PETALUMA, Calif. — Nov. 16, 2010 — Panamax/Furman today announced the appointment of Martha Brooke to the position of Eastern Regional sales manager. LEED certified, Brooke brings a high level of energy management expertise to her new role, in addition to over ten years of experience in consumer electronics. At Panamax/Furman, she will be responsible for developing and implementing strategic sales plans for the eastern region, with a focus on positioning the company as a leader in the energy management category and promoting its BlueBOLT(R) power control and energy management platform. Her territory encompasses the eastern seaboard, from Maine to Florida, including the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, and New York Metro markets. more

CHIBA CITY, JAPAN, NOVEMBER 16, 2010 – Anton/Bauer®, a brand of The Vitec Group, and the world’s premier provider of batteries, chargers, lighting and other mobile power systems for the professional broadcast, video and film industries, will showcase its DIONIC® HCX 120 watt-hour capacity battery, the cutting-edge Tandem® 150 Modular Power System and ARRI Alexa Power Solutions at Inter BEE 2010. more

RevEAL Profile

Prism Projection’s RevEAL Profile luminaire was named Best Debuting Product in the Lighting category by LDI 2010. The award marked the second consecutive win by Prism Projection in the lighting category: Its RevEAL Color Wash (RevEAL CW) captured similar honors at the 2009 show.

“The latest LDI award caps an incredibly winning year for us at Prism. It brings us full circle,” says president and founder Garrett Young. “Our RevEAL CW won Best Debuting lighting product last year at LDI. Then it went on to be named one of Live Design’s 2009-2010 Lighting Products of the Year and finally took home Best New Lighting Product honors at the Association of British Theatre Technicians’ 2010 Theatre Show in London.

“We’re extremely proud that we have been recognized by industry professionals and they more

City of Industry, CA – November 16, 2010 – New flat-panel TV mount brand WallWizard — designed and manufactured by parent company CLO Systems, LLC –- has recruited custom A/V channel veteran Frank Anderson for the role of Sales and Marketing Manager.

Based in the company’s Southern California headquarters, Anderson will provide sales and marketing support to the brand’s dealer and rep network including order processing and operations logistics.

Anderson says, “It is a genuine pleasure to become part of the CLO / WallWizard team. The company is comprised of very smart and savvy people, all working together to fulfill WallWizard’s promise of More Mount for Your Money. I look forward to serving dealers’ needs, and delivering the type of customer service that they deserve.� more

BUENA PARK, Calif.—Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. has announced the winter 2010 release of M7CLv3.5 and File Converter software application. The File Converter application, available for both Mac OS and Windows platforms, converts file formats between PM5D and M7CL as well as M7CL and LS9 consoles, providing data compatibility between consoles. A PM5D or LS9, for example, can be brought in to replace an M7CL, using mix data originally created on the M7CL. The File Converter function will also convert parameters for multiple scenes (including HA and Ch Name).

Several new features have been added to the new M7CLv3.5 firmware release. The firmware contains numerous new functions that will further enhance operation and efficiency of the M7CL console. New alternate functions for the Selected Channel have been added that can be assigned to User Defined Keys for even greater efficiency. And, when using HA Remote signal output more

Almo Professional A/V Launches Social Media-Ready
2010-2011 Digital Product Catalog

New Catalog Can Be Shared on Social Networking Sites
and Smartphones or Saved Offline For Easy Accessibility

Philadelphia, PA — November 15, 2010 — Almo Professional A/V, the nation’s fastest growing audiovisual distributor, today introduced its first digital product catalog, which highlights Almo Pro A/V’s complete product and service offering from more than 30 of the top name brands in the industry. The new catalog site offers robust social media capabilities, including the ability to be shared directly on up to 12 different social networking sites; it can even host a mobile version for smartphones.

According to Melody Craigmyle, director of marketing for Almo Professional A/V, “Our partners asked for a digital catalog that was not only simple to share electronically but also intuitive enough to be able to quickly locate specific information from more