MVS Audio Visual announces Management Buy Out MVS Audio Visual, a leading national audio visual & video conferencing specialist is excited to announce a significant milestone in its journey.  After receiving numerous acquisition offers from competitors in the UK and the US, the company’s founder and CEO, Matthew Cowan, has decided to pursue a management buyout option led by Managing Director Simon Hurst.  Over the past 9 years MVS Audio Visual has experienced remarkable growth, currently employing thirty dedicated staff members and achieving year on year growth. The company’s s ..read more

How to give remote users a seat at the table: Part 2 – Seeing and being seen We produced this two-part blog in response to a trend by many organisations to get people back in the office but recognising that there will invariably be remote participants in video conference meetings, including your customers. And our experience is that our customers are not talking about the remote user experience. And that is a mistake.  In part 1 we discussed how to address audio challenges. In part 2 we cover the visual aspect of a hybrid meeting and take a look at some of the technology that enables remo ..read more

What are Zoom Cloud Meetings and why are they so popular? During the global COVID-19 pandemic, Zoom became the generic term for video meetings. As well as enabling friends and family to keep in touch, it also allowed business workers to virtually interact with colleagues when in person meetings were simply not possible. It’s ease-of-use, high quality video and audio and ability to join anywhere on any device resulted in huge growth in use. Since then Microsoft Teams has eaten into Zoom’s share, primarily because if companies are Microsoft 365 users, they are by nature Teams users and licencin ..read more

How to give remote users a seat at the meeting table: Part 1 – Meeting Room Audio In 2023 companies are actively pushing staff to return to the office. Even Zoom! But there will always be a need for remote participants to join video conference meetings. Customers are the obvious example. And there will invariably be colleagues who are unable or choose not to come to the office every day.  Many organisations have recognised that existing meeting rooms are not adequately equipped and that they need more workspaces with appropriate AV installations to suit the use/s of those spaces. However ..read more

Before the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic there was already a move towards more remote working, fueled by the rise of The Millennials and developments in technology, but things were moving slowly. Video conferencing was dominated by vendors such as Cisco, Polycom and Avaya.  But once lockdowns hit, a famous 20th century quote seemed pertinent. “There are decades where nothing happens and there are weeks where decades happen” Lenin  During the  pandemic the growth in video meetings was incredible and two cloud-based solutions became pre-eminent. Microsoft Teams and, in particular, Z ..read more

What are Zoom Cloud Meetings and why are they so popular? During the global COVID-19 pandemic, Zoom became the generic term for video meetings. As well as enabling friends and family to keep in touch, it also allowed business workers to virtually interact with colleagues when in person meetings were simply not possible. It’s ease-of-use, high quality video and audio and ability to join anywhere on any device resulted in huge growth in use. And whilst traditional video meeting vendors Cisco and Microsoft Teams have upped their games, Zoom still leads the way. For the sixth year in a row Zoom ap ..read more

On 03/01/2020, MVS Audio Visual became the first company globally to achieve Gold Certified Integrator status. We’re delighted to announce that we have achieved Gold certification for the third year running! This demonstrates our ongoing commitment to Zoom Rooms as a leading video conferencing solution for our customers. What is Zoom Rooms? It is a video conferencing room solution with high-quality video, integrated audio and wireless content sharing. Connection can be made to anyone on desktop, mobile, H.323/SIP endpoint, telephone and rooms. Zoom Rooms work across Huddle, Conference, Boardro ..read more

MVS Audio Visual were announced as the global winners of the 2020 Zoom Integrator Award. The accolade was fiercely contested and to be crowned winners, we beat the finalists who were from the Asia-Pacific, Australia & New Zealand and the United States regions. The virtual ‘Zoom Global Partner Awards’ ceremony was attended by 1400 guests and provided the ideal opportunity for Zoom, the video conferencing specialists, to demonstrate their gratitude and to celebrate the achievements of its partners around the world. The ‘2020 Zoom global Integrator award’ presented by Nick Chong, Zoom’s Head ..read more

On the 17th May, England will enter its third phase of the four phase Government Road Map out of lockdown. Throughout the entire pandemic and lockdown period, MVS Audio Visual Communications Ltd have continued to trade without any disruption to usual service.  Some of our staff have been working in the office on a rotation basis and some of our staff have been working from home.  The 17th May will see the majority of our staff return to both offices. Whilst MVS Audio Visual welcome the relaxation of the Government rules and the re-opening of businesses, we continue to maint ..read more

On the 5th November 2020, England entered a new measure of National restrictions in order to curb the spread of Coronavirus. These new National restrictions are anticipated to last for four weeks until 2nd December 2020. Audio Visual Installations are permitted to continue during this four period lockdown period. MVS Audio Visual are therefore operating with no disruption to our service. MVS Audio Visual have reviewed our Covid-19 measures and are confident that not only are we meeting minimum obligations required of businesses to stay compliant, but we are in fact, exceeding those obligations ..read more