How we got our audiovisual
solutions abroad
How MediaTech got its audiovisual solutions to the whole world
Global success of the Slovak company in Forbes magazine
MediaTech has been on the market for more than 25 years, during which it has become a respected authority in the field of audiovisual technologies not only in Slovakia but also in the world. Thanks to its know-how and experience, MediaTech belongs to the world’s top companies. Bohumil Tonkovic, CEO of MediaTech, and Michaela Tonkovicova, marketing manager, talk about their activities at home but also abroad and about the company’s success.
Your product division AudioPressBox is considered to be the best in its field. What led you to establish it?
We gradually transformed MediaTech from a professional audio company into a complex system integrator of audiovisual solutions. We have been bringing timeless world trends to Slovakia since the beginning of our operations. We have always had the ambition to operate worldwide, which resulted in the creation of our AudioPressBox division. We develop and manufacture AudioPressBox devices in Slovakia and export them to the whole world. AudioPressBox devices are used to distribute the audio signal for journalists and media during press conferences. Our solutions have also been used by such prestigious events as Eurovision, Dubai World Expo and UN conferences. AudioPressBox is also used in the European Parliament and the European Commission and in many other world institutions.
How did you manage to build a worldwide network of partners?
We regularly participate and exhibit at international exhibitions and audiovisual conferences. They provide us with space for establishing contacts and cooperation. We currently have a network of more than 60 partners who operate in countries such as the United States of America and Canada, but also in such exotic countries as Kenya or Trinidad and Tobago.
Undoubtedly, thanks to these exhibitions and realizations, MediaTech gained not only a good name but also the necessary dose of self-confidence that the company needs for its growth. What else do you see as the benefits of foreign trade fairs?
In addition to new contacts, exhibitions are also an opportunity for further development. We are among the first to learn about technical innovations and solutions in our industry. International meetings also give us the opportunity to present our projects installed in Slovakia. This was also confirmed by an article in the professional world magazine Inavate, which published a study of our unconventional and challenging implementations, which also attracted the attention of experts abroad. This is how a concrete study and realization of a solution to transform a university auditorium into a multifunctional room for hybrid teaching has reached the world.
Within Slovakia, you are an authority in the audiovisual industry. What do you do differently than the competition?
As the only company in Slovakia, we became a member of the PSNI Global Alliance, which brings together more than a hundred system integrators from 59 countries around the world based on a selection process. Only the best companies which have to prove their expertise and technical knowledge become a member of this alliance. Thanks to this, we are a recognized authority in the audiovisual industry in Slovakia. Our clients can therefore rely on always getting only the best functional solution according to their requirements.
We are also the only system integrator in Slovakia that has turned its technological know-how in the field of professional audio into the development and production of its own product brand, AudioPressBox, operating worldwide.
What do you consider to be the biggest success of your career so far?
The biggest professional success is the sound reinforcement system of the historical building of the Opera of the Slovak National Theater in Bratislava, the delivery of complex audiovisual technologies and acoustics to the halls of FIIT STU ( Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies) and the implementation of the press center during the visit of the Pope Francis in Slovakia. We are also proud of our AudioPressBox product division and its achievements in the world. From my personal point of view, I consider the biggest success to be bringing my daughter into global business. She found herself in this sphere and is doing well.
What challenges await MediaTech in the near future?
We are currently working on a project to provide press conferences for one of the largest sports organizations. We are also developing a new AudioPressBox product that we will present at InfoComm in the US in June. We have many important projects in progress in Slovakia, the implementation of which awaits us in the near future. We are sure that at the end of the day, everyone wants to work with those who know how to do it best.
MediaTech
MediaTech Central Europe is a leading system integrator of professional audiovisual, system and communication technologies in Slovakia. The company’s mission is to provide clients with complex solutions from project design to equipment delivery to implementation.