Delivering the first order of a new product line to a customer is a milestone for any company. For Media Vision’s CEO, Fardad Zabetian, there was no doubt it had to be a personal delivery. A few weeks after the commercial release of their new assistive listening system, the lucky first customer was known: Plymouth Congregational Church in Coconut Grove, Miami.

It was not for the coconuts or the glamorous location that Fardad jumped on a flight 2 days later, but for this unique opportunity to meet and thank their first client, Plymouth Church, as well as the AV dealer and installation partner – Mike Harris of Harris Audio Systems and Paul van Puffelen of Southern Technical Support – and representative – Jon Ferren of Bencsik Associates.

On day one of the Chinese New Year, Media Vision has double the reasons to send good wishes and join in the celebration with Shenzhen-based conference systems manufacturer TAIDEN: this month marks the 10th anniversary of their – very successful – relationship.

It was in February of 2006 that Fardad Zabetian, CEO of Media Vision, signed the original distribution agreement with Mr Zhou Qingxu, President of TAIDEN. Ten years later, Media Vision has a thriving enterprise with 8 offices across North America and Europe while TAIDEN has reached the top tier conference systems manufacturer group, taking the lead in key territories.

Released for sale this month, the new Assistive Listening System by Media Vision provides the complete feature package for wireless FM listening devices in assembly areas at a very competitive price. While not new to assistive listening – Media Vision already delivers hard-wired and infrared solutions – the fast-growing company dedicated to audio intelligibility is now openly expanding its application range.

Operating in the FCC designated assistive listening frequency band 72-76 MHz, using all available wideband and narrowband channels, the Media Vision assistive listening system allows up to 6 simultaneous transmissions. Programming, channel assignments and settings lock, can be done either from the transmitters and receivers with clear OLED display for menu navigation, or from a user-friendly software interface.

Media Vision, the established provider of high-quality conference systems, has announced its entry into the streaming market with a robust all-in-one solution for multichannel video capture, recording and streaming with multiple audio tracks.

The solution named Attend Sixteen can provide up to 16 channels of digital audio on one high-resolution broadcast stream, using Dante media networking technology; an innovative step forward for AV and IT enterprise managers in facilities hosting multilingual meetings, particularly international organizations, global corporations and courtrooms.

How do you stream video content in multiple languages?

This holiday season, Media Vision will be giving the gift of audio intelligibility to two organizations supporting education in underserved areas: Democracy Prep Public Schools in Harlem, New York, and Sauvegarde Seine-Saint-Denis in the Northeast of France will both receive a 10-user conference system.

The first organization is Democracy Prep Public Schools in New York City. This organization operates 17 schools in underserved areas of the US Northeast, including the #1 public middle school in New York City. Democracy Prep proves that students, regardless of what zip code they are born into, can perform at high academic levels, transforming the expectation of what public schools can achieve.

An updated Media Vision price list is now available to authorized dealers including the full range of TAIDEN conference and interpretation systems.

Noteworthy additions in this new list include main units equipped with Dante interface, as well as many new design and functionality options for multimedia terminals and wired flush-mount microphones. A flush unit with retractable line array microphone, model HCS-4851, is a new solution of choice for integrators that are looking for an extremely low profile microphone solution that disappears when the room is not in use.

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We are please to announce the appointment of Bencsik Associates to represent our line of professional conferencing microphone systems within the State of Florida.

Bencsik Associates represents the interests of leading electronics manufacturers supporting a dealer network and systems integrators across Florida. They provide electronic systems expertise with a focus on sound reinforcement.

With barely any space left to write on, Media Vision’s creative expression wall truly captured inspiration at InfoComm 2015. For the three show days, the wall displayed a total of 85 original contributions from show attendees. These paragraphs highlight some of the most meaningful quotes and list the winners of this special contest.

Why Audio Matters?

From one-worded responses – “What?” – to more elaborated ones – “Without audio, life as we know it would cease to exist. Audio makes the world go round. From music setting the mood to saying you care…we need it.” (Dina Delic, Full Sail University) – all contributions make us engaged in the reflection and improve our technical and philosophical understanding of the value of audio in our professions and lives.

