Reporters Notebook

December 19, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

• Electrograph Systems entered a relationship with Rise Vision to offer its Rise Display Network content-management system.
• Petra added Icom America products to its lineup.
• The EDGE Distributors Group announced its 2009 board of directors.
• DBL Distributing is now offering products from Celestron and Pelican.
• CED has been appointed as a national distributor for the exclusive Hitachi Director series of ultra-thin LCDs and plasma TVs.

December 12, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

·         Capitol Sales Company began distributing more than 200 Niles Audio products to all 50 states as part of a new expanded territory agreement which was effective December 1.

·         Ingram Micro announced Mario F. Leone will be its SVP and chief information officer, effective January 5, 2009. He will replace Karen Salem, who left the company earlier this month.

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December 5, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

A post-Thanksgiving distribution feast:

• DBL Distributing said it will be the exclusive distributor of NXG Technology’s new five-second speaker wire termination system, the NX-ST101, when it becomes available next month. In a separate announcement, DBL also said it recently added camera bags from Tamrac Carrying Solutions to its lineup. 

• ArchBrook Laguna added the Toshiba 500GB HDD to its portfolio. 

• DSI Systems launched a new Web site at www.dsisystemsinc.com. According to the company, the new sites key fe

November 27, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

• Petra will offer extended holiday hours by making its sales team available every Saturday from 9 a.m. CST to 2 p.m. CST beginning Nov. 29 through Christmas. The distributor also announced distribution agreements with Marantz and IPEVO.
• ArchBrook Laguna added Monsoon Multimedia’s line of video streaming and place-shifting devices to its portfolio of products.
• CED has been appointed as the northern Illinois distributor for Mitsubishi Electric’s home-theater projection products. 

November 21, 2008 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

SED International is running a promotional contest in conjunction with the recent release of its Winter 2008/2009 product catalog. The promotion encourages customers to find a “pirate snowman” that has been hidden in the catalog. When the customer finds the snowman, they’ll have until December 31st to register at www.sedonline.com/rewards for the chance to win 1,000 SED Rewards Points, which can be used to make purchases at over 180 merchants.

Electrograph Systems offered its first of a series of free educational webinars focused primarily on the digital signage market yesterday, November 20. The webinars can be accessed at http://www.electrograph.com/Online_Events.asp; the company has four more sessions planned between now and December 16.