AV Magazine (Print Edition)

Europe's av economy is growing again, although market confidence is wavering as suppliers, analysts and users wait to see what austerity measures the eurozone governments put into effect. What's more, the definite (if delicate) recovery in the larger EMEA region is not spread evenly across the markets, causing av business…

THE PANEL - Jamie Blakemore, UK commercial sales manager, Crestron - Adam Breeze, strategic marketing manager, sponsors Bosch - Roland Dreesden, managing director, Reflex - Simon Frusher, audio visual manager, BT - Andrew Littlewood, senior project manager, Martin Dawes - John Midgley, managing director, Polar Audio, Biamp's UK distributor -…

It's already been a long-running, arduous issue, but the impact of the tussle between av and the government over the sound spectrum sale continues to boil down to one thing: the government standing to profit from a new radio spectrum digital dividend at the expense of av production and rental…

Sony's broadcast and professional division makes $1.7bn annually, and, around this time last year, it went public with its desire to double that figure by 2011 (AV, July 2008). Given the worldwide slump, that's an optimistic aim, but the pressure is still on to maintain a record of five years…