portacapture X8 for Live Recordings

  Capturing live performances accurately is one of the most demanding tasks for any recording engineer. Achieving balance among the performers while accurately capturing the energy that is unique to live performances is an ongoing challenge. To help address these issues, engineers Scott Larson and Warren Bowman have found success with the Portacapture X8 32-bit […]

Audio Engineers Scott Larson and Warren Bowman Use TASCAM’s Portacapture X8 for Live Recordings

ViewLift Streams Motorsport Event at Scale with Harmonic

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sept. 12 2023 — Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) today announced that digital content distribution platform ViewLift is now using Harmonic’s VOS®360 Media SaaS as its streaming video pipeline. Harmonic’s VOS360 SaaS offers unparalleled agility, resiliency, security and scalability, ensuring an outstanding viewing experience during premium sports events. ViewLift recently utilized VOS360 SaaS to […]

ViewLift Streams Motorsport Event at Scale with Harmonic

Blackwire Designs Doubles Up on Award Wins During Its First CEDIA 2023 Exhibition

PHOENIX — Sept. 19, 2023 — Blackwire Designs, a leading distributor in the custom installation and Pro AV markets, proudly announces that the Blacklight Design Tool, the industry’s first comprehensive design software for linear LED lighting, has received the CEDIA Best New Software Product Award and a Best of Show Award from Residential Systems during the […]

Blackwire Designs Doubles Up on Award Wins During Its First CEDIA 2023 Exhibition

Jetbuilt Announces 4th Annual Global User Summit in Chicago

Newport Beach, Calif. (September 19, 2023) — Jetbuilt, the global leader in AV project sales and management software, announces the 4th Annual Global User Summit from October 19–20, 2023, at the Congress Plaza Hotel in Chicago, IL. Jetbuilt’s User Summit provides a unique opportunity for Jetbuilt users to collaborate, network and exchange ideas on workflows, processes […]

Jetbuilt Announces 4th Annual Global User Summit in Chicago

DNAV Launches FM Radio Licensing Program for Non-Profit Organizations

New Jersey, September 12, 2023 — DNAV, a full-service consultation firm, systems integrator and representative for Sierra Automated Systems (SAS) and other manufacturers, has launched a new FM radio licensing program to help non-profit organizations obtain FCC licenses for new low-power FM (LPFM) radio stations. The company has also launched a website, www.IWantARadioStation.com, to provide additional information […]

DNAV Launches FM Radio Licensing Program for Non-Profit Organizations

Victrola Leads Hight-Fidelity Turntable Revolution Via New Lineup of ‘Hi-Res’ Turntables With Qualcomm APTX Adaptive Support

Hi-Res Carbon and Hi-Res Onyx expand Victrola’s premium turntable offerings with high-fidelity wired and wireless vinyl experiences, including Bluetooth® 5.4, Bluetooth LE, and aptX Adaptive support Victrola, the leading manufacturer of record players, turntables, and music-related products in the home for more than 115 years, today continued its evolution in the high-fidelity wireless turntable category with […]

Victrola Leads Hight-Fidelity Turntable Revolution Via New Lineup of ‘Hi-Res’ Turntables With Qualcomm APTX Adaptive Support

Royer Labs Announces 25th Anniversary Limited Edition R-122 MKII Distressed Rose Microphone

Burbank, CA … Royer Labs opened in 1998 and shortly after released the world’s first phantom powered, active ribbon microphone—the R-122. A revolutionary development in ribbon mics, it combined impedance matching circuitry with condenser-like output levels that enabled the microphone to be used on even the quietest sound sources. In 2016, the updated R-122 MKll […]

Royer Labs Announces 25th Anniversary Limited Edition  R-122 MKII Distressed Rose Microphone

Genelec soundtracks India’s influence on global fashion

Mumbai, India, September 2023… In late March, the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre (NMACC) opened its doors in Mumbai, India, ushering in a new era of creativity in a city renowned for its Bollywood influence. This multidisciplinary arts centre boasts a 2,000-seat theatre, two intimate performance spaces and a four-storey Art House. To mark its grand opening, a three-day […]

Genelec soundtracks India’s influence  on global fashion

PPDS kits out new $15m ‘state-of-the-art’ Oral Roberts University Athletic Center with Philips displays

PPDS, aka Philips professional displays, has installed a range of Philips Signage D-Line digital displays and Philips LED 6000 Series L-Line direct view LED displays inside the spectacular new $15m Mike Carter Athletic Center at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Oral Roberts University (ORU) is a globally recognized Christian university, offering more than […]

PPDS kits out new $15m ‘state-of-the-art’ Oral Roberts University Athletic Center with Philips displays