Awards
Installation’s Pro AV Watch List 2024: Full details revealed!
Our choice of AV's 15 leading movers & shakers – the ones to watch over the next 12 months and beyond, including CEOs, sales leads...
sony
Case Studies
Sony creates bespoke broadcast package for Vatican City
Company continues its longstanding partnership with Vatican Media, renewing its broadcast system to provide the "best quality images with the smallest possible impact" on...
Special report
IBC 2023 report: AV to the fore in Amsterdam
IBC is very much the broadcast technology show, but is increasingly of interest for AV professionals, as the two sectors continue to converge. Installation...
Thought Leadership
Exclusive: Focusing on retail challenges
Rik Willemse, head of professional displays & solutions at Sony Europe, answers our questions on challenges in the retail market
Theme of the Month
Sound & vision for the ultimate stadium experiences
The stadia market has undergone a boom in the last ten years, with new venues being built or existing ones undergoing refurbishment. As Kevin...
People
Kinly’s Xtreme MTR Challenge Raises £29,000 for Great Ormond Street Hospital
Challenge facing the team of 26 involved scaling the summit of Pen y Fan, the highest peak in South Wales, to set up and...
Ed Tech
Sony: Students in Europe want HyFlex learning, but majority of universities are unable to roll it out
Sony's State of Learning Report 2023 reveals students and teachers feel positively about and see the benefits of blended learning, but, a host of...
Displays & Signage
Sony announces new lineup of BRAVIA 4K HDR pro displays
15 models with sustainability in mind range in size from 43-98in and incorporate commonly requested professional features
Broadcast
Getting to grips with virtual production
Jenny Priestley, editor of Installation sister magazine TVB Europe, reports from the launch of Sony’s new Digital Media Production Centre (DMPC), the first virtual...
Ed Tech
Sony & Kramer partner to transform classroom engagement
One-Touch Teaching Solution said to reduce costs and increase efficiency for users, and combines Sony’s AR software with Kramer’s Control Solution
Broadcast
Sony publishes white paper on sustainability in live production
Report from Sony Professional Displays and Solutions Europe examines the key challenges and identifies opportunities to lessen the industry’s carbon impact
People
Trust and technology: Driving asynchronous working models
Adam Dover, trade and segment marketing manager, Sony Professional Displays & Solutions, looks to the future of the workplace
Immersive tech
Report predicts huge growth for haptic technology
IDTechEx projects that the industry’s annual revenue will grow to over US$5 billion by 2027, after a 2.6-fold increase in the last decade
Immersive tech
Sony’s Edge Analytics solution brings the power and engagement of AI to Missouri University
Educational environment transformed using the latest technology integrated by AVI-SPL, including Sony’s customisable AI-enabled Edge Analytics solution (REA-C1000) and SRG-X120 pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras
Mounts
Draper joins Sony’s AV Alliance Partner Network
Draper partners with Sony to design mounting solutions with "high precision" and "stunning" adjustability
ISE
With ISE 2022 now open for business, industry movers and shakers share their excitement
Installation talks to an excited group of industry movers and shakers about ISE 2022 and their hopes for the long awaited return – now a...
Residential AV
Residential AV report: AWE-inspiring expo excites trade
CI distributor AWE rebooted its Expo open day with a string of residential AV exclusives, including the first trade showing in Europe of Sony’s...
Displays & Signage
Special report: Game on for next-gen residential displays
It’s all change for the residential display market, as cinema gives way to gaming as a lead content source. Steve May reports on the...
Ed Tech
Hybrid learning exclusive: Meeting student needs
Education marketing manager at Sony Professional deep-dives into hybrid learning tech
Ed Tech
Kramer and Sony collaborate on AI/AR teaching solution
Solution combines Kramer’s control solutions and other AV and management products with Sony’s Edge presentation, visualisation and analytics suite
Projection
Sony unveils two new 3LCD laser projectors
The new VPL-FHZ85 and VPL-FHZ80 from Sony "combine brightness with efficiency, installation flexibility and advanced operational capabilities", and are suited to corporate, education, and entertainment environments
Broadcast
Sony is attending IBC 2021 to meet partners, but not exhibiting
The company hadn't planned to exhibit at this year's show and released a statement confirming it won't have a physical booth in Amsterdam this...
