AWE Brings Complete Showcase to Essential Install Live! A growing family of brands take to the AWE stage at Essential Install Live!, including LG, Samsung, URC, Philips Dynalite....
Habitech Highlights From Essential Install Live!
Out in force at Essential Install Live! Habitech is delivering a comprehensive overview of some seriously CI centric kit....
Control4 Delivers the Full Package at Essential Install Live! Main sponsor for this year’s show, Control4 is having an extremely busy Essential Install Live! offering a mix of training and demonstrations....
Fibaro UK Opens New Home Automation Markets for Custom Installers. Already successful in countries such as Poland, Fibaro’s affordable and easy to install approach is now available to UK Custom Installers...
Custom Installers Enjoy an Expanded Essential Install Live! South
Essential Install Live! South offered an array of established and new attractions this year to make a visit even better value than ever, say organisers...
Essential Install Live! Provides Platform for Savant Systems Europe; Pro Series and new Smart Series the focus from Savant Systems Europe at Essential Install Live!...
Sony Explains its High Resolution Audio (HRA) Strategy
In a CE Pro Europe exclusive, Eric Kingdon, senior technical marketing manager at Sony Europe, explains how Sony is providing a lead in exploiting the emerging market of High Res Audio....
The Source AV Crams Crestron and Kaleidescape into a Ford Skyliner
A custom Ford Transit van featuring Crestron Control and a Kaleidescape home cinema was one of the stars at the New York International Auto Show....
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.
