AVNation Staff

A group of powerful industry leaders have gathered to form Women in AV/IT (WAVIT), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and empowering women in the AV and IT industries through education, representation, and inclusion.

The Home Technology Association (HTA)—the resource for the most qualified and professional home technology integrators—announced its new HTA Design Partner program today. The new HTA Design Partner professional designation identifies design-centric home technology integrators as a service to architects, interior designers, builders, and end users. The program was created to recognize the home technology professionals that not only offer technology consultation and design but those who collaborate with design and build teams to ensure that the technology is integrated into the home in the best way possible. 

Broadsign, the leading out-of-home (OOH) technology developer, announced its next-gen OOH platform ahead of Integrated Systems Europe (ISE), held in Barcelona, Spain, January 31-February 3, 2022. Designed to help OOH media owners enhance business management, operations, and scalability, the reimagined platform includes unified access to existing Broadsign product subscriptions, audience-based campaign targeting, and expanded static signage operations. ISE attendees can preview these advancements at the Broadsign ISE Stand (6H300).

 LG Business Solutions is reaffirming its commitment to serving the dynamic U.S. education market at the 2023 Future of Education Technology® Conference (FETC), where the company will spotlight a full range of education-focused solutions, headlined by the new LG CreateBoard™ (model TR3DK), a purpose-built solution to address a variety of needs for in-person, remote and blended learning. 

Snap One recently announced a new exclusive distribution partnership with Fine Sounds APAC, a subsidiary of the legendary audio manufacturer McIntosh Group, to increase availability and market awareness of Snap One solutions throughout China and Hong Kong that began on January 1, 2023.

Utah Scientific, a world leader in providing mission-critical equipment to content creators, distributors, and broadcasters, today announced that Mark Playdon has been appointed as the company's western regional sales manager (RSM).

Nureva Inc., an innovator in advanced audio conferencing solutions, announces that Lumens is now using sound location data provided by Nureva’s HDL300 and Dual HDL300 audio conferencing systems to enable camera-tracking via its PTZ cameras.

Legrand, global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures, today announced that its building control systems (Legrand BCS) division has achieved ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification, the world's renowned standard for information security management systems.

The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) today announced its newest members: NETGEAR, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTGR), the leading provider of networking products that power businesses both large and small, and Megapixel VR®, a developer of customized, state-of-the-art LED displays and video processing technologies for entertainment, film, TV, and architectural applications. NETGEAR and Megapixel VR formally joined AIMS during ISE 2023 in Barcelona.

To enable easy collaboration within Dante audio systems, leading AV distribution innovator Blustream has introduced two new multi-input/output Dante conversion wall switches. The DA11ABL-WP is a multi-input/output wall plate to convert Bluetooth and analog audio within a digital Dante networked audio system.