The Netherlands - iiyama, one of the leading providers of professional displays, has expanded its large format display (LFD) range yet again with the interactive ProLite TH8667MIS-B1AG, an 86” IPS technology panel with 4K resolution (3840 x 2160 pixels), 20-point Infrared touch and integrated EasiNote software.
Intended for continuous, 24/7 operation in boardrooms and classrooms, the TH8667MIS-B1AG supports playback of presentations, video and other types of content stored on a USB device or its internal memory. The high quality commercial IPS LCD panel guarantees great viewing angles and superb image performance, with Anti-Glare coating drastically reducing ambient reflection in high brightness environments without compromising sharp clarity of the content.
Integrated with EasiNote, for making annotations on directly-opened files, the TH8667MIS-B1AG can be instant

The Netherlands - Italian loudspeaker manufacturer Outline showcases its “Contemporary loudspeaker solutions for multiple applications” at ISE 2017 Amsterdam (Hall #7 - Booth W152).
This new series from Outline offers a complete range of high quality solutions for a large number of applications. The flexibility and common-voicing of the Vegas range makes it a very attractive “toolbox” for contractors, installers/specifiers, integrators and selected sound production professionals, says the company.
All models feature premium-class Italian-made components and are designed, sourced and manufactured following the same stringent quality standards Outline applies to all of its high-end touring audio products, to been heard on key tours and festivals worldwide. Common characteristics are high intelligibility scale ratings, extraordinary audio fidelity, attractive pri


UK - A.C. Entertainment Technologies (AC-ET) Ltd. will be showcasing many UK-exclusive and other product highlights from their Film & TV sales division’s one-stop inventory of lighting, control and grip solutions, at BSC Expo 2017, Battersea Evolution, London, UK, stand 107, 2-4 February.
The Film & TV division will showcase its wide choice of state of the art LED lighting fixtures, which offer flexible, efficient alternatives to more traditional technologies without loss of quality or volume of output.
A number of leading industry experts agree that the UK-exclusive Chroma-Q brand consistently pushes the technical and creative lighting possibilities of LED technology.
Products showing include the 2016 Cine Gear Expo-winning Space Force variable white soft source, which delivers an output and performance comparable with a traditional 6kW fixture

The Netherlands - At Integrated Systems Europe 2017, Astro Spatial Audio (ASA) will unveil its new SARA II Premium Rendering Engine. Appearing on the booth of Alcons Audio (Hall 6, booth H148), the second generation SARA II will power an “immersive pro ribbon experience”, with demonstrations taking place every two hours.
The 3U, rack-mountable SARA II brings the creative possibilities of object-based 3D sound to the live entertainment and installation industries, plus room acoustics and stage tracking features, all in an easy to use package. Boasting a redesigned fascia with a 2.8” touchscreen display, the hardware includes refinements such as ultra-low noise cooling, redundant on board SSD drives and up to 64 MADI or 128 Dante configurable network pathways, all of which are assignable to at least 32 audio objects.
Browser-based access to a user-friendly GUI ensu

The Netherlands - ETC's booth – 7-S225 – at ISE 2017 will be packed with lighting solutions “designed to meet the diverse needs of any installation”. ETC employees will be on hand to answer your questions, discuss project requirements, and demonstrate a selection of equipment.
Unison Paradigm is designed as a new way of thinking about building control, ETC’s visionary Unison Paradigm system fuses architectural lighting control advances with entertainment lighting-control technology. ETC brings its award-winning expertise in both areas together to give you the best of both worlds.
The Unison Paradigm family of products includes powerful software, elegant touchscreens, wall stations, modular control electronics, dimming and control enclosures, and accessories to offer the most customisable and people-friendly control systems available.
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France/The Netherlands - L-Acoustics has announced the launch of Syva, a new format, high power speaker system which features six medium-frequency and three high-frequency speakers in a sleek J-shaped progressive curvature format. The groundbreaking transducer arrangement called segment source* produces an H/V 140° x 26° (+5/-21°) directivity pattern that is optimized for exceptional surface coverage and 35 meters of throw.
Syva is designed for corporate events, fashion and trade shows, as well as for sound reinforcement in amphitheatres and performing arts centres. The modern, sleek design will make it an attractive option for houses of worship as well as intimate settings such as home cinemas or lounge bars, says the company.
Syva can be accompanied by the Syva Low high power subwoofer or Syva Sub infra extension to achieve a 142 dB max SPL. Its companion Syva Low

