It is one of modern life’s little ironies that the average meeting space is no longer a space where people meet – at least, not all of them. With hybrid working obviously here to stay, equipping meeting spaces now involves a delicate balancing act to satisfy the needs of both…
Background music (BGM) in restaurants, bars, shops and hotels has always been a contentious and divisive issue. Some people may feel while shopping or trying to enjoy a meal they are being bombarded by songs, often played at overly loud and intrusive levels; but others might feel uncomfortable if a…
It was also gratifying to see everyone popping over for a chat. This is what I like about the AV industry – a great bunch of people who compete with each other, yet get along so well. It was interesting to see that we first presented awards in 10 categories…
It only seems a blink since 2012, and our 40th anniversary – and 2022 was a special year for the magazine, marking 50 years. In that time – AV, the tech – has grown enormously, becoming a vital enabler. This year’s AV Awards marked the 25th year in which we…
For Black History Month, NVCEG partnered with video conferencing and collaboration vendor, DTEN to deliver an inspiring virtual workshop to 30 classrooms across 14 schools. In October 2023, over 600 Year 6 and Sixth form pupils based across the UK, Poland, New York and Taiwan, joined the series of meetings,…
As one of the founders of Brompton Technology (previously CEO of Carallon and Pharos Architectural Controls – companies he also co-founded), Richard Mead has been in a chief executive role continuously since 2004, growing all three businesses in their specific fields. Born and schooled in Cheltenham (studying Physics at Oxford),…
The ‘Spaghetti Junction’ of cabling that once surrounded the average AV system can now be replaced by wireless networking technologies. Some are already well established, and applications such as Microsoft Teams, Cisco Webex and Zoom now enable wireless sharing of content directly from the application. “Wireless is becoming more popular…
AV technology has become a must-have for almost all modern theme parks and visitor attractions. “Whereas 30 years ago AV was relatively rare, it’s now rare not to have it in many parts of a major park or attraction,” says Kevin Murphy, senior vice-president of sales and business development at…
The threat of economic crisis forged by runaway real estate developers notwithstanding, China is simply too big a market to ignore. However, internal competition and policy – which favours domestic manufacturers – make it hard to succeed without the right local support. Summing this up is Jason Zhao, GM at…
Throughout its 70-year history, the ‘Tattoo’ has risen to become one of the world’s most prominent live spectaculars. Held at the imposing Edinburgh Castle the Tattoo runs throughout August and plays to a live audience of 220,000 people, and an estimated global broadcast audience of 100 million. The show runs…
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