WEST CHESTER, PA, May 3, 2007 — Aviom (InfoComm, Booth #8246), exclusive developer of the world‘s premier audio transport technology, A-Net®, is announcing the appointment of Michael J. McGinn as the company‘s new Vice President of Sales & Marketing.

Another step in Aviom‘s consistent development as a company, McGinn brings years of senior executive and board member experience with demonstrated success in general management, marketing, and sales with global industry leaders Shure, Ecolab, and Eastman Kodak. more

TV One-task combats the digital era with the new high-performance 1T-C2-520 DVI, RGB, YUV to SD/HD-SDI converter which is perfect for the professional or broadcast market.

ERLANGER, KY, May 3, 2007–The new 1T-C2-520 adds to the list of high-quality conversion devices available through the TV One-task product line. The 1T-C2-520 converts DVI-D 720p or 1080i HD signals to HD-SDI or analog YPbPr or RGBHV to HD-SDI. Since it also converts standard analog YUV signals at 525i or 625i to SD-SDI, it is the perfect product for converting Beta to SDI. more

Whitinsville, MA – May 3, 2007 – Professional audio industry veteran Joe Fustolo has been named Manager of the EAW Application Support Group (ASG), the company‘s multifaceted team offering a wide range of specialized technical services to the EAW customer base. The appointment was announced by Jeffrey Cox, Vice President of the EAW Brand Group.

Fustolo brings more 15 years of hands-on pro audio experience in leading the ASG team, which serves to provide in-depth technical and system information, including product and application guidance, loudspeaker system design and review, as well as hands-on training and educational tools such as white papers and CD-ROMs. ASG also provides answers and input via EAW‘s popular on-line technical forum established on the company website (www.eaw.com). more

Systems integration firm Professional Products Inc. designs and integrates new facility featuring Stantron™ Broadcast racks

MAYVILLE, WISCONSIN, May 2, 2007 – APWMayville™, a leader in rack and enclosure solutions for the broadcast, audio/visual, security, data communications and telecommunications industries, announces the installation of 38 Stantron™ Broadcast Rack equipment racks at Soldiers Media Center in Arlington, Virginia. Professional Products, Inc. (PPI), a technology-driven design-build company based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, handled the design and integration services for the new facility and awarded the equipment rack portion of the contract to APWMayville™. Professional Products was impressed with APWMayville™ willingness to customize racks and create solutions to various rack integration and cable management challenges that the integrator faced throughout the six month project. more

NORTHRIDGE, California – May 2007 — Soundcraft has expanded the connectivity options for its Vi Series (Vi6, Vi4) of digital live sound consoles with the introduction of a CobraNet interface card.

The CobraNet option card allows up to 32 channels of input or output signals (or a combination of both) to be received by or sent from the console onto a CobraNet network. By default, the card is configured for 32 outputs. more

HILLSIDE, NJ, MAY 3, 2007 ­– Wireworks Corporation, the leading innovator of audio/video cabling systems, announces that its entire line of products is manufactured in compliance with the European Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive and the California Electronic Waste Recycling Act. more

NORTHRIDGE, CALIFORNIA, April 23, 2007 — Reinforcing JBL Professional as the world‘s foremost manufacturer of portable PA loudspeakers, the VRX928LA portable line array earned a MIPA Award for Best Portable PA Product at Pro Light & Sound 2007. This marks the third consecutive year that JBL has won the MIPA Award in this category. more