Specialist technical furniture manufacturer TeamMate is developing a market in the United States under the brand name of MediaMate.Following a number of meetings at InfoComm last year, the company has engaged Florida based Mediatech, a company involved in the research, design and manufacture of presentation and control systems, to represent their interests in the United States. As well as an obvious synergy with the TeamMate portfolio, Mediatech offers access to the Dell channel throughout the whole of the United States.
Author: AV News
ISE 2012 attracted a record 40,869 visitors and an unprecedented 825 exhibitors, with the attendance up by more than 17% and the number of companies participating up by 15%. So ISE 2012 was definitely the biggest, however you measure it, but was it the best? AV News reports.
Cloud-based digital signage develops Camvine had called in the administrators. Rumours of the company’s fate were circulating at ISE 2012 when the company didn’t take up its booth space. The company was scheduled to show customised versions of its CODA platform.
So how do pick the highlights from an exhibition featuring 825 exhibitors? It’s almost impossible to be objective about it, so here is our highly subjective list of exhibits and trends that caught the eye of our editorial team.
Milestone AV Technologies has promoted Steve Durkee to the role of president of commercial products He will oversee both Da-Lite and Chief brands and all associated sales, marketing, and product development efforts.
Peerless-AV has added a new range of kiosks and trolleys to its portfolio. New products range from multi screen video wall trolleys through to single screen stands for education and video conferencing, to secure kiosks designed for way-finding and public information applications.
The latest figures from Pacific Media Associates (PMA)forecast a worldwide pico projector market of 58 million units by 2015, up from about 3 million units in 2011.
Despite the increase in numbers, exhibitors voiced concerns about the timing of next year’s BETT (30 January- 2 February 2013 at the new venue of ExCel London) which sees the education show clashing with ISE 2013 (29 – 31 January 2013).
“A lack of industry support” is blamed for the cancellation of this year’s CEDIA Home Technology Event by the organisers. The event was scheduled to take place at ExCeL London from the 29 – 31 May 2012 but exhibitors “have failed to sign up in sufficient numbers to make the event viable this year”.
ViewSonic announced a raft of new projection and digital signage technologies in its ISE introductions. Chief among these were a 32-inch transparent display and a hybrid laser / LED projector.