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Portal Inks Deals with Snap One & Sonos to Offer Proposal Software to Dealers for Free

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Portal website home page with Snap One and Sonos logos

Portal, one of the custom integration industry’s most popular AV proposal & design software solutions used by thousands of custom integrators every day, has announced that they have struck a deal with two industry powerhouse brands – Snap One and Sonos – who will make the software available to their respective integration dealer bases. Both brands will underwrite the full monthly subscription cost for their dealers in an effort to help those integrators raise their level of professionalism, improve the efficiency of their operations, and increase their deal closing rates.

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Digital Projection Expands Its Team with Two New Regional Sales Managers

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Respected digital imaging powerhouse Digital Projection International (DP) announced that it has expanded its sales team with two new regional sales managers. Both are experienced professionals who will offer sales and support to Digital Projection customers throughout their respective regions.

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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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