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23 May 2025

USA - tvONE will be featuring its new 1RU version of the Calico Pro video processor (C7-PRO-1200), and award-winning MX Series of Hippotizer Media Servers at InfoComm 2025.

The tvONE team is inviting InfoComm visitors to booth #3935 to experience both the original Calico Pro and its smaller form 1RU version, which are built upon tvONE’s latest patented fifth generation 4K/8K, 10-bit video processing engine, delivering unparalleled performance and versatility. Both units are now shipping.

“We were thrilled to launch the Calico Pro 2RU hardware last year, demonstrating its from-the-ground-up new design which can deliver hundreds of video layers across four huge, real-world design canvases,” says Mark Trevena, communications and training manager at tvONE. “Now, we introduce the more compact 1RU Calico video processor, within which we’ve packed

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22 May 2025

South Africa - Following the recent announcement of Mediatech’s return in 2026, organisers have confirmed an important venue and date change. After close consultation with key industry stakeholders, the expo will now take place at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit and International Convention Centre in Midrand, Johannesburg from 1-3 July 2026.

Mediatech Africa is the continent’s largest and most established trade show dedicated to professional audiovisual, broadcast, media, and live event technology. The show brings together industry professionals, technology providers, creatives, and decision-makers for three days of hands-on demos, networking, and innovation. It serves as a platform for both global brands and regional players to connect, collaborate, and explore the future of the industry.

Previously scheduled at Johannesburg Expo Centre, the move

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22 May 2025

USA - CEDIA Expo/Commercial Integrator Expo (CIX) returns to the Colorado Convention Centre in Denver, Colorado, from September 3-6, 2025.

With 300+ exhibitors displaying smart home, commercial integration, luxury audio, home theatre, lighting, outdoor living, energy management, security, Work From Home (WFH) and commercial AV technologies and solutions, the combined show promises a broad and compelling showcase of new technologies in addition to keynotes and panels on the most pressing tech-related issues of today. Exhibitors include ADI Global, Crestron, Harman Luxury Audio, Legrand AV, Lutron, Origin Acoustics, Nice, Samsung, Sonance, Sony, and more.

“The lines separating home and work are becoming increasingly blurred, requiring smarter and more flexible systems integration solutions,” said Jason McGraw, group vice-president for CEDIA Expo/CI

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22 May 2025

South Korea - UK-based 7thSense has announced an official distribution partnership with Dong Hwa AV, who will serve as a reseller and distributor of 7thSense technologies in South Korea.

As part of this new alliance, Dong Hwa will represent 7thSense’s product range across the region, providing sales, support, and consultation services to South Korean customers in markets including themed attractions, museums, immersive installations, and broadcast environments.

The partnership was officially unveiled at the KOBA 2025 trade show in Seoul, taking place this week, where Dong Hwa is exhibiting a selection of 7thSense technologies. Attendees are invited to visit the Dong Hwa booth D302 to see live demonstrations and speak with experts about how 7thSense solutions can elevate visual storytelling.

“We are thrilled to partner with Dong Hwa as our

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21 May 2025

Bulgaria - The fourth edition of the Lunar Festival of Lights took place over four evenings from 8-11 May 2025, transforming 10,000sq.m of architecture and urban space across Sofia into a glowing canvas of light and art.

This internationally celebrated event featured 3D projection mapping, light installations, and immersive visual storytelling from artists around the world. Their work was designed to ignite imagination, provoke thought, and delight audiences with creativity and technological brilliance.

An independent initiative by the Bulgarian visual effects company MP-Studio, Lunar is the result of a decade-long passion for light art. MP-Studio is renowned in Bulgaria for pioneering the country's first 3D projection mapping in 2011, illuminating the façade of the National Theatre Ivan Vazov. Since then, they have delivered more

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21 May 2025

Germany - FC Munich’s basketball stadium was turned into a dynamic setting for this year’s special edition of Schlagerboom – a celebration of Germany’s hit pop music – with augmented reality effects and a huge LED stage driven by Green Hippo’s Hippotizer Media Servers.

Jürgens TV produced the event for Bayerischer Rundfunk, and commissioned content production studio LUPIXX to create the video elements. The visuals were designed to enhance each song, visually expand the stage, and create a sense of depth. LUPIXX visual artist and managing director Saskia Olma ramped up the video elements by integrating a tracked Spidercam with augmented reality.

