New Research Suggests Projector Market Booming September 13, 2019 by Super User I don’t follow the projector market very carefully, but have assumed that business is, at best, poking along because of the increasing large scale of LCD displays and the rise of super fine-pitch LED. But new research suggests the front projector market is doing just fine, thank you very much. PMA Research’s latest quarterly report …
Barco Takes 5% Position In Chinese LED Giant Unilumin Via Partnership Deal September 12, 2019 by Super User Belgium’s Barco has taken a 5% position in Chinese direct view LED giant Unilumin, as part of a new “strategic collaboration.” The partnership announced at Barco’s end gives the European company access to a “cost-competitive supply of high-quality LED display components, that allows broader penetration in its core markets with differentiated Barco LED visualization hardware …
Polish DOOH Network Sees Traffic, Engagement Bumps By Using Computer Vision To Trigger Ads September 5, 2019 by Super User A Polish media company is touting an interesting use of triggered content from AI-driven audience analytics that boosted foot traffic and social media engagement for a special event at a Warsaw mall. By triggering targeted content only when pedestrians outside the mall were waiting for a crossing signal at a specific intersection, and when motorists …
DPAA Release Speaker List For Annual NYC DOOH Summit September 4, 2019 by Super User The DPAA has released a preliminary list of speakers and opened registration for its annual Video Everywhere Summit, which will be held on October 15 at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel. The ad industry-focused organization says the new hotel space was necessary to accommodate an anticipated record number of delegates and expanded list …
AV Integrator Giant Diversified Gets Canadian Foothold By Acquiring Advanced September 4, 2019 by Super User NJ-based Diversified, arguably the fastest growing AV/IT integrator in the US, has bought its way into the Canadian market through the acquisition of Toronto-based Advanced Presentation Products. Advanced specializes in audio visual communications solutions, service and support for enterprise, government and education clients across the country. “When we recently partnered with Advanced on a complex …
Touch Taiwan Final Impressions August 30, 2019 by Super User Heading home, yay, after almost seven days in Taipei for the Touch Taiwan trade show. When I was out south of Taipei in a city called Hsinchu, my car went past Taiwan Semiconductor, which has a plant footprint that would make automaker plants look like local gas stations. HUGE. That’s the sort of thing Taiwan …
Day One Impressions From Touch Taiwan – Mini And Micro LED On Rise August 28, 2019 by Super User Well this was going to be a pain in the butt, I thought, as I went through airport-level security screening to get into the exhibit hall Wednesday for the first day of Touch Taiwan. There were scanners and bag checkers and line-ups. Then I realized Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan’s president, was at the opening of the …
Visix Adds Built-In Voice Interface To Wayfinding Applications August 27, 2019 by Super User Atlanta-based Visix is now formally including a voice-activated wayfinding application – dubbed Voice User Interface (VUI) – in its digital signage software suite, allowing users to find their way around places like campuses with voice instead of touch. “The VUI uses speech recognition to understand spoken commands and questions, and will be familiar to any …
Spectrio Acquires In-Store Interactive Digital Signage Firm VS Networks August 27, 2019 by Super User The US-based in-store marketing solutions firm Spectrio has acquired/merged with VS Networks, a Chicago company that appears to do digital signage and interactive screens for brands in retail environments, like hardware stores. Spectrio says the deal means it now powers more than 50,000 screens that drive in-store sales and create engaging customer experiences. Says a …
That LED Barge Bobbing Around Manhattan Now Limited To Static Ads August 26, 2019 by Super User Via Billboard Insider … That floating LED billboard barge that’s been bobbling along the waterways surrounding Manhattan now has to comply with the same sorts of rules and regs for LED boards on New York highways. New legislation signed by that state’s governor effectively says ads running on the screen have to be static – …
