Black Box to Host Live Webinar on the Impact of Video Compression on AV and KVM Systems

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Global information technology solutions provider Black Box will host a live webinar titled “How Video Compression Affects AV and KVM Systems” at 11 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday, July 1.

Free with registration, the 45-minute event will focus first on how different video compression technologies and schemes affect AV and KVM systems used for desktop access, wayfinding, and even critical control room hardware. The discussion then will delve into the details of specific use cases, ultimately providing guidance on how to select the right compression algorithm for common AV and KVM deployments and applications. The Black Box webinar will conclude with a Q&A dedicated to participant queries.

Panasonic to Address the Latest Innovations in AV Technology During Virtual Event on June 30

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Today’s environment is forcing a number of industries, including education, corporate, and live events, to rethink how they’re delivering immersive experiences and assess the tools they have in place to increase productivity and collaboration. Now more than ever before, AV professionals are searching for turnkey and flexible solutions that not only deliver streamlined and impactful productions, but create productive learning and work environments. During the virtual event, Panasonic will address the challenges brought on by these trends and showcase the solutions necessary to equip customers with advanced technologies to improve collaboration and produce more compelling, dynamic content.

Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. ET – Register here

Pliant® Technologies Supports Customers With Extended Warranty Promotion

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Pliant Technologies announces an extended warranty period in order to further support its customers during the uncertain times created by the COVID-19 pandemic. The extended warranty applies to Pliant products that have been purchased before August 1, 2020. This has been introduced as extra reassurance at no extra charge for customers looking forward to returning to work.

“We understand that many of our customers have had limited use of their Pliant products due to shut-downs and cancelled events over the past few months,” says Gary Rosen, Vice President of global sales for Pliant Technologies. “We are able to provide our customers with added peace of mind that their Pliant products are covered under this extended warranty as restrictions are beginning to lift and productions start to resume.”

June 24th Elation Hour: Elevating the House of Worship Experience

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Join Elation on Wednesday June 24th for a special Tools & Techniques discussion of lighting for Houses of Worship. With the knowledge that dynamic lighting systems can positively impact the overall worship experience, houses of worship are finding success in growing their ministries through flexible stage and house lighting systems.

Gain insight into how dynamic lighting can enhance both live and broadcast worship from three HoW market lighting specialists. Hosts John Dunn and Bob Mentele welcome Josh Holowiki from E2i Design, Griffin McCravy from Church of the Highlands, and Chris Eguizabal from Harvest Christian Fellowship for a special Elation Hour discussion about elevating the worship experience utilizing lighting and control technology.

The Elation Hour House of Worship discussion will take place Wednesday, June 24th at 10:00 a.m. PDT (U.S.).

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Biamp’s Parlé X-Series Microphones Win Red Dot Award for Outstanding Design Quality

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Biamp, a leading supplier of professional audiovisual solutions, today announced it has won the prestigious Red Dot Award for the Parlé X-Series TCM-X and TTM-X Beamtracking microphones. The Red Dot Design Award is the world’s most renowned design competition. In 2020, designers and companies from 60 countries entered more than 6,500 products into the competition.

“The international Red Dot Award jury meticulously tested all the entries, assessing a wide range of characteristics including aesthetics, materials, level of craftsmanship, surface structure, ergonomics, and functionality,” said Joe Andrulis, Executive Vice President of Corporate Development at Biamp. “Winning a Red Dot award for our Parlé X-Series microphones is an amazing testament to Biamp’s product, manufacturing, and engineering teams. This award validates Biamp’s focus on relentless innovation and our mission to deliver superior audiovisual experiences to customers around the world.”

Choosing the Right Mixers for Your Channel Count

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This might seem like a basic question, but how you answer this question has potentially far-reaching consequences. My method is looking 5 years into the future and starting with where the needs of the sound system and input sources will likely be in that amount of time. This helps focus leadership to thinking about where growth is likely to occur, what goals can or should be achieved in that span of time, and how that affects the needs of the sound system.

Generally, my experience has shown churches tend to want a slightly higher channel count, if only to have the additional flexibility. This has tended to be a jump of about 8 channels or so. It’s rare to see a church move from a 16-channel mixer to a 32-channel or larger mixer. It does happen, but only if there is a plan for aggressive growth in the worship ministry.

HoverCam Partners With Zoom to Simplify Remote and Blended Learning

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HoverCam, an innovative technology leader in the education market, announced that it has redesigned its Flex 11 software to fully integrate with Zoom, one of the chosen UC platforms for remote classrooms. HoverCam is already compatible with popular remote conferencing programs including Skype, Google Hangouts™, Google Meet™, and Microsoft Teams™. Now, teachers can initiate and schedule Zoom calls directly from HoverCam’s free, comprehensive document camera software. This integration eliminates any complexity, errors, and time wasted opening and switching between the two applications, delivering an intuitive workflow for teachers and an engaging, productive learning experience for students.

“We recognized some teachers were confused using their document camera, with Zoom requiring settings changes that interrupted their lesson and were a distraction to students,” said Bayley Pierson, HoverCam’s marketing director. “By integrating Zoom, we’re standing by our commitment to transform the teaching and learning experience — whether it’s in a classroom, remotely, or blended learning — by engineering simple, smart solutions. With Zoom capabilities built into Flex 11, teachers don’t have to spend valuable time wrestling with technology and can get back to creating an engaging, successful lesson. We recognize some users have security concerns and may not feel comfortable using third-party video conferencing programs, so we’ve made it easy to disable Zoom functionality within the software settings.”

Marshall Electronics “How to Tell a Story” Camera Contest Comes into Focus

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Marshall Electronics “How to Tell a Story” Camera Contest offers a chance to win one of three of its top-selling cameras, including the CV420 Compact 4K HDR Camera, the CV346 Compact HD Camera and the CV506 Miniature Full-HD Camera. The video contest, which runs until June 30, asks customers to create a short YouTube video explaining how they use Marshall cameras.

“We want to hear how our industry partners and integrators are using our Marshall cameras to tell their story, deliver their message, and complete their workflows,” says Tod Musgrave, Director of Cameras at Marshall Electronics. “We realize that we’re just starting to open back-up in production, and while some of the footage will be prior events, we’re excited by the number of submissions thus far.”

Avid S6L Snapshots Webinar

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Join Robert Scovill, Senior Specialist for Live Sound, as he digs in deep on one of the most powerful and highly lauded features of the Avid S6L platform; Snapshots. He will take you through all S6L Snapshot concepts including storing, recalling, updating, and safe-ing settings for inputs and outputs. I’ll also share working console examples that include snapshotting plug-ins, use of snapshots in virtual sound check and exporting and importing snapshots between show files.

Wednesday, July 1st 1:30pm PDT – Register here

Get It In Writing Gets eMedia

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Get It In Writing, Inc., the premier PR and creative media agency for the professional audio, video, and technology industries, has entered into a strategic alliance with eMedia Technologies, Inc., a leader in digital marketing, lead generation, and revenue growth.

The newly forged alliance will enable Get It In Writing to offer a full range of digital marketing services, including inbound and search engine marketing, analytics, and lead generation strategies to its expanding client base, while broadening eMedia’s reach into the Music, Pro Audio and Video, Broadcast, and Systems Integration markets.