AV Awards 2012 winners announced (VIDEO)

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The winners of the AV Awards 2012 have been announced at a gala dinner in the Hilton on Park Lane in London. The Grand Prix winner was Drive Productions for their incredible work for the Nokia Lumia launch. This year three special AV40 outstanding contributions awards were handed out, to Randy Lemke from InfoComm, Owen Ellis from the AV User Group and Saville Audio Visual.

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Keep looking at our website as special pieces on ALL the winners and video interviews will be published throughout the next two weeks.

Winners List

AV accessory of the year

Winner

Peerless-AV – DS-VW765 Videowall Mount

Finalists

Draper Group – StageScreen
OmniMount – ActionMount Series PLAY40
SmartMetals Mounting Solutions – 062.7200 Motorized stand
Vision – Techconnect

Projector of the year (5,000 lumens and below)

Sponsored by Peerless-AV

Winner

Epson – EB-475Wi Projector

Highly Commended

Casio Electronics – XJ-M155 Laser & LED Projector

Finalists

BenQ UK – LW61ST
projectiondesign – F35 AS3D active stereo projector for graphics use

Specialist projector of the year (above 5,000 lumens)

Sponsored by Green Hippo

Winner

NEC Display Solutions – PH1000U projector

Finalists

Epson – EB-Z8450WU projector
projectiondesign – F35 AS3D active stereo projector

Systems product of the year

Winner

Kramer Electronics UK – Step-In Digital switching system

Highly Commended

BrightSign – HD digital media player

Finalists

Crestron – DigitalMedia 8G+
Haivision – Furnace 6.3 IPTV/IP Video System
Kramer Electronics UK – VS-1616D/3232D/6464D digital card frame matrix switcher family
Matrox Graphics – Mura MPX Series

Audio product of the year

Winner

Martin Audio – MLA Compact

Highly Commended

Ottocanali 1204 from Powersoft

Finalists

RoomMatch Progressive Directivity Array from Bose Professional Systems Division
FLX VoIP from Revolabs

Audio installation of the year

Winner

Peavey Commercial Audio – Qatar National Convention Centre

Finalist

Revolabs – Investec

Flat screen product of the year

Sponsored by Unicol

Winner

eyevis Perfect Visual Solutions – omniShapes

Finalists

Albiral Display Solutions – Arthur Holm Dynamic3
Samsung Electronics – UE46 Large Format Display

Interactive presentation product of the year

Winner

Epson – EB-475Wi Projector

Highly Commended

Lang AG – primeTouch

Finalists

AVer Information Europe – W30 Wireless Visualiser
Luidia – eBeam Edge
MultiTouch – MultiTaction Cell interactive display

Business installation of the year

Winner

Reflex – Climate-KIC ePresence Project

Finalists

JB Communications – Diageo Customer Collaboration Centre
SM Contracts – Eccleston Square Hotel

Consumer installation of the year

Sponsored by AV Jobs

Winner

Electrosonic – European Parliament Visitors Centre, The Parlamentarium

Highly Commended

D J Willrich – Titanic Belfast

Finalist

D J Willrich – The Capitol Theatre, ‘Northern Light, the Edmonton Journey’ Fort Edmonton Park

Collaborative communications project of the year

Sponsored by Imago

Winner

NHS Lothian and Polycom

Highly Commended

Impact – VCC Project for the University of Wolverhampton

Finalists

JNV – Unique Collaboration Room
Saville Audio Visual – The Boardroom at British American Tobacco
Vidyo – VidyoConferencing implementation at Silvalea

Digital signage project of the year

Winner

Onelan – NHS Rotherham

Highly Commended

Focus 21 Visual Communications – London Stock Exchange – Exchange Market Open Installation
Handy AV – Primark Digital Signage Network

Finalists

Omnivision Touchscreen Media Development –  Showcase, Livingmall Alexandrium Rotterdam Netherlands
Scala – Direct Digital Communication Solution for Jaguar – Land Rover
Signagelive – The Healthcare Messaging Group
YCD Multimedia – The public bus company of Madrid, (EMT Madrid)

AV/IT integration of the year

Sponsored by Sahara Presentation Systems

Winner

SM Contracts – Eccleston Square Hotel

Finalists

Audiotonas – Project ‘Electronic Democracy’, Lithuania
Futureoftware – British Airways 787 Dreamliner Mobile Flight Simulator
Svetlost Teatar – AV Systems for Qatar National Convention Centre – Doha, Qatar

Integrator of the year

Sponsored by SDG

Winner

Electrosonic

Finalist

IDNS

Green or environmental project of the year

Sponsored by Casio Electronics

Winner

Vision – Vision’s Environmental Impact Reduction Plan

Finalists

NHS Lothian and Polycom
TCO Development – TCO Certified Projectors

Education project of the year

Sponsored by Panasonic

Winner

Osborne Technologies – The Imaginarium

Highly Commended

GV Multi-media – University College Falmouth: Academy of Innovation and Research
Snelling Business Systems – The StartUp Lounge

Finalists

CDEC – Media Rich Interactive Solution at Langley Park School for Boys
Electrosonic – The Egg at Salford University
FusionGFX – Havelock Academy, Reflective Room
Impact – VCC project for University of Wolverhampton
Visionaire – ICT at United Arab Emirates University – Integrated Residential Campus

Live event of the year

Winner

Drive Productions – Nokia Lumia Live

Highly Commended

Blitz Communications – Soldier of Orange

Finalists

Canon Europe – FuessAV, AV Stumpfl and Canon Austria
Liquid Media AV – Airbus A350 North Factory Opening by Rt Hon David Cameron

In-house AV team of the year

Sponsored by Smart AV

Winner

Church House Conference Centre

Finalists

Arena and Convention Centre Liverpool
Electrosonic
Impact

Rental and staging company of the year

Sponsored by visionevents

Winner

Blitz Communications

Highly Commended

DB Systems

Finalists

Smart AV

Distributor of the year

Sponsored by Hitachi

Winner

Audio Logic

Finalist

Just Lamps
Midwich
Sahara Presentation Systems
TDMaverick

Manufacturer of the year

Sponsored by CDEC

Winner

NEC Display Solutions

Highly Commended
Kramer Electronics

Finalists

Casio Electronics
Exterity
Kramer Electronics UK
Onelan
Panasonic System Communications Company Europe
projectiondesign
Promethean
Samsung

Grand Prix Award

Sponsored by NEC Display Solutions

Winner

Drive Productions – Nokia Lumia Live

AV40 Outstanding Contribution Award

Sponsored by Samsung Electronics

Winners

Randal Lemke – InfoComm International

Owen Ellis – the AV User Group

Saville Audio Visual

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  1. Congratulations to all the winners from the team at Woop! What a great night had by all!

  2. Digital signage project of the year sounds interesting. What were the projects submitted?