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Mike Belitz, CEO and President of Ultimate Support Acquires Radial Engineering Ltd.
by Joao Martins

Mike Belitz, CEO and President of Ultimate Support Acquires Radial Engineering Ltd.

The announcement was made at NAMM 2018, confirming the acquisition of one of the most respected and trusted brands in the industry. Radial Engineering is a manufacturer of professional audio products based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with products that are sold under brand names such as Radial, Tonebone, Primacoustic, Reamp, Hafler, Dynaco and Jensen Transformers Inc.
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Genelec Launches a Year of Celebrations for Landmark 40Th Anniversary
by audioXpress Staff

Genelec Launches a Year of Celebrations for Landmark 40Th Anniversary

Genelec, the world leader in professional audio active monitoring, announced a year of special events to mark the company’s 40th birthday. Featuring a Summer party, a 40th anniversary book, a special Limited Edition monitor and a high-profile campaign with online music broadcaster Boiler Room, 2018 will be the year that Genelec celebrates four remarkable decades of innovation.
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Powersoft Opens New North American Headquarters in New York
by audioXpress Staff

Powersoft Opens New North American Headquarters in New York

Powersoft announced that it has opened a new US headquarters location in the New York Metro area. The new 3,700 square foot facility, located in Kearney Point, NJ — just minutes from Manhattan and regional transportation hubs — will house Powersoft's North American operations, with sales, support, warehousing and distribution for U.S. and Canada.
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CEVA and Silentium Deliver Active Noise Cancellation Solution for the CEVA-TeakLite DSP Family
by Joao Martins

CEVA and Silentium Deliver Active Noise Cancellation Solution for the CEVA-TeakLite DSP Family

CEVA and Silentium Ltd., a leading provider of Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) technology and adaptive sound management solutions, announced a partnership to deliver a low power active noise cancellation solution for headsets and hearables. Silentium’s Broadband P2P ANC technology is now available for CEVA’s lowest power audio/voice DSP family.
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Montréal Audio Fest 2018 Returns March 23-25
by audioXpress Staff

Montréal Audio Fest 2018 Returns March 23-25

Montréal Audio Fest, is celebrating its 31st anniversary. Now reconstituted as a non-profit organization, it continues to cater to an ever-growing community. The Montréal Audio Fest is not only the oldest specialty audio show in North America, but also the only one that offers free admission to all visitors. The show will return March 23-25, 2018 to the Hôtel Bonaventure Montréal, Canada.
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SoundChip Introduces Waypoints - a Platform for Scaling the Delivery of Class-Leading Noise Cancelling Into Smart Headsets
by Joao Martins

SoundChip Introduces Waypoints - a Platform for Scaling the Delivery of Class-Leading Noise Cancelling Into Smart Headsets

SoundChip SA, a Swiss-based global leader in hearable sound technology, announced the introduction of its Waypoints platform, which combines proven methods, tools and expertise to help manufacturers scale the delivery of effective noise cancelling into more products within their headset portfolio than ever before. The new platform supports third-party NC chips in addition to SoundChip's own HD-PA devices.
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Rethink Technology Research Publishes Voice TV Remote Controls Forecast
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Rethink Technology Research Publishes Voice TV Remote Controls Forecast

UK analyst group Rethink Technology Research has published a five year forecast on Voice Control of TV entertainment through remote controls entitled “Voice Control of the TV - Decision time for TV operators”. Rethink calculates that some 142.9 million homes (from 21.3 million today) will install well integrated voice technology from an operator by 2022. The forecast is by units shipped from 2017 – 2022.
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MIPI Alliance Enhances its MIPI NIDnT Debug and Test Specification to Enable Debugging over the Latest USB Type-C Connectors
by Cristina Costa

MIPI Alliance Enhances its MIPI NIDnT Debug and Test Specification to Enable Debugging over the Latest USB Type-C Connectors

The MIPI Alliance, the international organization that develops interface specifications for mobile and mobile-influenced industries, released MIPI NIDnT v1.2, an update to the MIPI Narrow Interface for Debug and Test specification. The new release, MIPI NIDnT v1.2 and the complementary MIPI Discovery and Configuration Specification for Narrow Interface for Debug and Test v1.0, keeps pace with USB Type-C advancements to simplify debugging for manufacturers in smartphone, laptop, IoT and AR/VR.
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Wireless Charging Technology Pioneer Powermat Joins the Wireless Power Consortium
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Wireless Charging Technology Pioneer Powermat Joins the Wireless Power Consortium

Powermat, the wireless charging technology pioneer, announced it will become the newest Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) member. Powermat will contribute its technology and expertise to further advance inductive wireless charging capabilities while maintaining backwards compatibility to the existing Qi ecosystem, which was recently converted to the leading global standard, following Apple's decision to adopt Qi in the latest iPhone generation.
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Ambiq Micro, DSP Concepts and Sensory Join Forces to Bring Always-On Voice Control to Portable, Battery-Operated Devices
by audioXpress Staff

Ambiq Micro, DSP Concepts and Sensory Join Forces to Bring Always-On Voice Control to Portable, Battery-Operated Devices

Ambiq Micro, the pioneer in ultra-low power solutions, announced a partnership with DSP Concepts, a global developer of embedded digital signal processing audio solutions and specialist in voice UI technologies, and Sensory, the leading provider of embedded artificial intelligence (AI) and speech recognition technologies. The collaboration aims to provide extremely power-efficient, always-listening voice control on battery-operated, intelligent devices without sacrificing quality of experience.
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