Having a longing for the good old-fashion blackboard? Media Vision will display one of these antiques at their booth #411 as an affective communication surface for InfoComm attendees to answer this question: Tell us Why Audio Matters?

“Audio matters because it’s where emotion lives …” said David Leonard, Manager of Multimedia Services at The World Bank. “A video conference without video is a teleconference. But a video conference without audio is a mime show! (Almost everybody hates mimes)” answered JD Mars, Owner of Sierra Sound Lab.

The new digital conference microphone by TAIDEN is designed for integrators and end users that are keen to hide all meeting technology solutions when not in use. The HCS-4851 is a flush-mount unit with a retractable line array microphone and mic. activation button. A cover plate hides all electronics when the microphone is fully retracted.

When taken out for usage, the TAIDEN HCS-4851 microphone array has a total length of 20cm (7.9 inches) with a 30-degree lean angle; the microphone placement offers proximity to the sound source while using the advanced physical characteristics of a microphone array ensuring excellent pick-up of the human voice and rejecting ambient noise from above and below the microphone.

North Eastern AV professionals, take note of this: Media Vision’s line of professional conferencing microphone systems is now being supported by top of the line manufacturers representatives firm Cardone, Solomon & Associates (CS&A). The product portfolio includes TAIDEN Multimedia terminals, the TAIDEN Digital Infrared Wireless Conference system as well as a wide selection of wired tabletop and flush-mount microphones for audio reinforcement, language interpretation, electronic voting, and video tracking.

A shared vision for how to service the industry has been a key factor in this new partnership. “We seek manufacturers that have the passion, leadership, engineering, and a true desire to make their customers happy to do business with them“ says John Cardone, Co-founder of CS&A, “Media Vision shows that drive and spirit in all their enterprises, which explains their tremendous growth”.

The world’s first 40 channels digital infrared receiver, unveiled by TAIDEN this month, will be on display at Media Vision’s booth 3-A118 at ISE. The HCS-5100Plus series is a forward-looking solution based on the growing needs expressed by European institutions. The product is intended for high-fidelity wireless language distribution uses in multilingual conferences.

The HCS-5100Plus new generation language receiver has the same user-friendly design, with a large LCD displaying the complete name of the selected language in addition to the channel number, battery status, signal intensity and volume level. The system main unit audio interface has been upgraded to provide 40 RCA jacks as well as connectivity through Dante.

The TAIDEN HCS-8338 New Generation Multimedia System incorporates all the communication tools required in conference rooms in one compact terminal. This is a summary of five exclusive Multimedia Terminal capabilities not to miss exploring at InfoComm, Media Vision booth #411:

1) Multi-channel HD video display. Up to 10 video signals are accessible to users on demand. TAIDEN encoders allow encoding and network transmitting of HDMI, SDI, VGA and AV signals so that integrators can maintain a high-quality video resolution.

TAIDEN will be unveiling a complete new product line at the ISE expo in February. Intended for small to medium-sized conference rooms, the HCS-3900 series is a fully digital conference system providing high quality audio performance, audio recording, and control capabilities through an elegant and user-friendly interface.

The central control unit is designed to be directly placed in the meeting space, instead of an equipment rack. A USB interface and an SD card slots are available on the unit for audio recording and playback. If one of these devices is full, the recording will automatically switch to the other device without interruption.

Media Vision grew 412.5 percent from 2011 to 2013. On October 21st at the San Francisco Business Times-hosted Top 100 Award Ceremony, our California team was proud to learn our company's ranking: 

#19 Fastest Growing Company in the Bay Area and #3 in the East Bay!

We have gained 12 positions in the list (Media Vision was listed #31st in 2013). Our CEO Fardad Zabetian has given conferences on how to help business grow in a sustainable way. For Media Vision, sustainable growth is achieved by identifying the values are the core of our success and taking them to their full potential. Our value are Technology, Team and Local Support. What are your core values?