Manipulating the video effects and AR elements were two Hippotizer Tierra+ MK2, three Hippotizer Boreal+ MK2 and one Hippotizer Boreal+ Media Servers, supplied by ICT.

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21 May 2025

UK - Solstice AV has announced the appointment of Chris Ball as its new chief financial officer (CFO) and chief operating officer (COO).

Based in Solstice AV’s Diss and Tewkesbury offices, Chris joins the company’s board of directors, reporting to chairman Tony Hunt. His key responsibilities will include reviewing and overseeing the company’s financial planning, risk management, and operational performance.

His appointment follows recent news announcements from Solstice AV to mark its UK distribution partnerships with LED and interactive displays providers LianTronics and i3CONNECT, delivering even greater choice and value to UK resellers.

Commenting on his new role, Chris Ball said: "I am honoured to join Solstice AV at such an exciting time in the company’s journey. Solstice AV has built a strong reputation for innovation and excell

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20 May 2025

India - tvONE has announced its partnership with Cavitak as a distributor for tvONE and Green Hippo products in India.

Established in 1986 and headquartered in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Cavitak has built a robust reputation in the ProAV market through its expertise in channel management and the distribution of specialized technology products. With over 36 years of experience, the company boasts a network of more than 4,500 channel partners and dealers across India, supported by six regional offices and 15 warehouses.

Cavitak's value-added distribution model encompasses comprehensive networking, in-depth product understanding, solution design, and post-sales support. This approach ensures that clients receive not only the latest products but also the necessary support to implement and maintain them effectively.

"We are thrilled to partner with Cavit

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20 May 2025

UK - 7thSense has announced a strategic partnership with Teq4 Systems Limited. Teq4 is a valued and long-standing collaborator of 7thSense and is known for delivering innovative, experience-led solutions. This strengthened relationship underpins the shared commitment of both 7thSense and Teq4.

As part of the newly established partnership, Matt Barton and Richard Brown, both directors of 7thSense, will take seats on the Teq4 board of directors.

The new partnership between 7thSense and Teq4 is focussed on advancing immersive and interactive technologies in support of the global creative and integration community.

Richard Brown, CTO at 7thSense, said: “Our integrator partners remain at the heart of everything we do. 7thSense’s continued success is built on deep collaboration with the global integrator community, and this focus remains unchan

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20 May 2025

UK - Media control solutions specialist Hive is expanding its team with five new roles as it continues to scale. Rory Jervis joins as sales director to drive commercial growth, while Nigel Sadler has been promoted to chief pollinator, a newly created role focused on strengthening partnerships and amplifying Hive’s vision.

Further reinforcing Hive’s expansion, Ciaran Abrams has been appointed as lead developer, Danielle Hastings joins as customer service executive and Alex Couzins steps in as marketing specialist.

In his new role as chief pollinator, Nigel Sadler will lead Hive’s mission to democratise the media engine market, making complex video technology more accessible. With a passion for storytelling and deep industry expertise, Nigel will focus on forging strong partnerships and expanding Hive’s influence.

As sales director, Ror

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19 May 2025

USA - Sound Image, a Clair Global brand, has been chosen to integrate audio, video and data into the new Frontwave Arena, the first of its kind in Oceanside, San Diego County.

The 7,500 capacity, 170,000sq.ft space is home to local sports organisations San Diego Clippers (basketball) and the San Diego Sockers (soccer) and features a high-end sound system that reaches every seat while steering clear of sight line interruption, ideal for sports production. The Gold Over America Tour (GOAT), led by the world's most decorated gymnast, Simone Biles, brought athletic prowess to this court for the venue's first sports tour event.

Sound Image project manager, Hans Haas, oversaw the design and implementation of the project. He comments: "This part of San Diego County has never had a venue like this, and it has already become a great activity hub for

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19 May 2025

USA - Matrox Video has announced its participation at InfoComm 2025 in Orlando next month.

At booth 2821, Matrox Video will showcase the Matrox Mura DVW appliance, a powerful IP-based 4K distributed video wall appliance that lets integrators scale out synchronised video walls by simply adding more units. Mura DVW supports a wide range of streams, including one 8K60, four 4K60, or 16 1080p60 feeds using H.265 or H.264. Additionally, Matrox Video will present its new LUMA Pro A380 Octal graphics cards and Mura C4K Quad HDMI 2.0 capture cards with HDCP 2.3 support.

