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Apr 1, 1999 12:00 PM, Cindy Scullin
Furman to hold seminar Furman Sound, exhibiting in booth 1515 at the NSCA Expo in Nashville, TN, will conduct a multimedia seminar on power conditioning Friday, April 30 from 9:30-11:00 a.m. in conference room Bayou C, on the mezzanine level of the Opryland Hotel. The seminar, Dealing with Noise in Professional Audio, will cover equipment interfacing, shielding, transformer coupling, RF, lighting, power line noise, power conditioning and balanced AC power. The moderator will be Don Washburn from DiModica & Associates, Inc. of Florida.
Ring Communications signs sales and distribution agreement Ring Communications, Ronkonkoma, NY, has signed the renewed long-term North American sales and distribution agreement with STENTO ASA, Oslo, Norway.
AMX and PHAST announce HomeRF plans At the HomeRF Working Group meeting in Orlando, FL, AMX Corportation, Dallas, and its PHAST home automation subsidiary pledged support of the Shared Wireless Access Protocol (SWAP) specification for its new and existing wireless product lines.
Studiomaster moves Studiomaster has sold its building in Anaheim, California and moved to 22885-D Savi Ranch Parkway, Yorba Linda, CA 92887, a larger facility that will provide additional warehouse and office space. Contact by phone at 800-878-7883 or 714-998-2012, or by fax at 714-998-2086.
Consensus reached on digital interface specification The consumer electronics and cable television industries have reached an agreement and completed the necessary extensions to the baseline IEEE-1394 specification (firewire) which will promote compatibility between digital television receivers and digital set-top boxes. The work on IEEE-1394 specification was completed by Consumer Electronics Manufacturers Association R4.8 subcommittee Working Group 1 and CableLabs' OpenCable. The specification is now reflected in CEMA document EIA-775 and OpenCable document OCI-C1, both of which will now undergo the formal acceptance process.
C-Audio becomes THX approved BSS Audio's C-Audio GB 402tx and GB602tx amplifiers now have THX approval. On the tx versions of the amplifiers the controls will not be user-accessible. Once the levels have been set by the installer, they will be locked behind a tamper-proof cover. They will also be differentiated from the non-tx versions by a differently decalled fascia plate.
Matsushita/Panasonic awarded Emmys Matsushita Electric Industrial (MEI), Osaka, Japan, announced that it has received two Technical/Engineering Achievement Emmy Awards from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences at ceremonies in New York City. The first Emmy was presented for breakthrough work in the development of the DVCPRO small-format digital component videotape format. The second was for the development of a High Definition (HD) Intra-field Compression Processor that integrates with Panasonic D-5 HD VTRs.
TEF distributes Acoustic-X Software Acoustic-X Software and the TEF division of Gold Line, West Redding, CT, have a strategic agreement for the distribution of acoustical modeling software in the United States. The software was developed by the architectural acoustics firm Pilchner & Schoustal.
Communications Specialties announces Y2K compliance Communication Specialties, Hauppauge, NY, has announced that all products produced and sold by the company are Year 2000 compliant. No delay or interruption of business operations will occur between and beyond the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Communications Specialties' redesigned Web site www.commspecial.com now offers a more user-friendly interface, access to product specification sheets, and a regularly-updated company and product news department.
CDDB makes deal with G-faKt Solutions CDDB, Carmel, IN, announced that the company has signed an agreement with G-faKt Solutions which grants G-faKt access to CDDB's extensive database of music CDs. As a result of the agreement, G-faKt Solutions will use CDDB's data with the company's home entertainment organization and management (HOMeS) software.
Panasonic joins forces with MPGA Fred Jones, marketing manager for Panasonic Pro Audio, Los Angeles, announced that the company has become a sponsoring member of MPGA (Music Producers Guild of America). With this announcement, Panasonic increases its long-term commitment to the recording industry and aligns itself with many of the most influential producers and recording engineers in the world.
Escient honored Escient, Carmel, IN, has been honored with Audio Video International magazine's coveted Hi-Fi Grand Prix award given in recognition of the company's TuneBase product technology. Competition winners were voted for by retailers throughout the U.S., and were confirmed by a committee of leading audio/video critics and writers.
