SANUS, an industry leader in mounts and accessories for TVs and smart devices, today announced its new VIWLF128-B2 Large In-Wall Full-Motion Mount featuring in-wall storage won four industry awards at CEDIA Expo 2023 in Denver — a CE Pro Best Product Award, Residential Tech Today 2023 Innovation Award, Residential Systems Best of Show Award, and TWICE […]

Extron is pleased to announce that the NAV Pro AV over IP platform can now be controlled by third-party control systems. This free NAVigator LinkLicense for Third-Party Control enables a Secure Shell (SSH) interface that permits SIS commands from third-party control systems to make and break NAV streaming connections in addition to various other system […]

Each day, KUT 90.5, Austin’s NPR (National Public Radio) station, and its sister station KUTX 98.9, the Austin Music Experience, strive to provide content that reflects the broad interests and tastes of the stations’ Central Texas audience. With news and events changing on a moment’s notice, the ability to quickly and easily capture and reproduce […]

Exertis Almo, the largest and most specialized value-added North American AV distributor, today announced its popular Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) panel, taking place at the award-winning E4 Experience, will focus on the importance of bringing AV technology into the DEI discussion. The E4 Experience is heading to New Jersey on September 20 and — […]

BZBGEAR, a global leader in pro AV and broadcasting products, is delighted to announce that its groundbreaking product, the BG-Commander-Pro, has received the prestigious “Best of Show” accolade at this year’s IBC2023. The award is in the TV Tech category. The IBC2023 Best of Show awards are renowned for honoring excellence in the broadcast industry. […]

Absen, the world’s leading LED display brand, is set to unveil its latest innovations in broadcast and esports at IBC 2023. The company will showcase its cutting-edge LED technology on Stand 2.B24, where visitors will have the opportunity to see virtual production, rental & staging, and commercial displays in action, as well as get hands-on […]

INOGENI in partnership with CRESTRON announced the Zoom Rooms certification for the Crestron AutoTrackerTM and Crestron AutoFramerTM cameras with the INOGENI’s 4KSUSB3. Enhance virtual meetings with Crestron cameras: Automatically track and frame meeting participants with ease. In the era of virtual meetings, having a reliable and advanced camera system is essential to create engaging and […]

tvONE has added Mitch Rosenberg to its Americas sales team as the Americas business development and special accounts manager, effective Sept. 5, 2023. In his new role, Rosenberg’s primary responsibility is to drive the growth of Green Hippo and tvONE’s net new business in the Americas. He will focus on engaging with CADS (consultants, architects, […]

Newsbridge announced new language enhancements for MXT-1, the company’s multimodal and generative AI indexing technology. Newsbridge says its core AI indexing tech uses natural language models to generate human-like descriptions of video content, with the power to index more than 500 hours of video per minute. Newsbridge claims the MXT-1 is now able to describe […]

Audinate Group Limited (ASX:AD8) recently announced that during the company’s 2023 fiscal year (FY23), which ended in June, it had shipped more than one million hardware and software units of its industry-leading AV-over-IP solution, Dante. The one million units is the greatest number of Dante units ever shipped in a 12-month period. The list of […]

Stevens Institute of Technology, a leading student-centric research university in Hoboken, New Jersey, uses Mersive Solstice Collaboration Platform and Pods to create a campus-wide networked AV infrastructure that not only fosters collaborative student-faculty interaction, but informs future system design and space planning using Solstice’s deep operational analytics. The campus-wide technology transformation began more than five […]

Optoma just launched the UHZ35ST short-throw, native 4K UHD resolution laser light projector. Featuring 3,500 lumens, a 500,000:1 contrast ratio and a DuraCore laser light source, the Optoma UHZ35ST is spec’d to last over 30,000 hours in Eco Mode and can make an image up to 100-inches from a few feet away from the screen, […]

Nestled within the University Hospital of Strasbourg, IRCAD (Institut de Recherche contre les Cancers de l’Appareil Digestif) is a  surgical research and training institute dedicated to minimally invasive surgery. Founded in 1994, more than 8,800 surgeons of all surgical specialties are trained annually at IRCAD. In Fall 2021, IRCAD introduced a new 26,000-square-foot building dedicated […]

Hey #AVtweeps, welcome to the official wrap-up of of rePLAY CEDIA Expo 2023! In this episode of rePLAY, our hosts, Steph Beckett and Emily Dean, walked us through their favorite moments of rAVe’s coverage of CEDIA Expo, the show that showcases the latest and greatest in HomeAV technology. “The great thing about our product videos […]

  CHARLOTTE, NC, September 12, 2023 – For Naveed Kaymanesh, President of Virginia-based custom integration firm Sight and Sound Systems, Inc., reputation is everything. Knowing that customer satisfaction is critical to word-of-mouth sales and that timely troubleshooting can be challenging during times of growth, Kaymanesh recently launched a new monthly subscription to provide clients with ongoing […]

  CARLSBAD, Calif. — Sept. 14, 2023 — Legrand’s residential lighting control brand Vantage today announced it has won a 2023 CE Pro BEST Product Award and a CEDIA Expo Residential Systems Best of Show Award for its LHUMAN KolorTune capability in the Vantage Design Center software. LHUMAN KolorTune enables one of the widest selections of […]

