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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

MONTREAL and CHICAGO — June 9, 2009 — HaiVision Network Video today announced that its advanced H.264 encoding technology will be supporting the world’s first transatlantic high-definition (HD) 3-D interactive broadcast, being showcased at InfoComm 09, June 15-19, in Orlando, Fla. “Experience a New Dimension: 3-D Holographic Projection” is a demonstration by holographic theatrical solution company Musion® Systems Limited, featuring the transmission of live, interactive holograms from London and Montreal to the Orange County Convention Center, where life-size 3-D images will be displayed on a rock concert-style stage. more

Altinex Targets Education Marketplace with Pre-Packaged Integration Kits for Installers

Brea, Calif. – June 9, 2009… Altinex, a leading manufacturer of Modular AV Solutions™, is pleased to announce Showtime™, an “integrator’s audio-visual presentation solution in a box.� Showtime™ kits include all the electronics, cables, and controls needed to create a professional, easy-to-use AV presentation room for schools and small conference rooms. more

CLOISTER, New Jersey⎯Temple Beth El in Cloister, New Jersey is a lively and active Reform Jewish Congregation of approximately 400 households serving the entire New Jersey Northern Valley. A Jewish gathering place for people of all ages, from nursery school children to the elders who founded the congregation, Temple Beth El began in 1950 as an initiative founded by a group of Jewish residents in the area who were looking for a place to meet and worship. At that time the only temples in the community were Orthodox or Conservative. The initial group of nearly 50 families decided to create a Reform Congregation with services initially held in an American Legion Hall in Closter. A year later when a religious school was added, the group used the nearby First Congregational Church. more

Fredrikstad, Norway, 9 June 2009 – Norway’s projectiondesign is using InfoComm 09 to demonstrate its broadest range of 3D stereoscopic projection solutions. A total of four different displays will be showing 3D stereo content in different configurations and different applications. more

MORGANVILLE, N.J. ― June 9, 2009 ― Aurora Multimedia today launched the DIDO LT™, a cost-effective new video wall processor and scaler that combines high-resolution processing capabilities with great ease of use and an extremely small form factor. more

WOODBURY, MN, June 8, 2009 — To provide state-of-the-art multimedia management and control to K-12 classrooms and reduce classroom energy waste, Calypso Systems has updated its top-line ezRoom solution with enhanced power management and control capabilities. more

MEDIAPOINTE DEBUTS SOFTWARE ENHANCEMENTS TO DIGITAL RECORDING, STREAMING AND PLAYER PRODUCT LINES
AT INFOCOMM 2009

NEWBURY PARK, Calif. – June 9, 2009 – Advanced Media Design (AMD), developer of the award-winning AV-over-IP collaboration technology MediaPOINTE®, is exhibiting its modular end-to-end video capture and distribution system with advanced software upgrades in Booth #3341 at InfoComm in Orlando, June 17-19, 2009. In its efforts to continually improve its products, MediaPOINTE’s significant software enhancements provide unique features and benefits that are not available in any other AV over IP product today. more