MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN – APRIL 2010: Parishioners founded Saint Stephen Catholic Church in 1847 on the outskirts of what was then the frontier town of Milwaukee in the Wisconsin Territory. Its first church survived until 1927, when a fire burned it to the ground, and its second church served the community from that time until the close of 2009. In time for Christmas, Saint Stephen moved into a brand new structure that perfectly blends the rich aesthetic of its earlier buildings with a range of modern conveniences in a 1,000 plus-seat sanctuary. more

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – MAY 2010: The newly built Hutton Hotel is perfectly situated on Nashville’s West End Avenue for easy access to Vanderbilt University, the corporate heart of downtown, and the city’s famous Music Row. It is unabashedly upscale, with stunning décor, lavish rooms, and exceptional service. The audio system is no exception. SymNet processing power together with a thoughtful and intuitive combination of SymNet and Crestron controllers weave any number of inputs to any number of outputs across the bar, the restaurant, ballrooms, meeting rooms, and public areas, with sound quality and reliability commensurate with Hutton’s four-star rating. more

MONTREAL and CHICAGO — May 20, 2010 — Haivision Network Video today announced the release of the new MB6 high-density six-slot chassis for the company’s Makito(TM) HD H.264 encoders and decoders and Barracuda(TM) SD H.264 encoders. The new chassis affords the highest density available for 1080p60 H.264 encoding, housing up to six Makito encoder blades in a single rack unit (1-7/8 inch). more

Howard Haberman Announces Retirement

AVI-SPL, the largest global integrator of audio visual and video conferencing systems and services today announced the transition of Lorrie Schaub to Program Manager for AVI-SPL’s industry leading on-site staffing strategy.

AVI-SPL’s Strategic Accounts team, led by Executive VP Don Mastro, is primarily responsible for the strategic approach to vertical market business development and added the managed on-site staffing strategy as a support overlay to the Strategic Accounts team last month. Services include the pre-sales pricing development strategy and post-sales operations standards for managed on-site staffing supporting the AVI-SPL Strategic Accounts team and Systems Integration Group. more

First HelixNet Products Demonstrate Unprecedented Simplicity, Ease-of-Use and Audio Clarity

LONDON, UK – Clear-Com, a global leader in mission-critical voice communication systems, is proud to announce the European debut of HelixNet, a unified intercom platform that delivers a new generation of intercom products that share a common design philosophy – cabling simplicity, ease-of-use, networking flexibility and system intelligence. A truly revolutionary approach to intercom technology honed by Clear-Com’s decades of experience in the communications industry, the first two products in the family, the HelixNet Main Station (HMS-4X) and HelixNet Beltpacks (HBP-2X), will be showcased for attendees at AES 2010 in London (Booth 1411). more