FREMONT, Calif. — Sept. 15, 2023 — Digital Nirvana, a provider of leading-edge media-monitoring and metadata generation services, today announced that during IBC2023, Avid® will demonstrate Digital Nirvana’s MetadataIQ metadata automation tool for news, sports, and entertainment customers relying on the Avid ecosystem. IBC2023 attendees are invited to the Avid stand (Hall 7, Stand 7.A59), where […]

Harmonic announced an addition to its Spectrum family of media servers. Software Spectrum X is a software-only media server that delivers what the company calls “broadcast quality and mission-critical reliability” from a 1RU COTS server that aligns with Harmonic’s Spectrum MediaPort 7000 real-time I/O module’s footprint. Software Spectrum X is in a compact footprint that […]

SoundTube Entertainment says the company hired Rick Goricki as vice president of sales for commercial audio. Throughout his career, Goricki has demonstrated an “aptitude for driving organizational operations and directing both domestic and global sales and marketing teams.” Furthermore, SoundTube says his expertise in product development and brand marketing underscores his versatile and accomplished background. […]

Sony Electronics just debuted two new products: a remote production unit, CBK-RPU7, for high-quality video transport over 5G networks and a software switcher, M2L-X, for use in on-premises and cloud environments. In addition, Sony is providing updates to existing products in its Networked Live portfolio. The NXL-ME80 Media Edge Processor, featuring Sony’s HEVC ultra-low latency […]

Sennheiser debuted the MKH 8030 RF condenser microphone with a figure-eight pick-up pattern. The MKH 8030 will unlock M-S, double M-S and Blumlein stereo recording options — be it a PA system whose sound needs to be eliminated or an adjacent instrument that must not be picked up. The sound signature of the MKH 8030 […]

By Peter Hansen AVIXA Company values matter. They impact how your business runs, they impact our society, and, according to new data, they hold substantial importance to the ProAV workforce. The link between company values and hiring is not an entirely new topic. In recent years, more and more data has shown that workers place […]

Exertis Almo, the largest and most specialized value-added North American AV distributor, today announced Gisela Ramirez, Director of Global Sales for Latin America and the Caribbean, has been named one of Commercial Integrator’s 2023 class of 40 Influencers Under 40. Ramirez is one of four Exertis Almo female AV pros who have earned distinguished industry […]

Over the past several years, software has become a significant source of revenue in the AV industry. The approach to providing software can vary widely amongst different vendors. Some “give” their software away since it only works with their equipment. Of course, we all know we are paying for that software when we buy the […]

Vectorworks announced the availability of Vectorworks 2024, featuring improvements that automate processes and use more AI. The 2024 release includes Vectorworks Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Design Suite, Fundamentals, ConnectCAD, Braceworks and Vision, with the English-language editions of these versions available today. Featuring advancements in its core technology, Vectorworks says Vectorworks 2024 saves designers time. It starts […]

PARIS — Sept. 12, 2023 — Leading AI company solving the video searchability problem, Newsbridge, announced today that the French Federation of Basketball (FFBB) has deployed its Cloud Media Hub and mobile app to improve the efficiency of content archiving, discovery, and sharing. Offering unparalleled scalability, the Cloud Media Hub enables FFBB to quickly share highlights with clubs, […]

WUPPERTAL, Germany — Sept. 12, 2023 — Riedel Communications today announced that Costa Nikols has joined the company as vice president of sales enablement for the global team. In his new role, Nikols will design, develop, and institute sales enablement programs to build foundational and technical knowledge for the global sales team. Continuing to work with […]

Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium, September 11, 2023 – intoPIX, leading provider of innovative image processing and video compression technologies, proudly announces its collaboration with Artel, resulting in the integration of intoPIX’s cutting-edge JPEG XS technology into the Artel SMART openGear solution. This integration marks a significant leap forward in the world of multimedia transport, providing an unparalleled […]

Alfalite, the only European manufacturer of LED screens, is pleased to announce its presence at IBC 2023 (September 15-18, RAI Amsterdam) where it will showcase its Modularpix Pro VP XR® LED panels for virtual production environments on the stands of its partners Canon, Brainstorm and Mo-Sys. At Canon’s booth 11.C41, Alfalite LED displays will be […]

Nureva announced that its HDL310 and HDL410 audio conferencing systems are now certified for Barco ClickShare CX-20, CX-30 and CX-50 Gen 2 wireless presentation and conferencing devices. Nureva says this certification simplifies ProAV performance to larger Barco BYOM (bring your own meeting) spaces. By combining Nureva’s USB-based plug-and-play audio systems with Barco’s ClickShare solutions, Nureva […]

Basel Train Station (Basel SBB) in Basel, Switzerland, is a primary European travel hub. Regarded as Europe’s busiest international train station located at the intersection of France, Germany and Switzerland, 1,000 trains depart from the station daily, equating to a passenger train departing or arriving at the station every 90 seconds. Additionally, freight trains still […]

Riedel Communications today announced that VA 361 Productions, a full-service provider of audiovisual solutions for the live events industry, is using Riedel’s Bolero wireless intercom system to increase communication efficiency, streamline workflows, and improve team coordination during its customers’ corporate events, live events, and broadcast productions. A repeat Riedel customer with offices in Madrid, Barcelona, […]