Viamedia Names David Solomon Chief Revenue Officer

June 22, 2016 Chris Huppertz
VIAMEDIA NAMES DAVID SOLOMON CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER  Longtime Viamedia Executive and Cable Ad Sales Veteran Adds New Duties New York City, June 20, 2016 – Viamedia, the television industry’s largest independent cable TV...

NOTES FROM THE CITY OF A HUNDRED SPIRES

June 22, 2016 BG&A Staff
Bob Gold & Associates is a co-founder of the Whiteoaks International Network (WIN), comprised of 17 agencies in 37 countries across four continents providing a blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation and technical excellence as companies increasingly require global communications programs. Each year WIN hosts a week long meeting of all the partner agencies to share ideas and collaborate as a team. This year the meeting was in Prague and next year it will be in Madrid.  James Kelliher (CEO – Whiteoaks, UK) shared some thoughts about this year's meeting in his blog post below. By Guest Author: James Kelliher (CEO – Whiteoaks) Last week I had the pleasure of meeting up with the Whiteoaks International Network (WIN), hosted this year by our wonderful partners in the Czech Republic. The beautiful city of Prague was certainly a suitable setting for this meeting of minds, with more than 60 countries represented at our annual get-together. Since it was founded in 1998, WIN has provided a real alternative to the one-size-fits-all approach of global agencies. The need for local expertise, cultural sensitivities and know-how is never more apparent than when set at a table with my colleagues from across the globe, discussing the future of international PR and sharing insights from a broad range of cultures. With so much of our work taking place internationally, WIN is hugely valuable and continues to grow, enabling clients to swiftly and easily plug in international PR support to suit their requirements. Interestingly, digital PR was high up the agenda. Not so much “should we be doing it” (I think there is consensus on that by now!) but rather its changing focus and role within PR in 2016. For instance, social is now being increasingly used as a tool to recruit and retain talented staff. HR PR, if you will. Building on this, it was interesting to hear attitudes towards bloggers and influencers on YouTube, particularly the nature of engagement, with the consensus being a mix of paid and un-paid relationships to deliver true returns. Another key topic of interest was convergence. Specifically, the convergence of owned, earned and paid media. This is an approach recently adopted by City AM, which announced earlier this month it is to allow brands to post directly to its website that appear as articles, rather than advertisements. The nature of PR is always changing. I always leave WIN meetings heartened that we have the agility, flexibility and experience to exceed our client’s expectations, no matter what, where or when. Blog was originally posted on: http://whiteoaks.co.uk/notes-city-hundred-spires/  

ZeeVee Scoops Up Key Award At InfoComm 2016

June 9, 2016 Chris Huppertz
ZeeVee SCOOPS UP KEY AWARD AT InfoComm 2016 Commercial Integrator Chooses ZeeVee for Award in Technical Innovation Las Vegas, June 9, 2016: ZeeVee, Inc. a global manufacturer of video and signal distribution technology, today announced it received a prestigious award at the InfoComm 2016 show in Las Vegas. ZeeVee received a Commercial Integrator “BEST award” for the ZyPer4K Copper with USB. This new product is a simplified 4K video distribution platform that uses revolutionary new technology to distribute uncompressed HDMI video, digital or analog audio, and control signals all over standard fiber networking cables and network switches - eliminating the need for a traditional and expensive dedicated AV matrix switcher.  Additionally, ZyPer4K with USB support enables remote access to keyboards, mice and other devices (KVM) that offer flexibility in securing or accessing equipment such as digital media players that may be stored in remote locations. ZyPer4K was chosen by the editors of Commercial Integrator because of its innovation, functionality, competitive advantages and overall benefits to the integrator. “We are honored to receive this prestigious award from a highly respected publisher in the IT market,” said Chris Scurto, vice president, sales and marketing for ZeeVee. “InfoComm 2016 offers an inside glimpse into the industry’s most prominent emerging technologies and innovations, and we look forward to participating again next year.” About ZeeVee ZeeVee is a global manufacturer of video and signal distribution technology for the ProAV and IT marketplace. As the only manufacturer today that can deliver multimedia content over coax, fiber, and CATx, ZeeVee has transformed the digital video industry with its award-winning, HD to Ultra-HD/4K solutions. The company offers a variety of innovative, cost effective and easy to install distribution platforms. ZeeVee is installed in thousands of facilities worldwide where there is a need to transport HD/UHD content from multiple sources to multiple displays over long distances. For additional information please visit www.zeevee.com

