Oasis

When Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines built M/S Oasis of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship, it sought to incorporate technology that matched its most innovative and imaginative ship yet. Electrosonic’s Finland office (Electrosonic Oy Ab) was selected to provide the ship-wide lighting control system for the public spaces and the Royal, Loft and A-suite cabins as well as the deck lighting control system. more

Edmonton, Alberta⎯Allstar Show Industries recently completed a design/build installation for Beulah Ministries in Edmonton on both their main and satellite campus. Dwayne Plishka, project manager, is also the technical director for the ministry. The 85–year-old church is in its third building, an auditorium that seats 1,400 with an average weekly attendance of over 2,000. A rental facility serves as its new Whitemud satellite campus serving a congregation of 100 and seating 250. more

Atlanta – Digital Signage Expo (DSE), the world’s largest International Tradeshow and Conference dedicated to digital signage, interactive technology and digital out-of-home networks (DOOH), has established a one-stop “Digital Signage Studies and Statistics� Resource Center http://bit.ly/bu2eH4 on its Web site for advertising agency executives, brand marketers and industry professionals in specific end-user categories such as Retail, Restaurants, Healthcare, Education, Bars, Transportation and many others. more

OLD LYME, Conn. – April 26, 2010 – Audio specialist Sennheiser announced that it is kicking off another robust season of its Sennheiser Sound Academy training series. Since its inception in 2006, The Sennheiser Sound Academy has become established as one of the premier traveling seminars related to professional audio. The seminars cover three fundamental technology areas related to sound reproduction: RF wireless technologies, recording technology and installed sound. more

PESA’s new PRO 8X8 DVI Switcher

Huntsville, Alabama – April 26, 2010. Today, PESA announced the introduction of its new PESA PRO 8X8 DVI Switcher, further expanding its innovative product reach into the Professional AV markets. The PRO-8X8-DVI is a 1RU rack mountable frame assembly with 8 DVI-D input ports and 8 DVI-D output ports. This powerful and affordable digital matrix switcher is capable of selecting content from 8 separate video sources to any or all outputs. The PRO-8X8-DVI provides single-link, DVI-D operations up to 1920X1200@60Hz (WUXGA) resolutions as well as 480p to 1080p video formats. more

With the advent of flat panel TV, you can now hung it onto the wall much like a picture frame. However most people are not utilizing the benefit of having a wall hung TV. Take for example this reasoning; you wouldn’t place a plain picture or painting on the wall, you get a frame for it to make it look nice and then you hang it on the wall. Then why would you place a plain TV onto the wall? Don’t mount it to the wall framed it to the wall with the all new UNIVERSAL FRAME MOUNT. more

New Partnership Opens New AV Markets for Both Companies

FORT LEE, N.J., April 26, 2010 – FOR-A, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems for the broadcast and video production industry, today announced its versatile and cost-effective HVS-300HS HD/SD Portable Video Switcher can be integrated easily into Crestron-controlled AV systems with a new software control module. The free software module will be available for download at www.Crestron.com within the next 30 days for Crestron dealers, partners, and customers with a Crestron account. more

Robust Eclipse® digital matrix intercom system connects over 70 production and editing studios

ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA/CAMBRIDGE, UK ─ Clear-Com®, a global leader in mission-critical voice communication systems, is connecting more than 200,000 square meters of integrated television production and telecommunications space at Russia’s Television Technical Center Ostankino (TTC Ostankino). Using Clear-Com’s Eclipse® Omega, Median and PiCo digital matrix intercom systems as the facility’s in-house intercom system, over 2,000 TTC Ostankino staff members communicate seamlessly during the collaboration and coordination of much of the country’s leading television and radio programming. more

METAlliance held its first ever METAlliance Academy event, titled, “In Session With The Guys,� at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles on March 19-20, offering invaluable instruction from some of the world’s most successful producer/engineers. The control rooms used for the event were equipped with JBL LSR6300 Series studio monitors, the first studio monitors to receive METAlliance certification. more

HardWire®, a leading manufacturer of guitar pedals and a Harman International brand (NYSE-HAR), is pleased to announce that guitarist Bill Kelliher from the Atlanta-based heavy metal band Mastodon is using HardWire® pedals both in the studio and currently on tour. more