Business

d&b  Group has been acquired by private-equity firm  Providence. The German-based company plans to leverage the investment to strengthen its global position in the professional audio market, while allowing it further integrate its capabilities in the audio visual, lighting and media (AVLM) solutions sector. As part of the transaction, the…

LANG AG  has signed a deal to distribute software developer Navori Labs' range in Germany, Austria, Spain and Great Britain. The agreement covers Navori's QL digital signage software solutions and content management systems, as well as the QL STiX 3700 plug-and-play, android-based digital signage device. The deal strengthens the existing…

Distributor and commercial integrator TVD Group heralded the company shift to majority employee ownership with a celebration day and a preview of its new showroom. The Lancashire-based company – creator of the Mitchell & Brown TV brand – had been a family-owned and run business for nearly 30 years. The…

Research by Sony Professional Displays and Solutions Europe has revealed a 'chasm' between the growing demand for hybrid flexible learning (HyFlex) and the lack of preparedness to enable its adoption across Europe. While 71% of students and teachers are positive about HyFlex, 67% of AV professionals in higher-education institutions say…

Audio networking specialist AuviTran has appointed Glasgow-based CUK as its distributor for the UK and Ireland. French-based AuviTran has been developing audio networking products since 2003. The company produces a wide range of Dante interfaces, as well as the Audio ToolBox modular solution for routing between and converting multiple audio…

AV and entertainment technology company Anna Valley will open a multi-purpose studio in west London this month. The facility, which is on the same block as Anna Valley’s headquarters in premises previously used to produce content for a shopping channel, features four versatile studios that can be tailored to a…

DisplayNote Technologies, the wireless casting and video transmission technology company, has been acquired by a long-term investment firm Volaris Group. Volaris has a "buy and hold forever" approach to investing in software business and it is expected help DisplayNote accelerate its progress in creating connected experiences in meeting rooms and…

GVAV has relocated its HQ to to an 1,850sq metre facility. After 23 years in Hounslow, west London, the integrator has moved to premises in nearby Feltham. The new space offers extensive rack build capabilities, spacious warehousing, a dedicated sales floor, and modern meeting and administrative spaces. Joint managing director…

Barco has opened a new meeting room experience centre at its headquarters in Belgium, featuring eight meeting room archetypes developed in partnership with members of its Clickshare alliance programme. The eight archetypes are designed to break the mould of small, medium and large rooms, with a variety of formal, informal…

Media player developer HIVE has relaunched its brand, overhauled its website and recruited several staff as it relocates to a 325sq metre office and expands its sales channels internationally. The new HIVE HQ – which is in Horsham, West Sussex in the UK– will provide the company with more space…