Latest Industry News – Places/Events
Almo Professional A/V Celebrates 10 Years of Distribution Success at InfoComm 2019
July 9, 2019
Earlier this month at the AVIXA™ 2019 InfoComm Show, Almo Professional A/V celebrated its decade-long milestone of providing value-added distribution services to the AV industry with an in-booth celebration, an epic anniversary cake featuring life-like AV equipment, and a donation check for the AVIXA Michael Vergauwen Scholarship program. Read the full article…
Samsung Names Avidex as Platinum Partner of the Year
July 9, 2019
Avidex has received the Samsung Smart Signage Platinum Partner of the Year Award, which recognizes achievements in consistent and successful display implementations, revenue attainment and customer commitment. Read the full article…
Lone Star Communications Expands Market to Central Texas by Acquiring Advanced Communications and Cabling/AC&C
July 9, 2019
Lone Star Communications, a Texas-based leader in the life safety industry, expands its market reach to central Texas by acquiring Advanced Communications and Cabling / AC&C, a leader in low voltage life safety equipment to the central Texas education and healthcare market. Read the full article…
Star Tribune Names IdentiSys Inc. a 2019 Top 150 Workplace
June 26, 2019
IdentiSys Inc. has been named one of the Top 150 Workplaces in Minnesota by the Star Tribune. A complete list of those selected is available at StarTribune.com/topworkplaces2019 and was published in the Star Tribune Top Workplaces special section on Sunday, June 16. Read the full article…
Latest Industry News – Products
Kramer Offers Zignage Digital Signage Capabilities Running on VIA Devices
July 9, 2019
Kramer Electronics today announced a partnership with Enterprise digital signage leader Zignage – a move that delivers enhanced functionality and additional value to Kramer’s powerful VIA platform. Read the full article…
Biamp Launches TesiraCONNECT Room Expander
July 9, 2019
TesiraCONNECT is a five-port AVB connection box that simplifies the Biamp conference room by providing power and media over a single cable between Biamp AVB DSPs, USB extenders, PoE+ amplifiers, and microphones. Read the full article…
Diversified Launches Portfolio of Smart Meeting Rooms
July 9, 2019
Diversified has launched ViewPoint, a portfolio of smart meeting rooms designed to drive positive business outcomes by creating predictable, technology-enabled meeting room experiences. According to the company, this predictability translates to fewer help desk requests, lower cost of ownership, and greater manageability of meeting rooms—as well as faster project budgeting and deployment. Read the full article…
Middle Atlantic Integrates Sustainability Into the Award-Winning L7 Lectern Series
July 9, 2019
Middle Atlantic Products, a brand of Legrand | AV, today announced manufacturing improvements to their newly released, height-adjustable, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant, eco-designed lectern, the L7 series. These improvements include reductions in materials use, which saves energy in the manufacturing process as a result of eco-design commitments. Read the full article…
Latest Industry News – Projects
Community R SERIES Loudspeakers Provide the Optimum Solution for Zabok Sports Hall
July 9, 2019
HUST d.o.o. has completed the installation of a new sound system for the Zabok Sports Hall, using a combination of Community and Apart loudspeakers with Biamp control. Read the full article…
The City of Laredo Upgrades to DICENTIS Conference System for Government Meetings
July 9, 2019
Since 1984, Laredo, Texas has broadcast its city council meetings via public access cable television. The city updated its 10-year-old conference system with a DICENTIS Conference system from Bosch, providing significant upgrades in control, sound quality and ease of operation with IP connectivity. Read the full article…
BrightSign-Powered Video Walls Transform Building Lobbies in New York City
July 9, 2019
Video walls are an increasingly popular treatment of lobby areas in commercial and residential buildings in urban centers. New York-based RedStraw is one of the creative media content agencies at the forefront of this trend, supporting designers, contractors and building owners by offering them new ways to use the latest video technology to liven up Read the full article…
McCann Systems Delivers Unilumin LED Sportsbook to N.J. Casino
July 9, 2019
Ocean Resort Casino has helped revitalize the iconic Atlantic City, N.J., boardwalk with the debut of an exclusive, lavish sports betting spot. The 7,500-square-foot Unilumin LED sportsbook on the casino’s gaming floor includes a bar featuring a four-sided ticker, video walls, odds boards, and live in-play betting odds for numerous sports. A central bar is Read the full article…
Latest Industry News – People
PSA Announces New Leadership Team Structure
July 9, 2019
PSA, the world’s largest consortium of professional systems integrators, today announced a restructuring of the senior management teams within their security and pro-AV divisions. Several current PSA executives and directors have assumed new responsibilities as the company heads into the start of their 2020 fiscal year today, July 1. Read the full article…
Community Appoints Todd Stevens as Regional Sales Manager
June 25, 2019
Community Professional Loudspeakers is pleased to announce the appointment of Todd Stevens as Regional Sales Manager, joining the North America sales team headed by Steve Young. Read the full article…
Legrand AV Gives Back to Local Communities Through Habitat for Humanity
June 12, 2019
Over the last several weeks, the staff at Legrand AV has been working with Habitat for Humanity—a nonprofit housing association committed to giving hardworking, low-income people a hand up, not a hand out—building new housing near Legrand AV’s various facilities. In the month of May, the team completed three builds—one in Minnesota, one in New Read the full article…
Vistacom Earns PSNI Global Deployment Certification
June 12, 2019
Vistacom’s David Jaques, director of operations, has received PSNI Global Deployment certification. This certification ensures that customers receive a standardized approach to service and integration no matter where in the world their project is located because they are working with a PSNI certified integrator. Read the full article…