New technology wants to place a flexible OLED display on your credit card
Sentry Enterprises is betting these battery-free screens increase brand loyalty
Gemini Pro can refer to audio without the need for a transcript
Gemini 1.5 Pro hits public preview
Microsoft VASA-1 creates lifelike, talking avatars from a single photo
Videoconferencing could get a little more convenient, or a lot creepier
Apple AirPlay finally available at select hotels
AirPlay available at 60 IHG Hotels & Resorts, with more coming soon
Top Ten Pro AV stories of the week
What Happened Last Week: most popular stories April 15-April 19
Best of Show 2024 NAB
The Best of Show awards at the 2024 NAB Show recognize innovation and excellence in professional AV products, most of which will also be on display at InfoComm 2024. Entries are evaluated and winners are chosen on site at...
$1.9 billion Disneyland expansion passed by city council with unanimous vote
The project, a decade in the making, is pending final vote next month
PixMob to create immersive lighting spectacle at record-breaking women’s pro hockey league match
Utilized at six Super Bowl Halftime Shows, PixMob is bringing their expertise to Saturday's record-breaking game
Billy Joel fans furious when broadcast unexpectedly cut short
CBS has apologized for the technical error and says they will re-air the special Friday
Woman who suffered brain injury from coaster reaches settlement with Cedar Point
Rachel Hawas suffered a traumatic injury while waiting in line at Cedar Point in August 2021
Featured
Lectrosonics Introduces the DSSM Miniature Water-Resistant Digital Transmitter
Rio Rancho, NM (April 2, 2024) – Lectrosonics is pleased to introduce the DSSM, a new miniature, water-resistant digital bodypack transmitter with IP (Ingress Protection) rating of 57. The DSSM is the smallest transmitter with an IP57 rating and...
IMAX® to Show Latest Innovations in Streaming Technology at NAB 2024
IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX) is set to unveil its latest advancements in streaming optimization and monitoring software at NAB 2024, booth W1529. These software tools use VisionScience™ – IMAX’s Emmy®-award winning technology that successfully maps the human visual system...
TASCAM Announces the MA-BT240 Multifunctional Mixing Amplifier
Santa Fe Springs, CA – February 2024… TASCAM is pleased to announce the MA-BT240 Multifunctional Mixing Amplifier. Part of the company’s Compact Commercial Series, the new MA-BT240 offers a rich feature set that includes the ability to switch between...
Clear-Com Introduces Gen-IC Cloud Intercom and SkyPort Virtual System Management Platform
Uniquely designed to connect to a broader hardware ecosystem or operate as a standalone software solution, Gen-IC Cloud Intercom offers the flexibility and power of cloud production combined with Clear-Com’s reliability and unparalleled customer support.
Shure announces SLX-D Portable Digital Wireless Systems at NAMM 2024
SLXD5 Portable Receiver and SLXD3 Plug-On Transmitter Bring the Superior Performance of SLX-D to Videography, Broadcast, and Location Sound
QTL Joins Vantage Fixture Alliance
Vantage’s LHUMAN KolorTune Library Continues to Expand Through Seamless Integration With QTL Architectural LED Lighting CARLSBAD, Calif. — April 22, 2024 — Legrand’s lighting control brand Vantage has added...
Digital Alert Systems, Telos Alliance, and Nautel Collaborate on Emergency Alert Virtualization
EAS At The Edge℠ Modernizes Emergency Alert Workflows LAS VEGAS, NAB Show — April 14, 2024 — Digital Alert Systems, Telos Alliance, and Nautel have joined forces to reimagine...
GlobalM and scoopa announce Strategic Partnership
GlobalM has announced a strategic partnership with scoopa, the specialists in broadcast-quality content distribution, offering a complementary service for live transmission of recordings and file exchange. While GlobalM’s software-defined...
Kay Yeager Coliseum Puts L-Acoustics A15i Concert Sound System into the Ring
Texas multi-purpose venue is home to a variety of applications, including sports and concerts, and it now has world-class sound with a newly-installed A Series system
Florida Theater Venues Choose DiGiCo Quantum225 As “The Desk That Can Do It All”
Artis—Naples and The Parker each have unique and specific sound requirements, but DiGiCo’s smallest Quantum console is able to fulfill all of them and then some
Shure and Neat Transform the Meeting Experience for Complex Spaces
Shure, a renowned leader in audio technology, and Neat, a pioneering provider of video devices, are announcing an alliance to deliver an enhanced meeting experience in large and acoustically challenging...
Korbyt Anywhere for Webex Extends Company’s Platform to Any Cisco Device Within the Webex Ecosystem
Korbyt Anywhere for Webex is the Latest Milestone in Korbyt’s Mission to Provide Native Integration for Leading Workplace Collaboration Solutions
MPEG-5 LCEVC Showcase at NAB 2024 demonstrates ecosystem growth and deployment readiness
The MPEG-5 LCEVC (low complexity enhancement video coding) Showcase returns to NAB (14-18 April 2024, Las Vegas), demonstrating LCEVC-based use cases across broadcast, pay TV, streaming, extended reality (XR),...
League of Her Own Softball Tournament to Raise Funds for WAVIT Outreach Programming
Step up to the plate and sponsor the Northeast Regional Service Provider Softball Tournament to benefit WAVIT⚾ Your support helps us empower, educate, and mentor women in the...
Podcasts
Samsung brings 360 Audio feature to select TVs
Feature coming to select 2024 TVs with Galaxy headphones, but no Dolby Atmos support
Cirque du Soleil Audio (Podcast 266)
The sophisticated Sennheiser Digital 6000 wireless system at work
PODCAST 243-2: Grace Polaris Church Gets Video Streaming Just in Time for Pandemic Pt 2
Church continues online services with all new AV gear in InteRise project
PODCAST 243-1: Grace Polaris Church Gets Video Streaming Just in Time for Pandemic Pt 1
Complete AV renovation by InteRise allows church to continue services online
April Pro AV Today Top 5 Most Read
AI-generated ads trick parents into taking kids to dreadful “Willy’s Chocolate Experience” Parents felt more than a little deceived when they brought their children to the Willy’s Chocolate Experience...
Tools of the Trade Pt. 2
This installment of Tools is mostly about test equipment, but first a few other invaluable hand tools. Over decades many types of terminations that don’t require soldering have come...
Transparent Tech from CES
CES 2024 has come and gone, and though there was the usual wide breadth of different cutting-edge technologies on display, there was one trend that was hard to ignore:...
Dante AV + 12G SDI
When Jon Oates came into his position as a CTE Media Arts instructor at West Park High School in Roseville, CA, he was joining a district that was committed...
March Pro AV Top 5 Most Read
LG DukeBox houses vacuum tube audio inside a transparent OLED display The prototype speaker/display combo continues LG’s recent trend of delivering consumer AV with an intentional design philosophy. Developed...
Production Switchers
We talk a lot about switchers in broadcast and AV; routing switchers, matrix switchers, and source switchers. Production switchers, known as “vision mixers” in Europe, are used in live...
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