UK - The Tourflex Cabling brand will be showcasing its bespoke cable assembly service for the film & television industry at BSC Expo 2017, Battersea Evolution, London, UK, stand 107, 3-4 February.
Knowing how critical cables and connections are to the film & television sector, Tourflex Cabling prides itself on providing the best connections, for a faultless performance.
Although recently re-branded, the service has over 40 years of experience and has earnt an enviable reputation for quality, reliability and a very fast delivery turnaround, as it understands 'the shoot must happen' – often turning around emergency orders in 24 hours, including during weekends.
Last year alone, Tourflex Cabling made over 100,000 cable assemblies, including more than half a million metres of exceptional quality cabling. It holds a vast level of stock and choice of raw cabl

The Netherlands - Christie will showcase the latest additions to its product portfolio at ISE 2017, branching out from its traditional single ‘arena’ concept used since 2010, to encompass two distinct stand locations.
In the 1-H70 stand, the company will showcase a portfolio that has become amongst the broadest in the industry for both performance and utilisation of ‘foundation’ technologies. This portfolio includes solutions demonstrating the company’s pursuit of purpose-built product development and best-fit system integration.
At the 1-M85 stand directly across from 1-H70, Christie will demonstrate its system integration “tool kits” for distributed content, big-screen and multi-screen applications. And the same stand will share Christie’s plans with the AV community for future product developments resulting from the utilisation of its foundation tech

The Netherlands - Leading Czech lighting brands Robe and Anolis will share Stand in Hall 7 at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2017 in Amsterdam.
As a major European expo for integrators and installers, Robe and Anolis will highlight some exciting new and relevant products for these markets and look forward to meeting potential new as well as existing clients and participating in the vibrant ISE buzz.
Anolis is taking the opportunity to launch two brand new commercial LED product lines – the Ambiane downlighter and the Divine UV 60 and Divine 160.
The stand design features cinema / theatre style seating and a demonstration area, with the Ambiane fixtures rigged above the seats to illustrate an ‘in situ’ installation.
Divine UV 60 is a breakthrough in true UV illumination - a 160 Watt all-LED luminaire providing superb UV output levels with precision U

USA - Introduced at the 2016 LDI trade show, High End Systems’ new QUAD automated luminaire turned heads with its optical quality, output and unique performance qualities. The company is very pleased to announce that the first Quad shipments have shipped from the HES warehouse in January.
A ‘Richard Belliveau Concept’ and part of HES’ FX Series along with Uno, Shapeshifter, and Hex, the Quad features four RGBW LEDs with independent X & Y module control (X= -15/+15 degrees, Y= -2/+15 degrees) and four high efficiency TIR lenses, individual 3.5 degree to 40 degree zoom and a high powered indigo backlight system.
With its 540 degree Pan x 265 degree Tilt, the QUAD offers unprecedented movement capabilities, resulting in a fixture capable of producing stunning new visuals as well as classic ACL animated searchlight patterns. Other features include modular cons

USA -b Elation Professional has introduced a pair of new soft lights for broadcast, TV and film lighting, the TVL Softlight DW and TVL Panel DW. Both luminaires house cool white and warm white LEDs with linear colour temperature control for a wide choice of variable shade projections from warm white tungsten to cool white daylight.
Uniform flat-field output combines with conveniences like dimmer and color temperature rotary control dials for simple projections of variable white light. White colour reproduction is of the highest quality with a CRI at or over 95 for more accurate colour reproduction. They include useful design features like smooth 16-bit dimming, variable dimming curve effects and electronic strobe, and each fixture includes 8-leaf adjustable and removable barn doors for accurate projections with no light spill.
The TVL Softlight DW is a dynamic white, s

Europe - Paragon projection has become Europe’s first company to commit to the new 4K, 27,000 lumens laser projector.
The ultra-bright, 3-Chip DLP SOLID SHINE laser projector (PT-RQ32K), has quad pixel drive technology and creates breathtakingly detailed 4K+ images.
Two units have been added to Paragon’s rental stock with the expectation that these will find use in large events and conferences.
Mark Davies, technical sales manager at Paragon projection, said, “We see this as a unique projection product. To combine such high brightness and high resolution in a compact body is a game changer for the projector rental industry.”
Gareth Day, group manager for Panasonic Visual Systems in the UK, said, “Panasonic is excited by the opportunity presented by 4K projection and we are delighted that a key rental partner like Paragon has quickly committed t