Making its InfoComm debut is Matrox Avio 2, billed as the world’s first NMOS-aware, open standards-based IPMX/ST 2110 IP KVM extender. Delivering ‘superior image quality and performance’, Avio 2 supports up to 4K resolution with a choice of uncompressed or compressed video options on ei

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16 May 2025

The Netherlands - The three-night Ladies of Soul show landed at Amsterdam’s Ziggo Dome in April, backed by a series of LED screens and LED strips with Green Hippo’s Hippotizer Media Servers belting out live camera feed and pre-made content.

Dutch singers and musicians Edsilia Rombley, Trijntje Oosterhuis, Berget Lewis and Candy Dulfer starred in the productions, with a host of international guests including Sister Sledge, Robin S and Rose Royce celebrating the Ladies of Soul.

“We deployed our Hippotizer Boreal+ MK2 Media Servers because they were the models that could handle the multiple layers, three mixes, main screen content and masks, and much more,” explains Kevin Buysse from Tenfeet, which has delivered video for Ladies of Soul for more than a decade. “The show was built around the four main Dutch performers

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16 May 2025

UK - Spotlight Sound, a fast-growing national AV and event production company based in Essex, has announced the appointment of Ed Guest as its new AV service engineer. With over 15 years of experience across theatre, live events, and AV installation, Ed brings considerable technical expertise to the expanding Spotlight Sound team.

Spotlight Sound specialises in audio-visual installations, event production, and equipment hire across the UK, with clients ranging from local authorities and schools to national venues and entertainment providers. As the company continues to grow, Ed’s addition is set to strengthen its technical offering and drive further excellence in project delivery.

Ed's journey in AV began in school theatres, eventually leading him to a BTEC in technical theatre and a BA in Lighting Design at Rose Bruford College. He has worked in s

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15 May 2025

France - Smode Tech has announced its partnership with Cercle Odyssey, billed as the world’s first large-scale 360° immersive concert. As an official partner, Smode Tech is providing its real-time media server technology, Smode, for Cercle Odyssey’s global tour, which is pioneering an ambitious new form of entertainment fusing spatialised sound, video, olfactory experiences and classically influenced storytelling on a monumental scale.

The Cercle Odyssey tour began in Mexico City before heading to Los Angeles and will be culminating in Paris for a spectacular finale from 28 May to 1 June. Highlights from the Paris leg of the tour include Max Richter (28 May), ARTBAT and WhoMadeWho (29 May), NTO × Sofiane Pamart and Monolink (30 May) and Bonobo and Ben Böhmer (31 May).

Described as a “nomadic” installation, Cercle Odyssey places audiences a

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15 May 2025

USA - Stage Precision is set to showcase SP Grid at InfoComm 2025, marking the next evolution of its technology built upon the success of SP V1. Designed to redefine how professionals create, manage and deploy digital experiences, SP Grid transitions Stage Precision’s core offering from a standalone software product to a comprehensive development, data management, control and integration platform. Stage Precision will be highlighting these capabilities, alongside two new hardware products, Grid Engine and Grid Touch.

InfoComm comes after an exciting few months for the Germany-based company, which recently welcomed Sarah Cox, a well-known spokesperson and advocate on converging technologies in the AV industry, as chief commercial officer.

Now in an open Beta phase, SP Grid is a no-code or low-code platform aimed at simplifying the deployment of comp

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14 May 2025

World - Absen has successfully launched 20 more showrooms across key locations worldwide, available for scheduled visits by appointment. The showrooms are strategically situated in China (Shenzhen, Huizhou, Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, and Hong Kong), the United States (New York, Orlando, and Los Angeles), the United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil, Russia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, the Middle East, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand.

This global expansion underscores Absen’s ongoing commitment to offering cutting-edge solutions and exceptional localised services, says the company. Now with a grand total of 78 showrooms (including channel partners’ showrooms) across five continents, Absen continues to strengthen its global footprint.

Absen opened its newly upgraded showroom in Germany in February 2025. The advanced display area is designed to provide a

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14 May 2025

Germany - Digital Signage Summit Europe will take place on 21-23 May at Hilton Munich Airport with ChromeOS by Google as the headline sponsor. The event, organised by invidis in partnership with Integrated Systems Events (ISE), will also be supported by Lenovo as premium event partner, M-Cube as technology partner, along with several other notable brands.

DSS Europe 2025 is poised to include the largest speaker line-up to date, as well as enhanced features and a variety of new experiences aimed at promoting networking, knowledge-sharing, and innovation. 

