The Swedish digital audio company Dirac and NXP Semiconductors have announced a collaboration to combine one of the world’s most powerful audio chipsets with a market-leading digital audio platform. By equipping the NXP i.MX 8M family of chipsets with Dirac’s digital...
Legrand’s Building Control Systems (BCS) division has announced that its QMotion brand has added 79 new decorative shade fabric styles to its extensive offering. The new shade fabrics cover a variety of offerings including light-filtering decorative sheers and...
Bowers & Wilkins, a global performance audio brand, has announced the addition of Alexa Skills that can be used on all Formation Suite products. The addition of voice command options enables homeowners to use their voice via an Alexa enabled device (e.g. Amazon...
Catalyst AV member AHA Distributing is offering training in two locations in January: Marietta, Ga., Jan. 14 and Boynton Beach, Fla., Jan 16. Participating manufacturers in these training sessions will be AVPro Edge, Cleerline SSF and Techlogix. Attendees will get...
The Zigbee Alliance, an organization of hundreds of companies creating, maintaining, and delivering open, global standards for the Internet of Things (IoT), has announced that Resideo Technologies, Inc., has joined its Board of Directors. Along with other Zigbee...
Gracenote, a Nielsen company, is leveraging its expertise powering linear broadcast Electronic Program Guides (EPGs) to help on-demand video streaming services, Smart TV makers and traditional cable and satellite operators deliver next-gen content navigation, search...
UMe has released the soundtrack for the third season of the multi-Emmy Award-winning Amazon Prime Video series, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Available now for streaming and download purchase, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Season Three (Music from the Prime...
DISH has announced that its Hopper and Wally receivers now support the Google Nest Hello Video doorbell. When the doorbell rings, Nest Hello sends on-screen notifications directly to the television. DISH says it is the first pay-TV provider to integrate a Google Nest...
KEF (Kent Engineering & Foundry), a global manufacturer of loudspeakers, has promoted industry veteran Marc Lamb to the position of vice president. Lamb has been involved in the A/V community for 20 years and has held positions at an AV/Security Integrator, IBM...
Lenbrook International, whose brands include PSB, NAD and Bluesound, and OraStream, a provider of a high-resolution audio streaming platform, have announced a North American collaboration. The agreement gives OraStream’s customers – high-quality music content...
Platinum Tools, a manufacturer of wire and cable tools, has announced that Jason Chesla has taken over the role of national account manager. Chesla had been the company’s marketing manager since 2016. “Jason has been an invaluable member of the Platinum Tools team for...
Sakab Designs has opened a multilevel technology experience center that demonstrates the full power and capabilities of the latest home and office automation tools from Nortek Security & Control, including solutions from NSC's ELAN, Linear, 2GIG, Xantech and...
