POTTERS BAR, Hertfordshire, England – August 2007 – The Soundcraft Studer Group has made a loud-and-clear statement of its intentions to aggressively grow its digital console and system business ahead of all market predictions by making several senior sales management appointments. Although Soundcraft and Studer’s sales efforts were previously separated into two distinct management teams, in this move, sales for both brands will now be headed up by Bruno Hochstrasser, Soundcraft Studer Group executive vice president of sales, who will also dually continue to carry on as president of Studer in Regensdorf, Switzerland. more

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HILLSIDE, NJ, AUGUST 14, 2007 — Wireworks, the leading innovator of audio/video cabling systems, was recently commissioned by the NJ Nets to create custom breakout boxes that would provide power, video feed and statistics to three separate courtside suites located at the Continental Airlines Arena.

The box assemblies were created to provide an easy set-up assembly, as the system is disconnected after each game and put aside, making durability a major factor. These sets provide power and two separate video feeds to the 16 televisions set up on three corners of the court at each game. The boxes needed special video splitting systems for each feed and breakout boxes along the length of the assembly to play video and provide in-game statistics. This feature gives courtside recipients an enhanced game experience, by being able to watch the television for instant replays and statistics throughout the game. more

Minneapolis, MN. — (August 14, 2007) – www.chiefmfg.com – CSAV, Inc. (Chief /Sanus Audio Visual), the global leader in mounting systems for flat panel TVs and projectors, announced today that it has agreed to be the exclusive US and Canadian distributor of CLO Systems, LLC‘s products. CLO Systems‘ products include X-arm and T-arm motorized wall-mounts for residential and commercial applications. more

Da-Lite Screen Company has started a “Green AV” initiative by announcing that the company is actively pursuing ISO 14001 certification. ISO 14001 is an environmental management standard which sets specific management requirements for responsible environmental systems. According to Da-Lite‘s CEO, Richard Lundin, “ISO 14001 will help Da-Lite to protect the environment, prevent pollution and improve our green performance.” more

Electrosonic Systems, Inc. (ESI) has named Bryan Hinckley business manager of the Managed Media Services Group, the company‘s year-old digital signage group specializing in the deployment, distribution, and management of out-of-home digital networks. Based at Electrosonic‘s Burbank facility, Managed Media Services provide signage solutions that can reproduce recorded HD content based on a predefined schedule or per local demand to fulfill clients‘ advertising, information and training needs in the advertising, corporate, medical and health care, government, educational and entertainment markets. more

— The audio system is controlled via Harman‘s HiQnet™ System Architect software platform and includes products from Crown, AKG and dbx. —

NORTHRIDGE, CALIFORNIA, August 10, 2007 — In one of the year‘s highest-profile applications of JBL Professional VERTEC® line arrays, leading rental company Sound Image is providing the live audio system for the current Gwen Stefani world tour, “The Sweet Escape.” Since kicking off with a successful two months in North America, the tour is now extending to Australia, Asia and Europe. Additional U.S. dates are now being added for November. more

BB King‘s sound system in Nashville is run by Lee Catoe of TLC Engineering who relies on AKG wireless systems with the new MicroMic C 519 microphone for instruments, the new MicroMic C 518 and D 112 for the drums, the MicroMic C 520 and the new AKG D5 for vocals.

“A big part of our show is about making that connection with the people you‘re playing to. We chose the AKG MicroMic C 519 miniature microphones because the horn players like to come out into the crowd and dance around the club,” said Catoe. “They‘re heavy duty mics and they‘re good and rugged for repetitive use.” more

Custom Electronics Systems Expert to Head Integration Partner Program

EDEN PRAIRIE, MN — August 9, 2007 – Remote Technologies Incorporated (RTI), the leading control systems manufacturer, announced today that Jason Lindvall will join the company as Director of Product Integration and will lead RTI‘s Integration Partner Program. Lindvall will serve as the technical liaison between RTI and manufacturer partner companies and his group will be tasked with developing interfaces between RTI products and other manufacturers‘ products. more

Fairfield, New Jersey, August 9, 2007 — Middle Atlantic Products today announced that it has appointed Jonathan Pope as the company‘s second Regional Sales Manager in the Western USA. In his new role, Pope will report to Sales Director, Whitt Adams and will be responsible for supporting and assisting Middle Atlantic Products customers throughout the thirteen Western States with particular focus on the Pacific Northwest area. more