At InfoComm 2026, Crestron showcased its latest AV distribution, collaboration, and control technologies, highlighted by a real-world integration case study at the Spotify Camp Nou stadium, the home of FC Barcelona. Joel Mollpeter, Crestron’s Senior Director of Product Marketing, demonstrated how the stadium’s diverse spaces are powered by Crestron’s ecosystem to facilitate both game-day operations and multi-purpose hospitality events.
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The stadium deployment includes specialized hospitality areas like corporate boxes and the pitch club. Crestron AV over IP endpoints are deployed throughout these spaces to manage, distribute, and switch audio and video signals across multiple screens. This networked approach allows stadium staff to easily route any live feed or presentation content to any display in the venue, turning high-end suites into versatile event spaces on non-match days.
For meeting environments, Crestron demonstrated collaboration solutions based on dedicated collaboration compute units running Microsoft Teams Rooms or Zoom Rooms. These spaces incorporate PoE-enabled network audio devices that combine microphones, speakers, and touch controls into a single network-tethered unit. Additionally, dual-PTZ head camera technology, such as the I-12D, and multi-camera setups are used in larger boardrooms to capture different angles during high-stakes business meetings.
In the booth’s content distribution zone, Crestron showcased DM Essentials for point-to-point connectivity, supporting HDMI and USB-C source inputs and outputting HDMI while extending USB connectivity back for BYOD configurations. For larger-scale networked AV, Crestron highlighted its DM NVX AV over IP endpoints. These devices operate over standard networks to distribute video, and they interface directly with PoE speakers, network amplifiers, and USB audio hardware.
The DM NVX endpoints also support multi-view canvas layouts, allowing operators to stitch multiple video sources onto a single display, including ultra-wide 21:9 format screens. Users can dynamically switch layouts and select inputs via customizable Crestron control touch panels. For wireless collaboration, the AirMedia system provides plug-and-play screen sharing and BYOD conferencing using the AirMedia Connect Adapter, which plugs into a laptop’s USB-C port using DisplayPort Alt Mode.
