Worldwide Olympic Partner, Panasonic has already started supplying and installing huge 33.6m² ultra bright outdoor LED screens for the London 2012 Olympic Games countdown events taking place at London’s Trafalgar Square. Since the two year and one year to go proceedings, Panasonic has continued its support by supplying scores of huge screens ranging in size from 14m² to 52m² for the London Prepares test event series that feature exciting sports ranging from BMX and basketball to hockey and beach volleyball.
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True Colours Distribution has added Atlona Technologies’ new 8×8 and 16×16 high-speed HDMI matrix switchers to its portfolio, together with TV One’s CORIO3 range of products. Atlona’s AT-PRO2HD88M and AT-PRO2HD1616M feature HDBaseT technology. The switchers extend HDMI sources, including full uncompressed HD video and audio, up to 330 feet at 1080p resolution over a single Cat 5/6/7 cable.
Magenta Research has named Vincent Juchniewicz General Manager. Juchniewicz has a track record of engineering and operations-related service, joining Magenta from the M.H. Rhodes/Cramer Company – a manufacturing firm where he served as VP of operations.
Pacific Media Associates (PMA) forecasts nearly 10.4 million unit shipments in 2011 for the worldwide projector market. Despite the worldwide economic volatility that led PMA to trim their outlook for the second half of this year, projector shipments this year are still expected to grow 22% over 2010.
The SMART Podium 518 and 524 interactive pen displays are said to provide the functionality of a SMART Board interactive whiteboard, optimised for individual use. These enable business users and educators to turn any work area or classroom into an interactive collaboration space.
AVM announces further expansion in Scotland with new staff, increased resources and the opening of a new additional office in Glasgow. Adrian Robertson, Scotland director at AVM said; “AVM has a proud history and strong presence across Scotland so we’re really excited about the expansion. As the environments we operate in become more technically challenging AVM continue to remain at the forefront of the industry.” “We have recruited a number of new people including a project manager, corporate sales specialist, audio visual engineers and internal support staff. Glasgow is a key area for us and the new office will help better…
Mitsubishi Electric has received an order from Tokyo’s Narita International Airport for Japan’s largest digital signage system, comprising a total of 340 display units including two pairs of 330-inch screens, a concave organic light-emitting diode (OLED) screen and multiple touch-screen displays. Partial operation is scheduled to begin in March 2012, with full operation by the summer.
Magenta Research has announced the appointment of John D Dace as president. Dace joins Magenta from Liberty AV Solutions where he served as President, overseeing all worldwide operations. He joined Liberty in 2007 as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Prior to his tenure at Liberty, Dace held executive positions at Chief Manufacturing and the 3M Company. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, John served in the United States Marine Corps from 1983-1989, achieving the rank of captain at the time of his discharge. He is based at Magenta’s New Milford, Connecticut headquarters.
Barco has developed a new range of LED video wall modules addresses both control room and simulation markets. The OLS series is said to offer a flexible, cost-effective and scalable solution for video walls that need to show stereoscopic images.
Texas Instruments DLP Products has published results of an independent study looking at the impact of 3D technology across the classroom. Conducted in schools across seven European countries, the results clearly show that 3D, when used a as teaching tool in classrooms, has a widespread positive impact on how students learn.