Niles Audio Corporation, The First Name in Custom Installation®, has introduced new dealer resource materials to enable professional system integrators to better market and design systems utilizing Niles’ Ceiling Mount Loudspeakers. Highlighting the new tools is the pocket-sized Specifier’s Guide, featuring comprehensive information and images of Niles’ complete assortment of Ceiling Mount Loudspeakers and award-winning Directed SoundField Loudspeakers. With real-world application scenarios for the easy-to-install CM Series—renowned for its superior sound and weather-resistant constructions—the reference guide provides professional installers the knowledge to properly and efficiently specify systems for their clients. more

MOUNTLAKE TERRACE, WASHINGTON – JANUARY 2009: Symetrix will be exhibiting its Symetrix, SymNet, Lucid and AirTools-branded signal processing solutions at the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) Show in booth #3C104 with their distributor, Iemke Roos Audio BV, Netherlands. Visitors will see the launch of a new AirTools product and be given hands-on demonstrations of the new SymNet Designer 8.0 software and the Symetrix Automix Matrix 780. The SymNet Designer 8.0 software adds over fifty new features to the world’s most advanced audio DSP control software, including context-sensitive help, new module information, and an order-of-magnitude faster operation. The Symetrix Automix Matrix 780 is the latest in the Integrator Series of products for cost-efficient and feature-rich installations in bars, restaurants, hotels, clubs, and other small to medium-sized venues. more

HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, JANUARY 14, 2009 – Twenty-five year microwave industry veteran Nathan Lader has been appointed as the new vice president of Military, Aerospace and Government (MAG) Programs for RF Systems, a new division formed uniting the Nucomm and RF Central companies and sales teams. In his new position, Lader oversees and conducts the business development, sales and marketing efforts for the MAG division. more

Carlisle, PA, January15, 2009 – RF Central, a Brand of The Vitec Group, is proud to introduce its new family of digital fixed links, the GL Series, to broadcasters throughout the country. As an ideal solution for Studio Transmitter Link (STL), Transmitter Studio Link (TSL) and Inter City Relay (ICR) applications, the versatile GL Series modular platforms offer the use of different boards, allowing the units to accept analog video, E3, EI (4x), ASI or SDI inputs with the option of mixing signals together and sending all signals over a single link. more

GARDEN GROVE, Calif., Jan. 15, 2009 — Pantel (www.panteltv.com), the worldwide leader in outdoor weatherproof TV solutions, is proud to announce that it has added to its new waterproof “Mirror TV� product line, and the new 42-inch model made quite a splash when it was launched at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), held in Las Vegas, Nev. from Jan 8-11 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The PAN-42MR joins the current acclaimed lineup of 20-, 26-, and 32-inch screen sizes, which are perfect not only for certain outdoor applications, but specifically for indoor applications such as bathrooms, showers, and saunas, as well. more

(SPICELAND, IND)—Draper, Inc., a leading manufacturer of gymnasium equipment, projection screens, window shades and lifts and mounts for flatscreens and video projectors, has been recognized for its efforts to reduce energy use in the company’s facilities.

Draper was one of 20 companies to receive a 2008 Green-Tint Energy Award from the Indiana Energy Savings Initiative and Westinghouse Corporation. This award is given to Indiana companies who effectively reduce their energy footprint by 50 percent.
Draper received the Green-Tint Energy Award for cutting warehouse energy consumption through the use of Applied Air hybrid heating systems and Westinghouse T5 high efficiency light fixtures. more

(Spiceland, Ind.) – A leading provider of motorized projection screens, window coverings and projector lifts has joined forces with the world’s largest weaver of tapestries. Screen manufacturer Draper, Inc. and Fine Art Tapestries introduce Fine Art for FlatScreens, which conceals a flatscreen television with a stunning work of art and reveals it at the touch of a switch or wireless controller. more

(Spiceland, Ind.)—Draper’s new TorkStar Utility Line Set is designed to raise and lower a wide range of products commonly used on stages, in gymnasiums and churches and other public venues.

TorkStar is an inherently safe, simple lifting system designed for intermittent usage, which can be used to raise and lower lighting, speakers, backdrops, scenery, banners, flags, projection screens and more.

TorkStar eliminates the need for stepladders, scaffolding, or lifts to service or change lamps, filters, or other ceiling suspended items. In the event of an electrical outage or motor failure, there is sufficient braking capacity to arrest the entire system.

TorkStar is the latest addition to Draper’s Conceal/Reveal product line. For more information on the TorkStar, go to www.draperinc.com/go/TorkStar.htm.

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BUENA PARK, Calif.─Originally built as the Manhattan Opera House in 1906 by Oscar Hammerstein I, the Manhattan Center boasts a rich history of entertainment, corporate and cultural events. Now, more than 100 years later, the building still serves the metro New York area with two unique event spaces – The Hammerstein and The Grand Ballrooms. The flexibility of these rooms, along with their connection to in-house recording and television studios, allows clients to transform the rooms to suit any style of event, from corporate events, rock concerts, and television shoots to trade or fashion shows and product launches. more

Carlisle, PA, January15, 2009 – RF Central, a brand of The Vitec Group, is proud to introduce its new family of digital fixed links, the GL Series, to broadcasters throughout the country. As an ideal solution for Studio Transmitter Link (STL), Transmitter Studio Link (TSL) and Inter City Relay (ICR) applications, the versatile GL Series modular platforms offer the use of different boards, allowing the units to accept analog video, E3, EI (4x), ASI or SDI inputs with the option of mixing signals together and sending all signals over a single link. more