LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., June 10, 2009 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, today announced the addition of two new high-resolution REALiS Multimedia Projectors, the REALiS WUX10 Mark II D and REALiS SX80 Mark II D. These products feature a DICOM Simulation mode for compliance with the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) Part 14 standardized display function for display of grayscale images. This new mode will provide medical educators with greater flexibility when training and conducting lectures and conferences where a large display is needed. The two projectors are not cleared or approved for medical diagnosis and should not be used for these purposes. more

MediaPOINTE Exhibiting in Booth #3341 at InfoComm in Orlando

NEWBURY PARK, Calif. – June 10, 2009 – Advanced Media Design, developer of the award-winning AV-over-IP collaboration technology MediaPOINTE®, today announced that unlike many companies and competitors in the audio visual industry and streaming market space its MediaPOINTE division continues to grow and succeed in these hard-pressed economic times. Their revenues are up seventy-five percent year on year and MediaPOINTE continues to increase its staff both in the United States and Internationally. more

Upgrades to Platinum package with streaming video…

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – June 10, 2009 – Capital Lighting & Supply (CLS), a Sonepar USA Company, the premier provider of electrical products and lighting in the Mid-Atlantic states, has deployed a digital signage network from StrandVision LLC of Menomonie, Wis. that extends to all of its 21 locations in Maryland and Virginia. It has also moved up to StrandVision’s Platinum subscription level, which adds the ability to run unlimited playback of up to 60 minutes of streaming video within its mix of digital signage pages. more

Vibrant Design’s Christopher Landy created the innovative lighting design for the 2009 NewNowNext Awards, an awards show unlike any other on the broadcast calendar. Celebrating “fresh, freaky and up-and-coming pop culture and celebrities,” the event was hosted by the inimitable RuPaul at the Hiro Ballroom at Manhattan’s Maritime Hotel. Guest stars included Vanessa Williams, Britney Spears, Cheyenne Jackson and Morningwood. The show will air June 13 on cable’s LOGO network. more

Women in food were in the spotlight at this year’s James Beard Foundation Awards and Unlimited Visibility Lighting Design (UVLD) helped put them there.

The annual awards ceremony and chef-filled gala reception, held May 4 in Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall, drew about 1,700 people to celebrate one of the most prestigious honors in the food industry. The Women in Food theme was reinforced by an all-female roster of 23 chefs plus women mixologists, winemakers, cheesemakers and other food producers who dished out bites of their signature dishes throughout the lobby and upstairs in the grand promenade. more