Until recently, though, costs and sheer complexity have limited the real usefulness of this tool. Now, Shane Long of Waveguide Consulting, Atlanta, says 90 percent of the churches the firm serves have decided they want to do webcasting, but are mulling over what to stream and how to do it. "Most churches are just figuring out what they want to do," he says. "Are they talking live streaming or archival review of a service? One- or two-way communication? If it is live streaming, who is the demographic?" Click here for more...

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Calvary Church Slims Down With SymNet
In an age of rampant materialism, "less is more" is a lesson that more and more houses of worship are trying to impart to their flocks. Calvary Church Santa Ana, in Santa Ana, Calif., found that to be true this last year as it wrestled with solutions to a faltering sound system. Frustrated with an aging analog system that was increasingly unreliable, the church opted for a digital audio processing and control system in the form of SymNet Audio Matrix, one of the leading digital audio matrix products on the market provided by Symetrix, Inc. Click here for more...

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Crestron adds 5x1 AV/QuickMedia Switcher to MediaManager Line
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Kramer Introduces 1:10 Component Video HDTV Compatible DA
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