PPDS, the exclusive global provider of Philips digital signage, LED and pro TV products, software, and innovations, has confirmed InfoComm 21, will host the world’s first-ever live demonstrations of the Crestron XiO Cloud on a Philips professional display. Taking place on the Philips booth (#3421), in Orlando, FL this week, the announcements come just weeks after PPDS become one of the first display manufacturers on the planet to gain Crestron XiO Cloud certification. The partnership, which extends the relationship between the two tech companies, has been hailed as the most advanced and complete version of the award-winning control and management…
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Absen and Brompton Technology have joined forces with the aim to offer the very best solutions for high-end virtual studios. Absen’s LED specialist background paired with Brompton Technology’s market leading processing solutions for LED video walls, offers integrators and customers access to the leading video packages when it comes to virtual studio creation. Adam Berditch, Absen’s business development manager for the UK, commented: “Over the last year, we’ve seen businesses use LED to transform live online events. State-of-the-art virtual studios are fast becoming the norm for industries across the globe, as LED can offer a whole new dimension to online…
PPDS has announced the availability of the Philips X-Line UHD videowall range in North America. Announced at InfoComm 21 in Orlando, FL, (booth 3421), the 49” and 55” Philips X-Line videowall range has been designed for 24/7 use and provides optimum performance in almost any indoor environment, automatically adjusting to changing lighting conditions, whether in natural indoor lighting or the full strength of natural sunlight. With Direct LED Backlight technology and running on the latest software, Philips X-Line’s high-resolution setup and Pure Colour Pro technology for superior depths of black and high-brightness color levels, ensures even the most detailed or…
The historic Setnor School of Music at Syracuse University was founded in 1887 and currently occupies one of the oldest facilities on campus, a building constructed in 1889. Recently, the prestigious school of about 300 students modernized and upgraded its department infrastructure, including a move from analog cabling to audio networking – a task completed with consideration to the historic significance of the building thanks to Audinate’s Dante. Audinate’s Dante is the de-facto standard for digital audio networking and distributes hundreds of uncompressed, multi-channel digital audio channels via standard Ethernet networks with near-zero latency and perfect synchronization. Dante allows audio,…
Cinéma Bellevaux, an independent, experimental cinema house in Lausanne, Switzerland, re-opened on 12 October 2021, the first time in a year-and-a-half that lovers of cinema, music and the performing arts could enjoy a live event there. The evening was headlined by the Ensemble Contrechamps, a renowned New Music ensemble based in Geneva; it also marked the debut of Bellevaux’s new Lawo mc²36 mixing console, installed by Lawo’s Swiss systems integrator SLG Broadcast. An 80-seat venue opened in 1959, Cinéma Bellevaux presents movies in a unique way, with live music accompaniment, to provide viewers with unique artistic experiences. Gwenaël Grossfeld, Bellevaux’s…
Part of the Diamond Hill Resort & Spa the new 400-capacity Rooftop Lounge Bar in the Albanian city of Vlorë, has been fitted out with a high-power Martin Audio sound system, comprising components from the BlacklineX and CDD series—supplied and installed by their territorial distributors, Prosound. Offering breakthtaking, panoramic views, the lively venue delivers a combination of House music from DJs interspersed with live bands by night, and BGM during the daytime. Prosound had been contacted by the venue’s architects to provide a solution. “But the procurement process was similar to that of a tender since the client also received…
LED Display manufacturer, CreateLED, has announced its height-adjustable, LED floor display solution, AirFLOOR-V1. The range launches with two pixel pitch, the 1.6mm and 2.6mm. Suited to a wide variety of applications from Virtual production for Brodcasting and Film productions, corporate receptions, through hotel, leisure and retail, to car shows and any exhibition space, CreateLED’s AirFLOOR-V1 adds an extra level of immersion to any showcase environment. AirFLOOR-V1 panels are robust and waterproof with an IP 65 rating for both front and rear sides of the panel. The slim and lightweight design of the panels facilitates both storage and transportation. Measuring 1m…
QSC is expanding its existing sales operations for Germany and Austria. Daniel Schröfel has been promoted to Sales Director and will look to expand QSC integration business throughout the region, while Gerd Kostial will focus on QSC business in Austria. In addition, the company welcomes Norman Seith and Clemens Clausen as Business Development and Application Managers. These two experienced product and industry experts will assist customers in planning complex installations and providing holistic project support. Seith was previously Technical Sales Manager for the DACH region at Extron, while Clausen most recently worked as Project Manager for Shure EMEA. “These personnel…
LEA Professional has unveiled new upgrades to its Cloud and Web UI platforms to provide customers with a seamless, accessible, and flexible user experience with the upgrade to version 3.0.0.0 firmware for the Connect Series products. “It was really important that we plan any upgrades with customer consultation,” said Bradley Drummond, Director, Application Engineering & Consultant Relations at LEA Professional. “We gathered a lot of feedback from customers and users and worked on this Web UI and Cloud update to address that feedback. It’s a lot of small improvements to enhance the entire user experience for our customers.” The LEA…
With today’s entertainment consumer hungry for rich, immersive experiences, immersive audio continues to become a viable and sought-after element in various production workflows. However, the prevalence of so many platforms and proprietary communication languages has been a stumbling block to widespread adoption of spatial audio, and a challenge to interoperability amongst production tools. Indeed, to quote an old tech industry joke, the nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them. Now FLUX::Immersive, L-Acoustics, Radio France, and other major industry manufacturers have joined in an initiative to standardize Open Sound Control as a streaming protocol for interoperability…
