JESSUP, MARYLAND - JULY 2008: API, manufacturer of high-end analog processors and audio production consoles, is pleased to announce the three winners of their first annual Visionary Scholarship designed to foster creativity and excellence for the pro audio industry’s next generation of sound engineers. The scholarship is available to students enrolled at universities that have made the API Vision stereo/surround analog console a cornerstone of their students’ education. API awarded Myoung Nam, Andrei Duma, and Oresti Tsonopoulos each with $2,000 for a successful essay and the optional submission of recorded material. more

BROOKLYN, New York - July 2008 – Independent concert promotion company Bowery Presents has long been associated with excellent live sound. The owner/promoters behind some of New York City’s most beloved rock venues, Bowery Presents has maintained consistently top-notch sound reinforcement across all of its clubs and concert halls, including Mercury Lounge, The Bowery Ballroom, Webster Hall, and the new 3,000-capacity Terminal Five. Last year, Bowery Presents expanded to Brooklyn, opening the 550-capacity Music Hall of Williamsburg, which boasts a powerhouse sound system by L-ACOUSTICS. more

Automatic quarterly updates to Software-as-a-Service content management system enable improved control of digital signage networks

ETOBICOKE, Ontario – July 29, 2008 – Rise Vision, Inc., a provider of a web-based content management system for the control of digital signage networks, has issued the Summer ’08 Release of its Rise Display Network (RDN) service. Quarterly updates are one of the significant benefits of RDN, and are included in the subscription price. Because RDN is developed on a Software-as-a-Service platform, new versions of the software are automatically installed on display devices, ensuring that users benefit immediately. New features for this quarter’s upgrade focus on tools to ease content management, improve web site navigation, and incorporate live content into LED ticker displays. more

Tripp Lite’s AV550SC Backup Power Block Wins TecHome Builder’s

2008 Innovative Housing Technology Award

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Chicago, IL (July 29, 2008)—Tripp Lite, a world-leading manufacturer of power protection equipment, is proud to announce that its AV550SC Backup Power Block for structured wiring enclosures has been honored by TecHome Builder magazine with a 2008 Innovative Housing Technology Award in the Advanced Electrical category. more

Fans of the family comedy “Night at the Museum” are eagerly anticipating next spring’s release of the sequel, “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian,” which is now in production with a grandMA and grandMA Light on hand. A.C.T Lighting is the exclusive distributor of the grandMA in North America. more

Wowza Media Systems, emerging leader in streaming media server software, today announced that its award-winning Wowza Media Server™ Pro has been selected by the organizers of ASSEMBLY, one of the oldest and biggest computer festivals in the world, held every year in Finland since 1992, as its official Flash streaming server software. This year’s summer event will be held from July 31st to August 3rd at the venerable Hartwall-Areena in Helsinki. more

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 2008: With a performance of their hit single “Apologize” on American Idol, an extensive tour of North America and Europe to feed a growing worldwide mob of voracious fans, and the support of the music industry’s biggest players, Los Angeles five-piece OneRepublic are on fire. Apart from an obvious knack for writing catchy and emotionally-relevant songs, OneRepublic owe much of their success to an awe-inspiring live show that guarantees, not only that fans will return when the band comes through town for a second show but, that all of their friends and their friends’ friends will be in attendance too! more

ASHLAND, MASSACHUSETTS - JULY 28, 2008: Soundwave Research Laboratories, Inc., producers of Crowley and Tripp Ribbon Microphones, today announced that it expects rapid market growth in the ribbon microphone category, primarily due to its invention and introduction of the new nanomaterial “Roswellite(tm)” that overcomes the long standing durability problems inherent in all previous ribbon microphones.

“The invention of Roswellite is a breakthrough that was made possible through a concentrated materials development program alongside a focused product and market development mission,” said Robert J. Crowley, president of the company. “What was once a niche segment, is poised to grow and compete head-to-head with condenser and dynamic microphones for virtually any sound pickup application - and now is growing at a very rapid rate of over twenty-percent annually.” more

New Features and Added Connectivity Highlighted in Wireless System

Amsterdam, The Netherlands — Clear-Com® Communication Systems, a The Vitec Group brand, is taking another step in the evolution of its unique FreeSpeak digital wireless beltpack system with the newly enhanced FreeSpeak® (formerly FreeSpeak10) Version 2.0. The popular wireless intercommunication system will be featured at this year’s IBC 2008, (Booth C40a). The new version brings enhanced beltpack capacity, Interrupted Feedback (IFB) functionality and improved group operations between beltpacks, party-lines and other external inputs. more

Orlando, Florida—July 28, 2008—Tributaries® Cable, the Florida company whose position as the value-performance leader in quality cable and installation products for multi-room, home theater, and music systems is well established, has made an important new addition to its family of whole-house A/V hardware solutions. The new Tributaries Model HDA140 is a one-in/four-out HDMI distribution amplifier that allows a single source to simultaneously supply video and digital audio to as many as four rooms, zones, systems, or screens, each as far away as 100 feet (30 meters). more