UK - Audio-Technica Ltd – Allen & Heath UK distributor – has welcomed the audio sales division of AC Entertainment Technologies Limited (AC-ET) to its network of Allen & Heath dLive specialist resellers. The company, with sales offices in High Wycombe and Leeds, operates across the live/touring, installation, AV and rental markets, from simple supply to system design and specification.
A long-standing Allen & Heath supplier, AC-ET’s audio sales division adds the well-received dLive range of consoles and MixRacks from both the S Class and new C Class series to its line-up. As a specialist dLive reseller, it is able to offer comprehensive advice, training and support to customers looking to invest in the digital mixing system.
Steve Eaton, AC-ET audio sales division’s senior audio sales executive said, “we are extremely pleased to add the dLive rang

Europe - Spectralissime is a 60, 120 or 240 bands spectrum analyzer application for Windows. Based on optimized band pass filter bank, it performs a high end frequency analysis with the same precision on the full range (20Hz – 20 KHz), 10 to 100 times per second. Based on original VB-Audio frequency analyzer engine developed in 2001 as Plug-in, Spectralissime takes advantage of 15 years of experience in audio digital measure, to become simpler but with new essential functions.
Spectralissime can use any audio device as audio source (WDM; KS, MME, ASIO) and can manage up to 64 I/O on ASIO device (patch function allows selecting channel). Two Channels can be selected and called A & B. This first Spectralissime version performs a single channel view, but the analysis can then done on A, B, A+B or A-B. Spectralissime can also get signal from a VBAN Stream and then can be

The Netherlands - A total of 13 Media Networking Alliance (MNA) member companies are exhibiting at ISE 2017, promoting product that supports AES67. The AV industry alliance of manufacturers and end-users, promoting awareness and adoption of the high-performance AES67 AoIP interoperability open standard, is supporting its members at ISE and sponsoring a program of technical presentations during the show.
Several member companies are running live AES67 demonstrations on their booths during the show. The ALC NetworX / RAVENNA booth #7-V210 will feature the MNA RAVENNA “demo rack” which will include the new RAVENNA Audio Network Manager tool developed by Digigram and Merging Technologies. Currently in beta format, it provides scalability, security and control of large networks. The RAVENNA demo rack features products from Lawo, Ward-Beck, ARG, Riedel, Merging, DirectOut and Di

Germany - Qvest Media, trading house and systems architect for professional media applications, has extended its audio business by adding Waves hardware solutions to its portfolio. As of now, Qvest Media serves as Waves official fulfilment centre in Europe.
"With this step we improve the availability of our hardware product line to the European market," states Mick Olesh, executive vice president of Waves, Inc. "Having our hardware product line shipped and custom cleared in Europe is a crucial step towards our strategic plans to expand the product family in these markets."
Waves hardware will be available ready to ship for all countries from the Eurozone out of the Qvest Media headquarters located in Cologne, Germany.
"We are happy to have this amazing product line in our growing audio portfolio, and are looking forward to working closely with local retailers, r

UK - Everything you wanted to know about AES67 but were afraid to ask was the title of the event hosted by RAVENNA and Genelec at Genelec’s London demo facility in Scrub’s new premises in Fitzrovia, London.
The Genelec Experience Centre showcases a comprehensive range of Genelec’s loudspeaker technologies, including their 8430 IP SAM studio monitors, making it a suitable environment to show off interoperability via AES67.
The evening kicked off with an introduction from RH Consulting’s Roland Hemming who provided an overview of audio networking in general, adoption levels across the industry and some examples of the types of projects, often very high profile, that rely increasingly on audio networking for reasons of quality, practicality, and cost-effectiveness.
He then handed over to ALC NetworX’s RAVENNA evangelist, Andreas Hildebrand who expla

UK - The eLumen8 GB-1 Reflectabeam has just launched into the event, installation, production and rental markets. The eLumen8 GB-1 Reflectabeam will "transform beam effects forever, and is currently one of the hottest product releases, with orders being taken in the UK, Europe and internationally".

"We are extremely proud of the design of the GB-1. The unit was created from an idea by our own engineer Geoff Goddard, using parts from other fixtures to create the prototype," says Bernie Marsh, general manager, The Prolight Concepts Group. "To finally see the finished fixture and the fast uptake in orders is absolutely superb."

Inside the fixture's robust, metal and fan cooled housing are six individually controllable multi-faceted dishes, which can be rotated continuously in any direction at variable speeds.

