Wowza Media Server 2 Wins Best Server Software and Best Streaming Innovation of 2010

EVERGREEN, Colo. — Oct. 14, 2010 — Wowza Media Systems(R), the media server software company, today announced that its Wowza Media Server(R) 2 has won two top European Readers’ Choice Awards from Streaming Media magazine. For the third year in a row, the company’s unified media server software was voted the best streaming server software/hardware, and it was awarded the best innovation honors for the second year running. As in prior years, Wowza’s media server software bested products from larger name-brand companies in the industry. more

Tampa, FL – LMG Systems Integration, a division of LMG, Inc., is pleased to announce the opening of a new office location in Tampa, Florida. The new location is located within the Thompson Center at 6302 Benjamin Road, Suite 409, and houses office, warehouse, and audiovisual demonstration spaces for the firm’s expanding systems integration team to support projects within the region. more

Xantech, a leading provider of whole-house entertainment and automation systems, announces the appointment of O’Fallon, Missouri-based Savvy Sales & Marketing as its new Midwest sales representative. The announcement was made by Tom Harvey, Xantech Director of Sales, and reflects Xantech’s commitment to ongoing growth of its product portfolio in the region. more

— Company supplied over 1,000 wired and wireless microphones for urban festival in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan —

Audio-Technica, a leading innovator in transducer technology for over 45 years, had a significant presence at the 2010 Summer Sonic two-day music festival in Japan, which was headlined by Jay-Z and Stevie Wonder and also featured Taylor Swift, The Offspring, Nickelback, A Tribe Called Quest, NAS, Slash, Sum 41, Dream Theater and many others. This year, Audio-Technica, a major sponsor of Summer Sonic for the last nine consecutive years, supplied more than 1,000 microphones from across the company’s wireless and wired ranges to the urban festival, which was held simultaneously in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan, in August. more

Xantech, a leading provider of whole-house entertainment and automation systems, has appointed a new partner as its Australia and New Zealand Distributor. Effective September 1, 2010, Queensland-based Avation is now Xantech’s distributor in these territories and will help spearhead the growth of the Xantech product portfolio in the region. more

— Premier audio recording, sound engineering and music production school takes delivery of two CLASP® (Closed Loop Analog Signal Processor) units so students can truly learn the art of analog recording with digital workflow —

The Conservatory of Recording Arts & Sciences (CRAS) has just taken delivery of two Endless Analog CLASP® (Closed Loop Analog Signal Processor) systems for their Tempe and Gilbert, Arizona campus facilities. The Conservatory made the decision to add CLASP to its flagship A Studios after Chris Estes, Founder/President of Endless Analog, the Nashville-based manufacturer and distributor of the revolutionary, critically acclaimed CLASP system, held two days of intense workshops and seminars at the school back in May. The CLASP units will be used in conjunction with CRAS’s SSL 4000 Series consoles, Studer A-820 2-inch 24-track analog tape machines, Digidesign’s Pro Tools HD and a host of other real-world recording gear. more

Tainted Blue Studio, located in the penthouse of the historically infamous 723 Seventh Avenue building in New York City’s Times Square, continues to offer its clients premium recording facilities, including a complete array of AKG microphones. From vocals to instrument tracking, the arsenal of AKG mics impresses platinum artists and indie groups ranging in genre from Hip Hop and R&B to Classical and Jazz. more

Audio and video metering manufacturer DK-Technologies has appointed AVW as its dealer in Australia.

Established in 1983, AVW has its head office in Auckland, New Zealand but also operates a regional sales and support office in Sydney, Australia. The company is a one stop shop for everything needed in the Audio, Video, Broadcast and Production business areas. more

Single Mode and Multi mode compatible
October 15, 2010, Sparta, NJ – RT Com USA has announced the introduction of a new version of its popular OBHD HDMI and OBCA DVI fiber optic extension products. The revised products offer the same reliability and compatibility of the original models and add versatility and lower cost for deployment. The OBHD-2C  and OBCA-2C operate with 2 strands of multi-mode or single-mode fiber optic cable. With transmitter/receiver prices comparable to more common CAT-x solutions, the deployment of fiber is a more effective solution than ever before. more