Features

The times are a changing

Why does a company with a strong brand and a successful history choose to reinvent itself? Chris Fitzsimmons went along to the newly rebranded POLARaudio to talk about the changing face of distribution in a rapidly evolving AV market.

Digital fabrics

Projection screens are just as important part of an AV solution as the projector itself. But there are a myriad of factors out there which will influence your decision on which to specify.

High street spending

The current banking crisis and credit crunch are reported to be affecting all aspects of our lives: cash is scarce, belts are being tightened, banks are closing, consumer confidence is low. So how is that affecting the EMEA retail industry, and more specifically the installation of new equipment and technologies in stores? Steve Montgomery finds out.

Eastern promise

With an estimated 15 per cent of the Earth’s oil reserves and perhaps the highest GDP per capita in the world, there seems little that can halt Qatar’s insatiable growth. InAVate investigates what this wealth of opportunity means for the AV industry…

Future calling

After years of hype, videoconferencing is finally breaking into the pro-AV mainstream. Dan Goldstein looks at the business, technology and human factors behind the growth

What happened to the credit crunch?

The UK has taken a financial battering throughout 2008. Its stock market, banks and currency are seriously wounded. So what about the audiovisual industry? It’s certainly not business as usual, but it’s still business.