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Crestron Turns iPad into a Touch Panel

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Crestron this week announced the iPaneL, which turns any iPad into a two-way wireless Crestron touch panel....

Hitachi Debuts 3LCD WUXGA Projector

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Hitachi America has introduced the Full HD Series CP-WUX645 3LCD projector....

Magenta Ships HDMI Extender

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Magenta Research, which specializes in signal distribution and switching over structured cabling, announced a new extension product in its Infinea HD-One Series....

Scala, IAdea Combine on Solid-State Signage Player

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Scala and IAdea, which make digital signage software and hardware, respectively, have introduced a low-cost, high-definition digital signage media appliance with upgraded Scala-supported software....

Liberty AV to Enhance EduLinx System

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Liberty AV said its quick-connect cabling network for classrooms, the EduLinx system, will soon be available with an enhanced interface called the EZ-Flex Turret. Employing a high-grade, 26 AWG rotatable design offering more stability while causing less stress on the cabling and connections, the articulating connector is fully self-contained and will begin shipping in late October, according to the company...

Savant Introduces High-Bandwidth Controller

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Savant Systems announced a new controller called the MCS-24SE, a high-bandwidth controller that provides up to 24x24 1080p HD video switching or up to 48x48 audio-only switching in a 6U form factor....

Barco Expands in Canada

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Barco said it is expanding its local presence in Canada by partnering with SC Media Technologies, which will serve as its exclusive distributor of Barco and High End Systems lighting and Elements LED solutions....

AVI-SPL Adds Sales Engineer, Opens New NY Office

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National integrator AVI-SPL announced the addition of Greg Amato to its sales team in the company's the Tampa office. It also said it was merging its New York-area operations....

Sennheiser Announces New Appointments

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Audio specialist Sennheiser announced several appointments to strengthen Sennheiser's domestic product and sales teams, company officials said....

Christie to Ship 20,000-Lumen Luminaires

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Christie introduced a new series of digital luminaires, the Christie Nitro Solutions, a modular series of motorized moving yokes that can provide up to 20,000 ANSI lumens of video projection, creating high-brightness imagery on any surface from anywhere, according to the company....

AMX and SpinetiX Join Forces

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AMX announced a technology-sharing partnership with Swiss digital signage manufacturer, SpinetiX....

Mitsubishi Goes Big with OLED

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In Japan, Mitsubishi announced this week that it will launch Diamond Vision OLED, what the company calls the world?s first, large-scale (100 inches-plus) display system to use organic light emitting diodes (OLED) as its light source....

Biamp Tunes Up North American Salesforce

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Biamp Systems is enhancing its North American sales organization to fuel the company?s expanded growth, officials said recently....

Lightware Debuts Dual-Link Switching Options

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Lightware U.S.A., the U.S. distributor for Budapest-based Lightware Visual Engineering, announced dual-link options for its MX hybrid multiformat matrix switcher line....

Christie Touts Single-Chip Value Projectors

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Christie announced the addition of the DHD670-E and DWU670-E projectors to its product line-up....

Utah Scientific Earns Routing Patent

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Utah Scientific announced it has been awarded a U.S. patent on its Utah-400 iP router, which gives broadcasters real-time, on-the-fly control of port priority, port speed, and security groups on Ethernet networks, according to the company....

New Streaming Platform Bursts onto Scene

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Video streaming start-up BurstPoint Networks this week announced the availability of its BurstPoint Video Communication Platform (VCP), a fully integrated scalable end-to-end enterprise platform that enables organizations to deploy a single solution for the capture, distribution, management, viewing, and usage reporting of high-quality live streaming or stored high-definition video content, according to company officials....

Black Box Launches Certified Signage Training

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Black Box Corp., which makes voice communications, data infrastructure, and product solutions, has launched a new Digital Signage Certification Program for qualified system integrator and reseller partners that is eligible for continuing education units....

Alpha Video to Recognize Minn. High School AV Manager

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Edina, Minn.-based Alpha Video, a leading professional video systems integrator, announced a new program to recognize the outstanding high school AV/media coordinator in Minnesota....

Samsung Displays as Digital Signage Players

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Adtraxion Systems, a provider of digital signage solutions in Europe, says it has developed software that converts a Samsung Large Format Display (LFD) monitor into an Adtraxion Player....

Barco Packages Digital Light, Media Server

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Barco recently released an optimized digital lighting package that combines the high brightness and DLP-quality capabilities of its DML-1200 digital light with Axon Media Server, a product of Barco's High End Systems group that can feed video to digital lights, LED panels, or large-format projectors....