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Headline: Various Companies Announce Key Appointments, Partnerships, and Expansions

In the ever-evolving world of audio-visual (AV) and unified communications (UC), several companies have made significant strides in recent times. Here's a roundup of the latest developments:

Utelogy Corporation has expanded its Utelligence Program for AV and UC Device Standardization with the integration of NETIO products. This move will facilitate seamless control over third-party power devices, ensuring constant reliable service through remote management capabilities.

CueScript, a renowned teleprompting solutions developer, celebrated its 10th anniversary at NAB 2024. Since its modest beginnings, the company has grown its platform to include more than a dozen monitors, prompters, and hoods, software, controls, mounts, accessories, and speech prompters.

Vizrt and EVS have joined forces to deliver an out-of-the-box solution for both ingest and automation-based playout. This collaboration aims to leverage Vizrt's expertise in automated production tools with EVS's renowned capabilities in live broadcast technology.

In personnel news, Daniel McKenzie CTS, DMC-D4K has joined Visual Sound as director of technical operations. Meanwhile, Lone Star Communications has promoted Justin Bailey to the role of chief technology officer.

Eastern Acoustic Works (EAW) welcomed Raymond Tee as APAC technical sales manager, while Visionary has partnered with Audiovision AB for exclusive distribution in Sweden.

Jay Rogina has joined XTEN-AV as an advisory board member, and Jetbuilt has appointed Steve Samson as its new director of vendor partnerships.

Green Hippo's products are now more accessible than ever to customers across North America, with ACT Entertainment as its exclusive distribution partner. Similarly, Optimal Audio has appointed Audiosales as its distributor in Italy.

Last week, Resideo acquired Snap One. In the APAC region, CrimsonAV has appointed Matt Sulkowski as its new national sales director-dvLED.

However, the search results do not contain information about who PPDS appointed as the new Director of Technical Support in 2024.

In other news, Jan Van Tieghem is the new director of technical sales support at PPDS. The integration of NETIO's entire line of intelligent PDUs into the Utelogy software ecosystem marks another significant step forward for the company.

This roundup provides a snapshot of the latest developments in the AV and UC industry, showcasing a variety of partnerships, appointments, and expansions that are shaping the future of the sector.