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Fury on Facebook as Dealers Use Control4 Group to Push Back on New Snap One Programs

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The Control4 Programmers Facebook Group

Like many companies, Snap One brands are the subject of several discussion Groups on Facebook, some run by the company and others run by third parties. In the days following their recent announcement of existing program changes, new program mandates, and new optional programs, many dealers took to Control4-related groups on Facebook to protest the changes immediately, vociferously, and even (in a few cases) profanely. It was an outpouring of emotion that group admins and participating Snap One executives like G Paul Hess and others struggled to stay on top of.

Snap One executives told the dealers in the group of an upcoming webinar in which the company plans to explain everything regarding the program changes to their dealers.

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Snap One Dealer Advisory Panel Addresses the Connect & Assist Program Controversy

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Snap One held a media Q&A session with the Partner Advisory Panel

Days after Snap One announced a major program initiative in an effort to change the integration industry business model, the company held a media presentation in which 5 members of the 23-member Control4 dealer advisory panel that helped the company design the program were made available to select members of the media for a short question and answer session. This was organized by Snap One specifically because I had asked to speak with the panel. How do I know that was the reason for this media opportunity? Because company executives told the media that I was the reason they chose to hold this event. This may, or may not, have endeared me to the other media.

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Cambridge Audio Launches CXN100 Network Player, The ‘New Streaming Champion’

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Cambridge Audio CXN100 network player

Cambridge Audio, a funky, music-centric audio brand based in London whose tag line is “Made by Music” announced today a successor to its award-winning CXN V2 (the first streamer ever inducted into the What Hi-Fi? Hall of Fame) called the CXN100. Saying it is a “true generation step up in sound quality” the CXN100 brings a fresh design, new higher-grade components and is said to deliver added functionality and better overall value.

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Sonance Celebrates 40 Years of Industry Leadership with 23 New Models at ISE

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New Sonance stand at ISE 2024

See Sonance – iPort – James in Stand 2J500 at ISE 2024

How do you maintain leadership in the technology industry year after year? If you’re Sonance, you continue to innovate and work hard to earn the ongoing support of your dealer and distributor network. Sonance is celebrating 40 years of innovation and it’s doing so by launching a new booth, new experiences, and no fewer than 23 new products at ISE 2024 in Barcelona, Spain this week.

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Crestron DM NVX to Hit a Million Units Thanks to Integrator Adoption

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Crestron DM NVX

Company Announces DM NVX Technology Awards Program

Crestron Electronics, a leading industry supplier of smart home and next-gen workplace technology, announced today in Barcelona, Spain at the ISE 2024 show that its popular DM NVX AV-over-IP solution is approaching one million units installed – a major milestone achieved in just a few short years. The company salutes the integrators and their projects incorporating the technology for propelling widespread adoption of DM NVX around the country and the world.

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Sonos & Sonance Partner on New 8-Inch In-Ceiling Architectural Speaker

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Sonos [NASDAQ: SONO] announced this week that it will launch an all-new 8-inch in-ceiling speaker that it designed in conjunction with Sonance. Part of the company’s Architectural lineup of speakers, this new model extends both the size and the range of performance of the line.

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On Eve of ISE, AudioControl Announces Appointment of Australian Distributor

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AudioControl announced today that it has appointed Oceanic Distribution as its distributor for Australia. Based in Seattle, WA, AudioControl has long pursued a global distribution strategy. This new appointment will drive its business in Australia, a strong AV market in its own right.

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Mango Power E Sounds Like an Energy Drink But It’s a Tasty, Eco-Friendly, Portable Power Station

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Integrators Will Want to Sell It to Clients and Use It in Their Businesses

Sometimes, those things most valuable in life – like air, for example – are unimportant to us until that moment we need it. For example, it does not occur to us that we rely on a safe, efficient, clean source of power until a big storm – a hurricane, tornado, forest fire, etc. – cuts it off. Mango Power offers a portable battery/inverter power station that will protect your access to clean battery-generated AC power…enough power to get you through most events…as well as enhance many other activities.

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Snap One Seeks to Change the Integration Industry Model with Subscription SaaS Plan

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Screenshot of Snap One execs briefing Ted Green of Strata-gee
Snap One CEO John Heyman and VP of New Ventures Graham Jaenicke tell me about the new Control4 SaaS program [Click to enlarge]

Seemingly Well Designed, But One Thing I Find Suspicious

Snap One announced today the launch of three new services, part of a Software-as-a-Service subscription program that gets the manufacturer in direct communication with end users of every Control4-based system sold and provides new levels of customer support. The program is said to include a revenue share for its dealers. These programs are called Control4 Connect, Control4 Assist, and Control4 Assist Premium and allow for direct-to-consumer support by the company.

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Massive Masimo vs. Apple Legal Battle Has Epic Day; Is Apple Capitulating?

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Masimo won an ITC ban on the sale of Apple Watch which was pulled from its webstore

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In the matter of Masimo Corp. v. Apple, Inc….AND…Apple, Inc. v. Masimo Corp. we have a full-blown, overt litigation war raging between two determined combatants. It is a complex battle that has opened multiple fronts with multiple separate actions initiated by each of the parties in District Courts, the U.S. International Trade Commission, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal District. Almost every one of the myriad decisions by all of these entities is appealed to final disposition.

However, Friday, January 12, 2024, turns out to be an especially important day.

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