Miramar, FL – March 9, 2010 – SIM2 Multimedia, a world-wide leader in cinema and home-theater projectors, and SIM2 USA Inc. are proud to announce that legendary film director Francis Ford Coppola – a five-time Academy Award-winning film director, writer and producer – will be featured in a global marketing campaign for 2010/11.

“We write an important page in our history as we proudly reveal our relationship with Francis Ford Coppola,â€? said Maurizio Cini, President of SIM2 Multimedia. “Mr. Coppola, like SIM2, is a perfectionist always striving to be at the forefront of his craft. His productions are not just movies; they are real masterpieces. At SIM2, we share the same vision which is why we both chose to walk this path together.â€? more

The Customer
New Tech High @ Coppell, located in Coppell, Texas, is a unique school concept that is centered around a Project Based Learning environment for students. This concept is a part of the New Tech Foundation based out of California. This school is currently made up of freshman and sophomore students but will grow and have approximately 500 students. Additionally, this school and every student has their own laptop for 1:1 computing. more

SMART Technologies Products on Display at AVI-SPL Booth 350

AVI-SPL, the largest global integrator of audiovisual systems and services, today announced it will exhibit at the 2010 MACUL (Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning) Conference March 10-12 at DeVos Place in Grand Rapids, Mich. more

Iroquois, ON, Canada – March 9, 2010 – Ross Video welcomes Cardinal Peak to the openGear platform, offering high end consulting services to the terminal equipment manufacturers. more

WOODBURY, New York, March 8, 2010 — Hitachi Kokusai Electric America, Ltd., a leading provider of affordable, high performance cameras, will celebrate HITACHI Ltd’s 100-year anniversary at this year’s NAB show in Las Vegas (Booth Number C4309). A new booth design as well as new products will be the highlight of the company’s NAB show participation.

“In the dawn of this economically challenging decade, we’re particularly proud to celebrate our 100th corporate anniversary,� said Hitachi Kokusai Electric America’s new presidential appointment Mr. Yuichi Otsuka. “Since 1910, Hitachi has been recognized throughout the world as a technology leader. More than ever; we’re committed to the American broadcasting market and to providing outstanding service and support for our existing customers, and looking for new business opportunities.� more

Bergen, Norway, March 8, 2010 Vizrt Ltd. (Oslo Main List: VIZ)

Vizrt, a provider of content production tools for the digital media industry, today announced that it is integrating Civolution’s watermarking solution into its Viz Ardome media asset management software. Using Civolution’s NexGuard – Pre-release application, users will have the ability to deter potential piracy threat or trace the source of unauthorized copies of a video asset. more

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, March 8, 2010 — Barix AG, a pioneer in IP-based audio, intercom, control, and monitoring, comes to ISC West with a focus on providing de-centralized Audio over IP solutions for hybrid AV surveillance systems. The company will exhibit its full range of solutions at the show, emphasizing the integration of IP intercom and public address (PA) devices at the video surveillance and security management levels. (ISC West takes place March 24-26 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center; Barix will exhibit at Booth 7131). more

CBC

When the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada’s national public broadcaster, rebranded “CBC Newsworld� and relaunched its primetime show, “The National,� the network turned to Applied Electronics Limited (AEL www.appliedelectronics.com) to design, engineer and integrate the display technology for two new sets and studio configurations. AEL selected two award-winning Christie HD10K-M 3-chip DLP® projectors and two Christie Spyder X20-1608 video/widescreen display processors to help deliver the new on-air look that debuted Oct. 26, 2009. more

CHATSWORTH, CA – It’s never been easier to schedule playlists and select from pre-recorded content for digital signage installations. The new HD Digital Signage Player from Gefen offers a variety of flexible functions that serve both large and small digital signage installations while controlling the content over IP. more

ALBANY, OREGON – MARCH 2010: St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Albany, Oregon had an unruly collection of old-fashioned problems with its twenty year-old A/V system – problems that would sour the countenance of any unlucky sound engineer, professional or volunteer, who has ever had to contend with them. Some were essentially structural – the unforgiving reverberant space meshed poorly with improper loudspeaker placement to generate a rolling ocean of hot and cold spots. Other problems were functional. Most importantly, the church required only one or two mics for the vast majority of its services, and yet reliance on a full-blown mixing board demanded that more