The AV industry has spent years talking about interoperability. Now it's facing a bigger question: do customers really want open ecosystems, or have they already chosen convenience over choice? While Microsoft continues to dominate the meeting room conversation, OpenAV Cloud believes the future belongs to open APIs. That's a debate worth having.

The video version of this podcast can be found here.

Join host Tim Albright and his expert guests as they unpack a new Blue Touch Paper study, the growing importance of Teams Room strategy, and the push for industry-wide API frameworks. From platform consolidation to the next evolution of integration, this AVWeek episode tackles the topics everyone will be talking about.

Host: Tim Albright

Guests:

• Dawn Meade – Dawn on LinkedIn
• Rob Rasberry – Drexel University
• Mark Coxon – AVI-SPL

This Week In AV:

• Zoom – Zoom launches ZoomMate
• AV Network – Shure Enhances Microflex Advance
• rAVe Pubs – Epson Enters dvLED Market With LE-C1 Display Series
• Yahoo! Finance – Mark Roberts Motion Control Limited Shutting Down
• Inavate – Kickstarter campaign launched for scent display

Roundtable Topics:

• Inavate – OpenAV Cloud: why open APIs could solve AV’s interoperability problem
• AVNation – Microsoft Teams Room Strategy: Why IT Buyers Need to Decide Now

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.