When strategically placed, the Reflectabeam can have beam effec

USA - The DW Chorus from Elation Professional is a new series of white-light LED batten wash lights with variable white colour temperature control. Useful for floodlighting surfaces and stages in even washes of dynamic light, a broad range of white color shades combines with the versatility of four different model choices to offer the ultimate in white light flexibility.

Available in 1' (0.3m), 2' (0.6m), 4' (1.2m), and 6' (1.8m) lengths, DW Chorus fixtures use long-life individual 3W cool white / warm white Lumi LEDs for variable white colour temperature range control from 2,700K white tungsten to 6,700K cool white. Hue, saturation and intensity of each LED are individually controllable while LED group control allows for even further design possibilities.

Suitable for linear effects as well, a selection of variable dimming curves is provided for faster programming and a s

The Netherlands - QMotion will be raising the blind control standards with QiS at ISE 2017, a ZigBee operated two-way wireless control solution for the company's range of motorised Roller Shades. Visitors to stand 1-M80 will be able to witness this breakthrough technology up close and speak to QMotion technical advisors about how it can benefit their current and future projects.

With QMotion QiS ZigBee operated blinds, installers are able to integrate blind control seamlessly into a whole house or single room automation system, whilst simultaneously receiving accurate feedback on shade positioning for improved performance, remote monitoring and maintenance.

Utilising ZigBee HA 1.2, QiS is easy to set up, configure and integrate with all compatible devices in a Control4 home automation system. Drivers are also available for easy integration with Vantage, Crestron, Savant, U

The Netherlands - Biamp Systems and Shure Incorporated have announced integrated compatibility between Biamp Tesira audio processors and software and Shure Microflex Advance array microphones with Steerable Coverage.

With the release of Biamp's new Tesira software and hardware at ISE in February 2017, it will be possible to interact with the Dante-enabled Shure MXA910 ceiling array microphone and control signal levels within the Tesira software. This will enable system integrators to deliver flexible, fully-digital audio solutions that meet the complex needs of their clients while reducing installation and setup time.

"We're excited to come together with an industry leader like Shure in an effort to streamline the integration of our products," shared Graeme Harrison, executive vice president of marketing for Biamp Systems. "Both companies value customer feedback and levera

The Netherlands - Analog Way is exhibiting at ISE 2017 in Amsterdam from February 5-9, 2017, on stand 3-C95. During the show, the company will showcase a new set of optional interfaces for the VIO 4K, including features able to support 4K60 4:4:4. The new optional modules also offer the possibility of benefiting from up to 9 inputs and 3 independent-scaled outputs, including two in 4K60 4:4:4, along with the capability to input/output up to 8 audio channels from/to a Dante audio network.

Through a new set of expansion modules, the VIO 4K goes beyond its conversion capabilities to become the first multi-format converter that simultaneously supports 4K60 4:4:4, DisplayPort 1.2 and 12G-SDI. AV professionals are now free to choose how they would like to equip their VIO 4K depending on the interfaces and features they really need.

Designed to provide flexibility, the VIO 4K str

Europe - The Space Player, Panasonic's hybrid lighting projector, has been updated with a new content manager and improved brightness.

The new laser projector integrates in to an existing lighting rail system and comes equipped with 2,000 lumens of brightness and a 20,000-hour laser light source, making it suitable for extended use within retail and leisure environments.

The new Space Player (PT-JX200) uses newly developed Content Manager software, which enables simple signage functionality such as timetabled automated operation, content playlists, input switching and brightness level adjustment.

Making use of Panasonic's robust 1-chip DLP Solid Shine laser technology, the Space Player has a filter-less optical engine for fit-and-forget operation. The new JX200 also can colour match between multiple projectors used simultaneously and has the capability to project in an

Europe - Sennheiser has released a new documentation app which offers immediate and interactive access to all product manuals, spec sheets and other technical documents on Sennheiser products. Available now, the new app has been designed to give B2B-clients, system integrators and end-users quick and easy access to product information via smartphones and tablets.

The Sennheiser documentation app uses a responsive, HTML 5-based design for an attractive and interactive experience. It provides product manuals and spec sheets as well as multimedia documentation, enhanced with audio and video content. Users can access the documents in different language versions at any time - either online or as offline downloads.

"By making the documentation app available to our customers, we provide them with a solution that is much more convenient than the PDF manuals that have been availabl

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