Hybrid College opens new campus Hybrid Technical College of Audio/Video Electronics, Canada, opened a new satellite campus in Los Angeles with its inaugural Custom Audio/Video Installation Technology Program in January. For informaion regarding future classes call (604) 439-1142.
Sony joins COLOR The COrporation for Laser Optics Research (COLOR) announced that Sony Electronics has invested in the Portsmouth, New Hampshire-based company, assuming a minority equity interest. COLOR also announced that the company has strengthened its Board of Directors with the addition of Akihiko Nakamura, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Sony Electronics.
ICIA wins Web site award The International Communications Industries Association (ICIA) was recently presented with a Snap Editor's Choice Award by Snap.com, for its web page. ICIA was lauded with one of ten of the Snap Editor's Choice Awards to recognize the association's excellence in web page design, content and editorial presentation.
House Ear Institute debuts program The House Ear Institute's Hearing is Priceless (HIP) program announces its Sound Partner program available to individuals, companies, and associations in the electronics industry. HIP is the hearing conservation and education program of the House Ear Institute, Los Angeles. Proceeds from the Sound Partner sponsorships help underwrite the costs of developing and distributing hearing education and conservation training materials to schools and audio engineering programs. Call (213) 483-4431 for more information.
TLM 103 wins award The TLM 103, one of Georg Neumann's budget microphones, has already won the PAR Excellence Award, The EQ Ribbon Award, and the Radio World Cool Stuff Award, and now it has won MIX magazine's TEC Award, Technical Excellence & Creativity; Outstanding Achievement in Microphone Technology, during the AES in San Francisco. This is the second Neumann product in a row to win this coveted award.
Northern Computers begins new division Northern Computers' United Kingdom office, Northern Computers (UK) launches a new Engineered Systems Division designed to assist companies in finding total solutions for their unique access control and security needs. By working together, the Engineered Systems Group helps companies design and develop solutions, as well as select factory-trained dealers that can service and support their applications.
DeltaVision joins DSC Group DeltaVision, Montreal, a privately held Canadian manufacturer of CCTV equipment, which was started ten years ago, has joined Digital Security Controls (DSC), Toronto. With the addition of the CCTV products, DSC will now be able to offer its customers a wider range of products at competitive pricing.
Phonic Ear offers training Phonic Ear, Petaluma, CA, offers facilities a resource package and training video to help with the distribution, maintenance, and publicity of the availability of hearing assistance equipment. Included in this marketing toolkit are user instruction cards, a floppy disk, a 35mm slide and a poster. The video, a step-by-step training video, can be purchased separately. The kit is included with the purchase of a hearing assistance package, but is available separately.
AMX expands East Sales Office AMX corporation, Dallas, expands AMX East into a complete AMX-direct support center for the Northeastern US region, including CT, DE, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NY, NC, PA, RI, VE, VA, Washington D.C. and WV. AMX East, located outside Philadelphia, will handle all dealer activity for the region, including sales and systems design assistance, proposal creation, system programming, consultant relationships, and technical support.
Zoran processor shipped with speaker system Zoran Corporation, Santa Clara, CA, announced that Altec Lansing's TV set-top Home Theater Surround System is now shipping with Zoran digital audio IC. Enabled by Zoran's ZR38600 IC, Altec Lansing's ADA105, a Dolby Digital Surround, TV set-top Home Theater speaker system, uses Altec Lansing's patented side firing speaker technology and provides the movie theater sound experience from a single piece, set-top speaker unit and a 40 watt subwoofer, at a mass market price.
ACT expands videoconferencing ACT Teleconferencing, Denver, announced an agreement with GTE Network Services to be its preferred provider of videoconferencing services to customers around the world. ACT Videoconferencing will take over GTE's existing videoconferencing bridges and deploy them in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands and Australia. ACT Videoconferencing's U.S. call center facility will be headquartered in Dallas with additional bridges located in Denver, New York and Los Angeles.
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