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AES Announces 140th International Convention to Take Place in Paris, France, June 2016
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AES Announces 140th International Convention to Take Place in Paris, France, June 2016

The Audio Engineering Society is striving to bring back its European conventions to the audio industry’s agenda, focusing on the promotion of the latest in audio research, developments and technologies. For 2016, the AES has confirmed its 140th International Convention will return to Paris, France.
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High Resolution Revolution and the Return of Reel-to-Reel Tape at The California Audio Show 2015
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High Resolution Revolution and the Return of Reel-to-Reel Tape at The California Audio Show 2015

The 2015 California Audio Show (August 14-16), at the Westin San Francisco Airport (SFO) Hotel, in the Bay Area, is the 2nd longest-running audio show in the U.S., now in its 6th year. Already with an exciting list of exhibitors for the 2015 edition, the California Audio Show decided to promote new high resolution audio demonstration areas, among other interesting initiatives.
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Ultra HD Blu-ray Content Will be Available for 2015 Holiday Season
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Ultra HD Blu-ray Content Will be Available for 2015 Holiday Season

The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) will commence licensing the Ultra HD Blu-ray format starting August 24, 2015. Product announcements are anticipated for 2015 Holiday Season. This is good news for all home-theater enthusiasts and anyone in the market for a new 4K TV set and a new immersive audio installation.
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Harman Signals Company’s Expansion With New Logo and Division Names
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Harman Signals Company’s Expansion With New Logo and Division Names

Harman International Industries, Inc launched a refresh of its corporate brand, unveiling a new logo and new division names for the automotive, consumer and enterprise markets. Harman’s new logo represents the company’s mission to enable seamless, connected lifestyles for the home, car, stage and enterprise through its leading audio products, infotainment systems, software and connected services.
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Ethernet Alliance Hails Ethernet’s Growing Momentum
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Ethernet Alliance Hails Ethernet’s Growing Momentum

Significant progress achieved at recent IEEE 802 Plenary meetings highlights Ethernet’s increasing relevance in rapidly diversifying base of markets and applications. Progress across several Ethernet projects includes 25Gb/s operations for next-gen servers, 100Mb/s operations for automotive and signalling decisions for 400GbE.
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New Website Dedicated to Ravenna and AES67 Audio-over-IP Technology
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New Website Dedicated to Ravenna and AES67 Audio-over-IP Technology

ALC NetworX, developers of the Ravenna Audio-over-IP technology, announced the launch of a brand new website dedicated to Ravenna and AES67 with plenty of dynamic content. The aim is to make the Ravenna technology and information about the recent AES67 interoperability standard as accessible as possible.
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New W3C Music Notation Community Group Pushes Format and Language Specifications for Digital Music Notation
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New W3C Music Notation Community Group Pushes Format and Language Specifications for Digital Music Notation

Steinberg Media Technologies and MakeMusic are founding members of a new community group formed under the auspices of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to develop and maintain format and language specifications for notated music used by web, desktop and mobile applications.
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OCA Alliance unveils OCA Micro Demonstration Platform
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OCA Alliance unveils OCA Micro Demonstration Platform

The OCA Alliance confirmed availability of the OCA MicroDemo demonstration platform to prove that OCA – a common remote control and monitoring language for digital audio networks – can run in lightweight hardware environments. The OCA MicroDemo runs on a 120 MHz Cortex M3 processor and was developed jointly by OCA member companies Focusrite, Attero Tech, and Bosch.
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Yamaha Takes the Portalhaus Building for Musikmesse 2016
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Yamaha Takes the Portalhaus Building for Musikmesse 2016

For Musikmesse 2016, Yamaha will present its broad spectrum of products in the ‘Portalhaus’ building of Messe Frankfurt. After many consecutive year exhibiting in the Forum area of the Messe, Yamaha agreed on the new location according to the revamped show concept, also signaling the 50th anniversary of Yamaha Europa GmbH.
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THX Certifies the Original THX Certified Screening Room at 32TEN Studios
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THX Certifies the Original THX Certified Screening Room at 32TEN Studios

The 32TEN Studios screening theater in San Rafael, CA - where the THX cinema certification program was developed some 33 years ago - is once again a reference destination for local filmmakers. THX Ltd confirmed the certification of the historical room.
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