ISE 2025 is to host the Esports Arena, a 1,000m² feature created in partnership with LVP - Liga de Videojuegos Profesional (Grup Mediapro), a provider of esports competitions.

Midwich Ignite, the corporate venture capital arm of Midwich Group, has invested in Vizgard, a dual-use AI SME which uses edge-based software to provide time critical, AI-enabled insight and camera automation in defence and public safety spaces.

The Catalonia Audiovisual Cluster and Accio will host 20 regional companies at ISE 2025, presenting drone shows, AI, virtual sets, and more.

Powersoft will unveil a new product at ISE 2025, kickstarting its 30th anniversary celebrations at the show.

UK distributor onemedia has reinforced its product offering, announcing new distribution agreements for Uniguest’s Tripleplay platform and with Bluefin.

Visionary has announced its partnership with Midwich Group. Under this agreement, Midwich Group and its subsidiaries, Midwich Limited, Sidev and EarPro&Ees, will serve as the exclusive distributors of Visionary’s products throughout the UK, Spain, Portugal, Morocco and France, and broaden Visionary’s reach, bringing its AV-over-IP and IPTV systems to a broader audience across Europe.

DisplayNote Technologies will be working with Ricoh, a global provider of digital workplace systems. The collaboration brings together DisplayNote’s BYOM software and Ricoh’s interactive whiteboards.

As part of its growing activities, the Analog Way EMEA sales team is expanding with the addition of new talents from the AV industry and changes in leadership roles.

UK-based technical AV distributor, Visualization, has announced a year-long training initiative designed to educate AV professionals with comprehensive, agnostic learning opportunities.

Peavey Electronics is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. Hartley Peavey received his first patent for a unique speaker enclosure in 1964. However, it wasn’t until after graduating college that he founded Peavey Electronics Corporation in 1965.