Projection
Sony 4k projection powers the La Coupole Planetarium
360° 15m digital viewing dome boasts 12x 4K VPL-GTZ380 with SXRD 4K panels
Displays & Signage
New era for digital signage
Like other businesses and the world as a whole, the digital signage sector faced severe challenges last year. However, although supply chains and installations...
Ed Tech
Swiss University selects Sony for remote learning
UbiCast, Edge Analytics and SRG cameras provide end-to-end solution
Displays & Signage
Sony announces new direct-view Crystal LED series of displays
Designed to provide enhanced, upscaled content, and available from summer 2021
AV Tech End User
News digest: Sony launches AI-based remote learning solution, and more…
Today's flurry of tech news features Sony Australia and its AI ed-tech, a new HD home streaming amp from Harmon Kardon, QSC's new endpoint,...
Uncategorized
Sony launches 4K SXRD laser projector for large displays
The VPL-GTZ380 delivers 10,000 lumens brightness, 16,000:1 native contrast, DCI-P3 wide color gamut and HDR support
Business
Sony rolls out TEOS workspace management tool update
TEOS 2.2 adds new levels of customisation and automation to make every work day simpler and smarter
Product News
Exterity and Sony offer choice of IP or RF Channel Hospitality Solutions with latest integration
Exterity and Sony have announced that they have been working closely together to extend the reach of their integrated hospitality solution – comprising Exterity’s...
Displays & Signage
Sony unveils 17 new BRAVIA Professional Displays
All new models feature faster processing speeds with improved user interfaces for optimised Android 9 support, as well as newly integrated Apple AirPlay and...
Case Studies
A universal icon at Milan’s National Museum of Science and Technology
A wide range of audiovisual and multimedia technology has been utilised in the largest permanent Leonardo da Vinci exhibition. Mike Clark reports
ISE Daily
Sony unveils beamforming ceiling mic
The MAS-A100 is designed to enable flexible and creative hands-free lectures and presentations
Case Studies
University of Wales Trinity Saint David trials Sony AI-powered Edge Analytics Appliance
The University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) has announced a trial of the intelligence-powered Sony REA-C1000 Edge Analytics Appliance with a view to expanding...
Technology
AV2030: adapting to market forces
"The current AV technology landscape has become so vast that creating a meaningful environment that resonates with a business and its workers is increasingly...
Technology
AV2030: technology transformations
What technologies that once seemed leading edge will become commonplace over the coming 10 years?
Technology
Sony expands TEOS Manage workplace management solution
Sony Professional Solutions Europe has unveiled TEOS Manage 2.1, an update to its workspace management solution that gives organisations better control over devices, signage...
Business
Sony research reveals power of video in higher ed
Higher education now faces a cohort of Gen-Z students, ‘digital natives’ who have grown up online in a globally connected world. In particular, the...
Business
Medical AV: sector-specific solutions
In the first part of this feature we looked at the challenges that are unique to medical AV working environments. Here David Davies considers...
Business
Medical AV: uniquely challenging
With challenging working environments and extended lifecycle needs, AV for the healthcare sector has to offer rock-solid reliability and robust operation. But for the...
Case Studies
Historic University of Padua modernises facilities
This historic centre of learning has upgraded three of its foremost spaces, with an emphasis placed on usability for the in-house team, reports Mike...
Technology
Sony releases TEOS Manage 2.0
Sony Professional Solutions Europe has announced TEOS Manage 2.0, a major update to its workspace management solution that offers a scalable way to manage facilities...