The Philips TV and Bowers & Wilkins partnership enjoys another outing here with the introduction of the Philips OLED+935, an Ambilight TV that has been bor...
Immersive audio brand StormAudio expands with new additions as Matthew Trinklein joins the North American Team as Regional Sales & Engineering Support Mana...
Just added to the Redline Distribution family is a stylish high-performance sound-bar from US audio innovators, Next Level Acoustics. The Fusion Frame has been...
SnapAV Vice President of Connected Products, Kenny Kim, talks to EI about his career, past, present and future.
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Bringing the benefits of isolation to the rack, the UPS + Isolation Transformers provide enhanced conditioning and battery backup for increased system performa...
The affordable new ambiMIK-1 with 3D audio processing from Dirac lets AR/VR developers, musicians, podcasters, videographers, and vloggers record immersive, sp...
CEDIA Trade Supplier members have been working hard to ensure that integrators have had access to high-quality products, technical support, demo facilities, an...
Speaker maker PMC has made it possible for the forthcoming Record Store Day release of the self-titled album Elton John (AKA The Black Album), to include a nev...
Dan Winterton, Sales and Marketing Manager for Antiference and Martin Hawley, Key Account Manager at Jung UK are taking on a 133 miles bike ride challenge...
As we are all aware, the COVID-19 pandemic is still making an impact in the UK across many business sectors. With this in mind, show organisers have been consu...
Daniel J Sait is a seasoned media leader and journalist who shapes the editorial vision of Essential Install as its Editor‑in‑Chief and serves as European Editorial Director at All Things Media News, the specialist publisher behind Essential Install, Electrical Contracting News and Data Centre and Networking News. In these roles, he combines deep editorial insight with a strategic understanding of the smart home, luxury AV and home cinema sectors, guiding coverage that informs, inspires and connects professional installers and integrators across the UK and Europe.
With an extensive portfolio that spans trade and mainstream technology coverage, Daniel’s work appears regularly in Essential Install and has featured across wider platforms including key trade and consumer titles, reflecting his commitment to elevating industry discourse while spotlighting innovation, best practice and emerging trends.
Under his editorial leadership, Essential Install has continued to expand its reach and influence, delivering targeted news, product insights, event coverage and thought leadership that supports the professional community responsible for bringing cutting‑edge AV, automation and luxury living technology into homes and commercial spaces. Daniel’s direction emphasises clarity, relevance and trade‑first reporting, helping integrators stay ahead in a rapidly evolving market.
A respected voice within the AV and smart home ecosystem, he actively engages with industry events and major trade shows, shaping conversations around technology adoption, installer education and business growth. His editorial stewardship reinforces Essential Install’s mission to serve as the definitive source of industry news and insight for integrators, manufacturers, distributors and allied professionals.
Daniel brings both strategic editorial leadership and a journalist’s eye for detail to every issue of Essential Install, ensuring the publication remains essential reading for the trade.
Before launching Essential Install in 2009, Daniel spent over two decades in the trenches of AV and Hi-Fi trade press editing titles such as Television Magazine, Custom Installer and Inside Hi-Fi.
