Shure has reached an agreement to buy Finnish audio software company Ab Wavemark. The deal for the specialist in software products for theatre, film, TV and content-streaming applications will add Wavemark’s Wavetool to Shure’s professional audio portfolio. In combination with Shure’s Wireless Workbench 7, the application will provide audio engineers…
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Audinate ships record one million Dante units in single year
Audinate shipped more than a million units of Dante in the year to June 2023 – a record for a 12-month period. The AV-over-IP solution enables the distribution of multi-channel audio and video signals via standard Ethernet networks with near-zero latency and perfect synchronisation. Audinate increased the availability of the…
LANG AG adds Grass Valley camera system to rental fleet
LANG AG has added Canadian manufacturer Grass Valley's 4K LDX-135 camera system to its rental portfolio. The company – which is based in Lindlar, Germany – has several sets to offer to clients, including an LDX-C135 compact unit. The versatile LDX-135's JPEG-XS compression feature enables significantly less bandwidth to be…
Dante firm Audinate to raise A$70m to help it ‘win in video’
Audinate, the company behind the Dante audio networking standard, is in the process of raising A$70m to fund its growth. The company said the funds, worth approximately 45m US dollars, will be used for developing new products, winning the race to establish a video networking standard, and paying for acquisitions.…
PSCo to distribute Sony Crystal LED range in UK and Ireland
PSCo has added a range of Sony’s Crystal LED displays to its portfolio. The specialist distributor of LED displays will offer Sony’s high-contrast Crystal LED CH-series and high-brightness BH-series. The modular, bezel-free tiles are available with a pixel pitch of 1.2mm and 1.5mm. Their light weight means they can be…
Promethean tops annual global education IFPD sales charts
Promethean has been named the global leader in interactive flat panel displays (IFPDs) for education, according to Futuresource Consulting's Q2 2023 report on the world IFPD market. The company has been the number one by volume in the global K-12 education sector (excluding China) since 2018 and has held the…
Three things you should know about Midwich’s growth
Midwich Group plc yesterday released its interim results, with half-yearly operating profits up 46.5% at £18.6 million, and half-yearly revenue up 7.4% to £610 million. That's for the six months ended 30 June. Amid this positive picture, three things stood out when AV Magazine spoke by phone to group managing…
Engage Works relaunches innovation lounge with VP studio
Engage Works has relaunched the Flux Innovation Lounge and added a virtual broadcasting studio for hybrid events. As a result of a restructure necessitated by Covid, the creative technology agency recently relocated to a new facility in London's Greenwich Design District. The Flux 2.0 lounge – an update of the…
Midwich to distribute Crestron Flex across UK and Ireland
Midwich has signed a distribution deal with Crestron. The agreement covers Crestron’s unified communications and collaboration (UC&C) range, Crestron Flex, within the UK and Ireland. Crestron Flex comprises easy-to-use videoconferencing systems for multiple applications, enabling a dispersed workforce to come together for effective collaboration. The range integrates with Microsoft Teams,…
IDNS to offer Ubiquisense occupancy and footfall analytics
Integrator IDNS has teamed up with a Danish company specialising in measuring occupancy and footfall, to bring new analytical experiences to smart buildings and hybrid work environments within the public sector. Users will be able to deploy the analytic features in the Ubiqisense platform to measure the impact of the…