5G
Need to Know: 5G — Riding Wireless’s Next Wave
By Jeff Baumgartner, Multichannel News The race to build out “fiber in the sky” is on. The next-generation mobile standard known as 5G, the fifth generation of the technology,...
Industry
5G
5G for Pro AV: Three Things
This new platform will accelerate wireless speeds, connect the Internet of Things—and drive competition.
Conferencing / Collaboration
Onsite: Polycom Announces New Cloud Strategy and Inaugural Offerings
Polycom has revealed its new unified cloud solutions strategy, called Polycom Cloud Services, and announced two offerings from it—Polycom Device Management Services for Enterprise (PDMS-E) and for Service Providers...
Industry
James Colquhoun on Christie Digital DHD850-GS
Christie Digital is bringing the features and capabilities from their high-end projection products to more of their line up. I had the opportunity to spend time with the DHD850-GS...
Industry
AV, Market Drivers, and the New Product Landscape: Getting Up to Speed at the Synnex Strategic Partner Summit
Two big industry trends were top of my mind, as my plane touched down in South Carolina last week to attend the Synnex Strategic Partner Summit in Greenville, that...
Industry
In Conversation: Barco’s Jan Vanhoutte
SVC: AV Control is for me the heart of our industry and it’s an area that’s changing quite dramatically now, especially with alternatives to custom hardware. From your perspective,...
Corporate
Revisiting the 10 Standout Video Products for the Next-Gen AV Integrator and Their Customers
In the year since we introduced this newsletter, we’ve addressed the enormous expansion the role of AV expert in business, government and houses of worship. We’ve looked at some...
Industry
Open Mic: The Process is the Experience
There’s nothing more exciting in the AV industry then the moment that the lights come on, the projectors fire up, and the audio is crisp, clear, and just straight...
Industry
Best of 2018 NAB Show
Adder Technology // ADDERLink INFINITY 100T (ALIF100T) With its unique dongle form factor, the ALIF100T is an innovation in IP-based, KVM transmission that can be powered by USB as...
Corporate
NAB ’18– Video Production Takeaways for the AV Integrator
The NAB 2018 show floors were packed with tools and technology relevant to today’s AV integrator. With corporate and institutional “AV” experts seeing a massive expansion into realms previously...
Industry
InfoComm 2018 Best of Show nominations open
The program recognizes outstanding products exhibited at the InfoComm Show that are new since the prior InfoComm Show. Winners are selected by panels of professional users and editors based...
Audio
Supplement: Dante Enabled
In this supplement we take a look at this networking technology and the ecosystem that has grown up around it over the past 10+ years to include more than...
Industry
Join The Social Conversation
Visit our NAB Show social hub and stay up to date with show news. To join the conversation, use Twitter hashtags #myNAB2018 and #NABShow. Read the NAB Newslink for headlines...
Blockchain
Need to Know GALLERY: Blockchain for AV, audio, residential, education, retail, and media
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Blockchain
Need to Know: The Blockchain Platform
Editor’s Note: Welcome to NewBay’s inaugural edition of Need to Know, where we explain complex topics and demonstrate how they apply to each industry we serve. Need to Know...
Blockchain
Need to Know: Blockchain
Editor’s Note: Welcome to NewBay’s inaugural edition of Need to Know, where we explain complex topics and how they apply to each industry we serve, on our websites and...
AR/VR
Tectonic Shifts: SXSW, Collective VR, and the Changing Technology Landscape
As I’ve often commented while attending and covering the SXSW Interactive conference each year, the term “Interactive” has usually been painted here in huge, rolling strokes that cover any...
Experts
Les Goldberg on Critical Connectivity
Increase of Internet Dependency and Its Effect on Live Events
Industry
AoIP in the Intercom World
Everyone’s talking about using AoIP (Audio over IP) but what does it mean to the intercom users? Until recently there were several standards for transporting digital audio between hardware;...
Industry
Do the Firmware Update
Ever wonder why people avoid pressing that “upgrade firmware” button on their devices? I have a three-part theory: Some people suffer from a basic lack of awareness. They don’t...
Audio
NAMM Pro Audio Exhibition Wing Debuts
The NAMM Show expanded this year into ACC North, a newly built, 200,000 sq. ft. facility that is packed almost entirely with pro audio exhibitors
Industry
Photo Essay: Seen on the Scene at NAMM 2018
Highlights of days 2 and 3 of NAMM included the 33rd Annual NAMM TEC Awards and a slew of product introductions on the show floor
2018
Mark Brunner on the UHF TV Band
Pro audio engineers need to be even more aware of changing conditions, and more diligent about frequency planning and observing best practices when preparing for events. A reliable frequency...
2017
Configuring Dante Gear For How And Theater Applications
The following devices will be mentioned in this article: Focusrite MP8R, Focusrite HD32R, Focusrite RedNet AM2, Bel Digital BM-A1-64 Dante, Allen & Heath M-Dante I/O expansion card, Allen &...
2017
David Title on Collaboration and Interactivity
As the Chief Engagement Officer at Bravo Media, and a participant on the panel, I’ve seen just how vital this can be to the success of both event-based and...
Industry
Phil Hippensteel on Video and IP Transport- New Directions
It has never been a trivial task to get video over IP networks. The need to move text data brought about IP networks. However, when voice was successfully and...
2017
Test Site: Liz May on Presonus
Yet because PreSonus tends to optimize its designs and technologies for the working musician, it can sometimes limit the same products in the professional realm. That said, PreSonus is...
Industry
Phil Hippensteel on the Pros and Cons of HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) has been the foundation of web browsing for more than thirty years. However, recently, it has become a preferred protocol for moving audio and video...
2017
Jay Myers on Knowing Your Brand
Recently, my company engaged in an intense battle to win a $2 million AV contract at a local corporate account that I had personally been chasing for more than...
Audio
WEBCAST ON DEMAND: Understanding Microphone Arrays and Beamforming
REGISTER AND VIEW What are the benefits of microphone intelligibility and user experience? What is the science behind good intelligibility? In this tutorial webcast you will learn about the...
2017
Vern Freedlander on Tuning Content
Network operators and integrators often exhibit a “fire and forget” type attitude; once the players are in place, software systems working, screens are up and running, the project is...
2017
Strother Bullins on CADLive D90 handheld mic
CAD Audio has become well known for its overachieving products, especially considering their various lines’ relatively low price points. First thriving in the project studio with its Equitek line...
2017
Larry Wachter on an Alternate View to AV Over IP
A modern day corollary exists in today’s growing interest in using IP-based technology for professional audio-visual applications. This trend is in part due to perceived benefits in flexibility and...
Industry
On The Circuit
This month’s issue is heavily focused on houses of worship, so it’s a good time to bring up a project I’m working on with my colleagues at Mix. We’re...
2016
Why AV Manufacturers Build at Home
It is impossible to imagine the AV industry without the contribution of foreign companies from across the globe. But ours is also an industry of independent American entrepreneurs who...
2016
Balancing Global and Local Content Distribution
The international enterprise with various subsidiaries, local plants, and satellite offices has a unique challenge when it comes to distributing content to place-based screens, employee desktops, or mobile devices....
