AVNation Staff

Located in the central business district of Makati, Philippines, HIT Productions is a 31-year-old post-production studio known for creating award-winning work serving the advertising, music, film, and streaming localization markets. With recent changes in how content is created, distributed, and consumed, HIT realized that its old facility no longer met the needs of its production teams and clients.

Commercial Integrator Expo, owned and produced by Emerald, the new exposition and conference for the commercial audiovisual integration channel and technology managers co-located with CEDIA Expo, announces a partnership with the Interactive Multimedia & Collaborative Communications Alliance (IMCCA) as a supporting organization for the show.

Conference Technologies, Inc, a technology integrator based in St. Louis, MO, announces today a rebrand and new website. In addition to a new brand mark, logo, and website Conference Technologies will now be known simply as CTI.

BrightSign, the global market leader in digital signage media players, today announced two additions to its new generation of Series 5 players, making the features, performance and functionality offered by its latest technology accessible to a much wider range of digital signage applications. The HD5 and the LS5 will be available globally this spring and will be exhibited at ISE in Barcelona, Spain opening on January 31 (booth 6H450).

Riedel Communications today announced that Rick Seegull has been promoted to the role of SVP technology and business development for the Americas. Seegull was previously the VP of system consulting for the Americas, where he managed the team of system consultants and project engineers to design, install, and support numerous innovative installations throughout the Americas.

Building off its popular Terra LuminSound outdoor speaker portfolio, Leon Speakers adds a new taller model to the line. The Terra LuminSound Bollard speaker features the same handcrafted components and built-in low-voltage lighting as the shorter landscape version but stands taller, thanks to a 21-inch aircraft-grade aluminum base.

While consumers love how Samsung’s The Frame looks more like an art piece than a TV, integrators have often struggled with how to add high-end audio to the installation. Leading soundbar manufacturer Leon Speakers puts an end to the design dilemma with FrameBar, a discreet, ultra-thin soundbar designed to match the width and finish of The Frame TV, providing enhanced audio and an unobtrusive aesthetic.

Jetbuilt, the global leader in AV project sales and management software, has announced a strategy to bridge the silos existing within the AV industry. While industry professionals recognize their software as the go-to tool for fast and efficient proposal generation and 360-degree project management, Jetbuilt’s platform possesses more comprehensive capabilities.

The City of Crawfordsville is a rapidly growing suburb of Indianapolis, Indiana. Nestled within the suburb, Crawfordsville Community School Corporation is home to more than 2,500 students across six school facilities. To protect the safety of students, teachers and staff, Crawfordsville Community School Corporation has developed a comprehensive and effective school safety procedure to uphold its obligation to quickly and efficiently communicate with students, teachers and staff.  

Live production services provider BlackStar Group has supported some of the biggest names and titles in esports, including Call of Duty League, Overwatch League, Halo, Counter-Strike, Apex Legends, FIFA, and Madden, among others. Constantly evolving and exploring new workflow solutions, the Baltimore-based company produces elevated deliverables by leveraging the optimal tools for each project.