New Features Move Wohler Flagship Audio Monitors to Live Transmission-Chain Applications

HAYWARD, Calif. — Jan. 20, 2010 — Wohler Technologies Inc. today announced further enhancements to its AMP1-16-3G and AMP2-16 Series 16-channel audio monitors with new features and menu options that bring even greater convenience and functionality to multichannel monitoring. Improved access to audio levels and settings, newly added live mixing capabilities for the AMP2-16 Series, and more powerful monitoring and control functions at their fingertips now give operators the flexibility to adapt in real-time to the monitoring demands of complex broadcast operations. more

HAWTHORNE, N.Y. ― Jan. 19, 2010 ― BTX Technologies, a global value-added distributor and manufacturer of interface and integration products, today announced that the company is now offering plenum HDMI and plenum DVI assemblies in lengths of 25, 33, 40, and 49 feet. more

Ottawa, Canada – January 20, 2010 – On the heels of announcing its Junk-A-Juke program, KOM Networks™, world leading provider of storage management solutions for secure archiving compliant data protection and retention, today announces the expansion of its Junk-A-Juke program to benefit many of the 900,000 Canadian children being helped by FTC Canada, an affiliate of Feed The Children U.S.

This unique program collects and recycles obsolete and legacy storage equipment and donates the money generated to provide food, shelter, medicine and other necessities to little ones and their families. In exchange for the older equipment, KOM offers a new Dell Powered KOMpliance Archive with equal capacity and superior performance, a fully compliant enterprise class server and archive solution free-of-charge with a three year maintenance agreement. KOM’s goal is to collect and recycle enough hardware to feed one million children! more

Amsterdam, NL, Booth #1F84 – Connectivity solutions provider Gefen will show its new extension, integration and distribution solutions at Integrated Systems Europe 2010 in Amsterdam, including a selection of digital signage devices that automate content and create video walls with ease. more

AWS 900+ SE Featured at NAMM 2010

ANAHEIM, CA — New generation Solid State Logic consoles remain the industry first choice for numerous commercial, private and educational studio installations. North American facilities recognize the intrinsic value, flexibility, signature SuperAnalogue™ sound and integrated DAW control the large format Duality SE and medium format AWS 900+ SE consoles offer engineers and creative artists. The AWS 900+ SE was featured at the recent 2010 NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA. more

Niles Audio Corporation, The First Name In Custom Installation®, announced today it will showcase a complete array of loudspeaker, home system and integration solutions, including the industry’s first High Fidelity Wideband IR Sensors and the award-winning TS-Pro Wall-Mount Color Touchscreen, at Integrated Systems Europe 2010 (ISE). Attendees to ISE 2010 can experience Niles’ offering of custom installation solutions alongside its European distributor, BMB Electronics, at booths #1K22 and #1K31 February 3-5 in Amsterdam. more

Extron Electronics is pleased to announce the industry’s first commercial power amplifiers that are ENERGY STAR qualified and meet the new Version 2.0 Audio/Video specification. The MPA 401 and XTRA Series high performance amplifiers comprise a complete family of mono, stereo, and multi-channel power amplifiers for a wide range of applications from classrooms and boardrooms to multi-purpose rooms, auditoriums, and open spaces. They draw less than 1 watt while in standby mode, and also offer low power consumption while idle and under load. Extron power amplifiers feature compact, space efficient enclosures that are ideal for installation in racks and lecterns, and do not require fans for cooling. more

In today’s overcrowded schools, classroom audio can help ensure the teacher is heard

With school budgets slashed, teachers cut, and class sizes up, classroom overcrowding is becoming a fact of life in many parts of the nation. The growing number of students in the classroom — regardless of how focused they are — means more shuffling, more coughing, more movement, and more noise that interferes with their ability to hear and learn. more

Robin Williams

When Robin Williams taped his HBO special, “Weapons of Self-Destruction,” at Washington, D.C.’s DAR Constitution Hall a large complement of Coemar lighting fixtures were also in the house. The special, which marked the culmination of Williams’s sold-out US tour, is the comedian’s fifth HBO stand up special and his first solo TV concert since July 2002.

Atomic Lighting, a full-service production lighting company based in Lititz, PA, furnished 44 Coemar Infinity Wash XLs and 24 Infinity ACLs to lighting designer Tom Beck for the taping. more

Volcano Dreamland, Dreamland Aqua Park, UAE

Dreamland Aqua Park in Umm al-Quwain is one of the largest water parks in the UAE with over 25 attractions for children and adults, surrounded with palm trees, a roaring volcano and replicas of wild animals.
Dreamland Aqua Park contacted Jean-Paul Jeannet, Director of The Brain Concepts company – a special effects design company working for the entertainment industry-, to be the show designer and constructor of the newly-built “Volcano Dreamlandâ€? attraction. more