Magenta appoints audiovisual solutions specialist Craneworks as distributor for Finland
Magenta has appointed Craneworks Oy Ltd of Helsinki to distribute its full range of audiovisual and serial signal distribution and switching products in Finland
[UKPRwire, Wed Jun 02 2010] Magenta has appointed Craneworks Oy Ltd of Helsinki to distribute its full range of audiovisual and serial signal distribution and switching products in Finland.
Craneworks specialises in audiovisual communications, IT and digital signage, providing products and services including custom application development to leading content distributors and producers in the Nordic region. Its new distribution agreement allows the company to grow sales throughout its customer base, as well as providing increased access to Magenta technologies for its own engineered solutions.
“We differentiate ourselves by delivering the very highest quality solutions to our customers, and this is why we chose to partner with Magenta,” said Sami Käyhkö, Managing Director of Craneworks. “We have assessed products from several major brands addressing the challenges of video distribution over copper and fibre media. Magenta has the only product that lives up to its marketing promises, delivering crystal clear pictures over longer distances than any of the alternatives.”
Explaining that Craneworks had in fact dismissed VGA-connected extenders as a viable technology for cutting-edge projects, citing poor picture quality, lack of support for full HD and problems with analogue signals, Käyhkö revealed details of a project completed successfully in December 2009 using Magenta extenders. “We installed two separate 5xFull-HD video walls in Helsinki Ice Hall, the home of top national ice hockey team HIFK, running with 9600x1080 total picture resolution. The media player is located 100 metres away in a separate machine room. Magenta extenders deliver the full HD picture on each screen, preserving the original image quality all the way to the screens, and it looks great!”
Craneworks will distribute the complete Magenta portfolio of solutions for transmission, switching and flexible distribution of AV and serial signals over structured cabling. These include the MultiView Series enabling UXGA video distribution over UTP cables up to 457 metres, the Mondo Matrix UTP-based full-matrix AV switcher offering scalability and field upgradability from 16x16 to 256x256, and the Infinea DVI Series enabling unlimited distance extension of DVI, stereo audio and duplex serial signals using fibre. Magenta has also recently introduced T Link, enabling high-resolution digital video delivery for uptime-critical environments, and the AK 500 C7™ receiver featuring built-in compensation for signal losses through CAT-7 cables.
“We are delighted to partner with Craneworks as our distributor for the full range of Magenta products in Finland,” added Rob Muddiman, European Sales and Marketing Manager, Magenta Research. “We have already co-operated successfully on a number of projects, which has shown us that Craneworks has a strong team able to provide excellent support and solutions for demanding customers.”
For more information, please email European-Sales@magenta-research.com or visit http://www.magenta-research.com.
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About Magenta Research:
Magenta Research is an industry-recognised leader in the adaptive distribution and switching of video/audio/control signals over CatX cable, DVI over fiber and/or CatX and HDMI over CatX. Over eleven years, Magenta has developed the highest-performance, broadest and most flexible video-over-CatX product line, the MultiView™ Series. The company utilises proprietary technologies to enable WUXGA/1080p video distribution at 2,000 feet (610m). Magenta’s Mondo Matrix™ CatX switch remains the largest and most flexible switch of its kind on the market, with the ability to be configured in increments of 16 inputs/outputs from 16x16 to 256x512. Magenta’s Opto Matryx digital video switch provides the unique ability to switch and extend digital video, audio, serial and USB signals over fiber and/or UTP cable, while maintaining modularity and field-upgradeability. Magenta transmitters, receivers, switchers and distributive systems have been installed in a large variety of A/V applications, especially dynamic signage for retail, airport, fast food, museum, casino, theatre, courtroom and corporate applications.
About Craneworks:
Craneworks provides products and services for audiovisual communications. All the products and solutions are designed to meet actual, existing needs of customers, and are customisable for each individual client's needs. In-house competencies include definition and design services for developing custom applications. Craneworks solutions are functioning 24/7 and in every working environment. For further information visit: www.craneworks.fi
Press contacts:
Rob Muddiman
Magenta Research
Tel: +44 (0) 7708 850582
Email: European-Sales@magenta-research.com
