LANG ACADEMY AV Innovation Days 2022

Thursday, February 3rd, 2022

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

This year’s LANG AG AV Innovation Days will take place in Lindlar, Germany on February 2 and 3, 2022. Over the past two years, the AV Innovation Days have offered a platform to inform and exchange information about current developments in the AV industry. As a trade fair for the AV industry, AV Innovation Days […]

A New ‘One Barco Company’ Says @Barco

Wednesday, November 10th, 2021

Andrew Neale

Earlier this week Barco (Euronext: BAR; Reuters: BARBt.BR; Bloomberg: BAR BB) hosted a “leadership update” webinar for both analysts and investors. The two co-CEOs, Ms. An Steegen and Mr. Charles Beauduin, shared their initial assessments of Barco today and thoughts about capturing growth opportunities in the future. In introducing themselves, both CEO’s noted how proud […]

Don’t Listen To Those Crazy #Infocomm21 Numbers

Friday, November 5th, 2021

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Prior to #Infocomm21 AVIXA were already talking up their attendance numbers, with a wild claim sent exclusively to exhibitors just before the show of 14,000 folks having registered. Even if that number were accurate, there is of course is a big difference between those who register and those who actually turn up. The latest missive […]

Vince Schuster Joins @PhilipsDisplay

Friday, November 5th, 2021

Andrew Neale

Vince Schuster has joined PPDS as Commerial Vice President, Professional Displays, North America.

Edward Wasserman Joins @Standard_Vision LLC

Friday, November 5th, 2021

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Industry veteran and super-salesman Edward Wasserman has joined StandardVision, LLC as SVP of Business Development.

Amanda Beckner Joins @CEDIA

Friday, November 5th, 2021

Andrew Neale

CEDIA, the global trade association for the home technology industry has hired Amanda Beckner, CTS, as its vice president of education and training. She has over two decades of experience in association management, learning program development, and the audiovisual industry. As Vice President of learning at AVIXA, she led the digital transformation of the association’s […]

Fadhl Al-Bayaty Joins @VuWall

Friday, November 5th, 2021

Andrew Neale

VuWall this week announced the appointment of Fadhl Al-Bayaty as director of product management. We are told that this new leadership position will be focused on consolidating the company’s software and hardware product strategy, ensuring cohesive and harmonious growth. Paul Vander Plaetse, founder and CEO of VuWall told us “Fadhl is the ideal choice to […]

Jan De Witte Resigns as @Barco CEO

Monday, July 19th, 2021

Russ Curry, Ministry of New Media

On the evening of Friday July 16, 2021 Barco announced that CEO Jan De Witte had ‘decided’ to step down with effect as from September 1, 2021. In April 2016 Jan De Witte, a former corporate officer of the General Electric Company, became CEO-designate in anticipation of the orderly handover of power from former CEO […]

New Avocor Edge-to-Edge Interactive Displays

Wednesday, July 14th, 2021

Andrew Neale

Avocor, one of the fastest-growing global interactive display companies and a leading provider of video collaboration solutions, has announced its G series, a new product family of sleek, bezel-less, edge-to-edge interactive displays designed to streamline workplace collaboration. Available in 65”, 75”, and 85” edge-to-edge diagonals, the G series collaboration displays feature proprietary Avocor UiQ single-button […]

Coming Soon, @AVIXA Snog, Marry, Avoid

Sunday, May 23rd, 2021

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Our last ‘Snog, Marry, Avoid’ webinar back in February 2021, focussed on Integrated Systems Europe (ISE), the world’s leading show for commercial and residential audiovisual systems integration and it’s unjustifiable rhetoric around the now cancelled #ISE2021 which was due to take place in Barcelona in a few weeks time. This time around we will be […]