FORT WAYNE, IN— Russ Berger, president of Russ Berger Design Group (RBDG), will be sharing his industry insight on acoustics for corporate installations at SynAudCon’s (Synergetic Audio Concepts) “Audio Acoustics for Conference Systems� seminar. The event will take place September 16-18, 2010 in the Performance Theatre at Sweetwater’s new headquarters in Fort Wayne, IN. more

MONTREAL and CHICAGO — Aug. 25, 2010 — Haivision Network Video announced today that Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, a Partners HealthCare facility and one of the top hospitals in the U.S., is using the Haivision Furnace(TM) IP video distribution system with Makito(TM) HD H.264 encoding technology for real time remote viewing and recording of their surgical simulation lab procedures. Clinicians can now view simulated surgical procedures and clinical workflows in high-definition (HD) from within conference rooms, at any desktop, and even at home. Surgical residents benefit directly by being able to watch other students remotely and by reviewing cases after they are recorded. more

LEADING ENTERTAINMENT SERVER COMPANY SIGNS AUDIO VIDEO MARKETING AS SOUTHERN/MIDWEST REP; ZONE PACIFIC SALES AS NORTHERN CALIF. REP; AND FIVE NEW INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTORS

Salt Lake City – August 25, 2010 – Mozaex™, the premiere manufacturer of multi-room, multi-media Blu-ray entertainment servers, is proud to announce that it has signed two new independent representative firms and five international distributors to represent and distribute its full line of Blu-ray Entertainment Servers. Audio Video Marketing takes over the Texas, Okla., Ark., La. and Miss. territory, while Zone Pacific will handle the northern California territory. Mozaex’s new international distributors are headquartered in South Africa, Taiwan, Singapore, The Netherlands, and Spain. more

Exploration Space: Explorers Wanted Takes Visitors into the Exciting Future of Space Travel

CAPE CANAVERAL, FL — When BRC Imagination Arts, world-renowned designer and producer of immersive educational, entertainment and brand experiences, was looking for an out-of-this-world custom frame and screen supplier for NASA’s latest attraction at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, it turned to Harkness Screens. more

Jack Morton Worldwide

In a unique project that is as technologically challenging as it is visually arresting, Dataton WATCHOUT™ multi-display presentation and production system has been used to promote Samsung Electronics Australia’s latest generation of LED LiVE televisions throughout Australia.

When Samsung Electronics Australia and its Brand Experience Agency Jack Morton World Wide were looking for a way to promote the image quality of the company’s latest flat-screen TVs, they hatched (no pun intended) a plan to build a 6-metre tall giant hummingbird covered with TVs of various sizes and mounted at different angles. more

New Products Feature Software Modules, Multichannel Support and Multifunctional Interface – Available by the End of 2010

COLOGNE, GERMANY – RTW, a leading manufacturer and distributor of professional audio metering and control devices, will be giving international broadcasters at this year’s IBC 2010 (Stand 8.E76) an advance look at its innovative new TouchMonitor series. more

Soundcraft Studer has appointed Angel G. Perez to the newly created position of Applications Engineer, Intercontinental, as part of its continuing initiative to better serve the emerging and established markets of the Intercontinental region. more

Phish

Longtime grandMA user Chris Kuroda, who’s marking his 22nd year as the lighting designer for the rock band Phish, has taken a pair of grandMA2 consoles along on the musicians’ cross-country summer tour. A.C.T Lighting is the exclusive North American distributor for MA Lighting.

Lighting programmer Andrew Giffin suggested using the grandMA2 for lighting control, and Kuroda reports that the two desks have been “a 100 percent complete and utter success. They’ve been incredibly wonderful – I’m very happy with them.” more

Seymour AV’s Chris Seymour and Screen Excellence’s Patrice Congard

Ames, IA – August 25, 2010 – US-based Seymour AV and UK-based Screen Excellence — both industry leaders in acoustically transparent woven fabric projection screens — have founded a joint venture that combines the best of each company’s technology platforms, namely Seymour AV’s patent-pending electric retractable screens and Screen Excellence’s fixed-frame, in-ceiling and masking screens. Called Seymour-Screen Excellence (SSE), the brand will serve high-end custom installers and specialty AV retailers in the US and Canada. SSE will make its market debut at the 2010 CEDIA Expo: booth #711. more

Opticis new 1-fiber series is leading the trends in broad range of applications. DVI extender, DVFX-100 is easy to connect to your existing system, giving you and your customers the confidence that you have the best solution in the market.
With powerful OPTICIS multi-mode CWDM component technology, DVFX-100 is capable of driving uncompressed WUXGA(1920×1200) 60Hz DVI signal up to 500 meters (1640 feet) over one(1) multi-mode fiber. For better installation flexibility, it features patent pending Auto-EDID management, reading and restoring by just plugging to the display. It is certified with IEC60601-1-2, FCC/CE and Class 3 LASER Industry Safety. more