Jetbuilt’s DSE Presence To Show How Platform Bridges Organizational Silos And Streamlines AV Project Planning November 14, 2023 by Super User Having gone to a few trade shows through the years, I’ve often walked right on past exhibit stands because I either had no idea what the company did or how what they had applied to the industry, so a big hat tip to a vendor that will be at DSE in a few weeks, who …
UK OOH Industry Counteracts Citizen Opposition To Ad Spread With Report On Positive Contributions To Economy, Infrastructure November 14, 2023 by Super User The marketing body organized by top UK OOH media companies has a report out that counteracts the sentiments and advocacy of citizen organizations that oppose the spread of billboards on roadsides and advertising street furniture on the country’s high streets. The report, prepared by the consulting firm PwC and commissioned by Outsmart, suggests the UK …
Big European Integrator Trison Acquired By Investment Firm With Direct Ties To Lichtenstein’s Royal Family November 13, 2023 by Super User The largest digital signage-focused integrator and solutions provider in the European market has been acquired by an investment firm that is based in Lichtenstein and has direct ties to that principality’s royal family. The Spanish firm Trison had been on the market for the last couple of years, but nothing had closed. Now majority shareholder …
Europe’s Largest Media Companies Both Seeing Strong Growth In DOOH Sales November 10, 2023 by Super User Two of the largest out of home media companies in Europe are both showing big growth on the digital sides of their business, with Ströer and JC Decaux both showing DOOH sales up 28% in the last quarterly reporting period.Sales for Ströer are up despite the overall overall advertising market being down or level in …
Las Vegas Sphere Reports $98.4M Loss … But That Mostly Covers Period Before Doors Opened November 9, 2023 by Super User That giant LED orb in Las Vegas has generated a huge amount of intention since it was lit up and the doors opened for paid admissions, and its backers are undoubtedly hoping it will generate the kind of money needed to make it viable – given that the most recent financials for the Sphere show …
Sharp, E Ink Collaboration Results In New Color E Poster That Leverages IGZO Technology November 9, 2023 by Super User E Ink and Sharp have collaborated on a color e paper display that goes beyond re-badging an existing E Ink product, combining that company’s Spectra tech with Sharp’s IGZO technology. I absolutely had to look up IGZO, and I now kinda sorta barely understand that it is technology used for the backplanes of digital displays, …
AVI Systems CTO Sousa Passes Away At Company Event November 8, 2023 by Super User The digital signage and particularly the pro AV industry lost a well-known and evidently much liked veteran last night – with the CTO of big US integrator AVI Systems passing away while at a company event in Austin, Texas. Brad Sousa was in Austin with 150 other AVI employees for an event known as AVI …
Here’s The Global Ranking By Business Volume Of Digital Signage CMS Vendors November 7, 2023 by Florian Rotberg The German consultancy invidis is active on a whole bunch of fronts, from doing advisory work and putting on events to producing a German language publication covering the marketplace. Its big annual focus is a yearbook that does a deep dive into the industry – for the longest time focused on Europe but in the …
US Sports And Entertainment Venues Seeing Big Demand Jump For Sponsor And Ad Signage November 7, 2023 by Super User A US company that specializes in what it calls sports and entertainment intelligence has some interesting insights and data on why there seems to be a lot of investment these days in digital signage and DOOH screens in sports and entertainment venues. SponsorUnited, based in Stamford, CT, says there has been a massive influx of …
Chinese TV Giant Hisense Now Distributing B2B Displays In US Via Exertis Almo Deal November 6, 2023 by Super User The Chinese TV manufacturer Hisense – top three globally based on sales volume – appears to be getting deeper into the commercial display business, having entered into an “exclusive U.S. distribution partnership with Exertis Almo, one of the largest and most specialized value-added AV distributors in North America. The agreement sees the full line of …