ZeeVee Expands Its Digital Signage Offering Through IAdea Partnership

June 8, 2016 Chris Huppertz
ZeeVee EXPANDS ITS DIGITAL SIGNAGE OFFERING THROUGH IAdea PARTNERSHIP ZeeVee to Integrate IAdea’s Media Players and Signagelive’s CMS with their Video Distribution Products Las Vegas, June 8, 2016, ZeeVee, Inc. a global manufacturer of video and signal distribution technology, today announced a partnership with IAdea to integrate the IAdea digital signage media players and Signagelive’s content management system with ZeeVee’s video distribution solutions. The integration of IAdea’s Armoroid™ XMP-7300 media player with Signagelive’s professional digital signage management software and ZeeVee’s Hdbridge3000 is being demonstrated at the InfoComm 2016 show in ZeeVee’s booth N735. “After evaluating many 4K and HD media players and content management systems available on the market, we discovered that the IAdea digital signage media players, loaded with Signagelive’s CMS delivered exactly what we needed to properly and effectively exhibit the qualities of the ZyPer4k product range as well as our RF family of products,” said Bob Michaels, CEO, ZeeVee. “Our corporate philosophies are closely aligned with Signagelive and IAdea in that we believe in delivering intuitive and easy to adopt product platforms that provide integrators and end users with flexibility and scalability without a steep learning curve,” he added. “We are excited to collaborate with ZeeVee and Signagelive to bring forward a set of dependable solutions for digital signage. IAdea’s Armoroid™ media players, especially the XMP-7300, are designed for extreme performance in rugged environments, featuring “True 4K” capability across all content types and up to 55°C operating temperature,” said John C. Wang, CEO, IAdea. “ZeeVee’s advanced video distribution solutions and Signagelive’s professional digital signage management software are a perfect match for IAdea’s media player products. Together we build a trusted portfolio of products for systems integrators who are serious about quality,” he continued. With the convergence of AV over IT, and the growing demand for 4K video, ZeeVee is taking an innovative approach, engineering new technologies that bring the same ease of use as their current RF platforms that are already delivering video to over a million screens worldwide. ZeeVee’s new technologies challenge conventional, and often proprietary, distribution systems, providing integrators total flexibility and scalability to future proof their end-customers’ investments. About ZeeVee ZeeVee is a global manufacturer of video and signal distribution technology for the ProAV and IT marketplace. As the only manufacturer today that can deliver multimedia content over coax, fiber, and CATx, ZeeVee has transformed the digital video industry with its award-winning, HD to Ultra-HD/4K solutions. The company offers a variety of innovative, cost effective and easy to install distribution platforms. ZeeVee is installed in thousands of facilities worldwide where there is a need to transport HD/UHD content from multiple sources to multiple displays over long distances. For additional information please visit www.zeevee.com

ZeeVee to Demonstrate Newest Lineup of Video Distribution Solutions at InfoComm 2016

June 2, 2016 Chris Huppertz
ZeeVee TO DEMONSTRATE NEWEST LINEUP OF VIDEO DISTRIBUTION SOLUTIONS AT INFOCOMM 2016             New Solutions Emphasize Ease of Use and Flexibility of 4K Video over IP solutions from ZeeVee Boston, June 2, 2016, ZeeVee, Inc. a global manufacturer of video and signal distribution technology, will be demonstrating its new video distribution solutions the ZvMXE, ZyPerMX  and ZyPer4K™ CATx  with KVM, at the InfoComm 2016 Show in Las Vegas, June 4 – 10 in booth N725, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The ZyPerMX HD IP video encoder uses industry standard H.264 (MPEG4) encoding technology, and provides a bridge between the current high definition iSeries and the 4K/UHD ZyPer4k products. As many new buildings have been wired without traditional COAX cabling, the ZyPerMX provides an affordable, easy to set up and easy to maintain IP video encoding solution enabling customers to deliver video content over their Ethernet networks. “The new ZyPerMX truly bridges the divide between today’s HDBridge/RF products and the new generation of high capacity ZyPer4K/network based products,” Scurto added. “It allows an AV integrator to offer an IP video distribution system to their customers that comes with the solid performance and reputation of our RF products and shares the same ZeeVee focus on ease of set up, installation and management,” he continued. The ZvMXE, debuting at the show, is a highly flexible and easy to set up IP decoder designed providing a full end-to-end IP solution when married to the ZyPerMx IP encoder, all from one manufacturer. The ZvMXE integrates seamlessly with the ZyPerMX, and allows for the distribution of video over standard IP network infrastructures. The new ZyPer4k CATx expands upon the ZyPer4K platform, the only solution today that switches and distributes uncompressed Ultra-HD (4K) video, audio and RS232/IR control signals, and KVM by leveraging off-the-shelf 10Gb Ethernet switching products, with support for CATx infrastructures. “The ZyPer4k CATx delivers all the functionality of the ZyPer4K for clients who haven’t made the upgrade to fiber cabling,” said Chris Scurto, vice president, sales and marketing for ZeeVee. With the addition of these new products, ZeeVee’s multi-source to multi-screen video distribution platforms continue to deliver on its promise of any source, over any network to unlimited displays. Visitors to InfoComm 2016 will also see demos of ZeeVee’s extensive product family of RF/Coax encoders and modulators. About ZeeVee ZeeVee is a global manufacturer of video and signal distribution technology for the ProAV and IT marketplace. As the only manufacturer today that can deliver multimedia content over coax, fiber, and CATx, ZeeVee has transformed the digital video industry with its award-winning, HD to Ultra-HD/4K solutions. The company offers a variety of innovative, cost effective and easy to install distribution platforms. ZeeVee is installed in thousands of facilities worldwide where there is a need to transport HD/UHD content from multiple sources to multiple displays over long distances.  For additional information please visit www.zeevee.com
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