New for 2025 the DSS Europe app, sponsored by Lenovo, is a major highlight of this year’s summit. The app features an advanced matchmaking engine that suggests meaningful connections between delegates, as well as between delegates and exhibitors, based on shared interests. Users can seaml

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13 May 2025

UK - Bold colours, deep blacks and moving set pieces are brought to life in Muriel’s Wedding the Musical – the stage adaptation of PJ Hogan’s 1994 film – whose just-wrapped UK premiere at the Curve theatre in Leicester featured a striking video-led design powered by over 400 LED panels from INFiLED’s DBmk2 Series.

Designed by Andrzej Goulding, the production blends theatrical storytelling with a playful, modern aesthetic, featuring oversized mobile phone frames, animated graphics and vivid, Australian-inspired visuals. To realise Goulding’s creative vision, the technical team needed an LED solution capable of delivering deep contrast, faithful colour reproduction at low brightness, and seamless integration with the physical set.

INFiLED’s DBmk2 Series, with its 10,000:1 contrast ratio and matte black surface, proved ideal for t

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13 May 2025

UK - Brompton Technology has announced the appointment of Steve Leyland as its new chairman of the board.

Leyland’s appointment follows the resignation of Brompton’s previous Chairman, Neil Gaydon, for health reasons. Neil joined at the time of Brompton receiving investment from specialist private equity provider Connection Capital in 2022 and has played a central role in developing Brompton’s growth strategy. “We are very grateful to Neil for all his support and wish him the very best,” says Richard Mead, Brompton’s CEO.

A seasoned executive and respected voice in the AV industry, Leyland brings with him decades of international leadership experience, including senior roles at Barco, Polycom, and Intel, and a proven track record of driving growth and strategic transformation across global markets. Leyland currently runs a consulting prac

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13 May 2025

UK - Absen has sharpened its UK ProAV focus with three new strategic hires. This move – designed to fuel the company’s ambitious regional growth plans – reinforces its dedication to localised service and strong relationships across Europe. The reinforced UK division also underscores its pledge to provide advanced LED solutions and exceptional service throughout the UK. Joining the UK Absen team are:

Peter Mytton-Bayley – business development executive: With 30 years of experience in consultant and strategic roles within the AV sector, including significant work in corporate and education installations,

Peter joins Absen’s UK team to support its expanding market presence. He will leverage his extensive industry knowledge to drive the adoption of Absen LED in upcoming projects and champion Absen's commitment to sustainability through its Abse

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12 May 2025

USA - PPDS, the global provider of Philips Professional Displays, has announced its advanced and flexible suite of digital signage solutions has been selected to enhance communication and collaboration capabilities at The Putnam County School System (PCSS), in Cooksville, Tennessee.

Located an hour’s drive east of Nashville and 100 miles west of Knoxville, the PCSS is one of the state’s largest public school districts, employing over 1,700 staff and educating over 12,000 students. Boasting a 93 per cent graduation rate, PCSS is responsible for 22 schools in total, including elementary (x11), middle (x4), high (3), as well as virtual and adult learning.

With a commitment to providing best-in-class communication and collaborative experiences across all campuses, the use of display technology plays a critical role in the teaching and learning experi

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09 May 2025

UK - AbsenLive, a division of Absen, recently brought Culture Club's UK Tour to life with immersive visuals, delivering a truly memorable experience for concertgoers.

Culture Club embarked on a UK arena tour in December 2024, with special guests Tony Hadley and Heaven 17. The tour took place in venues such as the O2 in London and Manchester’s new Co-op Live. Axiom Events, the production management and equipment provider for the tour, were responsible for delivering robust touring LED panels that could also push the creative boundaries of the show.

The tour marked the first large scale deployment of Axiom’s new stock of AbsenLive LED screens which includes over 140sq.m of XL, Standard and Cube corner panels. When making the investment it was key that the product was of exceptional build quality and suitable for indoor and outdoor use. Therefore, t

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09 May 2025

UK - London-based integrators, Tateside, has hired two new employees on an apprenticeship basis as part of their commitment to fostering the next generation of AV industry professionals. As part of their training, George and Joe will shadow the Tateside team on projects, undergo technical training and spend time with different departments to gain an understanding of the integration business and the world of AV.

“Many of us started out in AV quite young, and we want to give others the opportunity to do the same,” says Jack Cornish, technical director at Tateside. “It can be difficult for people to find a clear career route into the integration business, so through these apprenticeships, we are offering a path to a future in AV that will hopefully inspire these young people to continue their journey within the company or the wider industry.”

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