WebDT Signage System Improves Customer Service and Speeds Sales Cycles through Event-triggered Advertising

KioskCom Self Service Expo – NEW YORK – October 15, 2008 – DT Research™, Inc., an industry leader in the development of information appliances for vertical markets, today announced the immediate availability of the WebDT Event Trigger Digital Signage System. This innovative system extends current interactive digital signage capabilities from touch screens to events that occur in close proximity. The system detects when a customer picks up a product, walks up to a product display or enters into a demo zone. This motion triggers a multimedia advertisement or product information to begin playing on a nearby digital sign. One of the leading U.S. mobile operators is currently piloting the system in nearly 100 stores across the country. more

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Charles M. Salter Associates, Inc., an acoustical, audiovisual system design, and telecommunications consulting firm, is pleased to announce the promotions of Christopher Peltier and Ethan Salter to Principal Consultant.

Christopher A. Peltier, P.E., an acoustical consultant with Charles M. Salter Associates since 2001, specializes in mechanical noise and vibration reduction, environmental noise studies, architectural acoustics, and audio forensics. Peltier also has a background in IT and teledata infrastructure and consults on an array of projects including entertainment studios, housing, educational facilities, and office buildings. Lucas Arts Expansion, Armand Hammer Billy Wilder Theater, One Rincon Hill Towers, CSU Monterey Bay Library, and VMware Palo Alto Offices are some of his notable projects. more

Ramzi Shakra has recently joined Electrosonic Inc. as Senior Marketing Manager. He will be in charge of the Marketing effort in the USA and also supporting the rest of Electrosonic Group worldwide. Formerly marketing director of Doremi Labs, he has extensive experience in the strategic positioning and management of high-technology products. more

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An SM58® is Something G. Love Can Really Sink His Teeth Into

NILES, IL, October 14, 2008 — The son of a wealthy banking lawyer born in the tony Philadelphia neighborhood of Society Hill, Garrett Dutton III (better known as G. Love) began playing guitar at age eight. By the time he was in the ninth grade he had written his first song and began playing the harmonica in a wire rack. Citing Bob Dylan, John Hammond Jr., Run-DMC, the Beastie Boys, and Schooly D as musical influences, he formed G. Love & Special Sauce in 1993, along with drummer Jeffrey Clemens and bassist Jim Prescott. Today, with a string of albums to its credit including 2006′s Lemonade and this year’s Superhero Brother, the band still tours relentlessly, bringing its laid-back blues to loyal fans across the country. more

Leading Spanish Car Manufacturer Adds Fabric System in Listening Space ~

INDIANAPOLIS, IN – SEAT, a leading car manufacturer based in Barcelona, Spain, revs up its audio acoustics program by creating a listening room at its R&D Center outfitted with Auralex Acoustics’ best-selling ELiTE Custom Fabric System.

The space serves as an additional tool for improving the acoustic quality in SEAT automobiles. It has been designed to perform analysis, subjective evaluation and jury-tests of acoustic signals previously recorded in vehicles, while also serving as a car audio lab.

To obtain accurate results, proper acoustics was essential. When Mas Acoustics, one of Auralex’s leading international distributors performed an acoustical consultation on the space, they knew that the ELiTE Custom Fabric System was the right choice for this project. more

AO Narrowcast Inc. began operations on March 7, 2008, headquartered in Sunnyvale California. Sunnyvale, CA has been the center of the semiconductor industry for decades and has now evolved into the technology capitol of the United States.

In knowing this AO Narrowcast Inc. set up operations in Sunnyvale to utilize the immense educated work force and leverage the knowledge gained through the rich technology history of the Silicon Valley. more

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Lighten up your studio’s connection plates with Wireworks LumaVue Custom Panels & Plates, high-impact custom panels that can be rear illuminated for instant identification. The perfect solution for use in low-light studios, the panels can also shed light backstage during live performances, on the road as well as several other locations where there is limited visibility.

Providing maximum electrical isolation between connectors, LumaVue Custom Panels & Plates are available in a variety of sizes and shapes, including standard gang plates, wall plates, rack panels as well as customized sizes and shapes, making LumaVue suitable for interface panels of any kind. more

AGOURA HILLS, Calif. — Oct. 14, 2008 — coolux Media Systems today announced the opening of an advanced training center that allows customers to maximize the use of the company’s award-winning Pandoras Boxâ„¢ real-time media control solutions. Located at the coolux International headquarters just outside Los Angeles, the new facility gives prospective and existing customers full access to Pandoras Box Media Systems, providing an invaluable opportunity for in-depth training led by experienced coolux technical staff. European customers can also enjoy full training sessions at the company’s headquarters in Köln, Germany. more

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Oct. 14, 2008 – StrandVision LLC, a provider of hosted digital signage services, today announced that Triangle Management & Investment Inc., which operates four Choice Hotels in Florida, is using its digital signage system for guest communications and services at the Clarion Resort & WaterPark in Orlando, with plans for an additional deployment at the Fort Lauderdale Quality Resort that it manages.
Cost-effective, flexible digital signage
Triangle Management was seeking a cost-effective digital signage system that they could use in public areas and as the house channel on its cable television service. They found that StrandVision’s Internet-based digital signage service met their needs on all fronts – low cost, remote management, ability to use the existing television network, and ease of use. The Clarion Resort & WaterPark in Orlando now has a network of 15 42-inch plasmas in the lobbies and restaurants, as well as almost 200 guest rooms, that delivers information through StrandVision’s hosted digital signage system.
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They are the champions – Coemar Infinity Wash XL lights truly are the lighting maestro’s best friend, and give a killer performance every time. As the Queen + Paul Rogers Rock The Cosmos European Tour 2008 continues to unfold, the Infinity Wash XLs are straight shooters delivering rich, robust illumination for what lighting designer Baz Halpin calls a “good-old-fashioned rock ‘n’ roll lighting show.” more